(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1968(LI) - Maag Peter - Teatro Regio di Parma*
2 1972(LI) - Fabritiis Oliviero De - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*
3 1979(STU) - Gardelli Lamberto - ORF-Symphonie-Orchester (Wien)*
4 1986(LI) - Inbal Eliahu - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia*
5 1993 and 1994(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera***
6 1993(LC) - Downes Edward - Covent Garden**
7 1995(LI) - Downes Edward - Covent Garden*
8 1995(LI) - Gavazzeni Gianandrea - Teatro alla Scala*
9 1995(LI) - Tamayo Arturo - Teatro de la Zarzuela de Madrid*
10 1997(LI) - Gönnenwein Wolfgang - Ludwigsburger Festspiele*
11 1998(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*
12 2000(LC) - Luisotti Nicola - Teatro Verdi di Trieste*
13 2000(LI) - Morandi Pier Giorgio - Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana**
14 2003(LI) - Walker Antony - Washington Concert Opera*
15 2007(LI) - Elder Mark - Covent Garden*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Peter Maag - 1968(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Parma
Chorus - Teatro Regio di Parma
Stiffelio - Gastone Limarilli
Lina - Ángeles Gulin
Stankar - Walter Alberti
Jorg - Antonio Zerbini
Raffaele - Beniamino Prior
Dorotea - Lina Gastaldi
Federico - Mario Carlin
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Compact Disc; - *Nuova Era 2284-85 {2CDS}; The Opera Lovers STI 196801 {2CDRS} Gala GL 100783 (highlights +Alzira) {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Stiffelio by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1021; GIUDICI p.903 (2) p.1457; Opera Quarterly Vol.13 No.1 Autumn 1996 p.11; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.30
Comments:- *The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Stiffelio - Mario Del Monaco
Lina - Ángeles Gulin
Stankar - Giulio Fioravanti
Jorg - Joshua Hecht
Raffaele - Angelo Marchiandi
Dorotea - Eva Ruta
Federico - Luigi Paolini
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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE V 815-2 {2LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 169-2 {2CDS} Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 773 (+Del Monaco recital) {2CDS} Opera d'Oro OPD 1216 {2CDS} (1999)ª; House of Opera - The Operas of Verdi - Volume 1 - The Early Years {1xCD-ROM} (2001)ª; The Opera Lovers STI 197201 {2CDRS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Stiffelio by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1021; GIUDICI p.903 (2) p.1457; Opera Quarterly Vol.13 No.1 Autumn 1996 p.11; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.30
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - 19 March 1994 p.30
ARSC Journal - Vol.26 No.2 Fall 1996 p.212 [RL]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Teatro di San Carlo (26 December 1972; see OPERA, April 1973 p.354). The HRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE October 1982 p.484 and the CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). House of Opera incorrectly gives the date and place of the performance from which this recording was made as 29 September 1979 and Vienna.
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Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1979(STU)
Orchestra - ORF-Symphonie-Orchester (Wien)
Chorus - Chor des Österreichischen Rundfunks
Stiffelio - José Carreras
Lina - Sylvia Sass
Stankar - Matteo Manuguerra
Jorg - Wladimiro Ganzarolli
Raffaele - Ezio Di Cesare
Dorotea - Maria Venuti
Federico - Thomas Moser
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Black Disc; - Philips 6769 039 {2LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Cassette; - Philips 7699 039 (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - Philips 422 432-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Philips UCCP 3039/40 {2CDS} (Japan) (2001)ª; Decca 475 6775 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Stiffelio by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1021; GIUDICI p.903 (2) p.1457; Opera Quarterly Vol.13 No.1 Autumn 1996 p.11; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.30
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1980 p.542 [RO]; April 1981 p.1291 [JBS] March 1990 p. [AB]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.193-197 [DL]
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Conductor Eliahu Inbal - 1986(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia
Chorus - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia
Stiffelio - Antonio Barasorda
Lina - Rosalind Plowright
Stankar - Brent Ellis
Jorg - Giorgio Surjan
Raffaele - Iorio Zennaro
Dorotea - Donella Del Monaco
Federico - Maurizio Scardovi
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Compact Disc; - Mondo Musica MFOH 1083 {2CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Stiffelio by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1021; GIUDICI p.903 (2) p.1457; Opera Quarterly Vol.13 No.1 Autumn 1996 p.11; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.30
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - 11 - November (Festival 2000) 2000 S.89 [GH]
American Record Guide - March/April 2001 Vol.64 No.2 p.180 [CHP]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro la Fenice di Venezia
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Conductor James Levine - 1993 and 1994(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Stiffelio - Plácido Domingo
Lina - Sharon Sweet
Stankar - Vladimir Chernov
Jorg - Paul Plishka
Raffaele - Peter Riberi
Dorotea - Margaret Lattimore
Federico - Charles Anthony
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Compact Disc - Serenissima C 360 120-121 {2CDS}
Laser Disc - DG 073 216-1 (NTSC)
DVD (Video) - DG 073 4288 (2007)ª; DG 000871709 (USA) (2007)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - DG 073 216-3 (NTSC); DG 073 116-3 (PAL) (1997)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Stiffelio by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1021; GIUDICI p.903 (2) p.1457; Opera Quarterly Vol.13 No.1 Autumn 1996 p.11; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.30
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1997 p.108 [AB]; September 2007 p.97 (DVD) [JBS]
Opera Now - May/June 1997 p.59
Fanfare - Vol.31 No.3 January/February 2008 pp.326-327 (DVD) [RT]
Orpheus - Dezember 1997 S.63 [IW]
Opéra International - novembre 1996 No.207 p.49
Diapason - No.551 S octobre 2007 p.146 (DVD) [MP]
Classical Express - Issue No.86 May 1997 p.5
International Opera Collector - Summer 1997 No.4 p.99
International Record Review - July/August 2007 pp.82-83 (DVD) [JTH]
American Record Guide - November/December 2007 Vol.70 No.6 p.284 (DVD) [CHP]
Opéra Magazine - No.20 juillet-aoüt 2007 p.86 (DVD) [JC]
Classica Répertoire - No.94 juillet-aoüt 2007 p.107 (DVD) [AT]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.105 noviembre 2007 p.84, p.86 (DVD) [JV]
Comments:- *The video recording is of a performance at the MET 0n 13 November 1993. (See «The Daily Telegraph - Arts & Books» October 11 1997 p.A11). The audio recording is of a performance at the MET on 5 March 1994.
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Conductor Edward Downes - 1993(LC)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Stiffelio - José Carreras
Lina - Catherine Malfitano
Stankar - Gregory Yurisich
Jorg - Gwynne Howell
Raffaele - Robin Leggate
Dorotea - Adele Paxton
Federico - Lynton Atkinson
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Laser Disc - Pioneer PLMCB 00861 (PAL)
DVD (Video) - Pioneer 8921 (2002)ª; Opus Arte Royal Opera House OAR 3103 D (2008)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Home VIsion 50967 (NTSC);; *Covent Garden Pioneer CVI 1719 (PAL) (1993)ª; Echo 577 805 (SECAM)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Stiffelio by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1021; GIUDICI p.903 (2) p.1457; Opera Quarterly Vol.13 No.1 Autumn 1996 p.11; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.30
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1993 p.116; September 2008 p.95 [JBS]
Opera News - March 5 1994 p.41
Orpheus - August-September 1994 (Heft 9) p.42
Opéra International - No.270 juillet-aoüt 2002 pp.72-73 (DVD) [SS]
Diapason - No.421 décembre 1995 p.78; No.500 février 2003 p.122 [MP]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.169 p.128
BBC Music Magazine - May 1994 p.63
Répertoire - No.68 avril 1994 p.100: No.79 avril 1995 p.99
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.52 julio-agosto 2002 pp.105-106 [JR]
Comments:- *Video recording made at performances at Covent Garden (2,6 February 1993). See OPERA March 1993 p.265.
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Conductor Edward Downes - 1995(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Stiffelio - José Cura
Lina - Catherine Malfitano
Stankar - Anthony Michaels-Moore
Jorg - Gwynne Howell
Raffaele - Robin Leggate
Dorotea - Leah-Marian Jones
Federico - Timothy Robinson
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CD 547 {2CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Stiffelio by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1021; GIUDICI p.903 (2) p.1457; Opera Quarterly Vol.13 No.1 Autumn 1996 p.11; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.30
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (20 June 1995). This performance does not appear to have been broadcast and so the recording was presumably made «in-house». The performance on 12 June 1995 is reviewed in OPERA August 1995 pp.988-999. The CDs issued by House of Opera are listed in their list of «New Releases Summer 2000»
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Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1995(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Stiffelio - José Carreras
Lina - Kallen Esperian
Stankar - Vladimir Chernov
Jorg - Mario Luperi
Raffaele - Marco Berti
Dorotea - Anna Zoroberto
Federico - Ernesto Gavazzi
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Compact Disc - House of Opera CDWW 1200 {2CDRS}
Recordings of Stiffelio by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1021; GIUDICI p.903 (2) p.1457; Opera Quarterly Vol.13 No.1 Autumn 1996 p.11; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.30
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at La Scala (29 March 1995). The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003
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Conductor Arturo Tamayo - 1995(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro de la Zarzuela de Madrid
Chorus - Teatro de la Zarzuela de Madrid
Stiffelio - Plácido Domingo
Lina - Verónica Villarroel
Stankar - Carlos Álvarez
Jorg - Miguel Angel Zapater
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 920 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Stiffelio by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1021; GIUDICI p.903 (2) p.1457; Opera Quarterly Vol.13 No.1 Autumn 1996 p.11; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.30
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid (May 1995). See OPERA ACTUAL No.17 septiembre-noviembre 1995 p.40, OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.193 juillet-aoüt 1995 p.61. Miguel Angel Zapater was in the cast announced in OPERA ACTUAL No.15 marzo-mayo 1995 p.70 but I have not been able to confirm that he did sing in the performance on the CDs issued by House of Opera. These are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22» where the date of the performance recorded is given as 31 May 1995. However, in the announcement in OPERA ACTUAL the dates of the performances are given as «23, 26 y 29 de Mayo, 1 y 4 de Junio» and according to OPERA (December 1995 p.1458) Plácido Domingo only sang on 26 and 29 May. Walter Fraccaro sang in some performances, presumably Raffaelle, as according to an article in El Mundo dated 23 May 1995, Plácido Domingo was replaced by Antonio Ordoñez as Stiffelio when he withdrew. I am very grateful to Mr. Stuart Williams for drawing my attention to this article.
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Conductor Wolfgang Gönnenwein - 1997(LI)
Orchestra - Ludwigsburger Festspiele
Chorus - Ludwigsburger Festspiele
Stiffelio - Keith Ikaia-Purdy
Lina - Olga Guryakova
Stankar - Boris Statsenko
Jorg - Kwangchui Youn
Raffaele - Raymond Sepe
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Compact Cassette; - Legato Classics ALD 4804 (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Stiffelio by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1021; GIUDICI p.903 (2) p.1457; Opera Quarterly Vol.13 No.1 Autumn 1996 p.11; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.30
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Ludwigsburger Festival (20 September 1997; see ORPHEUS Dezember 1997 S.16). The compact cassettes issued by Legato are listed in «New Audio Cassette Listings (ALD) Winter 1998».
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Conductor James Levine - 1998(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Stiffelio - Plácido Domingo
Lina - Verónica Villarroel
Stankar - Haijing Fu
Jorg - Paul Plishka
Raffaele - Martin Thompson
Dorotea - Sondra Radvanovsky
Federico - Charles Anthony
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDNY 5129 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Stiffelio by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1021; GIUDICI p.903 (2) p.1457; Opera Quarterly Vol.13 No.1 Autumn 1996 p.11; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.30
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (4 April 1998). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to HOO's website on April 9 2008.
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Conductor Nicola Luisotti - 2000(LC)
Orchestra - Teatro Verdi di Trieste
Chorus - Teatro Verdi di Trieste
Stiffelio - Mario Malagnini
Lina - Dimitra Theodossiou
Stankar - Marco Vratogna
Jorg - Enzo Capuano
Raffaele - Enzo Casciarri
Dorotea - Bernadette Lucarini
Federico - Enrico Cossutta
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Compact Disc; - Dynamic CDS 362/1-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª; House of Opera CD 732 {2CDRS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1427-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Stiffelio by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1021; GIUDICI p.903 (2) p.1457; Opera Quarterly Vol.13 No.1 Autumn 1996 p.11; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.30
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 2002 p.33 [PO'C]
Opera - June 2002 p.743 [CO]
Opera News - January 2002 pp.72-73 [GJ]
Fanfare - Vol.25 No.5 May/June 2002 pp.219-221 [JM]
Orpheus - Oktober 2001 S.54 [GH]
American Record Guide - January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 p.194 [LM]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.154 settembre 2001 pp.110-111 [GL]
Répertoire - No.153 janvier 2002 p.88 [PT]
Le Monde de la Musique - No.260 décembre 2001 p.104 [CFD]
Comments:- *Recorded at performances in the Teatro Verdi di Trieste (December 2000). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases July-August 2004».
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Conductor Pier Giorgio Morandi - 2000(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana
Chorus - Teatro Municipale di Piacenza
Stiffelio - Alberto Cupido
Lina - Dimitra Theodossiou
Stankar - Alberto Gazale
Jorg - Riccardo Zanellato
Raffaele - Luigi Frattola
Dorotea - Giovanna Beretta
Federico - Giovanni Gregnanin
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6187 (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Stiffelio by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1021; GIUDICI p.903 (2) p.1457; Opera Quarterly Vol.13 No.1 Autumn 1996 p.11; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.30
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Municipale di Piacenza. The cast listed above is that given in «Opera 2000 Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.256 for the performances on 29, 31 March 2000. There was also a performance on 2 April 2000 in which the role of Raffaele was sung by Pietro Picone. I do not know which performance is on the DVD issued by Premiere. This is listed in «Premiere Opera - New Releases» dated 11 July 2007 where the recording is stated to be «Non-professional».
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Conductor Antony Walker - 2003(LI)
Orchestra - Washington Concert Opera
Chorus - Washington Concert Opera
Stiffelio - Luis Lima
Lina - Verónica Villarroel
Stankar - William Stone
Jorg - Daniel Sumegi
Raffaele - Robert Baker
Dorotea - Barbara Quintiliani
Federico - Lonel Woods
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1329-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Stiffelio by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1021; GIUDICI p.903 (2) p.1457; Opera Quarterly Vol.13 No.1 Autumn 1996 p.11; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.30
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington (10 June 2003). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their «Mew CD Releases April/May 2004».
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Conductor Mark Elder - 2007(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Stiffelio - José Cura
Lina - Sondra Radvanovsky
Stankar - Roberto Frontali
Jorg - Alastair Miles
Raffaele - Reinaldo Macias
Dorotea - Liora Grodnikaite
Federico - Nikola Matisic
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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 671 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Stiffelio by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1021; GIUDICI p.903 (2) p.1457; Opera Quarterly Vol.13 No.1 Autumn 1996 p.11; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.30
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (April or May 2007). A recording of a performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 19 May 2007 and the recording issued by Celestial Audio may also be of this performance. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed on their website under «What's New ? July 2008» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
Abbreviations
(STU), "Studio" Recording
(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts
(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source
(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source
(LI), "Live" Recording
(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts
(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance
(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance
(RA), A Radio Performance
(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance
(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast
(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance
(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film
(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film
CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988
EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994
GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)
HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973
MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982
MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993
MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997
More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999
NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli
PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993
Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española