There are 11 recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini on file

(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )

1 1957(RA) - Rossi Mario - RAI Torino*

2 1959(LI) - Rescigno Nicola - American Opera Society*

3 1966(LI) - Rivoli Gianfranco - American Opera Society*

4 1967(LI) - Capuana Franco - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*

5 1970(STU) - Gavazzeni Gianandrea - RAI Roma*

6 1987(LI) - Zedda Alberto - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia Opera***

7 198?(SE) - Kolobov Yevgeny - Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre of Leningrad*

8 1992(LI) - Santi Nello - Opernhaus Zürich*

9 1994(STU) - Viotti Marcello - Deutsche Oper Berlin*

10 2002(LI) - Pidò Evelino - Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France*

11 2003(LI) - Carella Giuliano - Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra*

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Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Mario Rossi - 1957(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Imogene - Anna Di Cavalieri

Adele - Miti Truccato Pace

Gualtiero - Mirto Picchi

Ernesto - Walter Monachesi

Goffredo - Thomas O'Leary

Itulbo - Tomaso Spataro

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera EJS 160 (2LPS) (1959)ª

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Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38

Comments:- Recorded on 28 June 1957 and broadcast on 9 February 1958

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Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - American Opera Society

Chorus - American Opera Society

Imogene - Maria Callas

Adele - Regina Sarfaty

Gualtiero - Pier Miranda Ferraro

Ernesto - Constantino Ego

Goffredo - Glade Peterson

Itulbo - Chester Watson

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Black Disc; - Replica RPL 2487/2488 {2LPS} (1980)ª; Replica RPL 22487 {2LPS} (1984)ª

Compact Disc; - *CBS-SONY 54DC 836-7 {2CDS} (Japan); Melodram MEL 26013 {2CDS};;; EMI CMS 7 64938-2 {2CDS}; (1993)ª; EMI CMS 5 66432-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; EMI TOCE 8335-6 {2CDS} (Japan) (1993)ª; DiVa 1137-1138 {2CDS} (2000)ª

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Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1994 p.91 [JBS]

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Opera - January 1994 p.121; March 1998 p.289 (mention) [AB]

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Opera Now - January 1994 p.32; January/February 1998 p.96 (mention) [GH]

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Orpheus - November 1997 S.91 (mention)

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.479-485 [JKL]

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Opéra International - No.175 décembre 1993 p.62

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Diapason - No.399 décembre 1993 p.122; No.442 novembre 1997 p.74 [JC]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.181-182 p.217 [CM]

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BBC Music Magazine - January 1994 p.95

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Classic CD - February 1994 p.60

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American Record Guide - July-August 1994 Vol.57 No.4 p.72: July/August 1998 Vol.61 No.4 pp.265-266 (mention) [LM]

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Répertoire - No.64 décembre 1993 p.96: No.105 Septembre 1997 p.68

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.103 octubre 1997 p.34 (mention) [JPS]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.40 julio-agosto 2000 p.90 [LB]

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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance by the American Opera Society (January 1959, see THE GRAMOPHONE March 1959 p.445; OPERA, April 1959 p.214)

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Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Gianfranco Rivoli - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - American Opera Society

Chorus - American Opera Society

Imogene - Montserrat Caballé

Adele - Sylvia Khatchadourian

Gualtiero - Licinio Montefusco

Ernesto - Lawrence Davidson

Goffredo - Herbert Kraus

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Compact Disc - live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}

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Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38

Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Carnegie Hall, New York (25 April 1966; see OPERA June 1966 p.455).

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Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Capuana - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Imogene - Montserrat Caballé

Adele - Flora Rafanelli

Gualtiero - Flaviano Labò

Ernesto - Piero Cappuccilli

Goffredo - Ugo Trama

Itulbo - Giuseppe Baratti

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 405-3 {3LPS} (1983)ª

Compact Disc; - Nuova Era 2207/2208 {2CDS}; Memories HR 4186/4187 {2CDS};; Opera d'Oro OPD 1179 {2CDS} (1998)ª

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Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.479-485 [JKL]

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Opéra International - juin 1995 No.192 p.62

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale (June 1967, see OPERA Festival Issue 1967 p.102). The HRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE July 1983 p.142. According to Robert Pullen and Stephen Taylor in «Casta Diva» p.378 the recording on the CDs issues by Nuova Era and Memories is of the performance on 13 June 1967 and is taken from Maggio Musicale's own archives and that Melodram has issued a recording (MEL 27015) of the performance on 15 June 1967 which was conducted by Erasmo Ghiglia. A recording of this performance has also been issued by Great Opera Performances (G.O.P. 729)

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Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1970(STU)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Imogene - Montserrat Caballé

Adele - Flora Rafanelli

Gualtiero - Bernabé Marti

Ernesto - Piero Cappuccilli

Goffredo - Ruggero Raimondi

Itulbo - Giuseppe Baratti

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Black Disc; - HMV SLS 953 {3LPS} (1971)ª

Compact Disc; - *EMI CMS 7 64169-2 (1992)ª;; EMI CMS 5 67121-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª

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Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1971 p.493 [AP]; January 1972 p.1183; February 1993 p.74 [JBS]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.479-485 [JKL]

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Opéra International - décembre 1992 p.69

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Diapason - novembre 1992 p.122

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Classic CD - February 1993 p.72

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Répertoire - novembre 1992 p.35

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Comments:- According to «Montserrat Caballe - Casta Diva» p.378 this recording was made in July 1970. According to «50 Anni di opera lirica alla RAI 1931-1980» p.200 it was broadcast on 28 September 1971

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Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Zedda - 1987(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia Opera

Chorus - Coro del Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari

Imogene - Lucia Aliberti

Adele - Adriana Molina

Gualtiero - Giuseppe Morino

Ernesto - Giorgio Surjan

Goffredo - Pietro Spagnoli

Itulbo - Michele Farruggia

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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1466

VHS Video Cassette; - Bel Canto Society #639 (1997)ª

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Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Now - May/June 1997 p.89

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.15 No.1 Winter 1999 p.128 [DM]

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Comments:- Recorded at the Valle d'Istria Festival. Martina Franca (July 1987). See OPERA November 1987 p.1272 and OPERA NEWS February 8 1997 (Insert after p.22)

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Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Yevgeny Kolobov - 198?(SE)

Orchestra - Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre of Leningrad

Chorus - Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre of Leningrad

Imogene - Evgenia Tselovalnik

Adele - Larissa Diadkova

Gualtiero - Konstantin Pluzhnikov

Ernesto - Sergei Leiferkus

Goffredo - Grigory Karasev

Itulbo - Vladimir Solodovnikov

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Black Disc - Melodiya C10 22961 003 {2LPS}

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Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38

Comments:- Recording of an abridged version. The LPs issued by Melodiya are listed in «Soviet Records» Supplement to the Main Catalogue 1987

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Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Nello Santi - 1992(LI)

Orchestra - Opernhaus Zürich

Chorus - Opernhaus Zürich

Imogene - Mara Zampieri

Gualtiero - Salvatore Fisichella

Ernesto - Rodney Gilfry

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 9092 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Zürich Opera House (September 2002; see OPERA December 1992 pp.1462-1463).

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Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Marcello Viotti - 1994(STU)

Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Imogene - Lucia Aliberti

Adele - Hermine May

Gualtiero - Stuart Neill

Ernesto - Roberto Frontali

Goffredo - Kelly Anderson

Itulbo - José Guadalupe Reyes

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Compact Disc; - Berlin Classics 0011152BC {2CDS} (1995)ª

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Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1995 p.100 [JBS]

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Opera - November 1996 p.1369

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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.6 July/August 1995 p.122

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Orpheus - November 1994 p.58; February 1995 p.58

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.479-485 [JKL]

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Opéra International - juin 1995 No.192 p.62

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Diapason - No.415 mai 1995 p.88

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.167 p.114

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American Record Guide - July/August 1995 Vol.58 No.4 p.86

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Répertoire - No.79 avril 1995 p.28

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.63 septiembre 2003 p.83 [TF]

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Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Evelino Pidò - 2002(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Chorus - Choeur de Radio France

Imogene - Renée Fleming

Adele - Patrizia Bicciré

Gualtiero - Marcello Giordani

Ernesto - Albert Schagidulin

Goffredo - Enrico Turco

Itulbo - Mirko Guadagnini

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Compact Disc; - *Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 4642 {2CDRS} (2002)ª; House of Opera CD 821 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Celestial Audio CA 314 {2CDS} (2003)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}

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Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38

Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Théâtre du Chatelet (16 May 2002). According to the radio announcer the roles of Goffredo and Adele were sung by Enrico Turco and Patrizia Bicciré (as given above) and not by Andrea Silvestri and Francesca Provisionato, as originally announced. This performance was reviewed on the internet .

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Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuliano Carella - 2003(LI)

Orchestra - Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Groot Omroepkoor

Imogene - Nelly Miricioiu

Adele - Carole Wilson

Gualtiero - Stefano Secco

Ernesto - Albert Shagidullin

Goffredo - Dejan Vatchkov

Itulbo - Gioacchino Lauro Li Vigni

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers PIR 200301 {2CDRS} (Canada); Celestial Audio CA 423 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.62; Opera on CD (2) p.43 (3) p.48; GIUDICI (2) p.38

Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (20 September 2003). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and those issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues on January 2005.

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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

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