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Carmen - Giulietta Simionato

Don José - Franco Corelli

Micaëla - Mirella Freni

Escamillo - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Frasquita - Loretta Di Lelio

Mercédès - Norma Palmieri

Le Dancaïre - Renato Ercolani

Le Remendado - Guido Malfatti

Moralès - Mario Rossetti

Zuninga - Enzo Viaro

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Black Disc - Stradivarius STR 1003-1005 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 727 {2CDS}; Opera Legacies OL 6007 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70

Comments:- Recording of a performance at Palermo (February 1959). The LPs issued by Stradivarius are advertized in GRAMOPHONE June 1982 p.82.

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Griselda by Alessandro Scarlatti performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Maderna - 1960(RA)

Orchestra - Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks (Hannover)

Chorus - Hannoversche Solistenvereinigung

Griselda - Mirella Freni

Costanza - Eugenia Ratti

Roberto - Ernst Haeflinger

Corrado - Peter Witsch

Gualtiero - Pierre Mollet

Ottone - Heinz Rehfuss

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Compact Disc; - Arkadia CDMAD 015 (+L'Orfeo - Monteverdi - short excerpts;; +Faust Overture - Wagner +Turandot Suite - Busoni) {3CDS} (1992)�

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This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Diapason - No.386 octobre 1992 p.182 [DM]

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Falstaff - Geraint Evans

Fenton - Luigi Alva

Ford - John Shaw

Dr. Cajus - John Lanigan

Bardolfo - Robert Bowman

Pistola - Michael Langdon

Alice Ford - Mariella Angioletti

Nannetta - Mirella Freni

Meg Page - Josephine Veasey

Mistress Quickly - Regina Resnik

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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 2009

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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (10 May 1961; see OPERA July 1961 pp.469-474). This performance was not broadcast, but that on 12 May was.

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Leyla Gencer

Don Ottavio - Richard Lewis

Donna Elvira - Sena Jurinac

Leoporello - Geraint Evans

Il Commendatore - David Ward

Masetto - Robert Savoie

Zerlina - Mirella Freni

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00931

Compact Disc; - Giuseppe di Stefano Records GDS 31024 {3CDS}; Living Stage LS 1022 {3CDS} (2003)�; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1163-3 {3CDRS} (2004)�

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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Classica Répertoire - No.75 septembre 2005 p.106 (mention) [AT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (19 February 1962). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. See Radio Times Issue dated February 17-23 1962 p.18, p.23. The performances on 9 and 26 February are reviewed in OPERA April 1962 p.271 (see also the front cover and pp.224-225)

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Mario Rossi - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Falstaff - Tito Gobbi

Fenton - Agostino Lazzari

Ford - Renato Capecchi

Dr. Cajus - Vittorio Pandano

Bardolfo - Renato Ercolani

Pistola - Enrico Campi

Alice Ford - Renata Tebaldi

Nannetta - Mirella Freni

Meg Page - Fernanda Cadoni

Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri

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Black Disc - Movimento Musica MM 030 22 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1313 {2CDS} (2001)�; House of Opera CDBB 655 {2CDRS} (2003)�

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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo, Naples (1 December 1962; mentioned in OPERA March 1963 p.187). The cast listed above is that given in OPERA, but some sources give Anna Maria Rota as singing the role of Meg. The Movimento Musica LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 �03/12/22�

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I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Verchi - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Modena

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Modena

Elvira - Mirella Freni

Arturo Talbot - Alfredo Kraus

Sir Riccardo Forth - Attilio D' Orazi

Sir Giorgio - Raffaele Ariè

Enrichetta di Francia - Rita Bezzi

Sir Bruno Robertson - Augusto Pedroni

Lord Gualtiero Valton - Bruno Cioni

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Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 195-2 {2CDS} Opera d'Oro OPD 1317 {2CDS} (2001)�

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Recordings of I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera June 1960 p.387; August 1960 p.585; September 1960 p.653; HARRIS p.220; Opera on Record 2 p.121; CELLETTI p.63; Opera on CD (1) p.39 (2) p.45 (3) p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.96 p.106; MET p.29; PENGUIN p.12; GIUDICI p.40 (2) p.74; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Opéra International No.253 janvier 2001 p.10

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - March 2 1996 p.39

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Opéra International - décembre 1996 No.208 p.53

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American Record Guide - January/February 1996 Vol.59 No.1 p.87

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Serse [Xerxes] by George Frideric Handel performed in Italian

Conductor Piero Bellugi - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra del Teatro Piccolo Scala

Chorus - Coro del Teatro Piccolo Scala

Serse (Xerxes) - Luigi Alva

Arsamene - Rolando Panerai

Amastre - Irene Campaneez

Ariodate - Leonardo Monreale

Romilda - Mirella Freni

Atalanta - Fiorenza Cossotto

Elviro - Franco Calabrese

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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 049 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03722

Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1323 {2CDS} (2001)�

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Recordings of Serse [Xerxes] by George Frideric Handel are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.41; CELLETTI p.322; MET(VID) p.102; GIUDICI p.294 (2) p.509; Opera News July 1996 p.34; American Record Guide January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.69-70

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.3 No.3 Autumn 1985 pp.194-195 [CC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Piccolo Scala (19 January 1962; see OPERA March 1962 p.185 )

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Alcina by George Frideric Handel performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1962(STU)

Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra

Alcina - Joan Sutherland

Ruggiero - Teresa Berganza

Bradamante - Monica Sinclair

Oronte - Luigi Alva

Morgana - Graziella Sciutti

Oberto - Mirella Freni

Melisso - Ezio Flagello

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 232-234 {3LPS} (1962)�;; Decca SET 232-234 {3LPS} (1962)�; Decca �Ace of Diamonds� GOM 509-511 {3LPS}; Decca �Ace of Diamonds� GOS 509-511 {3LPS}; Decca LXT 6080 (Highlights); Decca SLXT 6080 (Highlights); London A 4361 {3LPS} (1962)�;; London OSA 1361 {3LPS} (1962)�

Compact Disc; - Decca 433 723-2 (+Giulio Cesare - excerpts); Decca �Rouge Opéra� 467 063-2 (+Giulio Cesare - excerpts) {3CDS} (France) (2000)�

Open Reel Tape; - London LOR 90050 (4-track - 7�ips) (1963)�

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Recordings of Alcina by George Frideric Handel are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.40; CELLETTI p.308; Opera on CD (1) p.11 (2) p.14 (3) p.16; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.130 p.98; GIUDICI p.293 (2) p.507; Opera News July 1996 p.34; Opéra International juin 1999 No.236 p.18; American Record Guide January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.63-64

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1962 p.155; January 1963 p.333; January 1964 p.337 (Highlights); January 1967 p.388

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Orpheus - März 1973 S.45-S.46 [CK]

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Diapason - janvier 1993 p.116

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.151 p.104

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American Record Guide - November 1962 Vol.29 No.3 p.164 [JWB]

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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1962 Vol.12 No.12 p.72, p.80, p.82, p.84 [CLO]: March 1963 Vol.13 No.3 p.103 (open-reel tape) [RDD]

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Répertoire - janvier 1993 p.101: No.138 septembre 2000 p.73 [LC]

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Comments:- See �A Prima Donna's Progress� by Joan Sutherland pp.136-137

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1962-63(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Rodolfo - Nicolai Gedda

Schaunard - Mario Basiola jnr.

Marcello - Mario Sereni

Colline - Ferruccio Mazzoli

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Mariella Adani

Benoit - Carlo Badioli

Alcindoro - Paolo Montarsolo

Parpignol - Vittorio Pandano

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Black Disc; - HMV �Angel Series� AN 131-132 {2LPS} (1964)�; HMV �Angel Series� SAN 131-132 {2LPS} (1964)�; Angel 3643 B/L {2LPS} (1964)�; Angel S 3643 B/L {2LPS} (1964)�

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 69657-2 {2CDS} (1992)�

Open Reel Tape; - Angel ZB 3643 (7�ips 4-track) (1964)�

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1964 p.472; April 1992 p.160 [JBS]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.170

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.162 p.170

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American Record Guide - July 1964 Vol.30 No.11 pp.1020-1021 [PLM]: November 1964 Vol.31 No.3 p.275 (open reel tape) [CJL]

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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1964 Vol.14 No.10 pp.143-144 [CLO]: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 p.176 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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Répertoire - No.74 novembre 1994 p.74

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L' amico Fritz by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Suzel - Mirella Freni

Fritz Kobus - Gianni Raimondi

Beppe - Biancamaria Casoni

David - Rolando Panerai

Federico - Piero De Palma

Hanezo - Virgilio Carbonari

Caterina - Mirella Fiorentini

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Black Disc; - Fonit Cetra �Documents� DOC 58 (+Cavalleria Rusticana) {4LPS} (1984)�

Compact Disc; - *Fonit Cetra �Grandi Scelte� CDE 1041 (+Cavalleria Rusticana) {3CDS} (1988)�; Opera d'Oro OPD 1326 {2CDS} (2002)�

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Recordings of L' amico Fritz by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.379; Opera on CD (1) p.116 (2) p.127 (3) p.142; MET p.231; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.352 (2) p.610; Opéra International mars 1999 No.233 pp.16-19, mai 1999 No.235 p.66

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pietro Mascagni (see OPERA February 1964 p.94 )

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Rodolfo - Gianni Raimondi

Schaunard - Giuseppe Taddei

Marcello - Rolando Panerai

Colline - Ivo Vinco

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Hilde Güden

Benoit - Peter Klein

Alcindoro - Siegfried Rudolf Frese

Parpignol - Kurt Equiluz

Sergente dei doganieri - Rudolf Zimmer

Un doganiere - Herbert Zack

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 414 {2LPS} (1983)�; Movimento musica 020 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3950 (1996)�

Compact Disc; - Rodolphe RPC 32512(double durée); Fonit Cetra CDE 1010 {2CDS}; Legato Classics LCD 147-2 (highlights + concert); BMG RCA �Red Seal� �Wiener Staatsoper Live� 74321 57736-2 {2CDS} (1998)�; Opera d'Oro OPD 1332 {2CDS} (2002)�

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1999 p.96 [AB]

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Opera - April 1999 pp.399-405 [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.5 May/June 1999 p.250 [GJ]

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Orpheus - März 1999 S.56-57 [SL]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.170

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Opéra International - No.79 mars 1985 p.64 [SS]; janvier 1999 No.231 p.50 [PC]

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Diapason - No.454 décembre 1998 pp.90-91 [MP]

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Stereophile - January 1989 (Vol.12 No.1) p.221

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Classical Express - Issue No.107 February 1999 p.1 [MT]

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International Opera Collector - Spring 1999 No.11 pp.104-108 [MO]

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Répertoire - No.120 janvier 1999 p.60 [PT]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.41 septiembre-octubre 2000 p.92 [VJ]

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Comments:- According to the discography in �Gianni Raimondi - Felicamente Tenore� by Daniele Ruboli (p.149) the CDs published by Fonit-Cetra and by Legato (highlights) are a recording of a performance on 30 November 1963. The RCA CDs are stated to be of a performance on 9 November 1963. The Hunt CDs of the recording of La bohème conducted by Schippers (RAI Roma) also contain excerpts of a performance conducted by Karajan said to be performed on 9 November 1963. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their �New Listings - July 1996� where the date of the performance recorded is given as 9 November 1963. See also �Herbert von Karajan - A Life in Music� by Richard Osborne pp.498-502, OPERA February 1964 p.100 The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE December 1983 p.739 and the Movimento musica ones in GRAMOPHONE January 1984 p.872

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Chorus - Netherlands Chamber Choir

Falstaff - Fernando Corena

Fenton - Luigi Alva

Ford - Renato Capecchi

Dr. Cajus - Mario Carlin

Bardolfo - Florindo Andreolli

Pistola - Enrico Campi

Alice Ford - Ilva Ligabue

Nannetta - Mirella Freni

Meg Page - Fernanda Cadoni

Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri

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Compact Disc; - Verona 27095 {2CDS}; Radio Netherlands 5001 (Concertgebouw; Orchestra 1960-1970) (14CDS) (2005)�

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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera Monthly - September 1991 p.41 [WHW]

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American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.228 [RH2]

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Comments:- Recording of a perfornance at Gravenhage as part of the Holland Festival (see OPERA Festival Issue 1963 pp.85-86)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Figaro - Geraint Evans

Susanna - Mirella Freni

Conte Almaviva - Tito Gobbi

Contessa Almaviva - Ilva Ligabue

Cherubino - Teresa Berganza

Marcellina - Monica Sinclair

Bartolo - Michael Langdon

Basilio - Kenneth MacDonald

Curzio - Robert Bowman

Antonio - David Kelly

Barbarina - Jenifer Eddy

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1040

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 1998

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 11 June 1963. This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. See Radio Times Issue dated June 8-14 1963 p.31. The performance on 5 June 1963 is reviewed in OPERA July 1963 pp.491-496, p.506. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available �on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape�.

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in French

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1963(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Carmen - Leontyne Price

Don José - Franco Corelli

Micaëla - Mirella Freni

Escamillo - Robert Merrill

Frasquita - Monique Linval

Mercédès - Geneviève Macaux

Le Dancaïre - Jean-Christophe Benoit

Le Remendado - Maurice Besançon

Moralès - Bernard Demigny

Zuninga - Frank Schooten

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Black Disc; - RCA-Victor �Soria Series� LD 6164 {3LPS} (USA) (1964)�; RCA Victor �Soria Series� LDS 6164 {3LPS} (USA) (1964)�; RCA SER 5600

Compact Cassette - RCA RK 40004

Compact Disc; - RCA Victor CD 86199 {3CDS} (1988)�; Lyrica LRC 010 133 {3CDS}; BMG RCA Victor �Red Seal� 74321 39495-2 {3CDS} (1997)�

Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor FTC-8009 (7�ips 4-track) (1964)�

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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1964 p.142; January 1965 p.317; November 1971 p.902; March 1972 p.1503; October 1988 p.670 [AB]

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Opera Now - November/December 1997 p.96 [GH]

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Diapason - No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.70

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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1964 Vol.14 No.9 pp.63-63 [CLO]: January 1965 Vol.15 No.1 p.105 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - September 1964 Vol.31 No.1 pp.11-12 [PLM]: Vol.31 No.7 March 1965 p.665: January/February 1999 Vol.62 No.1 p.88 [KM]

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BBC Music Magazine - June 1997 p.75 (mention)

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.98 abril 1997 p.40 (mention)

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.24 junio-agosto 1997 p.56

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Comments:- See �Putting the Record Straight� by John Culshaw pp.330-338

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1963(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Chorus - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus

Falstaff - Geraint Evans

Fenton - Alfredo Kraus

Ford - Robert Merrill

Dr. Cajus - John Lanigan

Bardolfo - Piero De Palma

Pistola - Giovanni Foiani

Alice Ford - Ilva Ligabue

Nannetta - Mirella Freni

Meg Page - Rosalind Elias

Mistress Quickly - Giulietta Simionato

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor RE 5509-5511 {3LPS} (UK) (1964)�; RCA Victor SER 5509-5511 {3LPS} (UK) (1964)�; Decca 2BB 104-106 {3LPS} (1971)�; RCA Victor LM 6163 {3LPS} (USA) (1964)�; RCA Victor LSC 6163 {3LPS} (USA) (1964)�; London �Jubilee� LJ 417 168-1 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette; - Decca K110K32 (1978)�;; *Decca 417 168-4 (1990)�

Compact Disc; - Decca �Grand Opera� 417 168-2 {2CDS} (1990)�; Decca �Rouge Opéra� 460 179-2 {2CDS} (France) (1998)�; Decca �Classic Opera� 475 6677 {2CDS} (2005)�

Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor FTC 8008 (7�ips 4-track) (USA) (1964)�

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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1964 p.517; October 1964 p.174 [DST]; July 1971 p.238 [AB] November 1978 p.970 [IM]; March 1990 p. [AB]; October 2005 p.101 [JBS]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.248-252 [WRM]

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Diapason - No.454 décembre 1998 p.70 (mention) [MP]

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American Record Guide - March 1964 Vol.30 No.7 p.564 [PLM]: August 1964 Vol.30 No.12 p.60, p.66 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1964 Vol.14 No.3 p.65 [CLO]: August 1964 Vol.14 No.8 p.108 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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International Record Review - November 2005 p.37 [RP]

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Répertoire - No.120 janvier 1999 p.53 [LC]

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - Gianni Raimondi

Schaunard - Gianni Maffeo

Marcello - Rolando Panerai

Colline - Ivo Vinco

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Edda Vincenzi

Benoit - Carlo Badioli

Alcindoro - Franco Calabrese

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Black Disc - Melodiya D 015217-18 (highlights) {1LP}

Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3951 (1996)�; House of Opera ALD 3951

Compact Disc - Cetra CDE 1010 {2CDS}; The Opera Lovers BOH xx01 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance by the company of La Scala in Moscow (26 September 1964). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their �New Listings - July 1996� and the CDRs issued by �The Opera Lovers� (year unknown) are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1964(LI-Freni)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Violetta Valery - Mirella Freni

Flora Bervoix - Romana Righetti

Annina - Limbania Leoni

Alfredo Germont - Renato Cioni

Giorgio Germont - Mario Sereni

Gastone - Giorgio Goretti

Dottore Grenvil - Nicola Zaccaria

Barone Douphol - Alfredo Giacomotti

Marchese d'Obigny - Silvio Maionica

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Compact Disc - AS Disc 1015-6 {2CDS}; Gala GL 100.506 {2CDS} Legend LGD 125-126 {2CDS}; Arkadia �Karajan Edition� CDKAR 229 {2CDS}

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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; �Musica 99� p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

American Record Guide - January/February 1990 Vol.53 No.1 p.101 [LM]

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Comments:- Recording of the �prova generale� at La Scala (December 1964). The �prima� is reviewed in High Fidelity/Musical America March 1965 p.86-U

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1965(FI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - Gianni Raimondi

Schaunard - Gianni Maffeo

Marcello - Rolando Panerai

Colline - Ivo Vinco

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Adriane (Adriana) Martino

Benoit - Carlo Badioli

Alcindoro - Carlo Badioli

Parpignol - Franco Ricciardi

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Laser Disc - *DG 072 205-1(NTSC); DG 072 105-1(PAL); DG POLG 9063 (Japanese NTSC)

DVD (Video) - DG 072 047-2; DG 073 027-9; DG UCBG 1004 (Japan) (2000)�

VHS Video Cassette - DG 072 105-3(PAL)

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1988 p.580; October 2002 pp.100-101 [MEO]

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Opera News - March 2003 pp.90-91 [IS]

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Fanfare - Vol.26 No.3 January/February 2003 pp.158-159 [JK]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.3 Spring 1989 pp.120-124 [TE]

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Opéra International - No.285 décembre 2003 pp.64-65 (mention) [SS]

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Diapason - No.499 janvier 2003 p.123 [MP]

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International Record Review - August 2002 p.79 [MVA]

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BBC Music Magazine - August 2002 p.96 (DVD) [EB]

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The Classical Video Guide - p.77

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Répertoire - No.167 avril 2003 p.43 [TP]

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Lyric Opera of Chicago

Chorus - Lyric Opera of Chicago

Rodolfo - Franco Corelli

Schaunard - Renato Cesari

Marcello - Sesto Bruscantini

Colline - Raffaele Ariè

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Edith Martelli

Benoit - Giorgio Tadeo

Alcindoro - Giorgio Tadeo

Parpignol - Herbert Kraus

Sergente dei doganieri - Bernard Izzo

Un doganiere - Howard Nelson

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Black Disc - Legendary Recordings LR 195 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1994 (1990)�

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 841-2 {2CDRS} ;; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} ;; The Opera Lovers BOH 196602 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2005)�

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - No.79 mars 1985 p.64 [SS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Chicago October 1965 - see OPERA January 1966 p.55 . The LR LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE February 1984 p.1035. There is a photograph of the dinner in Café Momus in �Corelli - A Man, A Voice� (plate 98). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their �New Listings - September/October 1990� and the CDRs issued by �The Opera Lovers� are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Modema

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Modema

Violetta Valery - Mirella Freni

Flora Bervoix - Luciana Rezzadore

Annina - Gianbruna Rizzardini

Alfredo Germont - Luciano Pavarotti

Giorgio Germont - Attilio D' Orazi

Gastone - Augusto Pedroni

Dottore Grenvil - Maurizio Mazzieri

Barone Douphol - Walter de Ambrosis

Marchese d'Obigny - Bruno Cioni

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Compact Disc - ZYX Classic CLS 4602-2 {2CDS}; Omega Opera Archive 1682 {2CDRS}

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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; �Musica 99� p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance in Modena (7 February 1965). The CDs issued by ZYX Records are listed in the �Bielefelder Katalog Klassik 1 1997� S.996. and the recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available �on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape�.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Rodolfo - Flaviano Labò

Schaunard - William Ledbetter

Marcello - Franco Iglesias

Colline - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Mary Costa

Benoit - Lawrence Davidson

Alcindoro - Lawrence Davidson

Parpignol - Aldo Marra

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2155 (1991)�; House of Opera ALD 2155

Compact Disc - Bongiovanni �The Golden Age of Opera� GAO 147-148 {2CDS}

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.17 No.5 May-June 1994 p.220

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (9 December 1966). The performance of 5 December is briefly reviewed in OPERA April 1967 p.300. It is reported that at this performance Musetta was sung by Maria Cleva. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their �New Listings - January/February 1991�

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in French

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Carmen - Grace Bumbry

Don José - Jon Vickers

Micaëla - Mirella Freni

Escamillo - Justino Díaz

Frasquita - Nadine Sautereau

Mercédès - Jane Berbié

Le Dancaïre - Gérard Dunan

Le Remendado - Milen Paunov

Moralès - Roger Soyer

Zuninga - Anton Diakov

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Compact Disc; - Frequenz 11022 {3CDS}; Price-Less DI 838X {3CDS} ; *House of Opera Carmen CD-Rom (2002)�

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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (27 July 1966). The performance on 27 August 1966, with Ernest Blanc as Escamillo, is reviewed in OPERA Festival Issue 1966 p.54, p.58.

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Zubin Mehta - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La principessa Turandot - Birgit Nilsson

Calaf - Franco Corelli

Liù - Mirella Freni

Ping - Theodor Uppman

Pang - Robert Nagy

Pong - Charles Anthony

Timur - Bonaldo Giaiotti

L'imperatore Altoum - Mariano Caruso

Un mandarino - Robert Goodloe

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Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 756 (+Freni - concert) {2CDS}; Living Stage LS 4035158 {2CDS} (2002)�

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Recordings of Turandot by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.114; Opera on Record p.618; CELLETTI p.655; Opera on CD (1) p.111 (2) p.122 (3) p.137 MET p.454; MET(VID) p.252; PENGUIN p.320; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.33 p.97, No.220 p.98; Opera on Video p.187; GIUDICI p.652 (2) p.1073; Répertoire No.97 décembre 1996 p.16; International Opera Collector Spring 1997 No.3 p.40; Opera Quarterly Vo.13 No.4 Summer 1997 p.77; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

International Record Review - April 2003 pp.24-25 (mention) [MVA]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.64 octubre 2003 p.84 [MC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (3 December 1966)

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Otto Klemperer - 1966(STU)

Orchestra - New Philharmonia Orchestra

Chorus - Philharmonia Chorus

Don Giovanni - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Donna Anna - Claire Watson

Don Ottavio - Nicolai Gedda

Donna Elvira - Christa Ludwig

Leoporello - Walter Berry

Il Commendatore - Franz Crass

Masetto - Paolo Montarsolo

Zerlina - Mirella Freni

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Black Disc; - *HMV �Angel Series� AN 172-5 {4LPS} (1966)�; HMV �Angel Series� SAN 172-5 {4LPS} (1966)�; EMI SLS 1434623 {3LPS} (1983)�; Angel SDL 3700

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-1434629 (1983)�

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63841-2 {3CDS} (1991)�

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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1966 p.275 [PHW]; January 1967 p.354 [DST]; July 1983 p.182 [AB]; September 1991 p.125 [AB]

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Opera - September 1995 p.1131

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Classic CD - January 1995 p.46

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L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1966(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Adina - Mirella Freni

Nemorino - Nicolai Gedda

Dulcamara - Renato Capecchi

Belcore - Mario Sereni

Giannetta - Angela Arena

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Black Disc - HMV �Angel� AN 180-1; HMV �Angel� SAN 180-1; ENI 3 C 165-00066/67; Angel SBL 3701

Compact Disc - EMI CDMB 69897 {2CDS} (USA)

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Recordings of L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.95; Opera on Record p.173; CELLETTI p.205; Opera on CD (1) p.35 (2) p.40 (3) p.45; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.95 p.90; MARINELLI p.103; MET p.102; MET(VID) p.56; PENGUIN p.74; Opera on Video p.61; GIUDICI p.172; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.20; American Record Guide September/October2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1967 p.538; July 1967 p.53

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Opera - July 1967 p.590

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in French

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1967(FI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Carmen - Grace Bumbry

Don José - Jon Vickers

Micaëla - Mirella Freni

Escamillo - Justino Díaz

Frasquita - Valérie Millot

Mercédès - Júlia Hamari

Le Dancaïre - Kurt Equiluz

Le Remendado - Milen Paunov

Moralès - Robert Kerns

Zuninga - Anton Diakov

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Laser Disc - Philips 070 440-1 (PAL)

DVD (Video) - Philips PHBH 1003 (Japan) (1999)�; DG 073 4032 (2005)�

VHS Video Cassette - Philips 440 070 540-3 (NTSC); Philips Video Classics 070 440-3 (PAL)

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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1996 p.117 [AB]

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Opera News - August 1996 p.52

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Fanfare - Vol.29 No.2 November/December 2005 pp.341-342 [DLK]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.14 No.1 Autumn 1987 p.149 [DM]

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Opéra International - janvier 1996 No.198 p.45

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Diapason - No.527 juillet-aoüt 2005 p.108 [MP]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.169 p.128

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BBC Music Magazine - May 1996 p.23

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American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 pp.303-306 [DF]

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Répertoire - No.88 février 1996 p.84

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno X - N.98 - Giugno 1996 p.83

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Musica (Milano) - No.97 Anno 20 Aprile -Maggio p.94

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Comments:- Video recording of a film (see OPERA January 1969 p.84)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Leone Magiera - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Modena

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Modena

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Afro Poli

Marcello - Guido d' Orazi

Colline - Mario Gaetani

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Grazia di Rocco

Parpignol - Fernando Pavarotti

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution ALD 2567 (1991)�

Compact Disc - ZYX Classic CLS 4601 {2CDS}

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Comunale, Modena (December 1967). The CDs issued by ZYX Classic are listed in the �Bielefelder Katalog Klassik 1 1997� S.996

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in French

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Chor der Wiener Staatsoper - Kammerchor der Salzburger Festspiele - Kinderchor der Salzburger Festspiele

Carmen - Grace Bumbry

Don José - Jon Vickers

Micaëla - Mirella Freni

Escamillo - Justino Díaz

Frasquita - Olivera Miljakovic

Mercédès - Júlia Hamari

Le Dancaïre - John van Kesteren

Le Remendado - Milen Paunov

Moralès - Robert Kerns

Zuninga - Anton Diakov

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1306;; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1432-2 (highlights +highlights 1955) {2CDRS} (2004)�

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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg (July or August 1967). The cast listed above is as given in Festspiele in Salzburg by Josef Kaut pp.244-245. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available �on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape�. The origin of the recording is stated to be an �Excellent FM Aircheck�.

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Faust - Gianni Raimondi

Méphistophélès - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Marguerite - Mirella Freni

Valentin - Robert Massard

Siébel - Luigi Alva

Marthe - Anna Di Stasio

Wagner - Alfredo Giacomotti

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Compact Disc; - Melodram MEL 37005 {3CDS]; Opera d'Oro OPD 1294 {3CDS} (2001)�

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Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1998 pp.141-142 [MM]

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ARSC Journal - Vol.20 No.2 Fall 1989 p.177 [CPGP]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (16 February 1967; see OPERA May 1967 p.387)

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Violetta Valery - Mirella Freni

Flora Bervoix - Anne Howells

Annina - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Alfredo Germont - Renato Cioni

Giorgio Germont - Piero Cappuccilli

Gastone - John Lanigan

Dottore Grenvil - David Kelly

Barone Douphol - George Macpherson

Marchese d'Obigny - Eric Garrett

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Compact Disc - Frequenz 043 006 {2CDS}

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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; �Musica 99� p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (5 May 1967; see OPERA June 1967 p.512). This performance was broadcast on the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times dated April 27 1967 p.58).

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Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1967(LI;27/9/67)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Roméo - Franco Corelli

Juliette - Mirella Freni

Gertrude - Shirley Love

Frère Laurence - John Macurdy

Capulet - Raymond Michalski

Tybalt - Charles Anthony

Le Prince - Norman Scott

Gregorio - Lorenzo Alvary

Mercutio - John Reardon

Stéphano - Marcia Baldwin

Pâris - Gene Boucher

Benvolio - Robert Schmorr

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1694 {2CDRS}

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Recordings of Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.246; Opera on Record 2 p.195; CELLETTI p.298; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.41p.84; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1993 No.171 p.34; MET p.172; MET(VID) p.94; PENGUIN p.116; Opera on Video p.134; GIUDICI p.278

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (27 September 1967). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available �on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape�.

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in French

Conductor Alain Lombard - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Carmen - Grace Bumbry

Don José - Richard Tucker

Micaëla - Mirella Freni

Escamillo - Justino Díaz

Frasquita - Lilian Sukis

Mercédès - Marcia Baldwin

Le Dancaïre - Gene Boucher

Le Remendado - Charles Anthony

Moralès - Ron Bottcher

Zuninga - Morley Meredith

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1711

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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (20 April 1968). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available �on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape�.

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in French

Conductor Zubin Mehta - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Carmen - Shirley Verrett

Don José - Jon Vickers

Micaëla - Mirella Freni

Escamillo - Justino Díaz

Frasquita - Lilian Sukis

Mercédès - Marcia Baldwin

Le Dancaïre - Robert Goodloe

Le Remendado - Robert Schmorr

Moralès - Tony Christova

Zuninga - Morley Meredith

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1578

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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (10 October 1968). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available �on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape�. It is described as a �VG to Excellent in-house recording�.

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Giovanni - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Donna Anna - Gundula Janowitz

Don Ottavio - Alfredo Kraus

Donna Elvira - Teresa Zylis-Gara

Leoporello - Geraint Evans

Il Commendatore - Martti Talvela

Masetto - Rolando Panerai

Zerlina - Mirella Freni

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Black Disc - GOP Records GOP 53

Compact Disc - Paragon PCD 84009-84011 {3CDS}

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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (see OPERA Festival Issue 1968 p.52)

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Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Roméo - Nicolai Gedda

Juliette - Mirella Freni

Gertrude - Shirley Love

Frère Laurence - John Macurdy

Capulet - Raymond Michalski

Tybalt - Charles Anthony

Le Prince - Norman Scott

Gregorio - Lorenzo Alvary

Mercutio - John Reardon

Stéphano - Marcia Baldwin

Pâris - Gene Boucher

Benvolio - Robert Schmorr

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1270

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Recordings of Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.246; Opera on Record 2 p.195; CELLETTI p.298; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.41p.84; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1993 No.171 p.34; MET p.172; MET(VID) p.94; PENGUIN p.116; Opera on Video p.134; GIUDICI p.278

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (13 April 1968). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available �on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape�.

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L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Mario Rossi - 1968(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Adina - Mirella Freni

Nemorino - Renzo Casellato

Dulcamara - Sesto Bruscantini

Belcore - Mario Basiola jnr.

Giannetta - Elena Zilio

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Compact Disc; - Frequenz 043-009 {2CDS} (1989)�

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Recordings of L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.95; Opera on Record p.173; CELLETTI p.205; Opera on CD (1) p.35 (2) p.40 (3) p.45; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.95 p.90; MARINELLI p.103; MET p.102; MET(VID) p.56; PENGUIN p.74; Opera on Video p.61; GIUDICI p.172; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.20; American Record Guide September/October2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 3 September 1968

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L' amico Fritz by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1968(STU)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Suzel - Mirella Freni

Fritz Kobus - Luciano Pavarotti

Beppe - Laura Didier-Gambardella

David - Vincenzo Sardinero

Federico - Luigi Pontiggia

Hanezo - Benito di Bella

Caterina - Malvina Major

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Black Disc; - HMV �Angel� SAN 242-243 {2LPS} (1969)�; HMV SLS 5107 {2LPS} (1978)�; Angel SBL-3737 {2LPS} (1969)�; EMI Electrola 1C 065 01908/09 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-SLS 5107 (1978)�

Compact Disc; - *EMI CDS 7 47905 8 {2CDS} (1987)�; EMI �Great Recordings of the Century� CMS 5 67376-2 {2CDS} (2000)�; Angel CDCB 47905 {2CDS} (1987)�

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Recordings of L' amico Fritz by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.379; Opera on CD (1) p.116 (2) p.127 (3) p.142; MET p.231; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.352 (2) p.610; Opéra International mars 1999 No.233 pp.16-19, mai 1999 No.235 p.66

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1969 p.188; October 1969 p.537; August 1978 p.368 [JBS]; December 1978 p.1178 (mention) [IM]; January 1979 p.1258 [JBS]; August 1987 p. [AB]; Awards Issue (published October) 2000 pp.124-125 [MEO]; January 2001 (published December 2000) p.51 [PO'C]

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Orpheus - März/April 1974 S.65-S.66 [RM]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 No.4 Winter 1987/88 pp.134-137 [DWW]

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American Record Guide - August 1969 Vol.35 No.12 p.1137 [PLM]

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International Record Review - September 2000 pp.118-119 [JTH]

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Répertoire - No.140 novembre 2000 p.86 [CH]

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Comments:- Recorded on 29-31 August, 1-4, 7, 11, 13 September 1968

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Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Alain Lombard - 1968(STU)

Orchestra - Opéra de Paris

Chorus - Opéra de Paris

Roméo - Franco Corelli

Juliette - Mirella Freni

Gertrude - Michèle Vilma

Frère Laurence - Xavier Depraz

Capulet - Claude Calès

Tybalt - Robert Cardona

Le Prince - Pierre Thau

Gregorio - Christos Grigoriou

Mercutio - Henri Gui

Stéphano - Eliane Lublin

Pâris - Yves Bisson

Benvolio - Maurice Auzeville

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Black Disc; - HMV SLS 943/1-3 {3LPS} (1969)�; EMI CAN 235-237 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 5 65290-2 {2CDS} (1994)�

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Recordings of Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.246; Opera on Record 2 p.195; CELLETTI p.298; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.41p.84; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1993 No.171 p.34; MET p.172; MET(VID) p.94; PENGUIN p.116; Opera on Video p.134; GIUDICI p.278

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1969 p.1465; July 1969 p.129; February 1981 p.1114 [JBS]

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Opéra International - décembre 1994 No.186 p.71

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Diapason - No.410 décembre 1994 p.140

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.164 p.166

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.185 février 1995 p.83

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Répertoire - No.75 décembre 1994 p.48

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American Record Guide - March/April 1995 Vol.58 No.2 p.107

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Manno Wolf-Ferrari - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale �Carlo Felice� di Genova

Chorus - Teatro Comunale �Carlo Felice� di Genova

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Otello Borgonovo

Marcello - Lorenzo Saccomani

Colline - Silvano Pagliuca

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Mariella Adani

Benoit - Virgilio Carbonari

Alcindoro - Virgilio Carbonari

Parpignol - Amleto Guatiero

Sergente dei doganieri - Vico Polotto

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Compact Disc - Melodram CDM 27 031 {2CDS}; Gala GLH 803 (highlights) {1CD}

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording a performance in the Teatro Margherita di Genova (April 1969)

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La buona figliuola [La Cecchina] by Niccolò Piccinni performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Caracciolo - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - RAI Napoli

Chorus - RAI Napoli

Cecchina - Mirella Freni

Il Marchese della Conchiglia - Werner Hollweg

Capitano Tagliaferro - Rolando Panerai

Il Cavaliere Armindoro - Valeria Mariconda

La Marchesa Lucinda - Gloria Trillo

Mengotto - Sesto Bruscantini

Paoluccia - Biancamaria Casoni

Sandrina - Rita Talarcio

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Black Disc - Bismark Beane MRF 116 (+La Dirindina) {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Arkadia ARK 596 (highlights) (+Didon) {2CDS}

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Recordings of La buona figliuola [La Cecchina] by Niccolò Piccinni are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.571; GIUDICI p.559 (2) p.931; Opéra International No.248 juillet-aoüt 2000 pp.15-18

Comments:- Recording of a performance given at the �Stagione lirica all'Auditorium� (31 October 1969; see OPERA January 1970 p.65 )

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Giovanni - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Donna Anna - Gundula Janowitz

Don Ottavio - Alfredo Kraus

Donna Elvira - Teresa Zylis-Gara

Leoporello - Geraint Evans

Il Commendatore - Victor von Halem

Masetto - Rolando Panerai

Zerlina - Mirella Freni

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Compact Disc; - Nuova Era 2330-2232; Memories HR 4362-4364 {3CDS} ;; Hunt CDKAR 202 (+Mozart - Requiem) {3CDS}; Oriel Music Society OMS 312 {3CDRS} (2002)�

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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 pp.22-26 [LM]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (1 August 1969; see OPERA Festival Issue 1969 p.49)

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in Italian

Conductor Danilo Belardinelli - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta de la Asociación Bilbaina de Amigos de la Ópera (ABAO)

Chorus - Coro de la Asociación Bilbaina de Amigos de la Ópera (ABAO)

Faust - Alfredo Kraus

Méphistophélès - Ruggero Raimondi

Marguerite - Mirella Freni

Valentin - Mario D' Anna

Siébel - Margherita Rochov

Marthe - Mirna Pecile

Wagner - Nino Carta

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Compact Disc - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 3108 {3CDS}

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Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - février 1995 No.188 P60

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Festival d'Oviedo

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La Fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Marie - Mirella Freni

Tonio - Luciano Pavarotti

Sulplice - Wladimiro Ganzarolli

La Maquise - Anna Di Stasio

Hortensius - Walter Monachesi

Caporale - Giuseppe Morresi

Un Paysan - Walter Gullino

La Duchesse - Maria Grazia Allegri

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Compact Disc; - *Nuova Era 2239-2240 {2CDS}; Memories HR 4507-4508 {2CDS};; Verona 27046-27047 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1147 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 5005 (+La Fille du regiment +I Lombardi +Manon) {8CDS} (2002)�

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Recordings of La Fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.219; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.179 p.78; MET p.122; MET(VID) p.72; PENGUIN p.78; GIUDICI p.210 (2) p.350; Opéra International décembre 1997 No.219 pp.19-21

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera News - May 1994 p.49

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (11 February 1969)

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Manon by Jules Massenet performed in Italian

Conductor Peter Maag - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Manon - Mirella Freni

Poussette - Milena Pauli

Javotte - Yeda Valtriani

Rosette - Luciana Rezzadore

Le Chevalier Des Grieux - Luciano Pavarotti

Lescaut - Rolando Panerai

Le Compte des Grieux - Antonio Zerbini

Guillot de Morfontaine - Franco Ricciardi

De Brétigny - Giuseppe Morresi

L'Hôtelier - Virgilio Carbonari

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 215 {2LPS} (1974)�; Estro Armonico EA 024; HRE 332-3

Compact Disc; - Melodram MEL 27046; Verona 27052/53; Legato Classics LCD 132-2 Opera d'Oro OPD 5005 (+La boheme +La Fille du regiment +Manon) {8CDS} (2002)�; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 162-2 {2CDRS} (2001)�

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Recordings of Manon by Jules Massenet are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.171; Opera on Record p.481; CELLETTI p.398; MARINELLI p.323; Opera on CD (1) p.94 (2) p.104 (3) p.117; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.123 p.144; MET p.233; MET(VID) p.128; PENGUIN p.205; GIUDICI p.358 (2) p.629; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110; Orpheus November 2000 S.86

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

ARSC Journal - Vol.21 No.2 Fall 1990 p.302 [SGA]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in La Scala (June 1969; see OPERA August 1969 p.719). The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as �New� in �Fall 2001�.

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Manon by Jules Massenet performed in Italian

Conductor Peter Maag - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Manon - Mirella Freni

Le Chevalier Des Grieux - Luciano Pavarotti

Lescaut - Wladimiro Ganzarolli

Le Compte des Grieux - Antonio Zerbini

Guillot de Morfontaine - Franco Ricciardi

De Brétigny - Giuseppe Morresi

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 332 {3LPS} (1980)�

Compact Disc - Butterfly Music BMCD 004; Cetra CDE 1060

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Recordings of Manon by Jules Massenet are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.171; Opera on Record p.481; CELLETTI p.398; MARINELLI p.323; Opera on CD (1) p.94 (2) p.104 (3) p.117; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.123 p.144; MET p.233; MET(VID) p.128; PENGUIN p.205; GIUDICI p.358 (2) p.629; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110; Orpheus November 2000 S.86

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (31 May 1969). The cast listed above may be incorrect as according to �La Scala 67-92 - Cronoglogia Opere, Balletti, Concerti� p.11 Rolando Panerai, not Wladimiro Ganzarolli, sang the role of Lescaut in this performance. In fact, it appears that Ganzarolli never sang the role of Lescaut at La Scala.

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I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Ino Savini - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Elvira - Mirella Freni

Arturo Talbot - Luciano Pavarotti

Sir Riccardo Forth - Walter Alberti

Sir Giorgio - Silvano Pagliuca

Enrichetta di Francia - Delia Lago

Lord Gualtiero Valton - Alfonso Marchica

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDTT 1134 {2CDRS} (2004)�

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Recordings of I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera June 1960 p.387; August 1960 p.585; September 1960 p.653; HARRIS p.220; Opera on Record 2 p.121; CELLETTI p.63; Opera on CD (1) p.39 (2) p.45 (3) p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.96 p.106; MET p.29; PENGUIN p.12; GIUDICI p.40 (2) p.74; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Opéra International No.253 janvier 2001 p.10

Comments:- The recording on the CDRs issued by HOO appears to be of a performance in the Teatro Comunale di Bologna in March 1969. According to OPERA (June 1969 p.533) �the Bonynge-Sutherland couple were replaced at the last moment by Ino Savini and Mirella Freni�. The assignment of the singers to the roles as given above may be in error. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to HOO's website on 11 December 2004.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1969(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Gianni Maffeo

Marcello - Sesto Bruscantini

Colline - Nicola Ghiuselev

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Rita Talarcio

Benoit - Alessandro Maddalena

Alcindoro - Franco Calabrese

Parpignol - Mario Di Felici

Sergente dei doganieri - Mario Frosini

Un doganiere - Elio Prisco

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Compact Disc; - Hunt 34047 (+excerpts) {2CDS}; LIVE-MUSIC CACD 8.00151;; Opera d'Oro OPD 1143 {2CDS} (1997)�; Opera d'Oro 0PD 5002 (+Tosca +Turandot +Madama Butterfly) {8CDS} (2002)�; Opera d'Oro OPD 5005 (+La fille du regiment +I Lombardi +Manon) {8CDS} (2002)�; Cantus Classics 500 002 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro �Grand Tier� OPD 7001 {2CDS} (2003)�

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - April 1996 S.58

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American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 p.99 [CHP]

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Comments:- Recorded or broadcast on 17 July 1969

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I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1969(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Elvira - Mirella Freni

Arturo Talbot - Luciano Pavarotti

Sir Riccardo Forth - Sesto Bruscantini

Sir Giorgio - Bonaldo Giaiotti

Enrichetta di Francia - Mirella Fiorentini

Sir Bruno Robertson - Mino Venturini

Lord Gualtiero Valton - Giovanni Antonini

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 391-3 {3LPS} (1982)�

Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 512-2 {2CDS}; Nuova Era 2342-2344 {3CDS};; Frequenz 043-012 {3CDS}; Verona 27029-27031 {3CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1141 {3CDS} (1998)�; Living Stage LS 4035128 {3CDS}

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Recordings of I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera June 1960 p.387; August 1960 p.585; September 1960 p.653; HARRIS p.220; Opera on Record 2 p.121; CELLETTI p.63; Opera on CD (1) p.39 (2) p.45 (3) p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.96 p.106; MET p.29; PENGUIN p.12; GIUDICI p.40 (2) p.74; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Opéra International No.253 janvier 2001 p.10

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.576-585 [WA2]

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American Record Guide - January/February 1990 Vol.53 No.1 p.29 [SDS]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.33 mayo-junio 1999 p.89 [LB]

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Comments:- Recorded on 8 July 1969 and broadcast on 7 October 1969. The HRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE October 1982 p.484

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in French

Conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos - 1969(STU)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris & Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois

Carmen - Grace Bumbry

Don José - Jon Vickers

Micaëla - Mirella Freni

Escamillo - Kostas Paskalis

Frasquita - Eliane Lublin

Mercédès - Viorica Cortez

Le Dancaïre - Michel Trempont

Le Remendado - Albert Voli

Moralès - Claude Meloni

Zuninga - Bernard Gontcharenko

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Black Disc; - *EMI �Angel Series� SLS 952/3 (SAN 273-275) (1970)�; EMI Electrola 1C 197 02072-4 {3LPS};; EMI �Classics for Pleasure� CFPD 414454-3 (1986)�; EMI �Classics for Pleasure� CFPD 4454 (1986)�

Compact Cassette; - EMI �Classics for Pleasure� CFPD 414454-5 (1986)�; EMI �Classics for Pleasure� TC CFPD 4454

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63643-2 {2CDS} (1991)�; EMI �Classics for Pleasure� CD CFPD 4454 {2CDS}; EMI 4 79571-2 {2CDS} (France) (1995)�; EMI Classics 5 85505-2 {2CDS} (2004)�

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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1970 p.634; January 1971 p.1128; April 1981 p. [JBS] ; August 1986 p. [HF]; June 1991 p. [JBS]

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Opera - December 1970 p.1136

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Opera Now - February 1995 p.53

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Diapason - No.421 décembre 1995 p.100

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Répertoire - No.86 décembre 1995 p.31

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.69 abril 2004 p.83 [MC]

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Comments:- The non-francophone members of the cast have their dialogue spoken by a separatecast of French actors and actresses

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro de la Zarzuela de Madrid

Chorus - Teatro de la Zarzuela de Madrid

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Nino Carta

Marcello - Giuseppe Taddei

Colline - Raffaele Ariè

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - María Orán

Benoit - Luis Villarejo

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Compact Disc - Butterfly 007 {2CDS}

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opernwelt - November 11/1992 S.64

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madid (21 May 1970)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia

Chorus - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia

Rodolfo - Umberto Grilli

Schaunard - Otello Borgonovo

Marcello - Mario Sereni

Colline - Alessandro Maddalena

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Lucia Cappellino

Benoit - Virgilio Carbonari

Alcindoro - Ledo Freschi

Parpignol - Guido Frabbis

Sergente dei doganieri - Bruno Tessari

Un doganiere - Uberto Scaglione

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Compact Disc; - Mondo Musica MFOH 10111 {2CDS} (1998)�

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Classical Express - Issue 101 August 1998 p.4 [RB]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XII - N.121 agosto-settembre 1998 p.114 [GL]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.115 noviembre 1998 pp.42-43 [JS]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.31 enero-febrero 1999 p.86 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in La Fenice (11 February 1970)

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Griselda by Alessandro Scarlatti performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - RAI Napoli

Chorus - RAI Napoli

Griselda - Mirella Freni

Costanza - Carmen Lavani

Roberto - Luigi Alva

Corrado - Veriano Luchetti

Gualtiero - Sesto Bruscantini

Ottone - Rolando Panerai

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Black Disc - Bismark Beane MRF 117 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Memories HR A 154-155 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1308 {2CDS} (2001)�

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This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Répertoire - No.27 juillet/aoüt 1990 p.64 [OR]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the �Stagione lirica all'Auditorium� (29 October 1970)

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Otello - Jon Vickers

Desdemona - Mirella Freni

Iago - Peter Glossop

Cassio - Ryland Davies

Rodrigo - Hans Wegmann

Lodovico - Luigi Roni

Montano - Siegfried Rudolf Frese

Emilia - Stefania Malagù

Un Araldo - Victor von Halem

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Compact Disc - foyer 2-CF 2034 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (10 August 1970). The performance on 25 August 1970 is reviewed in OPERA, Festival Issue 1970 p.73

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Colin Davis - 1970(STU)

Orchestra - BBC Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - BBC Symphony Orchestra

Figaro - Wladimiro Ganzarolli

Susanna - Mirella Freni

Conte Almaviva - Ingvar Wixell

Contessa Almaviva - Jessye Norman

Cherubino - Yvonne Minton

Marcellina - Maria Casula

Bartolo - Clifford Grant

Basilio - Robert Tear

Curzio - David Lennox

Antonio - Paul Hudson

Barbarina - Lilian Watson

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Black Disc; - Philips 6707 014 {4LPS} (1971)�

Compact Cassette; - Philips 7675 001 (1978)�

Compact Disc; - Philips 422 540-2 {2CDS} (1992)�; Philips 456 375-2 (+Don Giovanni +Così fan tutte) {9CDS}; Aura Music {2CDS}; Philips �Trio� 475 6111 {3CDS} (2004)�

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1971 p.883; January 1972 p.1183; March 1972 p.1503; September 1973 p.563 [WAC]; November 1978 p.969 [IM]; January 1992 p.91 [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.28 No.3 January/February 2005 pp.161-162 [JC]

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Diapason - No.445 février 1998 p.92 [MP]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.183 p.102 (mention) [CM]

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Classic CD - May 1998 p.92 [ST]

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BBC Music Magazine - November 2004 p.90 [RW]

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1971 (& 1972)(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Simon Boccanegra - Piero Cappuccilli

Jacopo Fiesco - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Amelia Grimaldi - Mirella Freni

Gabriele Adorno - Gianni Raimondi

Paolo Albiani - Felice Schiavi

Pietro - Giovanni Foiani

Un'ancella - Milena Pauli

Un capitano dei balestrieri - Gianfranco Manganotti

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Compact Disc - foyer 2 CF 2044 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.79 abril 2005 pp.83-84 {Myto) [MC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (December 1971). House of Opera (CDBB 915) and Premiere (CDNO 1193-2) have issued CDRs and Myto has issued CDs (2 MCD 044 296) with a recording of the performance on 8 January 1972 which had the same cast. See ARG May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.243-244.

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper & Salzburger Festspiel Kammerchor

Otello - Jon Vickers

Desdemona - Mirella Freni

Iago - Peter Glossop

Cassio - Ryland Davies

Rodrigo - Hans Wegmann

Lodovico - Luigi Roni

Montano - Siegfried Rudolf Friese

Emilia - Stefania Malagù

Un Araldo - Helge von Bömches

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Compact Disc; - Memories HR 4533-4534 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1283 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 5004 (+La traviata +Il trovatore;; +Aida) {8CDS} (2002)�; House of Opera CDBB 880 {2CDRS} (2003)�

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Recordings of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Now - August 1994 p.48

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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.1 September/October 1994 p.362

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (30 July 1971) (see OPERA Festival Issue 1971 p.44). A recording of a performance from the 1971 Salzburg Festival was broadcast bt BBC Radio 3 on 9 December 1971. See Radio Times Issue dated 4-10 December 1971 p.54.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1972(STU)

Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker

Chorus - Deutsche Oper (Berlin)

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Gianni Maffeo

Marcello - Rolando Panerai

Colline - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Elizabeth Harwood

Benoit - Michel Sénéchal

Alcindoro - Michel Sénéchal

Parpignol - Gernot Pietsch

Sergente dei doganieri - Hans-Dieter Appelt

Un doganiere - Hans-Dietrich Pohl

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Black Disc; - *Decca SET 565-566 {2LPS} (1973)�;; London OSA-1299 {2CDS}

Compact Cassette; - Decca K2B5; Decca 421 049-4 (1987)�

Compact Disc; - Decca 421 049-2 {2CDS} (1987)�; Decca 443 204-2 (Collection) {11CDS}; Decca 473 997-210 (+Madama Butterfly +Tosca +Turandot) {9CDS} (2004)�

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1973 p.373 [EG]; September 1973 p.461 [SIR]; April 1975 p.1780 [JBS]; May 1975 p.2031 (mention) [AB]; October 1975 p.721 [MEO]; November1987 p. [MEO]; March 2005 pp.32-33 [AFC, AB, RF2]

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Opera Now - September 1994 p.54

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 Mo.3 p.170

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Comments:- The Decca LPs (SET 565-566) have been reissued by �Speakers Corner Records�. SeeDiapason No.478 février 2001 p.92.

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Colin Davis - 1972(STU)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Don Giovanni - Ingvar Wixell

Donna Anna - Martina Arroyo

Don Ottavio - Stuart Burrows

Donna Elvira - Kiri Te Kanawa

Leoporello - Wladimiro Ganzarolli

Il Commendatore - Luigi Roni

Masetto - Richard Van Allan

Zerlina - Mirella Freni

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Black Disc; - Philips 6707 022 (1973)�

Compact Cassette; - Philips 7899 054 (1978)�;; Philips 422 541-4 (1992)�

Compact Disc; - Philips 416 406-2 {3CDS} (1987)�; Philips 422 541-2 {3CDS} (1992)�; Philips 456 375-2 (+Le nozze di Figaro +Così fan tutte) {9CDS} ; Lyrica LRC 1073-1074 (Italy)

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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1973 p.979 [JW]; November 1978 p.969 [IM]; November 1987 p. [HF]; January 1992 p.91 [AB]

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Fanfare - July-August 1992 p.229

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Diapason - No.445 février 1998 p.92 [MP]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.183 p.102 (mention) [CM]

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Classic CD - May 1998 p.92 [ST]

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1973(FI)

Orchestra - Berliner Staatskapelle

Chorus - Berliner Staatsoper

Violetta Valery - Mirella Freni

Flora Bervoix - Hania Kovicz

Annina - Gudrun Schäfer

Alfredo Germont - Franco Bonisolli

Giorgio Germont - Sesto Bruscantini

Gastone - Peter Bindzsus

Dottore Grenvil - Hans-Joachim Lukat

Barone Douphol - Rudolf Jedlicka

Marchese d'Obigny - Heinz Reeh

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Black Disc; - BASF KBL 21644 {3LPS}; BASF BAC 3101-3102 {2LPS} (1976)�; Acanta JB 21644 {3LPS} (1979)�; Musical Heritage Society MHS 834486 {3LPS} (USA) (1982)�

Compact Disc; - Pilz-Acanta 41 644 {2CDS}; Arts 43031-2 {2CDS} (2004)�

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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; �Musica 99� p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1976 p.1796 (AB); October 1976 p.551 [JBS] October 1979 [AB]

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Orpheus - 1+2 Januar+Februar 2005 S.61-S.62 [IW]

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American Record Guide - October 1982 Vol.46 No.1 p.65 [RVL]

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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2004 pp.102-103 [JTH]

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Classica Répertoire - No.61 avril 2004 p.116 [AT]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.72 juLio-agosto 2004 p.87 [JV]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIX N.191 febbraio 2005 pp.87-88 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of the sound track of a television film

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in French

Conductor Georg Solti - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - Opéra de Paris

Chorus - Opéra de Paris

Figaro - José van Dam

Susanna - Mirella Freni

Conte Almaviva - Tom Krause

Contessa Almaviva - Gundula Janowitz

Cherubino - Frederica Von Stade

Marcellina - Jane Berbié

Bartolo - Kurt Moll

Basilio - Michel Sénéchal

Curzio - Jacques Loreau

Barbarina - Danièle Perriers

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Compact Disc - Phoenix PX 515.3

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - März 1997 S.59 (mention)

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Classical Express - Issue No.75 May 1996 p.4

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Musica (Milano) - No.97 Anno 20 Aprile-Maggio 1996 p.121

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.20 junio-agosto 1996 p.64 [JR]

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Comments:- See OPERA May 1973 p.423

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1973-1974(STU)

Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker

Chorus - Deutsche Oper (Berlin)

Otello - Jon Vickers

Desdemona - Mirella Freni

Iago - Peter Glossop

Cassio - Aldo Bottion

Rodrigo - Michel Sénéchal

Lodovico - José van Dam

Montano - Mario Macchi

Emilia - Stefania Malagù

Un Araldo - Mario Macchi

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Black Disc; - *EMI �Angel� SLS 975 (1974)�; EMI C165-02500-2; EMI C195-02500-2; C167-02500-2; Eterna 8 26 891-893 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette; - HMV �Angel� TC2 SLS 975 (1976)�

Compact Disc - EMI �Angel� CDMS 69308; EMI CMS 769 3082; Amadeus AML 9818-9819 (Italy)

Laser Disc - *DG 072 501-1(NTSC); DG 072 401-1(PAL)

DVD (Video) - DG 073 006-9 (2001)�; DG POBG 1021 (Japan) (2000)�; DG 073 4040 (2005)�

VHS Video Cassette - DG 072 401-3(PAL)

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Recordings of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1974 p.755 [AP]; January 1975 p.1311 [JBS], p.1402 [AB]August 1976 p.341 [IM]; August 2005 p.97, p.99 (DVD) [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.25 No.2 November/December 2001 p.296 (DVD) [JC]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol 19 No.1 Winter 2003 pp.126-129 (DVD) [DM]

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Opéra International - No.257 mai 2001 pp.64-65 (DVD) [SS]

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Diapason - No.485 octobre 2001 p.159 (DVD) [MP]

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The Classical Video Guide - p.122

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.153 giugno 2001 pp.94-95 (DVD) [GL]

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Répertoire - No.148 juillet/aoüt 2001 p.30 [PT]: No.158 juin 2002 p.29 [PT]

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International Record Review - September 2001 p.87 [MVA]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.50 marzo-abril 2002 pp.106-107 (DVD) [PMH]

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Comments:- The sound recording was made in the Berlin Philharmonie in 1973 and the film �based on the recording� in 1974 (See �Herbert von Karajan - A Life in Music� byRichard Osborne p.578)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1974(FI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Cio Cio San - Mirella Freni

Pinkerton - Plácido Domingo

Sharpless - Robert Kerns

Suzuki - Christa Ludwig

Kate Pinkerton - Elke Schary

Goro - Michel Sénéchal

Il principe Yamadori - Giorgio Stendoro

Lo zio Bonzo - Marius Rintzler

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Laser Disc - *London 071 504-1 (NTSC)

DVD (Video) - Decca POBL 1006 (Japan) (2000)�; Decca 071 404-9 (2001)�; DG 073 4037 (2005)�

VHS Video Cassette - London 071 504 832.99(NTSC); Decca 071 404-3(PAL)

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1990 p.1966 [JBS]; January 2002 pp.100-101 [MEO]

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Fanfare - Vol.29 No.2 November/December 2005 p.352 [JK]

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Orpheus - Heft 11+12 November+Dezember 2003 S.76 [GE]

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Opéra International - No.267 avril 2002 pp.64-65 (DVD) [SS]

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Diapason - No.499 janvier 2003 p.123 [MP]

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International Record Review - March 2002 p.86 [MVA]

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American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 pp.303-306 [DF]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.121 [MG]

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Répertoire - No.157 mai 2002 p.42 [PT]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.50 marzo-abril 2002 p.105 [PMH]

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Comments:- An opera film which has the same cast as the audio recording except for the roleof Pinkerton

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Figaro - José van Dam

Susanna - Daniela Mazzucato (Meneghini)

Conte Almaviva - Hermann Prey

Contessa Almaviva - Mirella Freni

Cherubino - Teresa Berganza

Marcellina - Stefania Malagù

Bartolo - Paolo Montarsolo

Basilio - Mirto Picchi

Antonio - Leonardo Monreale

Barbarina - Maria Borgato

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Compact Disc; - Arkadia HP 614.3 {2CDS} (1995)�; Opera d'Oro OPD 1328 {3CDS} (2002)�

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.60

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Opéra International - novembre 1995 No.196 p.61

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Répertoire - No.85 novembre 1995 p.62

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Musica (Milano) - No.96 Anno 20 febbraio-marzo 1996 p.50

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (22 April 1974, see OPERA, September 1974p.788)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - José van Dam

Susanna - Mirella Freni

Conte Almaviva - Tom Krause

Contessa Almaviva - Elizabeth Harwood

Cherubino - Frederica Von Stade

Marcellina - Jane Berbié

Bartolo - Paolo Montarsolo

Basilio - Michel Sénéchal

Curzio - Willy Caron

Antonio - Zoltán Kéléman

Barbarina - Elke Schary

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Black Disc - Estro Armonico E/A 010 {4LPS}

Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1390 {3CDS} (2003)�; Opera d'Oro �Grand Tier� OPD 7018 {3CDS} (2005)�

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - August 2004 p.77 [AB]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (31 July 1974; see OPERA Festival Issue 1974 pp.64-65)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1974(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Cio Cio San - Mirella Freni

Pinkerton - Luciano Pavarotti

Sharpless - Robert Kerns

Suzuki - Christa Ludwig

Kate Pinkerton - Elke Schary

Goro - Michel Sénéchal

Il principe Yamadori - Giorgio Stendoro

Lo zio Bonzo - Marius Rintzler

Il commissario imperiale - Hans Helm

Yakusidè - Wolfgang Scheider

L'ufficiale del Registro - Siegfried Rudolf Frese

La madre di Cio Cio San - Evamaria Hurdes

La zia - Erna Mühlerberger

La cugina - Martha Heigl

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Black Disc; - Decca SET 584-86 {3LPS} (1975)�; Decca 6.35258 (Germany); London OSA 13110 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette; - Decca K2A1; Decca 417 577-4 (1987)�

Compact Disc; - Decca 417 577-2 {3CDS} (1987)�; Decca 443 204-2 (Collection) Decca 473 997-210 (+La bohème +Tosca +Turandot) {9CDS} (2004)�

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1975 p.1544 [EG]; May 1975 p.2031 (mention) [AB]; July 1975 p.159 [JBS]; June 1987 p.101 [EG]

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Opera Now - September 1994 p.54

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 61 September/October 1989 p.130

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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Carlo - Plácido Domingo

Filippo II - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Rodrigo - Piero Cappuccilli

Il Grande Inquisitore - George-Emil (Gheorghe) Crasnaru

Un Frate - José van Dam

Elisabetta di Valois - Mirella Freni

La principessa Eboli - Christa Ludwig

Tebaldo - Gabriele Fuchs

Il Conte di Lerma - Giorgio Stendoro

Un Araldo Reale - Robert Kerns

Una voce dal cielo - Anna Tomowa-Sintow

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01873

Compact Disc; - ~Fachmann Fur Klassischer Musik FKM 5016/8 {3CDRS} (2000)�; House of Opera CDWW 1019 {2CDRS} (2003)�; House of Opera CDBB 627 {2CDRS} (2003)�; Celestial Audio CA 446 {3CDRS} (Australia) (2005)�

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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20

Comments:- Recording of a 4-act version at the Salzburg Festival (11 or 16 August 1975; see OPERA Festival Issue 1975 pp.56-59). The discs issued on the Fachmann Fur Klassischer Musik (sic) label were on sale in Ishimaru's shops in Tokyo in April 2001. They were made in the USA (published by Parnassus?). The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003 (CDWW 1019) and are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 �03/12/22� (CDBB 627). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues on Easter 2005.

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La Fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Chorus - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Marie - Mirella Freni

Tonio - Alfredo Kraus

Sulplice - Wladimiro Ganzarolli

La Maquise - Anna Di Stasio

Hortensius - Angelo Nosotti

Caporale - Enrico Fissore

Un Paysan - Guido Fabbris

La Duchesse - Anna Lia Bazzani

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 288-2 {2LPS} (1979)�

Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 513-2 {2CDS}; Mondo Musica MFOH 10011 {2CDS} (1997)�

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Recordings of La Fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.219; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.179 p.78; MET p.122; MET(VID) p.72; PENGUIN p.78; GIUDICI p.210 (2) p.350; Opéra International décembre 1997 No.219 pp.19-21

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1999 p.89 [JBS]

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Fanfare - Vol.4 No.3 January/February 1981 pp.107-108 [CGP]

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Orpheus - November 1997 S.88 [SL]

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International Opera Collector - Winter 1997 No.6 p.95 [MO]

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Classical Express - Issue 93 December 1997 p.3 [RB]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - diciembre 1997 - febrero 1998 No.26 p.82 [MC]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.108 marzo 1998 p.34 [AV]

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Répertoire - No.112 avril 1998 p.46 [PT]

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L'opera (Milano) - Supplemento al n.119 maggio 1998 p.29 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in La Fenice (4 December 1975)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Karl Böhm - 1975-76(FI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - NOT KNOWN

Figaro - Hermann Prey

Susanna - Mirella Freni

Conte Almaviva - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Contessa Almaviva - Kiri Te Kanawa

Cherubino - Maria Ewing

Marcellina - Heather Begg

Bartolo - Paolo Montarsolo

Basilio - John van Kesteren

Curzio - Willy Caron

Antonio - Hans Krämer

Barbarina - Janet Perry

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Laser Disc - *DG 072 503-1 (NTSC); DG 072 403-1 (PAL)

DVD (Video) - DG POBG 1015 (Japan) (2000)�; DG 073 4034 (2005)�

VHS Video Cassette - DG 072 403-3 (PAL); DG 072 503-3 (NTSC)

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.8 No.3 Autumn 1991 pp.128-129 [WA2]

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Diapason - No.527 juillet-aoüt 2005 p.108 [MP]

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American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.307 [JPM]

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The Classical Video Guide - p.63

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Grand Opera (Tokyo) - Vol.25 2000/2001 p.174 (DVD) (mention)

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Comments:- According to the review in AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE the soundtrack was recorded in the Sofiensaal, Vienna in December 1975 amd the film was made in London in June 1976.

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Beatrice di Tenda by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Maurizio Arena - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Beatrice di Tenda - Mirella Freni

Agnese - Carmen Gonzales

Filippo Maria Visconti - Claudio Desderi

Orombello - Renzo Casellato

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 327-3 {3LPS} (1980)�

Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD-152-2 {2CDS} Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 803-2 {2CDRS};; Charles Handelman - Live Opera (unnumbered) {2CDRS} (2002)�

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Recordings of Beatrice di Tenda by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.44; PENGUIN p.9; GIUDICI p.28 (2) p.72

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera News - November 1993 p.42

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Teatro Communale - Bologna (See OPERA April 1976 p.370). The CDRs issued by Charles Handelman are listed in the supplement to his CD catalogue dated �6/02�.

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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Carlo - José Carreras

Filippo II - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Rodrigo - Piero Cappuccilli

Il Grande Inquisitore - Jules Bastin

Un Frate - José van Dam

Elisabetta di Valois - Mirella Freni

La principessa Eboli - Fiorenza Cossotto

Tebaldo - Edita Gruberova

Il Conte di Lerma - Giorgio Stendoro

Un Araldo Reale - Klaus-Jürgen Küper

Una voce dal cielo - Anna Tomowa-Sintow

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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20

Comments:- Recording of a performance of a four-act version given in the großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg. A recording of this performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 14 November 1976. See Radio Times Issue dated 13-19 November 1976 p.32.

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Charles Mackerras - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris

Faust - Nicolai Gedda

Méphistophélès - Roger Soyer

Marguerite - Mirella Freni

Valentin - Tom Krause

Siébel - Renée Auphan

Marthe - Jocelyne Taillon

Wagner - Jean-Louis Soumagnas

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Laser Disc; - *TOEI TE-S153 (Japanese NTSC); Dreamlife DC8 (Japanese NTSC); Dreamlife DMLB 49-50 (Japanese NTSC) (1996)�

VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society BCS #586; Dreamlife DMVB 43 (Japanese NTSC)

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Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50

Comments:- Video Recording of a performance at the Palais Garnier (See OPERA, July 1976 p.654; �Charles Mackerras - a musician's musician� by Nancy Phelan pp.187-188)

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Otello - Plácido Domingo

Desdemona - Mirella Freni

Iago - Piero Cappuccilli

Cassio - Giuliano Ciannella

Rodrigo - Dano Raffanti

Lodovico - Luigi Roni

Montano - Orazio Mori

Emilia - Jone Jori

Un Araldo - Giuseppe Morresi

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Black Disc - ~Curtain Call IGI 302 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 2518

Compact Disc; - Exclusive EX92T 08-09; Myto 2 MCD 971.150 {2CDS} (1997)�; Music & Arts CD 1043 {2CDS} (1999)�; Opera d'Oro OPD 1350 {2CDS} (2002)�; Opera d'Oro �Grand Tier� OPD 7005 {2CDS} (2003)�; House of Opera CDBB 802 (2003)�; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1151-2 (and 1473-2) {2CDRS} (2004)�

DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 2031 (2005)�; Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5452 (2005)�

VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society #676; Lyric Distribution #1215 (NTSC)

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Recordings of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - April 19 1997 p.45

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Fanfare - Vol.23 No.1 September/October 1999 p.375 (audio) [JM]; Vol.26 No.5 May/June 2003 p.180 (audio) [JM]

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Opéra International - No.179 avril 1994 p.82

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.170 p.133; No.178 p.92

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Classical Express - Issue No.80 November 1996 p.7 (video): May 1999 p.6 (audio) [AJ]

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American Record Guide - May/June 1997 Vol.60 No.3 p.226 (audio) [LM]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1976) (See OPERA April 1977 p.345). See also �Opera Fanatic Catalogue� No.35 pp.20-22. The �Music & Arts� CDs are listed in GRAMOPHONE May 1999 p.147. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated �03/12/22� which also lists a recording of the performance on 19 December 1976 which had the same cast (CDBB 803). The DVDR issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of �berkshire record outlet inc.� (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and that issued by Premiere is listed in �PREMIERE New DVDs� dated 10 September 2005.

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1976(LI;London)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Simon Boccanegra - Piero Cappuccilli

Jacopo Fiesco - Ruggero Raimondi

Amelia Grimaldi - Mirella Freni

Gabriele Adorno - Veriano Luchetti

Paolo Albiani - Felice Schiavi

Pietro - Giovanni Foiani

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1609-2 {2CDRS} (2004)�

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Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36

Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the La-Scala company in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (March 1976; see OPERA May 1976 pp.416-418). It does not appear that a performance was broadcast so, presumably, this recording was made �in-house�. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in �Premiere Opera New CD Releases Fall 2004�.

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1976(STU)

Orchestra - National Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - London Voices & Finchley Children's Music Group

Canio - Luciano Pavarotti

Nedda - Mirella Freni

Tonio - Ingvar Wixell

Beppe - Vincenzo Bello

Silvio - Lorenzo Saccomani

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Black Disc - Decca D83D3 (+Cavalleria rusticana); London OSAD 13102 (+Cavalleria rusticana)

Compact Cassette; - Decca K83K32 (+Cavalleria rusticana) (1979)�; Decca 414 590-4 (1989)�

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 414 590-2 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {2CDS} (1989)�; Decca 444 392-2 {1CD} (1996)�; Decca �Rouge Opera� 455 850-2 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {2CDS} (France) (1997)�; London POCL 4036 {1CD} (Japan) (1996)�

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Recordings of Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.209; Opera on Record p.547; CELLETTI p.359; MARINELLI p.333; Opera on CD (1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.136; MET p.209; MET(VID) p.119; PENGUIN p.184; Opera on Video p.192; GIUDICI p.325 (2) p.562; Répertoire No.101 avril 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1979 p.1767 [EG] ; January 1989 p.1205 [JBS]

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Opera Now - July/August 1997 p.92

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.172 p.222 (mention)

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BBC Music Magazine - September 1996 p.70

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Répertoire - No.93 juillet-aoüt 1996 p.86: No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.79 octubre 1996 p.54

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Rodolfo - José Carreras

Schaunard - Gianni Maffeo

Marcello - Rolando Panerai

Colline - Paolo Washington

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Renate Holm

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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1105 (also 1507)

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Vienna State Opera (May 1977).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris

Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo

Schaunard - Yves Bisson

Marcello - Tom Krause

Colline - Roger Soyer

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Suzanne Sarroca

Benoit - Michel Roux

Alcindoro - Jacques Loreau

Parpignol - Mario Agnetti

Sergente dei doganieri - Georges Scamps

Un doganiere - Fernand Dumont

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorpoarated ALD 2276 (1991)�; House of Opera ALD 2276

Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 395 {2CDRS} (2003)�

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier, Paris (28 January 1977). The cast listed above is that given in L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 p.133. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 �03/12/22�

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nello Santi - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo

Marcello - Raimund Grumbach

Colline - Kurt Moll

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Hildegard Uhrmacher

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2843 (1991)�

Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 394 {2CDRS} (2003)�

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (20 September 1977). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 �03/12/22�

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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Don Carlo - José Carreras

Filippo II - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Rodrigo - Piero Cappuccilli

Il Grande Inquisitore - Evgeny Nesterenko

Un Frate - Luigi Roni

Elisabetta di Valois - Mirella Freni

La principessa Eboli - Elena Obraztsova

Tebaldo - Stefania Malagù

Il Conte di Lerma - Gianfranco Manganotti

Un Araldo Reale - Antonio Savastano

Una voce dal cielo - Francesca Caldara

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01888

Compact Disc; - Myto 3 MCD 981.175 {3CDS}; Legato LCD 223-3 {3CDS} (1997)�; House of Opera CDBB 622 (2003)�

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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Mai 1998 S.59 [IW]

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American Record Guide - May/June 1998 Vol.61 No.3 p.198 [KM]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.103 [LB]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in La Scala (7 December 1977). The performance on 18 January 1978, with several cast changes, is reviewed in OPERA March 1976 p.240. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 �03/12/22�

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Faust - Alfredo Kraus

Méphistophélès - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Marguerite - Mirella Freni

Valentin - Piero Cappuccilli

Siébel - Elena Zilio

Marthe - Anna Di Stasio

Wagner - Alfredo Giacomotti

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Compact Disc; - Myto 3 MCD 985.198 {3CDS} (1998)�; House of Opera CDBB 270 (2003)�

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Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.22 No.5 May/June 1999 p.191 [JM]

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Orpheus - März 1999 S.58 [IW]

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Classical Express - Issue No.108 March 1999 p.2 [NL]

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American Record Guide - May/June 1999 Vol.62 No.3 p.126 [RVL]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.32 marzo-abril 1999 p.91 [LB]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (4 March 1977; see OPERA September 1977 p.892). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated �03/12/22�

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1977(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Simon Boccanegra - Piero Cappuccilli

Jacopo Fiesco - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Amelia Grimaldi - Mirella Freni

Gabriele Adorno - José Carreras

Paolo Albiani - José van Dam

Pietro - Giovanni Foiani

Un'ancella - Maria Fausta Galamini

Un capitano dei balestrieri - Antonio Savastano

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Black Disc - *DG 2709 071 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - DG 3 MC 3371 032

Compact Disc; - DG 415 692-2 {2CDS} (1986)�; DG �The Originals� 449 752-2 {2CDS} (1997)�

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Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1977 p.893 [AB]; October 1997 p.142 [AB]; December 1977 p.1149 [AB]; January 1978 p.1233 [JBS]; January 1978 p.1307 [JB]; September1986 p.[HF]; October 1997 p. [AB]

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Opera - Summer 2002 Supplement �Thirty all-time great recordings� p.29 [RM]

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Fanfare - Vol.1 No.3 January 1978 p.58 [KH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.221-222 [AR]

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Diapason - No.435 mars 1997 p.106

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.176 p.108(mention)

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Classic CD - May 1997 p.74

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.574

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alain Lombard - 1977(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg

Chorus - Opéra du Rhin

La principessa Turandot - Montserrat Caballé

Calaf - José Carreras

Liù - Mirella Freni

Ping - Vincenzo Sardinero

Pang - Rémy Corazza

Pong - Ricardo Cassinelli

Timur - Paul Plishka

L'imperatore Altoum - Michel Sénéchal

Un mandarino - Eduard Tumagian

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Black Disc; - EMI 3 C 165 03282/84; EMI SLS 5135 {3LPS} (1978)�; Angel SCLX 3857 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-SLS 5135 (1979)�

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 5 65293-2 {2CDS} (1994)�

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Recordings of Turandot by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.114; Opera on Record p.618; CELLETTI p.655; Opera on CD (1) p.111 (2) p.122 (3) p.137 MET p.454; MET(VID) p.252; PENGUIN p.320; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.33 p.97, No.220 p.98; Opera on Video p.187; GIUDICI p.652 (2) p.1073; Répertoire No.97 décembre 1996 p.16; International Opera Collector Spring 1997 No.3 p.40; Opera Quarterly Vo.13 No.4 Summer 1997 p.77; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1978 p.1165 [EG]; April 1979 p.1673 [JBS] July 1979 p.259 [IM]; December 1994 p.159 [MEO]

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Opéra International - mai 1995 No.191 p.69

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Diapason - No.411 janvier 1995 p.112

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.164 p.167

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BBC Music Magazine - November 1994 p.82

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Répertoire - No.74 novembre 1994 p.74

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American Record Guide - March/April 1995 Vol. 58 No.2 p.159

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1978(LI)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Otello - Plácido Domingo

Desdemona - Mirella Freni

Iago - Piero Cappuccilli

Cassio - Benito Maresca

Rodrigo - Friedrich Lenz

Emilia - Gudrun Wewezow

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 806 (2003)�; House of Opera CDBB 807 (2003)�; House of Opera CDBB 808 (2003)�

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Recordings of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

Comments:- Recordings of performances in the Nationaltheater, Munich on 9 February (CDBB 807), 12 February (CDBB 808) and 19 February (CDBB 806) 1978. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated �03/12/22�

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1978(LI)

Orchestra - Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris

Chorus - Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris

Simon Boccanegra - Piero Cappuccilli

Jacopo Fiesco - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Amelia Grimaldi - Mirella Freni

Gabriele Adorno - Veriano Luchetti

Paolo Albiani - Felice Schiavi

Pietro - Giovanni Foiani

Un'ancella - Marise Acerra

Un capitano dei balestrieri - Mario Agnetti

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DVD (Video) - Dreamlife DLVC 1073 (Japan)

VHS Video Cassette; - Dreamlife DMVD 102 (Japanese NTSC) (2001)�

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Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36

Comments:- Recording of a performance in Paris. The DVD and Video issued by �Dreamlife� arelisted on their website (http://www.dreamlife.co.jp)

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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1978(STU)

Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker

Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Don Carlo - José Carreras

Filippo II - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Rodrigo - Piero Cappuccilli

Il Grande Inquisitore - Ruggero Raimondi

Un Frate - José van Dam

Elisabetta di Valois - Mirella Freni

La principessa Eboli - Agnes Baltsa

Tebaldo - Edita Gruberova

Il Conte di Lerma - Horst Nitsche

Un Araldo Reale - Carlo Meletti

Una voce dal cielo - Barbara Hendricks

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Black Disc; - *EMI SLS 5154 (ASD 3701-3704) {4LPS} (1979)�; EMI EX 769304-1 {3LPS}; Angel SZCX 3875 {4LPS}

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5154 (1979)�; EM1 EX 76304-4

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 69304-2 {3CDS};; Musical Heritage Society MHS 534743 {3CDS} (USA) (1998)�

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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1979 p.711 [EG] December 1979 p.1077 [SIR]; January 1980 p.1121 [JBS] March 1980 p.1446 [JB]

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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.2 November/December 1998 p.352 [JM]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.150

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American Record Guide - June 1980 Vol.43 No.8 p.30 [KM]: May/June 1998 Vol.61 No.3 p.197 [RVL]

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Comments:- A recording of a four act version made from 15 to 20 September 1978

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1978(STU)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris

Faust - Plácido Domingo

Méphistophélès - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Marguerite - Mirella Freni

Valentin - Thomas Allen

Siébel - Michèle Command

Marthe - Jocelyne Taillon

Wagner - Marc Vento

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Black Disc; - HMV SLS 5170 {4LPS} (1979)�

Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-SLS 5170 (1979)�

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47493-8 {3CDS} (1987)�; Angel TOCE 6449-51 {3CDS} (Japan) (1990)�

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Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1979 p.508 [JBS]; April 1987 p. [JBS]

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1978(STU)

Orchestra - National Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - London Opera Chorus + Wandsworth Boys' Choir

Floria Tosca - Mirella Freni

Mario Cavaradossi - Luciano Pavarotti

Il barone Scarpia - Sherrill Milnes

Il Sagristano - Italo Tajo

Cesare Angelotti - Richard Van Allan

Spoletta - Michel Sénéchal

Sciarrone - Paul Hudson

Un pastore - Walter Baratti

Un carceriere - John Tomlinson

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Black Disc; - Decca D134D2 {2LPS} (1980)�; Decca 28941 42461 {2LPS} (France) (1984)�

Compact Cassette; - Decca K134K22 (1980)�

Compact Disc; - Decca 414 036-2 {2CDS} (1988)�; Decca 443 204-2 (Collection) {11CDS}; Decca 473 997-210 (+Madama Butterfly +La bohème +Turandot) {9CDS} (2004)�

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1980 p.1711 [EG] September 1980 p.416 [SIR]; October 1980 p.471 [JBS]January 1989 p.1206 [EG]

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Opera Now - September 1994 p.54

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Opéra International - décembre 1984 No.76 p.64 [SS]

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Comments:- See GRAMOPHONE May 1980 p.1647

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Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1978-79(STU)

Orchestra - National Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Guglielmo Tell - Sherrill Milnes

Arnoldo Melchtal - Luciano Pavarotti

Gualtiero Furst - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Melchthal - John Tomlinson

Jemmy - Della Jones

Edwige - Elizabeth Connell

Un pescatore - Cesar Antonio Suarez

Leutoldo - Richard Van Allan

Gessler - Ferruccio Mazzoli

Matilde - Mirella Freni

Rodolfo - Piero De Palma

Un Cacciatore - John Noble

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Black Disc; - Decca D219D4 {4LPS} (1980)�

Compact Disc; - *Decca(London) 417 154-2 {4CDS} (1987)�

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Recordings of Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.41; CELLETTI p.724; Opera on CD (1) p.32 (2) p.36 (3) p.41 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.118 p.116; MET(VID) p.297; PENGUIN p.363; Opera on Video p.55; GIUDICI p.750 (2) p.1235

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1980 p.990 [RO] ; April 1981 p.1291 [JBS] ; February 1987 p.1178 [HF]

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.442

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Stereophile - February 1997 (Vol.20 No.2) p.121

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Aida - Mirella Freni

Radamès - José Carreras

Amneris - Marilyn Horne

Amonasro - Piero Cappuccilli

Ramphis - Ruggero Raimondi

Il Re di Egitto - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Una Sacerdotessa - Marjon Lambriks

Un Messaggero - Thomas Moser

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Compact Disc; - Fachmann Fur Klassischer Musik FKM 5019/21 {3CDS} (2000)�; The Opera Lovers AID 197601 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (26 July 1979; see OPERA Festival Issue 1979 pp.50-53). The discs issued on the Fachmann Fur Klassischer Musik (sic) label were on sale in Ishimaru's shops in Tokyo in April 2001. They were made in the USA (published by Parnassus?). The CDRs issued by �The Opera Lovers� are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Carlo - José Carreras

Filippo II - Ruggero Raimondi

Rodrigo - Piero Cappuccilli

Il Grande Inquisitore - Matti Salminen

Un Frate - Luigi Roni

Elisabetta di Valois - Mirella Freni

La principessa Eboli - Agnes Baltsa

Tebaldo - Edita Gruberova

Il Conte di Lerma - Thomas Moser

Una voce dal cielo - Marjon Lambriks

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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20

Comments:- Recording of a performance pf a four-act version at the Vienna State Opera (6 May 1979). According to the review in OPERA (July 1979 pp.689-690) the role of the Grand Inquisitor was sung by Jules Bastin, but mr. tape's catalogue and �Der Opernführer - Don Carlos� (p.203) gives Salminen.

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L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Reynald Giovaninetti - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Adina - Mirella Freni

Nemorino - Luciano Pavarotti

Dulcamara - Paolo Montarsolo

Belcore - Leo Nucci

Giannetta - Eugenia Ratti

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Black Disc - Verdi Recording Society VRS 791/92 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1184 {2CDS};; Opera d'Oro OPD 5006 (+La Fille du Regiment +Lucia di Lammermoor +Maria Stuarda) {8CDS} (2002)�; House of Opera CDBB 194 (2003)�

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Recordings of L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.95; Opera on Record p.173; CELLETTI p.205; Opera on CD (1) p.35 (2) p.40 (3) p.45; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.95 p.90; MARINELLI p.103; MET p.102; MET(VID) p.56; PENGUIN p.74; Opera on Video p.61; GIUDICI p.172; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.20; American Record Guide September/October2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (13 February 1979; see OPERA June 1979 p.579). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated �03/12/22�

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Lyric Opera of Chicago

Chorus - Lyric Opera of Chicago

Faust - Alfredo Kraus

Méphistophélès - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Marguerite - Mirella Freni

Valentin - Richard Stilwell

Siébel - Katherine Ciesinski

Marthe - Geraldine Decker

Wagner - Robert Wilber

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Laser Disc - Dreamlife (Japanese NTSC)

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Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50

Comments:- Recording of a performance at thr Lyric Opera of Chicago (September 1979; see OPERA December 1979 p.1180 )

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1979(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Aida - Mirella Freni

Radamès - José Carreras

Amneris - Agnes Baltsa

Amonasro - Piero Cappuccilli

Ramphis - Ruggero Raimondi

Il Re di Egitto - José van Dam

Una Sacerdotessa - Katia Ricciarelli

Un Messaggero - Thomas Moser

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Black Disc; - EMI SLS 5205 (ASD 3937-3939) {3LPS} (1980)�; *EMI EX 29 0808-3 (29 0808-1 - 29 0810-1) {3LPS} (1986)�; Angel SZCX 3888 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5205,(1980)�;; EMI EX 29 0808-9 (1986)�

Compact Disc - EMI CMS 7 69300-2

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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1980 p.399 [EG]; January 1981 p.939 [JBS] September 1986 p.441 [HF]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.238-244 [CPCG]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.150

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American Record Guide - July/August 1998 Vol.44 No.9 p.49 [KM]

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Classic CD - January 1995 p.48

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Comments:- See GRAMOPHONE September 1980 p.321

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Mireille by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Michel Plasson - 1979(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse

Chorus - Choeurs du Capitole de Toulouse

Mireille - Mirella Freni

Vincent - Alain Vanzo

Taven - Jane Rhodes

Ourrias - José van Dam

Vincenette - Christine Barbaux

Maître Ramon - Gabriel Bacquier

Ambroise - Marc Vento

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Black Disc; - *EMI SLS 5203 (C167-73021/3) (1980)�

Compact Disc - EMI CDS 7 49653 2 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Mireille by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.297; GIUDICI p.277 (2) p.467

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1980 p.872, p.876 [EG] April 1981 p.1291 [JBS]

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Aida - Mirella Freni

Radamès - José Carreras

Amneris - Ruza Baldani

Amonasro - Piero Cappuccilli

Ramphis - Ruggero Raimondi

Il Re di Egitto - Agostino Ferrin

Una Sacerdotessa - Marjon Lambriks

Un Messaggero - Thomas Moser

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 261-2 {2CDRS} (2001)�

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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival. See ORPHEUS Oktober 1980 S,724 - S.730.

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Lorin Maazel - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Falstaff - Juan (Joan) Pons

Fenton - Péter Kelen

Ford - Bernd Weikl

Dr. Cajus - Piero De Palma

Bardolfo - Sergio Tedesco

Pistola - Luigi Roni

Alice Ford - Mirella Freni

Nannetta - Patricia Wise

Meg Page - Kathleen Kuhlmann

Mistress Quickly - Jocelyne Taillon

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01971

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 6516

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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52

Comments:- This appears to be a recording of the performance at La Scala on 7 December 1980 (See OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL janvier 1981 No.35 p.28). The year given in Charles Handelman's Calalog (November 2000) is 1981, but the opera performed at La Scala on 7 December 1981 was Lohengrin.

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Faust - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Méphistophélès - Ruggero Raimondi

Marguerite - Mirella Freni

Valentin - Wolfgang Brendel

Siébel - Daphne Evangelatos

Marthe - Astrid Varnay

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Compact Disc; - Audio Encyclopedia AE 204 - Opera From Munich Vol.1 (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)�; Celestial Audio CA 316 {3CDRS} (Australia); live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {3CDS}

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Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50

Comments:- Recording of a performance (or of two performances) in the Nationaltheater, Munich. The performance on Mike Richter's CD-ROM and that on the CDs issued by live-rare-opera is stated to be that of 15 November 1980 and Faust is given as Giacomo Aragall wheras Faust was stated to be Luis Lima in Celestial Audio's online catalogue, so probably this recording is of a different performance. The performance on 30 October 1980 in which Luis Lima sang Faust is reviewed in ORPHEUS Dezember 1980 S.799-S.801.

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Otello - Plácido Domingo

Desdemona - Mirella Freni

Iago - Piero Cappuccilli

Cassio - Piero De Palma

Rodrigo - Gianfranco Manganotti

Lodovico - Luigi Roni

Montano - Orazio Mori

Emilia - Stefania Malagù

Un Araldo - Giuseppe Morresi

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 801 (2003)�

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Recordings of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (3 or 6 May 1980). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated �03/12/22�

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Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1980;1982(STU)

Orchestra - National Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - London Opera Chorus

Mefistofele - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Faust - Luciano Pavarotti

Margherita - Mirella Freni

Elena - Montserrat Caballé

Martha - Nucci Condò

Wagner - Piero De Palma

Pantalis - Della Jones

Nereo - Robin Leggate

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Black Disc; - *Decca D270D3 {3LPS} (1984)�; Decca 6.35599; Decca(London) 410 175-1; London LDR 73010

Compact Cassette; - Decca K27OK33 (1984)�

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 410 175-2 {3CDS} (1985)�; Decca �Classic Opera� 475 6666 {2CDS} (2005)�

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Recordings of Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.181; Opera on Record 3 p.183; CELLETTI p.121; Opera on CD (1) p.97 (2) p.108 (3) p.121; MET p.62; MET(VID) p.22; PENGUIN p.33; Opera on Video p.163; GIUDICI p.89 (2) p.139; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1984 p.1005 [AB]; June 1984 pp.80-81 [SIR]; July 1984 pp.113-114 [JBS]; December 1985 p. [AB]; Septemer 2005 p.77 [P'OC]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.4 p.144

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American Record Guide - January/February 1986 Vol.49 No.1 p.59 [KM]

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International Record Review - November 2005 p.37 [RP]

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - Peter Dvorsky

Schaunard - Antonio Salvadori

Marcello - Lorenzo Saccomani

Colline - Paolo Washington

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Margherita Guglielmi

Benoit - Claudio Giombi

Alcindoro - Alfredo Giacomotti

Parpignol - Saverio Porzano

Sergente dei doganieri - Giuseppe Morresi

Un doganiere - Carlo Meliciani

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VHS Video Cassette - Lyric Distribution Incorporated #1129 (NTSC)

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the La Scala Company in Japan (15 September 1981).

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Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Jean Fournet - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Roméo - Alfredo Kraus

Juliette - Mirella Freni

Gertrude - Sharon Graham

Frère Laurence - Sesto Bruscantini

Capulet - Dimitri Kavrakos

Tybalt - Gregory Kunde

Le Prince - Terry Cook

Gregorio - Rush Tully

Mercutio - J Patrick Raftery

Stéphano - Cynthia Clarey

Pâris - Duane Clenton Carter

Benvolio - Gualtiero Negrini

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers ROM 198102 {2CDS} (Canada); live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} ;; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1756-2 {2CDRS} (2005)�

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Recordings of Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.246; Opera on Record 2 p.195; CELLETTI p.298; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.41p.84; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1993 No.171 p.34; MET p.172; MET(VID) p.94; PENGUIN p.116; Opera on Video p.134; GIUDICI p.278

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (27 November 1981). The cast listed above is that given in �Bravi - Lyric Opera of Chicago� by Skrebneski. The CDRs issued by �The Opera Lovers� are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and those issued by Premiere in their list of new releases dated 13 April 2005.

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Simon Boccanegra - Piero Cappuccilli

Jacopo Fiesco - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Amelia Grimaldi - Mirella Freni

Gabriele Adorno - Veriano Luchetti

Paolo Albiani - Felice Schiavi

Pietro - Alfredo Giacomotti

Un'ancella - Nella Verri

Un capitano dei balestrieri - Elio Cesari

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Compact Disc - Beautiful Music of the World BMW 1006/7 {2CDRS}

VHS Video Cassette - Lyric Distribution #1228 (NTSC)

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Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36

Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance given by the company of La Scala in Tokyo (1 September 1981). The �Beautiful Music of the World� CDRs are listed in the Parnassus Records online catalogue �Gold and Silver� 13.

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Simon Boccanegra - Piero Cappuccilli

Jacopo Fiesco - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Amelia Grimaldi - Mirella Freni

Gabriele Adorno - Veriano Luchetti

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers SIM 198101 {2CDRS}

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Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (9 February 1981; see OPERA May 1981 p.514). The CDRs issued by �The Opera Lovers� are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1982(LC)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Ernani - Plácido Domingo

Elvira - Mirella Freni

Carlo - Renato Bruson

Silva - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Riccardo - Gianfranco Manganotti

Iago - Alfredo Giacomotti

Giovanna - Jolanda Michieli

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Black Disc; - *EMI SLS 1435843 (1435841 - 1435851 - 143561) {3LPS} (1984)�; EMI La Voce del Padrone 3C 143584-3 {3LPS} (1984)�

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 1435849 (1984)�

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47083-8 {3CDS} (1985)�

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Recordings of Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.99; CELLETTI p.880; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.52 (3) p.57; MET p.570; MET(VID) p.350; PENGUIN p.477 GIUDICI p.867 (2) p.1414; Opéra International No.222 mars 1998 p.54, No.265 février 2002 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1984 p.910 [AB]; March 1984 p.1121 [SIR]; April 1984 pp.1167-1162 [JBS] ; December 1985 p. [AB]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.174-177 [DH2]

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International Record Review - December 2000 pp.130-133 [SP]

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Comments:- Recorded at performances at La Scala (7, 11, 14, 18, 22 December 1982 - see GRAMOPHONE January 1984 p.851. The performances on 1 and 18 December are reviewed in OPERA March 1983 p.273

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Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1982(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Ernani - Plácido Domingo

Elvira - Mirella Freni

Carlo - Renato Bruson

Silva - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Riccardo - Gianfranco Manganotti

Iago - Alfredo Giacomotti

Giovanna - Jolanda Michieli

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Laser Disc - Pioneer PA-83-060 (NTSC)

DVD (Video) - Warner Music Vision 4509 99213 2 (2004)�; Kultur D 2033 (2005)�

VHS Video Cassette; - Longmans Video (PAL) - also in BETA; Warner Vision NVC Arts 4509 99213-3 (PAL) (1999)�; Home Vision ERN01 (+BETA) (NTSC) (USA)

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Recordings of Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.99; CELLETTI p.880; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.52 (3) p.57; MET p.570; MET(VID) p.350; PENGUIN p.477 GIUDICI p.867 (2) p.1414; Opéra International No.222 mars 1998 p.54, No.265 février 2002 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 2005 pp.101-102 [AB]

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Opera - January 2005 pp.106-107 [GH]

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Opera Now - July/August 1999 p.103 [RF]

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Fanfare - Vol.28 No.5 May/June 2005 pp.295-296 [RT]

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Orpheus - 1+2 Januar+Februar 2005 S.70 [IW]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.142-163 [RL]

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Opéra International - No.294 octobre 2004 p.90 [JC]

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Diapason - No.520 décembre 2004 pp.136-137 [MP]

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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 p.102 [MSR]

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BBC Music Magazine - September 1999 p.105 [RF]

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International Record Review - February 2005 p.83 (DVD) [IJ]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.75 noviembre 2004 pp.78-79 [PMH]

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Comments:- Video recording of a performance at La Scala (18 December 1982 see OPERA March 1983 p.273 . The video recording does not use the audio recording as the sound track (See GRAMOPHONE April 1986 p.1249)

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1982(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Otello - Plácido Domingo

Desdemona - Mirella Freni

Iago - Cornell MacNeil

Cassio - Thomas Moser

Rodrigo - Horst Nitsche

Lodovico - Kurt Rydl

Montano - Reid Bunger

Emilia - Margarita Lilowa

Un Araldo - Rudolf Kostas

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 809 {2CDRS} (2003)�; Premiere Opera Ltd. 1395-2 {2CDRS} (2004)�

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Recordings of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (2 June 1982). House of Opera have also issued a recording of the performance on 5 June 1982 (CDBB 810). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 �03/12/22� and those issued by Premiere are listed in �Premiere Opera New CD Releases July-August 2004�.

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Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Robin Stapleton - 1982(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Roméo - Alfredo Kraus

Juliette - Mirella Freni

Gertrude - Sarah Dixon

Frère Laurence - Sesto Bruscantini

Capulet - George Meadows

Tybalt - Frank Bishop

Le Prince - José Verde

Mercutio - J Patrick Raftery

Stéphano - Judith Serra

Pâris - Richard Duff

Benvolio - Paul Wentworth

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 393-3 {3LPS} (1982)�

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Recordings of Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.246; Opera on Record 2 p.195; CELLETTI p.298; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.41p.84; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1993 No.171 p.34; MET p.172; MET(VID) p.94; PENGUIN p.116; Opera on Video p.134; GIUDICI p.278

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Musica (Milano) - N.28 Anno 7 marzo 1983 pp.92-93 [EG]

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Comments:- The HRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE December 1982 p.722

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Binder - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo

Marcello - Hans Helm

Colline - Hans Sotin

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Edda Moser

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 391 {2CDRS} (2003)�

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (28 June 1983). The partial cast listed above is that given in the �Tenorissimo� website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to HOO's website in December 2003 (12-22-2003).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - John Janssen

Marcello - Wolfgang Brendel

Colline - Jan-Hendrik Rootering

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Margherita Guglielmi

Benoit - Claudio Giombi

Alcindoro - Gerhard Auer

Parpignol - Georg Paskuda

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Compact Disc; - *Audio Encyclopedia AE 204 - Opera From Munich Vol.1 (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)�; House of Opera CDBB 396 (2003)�; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (16 July 1983; see OPERA November 1983 pp.1231-1232). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated �03/12/22�

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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Carlo - Plácido Domingo

Filippo II - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Rodrigo - Louis Quilico

Il Grande Inquisitore - Ferruccio Furlanetto

Un Frate - Julien Robbins

Elisabetta di Valois - Mirella Freni

La principessa Eboli - Grace Bumbry

Tebaldo - Betsy Norden

Il Conte di Lerma - John Gilmore

Un Araldo Reale - Charles Anthony

Una voce dal cielo - Marvis Martin

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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 32683 (BRO 125014) {3CDRS} (2005)�; The Opera Lovers DON 198301 {3CDRS}

Laser Disc - *Pioneer Artists PA-84-075 (NTSC)

DVD (Video) - DG 073 4085 (2005)�

VHS Video Cassette - Home Vision DON03 (NTSC)

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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.142-163 [RL]

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Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance at the MET (26 March 1983). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of �berkshire record outlet inc.� and those issued by �The Opera Lovers� are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1983(STU)

Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra

Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Don Pasquale - Sesto Bruscantini

Norina - Mirella Freni

Malatesta - Leo Nucci

Ernesto - Gosta Winbergh

Un notaio - Guido Fabbris

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Black Disc; - EMI SLS 1434363 {2LPS} (1984)�;; Angel DSBX-3938 {2LPS} (1984)�

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 1434365 (1984)�

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47068-2 {2CDS} (1988)�;; EMI CDCB 7 47068-2 {2CDS} (USA)

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Recordings of Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera March 1973 p.203; HARRIS p.90; Opera on Record p.192; CELLETTI p.196; Opera on CD (1) p.36 (2) p.42 (3) p.46; L'Avant Scène Opéra No. 108 p.94; MET p.127; MET(VID) p.77; PENGUIN p.73; GIUDICI p.221 (2) p.366; Opéra Internationaloctobre 1997 p.58; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1984 p.1213 [JBS]; July 1984 pp.113-114 [JBS] August 1988 p. [AB]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.4 p.98; Vol.6 No.2 Winter 1988/89 pp.152-154 [KH2]

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American Record Guide - November 1984 Vol.48 No.1 p.9 [DA]

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli - 1983(STU)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Manon Lescaut - Mirella Freni

Des Grieux - Plácido Domingo

Lescaut - Renato Bruson

Geronte - Kurt Rydl

Edmondo - Robert Gambill

Una voce sola - Brigitte Fassbaender

L'oste - George Macpherson

Il maestro di ballo - John Fryatt

Un sergente degli arcieri - Handel Thomas

Lampionaio - Mark Curtis

Un comandante di Marina - John Tomlinson

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Black Disc; - DG 413 893-1 {3LPS} (1984)�

Compact Cassette; - DG 413 893-4 (1984)�

Compact Disc; - *DG 413 893-2 {2CDS} (1985)�

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Recordings of Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.174; Opera December 1968 p.958; Opera on Record 3 p.209; CELLETTI p.618; Opera on CD (1) p.105 (2) p.116 (3) p.130; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.137 p.100; MET p.391; MET(VID) p.223; PENGUIN p.309; Opéra International avril 1991 No.146 p.21, juin 1998 No.225 p.52; Opera Quarterly Vol.11 No.4 p.77; GIUDICI p.578 (2) p.960; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1984 p. [EG]; March 1985 p. [EG]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.3 No.4 Winter 1985/86 pp.103-104 [WH]

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1984(LI)

Orchestra - Hamburgische Staatsoper

Chorus - Hamburgische Staatsoper

Rodolfo - Neil Shicoff

Marcello - J Patrick Raftery

Colline - Jan-Hendrik Rootering

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Barbara Daniels

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Compact Cassette; - Legato Classics Incorporated ALD 4496 (1998)�

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Hamburg State Opera (18 August 1984; see ORPHEUS Oktober 1984 S.760-S.761). The compact cassettes issued by Legato are listed in �Operatic Audio Cassettes - New Listings - January 1998�.

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Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky performed in Russian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Eugene Onegin - Wolfgang Brendel

Lenski - Peter Dvorsky

Tatyana - Mirella Freni

Olga - Sandra Walker

Larina - Jean Kraft

Filipjewna - Gweneth Bean

Gremin - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Triquet - John Fryatt

Zaretzky - Mark Doss

Captain - Paul Kreider

Guillot - Reinert Lindland

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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5454 (2005)�

VHS Video Cassette - Home Vision EUG 02 (+BETA) (NTSC); Video Artists International (+BETA) (NTSC)

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Recordings of Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera February 1979 p.121, March 1979 p.219; Opera on Record p.520; CELLETTI p.150; Opera on CD (1) p.90 (2) p.100 (3) p.112; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.43 p.112, mise à jour mai 2001 p.2; MET p.551; MET(VIDEO) p.332; PENGUIN p.450; BBC Music Magazine August 1994 p.48; Opera on Video p.155;GIUDICI p.122 (2) p.200; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera News - July 1987 p.50 [TE]

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Manon Lescaut - Mirella Freni

Des Grieux - Ermanno Mauro

Lescaut - Rolando Panerai

Geronte - Karl Helm

Edmondo - Claes H. Ahnsjö

Una voce sola - Helena Jungwirth

L'oste - Hermann Sapell

Il maestro di ballo - Ulrich Reß

Un sergente degli arcieri - Hans Wilbrink

Lampionaio - Friedrich Lenz

Un comandante di Marina - Gerhard Auer

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Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia 204 (Opera from Munich Vol.1 CD-ROM) (2000)�; House of Opera CDBB 429 {2CDRS} (2003)�

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Recordings of Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.174; Opera December 1968 p.958; Opera on Record 3 p.209; CELLETTI p.618; Opera on CD (1) p.105 (2) p.116 (3) p.130; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.137 p.100; MET p.391; MET(VID) p.223; PENGUIN p.309; Opéra International avril 1991 No.146 p.21, juin 1998 No.225 p.52; Opera Quarterly Vol.11 No.4 p.77; GIUDICI p.578 (2) p.960; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (16 June 1985). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 �03/12/22�

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Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky performed in Russian

Conductor Seiji Ozawa - 1986(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Eugene Onegin - Benjamin Luxon

Lenski - Neil Shicoff

Tatyana - Mirella Freni

Olga - Elena Zilio

Larina - Ida Bormida

Filipjewna - Nucci Condò

Gremin - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Triquet - Ernesto Gavazzi

Zaretzky - Vladimir Redkin

Captain - Silvestro Sammaritano

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 07047

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Recordings of Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera February 1979 p.121, March 1979 p.219; Opera on Record p.520; CELLETTI p.150; Opera on CD (1) p.90 (2) p.100 (3) p.112; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.43 p.112, mise à jour mai 2001 p.2; MET p.551; MET(VIDEO) p.332; PENGUIN p.450; BBC Music Magazine August 1994 p.48; Opera on Video p.155;GIUDICI p.122 (2) p.200; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro alla Scala (20 June 1986)

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1986(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Giorgio Surjan

Leonora di Vargas - Mirella Freni

Don Carlo - Giorgio Zancanaro

Don Alvaro - Plácido Domingo

Preziosilla - Dolora Zajick

Fra Melitone - Sesto Bruscantini

Curra - (Maria) Francesca Garbi

Padre Guardiano - Paul Plishka

Mastro Trabuco - Ernesto Gavazzi

Un Chirurgo - Frank Hadrian

Un Alcalde - Silvestro Sammaritano

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Black Disc; - *EMI EX 270522-3 {3LPS} (1987)�; Angel DSC 3995 {3LPS} (1987)�

Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 270522-5 (1987)�

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47485-8 {3CDS} (1987)�

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Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1987 p.1181 [RO]; May 1987 p. [RO]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.227-232 [DH]

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American Record Guide - May/June 1987 Vol.50 No.3 p.63 [RL]

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International Record Review - December 2000 pp.130-133 [SP]

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Comments:- Recorded 6-15 July 1986

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Emil Tchakarov - 1987(LI)

Orchestra - Houston Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Houston Grand Opera

Aida - Mirella Freni

Radamès - Plácido Domingo

Amneris - Stefania Toczyska

Amonasro - Ingvar Wixell

Ramphis - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Il Re di Egitto - David Langan

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers AID 198701 {2CDRS} (Canada)

DVD (Video) - The Opera Lovers DVDAID 198701 (Canada)

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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22

Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance in the Wortham Center, Houston (14 October 1987; see OPERA February 1988 p.204). The CDRs and DVD issued by �The Opera Lovers� are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1987(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Rodolfo - Chris Merritt

Schaunard - Orazio Mori

Marcello - Jonathan Summers

Colline - Agostino Ferrin

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Cecilia Gasdia

Benoit - Federico Davià

Alcindoro - Franco Calabrese

Parpignol - Angelo Rabottini

Sergente dei doganieri - Giorgio Giorgetti

Un doganiere - Augusto Frati

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1541 (1988)�

Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers BOH 198701 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Comunale di Firenze (November 1987; see OPERA March 1988 p.345). The CDRs issued by �The Opera Lovers� are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1987(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Otello - Plácido Domingo

Desdemona - Mirella Freni

Iago - Renato Bruson

Cassio - Ernesto Gavazzi

Rodrigo - Gianfranco Manganotti

Lodovico - Luigi Roni

Montano - Angelo Nosotti

Emilia - Gloria Banditelli

Un Araldo - Silvestro Sammaritano

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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 3669

Compact Disc; - *House of Opera �The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi - Vol.2 His Later;; Works� {1xCD-ROM} (2002)�; House of Opera CD 233; House of Opera CDBB 800 (2003)�

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Recordings of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (5 February 1987)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli - 1987(STU)

Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra

Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Cio Cio San - Mirella Freni

Pinkerton - José Carreras

Sharpless - Juan (Joan) Pons

Suzuki - Teresa Berganza

Kate Pinkerton - Marianne Rerholm

Goro - Anthony Laciura

Il principe Yamadori - Mark Curtis

Lo zio Bonzo - Kurt Rydl

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Black Disc; - DG 423 567-1 {3LPS} (1988)�

Compact Cassette; - DG 423 567-4 (1988)�;; DG 447 774-4

Compact Disc; - DG 423 567-2 {3CDS} (1988)�

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1988 p.1060 [MEO]

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Roberto Abbado - 1988(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Adriana Lecouvreur - Mirella Freni

Maurizio - Peter Dvorsky

Principe di Bouillon - Ján Gallo

Principessa di Bouillon - Alexandrina Milcheva(-Nonova)

Michonnet - Carlos Chausson

Quinault - Giuseppe Riva

Poisson - Iorio Zennaro

Mlle. Jouvenot - Patrizia Dordi

Mlle. Dangeville - Plama Ghioreva

L'Abate di Chazeuil - Oslavio Di Credico

Un maggiordomo - Walter Brighi

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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1508

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Recordings of Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.15; Opera on Record 2 p.292; CELLETTI p.160; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.155p.126; MET p.82; MET(VID) p.41; PENGUIN p.60; Opera on Video p.214; GIUDICI p.134 (2) p.221; Opéra Internatonal novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Comunale di Bologna (April 1988).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1988(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Thomas Hampson

Marcello - Jonathan Summers

Colline - Gwynne Howell

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Barbara Daniels

Benoit - Claudio Giombi

Alcindoro - Claudio Giombi

Parpignol - Stephen O'Mara

Sergente dei doganieri - Mitchell Sendrowitz

Un doganiere - Ray Morrison

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Compact Disc; - Siberian Tiger 5.00496 {2CDS} (2005)�

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (1 February 1988). This performance was not broadcast.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Tiziano Severini - 1988(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Stephen Dickson

Marcello - Gino Quilico

Colline - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Sandra (Alessandra) Pacetti

Benoit - Italo Tajo

Alcindoro - Italo Tajo

Parpignol - Daniel Harper

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1618 (1988)�

Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers BOH 198801 {2CDRS} (Canada)

Laser Disc - Pioneer PLMCB 00281 (PAL)

DVD (Video) - ArtHaus Musik 100.046 (Europe); ArtHaus Musik 100 940 (+Madama ; Butterfly - Maazel) {2DVDS} (2003)�; Kultur 2 (USA)

VHS Video Cassette; - *Virgin Classics VVD603 (PAL); Polygram Vidéo 070 050-3; (SECAM); Polygram 079 249-3 (PAL); Videoland Classik VL 107 (PAL) (2000)�

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1993 p.110 [JBS]; October (published August) 2000 p.108 [AB]

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Opera - June 2003 pp.751-752 [GH]

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Opera Now - December 1994 p.50

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Opéra International - No.267 avril 2002 pp.64-65 (DVD) [SS]

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Diapason - No.476 decembre 2000 p.63 [MP]

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Classic CD - August 2000 p.83 [MSR]

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International Record Review - September 2000 pp.28-32 [JH]

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American Record Guide - September/October 2001 Vol.64 No.5 pp.316-317 (DVD) [RVL]

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Répertoire - No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.83: No.145 avril 2001 pp.14-15 (DVD) [CH]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.40 julio-agosto 2000 p.110 [FGR]

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Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. (see OPERA February 1989 pp.208-209). The CDRs issued by �The Opera Lovers� are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky performed in Russian

Conductor Seiji Ozawa - 1988(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Eugene Onegin - Wolfgang Brendel

Lenski - Peter Dvorsky

Tatyana - Mirella Freni

Olga - Rohangiz Yachmi(-Caucig)

Larina - Gertrude Jahn

Filipjewna - Margarita Lilowa

Gremin - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Triquet - Heinz Zednik

Zaretzky - Robert Kerns

Captain - Peter Köves

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Compact Disc; - Orfeo d'Or C 6370421 {2CDS} (2004)�; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1585-2 {2CDS} (2004)�; Encore CD 136-2 {2CDRS} (2005)�

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Recordings of Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera February 1979 p.121, March 1979 p.219; Opera on Record p.520; CELLETTI p.150; Opera on CD (1) p.90 (2) p.100 (3) p.112; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.43 p.112, mise à jour mai 2001 p.2; MET p.551; MET(VIDEO) p.332; PENGUIN p.450; BBC Music Magazine August 1994 p.48; Opera on Video p.155;GIUDICI p.122 (2) p.200; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 2005 pp.97-98 [JW]

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Orpheus - 11+12 November+Dezember 2004 S.71 (DVD) [GH]

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Opéra International - No.296 décembre 2004 p.84 [FL-2]

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Diapason - No.520 décembre 2004 p.118 [PK]

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International Record Review - November 2004 pp.88-89 [MT]

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American Record Guide - July/August 2005 Vol.68 No.4 pp.197-198 [RVL]

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Classica Répertoire - No.69 février 2005 p.94 [DF]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (20 May 1988). The CDRs issued on the Encore label are (were?) listed on the website of �berkshire record outlet inc.� (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in French

Conductor Seiji Ozawa - 1988?(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestre National de Paris (France)

Chorus - Choeur de Radio France (Paris)

Carmen - Jessye Norman

Don José - Neil Shicoff

Micaëla - Mirella Freni

Escamillo - Simon Estes

Frasquita - Ghyslaine Raphanel

Mercédès - Jean Rigby

Le Dancaïre - François Le Roux

Le Remendado - Gérard Garino

Moralès - Nicolas Rivenq

Zuninga - Jean-Philippe Courtis

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Black Disc; - Philips 422 366-1 {3LPS} (1989)�

Compact Cassette; - Philips 422 366-4 (1989)�

Compact Disc; - Philips 422 366-2 {3CDS} (1989)�; Decca 470 417-2 {3CDS} (2002)�

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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1989 p. [AB]

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Stereophile - March 1990 (Vol.13 No.3) p.185

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International Record Review - April 2003 pp.24-25 (mention) [MVA]

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1989(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Adriana Lecouvreur - Mirella Freni

Maurizio - Peter Dvorsky

Principe di Bouillon - Ivo Vinco

Principessa di Bouillon - Fiorenza Cossotto

Michonnet - Alessandro Cassis

Quinault - Giuseppe Riva

Poisson - Oslavio Di Credico

Mlle. Jouvenot - Patrizia Dordi

Mlle. Dangeville - Sara Mingardo

L'Abate di Chazeuil - Ernesto Gavazzi

Un maggiordomo - Saverio Porzano

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Laser Disc; - *Home Vision ADR-02-LD (NTSC);; BMG BVLO 119-20 (Japanese NTSC) (1994)�

DVD (Video) - Image Entertainments ID 4362 PUDVD (USA) (1999)�; Videoland VLRT 062; Opus Arte OALS 3011D (2004)�

VHS Video Cassette - Fonit Cetra Video RAI VRF 2048 (PAL) Home Vision ADR 02 (NTSC); Videoland VLRT 061 (PAL)

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Recordings of Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.15; Opera on Record 2 p.292; CELLETTI p.160; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.155p.126; MET p.82; MET(VID) p.41; PENGUIN p.60; Opera on Video p.214; GIUDICI p.134 (2) p.221; Opéra Internatonal novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 2000 p.140 [JBS]; May 2005 pp.132-133, p.135 [JBS]

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Fanfare - Vol.28 No.5 May/June 2005 pp.284-285 [RT]

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Orpheus - Juni 2002 S.62 [IW]; September+Oktober 2004 S.78 [IW]

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Opéra International - No.273 novembre 2002 pp.64-65 [SS]; No.285 décembre 2003 pp.64-65 (mention) [SS]; No.299 mars-avril 2005 p.120 [PC]

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Diapason - No.513 avril 2004 p.122 [MP]

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The Perfect Vision - Issue 26 September/October 1999 pp.59-62 (DVD) [GS]

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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 pp.104-106 (DVD) [MSR]

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International Record Review - February 2005 p.83 (DVD) [IJ]

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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2005 p.64 [TP]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - mayo 2002 No.154 p.66 [SV]

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Comments:- Video recording of a performance of a performance at La Scala (2 June 1989)

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Roberto Abbado - 1989(LI)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Adriana Lecouvreur - Mirella Freni

Maurizio - Plácido Domingo

Principe di Bouillon - Jan-Hendrik Rootering

Principessa di Bouillon - Hanna Schwarz

Michonnet - Rolando Panerai

L'Abate di Chazeuil - Claes H. Ahnsjö

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 180 {2CDRS} (2003)�

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Recordings of Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.15; Opera on Record 2 p.292; CELLETTI p.160; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.155p.126; MET p.82; MET(VID) p.41; PENGUIN p.60; Opera on Video p.214; GIUDICI p.134 (2) p.221; Opéra Internatonal novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61

Comments:- Recording of a performance in Nationaltheater, Munich (10 July 1989; see OPERA Festival Issue 1989 pp.82-83). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 �03/12/22�

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Romano Gandolfi - 1989(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Adriana Lecouvreur - Mirella Freni

Maurizio - Plácido Domingo

Principe di Bouillon - Francesco Federici

Principessa di Bouillon - Jadranka Jovanovic

Michonnet - Angelo Romero

Quinault - Vicente (Vicenç) Esteve

Poisson - Alfredo Heilbron

Mlle. Jouvenot - María (Asunción) Uriz

Mlle. Dangeville - Rosa María Ysás

L'Abate di Chazeuil - Piero De Palma

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 181 {2CDRS} (2004)�

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Recordings of Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.15; Opera on Record 2 p.292; CELLETTI p.160; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.155p.126; MET p.82; MET(VID) p.41; PENGUIN p.60; Opera on Video p.214; GIUDICI p.134 (2) p.221; Opéra Internatonal novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo. There were performances with the cast listed above on 22, 26, 28 November and 1, 3 December 1989. See �El Gran Teatro del Liceo� by Roger Alier y Aixalà and Francesc X. Mata p.534.

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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1989(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Carlo - Luis Lima

Filippo II - Ruggero Raimondi

Rodrigo - Renato Bruson

Il Grande Inquisitore - Anatoly Kotcherga

Un Frate - Goran Simic

Elisabetta di Valois - Mirella Freni

La principessa Eboli - Agnes Baltsa

Tebaldo - Gabriele Sima

Il Conte di Lerma - Bojidar Nikolov

Un Araldo Reale - Bojidar Nikolov

Una voce dal cielo - Brigitte Poschner-Klebel

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDWW 1025 {2CDRS}; House of Opera CDBB 644 (2003)�; The Opera Lovers DON 198901 {3CDRS}

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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20

Comments:- Recording of a performance of a five-act version in the Vienna State Opera. The date given in House of Opera's online catalogue (March 2003) was 1 October 1989, but Don Carlo was not performed at the Vienna State Opera on that date. The most likely date is 7 October 1989 when a new production opened. This is the date given when the recording was reissued on CDBB 644 (See online catalogue 22 December 2003). The cast listed above is that given for this performance in �Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1945-1995� p.74. See ORPHEUS Dezember 1989 S.990-S.992; OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL decembre 1989 No.131 pp.49-50. The CDRs issued by �The Opera Lovers� are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky performed in Russian

Conductor James Levine - 198?(STU)

Orchestra - Dresdner Staatskapelle

Chorus - Leipziger Rundfunk

Eugene Onegin - Thomas Allen

Lenski - Neil Shicoff

Tatyana - Mirella Freni

Olga - Anne Sofie von Otter

Larina - Rosemary Lang

Filipjewna - Ruthild Engert(-Ely)

Gremin - Paata Burchuladze

Triquet - Michel Sénéchal

Zaretzky - Gunther Emmerlich

Captain - Jürgen Hartfiel

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Black Disc; - *DG 423 959-1 {3LPS} (1989)�

Compact Disc; - DG 423 959-2 {2CDS} (1989)�

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Recordings of Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera February 1979 p.121, March 1979 p.219; Opera on Record p.520; CELLETTI p.150; Opera on CD (1) p.90 (2) p.100 (3) p.112; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.43 p.112, mise à jour mai 2001 p.2; MET p.551; MET(VIDEO) p.332; PENGUIN p.450; BBC Music Magazine August 1994 p.48; Opera on Video p.155;GIUDICI p.122 (2) p.200; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1989 p. [JW]

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Silvio Varviso - 1990(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Liceo (Barcelona)

Chorus - Teatro Liceo (Barcelona)

Manon Lescaut - Mirella Freni

Des Grieux - Peter Dvorsky

Lescaut - Enric Serra

Geronte - Alfredo Mariotti

Edmondo - José (Josep) Ruiz

Una voce sola - María (Asunción) Uriz

L'oste - Manuel Garrido

Il maestro di ballo - Alfredo Heilbron

Un sergente degli arcieri - Vicente (Vicenç) Esteve

Lampionaio - Antonio (Antoni) Comas

Un comandante di Marina - Stefano Palatchi

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VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society #589 (NTSC & PAL)

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Recordings of Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.174; Opera December 1968 p.958; Opera on Record 3 p.209; CELLETTI p.618; Opera on CD (1) p.105 (2) p.116 (3) p.130; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.137 p.100; MET p.391; MET(VID) p.223; PENGUIN p.309; Opéra International avril 1991 No.146 p.21, juin 1998 No.225 p.52; Opera Quarterly Vol.11 No.4 p.77; GIUDICI p.578 (2) p.960; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Liceo, Barcelona (January 1990; see OPERA October 1990 p.1244) )

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The Queen of Spades by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky performed in Russian

Conductor Seiji Ozawa - 1990(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Hermann - Vladimir Atlantov

Lisa - Mirella Freni

Countess - Maureen Forrester

Count Tomsky - Giorgio Surjan

Prince Yeletsky - Lajos Miller

Pauline - Margarita Zimmermann

Chekalinsky - Ernesto Gavazzi

Surin - Luigi Roni

Chaplitsky - Pier Francesco Poli

Major-domo - Carlo Gaifa

Narumov - Giovanni Savoiardo

Governess - Nucci Condò

Chloe - Rosella Colosimo

Masha - Nadia Vignaga

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CD 808 {2CDS} (2002)�

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Recordings of The Queen of Spades by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.268; CELLETTI p.158; Opera on CD (1) p.92 (2) p.102 (3) p.113; MET p.557; MET(VID) p.338; Opera on Video p.159; GIUDICI p.129 (2) p.214; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.119/120, mise à jour septembre 2004; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- The year of this recording is given as 1989 in House of Opera's online catalog, but this work was not performed at La Scala during that year. This appears to be a recording of a performance in June 1990, when it was given with the cast listed above (which corresponds to that given by House of Opera) on 14, 17, 25 June 1990.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli - 1990(STU)

Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra

Chorus - Covent Garden

Floria Tosca - Mirella Freni

Mario Cavaradossi - Plácido Domingo

Il barone Scarpia - Samuel Ramey

Il Sagristano - Angelo Veccia

Cesare Angelotti - Bryn Terfel

Spoletta - Anthony Laciura

Sciarrone - Ralf Lukas

Un pastore - Lee Tiernan

Un carceriere - Bryan Secombe

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Compact Disc - DG 431 775-2 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1992 p.102

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.10 No.1 p.138 p.142 (1993)

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Stereophile - April 1993 (Vol.16 No.4) p.289

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Opernwelt - September 9/1992 S.59

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The Queen of Spades by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky performed in Russian

Conductor Seiji Ozawa - 1991

Orchestra - Boston Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Tanglewood Festival Chorus & American Boys' Choir

Hermann - Vladimir Atlantov

Lisa - Mirella Freni

Countess - Maureen Forrester

Count Tomsky - Sergei Leiferkus

Prince Yeletsky - Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Pauline - Katherine Ciesinski

Chekalinsky - Ernesto Gavazzi

Surin - Julian Rodescu

Chaplitsky - Dennis Petersen

Major-domo - Richard Clement

Narumov - Jorge Chamine

Governess - Janis Taylor

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Compact Disc - RCA 09026-60992-2

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Recordings of The Queen of Spades by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.268; CELLETTI p.158; Opera on CD (1) p.92 (2) p.102 (3) p.113; MET p.557; MET(VID) p.338; Opera on Video p.159; GIUDICI p.129 (2) p.214; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.119/120, mise à jour septembre 2004; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1992 p.16; November 1992 p.191; January 1993 p.33

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Opera - November 1992 p.1369

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Opera Now - November 1992 p.55

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Opera News - December 1992 p.38

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Répertoire - octobre 1992 p.96

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1991(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Adriana Lecouvreur - Mirella Freni

Maurizio - Peter Dvorsky

Principe di Bouillon - Ivo Vinco

Principessa di Bouillon - Fiorenza Cossotto

Michonnet - Lajos Miller

Quinault - Giuseppe Riva

Poisson - Carlo Gaifa

Mlle. Jouvenot - Patrizia Dordi

Mlle. Dangeville - Silvia Mazzoni

L'Abate di Chazeuil - Ernesto Gavazzi

Un maggiordomo - Saverio Porzano

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers ADR 199101 {2CDRS}

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Recordings of Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.15; Opera on Record 2 p.292; CELLETTI p.160; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.155p.126; MET p.82; MET(VID) p.41; PENGUIN p.60; Opera on Video p.214; GIUDICI p.134 (2) p.221; Opéra Internatonal novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (April 1991). The cast listed above is that given in �Opera '91 - Annuario EDT dell'opera Lirica in Italia� pp.134-135. The CDRs issued by �The Opera Lovers� are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Roberto Abbado - 1991(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Rodolfo - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Marcello - Vincenzo Sardinero

Colline - Stefano Palatchi

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Patrizia Orciani

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3475 (1994)�; House of Opera ALD 3475

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (21 December 1991). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their �New Listings - November 1994�

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Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky performed in Russian

Conductor Vladimir Delman - 1991(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Eugene Onegin - Paolo Coni

Lenski - Tibère Raffalli

Tatyana - Mirella Freni

Olga - Francesca Franci

Larina - Gloria Banditelli

Filipjewna - Evghenia Dunekova

Gremin - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Triquet - Oslavio Di Credico

Zaretzky - Franco Boscolo

Captain - Fabio Previati

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 06946

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Recordings of Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera February 1979 p.121, March 1979 p.219; Opera on Record p.520; CELLETTI p.150; Opera on CD (1) p.90 (2) p.100 (3) p.112; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.43 p.112, mise à jour mai 2001 p.2; MET p.551; MET(VIDEO) p.332; PENGUIN p.450; BBC Music Magazine August 1994 p.48; Opera on Video p.155;GIUDICI p.122 (2) p.200; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Comunale di Bologna (3 February 1991). The cast listed above is that given in �Opera '91 Annuario EDT dell'Opera Lirica in Italia� p.16. The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1991(LI;4/6/91)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - Richard Leech

Schaunard - Stefano Antonucci

Marcello - Gino Quilico

Colline - Giorgio Surjan

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Denia Mazzola(-Gavazzeni)

Benoit - Claudio Giombi

Alcindoro - Enzo Capuano

Parpignol - Ernesto Gavazzi

Sergente dei doganieri - Aldo Bramante

Un doganiere - Ernesto Panariello

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2491 (1991)�; House of Opera ALD 2491

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (4 June 1991). The cast listed above is that given in �Opera '91 - Annuario EDT dell'opera Lirica in Italia� p.137.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1991(LI;6/6/91)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - Richard Leech

Schaunard - Paolo Orecchia

Marcello - Stefano Antonucci

Colline - Giorgio Surjan

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Denia Mazzola(-Gavazzeni)

Benoit - Claudio Giombi

Alcindoro - Enzo Capuano

Parpignol - Ernesto Gavazzi

Sergente dei doganieri - Aldo Bramante

Un doganiere - Ernesto Panariello

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 07043

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro alla Scala (6 June 1991)

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Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1991(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Gianni Schicchi - Leo Nucci

Lauretta - Mirella Freni

Zita - Ewa Podles

Rinuccio - Roberto Alagna

Gherardo - Ricardo Cassinelli

Nella - Barbara Frittoli

Gherardino - Barbara Guerrini

Betto di Signa - Giorgio Giorgetti

Simone - Enrico Fissore

Marco - Orazio Mori

Ciesca - Nicoletta Curiel

Spinelloccio - Colin Cue

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Compact Disc - Decca(London) 436 261-2(Trittico); Decca 444 395-2

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Recordings of Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.112; Opera on Record 2 p.321; CELLETTIp.603; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.451; MET(VID) p.249; PENGUIN p.303; GIUDICI p.649; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1994 p.104; January 1995 p.32; May 1996 p.120

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Opera - August 1994 p.999

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Opera Now - August 1994 p.50

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Opera News - January 7 1995 p.36

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Fanfare - Vol. 18 No.2 November/December 1994 p.335

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Orpheus - Oktober 1994 S.62

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.12 No.4 Summer 1996 p.136

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Opéra International - No.181 juin 1994 p.73

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Diapason - No.405 juin 1994 p.147

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.161 p.140

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BBC Music Magazine - August 1994 p.77: July 1996 p.75

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.179 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.90

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Classic CD - June 1996 p.70

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Répertoire - No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.61: No.92 juin 1996 p.55

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American Record Guide - November/December 1994 Vol. 57 No.6 p.169

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Stereophile - February 1995 (Vol.18 No.2) p.181

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Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1991(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Suor Angelica - Mirella Freni

La Zia Principessa - Elena Souliotis

La Badessa - Gloria Scalchi

La Zelatrice - Ewa Podles

La Maestra delle novizie - Nicoletta Curiel

Suor Genovieffa - Barbara Frittoli

Suor Osmina - Valeria Esposito

Suor Dolcina - Olga Romanko

La Sorella Infermiera - Debora Beronesi

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Compact Disc - Decca(London) 436 261-2 (Trittico)

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Recordings of Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.112; Opera on Record 2 p.318; CELLETTIp.627; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.447; MET(VID) p.240; PENGUIN p.318; Opera on Video p.185; GIUDICI p.646; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1994 p.104; January 1995 p.32

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Opera - August 1994 p.999

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Opera Now - August 1994 p.50

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Opera News - January 7 1995 p.36

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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.2 November/December 1994 p.335

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Orpheus - October 1994 p.62

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.12 No.4 Summer 1996 p.136

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Opéra International - No.181 juin 1994 p.73

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Diapason - No.405 juin 1994 p.147

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.161 p.140

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BBC Music Magazine - August 1994 p.77

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.179 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.90

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Stereophile - February 1995 (Vol.18 No.2) p.181

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Répertoire - No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.61

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American Record Guide - November/December 1994 Vol.57 No.6 p.169

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Il tabarro by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1991(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Michele - Juan (Joan) Pons

Luigi - Giuseppe Giacomini

Il Tinca - Piero De Palma

Il Talpa - Franco De Grandis

Giorgetta - Mirella Freni

La Frugola - Gloria Scalchi

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Compact Disc - Decca(London) 436 261-2 (Trittico)

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Recordings of Il tabarro by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.110; Opera on Record 2 p.314; CELLETTI p.630; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.444; MET(VID) p.249; PENGUIN p.313; Opera on Video p.185; GIUDICI p.642 (2) p.1056; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1994 p.104 [MEO]; January 1995 p.32

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Opera - August 1994 p.999

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Opera Now - August 1994 p.50

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Opera News - January 7 1995 p.36

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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.2 November/December 1994 p.335

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Orpheus - October 1994 p.62

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.12 No.4 Summer 1996 p.136

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Opéra International - No.181 juin 1994 p.73

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Diapason - No.405 juin 1994 p.147

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.161 p.140

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BBC Music Magazine - August 1994 p.77

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.179 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.90

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Répertoire - juillet/aoüt 1994 p.61

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American Record Guide - November/December 1994 Vol.57 No.6 p.169

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Stereophile - February 1995 (Vol.18 No.2) p.181

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1992

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Falstaff - Paul Plishka

Fenton - Frank Lopardo

Ford - Bruno Pola

Dr. Cajus - Piero De Palma

Bardolfo - Anthony Laciura

Pistola - James Courtney

Alice Ford - Mirella Freni

Nannetta - Barbara Bonney

Meg Page - Susan Graham

Mistress Quickly - Marilyn Horne

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Laser Disc - DG 072 434-1(PAL)

VHS Video Cassette - DG 072 434-3(PAL)

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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1995 p.152 [AB]

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Opera - September 1995 p.1124

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Opéra International - juin 1995 No.192 p.60

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Diapason - No.416 juin 1995 p.72

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.156

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Répertoire - No.82 juillet/aoüt 1995 p.45

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.192 octobre 1995 p.120

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Comments:- See The Times Weekend March 11 1995 p.7

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The Queen of Spades by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky performed in Russian

Conductor Seiji Ozawa - 1992(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Hermann - Vladimir Atlantov

Lisa - Mirella Freni

Countess - Martha Mödl

Count Tomsky - Sergei Leiferkus

Prince Yeletsky - Vladimir Chernov

Pauline - Veselina Kasarova

Chekalinsky - Wilfried Gahmlich

Surin - Rudolf Mazzola

Chaplitsky - Franz Kasemann

Major-domo - Peter Jelosits

Narumov - Peter Köves

Governess - Anna Gonda

Masha - Iveta Tannenbergerova (Yvette Tannenberg)

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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. 5099 (2004)�

VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society BCS 0458 Premiere Opera Ltd. VID 2160 (NTSC)

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Recordings of The Queen of Spades by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.268; CELLETTI p.158; Opera on CD (1) p.92 (2) p.102 (3) p.113; MET p.557; MET(VID) p.338; Opera on Video p.159; GIUDICI p.129 (2) p.214; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.119/120, mise à jour septembre 2004; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera News - May 2001 p.92 [EM]

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Comments:- Video recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera. According to the review in Opera News there are problems with the VHS tape issued by the Bel Canto Society and that it has been withdrawn. The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in �Premiere Opera New DVD Releases June-July 2004�

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1992(STU)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manon Lescaut - Mirella Freni

Des Grieux - Luciano Pavarotti

Lescaut - Dwayne Croft

Geronte - Giuseppe Taddei

Edmondo - Ramón Vargas

Una voce sola - Cecilia Bartoli

L'oste - Federico Davià

Il maestro di ballo - Anthony Laciura

Un sergente degli arcieri - James Courtney

Lampionaio - Paul Groves

Un comandante di Marina - Federico Davià

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Compact Disc; - Decca (London) 440 200-2 {2CDS} (1993)�; Decca 443 204-2 (Collection)

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Recordings of Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.174; Opera December 1968 p.958; Opera on Record 3 p.209; CELLETTI p.618; Opera on CD (1) p.105 (2) p.116 (3) p.130; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.137 p.100; MET p.391; MET(VID) p.223; PENGUIN p.309; Opéra International avril 1991 No.146 p.21, juin 1998 No.225 p.52; Opera Quarterly Vol.11 No.4 p.77; GIUDICI p.578 (2) p.960; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1993 p.156; January 1994 p.37

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Opera - January 1994 p.120

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Opera Now - December 1993 p.54: September 1994 p.54

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Fanfare - Vol.17 No.3 January-February 1994 p.265

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Orpheus - Dezember 1993 S.56

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Opéra International - No.173 octobre 1993 p.65

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Diapason - No.397 octobre 1993 p.168

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.156 p.119

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BBC Music Magazine - November 1993 p.100

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American Record Guide - Vol.57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.137

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Répertoire - No.62 October 1993 p.91

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Stereophile - May 1994 p.169

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Daniel Oren - 1993(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Rodolfo - Roberto Alagna

Schaunard - Pietro Spagnoli

Marcello - Roberto Servile

Colline - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Daniela Mazzucato (Meneghini)

Benoit - Alfredo Mariotti

Alcindoro - Andrea Snarski

Parpignol - Sergio Panajia

Sergente dei doganieri - Angelo Nardinocchi

Un doganiere - Nicola Troisi

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 379 {2CDRS} (2004)�

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 �03/12/22� where the date of the performance is given as February 1993. However, according to �Opera '93 Annuario EDT dell'Opera Lirica in Italia� p.195 there were performances of La bohème on 23, 26, 29, 31 January and 2, 5 February, but Gegam Grigorian sang in the performances in February. Therefore if Roberto Alagna does sing in the performance issued by House of Opera it must be one of those in January. Daniela Mazzuccato (as listed above) sang Musetta on 23, 31 January and Alessandra Pacetti on 26, 29 January.

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Fedora by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Stefano Ranzani - 1993(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Mirella Freni

Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - José Carreras

De Siriex - Enric Serra

La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Gloria Fabuel

Cirillo - Luigi Roni

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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5011 (2004)�

VHS Video Cassette; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 2822 (NTSC) (2003)�

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Recordings of Fedora by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.270; PENGUIN p.102; GIUDICI p.245 (2) p.414; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.20

Comments:- Video recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (October or November 1993; see OPERA ACTUAL No.10 gener-març 1994 pp.73-74; OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL décembre 1993 No.175 pp.28-29). The VHS issued by Premiere is listed in �New Fall 2003 Video Cassette Releases� and the DVD in �DVD's from Premiere Opera� dated 08 February 2004.

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Fedora by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1993(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Mirella Freni

Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - Plácido Domingo

De Siriex - Alessandro Corbelli

Lorek - Ernesto Panariello

Nicola - Vincenzo Alaimo

La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Adelina Scarabelli

Boroff - Silvestro Sammaritano

Gretch - Alfredo Giacomotti

Il Barone Rouvel - Aldo Bottion

Cirillo - Luigi Roni

Dmitri - Silvia Mazzoni

Desiré - Ernesto Gavazzi

Il piccolo Savoiardo - Monica Minarelli

Boleslao Lazinski - Arnold Bosman

Sergio - Bruno Capisani

Michele - Renato Zanchetta

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Compact Disc - Legato Classics LCD 213-2 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3851 {2CDRS}

VHS Video Cassette; - Premiere Opera Ltd. VID 2738 (NTSC) (2003)�

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Recordings of Fedora by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.270; PENGUIN p.102; GIUDICI p.245 (2) p.414; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.20

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - February 8 1997 p.42

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Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.58

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Opéra International - juillet/aoüt 1997 No.215 p.61

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Classical Express - Issue No.82 January 1997 p.6

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.96 Febrero 1997 p.30

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.58

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Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) at La Scala (April 1993; see OPERA, October 1993 p.1230). The VHS issued by Premiere is listed in �New Fall 2003 Video Cassette Releases�.

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Maurizio Benini - 1994(LI)

Orchestra - L'Opéra National de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra National de Paris

Adriana Lecouvreur - Mirella Freni

Maurizio - Peter Dvorsky

Principessa di Bouillon - Alexandrina Milcheva(-Nonova)

Michonnet - Jean-Luc Chaignaud

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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5418 (2005)�

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Recordings of Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.15; Opera on Record 2 p.292; CELLETTI p.160; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.155p.126; MET p.82; MET(VID) p.41; PENGUIN p.60; Opera on Video p.214; GIUDICI p.134 (2) p.221; Opéra Internatonal novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61

Comments:- Video recording of a performance in the Opéra Bastille (January 1994). The performance on 6 January 1994 in which Maurizio was sung by Alberto Cupido is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL février 1994 No.177 p.42. The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in �PREMIERE New DVDs� dated 10 September 2005.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1994(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - Roberto Alagna

Schaunard - Alfonso Antoniozzi

Marcello - Stefano Antonucci

Colline - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Daniela Mazzucato (Meneghini)

Benoit - Claudio Giombi

Alcindoro - Silvestro Sammaritano

Parpignol - Ernesto Gavazzi

Sergente dei doganieri - Aldo Bramante

Un doganiere - Ernesto Panariello

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Compact Cassette; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 07043; Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3643 (1995)�; House of Opera ALD 3643

Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 378 {2CDRS} (2003)�

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro alla Scala (17 September 1994). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 �03/12/22�

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There is only one recording of La Principessa della Luna by Alessandro Nidi on file (performed in Italian)

Conductor Alessandro Nidi - 1995

Orchestra - Orchestra d'Archi di Parma

Voce Narrante - Elio Pandolfi

La regina della luna - Mirella Freni

Un lunatico - Bruno Stori

Il mago pi-po-po - Lucio Dalla

Un vecchio dottore - Renato Bruson

Fratello del principe de sole - Francesco Bucci

Fratello del principe de sole - Giovanni Bucci

Il principe del sole - Roberto Gori

La principessa della luna - Antonella Massaro

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Compact Disc - Giung li Records 531-366-2

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Fedora by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Stefano Ranzani - 1995(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra Sinfonica dell Emilia Romagna �Arturo Toscanini�

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Modema

La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Mirella Freni

Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - Plácido Domingo

De Siriex - Stefano Antonucci

Lorek - Domenico Colaianni

Nicola - Luciano Pagani

La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Adelina Scarabelli

Boroff - Davide Baronchelli

Gretch - Franco Federici

Il Barone Rouvel - Bruno Bulgarelli

Cirillo - Orazio Mori

Dmitri - Monica Nostalgi

Desiré - Oslavio Di Credico

Il piccolo Savoiardo - Monica Nostalgi

Boleslao Lazinski - Luca Saltini

Sergio - Gabriele Badiali

Michele - Pietro Benassati

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Recordings of Fedora by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.270; PENGUIN p.102; GIUDICI p.245 (2) p.414; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.20

Comments:- Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Communale di Modena (5 February 1995).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Daniel Oren - 1996(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Torino

Chorus - Teatro Regio di Torino

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Pietro Spagnoli

Marcello - Lucio Gallo

Colline - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Anna Rita Taliento

Benoit - Claudio Ottino

Alcindoro - Alfredo Mariotti

Parpignol - Davide Livermore

Sergente dei doganieri - Ignazio De Simone

Un doganiere - Mauro Barra

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VHS Video Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated #8871 (NTSC) (1996)�

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Regio di Parma (1 February 1996; see OPERA June 1966 pp.694-696). The VHS Cassette issued by Lyric is included in their �New Video Cassette Listings - March 1995 (sic)�. The cast listed above is that given in �Opera '96 Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia� p.253.

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Fedora by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Roberto Abbado - 1997(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Mirella Freni

Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - Plácido Domingo

De Siriex - Dwayne Croft

Lorek - Vernon Hartman

Nicola - Denis Sedov

La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Ainhoa Arteta

Boroff - James Courtney

Gretch - Stephen West

Il Barone Rouvel - Eduardo Valdes

Cirillo - Yanni Yannissis

Dmitri - Reveka Mavrovitis

Desiré - Charles Anthony

Il piccolo Savoiardo - Benjamin Diskant

Sergio - Bernard Fitch

Michele - John Russell

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers FED 199701 {2CDRS} (Canada)

DVD (Video) - DG 00440 073 2329 (2004)�

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Recordings of Fedora by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.270; PENGUIN p.102; GIUDICI p.245 (2) p.414; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.20

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - March 2005 p.81, p.82 [RB2]

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Opéra International - No.296 décembre 2004 p.92 (DVD) [AT]

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Diapason - No.521 janvier 2005 p.110 [MP]

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International Record Review - February 2005 p.83 (DVD) [IJ]

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Classica Répertoire - No.70 mars 2005 p.118 [PF]

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Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance at the MET (April 1997). This performance is probably that on 26 April 1997 which was broadcast and video recorded. The CDRs issued by �The Opera Lovers� are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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Fedora by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Stefano Ranzani - 1998(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Chorus - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Mirella Freni

Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - Sergei Larin

De Siriex - Stefano Antonucci

Lorek - Ugo Tortorici

La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Adelina Scarabelli

Boroff - Manrico Signorini

Gretch - Giorgio Gatti

Il Barone Rouvel - Pietro Tarantino

Cirillo - Carlo Striuli

Desiré - Valter Borin

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VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society BCD #459

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Recordings of Fedora by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.270; PENGUIN p.102; GIUDICI p.245 (2) p.414; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.20

Comments:- Video recording of a performance in the Politeama Garibaldi, Palermo (February 1998). The cast listed above is that given in �Opera '98 Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia� p.189. The video cassette issued by BCS is listed in their online catalogue.

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Madame Sans-Gêne by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Stefano Ranzani - 1999(LC)

Orchestra - Orchestra Sinfonica dell Emilia Romagna �Arturo Toscanini�

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Modema

Caterina Hubscher - Mirella Freni

Lefebrvre - Giorgio Merighi

Napoleone - Mauro Buda

Fouchè - Andrea Zese

Conte di Neipperg - Valter Borin

Vinaigre - Antonio Feltraco

Despréaux - Antonio Feltraco

Toniotta - Marzia Giaccaia

La Regina Carolina - Marzia Giaccaia

Giulia - Muriel Tomao

La Principessa Elisa - Federica Bragaglia

De Brigole - Valerio Marietta

Gelsomina - Riccardo Ristori

Madame de Boulow - Muriel Tomao

La Rossa - Federica Bragaglia

Rouston - Riccardo Ristori

Leroy - Alfio Grasso

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Compact Disc; - Dynamic CDS 247/1-2 {2CDS} (1999)�

VHS Video Cassette; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 2746 (NTSC) (2003)�

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Recordings of Madame Sans-Gêne by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.21 (very brief)

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1999 p.121, p.124 [JBS]; April 2000 p.45 [PO'C]

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Orpheus - November 1999 S.91 [IW]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.1 Winter 2001 pp.157-158 [SAW]

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Opéra International - novembre 1999 No.240 p.64 [SS]

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American Record Guide - November/December 1999 Vol.62 No.6 p.137 [RVL>

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII N.132 settembre 1999 p.92 [NS]

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Répertoire - No.129 novembre 1999 p.52 [PD]

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Comments:- Recorded at performances in the Teatro Comunale di Modena (22 January, 7 Febuary 1999). See OPERA May 1999 p.591 , L'OPERA Anno XIII N.127 marzo 1999 p.8). The VHS issued by Premiere is listed in �New Fall 2003 Video Cassette Releases�. This video recording was probably made at a single performance.

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The Maid of Orleans by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky performed in Russian

Conductor Stefano Ranzani - 2005(LI)

Orchestra - Washington National Opera

Chorus - Washington National Opera

Joan of Arc - Mirella Freni

King Charles VII - Viktor Lutsiuk

Agnes Sorel - Maira Kerey

Dunois - Vladimir Moroz

Lionel - Sergei Leiferkus

Archbishop - Fyodor Kuznetsov

Raymond - Corey Evan Rotz

Bertrand - Philip Skinner

Angel - Maria Jooste

Thibaut - Evgeny Nikitin

Lauret - Trevor Scheunemann

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO (2005)�

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Recordings of The Maid of Orleans by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.156

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Kennedy Center Opera House (3 April 2005; see OPERA September 2005 p.1101). There is a review of the performance on 3 April 2005 on the internet (http://www.andante.com)

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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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