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Rodolfo - Giancinto Prandelli

Schaunard - Fernando Corena

Marcello - Giovanni Inghilleri

Colline - Raffaele Ariè

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Hilde Güden

Benoit - Melchiorre Luise

Alcindoro - Melchiorre Luise

Parpignol - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2622/2623 {2LPS} (1951)�; Decca �Ace of Clubs� ACL 121-122 {2LPS} (1961)�; Decca �Ace of Diamonds� GOM 531-532 (1967)�; London LLP 462-463 {2LPS} (1952)�; Richmond RS 62001 {2LPS} (1963)�

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 440 233-2 {2CDS} (1994)�; Pearl GEMS 0165 (+Tebaldi recital) {2CDS} (2002)�; Decca 473 045-2 (Tebaldi - Puccini Edition) {12CDS} (2002)�; Naxos �Historical� 8.110252-53 (+excerpts - Cellini) {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:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1952 pp.185-186 [LS]; May 1961 p.600 [EG]; May 1967 pp.604-605 [EG]

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Opera - February 1952 p.109; July 1967 p.591; October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.3 January/February 2004 pp.176-177 [JK]

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Diapason - No.400 janvier 1994 p.140; No.494 juillet-aoüt 2002 p.126 [JC]

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American Record Guide - January 1952 Vol.18. No.5 p.162 [PHR]: February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.466 (mention) [HG]: September/October 2002 Vol.65 No.5 p.241 [LM]:November/December 2003 Vol.66 No.6 p.160 [VAL]

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High Fidelity Magazine - July 1963 Vol.13 No.7 p.60 [CLO]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1951 p.11

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BBC Music Magazine - March 1994 p.84

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Classic CD - March 1994 p.63

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International Record Review - August 2002 pp.74-75 [JTH]: October 2003 pp.28-29 [MVA]

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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.100-101 [JTH]

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Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.88: No.159 juillet/aoüt 2002 p.113 (mention)

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.53 septiembre 2002 p.84 [BD]: No.63 septiembre 2003 p.85 [VJ]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2003 No.161 pp.54-55 [SV]

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Fernand Cortez by Gaspare Spontini performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Fernand Cortez - Gino Penno

Montézuma - Italo Tajo

Télasco - Aldo Protti

Amazily - Renata Tebaldi

Alvar - Piero De Palma

Morales - Afro Poli

Le grand-prêtre - Antonio Cassinelli

Spanish Prisoner 1 - Augosto Romani

Spanish Prisoner 2 - Gerardo Gaudioso

Sailor - Gianni Avolanti

A Mexican officer - Luigi Paolillo

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith �The Golden Age of Opera� EJS 369 {2LPS} (1966)�; Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 286-2 {2LPS} (1979)�

Compact Disc; - Hardy Classic HCA 6008 {2CDS} (1999)�; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 111-2 {2CDRS} (2001)�;; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6441/42 (+Tebaldi recital) {2CDS} (2004)�

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This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Februar 2000 S.65-S.66 [GH]; September+Oktober 2005 S.61 [DN]

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Classical Express - Issue No.121 April 2000 p.4 [SJT]

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American Record Guide - July/August 2005 Vol.68 No.4 pp.266-267 [CHP]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII N.134 novembre 1999 p.110 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo, Naples (15 December 1951; see OPERA February 1952 p.102). The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as �New� in �Fall 2001�.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1951(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Cio Cio San - Renata Tebaldi

Pinkerton - Giuseppe Campora

Sharpless - Giovanni Inghilleri

Suzuki - Nell Rankin

Kate Pinkerton - Gianna Diozzi

Goro - Piero De Palma

Il principe Yamadori - Melchiorre Luise

Lo zio Bonzo - Fernando Corena

Il commissario imperiale - Michele Calvino

L'ufficiale del Registro - Luigi Pizzeri

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2638-2640 {3LPS} (1952)�; Decca �Ace of Clubs� ACL 59-61 {3LPS} (1959)�; Decca �Ace of Diamonds� GOM 528-530 {3LPS} (1967)�; London LLPA-8 {3LPS} (1952)�; Richmond RS 63001 {3LPS} (1963)�

Compact Disc; - Decca 440 230-2 {2CDS} (1994)�; Pearl GEMS 0172 (+Tebaldi recital) {2CDS} (2002)�; Decca 473 045-2 (Tebaldi - Puccini Edition) {12CDS} (2002)�; Naxos �Historical� 8.110254-55 {2CDS} (2003)�

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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 1952 p.208 [AR]; August 1967 p.125 [EG]; December 2003 p.105 [AB]

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Opera - June 1952 p.369; November 1967 p.927; October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]

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Orpheus - Juli+August 2004 S.65 [IW]

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Diapason - No.400 janvier 1994 p.140

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American Record Guide - February 1952 Vol.18 No.6 p.172 [PHR]: February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.466 (mention) [HG]: November/December 2002 Vol.65 No.6 p.257 [LM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - July 1963 Vol.13 No.7 p.60 [CLO]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - February 1952 p.11

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BBC Music Magazine - March 1994 p.84

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International Record Review - February 2004 p.30 [JTH]

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Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.88

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2003 No.161 pp.54-55 [SV]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.182 aprile 2004 pp.108-109 [GL]

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Comments:- There is a reference to this recording in a letter to the editor of GRAMOPHONE (June 1975 p.23)

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Adriana Lecouvreur - Renata Tebaldi

Maurizio - Gianni Poggi

Principe di Bouillon - Augosto Romani

Principessa di Bouillon - Maria Benedetti

Michonnet - Giuseppe Taddei

Quinault - Gerardo Gaudioso

Poisson - Giorgio Landi

Mlle. Jouvenot - Anna Maria Borrelli

Mlle. Dangeville - Edmea Limberti

L'Abate di Chazeuil - Piero De Palma

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3712 (1995)�; House of Opera ALD 3712; Custom Opera A140 (2000)�

Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 193 {2CDS};; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1090-2 {2CDRS} (2003)�; Encore CD 119-2 {2CDRS} (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:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples (December 1952). The year given in Premiere's �2004 CD Catalog� is 1953 and the recording issued by them may be of another performance. According to �Tebaldi - The Voice of an Angel� p.223 there were performances on 26, 28, 31 December 1952 and on 4 January 1953. 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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Norma by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Norma - Maria Pedrini

Adalgisa - Ebe Stignani

Pollione - Gino Penno

Oroveso - Giulio Neri

Clotilde - Irene Acampora

Flavio - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 314 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100 756 (+Pedrini - recital) {2CDS} (2005)�

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

Opera January 1958 p.12; Opera on Record p.154; CELLETTI p.50; Opera on CD (1) p.40 (2) p.46 (3) p.51; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.29 p.106; MET p.21; MET(VID) p.10PENGUIN p.10; Orpheus No.13 1994 Festival p.22; GIUDICI p.31 (2) p.57; Diapason No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.48; Répertoire No.112 avril 1998 p.86; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.66-70; Donizetti Society Newsletter June 2000 pp.21-23 ;American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Gramophone January 2002 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

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

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Naples. The Melodram LPs are listed in Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 p.69

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Otello - Ramón Vinay

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - Gino Bechi

Cassio - Piero De Palma

Rodrigo - Gianni Avolanti

Lodovico - Augosto Romani

Montano - Antonio Piccillo

Emilia - Vittoria Garofalo

Un Araldo - Gerardo Gaudioso

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Black Disc - Edizione Lirica EL 009 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni GB 1183/84-2 {2CDS} (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:-

(The) Gramophone - September 2004 p.75 [AB]

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International Record Review - June 2004 p.77 [PO'C]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (13 December 1952; OPERA February 1953 pp.98-99). PO'C writes in his review of the CDs issued by Bongiovanni �The sound quality is distressingly uneven, at times unlistenable to.�

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Patanè - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Canio - Beniamino Gigli

Nedda - Pina Malgarini

Tonio - Giuseppe Gentile

Beppe - Piero De Palma

Silvio - Saturno Meletti

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Black Disc - EJS GAO 351; EMI 153 54010/17 (highlights)

Compact Disc; - *Eklipse EKR CD 7 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {2CDS} ; Great Opera Performance G.O.P. 835 (+Cavalleria Rusticana) {2CDS} (2003)�; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1118-1 {1CDR} (2003)�

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo at Naples (8 January 1952). See INTERNATIONAL OPERA COLLECTOR Spring 1997 No.3 p.61

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Le Siège de Corinthe [L'assedio di Corinto] by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Pamira - Renata Tebaldi

Néoclès - Miriam Pirazzini

Maometto - Mario Petri

Cléomène - Mirto Picchi

Hiéros (Jero) - Raffaele Ariè

Omar - Augosto Romani

Ismène - Anna Maria Borrelli

Adastro - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith �The Golden Age of Opera� EJS 353 {2LPS} (1966)�; Historic Recording Enterprises HRE 298-2 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - Live Opera Heaven CAS 290

Compact Disc; - Hardy Classic HCA 6001-2 {2CDS} (1998)�

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Recordings of Le Siège de Corinthe [L'assedio di Corinto] by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.742; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.81 p.90; Opéra International décembre 1992 p.26; GIUDICI p.747 (2) p.1230

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - April 1999 S.61 [MB]

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Opéra International - novembre 2000 No.251 pp.66-67 [SS]

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Classical Express - Issue No.109 April 1999 p.3 (audio) [MT]

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L'opera (Milano) - n.123 novembre 1998 supplemento p.24 [GL]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.33 mayo-junio 1999 p.94 [MC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Naples (2 January 1952, mentioned in OPERA March 1952 p.170). The Compact cassette issued by Live Opera Heaven is listed in their List dated �5/2000� where its sound is described as �FAIR-Decent as best�.

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Violetta Valery - Renata Tebaldi

Flora Bervoix - Pina Angelici

Annina - Anna De Santis

Alfredo Germont - Giuseppe Campora

Giorgio Germont - Giuseppe Taddei

Gastone - Piero De Palma

Dottore Grenvil - Antonio Piccillo

Barone Douphol - Gerardo Gaudioso

Marchese d'Obigny - Umberto Frisaldi

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution ALD 3784 (1995)�

Compact Disc; - Hardy Classic HCA 6015-2 {2CDS} (2001)�

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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:-

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.102 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples (17 January 1952; mentioned in OPERA April 1952 p.234)

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1952(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Aida - Renata Tebaldi

Radamès - Mario Del Monaco

Amneris - Ebe Stignani

Amonasro - Aldo Protti

Ramphis - Dario Caselli

Il Re di Egitto - Fernando Corena

Una Sacerdotessa - Suzanne Danco

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2735-2737 {3LPS} (1952)�; Decca �Ace of Clubs� ACL 172-174 {3LPS} (1962)�; Decca �Ace of Diamonds� GOM 516-518 {3LPS} (1967)�; Decca D47D3 {3LPS} (1978)�; London LLA-13 {3LPS} (1952)�; London A 4308 {3LPS}; Richmmond RS 63002 {3LPS} (1963)�

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 440 239-2 {2CDS} (1994)�; Pearl GEMS 0191 {2CDS} (2003)�; Naxos �Historical� 8.110129-30 {2CDS} (2002)�

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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 - December 1952 pp.173-174 [LS]; December 1962 pp.310-311 [EG]; April 1967 pp.545-546 [PHW]; May 1978 p.1930 [AB]; October 1978 p.646 [JBS]; December 2003 p.105 [AB]

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Opera - July 1967 p.591

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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.5 May/June 2004 pp.220-211 [JM]

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Orpheus - Juli+August 2004 S.66 [IW]

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Diapason - No.401 février 1994 p.149

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American Record Guide - November 1952 Vol.19 No.3 p.71 [PHR]: February 1963 Vol.29No.6 p.466 (mention) [HG]: September/October 2003 Vol.66 No.5 p.265 [MM]: March/April 2004 Vol.67 No.2 p.261 [RVL]

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1963 Vol.13 No.2 p.91 [CLO]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1952 p.18

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BBC Music Magazine - March 1994 p.84

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Classic CD - March 1994 p.63

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International Record Review - October 2003 pp.28-29 [MVA]: February 2004 p.30 (mention) [JTH]

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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.65 mai-juin 1954 p.307 [GE]

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Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.88

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.64 octubre 2003 pp.84-85 [MC]

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1952(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe Campora

Il barone Scarpia - Enzo Mascherini

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Dario Caselli

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Antonio Sacchetti

Un pastore - Gianfranco Volante

Un carceriere - Antonio Sacchetti

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2730-2731 {2LPS} (1952)�; Decca �Ace of Clubs� ACL 154-155 {2LPS}; Decca �Ace of Diamonds� GOM 533-534 {2LPS}; Decca �Eclipse� ECS 206-207 {2LPS} London LL 660-661 {2LPS} (1952)�; Richmond RS 62002 {2LPS} (1963)�

Compact Disc; - Decca 440 236-2 {2CDS} (1994)�; Decca 473 045-2 (Tebaldi - Puccini Edition) {12CDS} (2002)�; Andromeda 813 880 {2CDS}; Cantus Classics 500 339 {2CDS} (2003)�; Pearl GEMS 0199 {2CDS} (2003)�

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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 - November 1952 p.143 [AR]; December 1952 pp.172-173 [AR]; April 1962 pp.518-519 [EG]; June 1968 p.74 [PHW]; December 2003 p.105 [AB]

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Opera - May 1953 pp.303-304 [H]

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Diapason - No.400 janvier 1994 p.140

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1952 p.17

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American Record Guide - January 1953 Vol.19 No.5 p.144 [PHR]: February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.466 (mention) [HG]

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High Fidelity Magazine - July 1963 Vol.13 No.7 p.60 [CLO]

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Classic CD - March 1994 p.63

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International Record Review - February 2004 p.30 [JTH]

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Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.88

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2003 No.161 pp.54-55 [SV]

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Guglielmo Ratcliff by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Vincenzo Bellezza - 1953(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Guglielmo Ratcliff - Vittorio De Santis

Maria - Rosetta Noli

Mac-Gregor - Plinio Clabassi

Douglas - Paolo Silveri

Margherita - Gianna Pederzini

Lesley - Piero De Palma

Un Servo - Luigi Paolillo

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 116 (+Madama Butterfly - ; excepts - Papi) {2CDS} (1972)�

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Recordings of Guglielmo Ratcliff by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.392; GIUDICI p.353

Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at Naples (16 December 1954). These excepts fill one side of a 2 LP set the rest of which contain a recording of part of a performance of Madama Butterfly (San Francisco 1939)

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Aida - Renata Tebaldi

Radamès - Gino Penno

Amneris - Ebe Stignani

Amonasro - Ugo Savarese

Ramphis - Giulio Neri

Il Re di Egitto - Iginio Riccò

Una Sacerdotessa - Anna Perosi

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc - Edizione Lirica EL 006 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 109-2 {2CDRS} (2001)�; House of Opera CDWW 947 {2CDRS} (2003)�

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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 Naples (March 1953; see OPERA June 1953 p.356). The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as �New� in �Fall 2001� and those issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003.

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in Italian

Conductor Artur Rodzinsky - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Carmen - Giulietta Simionato

Don José - Franco Corelli

Micaëla - Sena Jurinac

Escamillo - Ugo Savarese

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Black Disc - Edizione Lirica EL 01 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 114-2 {2CDS} (2001)�; Archipel 0130 {2CDS} (2003)�

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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 publication:-

Orpheus - Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.81 [GH]

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Comments:- A slightly abridged recording of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo, Naples (19 December 1953). The LPs issued on the Edizione Lirica label are listed in the �Canfield Guide to Classical Recordings� 5th Edition where the year is incorrectly given as 1952 and the singer of the role of Escamillo is incorrectly given as Tagliabue. The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as �New� in �Fall 2001�. Carlo Marinelli lists the following additional cast members in ODE: Henny Herz (Frasquita), Lucretia (Lucrezia?) West (Mercédès), René Herrand (Hérent?) (Le Dancaïre), Piero De Palma? (Le Remendado), Gerardo Gaudoso (Zuninga) (http://www.carlomarinelli.it - hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Carmen - Giulietta Simionato

Don José - Franco Corelli

Micaëla - Elena Rizzieri

Escamillo - Aldo Protti

Frasquita - Angela Vercelli

Mercédès - Aurora Cattelani

Le Dancaïre - Piero De Palma

Le Remendado - Francesco Battaglia

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Compact Disc - Archipel ARPCD 0130 {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 in the Arena Flegrea (21 August 1953). The partial cast listed above is that given in Frank Hamilton's online Performance Annals of Franco Corelli (http://www.frankhamilton.org/fc/ - hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Silvio Maionica

Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi

Don Carlo - Aldo Protti

Don Alvaro - Mario Del Monaco

Preziosilla - Fedora Barbieri

Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi

Curra - Angela Vercelli

Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi

Mastro Trabuco - Piero De Palma

Un Chirurgo - Walter Finessi

Un Alcalde - Giorgio Giorgetti

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Black Disc - Cetra �Opera Live� LO 4/3 {3LPS} Fonit Cetra �Documents� DOC 62 {3LPS} Fonit Cetra �Documents� DOC 1001 (+Medea +Ernani +La Dame de Pique + concert) {14LPS}; Vox Turnabout THS 65117/9 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette; - House of Opera CAS 485 (2000)�

Compact Disc; - foyer 3-CF-2005 {3CDS}; House of Opera #485 {3CDS} (2000)�; Archipel ARPCD 0126 {3CDS} (2003)�; Celestial Audio CA 233 {3CDRS} (Australia) (2004)�; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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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:-

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

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Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.53 [SS]

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.63 septiembre 2003 pp.86-87 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (14 June 1953). See OPERA September 1953 p.551. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues in their website in June 2004.

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1953(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Canio - Mario Del Monaco

Nedda - Clara Petrella

Tonio - Alfred Poell

Beppe - Piero De Palma

Silvio - Aldo Protti

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2845-2846 (+recital - Del Monaco) {2LPS} (1953)�; Decca LXT 5223-5225 (+Cavalleria rusticana) Decca �Ace of Clubs� ACL 201-202 {2LPS}; London LL 880-881 (+recital - Del Monaco} {2LPS} (1953)�; Richmond RS 63003 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {3LPS} (USA) (1963)�; Richmond RS 62009 {2LPS} (USA) (1964)�

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66321 {1CD} (2005)�

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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 - November 1953 p.200; November 1956; August 1966 p.128

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Opera - January 1954 p.40 [HDR]

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American Record Guide - October 1953 Vol.20 No.2 p.41 [PHR]: November 1964 Vol.31 No.3 p.248 [HG]

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The Gramophone Shop Inc Record Supplement - October 1953 Vol.16 No.10 p.5

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Gramophone Record Review - September 1956 p.724

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1964 Vol.14 No.2 p.89 [CLO]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.79 abril 2005 p.80 [VJ]

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Comments:- The prologue is sung by Aldo Protti

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1954(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Aida - Anita Cerquetti

Radamès - Gino Penno

Amneris - Elena Nicolai

Amonasro - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Ramphis - Boris Christoff

Il Re di Egitto - Iginio Riccò

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni �The Golden Age of Opera� GAO 134 {1CD};; Bongiovanni �Historical Opera Collection� HOCO 11 {1CD} (2004)�

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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:-

Fanfare - Vol.16 No.5 May-June 1993 p.344 [JM]

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Classica Répertoire - No.67 novembre 2004 p.118 (mention) [AT]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.77 enero-febrero 2005 p.85 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of parts of Act 1,2 and 3 of a performance at the Arena Flegrea in very poor sound

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La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Minnie - Eleanor Steber

Dick Johnson - Mario Del Monaco

Jack Rance - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Nick - Piero De Palma

Ashby - Vito Susca

Jake Wallace - Giorgio Tozzi

Billy Jackrabbit - Paolo Washington

José Castro - Mario Frosini

Wowkle - Laura Didier-Gambardella

Sonora - Enzo Viaro

Trin - Breno Ristori

Sid - Lido Pettini

Bello - Virgilio Carbonari

Harry - Valiano Natali

Joe - Enzo Guagni

Happy - Agostino Ferrin

Jim Larkens - Giorgio Giorgetti

Un postiglione - Alberto Lotti-Camici

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Black Disc; - Cetra �Opera Live� LO 64/3 {3LPS}; Fonit Cetra �Documents� DOC 41 {3LPS} (1982)�

Compact Disc; - Arkadia 565.2 {2CDS}; Myto 2 MCD 975.169 {2CDS} (1997)�; Myto 2 MCD H087 {2CDS} (2004)�; Walhall �Eternity Series� WLCD 0077 {2CDS} (2004)�

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Recordings of La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.106; Opera on Record 3 p.221; CELLETTIp.600; Opera on CD (1) p.109 (2) p.120 (3) p.135; MET p.438; MET(VID) p.245; PENGUIN p.301; The Absolute Sound Issue 69 Summer 1993 p.123; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.165 p.116; GIUDICI p.634 (2) p.1045

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - mai 1983 No.59 pp.53-54 [SS]

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Classical Express - Issue 95 February 1998 p.6 [MT]

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American Record Guide - March/April 1998 Vol.61 No.2 p.284 [LM]

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Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.66

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - marzo-mayo 1998 No.27 p.88 [JV]

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Comments:- The Fonit Cetra LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE August 1982 p.238

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Mazeppa by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky performed in Italian

Conductor Ionel Perlea - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Mazeppa - Ettore Bastianini

Mariya - Magda Olivero

Kochubey - Boris Christoff

Liubov - Mariana Radev

Andrei - David Poleri

Orlik - Jorge (Giorgio) Algorta

Iskra - Fausto Flamini

Drunken Cossack - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc - Rococo RR 1016 (+Iris - excerpts) {3LPS); Estro Armonico EA 046 Cetra �Opera Live� LO 43 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Melodram CDM 27070 {2CDS} (1989)�; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66309 {2CDS} (2004)�; Cantus Classics 500651 {2CDS} (2005)�; Andromeda ANDRCD 5028 {2CDS} (2005)�

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

CELLETTI p.155; GIUDICI p.128 (2) p.209; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.109; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63 (corrected in issue for September/October 2003 p.287).

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1978 p.1166 [JW]

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Fanfare - Vol.5 No.3 January/February 1982 p.192 [DCS]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.8 No.2 Summer 1991 pp.186-188 [DWW]

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The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.102 [JG]

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Comments:- Recorded at a performance in Florence (6 June 1954)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Ionel Perlea - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Figaro - Italo Tajo

Susanna - Alda Noni

Conte Almaviva - Scipio Colombo

Contessa Almaviva - Renata Tebaldi

Cherubino - Giulietta Simionato

Marcellina - Giuliana Raimondi

Bartolo - Christiano Dalamangas

Basilio - Piero De Palma

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman Live Opera 03328 (highlights)

Compact Disc; - Hardy Classic HCA 6017 (+Deh vieni - Tebaldi) {2CDS} (2005)�

Open Reel Tape - Mr. Tape 8428 (highlights)

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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:-

American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.293 [RVL]

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Comments:- Recording of most of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (24 February 1954). The last few minutes of Acts 2 and 4 are missing from the CDs issued by Hardy Classic.

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Violetta Valery - Renata Tebaldi

Flora Bervoix - Angela Vercelli

Annina - Rita Jorio

Alfredo Germont - Giancinto Prandelli

Giorgio Germont - Carlo Tagliabue

Gastone - Piero De Palma

Dottore Grenvil - Christiano Dalamangas

Barone Douphol - Arturo La Porta

Marchese d'Obigny - Gerardo Gaudioso

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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni GAO �Golden Age of Opera� 191-192 {2CDS}; Archipel ARPCD 0229 {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:-

Opera News - December 9 1995 p.46

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno IX N.92 Dicembre 1995 p.81

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Arena Flegrea (mentioned in OPERA September 1954 p.570). According to the review in OPERA NEWS of the CDs issued by Bongiovanni their sound is very poor

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Manon Lescaut - Renata Tebaldi

Des Grieux - Mario Del Monaco

Lescaut - Mario Borriello

Geronte - Fernando Corena

Edmondo - Piero De Palma

Una voce sola - Luisa Ribacchi

L'oste - Antonio Sacchetti

Il maestro di ballo - Adelio Zagonora

Un sergente degli arcieri - Antonio Sacchetti

Lampionaio - Angelo Mercuriali

Un comandante di Marina - Dario Caselli

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2995-2997 {3LPS} (1955)�; Decca �Ace of Diamonds� GOS 607-608 {2LPS} (1971)�; London LLA 28 {3LPS} (1955)�;; London OSA 1317 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) �Grand Opera� 430 253-2 {2CDS} (1991)�; Decca �Rouge Opéra� 458 713-2 (France) (1997)�; Decca 473 045-2 (Tebaldi - Puccini Edition) {12CDS} (2002)�; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66.318 {2CDS} (2004)�

Open Reel Tape; - London LOS 90080 (7�ips 4-track) (1964)�

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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 - February 1955 p.; June 1971 p.79; August 1991 p. [JBS]

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Opera - March 1955 p.181

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.157

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - January 1955 p.20

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Gramophone Record Review - February 1955 p.202

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American Record Guide - April 1955 Vol.21 No.8 p.251: October 1964 Vol.31 No.2 p.159 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1955 Vol.5 No.2 p.55 [JH]: November 1964 Vol.14 No.11 p.138 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 p.76 (mention) [PT]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2003 No.161 pp.54-55 [SV]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.189 dicembre 2004 p.105 (mention) [GL]

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - Aldo Protti

Cassio - Piero De Palma

Rodrigo - Angelo Mercuriali

Lodovico - Fernando Corena

Montano - Pier Luigi Latinucci

Emilia - Luisa Ribacchi

Un Araldo - Dario Caselli

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5009-5011 {3LPS} (1955)�; *Decca �Eclipse� ECS 732-734 {3LPS} (1975)�; London LLA 24 {3LPS} (1955)�;; Richmond RS 63004 {3LPS} (USA) (1963)�

Compact Disc; - Decca 440 245-2 {2CDS} (1994)�

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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 - January 1955 p.367; February 1975 p.1548 [AB]; May 1994 p.115 [AB]

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Opera - April 1955 p.260

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Opera Now - March 1994 p.55

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Diapason - No.401 février 1994 p.149

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American Record Guide - February 1955 Vol.21 No.6 p.182 [PHR]: May 1964 Vol.30 No.9 p.878 [HG]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1955 Vol.5 No.1 p.64 ii [JH]

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Gramophone Record Review - January 1995 p.152

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BBC Music Magazine - March 1994 p.84

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Répertoire - No.66 February 1994 p.88

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Rigoletto - Aldo Protti

Gilda - Hilde Güden

Duca di Mantova - Mario Del Monaco

Sparafucile - Cesare Siepi

Maddalena - Giulietta Simionato

Giovanna - Luisa Ribacchi

Monterone - Fernando Corena

Marullo - Pier Luigi Latinucci

Borsa - Piero De Palma

Conte di Ceprano - Dario Caselli

Contessa di Ceprano - Christiane Castelli

Un paggio - Lina Rossi

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5006-5008 {3LPS} (1955)�; Decca �Ace of Clubs� ACL 203-205; Decca �Ace ofDiamonds� GOM 519-521;; London LLA 25 {3LPS} (1955)�;; Richmond RS 63005 {3LPS} (USA) (1963)�

Compact Disc; - Decca 440 242-2 {2CDS} (1994)�

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; �Musica 99� p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1955 p.366; August 1964 p.102; May 1967 p.604; July 1994 p.120

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Opera - February 1955 p.123

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Opera Now - February 1994 p.56

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Diapason - No.401 février 1994 p.149

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American Record Guide - March 1955 Vol.21 No.7 p.221 [JN]: May 1964 Vol.30 No.9 p.878 [HG]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1955 Vol.5 No.1 p.64 ii, p.64 iv, p.64 v [JH]

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Gramophone Record Review - January 1955 p.152

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Classic CD - February 1994 p.60

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Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.88

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Violetta Valery - Renata Tebaldi

Flora Bervoix - Angela Vercelli

Annina - Rina Cavallari

Alfredo Germont - Gianni Poggi

Giorgio Germont - Aldo Protti

Gastone - Piero De Palma

Dottore Grenvil - Ivan Sardi

Barone Douphol - Antonio Sacchetti

Marchese d'Obigny - Dario Caselli

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2992-2994 {3LPS} (195)�; Decca �Ace of Clubs� ACL 232-234 {3LPS} (1967)�; Decca �Ace of Diamonds� GOM 522-524 {3LPS}; Decca �Eclipse� ECS 726-728 {3LPS}; London LLA 26 {3LPS} (1955)�

Compact Disc; - Decca �Grand Opera� 430 250-2 {2CDS} (1991)�; Decca �Rouge Opéra� 455 895-2 (France) {2CDS} (1997)�

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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 - January 1955 p.366; December 1964 p.295; March 1967 p.492; July 1974 p.264 [AB];August 1991 p. [JBS]

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Opera - February 1955 p.122

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Gramophone Record Review - January 1955 p.152

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1955 Vol.5 No.1 p.64 v [JH]

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American Record Guide - April 1955 Vol.21 No.8 p.251

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Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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Il turco in Italia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Selim - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Donna Fiorilla - Maria Callas

Don Narciso - Nicolai Gedda

Zaida - Jolanda Gardino

Don Geronio - Franco Calabrese

Il poeta Prosdocimo - Mariano Stabile

Albazar - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CXS 1289 33CX 1290/1291 {3LPS - 5-sides} (1955)�; HMV SLS 5148 (ASD 3625-3626) (electronically reprocessed to give a stereo ;; effect) {2LPS} (1979)�; EMI EX 749344-2 {2LPS} (1987)�; Angel 3535 {3LPS} (1955)�; Seraphim 6095; Columbia 33QCXS 10153, 33QCX 10154/55 {3LPS, 5 sides} (Italy)

Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-SLS 5148 (1979)�;; *EMI EX 295 7 49344 4 (1987)�

Compact Disc; - EMI(Angel) CDS 7 49344-2 {2CDS} (1987)�; EMI CDS 5 56313-2 {2CDS} (1997)�

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Recordings of Il turco in Italia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.112; CELLETTI p.748; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.169 p.102; PENGUIN p.372; GIUDICI p.695 (2) p.1160

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1955 p.190; February 1979 p.1465 [RO]; July 1979 p.259 [IM]; October 1980 p.471 [JBS] December 1987 p. [RO]

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Opera - December 1955 p.787

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1998 pp.120-121 [GJ]

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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.87

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.83 (2) p.84 (4) p.81

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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1955 Vol.5 No.7 p.62 [JH]

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American Record Guide - October 1955 Vol.22 No.2 p.24 [PHR]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - October 1955 p.18

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Gramophone Record Review - October 1955 p.693

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.58

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Aida - Antonietta Stella

Radamès - Franco Corelli

Amneris - Fedora Barbieri

Amonasro - Anselmo Colzani

Ramphis - Mario Petri

Il Re di Egitto - Plinio Clabassi

Una Sacerdotessa - Elisabetta Fusco

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni �The Golden Age of Opera� GAO 116-117 {2CDS} Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 870-2 {2CDRS} (2003)�; House of Opera CDBB 597 {2CDRS} (2003)�

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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 in the Teatro San Carlo, Naples (November 1955)

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Rieger - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Samson - Ramón Vinay

Dalila - Ebe Stignani

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Antonio Manca-Serra

Abimélech - Giovanni Amodeo

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Iginio Riccò

Le messager philistin - Piero De Palma

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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni HOCO 31 (+Aida - excerpts - Vinay) {2CDS} (2005)�

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145 GIUDICI p.758; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.86 diciembre 2005 pp.88-89 [LB]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (February or March 1955). See �ll Teatro di San Carlo - La Cronologia 1737-1987� by Carlo Marinelli Rosconi p.671.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Vincenzo Bellezza - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Floria Tosca - Leyla Gencer

Mario Cavaradossi - Vittorio De Santis

Il barone Scarpia - Giuseppe Taddei

Il Sagristano - Melchiorre Luise

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

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Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 752 {2CDS} ; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66331 {2CDS} (2005)�

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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:-

Orpheus - November 1994 p.63

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Opéra International - juin 1997 No.214 p.54

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Naples (21 January 1955)

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Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Guido di Montforte - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Il Sire di Bethume - Iginio Riccò

Il Conte Vaudemont - Aldo Terrosi

Arrigo - Mario Filippeschi

Giovanni da Procida - Giulio Neri

La Duchessa Elena - Anna Di Cavalieri

Danieli - Piero De Palma

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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni GB HOC 025/26-2 {2CDS} (2005)�

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Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - September+Oktober 2005 S.59 [IW]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.84 octubre 2005 p.90 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (16 December 1955)

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La favorite by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Alfonso - Ettore Bastianini

Leonora - Giulietta Simionato

Fernando - Gianni Poggi

Baldassare - Jerome Hines

Don Gasparo - Piero De Palma

Ines - Bice Magnani

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Black Disc - Decca LXT 5146-5148 {3LPS} Decca �Ace of Diamonds� GOM 525-527 {3LPS}; Decca �Ace of Diamonds� GOS 525-527 {3LPS} London XLLA 39 {3LPS}; London OSA 1310 {3LPS}; Richmond SRS 63510 *Melodiya C10 05029-34 {3LPS}; London OS 25194 (highlights) {1LP}

Compact Disc - Double Decca 452 469-2 {2CDS}

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Recordings of La favorite by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.74; CELLETTI p.214; Opera March 1993 p.291 - April 1993 p.416; MET p.124; MET(VID) p.75; PENGUIN p.77; GIUDICI p.212 (2) p.355

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1956 p.393; April 1956 p.410; May 1956 p.452 (mention); April 1967 p.545

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Opera - May 1956 p.315; April 1967 p.332

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Orpheus - Februar 1973 S.51 [CK]

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American Record Guide - April 1956 Vol.22 No.8 p.130 [PHR]: January 1960 Vol.26 No.5 pp.357-358 [CJL]: February 1961 Vol.27 No.6 p.477 (highlights) [PLM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1956 Vol.6 No.5 p.58 [MDS]: January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.68 [CLO]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - March 1956 p.12

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.95 enero 1997 p.49

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Silvio Maionica

Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi

Don Carlo - Ettore Bastianini

Don Alvaro - Mario Del Monaco

Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato

Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena

Curra - Gabriella Carturan

Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi

Mastro Trabuco - Piero De Palma

Un Chirurgo - Eraldo Coda

Un Alcalde - Ezio Giordano

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5131-5134 {3LPS} (1955)�; Decca SXL 2069-2072 {3LPS} (1959)�; Decca �Ace of Diamonds� GOS 597-599; London XLLA 37 {4LPS} (1956)�; London OSA 1405 {4LPS} (1959)�

Compact Disc; - Decca �Grand Opera� 421 598-2 {3CDS} (1989)�

Open Reel Tape; - London LOV 90009 (4-track 7�ips) (1961)�

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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 - December 1955 p.282; April 1956 p.410; September 1959; October 1970 p.665; January 1989 p. [RO]

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Opera - March 1956 p.175; November 1959 p.750

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1955 p.20

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Gramophone Record Review - January 1956 p.154: July 1959 p.648 [DH]

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American Record Guide - March 1956 Vol.22 No.7 p.107 [PHR]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1959 Vol.9 No.3 p.71: March 1961 Vol.11 No.3 p.92 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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Records and Recordings - August 1959 p.17 [FGB]

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Vincenzo Bellezza - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Aida - Anna Maria Rovere

Radamès - Mario Filippeschi

Amneris - Ebe Stignani

Amonasro - Robert McFerrin

Ramphis - Carlo Cava

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni �The Golden Age of Opera� GAO 130 (highlights) {1CD}; House of Opera CDWW 941 {2CDRS} (2003)�

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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 publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.16 No.5 May-June 1993 p.344 [JM]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Arena Flegrea (15 July 1956). The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003

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Iris by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Iris - Clara Petrella

Osaka - Giuseppe di Stefano

Kyoto - Saturno Meletti

Il Cieco - Boris Christoff

Una guècha - Aida Hovnanian

Un Merciavolo - Adelio Zagonora

Un Cenciaivolo - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc - ERR 133 {2LPS}; Cetra �Opera Live� LO 15 (+Cavalleria Rusticana) {4LPS}

Compact Disc - Standing Room Only SRO 505-2 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Iris by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.392; PENGUIN p.199; GIUDICI p.353 (2) p.616

Comments:- Recording of a performance in Rome (December 1956; see OPERA March 1957 p.175 )

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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Lucia - Maria Callas

Edgardo - Gianni Raimondi

Enrico - Rolando Panerai

Raimondo - Antonio Zerbini

Arturo - Piero De Palma

Alisa - Anna Maria Borrelli

Normanno - Pietro Moccia

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Black Disc - OD 100

Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 903.19 {2CDS} (1990)�; House of Opera CDBB 202 {2CDRS} (2003)�

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Recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera February 1959 p.86; HARRIS p.150; Opera on Record p.184; CELLETTI p.223; MARINELLI p.114; Opera on CD (1) p.34 (2) p.39 (3) p.43; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.55 p.110; MET p.113; MET(VID) p.64; PENGUIN p.78; Opéra International janvier1995 No.187 p.19, juillet- aoüt 1997 No.215 p.10; Opera on Video p.57; GIUDICI p.190; Répertoire No.107 novembre 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/ October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.109 (2) p.110 (4) p.106

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples (22 March 1956). The LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE January 1984 p.872. 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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Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Gianni Schicchi - Renato Capecchi

Lauretta - Bruna Rizzoli

Zita - Vittoria Palombini

Rinuccio - Agostino Lazzari

Gherardo - Piero De Palma

Nella - Ornella Rovero

Gherardino - Nino Tarallo

Betto di Signa - Plinio Clabassi

Simone - Giuseppe Modesti

Marco - Arturo La Porta

Ciesca - Maria Minetto

Spinelloccio - Ferruccio Mazzoli

Pinellino - Giorgio Onesto

Guccio - Gerardo Gaudioso

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Black Disc - Philips L 09000 {1LP}; Philips 6540 032 {1LP}

Compact Disc; - Philips �Collectors Operas� 442 106-2 (+La bohème) {2CDS} (1995)�

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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 - December 1995 p.150 [MEO]

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Orpheus - March 1995 p.62

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Opéra International - janvier 1995 No.187 p.68

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Diapason - No.416 juin 1995 p.122

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.153

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Classic CD - March 1995 p.75

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Répertoire - No.77 février 1995 p.68

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 marzo-mayo 1995 p.62

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Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Mefistofele - Boris Christoff

Faust - Giancinto Prandelli

Margherita - Orietta Moscucci

Martha - Amalia Pini

Wagner - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - La Voce del Padrone QALP 10156/57 {2LPS} (1956)�; HMV ALP 1369-1370 {2LPS} (1956)�; RCA Victor LM 6109 {2LPS} (1957)�; RCA LM 6049; EMI 3C 153 03150/51 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 5 65655-2 {2CDS} (1996)�

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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 - September 1956 p.136; April 1996 p.110 [MEO]

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Opera - November 1956 p.689; February 1996 p.189

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.13 No.1 Autumn 1996 p.133

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Opéra International - juin 1996 No.203 p.52

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Diapason - No.422 janvier 1966 p.86

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American Record Guide - March 1957 Vol.23 No.6 p.86 [PHR]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1957 Vol.7 No.3 p.61 [MDS]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - September 1956 p.15

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Gramophone Record Review - September 1956 p.707

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.18 diciembre 1995 - febrero 1996 p.59

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International Classical Record Collector - Summer 1996 No.5 p.103

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Comments:- Act IV is omitted

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Moïse et Pharaon [Mosè] by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Mosè - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Elisero - Agostino Lazzari

Faraone - Giuseppe Taddei

Aménofi - Mario Filippeschi

Aufide - Piero De Palma

Osiride - Plinio Clabassi

Maria - Lucia Danieli

Anaìde - Caterina Mancini

Sinaìde - Bruna Rizzoli

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Black Disc; - Philips A 00393-00395 {3LPS}; Philips ABL 3201-3203 {3LPS} (UK) (1957)�;; Philips PHM-3-580; Fontana 5670001 3ZKY {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Philips �Collector's Operas� 442 100-2 {2CDS} (1995)�

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Recordings of Moïse et Pharaon [Mosè] by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.743; PENGUIN p.367; Fanfare Vol.19 No.2 p.350, Vol.23 No.4 pp.305-307

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1957 p.278 [AP]; March 1995 p.102 [RO]

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Orpheus - March 1995 p.62

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Opéra International - mars 1995 No.189 p.72

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Diapason - No.412 février 1995 p.120

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.153

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1957 p.23

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American Record Guide - August 1960 Vol.26 No.12 p.994 [AR]: February 1966 Vol.32 No.6 p.504

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High Fidelity Magazine - July 1965 Vol.15 No.7 pp.67-68 [CLO]

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Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.66

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 mars-mayo 1995 p.62

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Il tabarro by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Vincenzo Bellezza - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Michele - Tito Gobbi

Luigi - Giancinto Prandelli

Il Tinca - Piero De Palma

Il Talpa - Plinio Clabassi

Giorgetta - Margaret Mas

La Frugola - Miriam Pirazzini

Venditore di canzonette - Renato Ercolani

Due amanti - Piero De Palma

- Silvia Bertona

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Black Disc - *HMV ALP 1355 {1LP}; HMV SLS 5066 {3LPS} (Trittico); RCA Victor LM 2057 {1LP}

Compact Disc - EMI 7 64165-2 (Trittico) {3CDS}

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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 - May 1956 p.471; October 1976 p.650 [AB]; June 1993 p.102 [MEO]

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Opera - July 1956 p.442

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1957 Vol.7 No.2 p.68 [MDS]

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American Record Guide - March 1957 Vol.23 No.6 p.87 [PMR]

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Gramophone Record Review - May 1956 p.429

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Répertoire - décembre 1992 p.94

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Il tabarro by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Vincenzo Bellezza - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Michele - Tito Gobbi

Luigi - Giancinto Prandelli

Il Tinca - Piero De Palma

Il Talpa - Plinio Clabassi

Giorgetta - Margaret Mas

La Frugola - Miriam Pirazzini

Venditore di canzonette - Renato Ercolani

Due amanti - Piero De Palma

- Silvia Bertona

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Black Disc - *HMV ALP 1355 {1LP}; HMV SLS 5066 {3LPS} (Trittico); RCA Victor LM 2057 {1LP}

Compact Disc - EMI 7 64165-2 (Trittico) {3CDS}

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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 - May 1956 p.471; October 1976 p.650 [AB]; June 1993 p.102 [MEO]

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Opera - July 1956 p.442

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1957 Vol.7 No.2 p.68 [MDS]

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American Record Guide - March 1957 Vol.23 No.6 p.87 [PMR]

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Gramophone Record Review - May 1956 p.429

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Répertoire - décembre 1992 p.94

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Nerone by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Capuana - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Nero - Mirto Picchi

Simon Mago - Mario Petri

Fanuel - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Asteria - Anna Di Cavalieri

Rubria - Adriana Lazzarini

Tigellino - Ferruccio Mazzoli

Gobrias - Piero De Palma

Dositeo - Plinio Clabassi

Perside - Anna Di Stasio

Cerinto - Valeria Escalar

Il tempiere - Nino Fanelli

Primo viandante - Piero De Palma

Secondo viandante - Augusto Frati

Lo schiavo - Gennaro Chiocca

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith �The Golden Age of Opera� EJS 254 {2LPS} (1962)�; Cetra �Opera Live� LO 56 {4LPS}

Compact Disc; - *Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 772-CD2 {2CDS} (1993)�; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1162-2 {2CDRS} (2004)�; Opera d'Oro OPD 1435 {2CDS} (2005)�

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

CELLETTI p.125

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Teatro San Carlo (30 Novermber 1957)

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Nerone by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Capuana - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Nero - Mirto Picchi

Simon Mago - Mario Petri

Fanuel - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Asteria - Anna Di Cavalieri

Rubria - Adriana Lazzarini

Tigellino - Ferruccio Mazzoli

Gobrias - Piero De Palma

Dositeo - Plinio Clabassi

Perside - Anna Di Stasio

Cerinto - Valeria Escalar

Il tempiere - Nino Fanelli

Primo viandante - Piero De Palma

Secondo viandante - Augusto Frati

Lo schiavo - Gennaro Chiocca

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith �The Golden Age of Opera� EJS 254 {2LPS} (1962)�; Cetra �Opera Live� LO 56 {4LPS}

Compact Disc; - *Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 772-CD2 {2CDS} (1993)�; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1162-2 {2CDRS} (2004)�; Opera d'Oro OPD 1435 {2CDS} (2005)�

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

CELLETTI p.125

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Teatro San Carlo (30 Novermber 1957)

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Vincenzo Bellezza - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Marcella Pobbe

Iago - Anselmo Colzani

Cassio - Piero De Palma

Rodrigo - Raffaele Bisogni

Lodovico - Jorge (Giorgio) Algorta

Montano - Gerardo Gaudioso

Emilia - Rina Corsi

Un Araldo - Aldo Terrosi

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 771 {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

Comments:- 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�. Here only two cast members are listed, Del Monaco and Pobbe,the year is given as 1955 and the location as Pompei. I have only been able to find one occasion in which Del Monaco and Pobbe sang together in Otello in Italy. This was in Naples on 16, 20, 24 February 1957. The cast listed above is that for the performance on 24 February. See �Mario Del Monaco - Monumentum aere perennius� p.375. The whole assignmment may be incorrect.

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Vincenzo Bellezza - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Canio - Mario Del Monaco

Nedda - Rosetta Noli

Tonio - Afro Poli

Beppe - Piero De Palma

Silvio - Otello Borgonovo

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Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 181-1 {1CD}; House of Opera CDBB 280 (2003)�

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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 publication:-

Opera Now - April 1995 p.51

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the San Carlo, Naples (27 March 1957). The prologue is sung by Del Monaco at the beginning of the second act. 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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Oberon by Carl Maria von Weber performed in Italian

Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1957(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Oberon - Mirto Picchi

Puck - Fernanda Cadoni

Reiza - Anita Cerquetti

Huon - Petre Munteanu

Sherasmin - Piero De Palma

Fatima - Miriam Pirazzini

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith �The Golden Age of Opera� EJS GAO 413 {2LPS} (1967)�

Compact Disc - *On Stage 4707 (+Der Freischütz - excerpts) {2CDS}

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Recordings of Oberon by Carl Maria von Weber are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.1175; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.74 p.96; PENGUIN p.563; GIUDICI p.1175 (2) p.1842

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Dezember 1997 S.56 [GH]

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Comments:- Recording of a broadcast performance (24 October 1957)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Emidio Tieri - 1957(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Floria Tosca - Magda Olivero

Mario Cavaradossi - Eugenio Fernandi

Il barone Scarpia - Scipio Colombo

Il Sagristano - Vito de Taranto

Cesare Angelotti - Giovanni Amodeo

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Sergio Liviabella

Un pastore - Giovanni Bianchini

Un carceriere - Giuseppe Albano

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Black Disc; - Discocorp �Reference Recordings� RR 514 {2CDS} (1979)�; Movimiento Musica 02.004 {2LPS}

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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 publication:-

The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.99 [JG]

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Comments:- Recorded on 31 October 1957 and broadcast on 14 November 1957

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Rodolfo - Gianni Poggi

Schaunard - Guido Mazzini

Marcello - Renato Capecchi

Colline - Giuseppe Modesti

Mimi - Antonietta Stella

Musetta - Bruna Rizzoli

Benoit - Melchiorre Luise

Alcindoro - Giorgio Onesto

Parpignol - Piero De Palma

Sergente dei doganieri - Gerardo Gaudioso

Un doganiere - Aldo Terrosi

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Black Disc - Philips A 00444/5 {2LPS}; Philips 6720 008 {2LPS}; Columbia M2L 401 {2LPS} (USA)

Compact Disc; - Philips �Collectors Operas� 442 106-2 (+Gianni Schicchi) {2CDS} (1995)�

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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 1958 p.192; December 1995 p.150 [MEO]

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Orpheus - März 1995 S.62

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Opéra International - janvier 1995 No.187 p.68

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Diapason - No.416 juin 1995 p.122

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.153

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American Record Guide - October 1958 Vol.25 No.2 p.132 [PHR]

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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1958 Vol.8 No.10 p.76 [DJ]

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Classic CD - March 1995 p.75

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Répertoire - No.77 février 1995 p.59

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 marzo-mayo 1995 p.62

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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Lucia - Roberta Peters

Edgardo - Jan Peerce

Enrico - Philip (Filippo) Maero

Raimondo - Giorgio Tozzi

Arturo - Piero De Palma

Alisa - Miti Truccato Pace

Normanno - Mario Carlin

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6055 {2LPS} (USA) (1958)�; RCA Victor LSC 6141 {3LPS} (USA) (1958)�; RCA �Victrola� VIC 6001 {2LPS} (USA) (1964)�; RCA �Victrola� VICS 6001 {2LPS} (USA) (1964)�; RCA RB 16056-16057 {2LPS} (UK) (1958)�; RCA �Victrola� VL 43538 (2) {2LPS} (UK) (1977)�

Compact Disc; - BMG-RCA �Living Stereo� 09026-68537-2 {2CDS} (Europe) (1997)�

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Recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera February 1959 p.86; HARRIS p.150; Opera on Record p.184; CELLETTI p.223; MARINELLI p.114; Opera on CD (1) p.34 (2) p.39 (3) p.43; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.55 p.110; MET p.113; MET(VID) p.64; PENGUIN p.78; Opéra International janvier1995 No.187 p.19, juillet- aoüt 1997 No.215 p.10; Opera on Video p.57; GIUDICI p.190; Répertoire No.107 novembre 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 - December 1958 p.293; May 1959 p.583

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Opera - June 1959 p.390

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.14 No.3 Spring 1998 p.146 [DM]

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Diapason - No.442 novembre 1997 p.95 (JC)

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Records and Recordings - May 1959 p.21 [FGB]

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Gramophone Record Review - May 1959 p.524 [SG]

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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.54 [DJ]: June 1959 Vol.9 No.6 p.61 [DJ]: April 1965 Vol.15 No.4 p.101 [CLO]

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American Record Guide - February 1959 Vol.25 No.6 p.386 [FCS]: December 1964 Vol. 31 No.4 p.330 [PLM] : March/April 1997 Vol.60 No.2 p.126

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American Record Guide - February 1959 Vol.25 No.6 p.386 [FCS]: December 1964 Vol. 31 No.4 p.330 [PLM] : March/April 1997 Vol.60 No.2 p.126

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Classic CD - May 1997 p.84

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Classical Express - Issue No.86 May 1997 p.4

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BBC Music Magazine - August 1997 p.68

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

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.108 - maggio 1997 p.90

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Floria Tosca - Antonietta Stella

Mario Cavaradossi - Gianni Poggi

Il barone Scarpia - Giuseppe Taddei

Il Sagristano - Leo Padis

Cesare Angelotti - Ferruccio Mazzoli

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Antonio Sacchetti

Un pastore - Giovanni Bianchini

Un carceriere - Gerardo Gaudioso

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Black Disc - Columbia M2L 402 {2LPS} (USA); Philips 6720 007 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven Ltd. C 1371 {2CDS} (2003)�

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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 - December 1958 p.293

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American Record Guide - January 1959 Vol.25 No.5 p.338 [PLM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1959 Vol.9 No.2 p.64 [DJ]

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Comments:- Premiere issued a recording of Tosca on CDR in 2003 (CDNO 1128-2) for which the partial cast is given as Stella, Poggi, Taddei and the conductor as Serafin with the year as 1958. I do not know if this is the same recording.

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

La principessa Turandot - Maria Callas

Calaf - Eugenio Fernandi

Liù - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Ping - Mario Borriello

Pang - Renato Ercolani

Pong - Piero De Palma

Timur - Nicola Zaccaria

L'imperatore Altoum - Giuseppe Nessi

Un mandarino - Giulio Mauri

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1555-1557 {3LPS} (1958)�;; HMV RLS 741 {3LPS} (1979)�; EMI EX 29167-3 {2LPS} (1987)�; EMI Pathé 3C 163 00969/71 {3LPS} (1979)�; Angel CL 3571 {3LPS} (1958)�

Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-RLS 741 (1979)�;; EMI 29167-5 (1987)�

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47971-8 {2CDS} (1987)�;; EMI CDS 5 56307-2 {2CDS} (1997)�

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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 - February 1958 p.350; September 1958 p.158; January 1959 p.346; September 1979 p.517 [EG]; November 1987 p. [EG]

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Opera - December 1958 p.799

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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.84

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American Record Guide - March 1958 Vol.24 No.7 p.314 [PLM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1958 Vol.8 No.3 p.58 [CMS]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.124 (2) p.127 (4) p.122

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.58

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Norma by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1958(Act 1;LE)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Norma - Maria Callas

Adalgisa - Miriam Pirazzini

Pollione - Franco Corelli

Oroveso - Giulio Neri

Flavio - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc - Morgan 5801 {1LP}; Voce 8 {1LP}; GFC 008/9

Compact Disc - Melodram 16000 {1CD}; Divina Records DVN 7 {1CD}

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

Opera January 1958 p.12; Opera on Record p.154; CELLETTI p.50; Opera on CD (1) p.40 (2) p.46 (3) p.51; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.29 p.106; MET p.21; MET(VID) p.10PENGUIN p.10; Orpheus No.13 1994 Festival p.22; GIUDICI p.31 (2) p.57; Diapason No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.48; Répertoire No.112 avril 1998 p.86; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.66-70; Donizetti Society Newsletter June 2000 pp.21-23 ;American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Gramophone January 2002 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.135 (2) p.137 (4) p.133

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Comments:- Recording of Act 1 of a performance which was cancelled after Maria Callas became indisposed (2 January 1958)

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La bohème by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Schaunard - Walter Monachesi

Musette - Mafalda Masini

Marcello - Isidoro (Doro) Antonioli

Mimi - Rosetta Noli

Rodolfo - Ettore Bastianini

Barbemuche - Antonio Sacchetti

Colline - Curzio Flemi

Visconte Paolo - Giuseppe Forgione

Durand - Piero De Palma

Gaudenzio - Piero De Palma

Eufemia - Anna Di Stasio

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith �The Golden Age of Opera EJS 165 {2LPS} (1959)�; Melodram MEL 021 {3LPS} (1981)�

Compact Disc - Hardy Classic HCd 6012-2 {2CDS}

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

CELLETTI p.358; GIUDICI p.335

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Mai 2001 S.74 [EP]

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American Record Guide - May/June 2001 Vol.64 No.3 p.134 [LM]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.148 febbraio 2001 p.95 [GL]

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

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo (8 March 1958; see OPERA May 1958 p.312 ). The performance on the Hardy Classic CDs is reported to be that of 15 February 1958

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La bohème by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Schaunard - Walter Monachesi

Musette - Mafalda Masini

Marcello - Isidoro (Doro) Antonioli

Mimi - Rosetta Noli

Rodolfo - Ettore Bastianini

Barbemuche - Antonio Sacchetti

Colline - Curzio Flemi

Visconte Paolo - Giuseppe Forgione

Durand - Piero De Palma

Gaudenzio - Piero De Palma

Eufemia - Anna Di Stasio

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith �The Golden Age of Opera EJS 165 {2LPS} (1959)�; Melodram MEL 021 {3LPS} (1981)�

Compact Disc - Hardy Classic HCd 6012-2 {2CDS}

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

CELLETTI p.358; GIUDICI p.335

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Mai 2001 S.74 [EP]

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American Record Guide - May/June 2001 Vol.64 No.3 p.134 [LM]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.148 febbraio 2001 p.95 [GL]

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

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo (8 March 1958; see OPERA May 1958 p.312 ). The performance on the Hardy Classic CDs is reported to be that of 15 February 1958

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Norma by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Norma - Anita Cerquetti

Adalgisa - Miriam Pirazzini

Pollione - Franco Corelli

Oroveso - Giulio Neri

Clotilde - Giannella Borelli

Flavio - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 49 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 722 {2CDS} ; Living Stage LS 4035124 {2CDS} (2001)�; Opera d'Oro OPD (2005)�

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

Opera January 1958 p.12; Opera on Record p.154; CELLETTI p.50; Opera on CD (1) p.40 (2) p.46 (3) p.51; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.29 p.106; MET p.21; MET(VID) p.10PENGUIN p.10; Orpheus No.13 1994 Festival p.22; GIUDICI p.31 (2) p.57; Diapason No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.48; Répertoire No.112 avril 1998 p.86; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.66-70; Donizetti Society Newsletter June 2000 pp.21-23 ;American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Gramophone January 2002 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

American Record Guide - September/October 2002 Vol.65 No.5 pp.236-237 [MM]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.53 septiembre 2002 p.81 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Rome (4 January 1958; see OPERA February 1958 p.114, p.134). See also �Anita Cerquetti - Umilità e Fierezza� by Elio Trovato pp.98-102

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Ghione - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional

Chorus - Teatro Nacional São Carlos (Lisbon)

Violetta Valery - Maria Callas

Flora Bervoix - Laura Zannini

Annina - Maria Cristina de Castro

Alfredo Germont - Alfredo Kraus

Giorgio Germont - Mario Sereni

Gastone - Piero De Palma

Dottore Grenvil - Alessandro Maddalena

Barone Douphol - Álvaro Malta

Marchese d'Obigny - Vito Susca

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 277-2 {2LPS} (1979)�; foyer FO 1003 {2LPS} (1980)�; EMI RLS 757 (ALP 3961-3962) (1980)�; EMI EX 29 1315-3 {2LPS} (1987)�; Angel ZBX 3910 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-RLS 757 (1980)�; EMI EX 29 1315-5 (1987)�

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49187-8 {2CDS} (1987)�; EMI 5 56330-2 {2CDS} (1997)�; Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia �WWW Site III - to May 2002� {1CD-ROM} (2002)�; *Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 990-2 {2CDRS} (2003)�; Pearl GEMS 0228 {2CDS} (2005)�

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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 - October 1980 p.541 [JBS] ; November 1987 p. [AB]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.210-218 [LG]

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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.94

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (2) p.138 (4) p.133

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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2005 p.99 [TP]

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American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.295 [VAL]

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.57

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.25 septiembre-noviembre 1997 p.94 [FSR]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Lisbon (27 March 1958). See the ARSC Journal 1987 Vol.19 No.2-3 pp.54-61. According to Robert E. Seletzky EMIs 1997 remastering �is dominated by shrill upper-frequency distortion and accentuated tape hiss - in short, unlistenable�. According to Nuno Miguel Marqques (Opera-l Sun,17 Mar 2002 10:38:50) a version of this recording made from the tapes in possession of Radio Difusao Portuguesa was issued on CD in a limited edition in December 2000 in Portugal. The recording issued by Premiere is a copy of this and that on The Mike Richter CD-ROM is a also a �copy�, but in MP3 format. Mike Richter has published a very interesting history of the various versions of this recording on ARSCLIST@sun8.LOC.GOV

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

La principessa Turandot - Birgit Nilsson

Calaf - Giuseppe di Stefano

Liù - Rosanna Carteri

Ping - Renato Capecchi

Pang - Franco Ferrara

Pong - Piero De Palma

Timur - Giuseppe Modesti

L'imperatore Altoum - Angelo Mercuriali

Un mandarino - Lorenzo Testi

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 195 {2LPS} (1974)�;;; Cetra �Opera Live� LO 84/3 {3LPS} (1979)�

Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1559

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 7562 {2CDRS} (2002)�; Opera d'Oro OPD 5002 (+Tosca + La boheme + Madama Butterfly) {8CDS} (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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1958; see OPERA February 1959 p.116)

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Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(SE)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Mefistofele - Cesare Siepi

Faust - Giuseppe di Stefano

Margherita - Renata Tebaldi

Martha - Lucia Danieli

Wagner - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc - Decca SET 558 {1LP}; London OS 26274 {1LP}

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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 publication:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1973 p.1358 [EG]; April 1973 p.1834 [DST]

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Comments:- It is said (e.g. Opera on Record III p.188) that Decca started to record this opera with Di Stefano and replaced him with Del Monaco and that this disc comes from the aborted recording. Some scenes appear to have come from the set with Del Monaco

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Rodolfo - Carlo Bergonzi

Schaunard - Renato Cesari

Marcello - Ettore Bastianini

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Gianna D' Angelo

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Fernando Corena

Parpignol - Piero De Palma

Sergente dei doganieri - Attilio D' Orazi

Un doganiere - Giorgio Onesto

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5542-5543 {2LPS} (1959)�;; Decca SXL 2170-2171 {2LPS} (1959)�; Decca D5D2 {2LPS} (1976)�; *Decca 411 868-1 {2LPS} (1985)�;; London A 4236 {2LPS} (1960)�;; London OSA 1208 {2LPS} (1960)�; London �Jubilee� JL 42002; Vivante London KIJC 9194/9195

Compact Cassette; - Decca K5K 22; Decca 411 868-4 (1985)�

Compact Disc; - Decca 411 868-2 {2CDS} (1985)�; Decca �Grand Opera� 425 534-2 {2CDS} (1990)�; Double Decca 448 725-2 {2CDS} (1997)�; Decca �Rouge Opéra� 458 710-2 {2CDS} (France) (1997)�; Decca �The Compact Opera Collection� 470 431-2 {2CDS} (2002)�

Open Reel Tape; - London LOS 90014 (7�ips 4-track) (1962)�

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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 - December 1959 p.300; April 1960 p.510; August 1976 p.332 [EG] November 1977 p.900 [AB]; February 1985 p. [AB]; December 1985 p. [EG]; February1990 p. [MEO]; January 1997 p.100 [MEO]

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Opera - January 1960 p.53; October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.161

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1959 p.15

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High Fidelity Magazine - January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.72 [CLO]: May 1962 Vol.12 No.5 p.105 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - April 1960 Vol.26 No.8 p.628 [PLM]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.95 enero 1997 p.49

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Records and Recordings - November 1959 p.18 [FGB]

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The Absolute Sound - June/July 2001 Issue 130 p.73 [RB]

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Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 p.76 (mention)

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Comments:- See ICRC Autumn Edition 1997 No.10 pp.58-60

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La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Capuana - 1958(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Minnie - Renata Tebaldi

Dick Johnson - Mario Del Monaco

Jack Rance - Cornell MacNeil

Nick - Piero De Palma

Ashby - Silvio Maionica

Jake Wallace - Giorgio Tozzi

Billy Jackrabbit - Dario Caselli

Wowkle - Biancamaria Casoni

Sonora - Giorgio Giorgetti

Trin - Enzo Guagni

Sid - Virgilio Carbonari

Bello - Ezio Peruzzi

Harry - Mario Carlin

Joe - Angelo Mercuriali

Happy - Michele Cazzato (Casato)

Jim Larkens - Giuseppe Morresi

Un postiglione - Athos Cesarini

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5463-5465 {3LPS} (1958)�; Decca SXL 2039-2041 {3LPS} (1958)�; Decca �Ace of Diamonds� GOS 594-596 {3LPS} (1970)�; London A 4338 {3LPS} (1959)�;; London OSA 1306 {3LPS} (1959)�

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 421 595-2 {2CDS} (1989)�; Decca �Rouge Opéra� 460 170-2 {2CDS} (France) (1998)�; Decca 473 045-2 (Tebaldi - Puccini Edition) {12CDS} (2002)�

Open Reel Tape; - London LOG 90041 (7�ips 4-track) (1962)�

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Recordings of La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.106; Opera on Record 3 p.221; CELLETTIp.600; Opera on CD (1) p.109 (2) p.120 (3) p.135; MET p.438; MET(VID) p.245; PENGUIN p.301; The Absolute Sound Issue 69 Summer 1993 p.123; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.165 p.116; GIUDICI p.634 (2) p.1045

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1958 p.315; January 1959 p.346; July 1970 p.215; January 1989 p. [EG]

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Opera - January 1959 p.54; September 1970 p.852

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Orpheus - Oktober/November 1973 S.60 [CK]

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

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Gramophone Record Review - December 1958 p.124 [DH]

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1959 Vol.9 No.2 p.66 [DJ]: August 1962 Vol.12 No.8 p.104 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - May 1959 Vol.25 No.9 p.622 [PHR]: June 1962 Vol.28 No.10 p.822 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2003 No.161 pp.54-55 [SV]

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Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Mefistofele - Cesare Siepi

Faust - Mario Del Monaco

Margherita - Renata Tebaldi

Elena - Floriana Cavalli

Martha - Lucia Danieli

Wagner - Piero De Palma

Pantalis - Lucia Danieli

Nereo - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5487-5489 {3LPS} (1959)�; Decca SXL 2094-2096 {3LPS} (1959)�; Decca �Ace of Diamonds� GOS 591-593 {3LPS} (1970)�; London A 4339 {3LPS} (1959)�;; London OSA 1307 {3LPS} (1959)�

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 440 054-2 {2CDS} (1994)�; Decca �Rouge Opéra� 458 704-2 (France) {2CDS} (1997)�

Open Reel Tape - London LOR 90011 (4-track 7�ips)

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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 - June 1959 p.21; July 1970 p.215; April 1994 p.97

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Opera - June 1959 p.391

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Opera Now - March 1994 p.55

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Orpheus - Mai 1994 S.61

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Records and Recordings - May 1959 p.23 [FGB]

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Gramophone Record Review - June 1959 p.595 [DH]

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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1959 Vol.9 No.12 p.87 [CLO]: February 1961 Vol.11 No.2 p.91 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - January 1960 Vol.26 No.5 p.348 [PLM]: April 1961 Vol.27 No.8 p.672 (open reel tape) [PCP]: September/October 1994 Vol.57 No.5 p.105

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BBC Music Magazine - March 1994 p.83

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Répertoire - No.67 March 1994 p.30: No.108 décembre 1997 p.76 (mention) [PT]

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 98 p.156

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Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Mefistofele - Cesare Siepi

Faust - Mario Del Monaco

Margherita - Renata Tebaldi

Elena - Floriana Cavalli

Martha - Lucia Danieli

Wagner - Piero De Palma

Pantalis - Lucia Danieli

Nereo - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5487-5489 {3LPS} (1959)�; Decca SXL 2094-2096 {3LPS} (1959)�; Decca �Ace of Diamonds� GOS 591-593 {3LPS} (1970)�; London A 4339 {3LPS} (1959)�;; London OSA 1307 {3LPS} (1959)�

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 440 054-2 {2CDS} (1994)�; Decca �Rouge Opéra� 458 704-2 (France) {2CDS} (1997)�

Open Reel Tape - London LOR 90011 (4-track 7�ips)

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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 - June 1959 p.21; July 1970 p.215; April 1994 p.97

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Opera - June 1959 p.391

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Opera Now - March 1994 p.55

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Orpheus - Mai 1994 S.61

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Records and Recordings - May 1959 p.23 [FGB]

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Gramophone Record Review - June 1959 p.595 [DH]

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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1959 Vol.9 No.12 p.87 [CLO]: February 1961 Vol.11 No.2 p.91 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - January 1960 Vol.26 No.5 p.348 [PLM]: April 1961 Vol.27 No.8 p.672 (open reel tape) [PCP]: September/October 1994 Vol.57 No.5 p.105

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BBC Music Magazine - March 1994 p.83

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Répertoire - No.67 March 1994 p.30: No.108 décembre 1997 p.76 (mention) [PT]

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 98 p.156

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1958(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Canio - Mario Del Monaco

Nedda - Gabriella Tucci

Tonio - Cornell MacNeil

Beppe - Piero De Palma

Silvio - Renato Capecchi

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5560-5561 (+song recital) {2LPS} (1960)�; Decca SXL 2185-2186 (+song recital) {2LPS} (1960)�; Decca LXT 5613-5615 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {3LPS}; Decca SXL 2253-2255;; (+Cavalleria rusticana) {3LPS}; Decca �Ace of Diamonds� GOS 588-590 (+Cavalleriarusticana) {3LPS}; Decca �Ace of Diamonds� GOS 658-659 (+Italian Songs) {2LPS}; CISCO KIJC 9166-9168 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {3LPS}; London A 4237 (+Italian Songs) {2LPS} (1960)�; London OSA 1212 (+Italian Songs) {2LPS} (1960)�; London A 4358 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {3LPS}; London OSA 1330 (+Cavalleria ; rusticana) {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Decca 421 807-2 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {2CDS} (1989)�; London POCL 2394 {1CD} (Japan) (1991)�; London POCL 3806-7 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {2CDS} (Japan) (1995)�; London POCL 9766 {1CD} (Japan) (1996)�; Decca 467 484-2 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {2CDS} (2002)�

Open Reel Tape; - London LOH 90021 (4-track 7�ips) (+song recital) (1961)�

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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 - May 1960 p.592; February 1961 p.441; November 1970 p.852; April 1975 p.1863 [AB]; August 1989 p. [JBS]

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Opera - July 1960 p.448

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Records and Recordings - April 1960 p.22 [FGB]

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American Record Guide - April 1960 Vol.26 No.8 p.621 [PLM]: February 1961 Vol.27 No.6 p.518 (open reel tape) [PCF]

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1960 Vol.10 No.4 p.71 [CLO]: February 1961 Vol.11 No.2 p.91 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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Comments:- See ICRC Autumn Edition 1997 No.10 p.60

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Francesca da Rimini by Riccardo Zandonai performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Francesca - Magda Olivero

Samaritana - Pinuccia Perotti

Ostasio - Enrico Campi

Giovanni lo Sciancato - Giampiero Malaspina

Paolo il Bello - Mario Del Monaco

Malatestino dall'Occhio - Piero De Palma

Biancofiore - Lydia Marimpietri

Garsenda - Edda Vincenzi

Altichiara - Biancamaria Casoni

Adonella - Anna Maria Rota

Smaragdi - Gabriella Carturan

Ser Toldo Berardengo - Angelo Mercuriali

Archer - Athos Cesarini

Prisoner - Rinaldo Pelizzoni

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Black Disc - Bismark Beane MRF 114 {3LPS}; Estro Armonico EA 041 {3LPS} Replica RPL 2451-53 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - Pantheon Music (Legends) XLNC-132

Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 186-2 {2CDS} Celestial Audio CA 227 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2004)�; Myto 2 MCD 051 303 {2CDS} (2005)�

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Recordings of Francesca da Rimini by Riccardo Zandonai are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.1181; MET p.752; MET(VID) p.455; PENGUIN p.572; GIUDICI p.1182 (2) p.1847

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - March 2 1996 p.39

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Orpheus - August/September 1995 p.84

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Opéra International - septembre 1998 No.227 p.59 [SS]

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American Record Guide - July/August 1995 Vol.58 No.4 p.233

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The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.103 [JG]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.82 julio-agosto 2005 p.91 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (4 June 1959; see OPERA, August 1959, p.532 for a review of a performance in which Giangiacomo Guelfi sang the role ofGiovanni lo Sciannto)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Spanish

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1959(LI)-Milan

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Virgilio Carbonari

Cesare Angelotti - Nicola Zaccaria

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Giuseppe Morresi

Un pastore - Antonio Negri

Un carceriere - Franco Piva

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Black Disc - CLS AMDRL 22818 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1010; Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02004

Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1162 {2CDS} (1998)�

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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 publication:-

Orpheus - August 1980 S.585 [ES2]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (December 1959). Tosca was performed with this cast at La Scala 0n 9, 12, 16, 19 December 1959. The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000, where the date is given as 9 December 1959.

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1959(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Singerverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien

Aida - Renata Tebaldi

Radamès - Carlo Bergonzi

Amneris - Giulietta Simionato

Amonasro - Cornell MacNeil

Ramphis - Arnold Van Mill

Il Re di Egitto - Fernando Corena

Una Sacerdotessa - Eugenia Ratti

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5539-5541 {3LPS} (1959)�; Decca SXL 2167-2169 {3LPS} (reissued by VIVANTE LONDON 1997) (1959)�; *Decca 414 087-1 {3LPS} (1989)�; London A 4345 {3LPS} (1960)�;; London OSA-1313 {3LPS} (1960)�

Compact Cassette; - Decca K2A20 (1976)�;; Decca 414 087-4 (1989)�

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) �Grand Opera� 414 087-2 {3CDS} (1989)�; Decca �Rouge Opéra� 458 725-2 (France) (1997)�; Decca �Legends� 460 978-2 {2CDS} (1999)�

Open Reel Tape; - London LOR 90015 (7�ips 4-track) (1960)�

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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 - December 1959 p.303; April 1960 p.509; October 1962 p.189; August 1976 p.341 [IM]; January 1989 p. [AB]

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Opera - March 1960 p.222

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HiFi News & Record Review - January 1998 p.99 (Vivante LP reissue) [JMH]

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Fanfare - Vol 23 No.3 January/February 2000 p.157 [RT]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1959 p.16

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1960 Vol.10 No.2 p.53 [RD]: August 1960 Vol.10 No.8 p.80 (tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - March 1960 Vol.26 No.7 p.543 [CJL]: November 1960 Vol.27 No.3 p.250 (open reel tape): January/February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.182 [LM]

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Records and Recordings - December 1959 p.17 [FGB]

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 60 July/August 1989 p.129: Issue 61 September/October 1989 p.130

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Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 p.76 (mention) [PT]

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Comments:- For an adverse comment on the sound of this recording by Christopher Raeburn see OPERA, August 1996 p.874 See also Herbert von Karajan - A Life in Music by Richard Osborne pp.444-445; Putting the Record Straight by John Culshaw pp.223- 227. This recording was made in September 1959, not in 1958 as is sometimes stated.

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Linda di Chamounix by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1959(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Linda - Antonietta Stella

Carlo - Cesare Valletti

Antonio - Giuseppe Taddei

Pierotto - Fedora Barbieri

Il Prefetto - Giuseppe Modesti

Il Marchese di Boisfleury - Renato Capecchi

Maddalena - Rina Corsi

L'Intendente - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - Philips A 00423-4-5L {3LPS} (Europe) (1959)�; Columbia M3L 403 {3LPS} (USA) (1959)�

Compact Disc; - Philips 442 093-2 {2CDS} (1994)�

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Recordings of Linda di Chamounix by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.222; GIUDICI p.219 (2) p.362; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.23

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1959 p.52; February 1960 p.424 [PHW]; April 1960 p.510 [DST]; September 1994 p.109 [JBS]

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Opera - April 1960 p.294

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Opera Now - September 1994 p.52

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Opéra International - No.184 octobre 1994 p.77

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Diapason - No.407 septembre 1994 p.131

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.152

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American Record Guide - September 1959 Vol.26 No.1 p.37 [MDS]

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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1959 Vol.9 No.9 p.66 [CLO]

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Records and Recordings - February 1960 p.20 [FGB]

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BBC Music Magazine - September 1994 p.85

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Répertoire - No.73 October 1994 p.36

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1959(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Cio Cio San - Victoria de los Ángeles

Pinkerton - Jussi Björling

Sharpless - Mario Sereni

Suzuki - Miriam Pirazzini

Kate Pinkerton - Silvia Bertona

Goro - Piero De Palma

Il principe Yamadori - Arturo La Porta

Lo zio Bonzo - Paolo Montarsolo

Il commissario imperiale - Antonio Sacchetti

Yakusidè - Bonaldo Giaiotti

L'ufficiale del Registro - Paolo Caroli

La madre di Cio Cio San - Vera Magrini

La zia - Nina De Courson

La cugina - Silvia Bertona

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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1795-1797 {3LPS} (1960)�; HMV ASD 373-375 {3LPS} (1960)�; HMV SLS 5128 (ASD 3532-3534) {3LPS} (1978)�; EMI �Classics for Pleasure� CfPD; 414446-3 {2LPS} (1985)�; Capitol GCR 7232 {3LPS} (1961)�;; Capitol SGCR 7232 {3LPS} (1961)�; Angel 3604 C/L {3LPS} (1962)�;; Angel S 3604 C/L {3LPS} (1962)�

Compact Cassette; - EMI �Classics for Pleasure� TC CfPD 414446-5 (1985)�

Compact Disc; - *EMI CMS 7 63634-2 {2CDS} (1991)�; EMI 4 83482-2 (France) (1995)�

Open Reel Tape; - Angel ZS 35821 (highlights) (4-track - 7�ips) (1963)�; Angel ZC 3604 (7�ips 4-track) (1964)�

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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 - November 1960 p.287; January 1961 p.378; September 1978 p.545 [EG]; August 1985 p. [EG]; March 1991 p. [MEO]

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Opera - January 1961 p.50

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Diapason - No.423 février 1996 p.65

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High Fidelity Magazine - January 1961 Vol.11 No.1 p.62 [CLO]: March 1963 Vol.13 No.3 p.103 (open-reel tape - highlights) [RDD]: August 1964 Vol.14 No.8 p.108 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - August 1964 Vol.30 No.12 p.1132 (open reel tape) [CJL]

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Répertoire - No.86 décembre 1995 p.57

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1959(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Mario Del Monaco

Il barone Scarpia - George London

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Silvio Maionica

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Giovanni Morese

Un pastore - Ernesto Palerini

Un carceriere - Giovanni Morese

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5554-5555 {2LPS} (1960)�; Decca SXL 2180-2181 {2LPS} (1960)�; Decca �Ace of Diamonds� GOS 612-613 {2LPS}; Decca 411 871-1 {2LPS} (1985)�; London OSA 1210 {2LPS} (1960)�; King(CISCO) KIJC-92L {2LPS}; London KUC 9101/02 {2LPS} (Japan)

Compact Disc; - Decca �Grand Opera� 411 871-2 {2CDS} (1991)�; Decca �Rouge Opera� 455 871-2 (France) (1997)�

Open Reel Tape; - London LOS 90020 (7�ips 4-track) (1962)�

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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 - February 1960 p.426; April 1960 p.510; September 1971 p.514 February 1985 p. [AB]; August 1991 p. [JBS]

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Opera - March 1960 p.222

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Orpheus - Mai/Juni 1973 S.62 [CK]

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American Record Guide - April 1960 Vol.26 No.8 p.628 [CJL]

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1960 Vol.10 No.5 p.72 [CLO]: May 1962 Vol.12 No.5 p.105 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 97 p.134

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Records and Recordings - January 1960 p.17 [FGB]

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Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1960(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Andrea Chénier - Franco Corelli

Carlo Gérard - Ugo Savarese

Madeleine di Coigny - Gigliola Frazzoni

La mulatta Bersi - Edda Vincenzi

La Contessa di Coigny - Aurora Cattelani

Madelon - Fiorenza Cossotto

Roucher - Paolo Montarsolo

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Virgilio Carbonari

Fouquier Tinville - Silvio Maionica

Un Incredible - Piero De Palma

L'abate - Angelo Mercuriali

Dumas - Giuseppe Morresi

Schmidt - Franco Piva

Il maestro di casa - Carlo Forti

Il Romanziero - Dino Mantovani

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of excerpts of Acts 1,2,3 from a performance at the Teatro alla Scala. The partial cast listed by Handelman in his calalog dated November 2000 is Frazzoni, Corelli, and Bastianini and the date is given as 20 January 1960. However, according to the archive on the La Scala website (http://www.lascala.com) Tebaldi, not Frazzoni sang on this date. Frazzoni sang in the performances on 24, 28, and 31 January, but in these performanes Gérard was sung by Ugo Savarese, not Ettore Bastianini. The cast listed above is that for 24, 31 January. On the 28 January Roucher was sung by Silvio Maionica and Fouquier Tinville by Vittorio Tatozzi.

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Aida - Birgit Nilsson

Radamès - Pier Miranda Ferraro

Amneris - Giulietta Simionato

Amonasro - Cornell MacNeil

Ramphis - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Il Re di Egitto - Agostino Ferrin

Una Sacerdotessa - Giuliana Matteini

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00070

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 835-2 {2CDRS} (2003)�

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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 Teatro alla Scala (21 April 1960; see OPERA July 1960 p.489). The CDs issued by Premiere are listed in �New Compact Disc Releases from Premiere Opera� dated February/March 2003, where the conductor is given (incorrectly?) as �Rossi�.

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Poliuto by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Poliuto - Franco Corelli

Paolina - Maria Callas

Severo - Ettore Bastianini

Callistene - Nicola Zaccaria

Nearco - Piero De Palma

Felice - Rinaldo Pelizzoni

A Christian - Virgilio Carbonari

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Black Disc; - Replica RPL 2442-2444 {3LPS} (1980)�; foyer FO 1013 {2LPS} (1981)�

Compact Disc - *CBS/Sony 54DC 838-9 {2CDS} (Japan); Arkadia HP 520.2; EMI CMS 5 65448-2 {2CDS}; EMI CDMB 5 65448-2 {2CDS} (USA); Melodram CDM 26006 {2CDS}

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

CELLETTI p.246; PENGUIN p.83; GIUDICI p.207 (2) p.347; Opéra International avril 1997 No.212 p.23

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1997 p.132 [JBS]

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Opera - March 1998 p.288 [AB]

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

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Opera News - July 1998 p.40 [FPD]

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Orpheus - November 1997 S.91 (mention)

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Diapason - No.441 octobre 1997 p.89 [JC]

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BBC Music Magazine - October 1997 p.74 [CW2]

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Classic CD - November 1997 p.84 [MT]

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International Opera Collector - Spring 1998 No.7 p.70 [CC]

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American Record Guide - May/June 1998 Vol.61 No.3 p.117 [DA]

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

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.213 septembre 1997 p.76 [GG]

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

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1960; see OPERA February 1961pp.80,95). See also �The Daily Telegraph - Art & Books� Saturday November 15 1997 p.A11. The �foyer� LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE March 1981 p.1165

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Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz performed in Italian

Conductor Rafael Kubelik - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Enée - Mario Del Monaco

Chorèbe - Lino Puglisi

Panthée - Agostino Ferrin

Narbal - Nicola Zaccaria

Ascagne - Fiorenza Cossotto

Cassandre - Nell Rankin

Didon - Giulietta Simionato

Anna - Adriana Lazzarini

Hylas - Piero De Palma

Priam - Giuseppe Morresi

Iopas - Regolo Romani

Helenus - Regolo Romani

L'Ombre d'Hector - Antonio Cassinelli

Le spectre de Cassandre - Nell Rankin

Le spectre de Chorèbe - Lino Puglisi

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 291-4 {4LPS} (1979)�; Paragon DSV 52011 {4LPS}

Compact Disc; - VAI Audio 1026 (highlights) {1CD} (1994)�; Myto 3 MCD 021 256 {3CDS} (2002)�

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Recordings of Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.302; Opera on Record p.158; CELLETTI p.90; Opera on CD (1) p.41 (2) p.47 (3) p.52; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.128-129 p.160; MET p.41; MET(VID) p.14; PENGUIN p.21; GIUDICI p.55 (2) p.95; Opéra International No.276 février 2003 p.18; Orpheus Heft 3+4 März+April 2003 S.66; The Opera Quarterly Vol.19 No.3 Summer 2003 pp.446-485

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - August 1994 p.34 (highlights) [CJL]

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Orpheus - August + September 2002 S.86 [SS]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - septiembre 2002 No.157 p.32 [AV]

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Répertoire - No.164 janvier 2003 p.97 [LB]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.55 noviembre 2002 p.81 [JMP]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIi N.170 marzo 2003 pp.99-100 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (see OPERA August 1960 p.560)

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Norma by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1960(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Norma - Maria Callas

Adalgisa - Christa Ludwig

Pollione - Franco Corelli

Oroveso - Nicola Zaccaria

Clotilde - Edda Vincenzi

Flavio - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1766-1768 {3LPS} (1961)�; Columbia SAX 2412-2414 {3LPS} (1961)�; EMI SLS 5186 {2LPS} (1980)�; Angel 3615 C/L {3LPS} (1961)�;; Angel S 3615 C/L {3LPS} (1961)�

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5186 (1980)�

Compact Disc; - *EMI CMS 7 63000-22 {3CDS} (1989)�;; EMI CMS 5 66428-2 {3CDS} (1997)�

Open Reel Tape; - Angel Y3S 3615 (3óips 4-track) (1965)�

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

Opera January 1958 p.12; Opera on Record p.154; CELLETTI p.50; Opera on CD (1) p.40 (2) p.46 (3) p.51; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.29 p.106; MET p.21; MET(VID) p.10PENGUIN p.10; Orpheus No.13 1994 Festival p.22; GIUDICI p.31 (2) p.57; Diapason No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.48; Répertoire No.112 avril 1998 p.86; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.66-70; Donizetti Society Newsletter June 2000 pp.21-23 ;American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Gramophone January 2002 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1961 p.263; January 1962 p.342; June 1980 p.60 [JBS] July 1989 p. [JBS]

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Opera - January 1962 p.51; September 1980 p.910; March 1998 p.289 (mention) [AB]

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Opera Now - January/February 1998 p.97 (mention) [GH]

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Diapason - No.442 novembre 1997 p.74 [JC]

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

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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1961 Vol.11 No.10 p.80 [CLO]: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 p.176 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - November 1961 Vol.28 No.3 p.194 [PLM]: September 1965 Vol.31 No.12 pp.85-86 (open reel tape) [CJL]: July/August 1998 Vol.61 No.4 pp.265-266 (mention) [LM]

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Répertoire - No.105 September 1997 p.67 [PT]

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

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1960(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Violetta Valery - Anna Moffo

Flora Bervoix - Anna Reynolds

Annina - Liliana Poli

Alfredo Germont - Richard Tucker

Giorgio Germont - Robert Merrill

Gastone - Piero De Palma

Dottore Grenvil - Franco Ventriglia

Barone Douphol - Franco Calabrese

Marchese d'Obigny - Vito Susca

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Black Disc - RCA Victor LM 6154 {3LPS} (USA); RCA Victor LSC 6154 {3LPS} (USA); RCA RE 25032-25034 (UK); RCA SER 4532-4534 (UK); RCA �Victrola� VICS 6111/1-3 RCA �Gold Seal� AGL 2-4144 {2LPS} (USA)

Compact Disc - RCA GD 84-144; BMG RCA 09026 68885-2 {2CDS}

Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor FTC 8002 (4-track 7�ips) (USA) (1961)�

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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 - November 1961 p.270; June 1970 p.89

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Opera - November 1961 p.722

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Opera Now - July/August 1998 p.99 [GH]

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Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July/August 1982 p.226 [PH]; Vol.21 No.5 May/June 1998 p.296 [RT]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.210-218 [LG]

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Diapason - No.447 avril 1998 p.114 [MP]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.184 p.114 [JC]

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American Record Guide - November 1960 Vol.27 No.3 p.739 [MB2]: January/February 1998 Vol.61 No.1 p.191 [LM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - June 1961 Vol.11 No.6 p.62 [CLO]: August 1961 Vol.11 No.8 p.78 (open reel tape) [RDD]: August 1964 Vol.14 No.8 p.108 (open reel tape) (mention) [RDD]

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Classic CD - May 1998 p.92 [ST]: February 1999 p.117 [MQ]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.104 [JS]

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Comments:- The review in OPERA NOW states incorrectly that the conductor is Erich Leinsdorf

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1960(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

La principessa Turandot - Birgit Nilsson

Calaf - Jussi Björling

Liù - Renata Tebaldi

Ping - Mario Sereni

Pang - Piero De Palma

Pong - Tommaso Frascati

Timur - Giorgio Tozzi

L'imperatore Altoum - Alessio De Paolis

Un mandarino - Leonardo Monreale

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6149 {3LPS} (USA) (1960)�; RCA Victor LSC 6149 {3LPS} (USA) (1960)�; RCA RE 25020-25022 {3LPS} (UK) (1961)�; RCA SER 4520-4522 (UK) {3LPS} (1961)�; RCA SER 5643-5645 {3LPS} (UK) (1972)�;; *RCA AGL3-3970

Compact Cassette - RCA R8S6149/1-2 (8-track cartridge)

Compact Disc; - RCA �Red Seal� RD 85932-2 {2CDS} (1961)�; BMG-RCA �Living Stereo� 09026-62687-2

Open Reel Tape - RCA Victor FTC 8001 (4-track 7�ips) (USA)

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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 - April 1961 p.542; July 1961 p.62; November 1972 p.967 [AB]; July 1974 p.274 [WAC]; September 1987 p. [EG]

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Opera - June 1961 p.406

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American Record Guide - September 1960 Vol.27 No.1 p.16 [PLM]: April 1961 Vol.27 No.8 p.672 (open reel tape) [RJ]: January/February 1997 Vol.60 No.1 p.154

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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1960 Vol.10 No.10 p.67 [CLO]: May 1961 Vol.11 No.5 p.82 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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Classic CD - May 1997 p.84

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Classical Express - Issue No.86 May 1997 p.4

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

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.109 - giungo 1997 p.90

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1960-61(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Riccardo - Carlo Bergonzi

Renato - Cornell MacNeil

Amelia - Birgit Nilsson

Ulrica - Giulietta Simionato

Oscar - Sylvia Stahlman (Giulia Bardi)

Silvano - Tom Krause

Samuele - Fernando Corena

Tom - Libero Arbace

Un Giudice - Piero De Palma

Un servo - Vittorio Pandano

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 215-217 {3LPS} (1962)�;; Decca SET 215-217 {3LPS} (1962)�; London A 4356 {3LPS} (1962)�;; London OSA 1328 {3LPS} (1962)�

Compact Disc; - *Decca �Grand Opera� 425 655-2 {2CDS} (1990)�

Open Reel Tape; - London LOG 90039 (7�ips 4-track) (1962)�

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Recordings of Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; Opera on Record p.258; CELLETTI p.839; Opera on CD (1) p.54 (2) p.61 (3) p.68; MET p.625; MET(VID) p.389; PENGUIN p.467; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.32 p.110; GIUDICI p.966 (2) p.1555; BBC Music Magazine September 1999 p.56; Opéra International No.257 mai 2001 p.20

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1962 p.363; April 1962 p.485; September 1990 p. [AB]

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Opera - April 1962 p.268

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American Record Guide - February 1962 Vol.28 No.6 p.480 [CJL]: May 1962 Vol.28 No.9 p.751 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.83, p.83, p.86 [CLO]: August 1962 Vol.12 No.8 p.104 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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Comments:- This recording was originally to have had Jussi Björling as Riccardo (See Roland Gellatt in HIGH FIDELITY (November 1960 p.71), John Culshaw in �Putting the Record Straight� pp.236-245, Anna Lisa Björling and Andrew Farkas in �Jussi� Chapter 30, and Birgitt Nilsson in �La Nilsson� pp.345-348). See also ICRC Autumn Edition 1997 No.10 p.61

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Beatrice di Tenda by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Beatrice di Tenda - Joan Sutherland

Agnese - Raina Kabaivanska

Filippo Maria Visconti - Dino Dondi

Orombello - Giuseppe Campora

Anichino - Piero De Palma

Rizzardo - Walter Gullino

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith �The Golden Age of Opera� EJS 218 {2LPS} (1961)�; Fonit Cetra �Documents� DOC 15 {3LPS} (1982)�; Movimento Musica 03.007 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03137

Compact Disc; - *Claque GM 2009-2010 {2CDS};; Bella Voce BLV 107.226 (highlights + performance conducted by Rescigno) {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1259 {2CDS} (2000)�

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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 publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.555-576 [DM]

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International Opera Collector - Summer 1997 No.4 p.79 (mention)

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (10 May 1961, see OPERA August 1961 p.526) The highlights are a �filler� in the recording conducted by Rescigno (1961)

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Carmen - Giulietta Simionato

Don José - Franco Corelli

Micaëla - Renata Scotto

Escamillo - Ettore Bastianini

Frasquita - Adalina Grigolato

Mercédès - Aurora Cattelani

Le Dancaïre - Virgilio Carbonari

Le Remendado - Piero De Palma

Moralès - Guglielmo Ferrara

Zuninga - Alessandro Maddalena

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Compact Disc - Bongiovanni �The Golden Age of Opera� GAO 118-119 {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 in the Verona Arena (See OPERA November 1961 pp.714-715)

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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Lucia - Joan Sutherland

Edgardo - Richard Tucker

Enrico - Mario Zanasi

Raimondo - William Wilderman

Arturo - Piero De Palma

Alisa - Margery MacKay

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

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Recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera February 1959 p.86; HARRIS p.150; Opera on Record p.184; CELLETTI p.223; MARINELLI p.114; Opera on CD (1) p.34 (2) p.39 (3) p.43; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.55 p.110; MET p.113; MET(VID) p.64; PENGUIN p.78; Opéra International janvier1995 No.187 p.19, juillet- aoüt 1997 No.215 p.10; Opera on Video p.57; GIUDICI p.190; Répertoire No.107 novembre 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/ October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (14 October 1961). This was Joan Sutherland's debut with the Chicago Lyric Opera. According to live-rare-opera's online catalogue �The sound is decent , unfortunately the radio announcer is talking while the Orchestra is playing, there are missing bards (sic) but becaause of the historical value it was worth to document Ms. Sutherland performance�

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La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Basile - 1961(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Minnie - Renata Tebaldi

Dick Johnson - Daniele Barioni

Jack Rance - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Nick - Piero De Palma

Ashby - Carlo Cava

Jake Wallace - Silvio Maionica

Billy Jackrabbit - Giorgio Onesto

José Castro - Bruno Cioni

Wowkle - Lola Pedretti

Sonora - Mario Borriello

Trin - Athos Cesarini

Sid - Attilio Barbesi

Bello - Giovanni Ciavola

Harry - Angelo Mercuriali

Joe - Virginio Assandri

Happy - Egidio Casolari

Jim Larkens - Giuseppe Morresi

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Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1242 {2CDS} (2000)�; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1484-2 {2CDRS} (2004)�

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Recordings of La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.106; Opera on Record 3 p.221; CELLETTIp.600; Opera on CD (1) p.109 (2) p.120 (3) p.135; MET p.438; MET(VID) p.245; PENGUIN p.301; The Absolute Sound Issue 69 Summer 1993 p.123; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.165 p.116; GIUDICI p.634 (2) p.1045

Comments:- According to Calvin M. Goodwin (OPERA L Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:21:08 EDT) the sound of the Opera d'Oro CDs �is clean and undoctored�

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

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1961(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Don Carlo - Flaviano Labò

Filippo II - Boris Christoff

Rodrigo - Ettore Bastianini

Il Grande Inquisitore - Ivo Vinco

Un Frate - Alessandro Maddalena

Elisabetta di Valois - Antonietta Stella

La principessa Eboli - Fiorenza Cossotto

Tebaldo - Aurora Cattelani

Il Conte di Lerma - Franco Piva

Un Araldo Reale - Piero De Palma

Una voce dal cielo - Giuliana Matteini

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Black Disc; - D.G.G. LPM 18760-3 (1962)�;; D.G.G. SLPM 138760-3 (1962)�; D.G.G. 2711 003

Compact Disc; - *DG 435 062-2 {3CDS} (1991)�; DG 437 739-2

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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 1962 p.205; January 1963 p.334; September 1991 p. [JBS]

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Opéra International - mars 1993 p.70

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Diapason - février 1993 p.137

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American Record Guide - September 1962 Vol.29 No.1 p.14 [GK]

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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1962 Vol.12 No.9 p.77, pp.94-95 [CLO]

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BBC Music Magazine - August 1993 p.53

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Répertoire - février 1993 p.68

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Comments:- Recording of a five act version.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1962(LE)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Floria Tosca - Magda Olivero

Mario Cavaradossi - Flaviano Labò

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Virgilio Carbonari

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Compact Disc; - Mitridate �Ponto� PO 1007 (+complete recording cond. Conlon 1979 +highlights cond. Behr 1975) {3CDS} (2002)�

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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 publication:-

Orpheus - Dezember 2002 S.56 [IW]

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Comments:- Recording of part of a perfromance at Verona.

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Atlántida by Manuel Falla performed in Italian - Latin

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Coryphée (Narrator) - Lino Puglisi

Queen Isabelle - Teresa Stratas

Queen Pirene - Giulietta Simionato

Archangel - Antonio Greco

Lady of the court - Maria Grazia Allegri

Maria - Gianna Galli

Aretusa - Mirella Fiorentini

Caleno - Marina Cucchio

Eritea - Nama Nardi

Electra - Sonnette Heyns

Esparetusa - Biancamaria Casoni

Alcione - Laura Didier-Gambardella

3-Headed Geryon 1 - Pier Francesco Poli

3-Headed Geryon 2 - Piero De Palma

3-Headed Geryon 3 - Sergio Pezzetti

Child - Antonio Di Minno

Hercules - Roger Browne

Christopher Columbus - Gustavo Halley

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02327

Compact Disc; - Memories HR 4464/4465 (+El amor brujo) {2CDS} ; Opera d'Oro OPD 1307 {2CDS} (2001)�; Premiere Opera Limited CDNO 1925-2 {2CDRS} (2005)�

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Recordings of Atlántida by Manuel Falla are surveyed in the following publications:-

Fanfare November-December 1993 (Vol.17 No.2) p.233; CELLETTI p.183

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Diapason - No.394 juin 1993 p.120, p.122 [JYB]

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CLASSICAL disCDigest - Vol.4 No.6 Issue 14 p.55

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Comments:- Recording of a performance of Halfter's version at La Scala (18 June 1962, see OPERA September 1962 p.599). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in �New Releases on CD, Fall 2005� Dated Nov.16 2005.

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Les Huguenots by Giacomo Meyerbeer performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Marguerite de Valois - Joan Sutherland

Valentine de Saint-Bris - Giulietta Simionato

Urbain - Fiorenza Cossotto

Raoul de Nangis - Franco Corelli

Compte de Nevers - Wladimiro Ganzarolli

Compte de Saint-Bris - Giorgio Tozzi

Marcel - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Bois-Rosé - Walter Gullino

De Tavannes - Piero De Palma

De Cossé - Giuseppe Bertinazzo

De Thoré - Manuel Spatafora

De Retz - Antonio Cassinelli

De Meru - Alfredo Giacomotti

Maurevert - Silvio Maionica

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith �The Golden Age of Opera� EJS 246 {3LPS} (1962)�; *Fonit Cetra �Documents� DOC 34 {3LPS} (1982)�

Compact Cassette - Pantheon Music (Legends) XLNC-105

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 701 {3CDS} ; *Gala GL 100.604 {3CDS} (+highlights from other performances) ;; Opera d'Oro OPD 1217 {3CDS} (2000)�; Living Stage 347.12 {3CDS} ; Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 006 (The Operas of Giacomo Meyerbeer); {1xCD-ROM} (2001)�

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Recordings of Les Huguenots by Giacomo Meyerbeer are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.137; CELLETTI p.421; Opera on CD (1) p.27 (2) p.31 (3) p.34 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.134 p.108; MET p.253; MET(VID) p.136; Opera on Video p.42; GIUDICI p.381 (2) p.661

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Juli 1997 S.58

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American Record Guide - September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 p.277 [DA]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.55 noviembre 2002 pp.83-84 [XC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 June 1962 see OPERA August 1962 p.523;�A Prima Donna's Progress� by Joan Sutherland pp.140-141). The Fonit Cetra LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE August 1982 p.238

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Manrico - Franco Corelli

Azucena - Fiorenza Cossotto

Leonora - Antonietta Stella

Conte di Luna - Ettore Bastianini

Ferrando - Ivo Vinco

Ines - Mirella Fiorentini

Ruiz - Piero De Palma

Un vecchio zingaro - Virgilio Carbonari

Un messo - Franco Ricciardi

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Black Disc; - Legendary Recordings LR 188 {2LPS} (1983)�

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03803

Compact Disc; - Claque GM 2013-2014 {2CDS}; Melodram MEL 27608 {2CDS} Myto 2CD 012 243 {2CDS} (2001)�; Opera Legacies OL 6010 {2CDS};; House of Opera �The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi - Vol.2 His Later Works� {1xCD-ROM} (2002)�

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Juli 2001 S.74 [SL]

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American Record Guide - November/December 2001 Vol.64 No.6 p.205 [LM]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1962; see OPERA March 1963 pp.185-187 ). The LR LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE August 1983 p.226

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1962(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Italiana

Chorus - RCA Italiana

Cio Cio San - Leontyne Price

Pinkerton - Richard Tucker

Sharpless - Philip (Filippo) Maero

Suzuki - Rosalind Elias

Kate Pinkerton - Anna Di Stasio

Goro - Piero De Palma

Il principe Yamadori - Robert Kerns

Lo zio Bonzo - Virgilio Carbonari

Il commissario imperiale - Arturo La Porta

Yakusidè - Leo Pudis

L'ufficiale del Registro - Mario Rinaudo

La madre di Cio Cio San - Fernanda Cadoni

La zia - Gianna Lollini

La cugina - Silvia Bertona

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6160 {3LPS} (USA) (1963)�; RCA Victor LSC 6160 {3LPS} (USA) (1963)�; RCA Victor RCA RE 5504-5506 {3LPS} (UK) (1963)�; RCA Victor SER 5504-5506 {3LPS} (UK) (1963)�; RCA VICS-6100; RCA 26 36110 (Germany) (1975)�

Compact Disc; - RCA �Red Seal� RD 86160 {2CDS} (1988)�; BMG RCA Victor �Red Seal� 74321 39497-2 (Europe) (1997)�; BMG RCA 09026 68884-2 {2CDS} (USA) (1997)�

Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor FTC 8006 (7�ips 4-track) (+Price recital) (USA) (1963)�

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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 - June 1963 p.23; March 1988 p. [EG]

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Opera Now - November/December 1997 p.96 [GH]; July/August 1998 p.99 [GH]

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Fanfare - Vol.21 No.5 May/June 1998 p.296 [RT]

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Orpheus - No.11 15 November - 15 Dezember 1975 S.260 [SH]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.184 p.114 [JC-1]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1963 Vol.13 No.3 p.69 [CLO]: August 1963 Vol.13 No.8 p.104 [RDD] (open reel tape)

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American Record Guide - May 1963 Vol.29 No.9 p.684 [PLM]: November 1963 Vol.30 No.3 p.252 [CJL] (open reel tape)

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Classic CD - February 1999 p.118 [MQ]

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

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.45: No.111 mars 1998 p.53 [PT]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.109 - giungo 1997 p.90

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.100 [MC]

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Il tabarro by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1962(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Michele - Robert Merrill

Luigi - Mario Del Monaco

Il Tinca - Renato Ercolani

Il Talpa - Silvio Maionica

Giorgetta - Renata Tebaldi

La Frugola - Lucia Danieli

Venditore di canzonette - Piero De Palma

Due amanti - Gianfranco Manganotti

- Dora Carral

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 236-238 (Trittico) (1962)�; Decca SET 236-238 (Trittico) (1962)�; Decca SXL 6122 {1LP}; Decca �Grand Opera� 411 665-1 (Trittico) {3LPS}; London A 4151 {1LP} (1962)�;; London OSA 1151 {1LP} (1962)�; London A 4364 (Trittico) (3LPS) (1962)�;; London OSA 1364 (Trittico) {3LPS} (1962)�

Compact Cassette - Decca �Grand Opera� 411 665-3 (Trittico)

Compact Disc; - Decca �Grand Opera� 411 665-2 (Trittico) {3CDS} (1991)�; London POCL 3959-61 (Trittico) {3CDS} (Japan) (1995)�

Open Reel Tape; - London LOL 90052/54 (Trittico) (7�ips - 4-track) (1963)�

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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 - December 1962 p.303 [EG]; April 1963 p.458; February 1991 p.[MEO]

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American Record Guide - February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.420 [PLM] June 1963 Vol.29 No.10 p.822 [CJL] (open reel tape)

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American Record Guide - February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.420 [PLM]June 1963 Vol.29 No.10 p.822 [CJL] (open reel tape)

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1963 Vol.13 No.2 p.84 [CLO]: May 1963 Vol.13 No.5 p.94 [RDD] (open reel tape)

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Comments:- A recording of �Scorri, fiume eterno� is included as an appendix with the LP setof �Il trittico�

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1962(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Floria Tosca - Leontyne Price

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Il barone Scarpia - Giuseppe Taddei

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Carlo Cava

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Leonardo Monreale

Un pastore - Herbert Weiss

Un carceriere - Alfredo Mariotti

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor �Soria Series� LD 7022 {2LPS} (USA) (1963)�; RCA Victor �Soria Series� LDS 7022 {2LPS} (USA) (1963)�; RCA Victor RE 5507-5508 {2LPS} (UK) (1963)�; RCA Victor SER 5507-5508 (UK) (1964)�; Decca 5BB 123-124 {2LPS}; London OSA 1284 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - Decca K59K22

Compact Disc; - Decca �Grand Opera� 421 670-2 {2CDS} (1988)�; Double Decca 452 620-2 {2CDS}; Decca �Legends� 466 384-2 {2CDS} (2000)�

Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor FTC 8007 (7�ips 4-track) (1963)�

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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 - November 1963 p.238; January 1964 p.318 [DST]; January 1973 p.1366 [AB]; October 1977 p.706 [AB]; January 1989 p.1206 [EG]

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Orpheus - Mai/Juni 1973 S.62 [CK]; August-September 1997 S.76

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.179 [MSC]

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Diapason - No.440 septembre 1997 p.106 [CC]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.179 p.98 [CM]

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American Record Guide - October 1963 Vol.30 No.2 p.93 [PLM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.135, 138 [CLO]: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.112 [RDD]

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

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Classical Express - Issue No.89 August 1997 p.2

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International Classical Record Collector - Autumn 2000 No.22 p.98 [CB]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.101 julio-agosto 1997 p.55 (mention)

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor John Pritchard - 1962(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Violetta Valery - Joan Sutherland

Flora Bervoix - Miti Truccato Pace

Annina - Dora Carral

Alfredo Germont - Carlo Bergonzi

Giorgio Germont - Robert Merrill

Gastone - Piero De Palma

Dottore Grenvil - Giovanni Foiani

Barone Douphol - Paolo PedanI

Marchese d'Obigny - Silvio Maionica

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 249-251 {3LPS} (1963)�;; Decca SET 249-251 {3LPS} (1963)�; Decca 411 877-1 {2LPS} (1985)�; London A 4366 {3LPS} (1963)�; London OSA 1366 {3LPS} (1963)�

Compact Cassette; - Decca 411 877-4 (1985)�

Compact Disc; - Decca �Grand Opera� 411 877-2 {2CDS} (1989)�; Double Decca 460 759-2 {2CDS} (1999)�; Decca �The Compact Opera Collection� 470 440-2 {2CDS} (2002)�

Open Reel Tape; - London LOG 90069 (7�ips 4-track) (1963)�

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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 - August 1963 p.103 [PHW]; October 1963 p.177 [DST]; March 1985 p. [AB]; February 1989 p. [JBS]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.210-218 [LG]

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American Record Guide - October 1963 Vol.30 No.2 p.95 [PLM]

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American Record Guide - February 1964 Vol.30 No.6 p.529 [CJL] (open reel tape)

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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.140 [CLO]: January 1964 Vol.14 No.1 p.100 [RDD]

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Adriana Lecouvreur - Magda Olivero

Maurizio - Juan Oncina

Principe di Bouillon - Enrico Campi

Principessa di Bouillon - Adriana Lazzarini

Michonnet - Sesto Bruscantini

Quinault - Augusto Frati

Poisson - Vittorio Pandano

Mlle. Jouvenot - Elena Barcis

Mlle. Dangeville - Anna Di Stasio

L'Abate di Chazeuil - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc - Discocorp MLG 72 (highlights) {1LP}

Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 186 {2CDRS} (2003)�

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 5999

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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 the Edinburgh Festival (27 August 1963; see OPERA Festival Issue 1963 p.42). Flaviano Labò was announced to sing Maurizio, but was replaced at short notice by Juan Oncina. This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated August 22 1963 p.26, p.31). 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 Ali Baba by Luigi Cherubini on file (performed in French)

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro ala Scala

Ali-Baba - Wladimiro Ganzarolli

Delia - Teresa Stich-Randall

Morgiane - Orianna Santunione

Nadir - Alfredo Kraus

Aboul-Hassan - Paolo Montarsolo

Calaf - Piero De Palma

Ours-Kan - Lorenzo Testi

Thamar - Agostino Ferrin

Phaor - Virgilio Carbonari

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith �The Golden Age of Opera� EJS 393 {2LPS} (1967)�; Mauro R. Fuguette MRF C 05 {3LPS}; Melodram MEL 170 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Nuova Era 2361/2 {2CDS}

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This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1990 p. [JBS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (11 June 1963)

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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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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1963(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera de Roma

Andrea Chénier - Franco Corelli

Carlo Gérard - Mario Sereni

Madeleine di Coigny - Antonietta Stella

La mulatta Bersi - Stefania Malagù

La Contessa di Coigny - Luciana Moneta

Madelon - Anna Di Stasio

Roucher - Giuseppe Modesti

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Paolo Montarsolo

Fouquier Tinville - Giuseppe Modesti

Un Incredible - Piero De Palma

Pietro Fléville - Dino Mantovani

L'abate - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - HMV �Angel Series� AN 128-130 {3LPS} (1964)�; HMV �Angel Series� SAN 128-130 {3LPS} (1964)�; EMI SLS 1436533 {2LPS} (1984)�; Angel 3645 C/L {3LPS} (1964)�; Angel S 3645 C/L {3LPS} (1964)�

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 1436539 (1984)�

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49060-8 {2CDS} (1987)�; EMI CMS 5 65287-2 {2CDS} (1994)�; Musical Heritage Society MHS 525842F {2CDS} (2000)�

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1964 p.143; February 1984 p.1005 [AB]; November 1987 p. [MEO]; July 1995 p.113 [MEO]

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Fanfare - Vol.24 No.2 November/December 2000 p.278 [JM]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.162 p.170

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American Record Guide - June 1964 Vol.30 No.10 p.951 [PLM]

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American Record Guide - March/April 1995 Vol.58 No.2 p.106

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High Fidelity Magazine - June 1964 Vol.14 No.6 p.70 [CLO]

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Répertoire - No.74 novembre 1994 p.49

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1963(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera de Roma

Andrea Chénier - Franco Corelli

Carlo Gérard - Mario Sereni

Madeleine di Coigny - Antonietta Stella

La mulatta Bersi - Stefania Malagù

La Contessa di Coigny - Luciana Moneta

Madelon - Anna Di Stasio

Roucher - Giuseppe Modesti

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Paolo Montarsolo

Fouquier Tinville - Giuseppe Modesti

Un Incredible - Piero De Palma

Pietro Fléville - Dino Mantovani

L'abate - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - HMV �Angel Series� AN 128-130 {3LPS} (1964)�; HMV �Angel Series� SAN 128-130 {3LPS} (1964)�; EMI SLS 1436533 {2LPS} (1984)�; Angel 3645 C/L {3LPS} (1964)�; Angel S 3645 C/L {3LPS} (1964)�

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 1436539 (1984)�

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49060-8 {2CDS} (1987)�; EMI CMS 5 65287-2 {2CDS} (1994)�; Musical Heritage Society MHS 525842F {2CDS} (2000)�

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1964 p.143; February 1984 p.1005 [AB]; November 1987 p. [MEO]; July 1995 p.113 [MEO]

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Fanfare - Vol.24 No.2 November/December 2000 p.278 [JM]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.162 p.170

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American Record Guide - June 1964 Vol.30 No.10 p.951 [PLM]

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American Record Guide - March/April 1995 Vol.58 No.2 p.106

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High Fidelity Magazine - June 1964 Vol.14 No.6 p.70 [CLO]

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Répertoire - No.74 novembre 1994 p.49

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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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I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1963(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Elvira - Joan Sutherland

Arturo Talbot - Pierre Duval

Sir Riccardo Forth - Renato Capecchi

Sir Giorgio - Ezio Flagello

Enrichetta di Francia - Margreta Elkins

Sir Bruno Robertson - Piero De Palma

Lord Gualtiero Valton - Giovanni Foiani

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 259-261 {3LPS} (1964)�;; Decca SET 259-261 {3LPS} (1964)�; London A 4373 {3LPS} (1964)�;; London OSA 1373 {3LPS} (1964)�

Compact Disc; - Decca �Grand Opera� 448 969-2 {3CDS} (1996)�; London POCL 3965-7 {3CDS} (Japan) (1996)�

Open Reel Tape; - London LOR 90074 (7�ips 4-track) (1964)�

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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:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1964 p.471; May 1964 p.542; July 1964 p.47; May 1997 p.113 [P'OC]

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Orpheus - November 1996 S.33

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

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Opéra International - décembre 1996 No.208 p.53

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Diapason - No.433 janvier 1997 p.74

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.175 p.121

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1964 Vol.14 No.3 p.71 [AR]: June 1964 Vol.14 No.6 p.101 [RDD] (open reel tape)

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American Record Guide - April 1964 Vol.30 No.8 p.657 [PLM]

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American Record Guide - May 1964 Vol.30 No.9 p.898 [CJL] (open reel tape)

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Classic CD - May 1997 p.84

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International Opera Collector - Summer 1997 No.4 p.80 (mention)

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.22 diciembre 1996 - febrero 1997 p.76

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Répertoire - No.98 janvier 1997 p.25

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.105 - febbraio 1997 p.75

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Musica (Milano) - No.105 Anno 21 ottobre-dicembre 1997 p.74 [SH]

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1963(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Italiana Orchestra

Chorus - RCA Italiana Chorus

Rigoletto - Robert Merrill

Gilda - Anna Moffo

Duca di Mantova - Alfredo Kraus

Sparafucile - Ezio Flagello

Maddalena - Rosalind Elias

Giovanna - Anna Di Stasio

Monterone - David Ward

Marullo - Robert Kerns

Borsa - Piero De Palma

Conte di Ceprano - Mario Rinaudo

Contessa di Ceprano - Corinna Vozza

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Black Disc; - RCA RE 5516-5517 {2LPS} (UK) (1965)�; RCA SER 5516-5517 {2LPS} (UK) (1965)�; RCA �Red Seal� RL 42865 {2LPS} (UK) (1979)�; RCA Victor LM 7027 {2LPS} (USA) (1964)�; RCA Victor LSC 7027 {2LPS} (USA) (1964)�

Compact Cassette; - RCA Victor GK 86506 (1988)�

Compact Disc; - RCA Victor GD 86506 {2CDS} (1988)�;; Lyrica LRC 010 112 {2CDS}

Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor FTC 7008 (7�ips 4-track) (1965)�

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; �Musica 99� p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1965 p.343; April 1965 p.469; October 1979 p.712 [RO] ; September 1988 p. [AB]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.197-203 [TE]

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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1964 Vol.14 No.12 pp.74-75 [CLO]: March 1965 Vol.15 No.3 p.131 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - February 1965 Vol.31 No.6 pp.561-563 [PLM]: July 1965 Vol.31 No.11 pp.1106-1107 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Lucia - Renata Scotto

Edgardo - Ruggero Raimondi

Enrico - Piero Cappuccilli

Raimondo - Agostino Ferrin

Arturo - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc - Melodiya M10 49245

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Recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera February 1959 p.86; HARRIS p.150; Opera on Record p.184; CELLETTI p.223; MARINELLI p.114; Opera on CD (1) p.34 (2) p.39 (3) p.43; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.55 p.110; MET p.113; MET(VID) p.64; PENGUIN p.78; Opéra International janvier1995 No.187 p.19, juillet- aoüt 1997 No.215 p.10; Opera on Video p.57; GIUDICI p.190; Répertoire No.107 novembre 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/ October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a guest performance given by the La Scala company in the Bolshoi theatre, Moscow (September 1964)

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Rienzi by Richard Wagner performed in Italian

Conductor Hermann Scherchen - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rienzi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Irene - Raina Kabaivanska

Steffano Colonna - Franco Piva

Adriano Colonna - Gianfranco Cecchele

Peace Herald - Luciana Piccolo

Paolo Orsini - Lino Puglisi

Raimondo - Giuseppe Modesti

Baroncelli - Piero De Palma

Cecco del Vecchio - Alfredo Giacomotti

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Black Disc - Roccoco Records 1022 {2LPS} (highlights? +recital BY GDS)

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03512

Compact Disc - *Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21038 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Rienzi by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.1079; PENGUIN p.538

Comments:- Recording of a performance of a shorted version at La Scala. According to the performance lists on the website of the Teatro alla Scala (http://www.teatroallascala.org) Rienzi was conducted by Scherchen with this cast on 4,6,9 June 1964. The year of this recording is sometime (incorrectly?) given as 1962.

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Manrico - Carlo Bergonzi

Azucena - Giulietta Simionato

Leonora - Gabriella Tucci

Conte di Luna - Piero Cappuccilli

Ferrando - Ivo Vinco

Ines - Mirella Fiorentini

Ruiz - Piero De Palma

Un vecchio zingaro - Virgilio Carbonari

Un messo - Franco Ricciardi

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Black Disc - Melodiya M10 47009-4 {3LPSS}; Melodiya D 015223-4 (highlights) {1LP}

Compact Disc; - *Opera d'Oro OPD 1129 {2CDS} (1997)�; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 152-2 {2CDRS} (2001)�

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.33 mayo-junio 1999 p.96 [JV]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance given by Teatro alla Scala in Moscow (September 1964). The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as �New� in �Fall 2001�.

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

La principessa Turandot - Birgit Nilsson

Calaf - Franco Corelli

Liù - Galina Vishnevskaya

Ping - Renato Capecchi

Pang - Piero De Palma

Pong - Franco Ricciardi

Timur - Nicola Zaccaria

L'imperatore Altoum - Angelo Mercuriali

Un mandarino - Virgilio Carbonari

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Black Disc - Edizione Lirica EL 003 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Nuova Era 013 6318/19 {2CDS}; Myto 2 MCD 982.181 {2CDS} (1998)�; Opera d'Oro OPD 1152 {2CDS}

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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:-

Fanfare - Vol.12 No.1 September/October 1988 p.230 [JM]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - septiembre - octubre 1998 No.29 p.98 [MC]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.114 octubre 1998 p.42, p.44 [AV]

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Musica (Milano) - N.49 Anno 12 Aprile-Maggio 1988 p.135 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1964; see OPERA February 1965 p.126). According to Carl J. Fehlandt (OPERA L Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:41:04 -400) the sound on the CDs issued by Opera d'Oro �is a half-tone sharp�

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1964(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Italiana Orchestra

Chorus - RCA Italiana Chorus

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Giovanni Foiani

Leonora di Vargas - Leontyne Price

Don Carlo - Robert Merrill

Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker

Preziosilla - Shirley Verrett

Fra Melitone - Ezio Flagello

Curra - Corinna Vozza

Padre Guardiano - Giorgio Tozzi

Mastro Trabuco - Piero De Palma

Un Chirurgo - Mario Rinaudo

Un Alcalde - Rolf Bottcher

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6413 {4LPS} (USA) (1965)�; RCA Victor LSC 6413 {4LPS} (USA) (1965)�; RCA Victor RE 5527-5530 {4LPS} (UK) (1965)�; RCA Victor SER 5527-5530 {4LPS} (UK) (1965)�; RCA Victor VLS 45143 (Italy)

Compact Cassette - RCA Victor VK45143

Compact Disc; - RCA Victor GD 87971 {3CDS} (1988)�

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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 - October 1965 p.210; January 1966 p.334; December 1988 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 1965 Vol.31 No.9 pp.798-799, p.945 [PLM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - June 1965 Vol.15 No.6 p.74 [CLO]

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Audio & Record Review - October 1965 p.17 [CW]

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Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1964(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Macbeth - Giuseppe Taddei

Lady Macbeth - Birgit Nilsson

Banco - Giovanni Foiani

Macduff - Bruno Prevedi

Malcolm - Piero De Palma

Dama - Dora Carral

Medico - Giuseppe Morresi

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 282-284 {3LPS} (1965)�; Decca SET 282-284 {3LPS} (1965)�; London A 4380 {3LPS} (1965)�;; London OSA 1380 {3LPS} (1965)�

Compact Disc; - Decca �Grand Opera� 433 039-2 {2CDS} (1992)�

Open Reel Tape; - London LOR 90092 (7�ips 4-track) (1965)�

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

HARRIS p.162; Opera on Record p.201; CELLETTI p.936; Opera on CD (1) p.47 (2) p.53 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.40 p.106, mise à jour septembre 2000; MET p.573; MET(VID) p.359; PENGUIN p.487; GIUDICI p.881 (2) p.1431; Opéra International No.72 septembre 1994 p.112; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.8; International Opera Collector Winter 1998 No.10 p.32; Opéra Interational février 1999 No.232 p.68, No.266 mars 2002 p.18

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1965 p.490; July 1965 p.50; May 1992 p.117 [AB]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1965 Vol.15 No.3 pp.107-108 [CLO]: September 1965 Vol.15 No.9 p.134 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - May 1965 Vol.31 No.9 pp.780-781, p.944 [PLM]

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Rafael Kubelik - 1964(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rigoletto - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Gilda - Renata Scotto

Duca di Mantova - Carlo Bergonzi

Sparafucile - Ivo Vinco

Maddalena - Fiorenza Cossotto

Giovanna - Mirella Fiorentini

Monterone - Lorenzo Testi

Marullo - Virgilio Carbonari

Borsa - Piero De Palma

Conte di Ceprano - Alfredo Giacomotti

Contessa di Ceprano - Catarina Alda

Un paggio - Catarina Alda

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Black Disc; - D.G.G. LPM 18931-18933 {3LPS} (1964)�; D.G.G. SLPM 138931-13893 {2LPS} (1964)�; DG 2709 014; DG 413 294-1 {3LPS} (1984)�

Compact Cassette; - DG 3371 001; *DG 413 294-4 (1984)�

Compact Disc; - DG 435 050-2 {2CDS} (1991)�;; DG 437 704-2 {2CDS} (1993)�; DG 477 5608 {2CDS} (2005)�

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; �Musica 99� p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1965 p.343; April 1965 p.469; November 1973 p.1015 [WAC]; October 1984 p. [JS]; September 1991 p. [JBS]; December 2005 p.121 (mention) [PO'C]

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Opera Now - August 1993 p.48

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Opéra International - No.172 septembre 1993 p. 78

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Diapason - No.395 juillet-aoüt 1993 p.129

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.158 p.139

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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1964 Vol.14 No.12 pp.74-75 [CLO]

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American Record Guide - February 1965 Vol.31 No.6 pp.561-563 [PLM]

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BBC Music Magazine - August 1993 p.53

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Répertoire - No.60 juillet-aoüt 1993 p.70

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Comments:- Recorded in July 1964.

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Zubin Mehta - 1965 or 1966(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Aida - Birgit Nilsson

Radamès - Franco Corelli

Amneris - Grace Bumbry

Amonasro - Mario Sereni

Ramphis - Bonaldo Giaiotti

Il Re di Egitto - Ferruccio Mazzoli

Una Sacerdotessa - Mirella Fiorentini

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - HMV �Angel Series� AN 189-191 {3LPS} (1967)�; HMV �Angel Series� SAN 189-191 {3LPS} (1967)�; EMI SLS 929 {3LPS}; Angel AV 34049 (highlights) {1LP} (1986)�

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63229-2 {2CDS} (1989)�; EMI 4 79580-2 {2CDS} (France) (1995)�; HMV �Classics� HMVD 5 73410-2 {2CDS} (1999)�

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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 - November 1967 p.278; January 1968 p.365; January 1990 p.1376 [AB]; November 1999 p.122 [AB]

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Opera - January 1968 p.52 [HDR]; December 1999 p.1448, pp.1497-98 [AB]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.169 p.126

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American Record Guide - July/August 1986 Vol.49 No.4 p.47 (highlight) [DA]

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Répertoire - No.86 décembre 1995 p.65

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Comments:- The book issued by �The Black Dog Opera Library� also contains this recording on two CDs.

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There is only one recording of Clitennestra by Ildebrando Pizzetti on file (performed in Italian)

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Clitennestra - Clara Petrella

Cassandra - Luisa Malagrida

Agamennone - Mario Petri

Egisto - Raffaele Ariè

Elettra - Floriana Cavalli

Oreste - Ruggero Bondino

La nutrice Cilissa - Rena Garazioti

Un araldo - Piero De Palma

Una scolta - Virgilio Carbonari

Una corifea - Laura Londi

Primo corifeo - Walter Gullino

Secondo corifeo - Alfredo Giacomotti

I sacerdotessa de Artemide - Anna Novelli

II sacerdotessa de Artimide - Luciana Piccolo

Un vecchio del oro - Antonio Zerbini

Un vecchio focese - Nicola Zaccaria

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02328

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (March 1965)

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Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Lyric Opera of Chicago

Chorus - Lyric Opera of Chicago

Mefistofele - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Faust - Alfredo Kraus

Margherita - Renata Tebaldi

Elena - Elena Souliotis

Martha - Mary McKenzie

Wagner - Piero De Palma

Pantalis - Margaret Roggero

Nereo - Herbert Krauss

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 333-3 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Ornamenti FE 101-2 {2CDS}; Living Stage LS 1030 {2CDS} (2003)�

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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:-

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.1 September/October 1994 p.150

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.65 noviembre 2003 p.80 [TF]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Lyric Opera of Chicago (October 1965). See OPERA January 1966 p.52. Ornamenti label the CDs as being of a recording in San Francisco 1965. This appears to be incorrect.

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Norma by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Norma - Leyla Gencer

Adalgisa - Giulietta Simionato

Pollione - Bruno Prevedi

Oroveso - Nicola Zaccaria

Clotilde - Luciana Piccolo

Flavio - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 320-3 {3LPS} (1980)�; Melodram MEL 468 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1308

Compact Disc; - Myto 3 MCD 034 286 {3CDS} (2003)�; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 362-2 {2CDRS}

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

Opera January 1958 p.12; Opera on Record p.154; CELLETTI p.50; Opera on CD (1) p.40 (2) p.46 (3) p.51; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.29 p.106; MET p.21; MET(VID) p.10PENGUIN p.10; Orpheus No.13 1994 Festival p.22; GIUDICI p.31 (2) p.57; Diapason No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.48; Répertoire No.112 avril 1998 p.86; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.66-70; Donizetti Society Newsletter June 2000 pp.21-23 ;American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Gramophone January 2002 p.28

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (January 1965; see OPERA March 1965 pp.203-204; �Simionato� by Jean-Jacques Hanine Roussel pp.83-85)

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Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1965(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Italiana Orchestra

Chorus - RCA Italiana Chorus

Luisa - Anna Moffo

Rodolfo - Carlo Bergonzi

Miller - Cornell MacNeil

Walter - Giorgio Tozzi

Federica - Shirley Verrett

Wurm - Ezio Flagello

Laura - Gabriella Carturan

Contadino - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6168 {3LPS} (USA) (1965)�; RCA Victor LSC 6168 {3LPS} (USA) (1965)�; RCA RE 5534-5536 {3LPS} (UK) (1965)�;; RCA SER 5534-5536 (UK) (1965)�; *RCA SER 5713-5715 (UK) (1975)�

Compact Disc; - RCA Victor GD 86646 {2CDS} (1988)�

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

HARRIS p.160; Opera on Record 2 p.129; CELLETTI p.930; Opera on CD (1) p.48 (2) p.55 (3) p.60; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.151 p.78; MET p.579; MET(VID) p.363; PENGUIN p.486; Opera Quarterly Vol.10 No.3 1994 p.195; GIUDICI p.897 (2) p.1450; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.1 p.326; Orpheus August-September 2001 S.86; Opéra International octobre 2001 No.261 p.20; Gramophone July 2003 p.36

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1966 p.509 [AP]; July 1966 p.49 [DST] March 1975 p.1701 [AB]; October 1988 p. [JBS]

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American Record Guide - October 1965 Vol.32 No.2 pp.119-120, p.124 [PLM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.84-85 [CLO]

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Audio & Record Review - April 1966 p.44 [CW]

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1965(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

La principessa Turandot - Birgit Nilsson

Calaf - Franco Corelli

Liù - Renata Scotto

Ping - Guido Mazzini

Pang - Franco Ricciardi

Pong - Piero De Palma

Timur - Bonaldo Giaiotti

L'imperatore Altoum - Angelo Mercuriali

Un mandarino - Giuseppe Morresi

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Black Disc - HMV �Angel� ANS 159 AN 160-161 {5-sides); HMV �Angel� SANS 159 SAN 160-161 (5-sides); HMV SLS 921; Angel SCL 3671

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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 - May 1966 p.570 [EG]; July 1966 p.49 [DST]

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Audio & Record Review - June 1966 p.18 [CO]

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Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Nabucco - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Ismaele - Gianni Raimondi

Zaccaria - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Abigaille - Elena Souliotis

Fenena - Gloria Lane

Gran Sacerdote - Giovanni Foiani

Abdallo - Piero De Palma

Anna - Mirella Fiorentini

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Black Disc - Morgan 3 MOR 6601 {3LPS}; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 16 {2LPS}

Compact Disc - *Nuova Era 2222/23 {2CDS}; Pantheon PHE 6757/8 {2CDS} Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 491-2 {2CDS}

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

Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1966). See OPERA, March 1967 p.201

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Lorin Maazel - 1966(SE)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Floria Tosca - Anja Silja

Mario Cavaradossi - James King

Il barone Scarpia - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Dino Mantovani

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Black Disc - *Decca SX 21 213-M; Decca AH3 41801

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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

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1966(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Italiana

Chorus - RCA Italiana

Riccardo - Carlo Bergonzi

Renato - Robert Merrill

Amelia - Leontyne Price

Ulrica - Shirley Verrett

Oscar - Reri Grist

Silvano - Mario Basiola jnr.

Samuele - Ezio Flagello

Tom - Ferruccio Mazzoli

Un Giudice - Piero De Palma

Un servo - Fernandino Jacopucci

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM-6719 {3LPS} (USA) (1967)�; RCA Victor LSC-6179 {3LPS} (USA) (1967)�;; �; RCA Victor RE 5556-5558 (UK) (1967)�; RCA Victor SER 5556-5558 (UK) (1967)�; *RCA �Red Seal� SER 5710-5712

Compact Disc; - RCA Victor GD 86645 {2CDS} (UK) (1988)�

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Recordings of Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; Opera on Record p.258; CELLETTI p.839; Opera on CD (1) p.54 (2) p.61 (3) p.68; MET p.625; MET(VID) p.389; PENGUIN p.467; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.32 p.110; GIUDICI p.966 (2) p.1555; BBC Music Magazine September 1999 p.56; Opéra International No.257 mai 2001 p.20

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1967 p.226; January 1968 p.365; February 1975 p.1551 [AB]; November 1988 p.868 [AB]

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Opera - January 1968 p.51 [HDR]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.222-226 [CJT]

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American Record Guide - June 1967 Vol. 33 No. 10 p.904 [HG]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor John Barbirolli - 1966(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Cio Cio San - Renata Scotto

Pinkerton - Carlo Bergonzi

Sharpless - Rolando Panerai

Suzuki - Anna Di Stasio

Kate Pinkerton - Silvana Padoan

Goro - Piero De Palma

Il principe Yamadori - Giuseppe Morresi

Lo zio Bonzo - Paolo Montarsolo

Il commissario imperiale - Mario Rinaudo

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Black Disc; - HMV �Angel Series� SAN 184-186 {3LPS} (1967)�; HMV SLS 100081-3 {3LPS} (1983)�; EMI EX 290839-3 {2LPS} (1987)�; Angel SCL 3702 {3LPS}; Angel AVB 34068 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette; - HMV SLS 100081-9 (1983)�;; EMI 290839-5 (1987)�

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 69654-2 {2CDS} (1989)�; EMI �Great Recordings of the Century� 567 8852 {2CDS} (2002)�

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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 - September 1967 p.146 p.170; January 1968 p.366; June 1983 p.76 [EG]; January 1984 pp.861-862 [JBS] June 1987 p.101 [EG]; May 1989 p. [MEO]; January 2003 p.81 [AB]

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Opera - November 1967 p.927; Summer 2002 Supplement �Thirty all-time great recordings� p.20 [MK]

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Opera News - October 14 1967 p.30

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Fanfare - Vol.26 No.3 January/February 2003 p.159 [BR]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 No.1 Spring 1987 pp.138-139 [FEP]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.153

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Classic CD - January 1995 p.48

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American Record Guide - January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.168-169 [JPM]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.57 enero-febrero 2003 pp.83-84 [LB]

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La rondine by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1966(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Italiana

Chorus - RCA Italiana

Magda de Civry - Anna Moffo

Ruggero Lastouc - Daniele Barioni

Ramblado Fernandez - Mario Sereni

Lisette - Graziella Sciutti

Prunier - Piero De Palma

Yvette - Sylvia Brigham-Dimiziani

Bianca - Virginia De Notarisefani

Suzy - Franca Mattiucci

Perichaud - Mario Basiola jnr.

Gobin - Fernando Iacopucci

Crebillon - Robert Amis El Hage

Georgette - Sylvia Brigham-Dimiziani

Gabriella - Virginia De Notarisefani

Lolette - Franca Mattiucci

Rabonier - Robert Amis El Hage

Uno Studente - Fernando Iacopucci

Maggiordomo - Robert Amis El Hage

Un uomo che fischia - Alessandro Alessandroni

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Black Disc; - RCA RE 5559-5560 {2LPS} (UK) (1967)�; RCA SER 5559-5560 {2LPS} (UK) (1967)�; RCA DPS 2055 {2LPS} (UK) (1974)�; RCA Victor LM 7048 {2LPS} (USA) (1967)�; RCA Victor LSC 7048 {2LPS} (USA) (1967)�

Compact Disc; - RCA Victor �Gold Seal� 60459-2 {2CDS} (1990)�; Lyrica LRC 010 82 {2CDS}

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.110; CELLETTI p.625; MET p.441; PENGUIN p.311; GIUDICI p.641, (2) p. 1051; The Opera Quarterly Vol.16 No.3 Summer 2000 p.517

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1967 p.339; January 1968 p.366; December 1974 p.1211 [JBS]; September 1990 p. [MEO]

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Opera - February 1968 p.136 [HDR]

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Opera News - September 9 1967 p.30

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Lorin Maazel - 1966(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Floria Tosca - Birgit Nilsson

Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli

Il barone Scarpia - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Il Sagristano - Alfredo Mariotti

Cesare Angelotti - Silvio Maionica

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Dino Mantovani

Un pastore - Patricio Veronelli

Un carceriere - Paolo Tosi

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Black Disc; - *Decca MET 341-342 (1967)�;; Decca SET 341-342 (1967)�; London �Jubilee� JL 42001 {2LPS}; London A 4267 {2LPS}; London OSA 1267 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Decca (London) �Grand Opera� 440 051-2 {2CDS} (1994)�; Double Decca 460 753-2 {2CDS} (1999)�

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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 - June 1967 p.26; October 1967 p.193; April 1994 p.100 [MEO]; April 1999 p.36 [IM]

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Opera - August 1967 p.659

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Opera Now - March 1994 p.54

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Opera News - November 4 1967 p.30

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Orpheus - Mai 1994 S.60

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.179 [MSC]

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Opéra International - No.178 mars 1994 p.78

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Diapason - No.403 avril 1994 p.144

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Répertoire - No.67 mars 1994 p.66

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American Record Guide - September/October 1994 Vol.57 No.5 p.176

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.34 julio-agosto 1999 p.95 [JR]

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L' incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Maderna - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

La Fortuna - Laura Londi

La Virtù - Emma Renzi

Poppea - Grace Bumbry

Nerone - Giuseppe di Stefano

Ottavia - Leyla Gencer

Ottone - Alberto Rinaldi

Seneca - Carlo Cava

Drusilla - Anna Novelli

Nutrice - Maria Maddalena

Arnalta - Gloria Lane

Lucano - Walter Brighi

Pallade - Mirella Fiorentini

Valletto - Maria Casula

Damigella - Maddalena Bonifaccio

Amore - Edith Martelli

Mercurio - Regolo Romani

Liberto - Lorenzo Testi

Littore - Alfredo Giacomotti

Primo soldato - Piero De Palma

Secondo soldato - Mario Carlin

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Compact Disc; - Myto 1 MCD 905.31 {1CD} (1990)�

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Recordings of L' incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.20; MARINELLI p.3; CELLETTI p.430; Opera on CD (1) p.2 (2) p.3 (3) p.3; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.115 p.154; MET p.264; PENGUIN p.218; Opera on Video p.3; GIUDICI p.392 (2) p.686; Opéra International No.297 janvier 2005 p.31; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.224 p.134

Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at La Scala (27 January 1967; see OPERA April1967 pp.291-292)

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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Lucia - Renata Scotto

Edgardo - Gianni Raimondi

Enrico - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Raimondo - Agostino Ferrin

Arturo - Beniamino Prior

Alisa - Flora Rafanelli

Normanno - Piero De Palma

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Compact Disc; - *Memories HR 4287-4288; Memories 6320-6221 ; House of Opera CDBB 218 {2CDRS} (2003)�

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Recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera February 1959 p.86; HARRIS p.150; Opera on Record p.184; CELLETTI p.223; MARINELLI p.114; Opera on CD (1) p.34 (2) p.39 (3) p.43; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.55 p.110; MET p.113; MET(VID) p.64; PENGUIN p.78; Opéra International janvier1995 No.187 p.19, juillet- aoüt 1997 No.215 p.10; Opera on Video p.57; GIUDICI p.190; Répertoire No.107 novembre 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/ October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1967)

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Salome by Richard Strauss performed in German

Conductor Berislav Klobucar - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Salome - Birgit Nilsson

Jochanaan - Hans Günter Nöcker

Herodes - Ticho Parly

Herodias - Jean Madeira

Narraboth - Glade Peterson

Ein Page - Brigitte Fassbaender

Erster Nazarener - Gianfranco Manganotti

Zweiter Nazarener - Leonardo Monreale

Erster Soldat - Silvio Maionica

Zweiter Soldat - Vittorio Tatozzi

Ein Cappadocier - Carlo Forti

Ein Sklave - Luciana Rezzadore

Erster Jude - Franco Ricciardi

Zweiter Jude - Piero De Palma

Dritter Jude - Pier Francesco Poli

Vierter Jude - Aronne Ceroni

Fünfter Jude - Alfredo Giacomotti

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01231

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Recordings of Salome by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera July 1957 p.420; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.795; Opera on CD (1) p.117 (2) p.128 (3) p.143; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.47-48 p.184, mise à jour novembre 2001; MET p.514; MET(VID) p.304; PENGUIN p.421; Répertoire No.73 octobre 1994 p.13; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.195; GIUDICI p.796; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.16; Opéra International novembre 1999 No.240 pp.60-61; The Gramophone February 2005 p.36; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.62

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro alla Scala. Salome was performed with this cast on 10, 13, 17, 20, 23 March 1967.

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1967(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

La Gioconda - Renata Tebaldi

Enzo - Carlo Bergonzi

Barnaba - Robert Merrill

Laura - Marilyn Horne

Alvise - Nicola Ghiuselev

La Cieca - Oralia Dominguez

Zuàne - Silvio Maionica

Isèpo - Piero De Palma

Un Pilota - Silvio Maionica

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 364-346 {3LPS} (1968)�; Decca SET 364-366 {3LPS} (1968)�; Decca LXT 5400-5402 {3LPS}; Decca SXL 225-227 {3LPS} ;; London A 4388 {3LPS}; London OSA 1388 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Decca �Grand Opera� 430 042-2 {3CDS}

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Recordings of La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.137; Opera on Record 3 p.192; CELLETTI p.572; GIUDICI (2) p.935; Opera on CD (1) p.84 (2) p.92 (3) p.103; MET p.374; MET(VID) p.212; PENGUIN p.285; Opera Now May 1993 p.36; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1968 p.550; July 1968 p.139

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Opera - July 1968 pp.582-583 [HDR]

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

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Don Carlo - Bruno Prevedi

Filippo II - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Rodrigo - Piero Cappuccilli

Il Grande Inquisitore - Martti Talvela

Un Frate - Antonio Zerbini

Elisabetta di Valois - Rita Orlandi Malaspina

La principessa Eboli - Fiorenza Cossotto

Tebaldo - Maria Casula

Il Conte di Lerma - Gianfranco Manganotti

Un Araldo Reale - Piero De Palma

Una voce dal cielo - Margherita Guglielmi

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 09080

Compact Disc; - Frequenz - Europa Musica 051 035 {3CDS} ; Melodram 37038 (+Cossotto recital) {3CDS}; Claque 3004-6 {3CDS}; Movimento Musica 051035 {3CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 764-3 {3CDRS} (2002)�; House of Opera CDBB 637 (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 publication:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.3 Autumn 1990 pp.179-180 [LG]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance of a four-act version at La Scala (7 December 1968; see OPERA February 1969 pp.113-115). 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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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor John Barbirolli - 1968(STU)

Orchestra - New Philharmonia Orchestra

Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus - Upton House School - Hammersmith County School

Otello - James McCracken

Desdemona - Gwyneth Jones

Iago - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Cassio - Piero De Palma

Rodrigo - Florindo Andreolli

Lodovico - Alfredo Giacomotti

Montano - Leonardo Monreale

Emilia - Anna Di Stasio

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Black Disc; - HMV Angel SLS 940/1-3 {3LPS} (1969)�; *EMI EX 2901373 {3LPS} (1984)�; Angel SCL 3742 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 290137-5 (1984)�

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 5 65296-2 {2CDS} (1994)�

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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 1969 p.603 [AB]; January 1970 p.1118 [DST]; November 1984 p. [AB]

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Opéra International - novembre 1994 No.185 p.61

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Diapason - No.410 décembre 1994 p.178

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.163 p.125

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American Record Guide - January/February 1995 Vol.58 No.1 p.197

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Répertoire - No.74 novembre 1994 p.96

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Anna Bolena by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Silvio Varviso - 1968-69(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Anna Bolena - Elena Souliotis

Enrico - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Giovanna - Marilyn Horne

Percy - John Alexander

Rochefort - Stafford Dean

Smeton - Janet Coster

Hervey - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - *Decca SET 446-449 {4LPS} (1970)�

Compact Disc - Decca(London) �Grand Opera� 455 069-2 {3CDS}

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Recordings of Anna Bolena by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.52; CELLETTI p.190; MET p.99; PENGUIN p.72; GIUDICI p.169 (2) p.275; Opéra International mars 1997 No.211 p.14; International Opera Collector Summer 1998 No.8 p.18

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1970 p.841; January 1971 p.1128

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Orpheus - Januar 1998 S.59 (mention) [GH]

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Opéra International - mars 1998 No.222 p.57 [SS]

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Diapason - No.446 mars 1998 p.78 [JC]

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BBC Music Magazine - February 1998 p.71 [BLS]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.104 noviembre 1997 p.52 (mention) [PL]

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Répertoire - No.109 janvier 1998 p.32 [PT]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - diciembre 1997 - febrero 1998 No.26 p.81 [MH]

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Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Ernani - Plácido Domingo

Elvira - Raina Kabaivanska

Carlo - Carlo Meliciani

Silva - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Riccardo - Piero De Palma

Iago - Alfredo Giacomotti

Giovanna - Milena Pauli

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Black Disc; - Legendary Recodings LR 135-3 {3LPS} (1981)�

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00463

Compact Disc; - *Armando Curcio Editore OPI 09 (2CDS); Melodram CDM 27064 {2CDS}; Myto 2 MCD 051 304 {2CDS} (2005)�; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1398-2 {2CDS} (2004)�

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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 publication:-

VERDI DAL VIVO - p.87

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.82 julio-agosto 2005 p.89 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1969, see OPERA February 1970p.120). This was Plácido Domingo's debut at La Scala (See �My First Forty Years�pp.66-67)

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Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Verchi - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Ernani - Plácido Domingo

Elvira - Rita Orlandi Malaspina

Carlo - Piero Cappuccilli

Silva - Carlo Cava

Riccardo - Piero De Palma

Iago - Alfredo Giacomotti

Giovanna - Milena Pauli

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (27 December 1969). The cast listed above is that given in �La Scala 67-92 - Cronologia - Opere, Balletti, Concerti� p.16.

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Le Siège de Corinthe [L'assedio di Corinto] by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Pamira - Beverly Sills

Néoclès - Marilyn Horne

Maometto - Justino Díaz

Cléomène - Franco Bonisolli

Hiéros (Jero) - Paolo Washington

Omar - Giovanni Foiani

Ismène - Milna Paoli

Adastro - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc - Mauro R. Fugette MRF 38

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03575

Compact Disc; - Arkadia CD 573 {2CDS}; Legato Classics LCD 135-2 {2CDS}; *House of Opera �Collection of Beverly Sills Operas� {1xCD-ROM} (2002)�; Celestial Audio CA 034 {2CDRS} (2005)�

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Recordings of Le Siège de Corinthe [L'assedio di Corinto] by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.742; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.81 p.90; Opéra International décembre 1992 p.26; GIUDICI p.747 (2) p.1230

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

ARSC Journal - Vol.22 No.2 Fall 1991 p.252 [SGA]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance of the version prepared by Thomas Schippers and Randolph Mickelson at La Scala (14 April 1969; see OPERA June 1969 p.482). The differences between the version performed here and that performed in the commercial recording conducted by Schippers are given in the review in the ARSC Journal. The date given on the House of Opera CD-ROM is 11 April 1969. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues on January 2005.

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1969(LI;Janku))

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

La principessa Turandot - Hanna Jankú

Calaf - Ludovic Spiess

Liù - Maria Chiara

Ping - Renato Capecchi

Pang - Franco Ricciardi

Pong - Piero De Palma

Timur - Ivo Vinco

L'imperatore Altoum - Ottorino Begali

Un mandarino - Virgilio Carbonari

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Compact Disc - mr. tape 3330

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Verona Arena (1 or 7 August 1969; see OPERA Festival Issue 1969 p.117). The cast listed above is that given in the programme book for the 1988 festival p.87.

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1969(LI;Nilsson)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

La principessa Turandot - Birgit Nilsson

Calaf - Plácido Domingo

Liù - Gabriella Tucci

Ping - Guido Mazzini

Pang - Franco Ricciardi

Pong - Piero De Palma

Timur - Ivo Vinco

L'imperatore Altoum - Ottorino Begali

Un mandarino - Virgilio Carbonari

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 512 {2CDRS} (2003)�

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Verona Arena (July 1969). The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue in November 2002.

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Fedora by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1969(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo

Chorus - L'Opera de Monte Carlo

La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Magda Olivero

Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - Mario Del Monaco

De Siriex - Tito Gobbi

Lorek - Leonardo Monreale

Nicola - Leonardo Monreale

La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Lucia Cappellino

Boroff - Virgilio Carbonari

Gretch - Silvio Maionica

Il Barone Rouvel - Piero De Palma

Cirillo - Peter Binder

Dmitri - Kiri Te Kanawa

Desiré - Ricardo Cassinelli

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Black Disc; - Decca SET 435-436 {2LPS} (1970)�

Compact Disc; - *Decca 433 033-2 (+Francesca da Rimini - excerpts) {2CDS} (1992)�

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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 publication:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1970 p.1473; July 1970 p.148; March 1992 p.110

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in French

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Carmen - Mignon Dunn

Don José - Franco Corelli

Micaëla - Maria Chiara

Escamillo - Piero Cappuccilli

Frasquita - Gabriella Novielli

Mercédès - Elena Zilio

Le Dancaïre - Giuseppe Morresi

Le Remendado - Piero De Palma

Moralès - Giorgio Zancanaro

Zuninga - Giovanni Foiani

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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 532-2 {2CDRS}

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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 Verona Arena (23 July 1970; see OPERA Festival Issue 1970 pp.11-13). The role of Mercédès was shared by 3 singers at Verona in 1970: Elena Zilio (listed above), Adriana Rasenti, Anita Caminanda, but I do not know which one sang in the performance recorded.

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

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Don Carlo - Plácido Domingo

Filippo II - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Rodrigo - Piero Cappuccilli

Il Grande Inquisitore - Martti Talvela

Un Frate - Antonio Zerbini

Elisabetta di Valois - Rita Orlandi Malaspina

La principessa Eboli - Shirley Verrett

Tebaldo - Edith Martelli

Il Conte di Lerma - Gianfranco Manganotti

Un Araldo Reale - Piero De Palma

Una voce dal cielo - Maria Candida

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Compact Disc; - Hunt CD 582 (+extracts) {3CDS}; House of Opera CDBB 625 (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 publication:-

Opéra International - mars 1993 p.70

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Comments:- Recording of a performance of a four act version at La Scala (April 1970). 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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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Samson - Richard Cassilly

Dalila - Shirley Verrett

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Robert Massard

Abimélech - Giovanni Foiani

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Leonardo Monreale

Le messager philistin - Piero De Palma

Premier philistin - Gianfranco Manganotti

Deuxième philistin - Silvio Maionica

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Black Disc - Historical Operatic Performances Edition HOPE 217 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02280

Compact Disc; - Foyer 2-CF-2031; Arkadia MP 495.2; Opera d'Oro OPD 1175 {2CDS} (1998)�

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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145 GIUDICI p.758; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.60

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Diapason - No.425 avril 1996 p.120

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.170 p.131

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Classical Express - September 1995 p.4

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.191 septembre 1995 p.85

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.21 septiembre-noviembre 1996 p.67

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (25 January 1970). See OPERA, March 1970 p.252. The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.

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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Chorus - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Lucia - Renata Scotto

Edgardo - Alfredo Kraus

Enrico - Domenico Trimarchi

Raimondo - Giovanni Foiani

Arturo - Piero De Palma

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 217 {2CDRS} (2003)�

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Recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera February 1959 p.86; HARRIS p.150; Opera on Record p.184; CELLETTI p.223; MARINELLI p.114; Opera on CD (1) p.34 (2) p.39 (3) p.43; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.55 p.110; MET p.113; MET(VID) p.64; PENGUIN p.78; Opéra International janvier1995 No.187 p.19, juillet- aoüt 1997 No.215 p.10; Opera on Video p.57; GIUDICI p.190; Répertoire No.107 novembre 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/ October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- This recording appears to be of a performance in the Teatro Massimo di Palermo (April 1971). The cast listed above is that given in �Il Teatro Massimo di Palermo - cento anni atraverso le stagione liriche e gli artisti� p.195. 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 recorded is given as April 1972, but Lucia di Lammermoor was not performed that month in Palermo.

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Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1971(Li)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Guido di Montforte - Piero Cappuccilli

Il Sire di Bethume - Nino Carta

Il Conte Vaudemont - Alfredo Giacomotti

Arrigo - Giorgio Lamberti

Giovanni da Procida - Carlo Cava

La Duchessa Elena - Leyla Gencer

Ninetta - Nella Verri

Danieli - Augusto Vicentini

Tebaldo - Piero De Palma

Roberto - Giovanni De Angelis

Manfredo - Rinaldo Pelizzoni

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 07258

Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 905.24 (highlights - filler with complete performance -Gavazzeni 1970) {2CDS} (1990)�

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Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (2 January 1971) The highlights issued by Myto consist of one aria and four duets with Gencer and Lamberti either from the performance on 2 January 1971 or from that 27 December 1970 which were the only two in which they sang together in these roles.

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Il tabarro by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1971(STU)

Orchestra - New Philharmonia Orchestra

Chorus - John Alldis Choir

Michele - Sherrill Milnes

Luigi - Plácido Domingo

Il Tinca - Piero De Palma

Il Talpa - Robert Amis El Hage

Giorgetta - Leontyne Price

La Frugola - Oralia Dominguez

Venditore di canzonette - Philip Langridge

Due amanti - Elizabeth Gale

- Nigel Rogers

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Black Disc; - *RCA LSC 3220 {1LP} (USA) (1972)�; RCA SER 5619 {1LP} (UK) (1972)�

Compact Cassette; - RCA RK 11585 (UK) (1972)�

Compact Disc - RCA �Gold Seal Opera� GD 60865 (+Pagliacci) {2CDS}

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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 publication:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1972 p.1421 [EG]

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Comments:- A recording of �Scorri, fiume eterno� is included as an appendix with the LP

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Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Verona Arena

Chorus - Verona Arena

Ernani - Franco Corelli

Elvira - Ilva Ligabue

Carlo - Piero Cappuccilli

Silva - Ruggero Raimondi

Riccardo - Piero De Palma

Iago - Bruno Grella

Giovanna - Marisa Zotti

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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni �Golden Age of Opera� GAO 131-132 {2CDS}; The House of Opera �The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi - Vol.1 The Early Years� ;; {1xCD-ROM} (2001)�; Opera Legacies OL 6003 {2CDS};; Myto 2 MCD 044 299 (+excepts from another performance) {2CDS} (2004)�

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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:-

Répertoire - février 1993 p.68

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American Record Guide - May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.240-241 [MM]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.53 septiembre 2002 pp.85-86 [MC]: No.79 abril 2005 p.83 [LB]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Verona Arena (15 July 1972)

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1972(LI; Milan)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Aida - Martina Arroyo

Radamès - Plácido Domingo

Amneris - Fiorenza Cossotto

Amonasro - Piero Cappuccilli

Ramphis - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Il Re di Egitto - Luigi Roni

Una Sacerdotessa - Josella Ligi

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 921.57 {2CDS} (1992)�; Opera d'Oro �Grand Tier� OPD 7002 {2CDS} (2003)�; House of Opera CDBB 595 {2CDRS} (2003)�

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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 La Scala (10 April 1972). 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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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1972(LI; Munich)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Aida - Martina Arroyo

Radamès - Plácido Domingo

Amneris - Fiorenza Cossotto

Amonasro - Piero Cappuccilli

Ramphis - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Il Re di Egitto - Luigi Roni

Una Sacerdotessa - Josella Ligi

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Compact Disc; - foyer ECF 3004 {2CDS}; House of Opera CDBB 596 {2CDRS} (2003)�

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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 by the company of La Scala at the Munich Festival (4 September 1972). See OPERA, September 1972 p.816. This performance was widely broadcast, including by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 2-8 September 1972 p.35. 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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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Zubin Mehta - 1972(STU)

Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - John Alldis Choir

La principessa Turandot - Joan Sutherland

Calaf - Luciano Pavarotti

Liù - Montserrat Caballé

Ping - Tom Krause

Pang - Pier Francesco Poli

Pong - Piero De Palma

Timur - Nicolai Ghiaurov

L'imperatore Altoum - Peter Pears

Un mandarino - Sabin Markov

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Black Disc; - *Decca SET 561-3 {3LPS} (1973)�;; London 131081 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Decca K2A 2; London 421 239-4

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 414 274-2 {2CDS} (1985)�; Decca 443 204-2 {11CDS} (Collection); Decca 473 997-210 (+La bohème +Madama Butterfly +Tosca) {9CDS} (2004)�

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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 - September 1973 p.524 [EG]; May 1975 p.2031 [AB]; May 1985 p.1383

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Opera - Summer 2002 Supplement �Thirty all-time great recordings� p.33 [RM]

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Opera Now - September 1994 p.54

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Orpheus - Dezember 1973 S.39-S.40 [RM]

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Stereophile - February 1992 (Vol. 15 No.2) p.113

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.406

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L' amico Fritz by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Maurizio Arena - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Massimo Vincenzo Bellini di Catania

Chorus - Teatro Massimo Vincenzo Bellini di Catania

Suzel - Maria Chiara

Fritz Kobus - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Beppe - Elena Zilio

David - Giuseppe Taddei

Federico - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc - Impressario Editions IE 3004 {2LPS}

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 7139

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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:- The LPs issued by Impressario Editions are advertized in GRAMOPHONE August 1984 p.285 and listed in the �Canfield Guide to Classical Recordings� 5th Edition.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - Dallas Civic Opera

Chorus - Dallas Civic Opera

Andrea Chénier - Jon Vickers

Carlo Gérard - Silvano Carroli

Madeleine di Coigny - Ilva Ligabue

Madelon - Lili Chookasian

Roucher - Lenus Carlson

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Enrico Campi

Un Incredible - Piero De Palma

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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1311

Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 219-2 {2CDRS}

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Dallas Civic Opera (30 November 1973; see OPERA February 1974 pp.145-146; �A Hero's Life� by Jeannie Williams p.185).

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Lucrezia Borgia by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - Dallas Civic Opera

Chorus - Dallas Civic Opera

Lucrezia Borgia - Leyla Gencer

Gennaro - José Carreras

Maffio Orsini - Tatiana Troyanos

Don Alfonso - Matteo Manuguerra

Jacopo Liveretto - Dennis Striny

Don Apostolo Gazella - David Cornell

Ascanio Petrucci - William Fleck

Oloferno Vitellozzo - Melvin Brown

Gubetta - Enrico Campi

Rustighello - Piero De Palma

Astolfo - Nicola Zaccaria

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Compact Disc; - Melodram MLO 270 109 {2CDS}; Live Opera Heaven Ltd. C 1196 {2CDS} (2003)�

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Recordings of Lucrezia Borgia by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.68; CELLETTI p.241; MET p.108; MET(VID) p.60; PENGUIN p.81; GIUDICI p.184 (2) p.297; Opéra International mars 1984 No.68 p.19; avril 1997 No.212 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - March 16 1996 p.36

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American Record Guide - Vol.57 No.3 May-June 1994 p.87

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1973(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Orchestra

Chorus - RCA Chorus

Simon Boccanegra - Piero Cappuccilli

Jacopo Fiesco - Ruggero Raimondi

Amelia Grimaldi - Katia Ricciarelli

Gabriele Adorno - Plácido Domingo

Paolo Albiani - Gian-Piero (Giampietro) Mastromei

Pietro - Maurizio Mazzieri

Un'ancella - Ornella Jachetti

Un capitano dei balestrieri - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - RCA SER 5696-8 {3LPS} (1974)�

Compact Disc; - RCA �Red Seal� RD 70729 {2CDS} (1987)�; Lyrica LRC 010 62 {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:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1974 p.1599 [AP]; June 1974 p.30 [SIR]; September 1987 p.482 [AB]

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1974(LE;Domingo - Molnar Talajic)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Aida - Liljana Molnar-Talajic

Radamès - Plácido Domingo

Amneris - Stella Silva

Amonasro - Mario Sereni

Ramphis - Bonaldo Giaiotti

Il Re di Egitto - Gianfranco Casarini

Una Sacerdotessa - Luisa Vannini

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 592 (2003)�

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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 part of a performance at the Verona Arena (10 August 1974). The cast listed above is that given in the Programme Book of the Verona Festival 1988 p.89. 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 Gian-Franco Masini - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - New Philharmonia Orchestra

Adriana Lecouvreur - Montserrat Caballé

Maurizio - José Carreras

Principe di Bouillon - David Gwynne

Principessa di Bouillon - Bianca Berini

Michonnet - Attilio D' Orazi

L'Abate di Chazeuil - Piero De Palma

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Compact Disc - Celestial Audio CA 098 {2CDRS}

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 1729

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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 concert performance in the Royal Festival Hall, London (29 May 1974; see OPERA August 1974 pp.745).

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La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Minnie - Elena Souliotis

Dick Johnson - Giorgio Lamberti

Jack Rance - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Nick - Piero De Palma

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1453-2 {2CDRS} (2004)�

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 1596

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Recordings of La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.106; Opera on Record 3 p.221; CELLETTIp.600; Opera on CD (1) p.109 (2) p.120 (3) p.135; MET p.438; MET(VID) p.245; PENGUIN p.301; The Absolute Sound Issue 69 Summer 1993 p.123; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.165 p.116; GIUDICI p.634 (2) p.1045

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro dell' Opera di Roma (7 May 1974). There is a short review of the performance on 12 May 1974 in OPERA October 1974 p.906. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in �Premiere Opera New CD Releases Fall 2004�.

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1974(LI;Bergonzi - Molnar-Talajic)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Aida - Liljana Molnar-Talajic

Radamès - Carlo Bergonzi

Amneris - Maria Luisa (Bordin) Nave

Amonasro - Mario Sereni

Ramphis - Gianni Brunelli

Il Re di Egitto - Gianfranco Casarini

Una Sacerdotessa - Luisa Vannini

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 2505

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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 in the Verona Arena (21 July 1974). The cast listed above is that given in the programme book for the 1988 festival p.89.

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La favorite by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1974(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Alfonso - Gabriel Bacquier

Leonora - Fiorenza Cossotto

Fernando - Luciano Pavarotti

Baldassare - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Don Gasparo - Piero De Palma

Ines - Ileana Cotrubas

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Black Disc; - Decca D 96D3 {3LPS} (1978)�; London OSA 13113 {3LPS} (1978)�

Compact Cassette; - Decca K96K33 (1978)�

Compact Disc; - *Decca(London) �Grand Opera� 430 038-2 {3CDS} (1990)�

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Recordings of La favorite by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.74; CELLETTI p.214; Opera March 1993 p.291 - April 1993 p.416; MET p.124; MET(VID) p.75; PENGUIN p.77; GIUDICI p.212 (2) p.355

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1978 p.1926 [EG]; September 1978 p.566 [IM]; October 1978 p.645 [JBS]; October 1990 p. [JBS]

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Fanfare - Vol.1 No.5 May/June 1978 p.36 [KH]

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Opéra International - December 1990 p.70

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1975(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro Margherita di Genova

Chorus - Teatro Margherita di Genova

Floria Tosca - Magda Olivero

Mario Cavaradossi - Gianfranco Cecchele

Il barone Scarpia - Aldo Protti

Il Sagristano - Giorgio Giorgetti

Cesare Angelotti - Ubaldo Carosi

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Gino Calò

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Compact Disc - Gala 100823 {1CD}

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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 publication:-

Orpheus - Dezember 2000 S.72 (mention) [GH]

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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance in the Teatro Margherita, Genoa (June 1975; see OPERA September 1975 p.879 )

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Gian-Franco Masini - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre Lyrique de Radio France

Chorus - Choeurs National de Radio France

Adriana Lecouvreur - Montserrat Caballé

Maurizio - Plácido Domingo

Principe di Bouillon - Orazio Mori

Principessa di Bouillon - Janet Coster

Michonnet - Attilio D' Orazi

Quinault - Jacques Villisech

Poisson - Gérard Friedman

Mlle. Jouvenot - Claudie Saneva

Mlle. Dangeville - Emmy Greger

L'Abate di Chazeuil - Piero De Palma

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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.527 (+highlights - Act 4-final scene - Masini 1976) {2CDS} (1999)�; Opera d'Oro OPD 1194 {2CDS} (1999)�

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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 publication:-

Opéra International - novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61 [SS]

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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Salle Pleyel, Paris (7 April 1975)

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Anna Bolena by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Dallas Civic Opera

Chorus - Dallas Civic Opera

Anna Bolena - Renata Scotto

Enrico - Ezio Flagello

Giovanna - Tatiana Troyanos

Percy - Umberto Grilli

Rochefort - Nicola Zaccaria

Smeton - Nancy Williams

Hervey - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 348-3 {3LPS}

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Recordings of Anna Bolena by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.52; CELLETTI p.190; MET p.99; PENGUIN p.72; GIUDICI p.169 (2) p.275; Opéra International mars 1997 No.211 p.14; International Opera Collector Summer 1998 No.8 p.18

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Dallas Civic Opera (see OPERA March 1976 p.237)

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Attila by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Attila - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Ezio - Piero Cappuccilli

Odabella - Rita Orlandi Malaspina

Foresto - Veriano Luchetti

Uldino - Piero De Palma

Leone - Luigi Roni

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE V-809-2 {2LPS} (1982)�

Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1336 Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00313

Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni GAO 187-188 {2CDS}; Myto 2 MCD 961 140 {2CDS} (1996)�; Premiere Opera Ltd. CNDO 168-2 {2CDRS}

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

CELLETTI p.836; Opera on CD (1) p.44 (2) p.50 (3) p.56; Opera on Video p.68; MET(VID) p.357; PENGUIN p.466; GIUDICI p.878 (2) p.1426; Opéra International No.260 septembre 2001 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - August/September 1995 p.84

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Classical Express - Issue No.79 October 1996 p.5

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American Record Guide - January/February 1997 Vol.60 No.1 p.186

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno IX N.92 Dicembre 1995 p.81

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.92 octubre 1996 p.54

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (15 May 1975). The HRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE September 1982 p.338. The date given in Charles Handelman's catalog (November 2000) is 12 May 1975. There were performances on 12 and 15 May 1975 with the same cast, as listed above.

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Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach performed in French

Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Dallas Civic Opera

Chorus - Dallas Civic Opera

Hoffmann - Alfredo Kraus

Olympia - Mady Mesplé

Giulietta - Joy Davidson

Antonia - Carol Neblett

Coppélius - Sesto Bruscantini

Dapertutto - Sesto Bruscantini

Miracle - Sesto Bruscantini

Nicklaus - Nancy Williams

Spalanzani - Piero De Palma

Frantz - James Atherton

Crespil - Nicola Zaccaria

Andres - James Atherton

Cochenille - James Atherton

Pitichinacchio - James Atherton

Lindorf - Sesto Bruscantini

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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Dallas Civic Opera (4 November 1975). See OPERA March 1976 pp.236-237.

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Gian-Franco Masini - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - NHK Italian Opera Chorus

Adriana Lecouvreur - Montserrat Caballé

Maurizio - José Carreras

Principe di Bouillon - Ivo Vinco

Principessa di Bouillon - Fiorenza Cossotto

Michonnet - Attilio D' Orazi

Quinault - Paolo Mazzotta

Poisson - Pietro di Vietri

Mlle. Jouvenot - Scilly Fortunato

Mlle. Dangeville - Nella Verri

L'Abate di Chazeuil - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 246 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00302

Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 111-2 {2CDS}; Myto 2MCD 991.199 {2CDS} (1999)�; House of Opera CDBB 176 {2CDRS} (2003)�

VHS Video Cassette - Legato Classics LCV-002 (NTSC)

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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:-

Opera News - January 21 1995 p.45 (video)

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Fanfare - Vol.12 No.1 September/October 1988 pp.131-132 (audio) [ADC]

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Orpheus - Mai 1999 S.61 (audio) [IW]

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Opéra International - novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61 (audio) [SS]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.34 julio-agosto 1999 p.90 (audio) [LB]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Tokyo (20 September 1976)

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - CHORUS

Canio - Plácido Domingo

Nedda - Elena Mauti Nunziata

Tonio - Benito di Bella

Beppe - Piero De Palma

Silvio - Lorenzo Saccomani

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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5244 (+Cavalleria rusticana) (2005)�

VHS Video Cassette - Lyric Distribution #1067 (NTSC)

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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

Comments:- Video recording of a performance in Tokyo. The VHS tape issued by Lyric is listed in their Classical Video Catalogue and the DVD issued by Premiere is included in their list of �2005 Winter/Spring New Releases�

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1976(STU)

Orchestra - National Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - John Alldis Choir

Andrea Chénier - Plácido Domingo

Carlo Gérard - Sherrill Milnes

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Scotto

La mulatta Bersi - Maria Ewing

La Contessa di Coigny - Jean Kraft

Madelon - Gwendolyn Killebrew

Roucher - Allan Monk

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Enzo Dara

Fouquier Tinville - Stuart Harling

Un Incredible - Michel Sénéchal

Pietro Fléville - Terence Sharpe

L'abate - Piero De Palma

Dumas - Malcolm King

Schmidt - Isser Bushkin

Il maestro di casa - Nigel Beavan

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Black Disc - RCA ARL 3-2046 (3LPS} (USA); *RCA �Red Seal� RL 02046 (3) {3LPS} (UK)

Compact Disc; - RCA Victor GD 82046 {2CDS} (1989)�; BMG RCA Victor �Red Seal� 74321 39499-2 {2CDS}; BMG RCA �Opera Treasury�; 74321 50164 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1977 p.338 [AB]; December 1977 p.1164 [SIR] January 1978 p.1233 [JBS]; September 1989 [MEO]

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Opera Now - November/December 1997 p.97 [GH]

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Fanfare - November 1977 Vol.1 No.2 p.22 [KH]

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American Record Guide - November/December 1989 Vol.52 No.6 p.61 [RVL]: January/ February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.97 [LM]

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

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Classic CD - May 1998 p.93 [ST]

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

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI N.111 settembre 1997 p.95 [GB]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Armando Gatto - 1976(STU)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Cio Cio San - Montserrat Caballé

Pinkerton - Bernabé Marti

Sharpless - Franco Bordoni

Suzuki - Sylvana Mazzieri

Kate Pinkerton - María (Asunción) Uriz

Goro - Piero De Palma

Il principe Yamadori - Dalmacio Gonzales

Lo zio Bonzo - Juan (Joan) Pons

Il commissario imperiale - Enric Serra

Yakusidè - Rafael Campos

L'ufficiale del Registro - Rafael Campos

La madre di Cio Cio San - Rosa María Ysás

La zia - Carmen Ricart

La cugina - Cecilia Fondevila

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Black Disc - Discos Columbia (Spain); Decca D68DR 3 {3LPS}; London OSA 13121 {3LPS}; Ariston AROL 39 001/39 003 {3LPS} (Italy)

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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 - February 1978 p.1460 [EG]: July 1978 p.167 [JBS]

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Colin Davis - 1976(STU)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Floria Tosca - Montserrat Caballé

Mario Cavaradossi - José Carreras

Il barone Scarpia - Ingvar Wixell

Il Sagristano - Domenico Trimarchi

Cesare Angelotti - Samuel Ramey

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - William Elvin

Un pastore - Ann Murray

Un carceriere - William Elvin

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Black Disc; - *Philips 6700 108 {2LPS} (1977)�

Compact Cassette - Philips 7619 034; Philips 412 885-4

Compact Disc; - Philips 412 885-2 {2CDS} (1986)�; Philips 438 601-2 {2CDS}; Philips �Duo� 438 359-2 {2CDS} (1993)�; Philips 438 576-2 {2CDS}; Philips �50 Great Recordings� 464 729-2 {2CDS} (2001)�

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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 1977 p.1730 [EG]; April 1986 p. [EG]; August 1993 p.82 [MEO]

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HiFi News & Record Review - August 1993 p.85

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.183

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Diapason - No.484 septembre 2001 p.122 [JC]

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International Record Review - June 2001 pp.79-80 [PO'C]

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BBC Music Magazine - August 1993 p.52

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Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Torino

Chorus - Teatro Regio di Torino

Macbeth - Renato Bruson

Lady Macbeth - Sylvia Sass

Banco - Nicola Ghiuselev

Macduff - Carlo Bergonzi

Malcolm - Piero De Palma

Dama - Anna Di Stasio

Medico - Pietro Maccia

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE V-810-3 {3LPS} (1982)�

Compact Disc - Gala 100822 (highlights) {1CD}; The Opera Lovers 197701 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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

HARRIS p.162; Opera on Record p.201; CELLETTI p.936; Opera on CD (1) p.47 (2) p.53 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.40 p.106, mise à jour septembre 2000; MET p.573; MET(VID) p.359; PENGUIN p.487; GIUDICI p.881 (2) p.1431; Opéra International No.72 septembre 1994 p.112; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.8; International Opera Collector Winter 1998 No.10 p.32; Opéra Interational février 1999 No.232 p.68, No.266 mars 2002 p.18

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Dezember 2000 S.72 (mention - highlights) [GH]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Regio di Parma.(24 November 1977; see OPERA March 1978 pp.292-294 The HRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE September 1982 p.338 and the CDRs issued by �The Opera Lovers� are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca. A video recording on DVD has been issued on the Encore label (DVD 2109) which also appears to be of this performance, although the year of the performance recorded is given as 1982. See the website of �berkshire record outlet inc.� (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Dallas Civic Opera

Chorus - Dallas Civic Opera

Macbeth - Kostas Paskalis

Lady Macbeth - Roberta Knie

Banco - Nicola Zaccaria

Macduff - Beniamino Prior

Malcolm - Piero De Palma

Dama - Charlotte Ruello

Medico - John-Paul Bogart

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

HARRIS p.162; Opera on Record p.201; CELLETTI p.936; Opera on CD (1) p.47 (2) p.53 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.40 p.106, mise à jour septembre 2000; MET p.573; MET(VID) p.359; PENGUIN p.487; GIUDICI p.881 (2) p.1431; Opéra International No.72 septembre 1994 p.112; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.8; International Opera Collector Winter 1998 No.10 p.32; Opéra Interational février 1999 No.232 p.68, No.266 mars 2002 p.18

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Dallas Civic Opera (6 December 1977 see OPERA March 1978 p.299). The cast listed above is that announced in OPERA July 1977 p.659.

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Manon by Jules Massenet performed in French

Conductor Reynald Giovaninetti - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Dallas Civic Opera

Chorus - Dallas Civic Opera

Manon - Jeanette Pilou

Poussette - Maria Spacagna

Javotte - Charlotte Ruello

Rosette - Gloria Lerner

Le Chevalier Des Grieux - Alfredo Kraus

Lescaut - David Holloway

Le Compte des Grieux - Giorgio Tozzi

Guillot de Morfontaine - Piero De Palma

De Brétigny - Frederick Burchinal

L'Hôtelier - John-Paul Bogart

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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 the Dallas Civic Opera (14 December 1977; see OPERA March 1978 p.299). The cast listed above is that announced in OPERA July 1977 p.659.

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1978(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Giovanni Foiani

Leonora di Vargas - Montserrat Caballé

Don Carlo - Piero Cappuccilli

Don Alvaro - José Carreras

Preziosilla - Maria Luisa (Bordin) Nave

Fra Melitone - Sesto Bruscantini

Curra - Mila Zanlari

Padre Guardiano - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Mastro Trabuco - Piero De Palma

Un Chirurgo - Carlo Meliciani

Un Alcalde - Giuseppe Morresi

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Black Disc - G.F.C. 013/15 {3LPS}; Historical Recording Enterprise HRE V 822-4 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - *Legato Classics LCD 141-3 {3CDS}; Myto 3 MCD 984.192 {3CDS} ; (1998)�; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 313-2 {2CDRS}

DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5410 replacing DVD 5055

VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society #623

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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:-

Fanfare - Vol.7 No.1 September/October 1983 p.276 [CGP]

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Orpheus - Februar 1983 S.187 (audio) [OT]; Dezember 1998 S.57 (audio - mention) [GH]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.190 p.178 (audio) [JC-1]

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American Record Guide - March/April 1999 Vol.62 No.2 p.244 [KM]

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Classical Express - Issue No.109 April 1999 p.3 (audio) [NL]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.116 diciembre 1998 p.32 (mention) [AV]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (March 1978; see OPERA October 1978 p.974). See also �Opera Fanatic's Catalogue� No.35 p.23. The DVD (5410) issued by Premiere is included in their list of new DVD releases dated 10 September 2005.

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1978(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Manon Lescaut - Sylvia Sass

Des Grieux - Plácido Domingo

Lescaut - Angelo Romero

Geronte - Renato Capecchi

Edmondo - Piero De Palma

Una voce sola - Rosmarie de Rice

L'oste - Giuseppe Morresi

Il maestro di ballo - Pier Francesco Poli

Un sergente degli arcieri - Giovanni Savoiardo

Lampionaio - Ernesto Gavazzi

Un comandante di Marina - Giovanni Foiani

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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. 5159 (2004)�

VHS Video Cassette - Lyric Distribution #1135 (NTSC)

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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:- Video recording of a performance at La Scala. Manon Lescaut was performed at La Scala with this cast on 14, 17, 20 May 1978. The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in �Premiere Opera New DVD Releases August 2004�

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Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1978(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Tristan - Spas Wenkoff

Isolde - Catarina Ligenzda

Brangaene - Ruza Baldani

Marke - Kurt Moll

Kurwenal - Siegmund Nimsgern

Melot - Giampaolo Corradi

Hirt - Piero De Palma

Steuerman - Giovanni Foiani

Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Walter Gullino

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Compact Disc; - Myto 3MCD 993.208 {3CDS} (1999)�

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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings)

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.23 No.4 March/April 2000 p.357 [WY]

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Classical Express - Issue No.118 January 2000 p.5 [MT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (April 1978; see OPERA July 1978 pp.714-715 )

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Lucrezia Borgia by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1978(STU)

Orchestra - National Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - London Opera Chorus

Lucrezia Borgia - Joan Sutherland

Gennaro - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Maffio Orsini - Marilyn Horne

Don Alfonso - Ingvar Wixell

Jacopo Liveretto - Graham Clark

Don Apostolo Gazella - Lieuwe Visser

Ascanio Petrucci - John Bröcheler

Oloferno Vitellozzo - Piero De Palma

Gubetta - Richard Van Allan

Rustighello - Graeme Ewer

Astolfo - Nicola Zaccaria

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Black Disc; - Decca D93D3 {3LPS} (1979)�

Compact Cassette; - Decca K93K32 (1979)�

Compact Disc; - *Decca(London) �Grand Opera Series� 421 497-2 {2CDS} (1990)�

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Recordings of Lucrezia Borgia by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.68; CELLETTI p.241; MET p.108; MET(VID) p.60; PENGUIN p.81; GIUDICI p.184 (2) p.297; Opéra International mars 1984 No.68 p.19; avril 1997 No.212 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1979 p.1611 [LS]; June 1979 p.128 [SIR]; July 1979 p.169 [JBS] ; March 1990 p. [AB]

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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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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Eugenio Mario Marco - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Liceo (Barcelona)

Chorus - Teatro Liceo (Barcelona)

Andrea Chénier - José Carreras

Carlo Gérard - Juan (Joan) Pons

Madeleine di Coigny - Montserrat Caballé

La mulatta Bersi - Rosa María Ysás

La Contessa di Coigny - Cecilia Fondevila

Madelon - Montserrat Aparici

Roucher - Orazio Mori

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Simone Alaimo

Fouquier Tinville - Eduardo Soto

Un Incredible - Piero De Palma

Pietro Fléville - Manuel Garrido

Dumas - Felix Vargas

Schmidt - Rafael Campos

Il maestro di casa - Juan B. Rocher

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Black Disc - Legendry Recordings LR 118-2 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00028

Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 241 (2003)�

DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5183

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) at the Teatro Liceo (December 1979). See OPERA April 1980 p.408; �Casta Diva� p.238; �El Gran Teatro dell Liceo� by Roger Alier i Aixalà and Francesc X. Mata p.413. Some of the information about the cast also comes from the Opera Discography Encyclopaedia (ODE) compiled by Carlo Marinelli (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000 and the CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated �03/12/22�

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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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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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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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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1980(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Falstaff - Giuseppe Taddei

Fenton - Francisco Araiza

Ford - Rolando Panerai

Dr. Cajus - Piero De Palma

Bardolfo - Heinz Zednik

Pistola - Federico Davià

Alice Ford - Raina Kabaivanska

Nannetta - Janet Perry

Meg Page - Trudeliese Schmidt

Mistress Quickly - Christa Ludwig

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Black Disc; - Philips 6769 060 {3LPS} (1981)�

Compact Cassette; - Philips 7654 060 (1981)�

Compact Disc; - Philips 412 263-2 {2CDS} (1984)�; DG 447 686-2 {2CDS}

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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 - February 1981 p.1121 [AB] ; December 1984 p. [AB]

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

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Comments:- This recording made in 1980 has the same cast as the video recording made in 1982 and the �live� recording of 1981.

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La sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1980(STU)

Orchestra - National Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - London Opera Chorus

Amina - Joan Sutherland

Elvino - Luciano Pavarotti

Rodolfo - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Lisa - Isobel Buchanan

Alessio - John Tomlinson

Notaro - Piero De Palma

Teresa - Della Jones

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Black Disc; - Decca D230D3 {3LPS} (1982)�;; London LDR 73004 {3LPS} (1982)�

Compact Cassette; - Decca K230K33 (1982)�

Compact Disc; - Decca 417 424-2 {2CDS} (1987)�

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Recordings of La sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.265; Opera on Record 2 p.115; CELLETTI p.72; Opera on CD (1) p.38 (2) p.44 (3) p.49; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.178 p.72; MET p.18; MET(VID) p.7; PENGUIN p.13; GIUDICI p.29 (2) p.47; Opéra International No.253 janvier 2001 p.10

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1982 p.1413 [AB] July 1982 pp.115-116 [JBS]; April 1987 p. [JBS]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.505-533 [BB]

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American Record Guide - December 1982 Vol.46 No.2 p.14 [RVL}

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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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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Falstaff - Giuseppe Taddei

Fenton - Francisco Araiza

Ford - Rolando Panerai

Dr. Cajus - Piero De Palma

Bardolfo - Heinz Zednik

Pistola - Federico Davià

Alice Ford - Raina Kabaivanska

Nannetta - Janet Perry

Meg Page - Trudeliese Schmidt

Mistress Quickly - Christa Ludwig

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Compact Disc; - Fachmann Fur Klassischer Musik FKM 5022/23 {2CDS} (2000)�

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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 at the Salzburg Festival (26 July 1981; see OPERA Festival Issue 1981 pp.47-49). 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?)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Miguel-Ángel Gomez-Martinis (Gómez Martínez) - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève

Cio Cio San - Elena Mauti Nunziata

Pinkerton - Franco Tagliavini

Sharpless - Thomas Allen

Suzuki - Wilma Borelli

Kate Pinkerton - Magali Schwartz

Goro - Piero De Palma

Il principe Yamadori - Yves Bisson

Lo zio Bonzo - Giovanni Foiani

Il commissario imperiale - Michel Bouvier

Yakusidè - François Castel

L'ufficiale del Registro - Hans Franzen

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Grand Théâtre de Genève (June 1981). A recording of this performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 10 January 1982. See Radio Times Issue dated 9-15 January 1982 p.36.

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1981(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Aida - Katia Ricciarelli

Radamès - Plácido Domingo

Amneris - Elena Obraztsova

Amonasro - Leo Nucci

Ramphis - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Il Re di Egitto - Ruggero Raimondi

Una Sacerdotessa - Lucia Valentini-Terrani

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - DG 2741 014 {3LPS} (1982)�

Compact Cassette; - *DG 3382 014 (1982)�;; DG 449 367-4

Compact Disc; - DG 410 092-2 {3CDS} (1983)�; DG 477 5605 {2CDS} (2005)�

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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 - December 1982 p.755 [AB] December 1983 p.810 [AB]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.2 p.168; Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.238-244 [CPCG]

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1981(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

La principessa Turandot - Katia Ricciarelli

Calaf - Plácido Domingo

Liù - Barbara Hendricks

Ping - Gottfried Hornik

Pang - Heinz Zednik

Pong - Francisco Araiza

Timur - Ruggero Raimondi

L'imperatore Altoum - Piero De Palma

Un mandarino - Siegmund Nimsgern

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Black Disc; - DG 2741 013 {3LPS} (1982)�

Compact Cassette; - *DG 3382 013 (1982)�;; DG 423 855-4

Compact Disc; - DG 410 096-2 {3CDS} (1984)�; DG 423 855-2 {2CDS}

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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 - September 1982 p.365 [EG] ; October 1982 pp.407-408 [JBS]; December 1982 p.775 [SIR]; June 1984 p.67 [EG]

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Fanfare - Vol.6 No.2 November/December 1982 p.198 [JM]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.1 p.134

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1982

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Falstaff - Giuseppe Taddei

Fenton - Francisco Araiza

Ford - Rolando Panerai

Dr. Cajus - Piero De Palma

Bardolfo - Heinz Zednik

Pistola - Federico Davià

Alice Ford - Raina Kabaivanska

Nannetta - Janet Perry

Meg Page - Trudeliese Schmidt

Mistress Quickly - Christa Ludwig

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Laser Disc - SONY S2LV-48422 (NTSC)

VHS Video Cassette - SONY SHV 8422 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 - September 1992 p.115

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Opera News - February 19 1994 p.41

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Opéra International - No.180 mai 1994 p.66

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Diapason - No.398 novembre 1993 p.92

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.156 p.124

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BBC Music Magazine - January 1994 p.51

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American Record Guide - Vol.57 No.3 May-June 1994 p.229

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Répertoire - No.61 septembre 1993 p.108

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1982/1984(STU)

Orchestra - National Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Welsh National Opera

Andrea Chénier - Luciano Pavarotti

Carlo Gérard - Leo Nucci

Madeleine di Coigny - Montserrat Caballé

La mulatta Bersi - Kathleen Kuhlmann

La Contessa di Coigny - Astrid Varnay

Madelon - Christa Ludwig

Roucher - Tom Krause

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Giorgio Tadeo

Fouquier Tinville - Neil Howlett

Un Incredible - Piero De Palma

Pietro Fléville - Hugues Cuénod

L'abate - Florindo Andreolli

Dumas - Ralph Hamer

Schmidt - Giuseppe Morresi

Il maestro di casa - Neil Howlett

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Black Disc; - Decca(London) 410 117-1 {3LPS} (1984)�

Compact Cassette; - Decca 410 117-4 (1984)�

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 410 117-2 {2CDS} (1985)�

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1984 [AB]; February 1985 p. [AB]; September 1989 [MEO]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.3 No.4 Winter 1985/86 pp.108-109 [RP]

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American Record Guide - March/April 1985 Vol.48 No.3 p.19 [DA]

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in Italian

Conductor Jacques Delacôte - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Carmen - Elena Obraztsova

Don José - José Carreras

Micaëla - Alida Ferrarini

Escamillo - Silvano Carroli

Frasquita - María (Asunción) Uriz

Mercédès - Cecilia Fondevila

Le Dancaïre - Vicente (Vicenç) Esteve

Le Remendado - Piero De Palma

Moralès - Santos Ariño

Zuninga - Enric Serra

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Compact Disc; - *House of Opera Carmen CD-Rom (2002)�; House of Opera CDBB 154 (2003)�

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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 Gran Teatro del Liceo (8 November 1983; see OPERA August 1984 pp.909-910). The cast and conductor listed above are those given in �El Gran Teatro del Liceo� by Roger Alier y Aixalà and Francesc X. Mata p.488.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Romano Gandolfi - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Floria Tosca - Carol Neblett

Mario Cavaradossi - Plácido Domingo

Il barone Scarpia - Silvano Carroli

Il Sagristano - Vicente (Vicenç) Esteve

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 486 (2003)�; House of Opera CDBB 487 (2003)�; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1428-2 {2CDRS} (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

Comments:- Recordings of performances in the Gran Teatro del Liceo. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated �03/12/22� where the dates of the performances recorded are given as 29 May 1983 (CDBB 486) and 27 May 1983 (CDBB 487). However, according to �El Gran Teatro del Liceo� by Roger Alier I Aixalà and Francesc X. Mata p.487 there were only performances on 23,26, 28 May 1983. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in �Premiere Opera New CD Releases July-August 2004�. Here the date of the performance recorded is given as �5/29/83�.

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La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Romano Gandolfi - 1984(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Minnie - Marilyn Zschau

Dick Johnson - Plácido Domingo

Jack Rance - Silvano Carroli

Nick - Piero De Palma

Ashby - Angelo Nosotti

Sonora - Enric Serra

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1316-2 {2CDRS} (2004)�

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Recordings of La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.106; Opera on Record 3 p.221; CELLETTIp.600; Opera on CD (1) p.109 (2) p.120 (3) p.135; MET p.438; MET(VID) p.245; PENGUIN p.301; The Absolute Sound Issue 69 Summer 1993 p.123; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.165 p.116; GIUDICI p.634 (2) p.1045

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (June 1984; see OPERA Novenber 1984 pp.1260-1261). The partial cast listed above is that given in �El Gran Teatro dell Liceo� by Roger Alier i Aixalà and Francesc X. Mata p.495. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in �New CD Releases - April/May 2004�.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1984(STU)

Orchestra - National Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Welsh National Opera

Floria Tosca - Kiri Te Kanawa

Mario Cavaradossi - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Il barone Scarpia - Leo Nucci

Il Sagristano - Spiro Malas

Cesare Angelotti - Malcolm King

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Paul Hudson

Un pastore - Ivo Martinez

Un carceriere - Nicholas Folwell

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Black Disc; - Decca(London) 414 597-1 {2LPS} (1986)�

Compact Cassette; - Decca(London) 414 597-4 (1986)�

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 414 597-2 {2CDS} (1986)�

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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 - September 1986 p.438 [EG]; November 1986 p.748 [EG]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 No.1 Spring 1987 pp.151-153 [RL]

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American Record Guide - May/June 1987 Vol.50 No.3 pp.48-49 [DA]

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Daniel Oren - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Aida - Makvala Filimonova Kasrashvili

Radamès - Giuseppe Giacomini

Amneris - Bruna Baglioni

Amonasro - Ingvar Wixell

Ramphis - Alfredo Zanazzo

Il Re di Egitto - Carlo Del Bosco

Una Sacerdotessa - Aida Meneghelli

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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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 in the Verona Arena (30 July 1985)

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Jeffrey Tate - 1986(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève

Falstaff - Ruggero Raimondi

Fenton - Robert Gambill

Ford - Alberto Rinaldi

Dr. Cajus - Piero De Palma

Bardolfo - Tulio Pane

Pistola - Giovanni Foiani

Alice Ford - Daniela Dessi

Nannetta - Barbara Bonney

Meg Page - Benedetta Pecchioli

Mistress Quickly - Carmen González

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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 213 {2CDRS} (Australia)