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Rodolfo - Gianni Poggi

Schaunard - Attilio Barbesi

Marcello - Paolo Silveri

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Margherita Carosio

Musetta - Alda Noni

Benoit - Eraldo Coda

Alcindoro - Fernando Corena

Parpignol - Mario Carlin

Sergente dei doganieri - Carlo Ulivi

Un doganiere - Giuseppe Meni

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Compact Disc; - Myto 1 MCD 906.34 (+Andrea Chénier - excerpts) {1CD} (1990)ª; Myto «Historical» H047 (+Andrea Chénier - excerpts) {1CD} (2000)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1949). It is not certain that all the singers listed above appear in these excerpts

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Figaro - Enzo Mascherini

Il Conte Almaviva - Giuseppe di Stefano

Rosina - Giulietta Simionato

Dr. Bartolo - Gerhard Pechner

Don Basilio - Cesare Siepi

Berta - Concha de los Santos

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Compact Disc - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 105; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 347/8 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57

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La favorite by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Alfonso - Enzo Mascherini

Leonora - Giulietta Simionato

Fernando - Giuseppe di Stefano

Baldassare - Cesare Siepi

Don Gasparo - Francisco Tortolero

Ines - Rosa Rodríguez

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 319 {2LPS} (1969)ª; Cetra LO 2/3 «Opera Live» {3LPS}; Raritas RAR 406

Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 816; Myto «Historical» 2CD994 H036 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 657-2 {2CDRS}

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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:-

Fanfare - Vol.23 No.5 May/June 2000 pp.152-153 [BR}

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Classical Express - May 2000 p.5 [MT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palacio de la Bellas Artes, Mexico City (12 July 1949). According to the «EJS Discography» (p.282) and to the Discography ofDi Stefano's recordings (The Record Collector Vol.39 No.3 p.278) the conductor was Renato Cellini. The «EJS Discography» also gives the year as 1950, but 1949 is also mentioned. The performance chronology and discography in «Simionato» by Jean-Jacques Hanine Roussel (p.261, p.301) gives the conductor as Picco and the year as 1949, and does not mention a performance of «La favorita» in Mexico Cityin 1950. An advertisment in GRAMOPHONE (December 1977 p.1082) gives the year as 1950 and the conductor as Cellini. The balance of evidence seems to be in favour of Cellini as the conductor and 1949 as the year. Hovever Bob Rose writing in Fanfare (Nay/Jume 2000 p,153) concluded that the conductor was most probably Picco

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Mignon by Ambroise Thomas performed in Italian

Conductor Guido Picco - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Mignon - Giulietta Simionato

Philine - Verdad Luz Guajardo

Wilhelm Meister - Giuseppe di Stefano

Lothario - Cesare Siepi

Laerte - Gilberto Cerda

Jarno - Ignacio Ruffino

Frédéric - Graciela Milera

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Black Disc - Historical Operatic Treasure ERR 112

Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 216-2 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Bongiovani «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 128-9 (Highlights + Rigoletto -; Highlights + other excerpts) (1992)ª; MYTO 2MCD 0005 {2CDS}; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 815 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Gebhardt JGCD 0005 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Arkadia «The Golden Age» GA 2018 {2CDS} (2000)ª

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Recordings of Mignon by Ambroise Thomas are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.128; CELLETTI p.810; MET p.562;

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - January 17 1998 p.38 [BZ]

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Orpheus - April 1997 S.57; November 1999 S.92 [IW]

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Opéra International - mars 1999 No.233 p.75 [SS]

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American Record Guide - November/December 1999 Vol.62 No.6 p.297 [MM]

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International Classical Record Collector - Spring 2000 No.20 pp.102-103 [JTH]

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International Record Review - February 2001 p.106 [PO'C]

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Classical Express - Issue No.84 March 1997 p.2

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.108 - maggio 1997 p.98: Anno XIV N.142 luglio- agosto 2000 p.98 [GL]: Anno XIV N.145 novembre 2000 pp.99-100 [MG]

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Musica (Milano) - N.121 novembre 2000 p.107 (mention) [PA]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 p.96 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City (28 June 1949). The GOP CDs are advertized in L'OPERA (MILANO) No.132 settembre 1999p.59 and the Gebhardt CDs are listed in GRAMOPHONE October 1999 p.162

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

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Carlo - Jussi Björling

Filippo II - Cesare Siepi

Rodrigo - Robert Merrill

Il Grande Inquisitore - Jerome Hines

Un Frate - Lubomir Vichegonov

Elisabetta di Valois - Delia Rigal

La principessa Eboli - Fedora Barbieri

Tebaldo - Anne Bollinger

Il Conte di Lerma - Paul Franke

Un Araldo Reale - Emery Darcy

Una voce dal cielo - Lucine Amara

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 121 {3LPS} (1972)ª; *Magnificent Editions ME 105/3 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 911 35 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Myto «Historical» 2CD 004 H052 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Celestial Audio CA 269 {3CDRS} (Australia) (2003)ª

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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:- A recording of a performance of a four-act version (11 November 1950). The Magnificent Editions LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE August 1979 p.363

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Faust - Jussi Björling

Méphistophélès - Cesare Siepi

Marguerite - Dorothy Kirsten

Valentin - Frank Guarrera

Siébel - Anne Bollinger

Marthe - Thelma Votipka

Wagner - Lawrence Davidson

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 110 {3LPS} (1972)ª

Compact Disc; - *Myto 2MCD 906 33 {2CDS} (1990)ª;; Myto 2MCD 922 58 {2CDS} (1992)ª; Myto «Historical» 003 H046 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Rodolphe 32702/3 {2CDS}; Naxos «Historical» 8.11083-85 {3CDS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - février 1995 No.166 p.60

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International Record Review - January 2001 p.112 [PO'C]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.86 diciembre 2005 pp.85-86 [MC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (23 December 1950)

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Giulio Cesare in Egitto by George Frideric Handel performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert Albert - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Giulio Cesare - Cesare Siepi

Cleopatra - Renata Tebaldi

Cornelia - Elena Nicolai

Sesto - Gino Sinimberghi

Tolomeo - Antonio Cassinelli

Achilla - Fernanda Piccini

Curio - Gerardo Gaudioso

Nireno - Gerardo Gaudioso

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 372 {2LPS} (1966)ª; Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 378 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0024 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Giulio Cesare in Egitto by George Frideric Handel are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.32; CELLETTI p.312; Opera on CD (1) p.8 (2) p.11 (3) p.12; L'Avant Scène Opéra Vol.97 p.98; MET p.176; MET(VID) p.98; PENGUIN p.133; GIUDICI p.286 (2) p.486; Opera News July 1996 p.32; American Record Guide January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.65-66; The Gramophone May 2005 p.36

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Grande, Pompeii (6 July 1950)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Schaunard - George Cehanovsky

Marcello - Giuseppe Valdengo

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Bidù Sayão

Musetta - Lois Hunt

Benoit - Lorenzo Alvary

Alcindoro - Lawrence Davidson

Parpignol - Paul Franke

Sergente dei doganieri - Carlo Tomanelli

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Black Disc - Off the Air Record Club OTA 1; Morgan MOR 5104 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 824 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Celestial Audio CA 290 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2003)ª; Opera Fenice FNO 001-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66312 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Bongiovanni HOC 033/34-2 (+Madama Butterfly - duet - Tebaldi - di Stefano) ; {2CDS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Nov.+Dez. 2005 S.55 [IW]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.86 diciembre 2005 pp.87-88 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (17 March 1951). The «filler» on the CDs issued by Bongiovanni is a recording of the duet in the 1st Act of Madama Butterfly taken from a broadcast performance of a concert on 15 October 1950 conducted by Gaetano Merola.

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1951(STU)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Faust - Eugene Conley

Méphistophélès - Cesare Siepi

Marguerite - Eleanor Steber

Valentin - Frank Guarrera

Siébel - Margaret Roggero

Marthe - Thelma Votipka

Wagner - Lawrence Davidson

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Black Disc; - Columbia SL 112 {3LPS} (USA) (1951)ª; Columbia «Odyssey» Y3 32103 (1973)ª; Philips ABL 3096-3098 {3LPS} (UK) (1956)ª; Philips A 01 165-167 L {3LPS} (Continental Europe)

Compact Disc; - Preiser Records 20015 {2CDS} (2002)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1956 p.428 [PHW]

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Opera - June 1956 p.376

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Opera News - December 30 1957 p.22 [KFR]

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Orpheus - Heft 1+2 Januar 2003 S.75 [IW]

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American Record Guide - September 1951 p.8 [PHR]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - June 1955 p.12

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Gramophone Record Review - June 1956 p.496

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Comments:- Recorded on 21, 23, 25 May 1951

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The Miserly Knight by Sergei Rachmaninoff performed in English

Conductor Thomas Scherman - 1951?(Scene 2;SE)

Orchestra - Little Orchestra

Baron - Cesare Siepi

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Black Disc - Columbia ML 4526 (+Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky) {1LP} (USA)

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Recordings of The Miserly Knight by Sergei Rachmaninoff are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.674; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

American Record Guide - June 1952 Vol.18 No.10 p.298 [CJL]

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

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Carlo - Richard Tucker

Filippo II - Cesare Siepi

Rodrigo - Robert Merrill

Il Grande Inquisitore - Jerome Hines

Un Frate - Luben Vichey

Elisabetta di Valois - Delia Rigal

La principessa Eboli - Fedora Barbieri

Tebaldo - Laura Castellano

Il Conte di Lerma - Paul Franke

Un Araldo Reale - Emery Darcy

Una voce dal cielo - Lucine Amara

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 673

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (20 December 1952). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Hilde Zadek

Don Ottavio - Jan Peerce

Donna Elvira - Delia Rigal

Leoporello - Erich Kunz

Il Commendatore - Dezsö Ernster

Masetto - Lorenzo Alvary

Zerlina - Patrice Munsel

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 397

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (6 December 1952). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Cesare Siepi

Susanna - Nadine Conner

Conte Almaviva - Giuseppe Valdengo

Contessa Almaviva - Victoria de los Ángeles

Cherubino - Mildred Miller

Marcellina - Jean Madeira

Bartolo - Salvatore Baccaloni

Basilio - Alessio De Paolis

Curzio - Gabor Carelli

Antonio - Lawrence Davidson

Barbarina - Roberta Peters

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Black Disc - Robin Hood Records RHR 514 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - AS-Disc 1108/9 {2CDS}; Arlecchino ARL A68-A70 {2CDS}; Bongiovanni GB 1181/2-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0013 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2004 S.67 [IW]

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Opéra International - No.293 septembre 2004 p.91 [AT]

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Classical Express - Issue No.83 February 1997 p.6

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ARSC Journal - Vol.28 No.2 Fall 1997 p.249 (mention) [PH]

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Opernwelt - Juli 7/1992 S.56

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVII N.178 dicembre 2003 p.114 [GL]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.69 abril 2004 pp.85-86 [JV]: No.71 junio 2004 p.84 [XC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (1 March 1952)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1952(LI;15/3/52)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Frank Guarrera

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Licia Albanese

Musetta - Hilde Güden

Benoit - Lorenzo Alvary

Alcindoro - Alessio De Paolis

Parpignol - Paul Franke

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Black Disc - Great Opera Performances G.F.C. 021-022 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 031 H072 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0019 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - No.298 février 2005 p.76 (mention)

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 March 1952; see «Signing-off for the Old Met» pp.56-57)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1952(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Rodolfo - Ferruccio Tagliavini

Schaunard - Pier Luigi Latinucci

Marcello - Giuseppe Taddei

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Rosanna Carteri

Musetta - Elvina Ramella(-Pralungo)

Benoit - Mario Zorgniotti

Alcindoro - Mario Zorgniotti

Parpignol - Armando Benzi

Sergente dei doganieri - Piero Poldi

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Black Disc - Cetra OLPC 1237 1-2 {2LPS}; D.G.G. 18107/08 LPM {2LPS} Cetra Soria 1237 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDO 30 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Warner Fonit 8573 87270-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Urania DS 037500 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Preiser Records 20039 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1961 p.600 [EG]

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Opera - June 1961 p.406; January 1996 p.20

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Opera Now - January/February 2002 pp.92-93 [ST]

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Fanfare - Vol.19 No.1 September/October 1995 p.280

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Orpheus - Mai 1995 S.61; 11+F November 2001 S.89 [GH]; Nov.+Dez. 2005 S.55 [IW]

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Opéra International - février 1998 No.221 p.56 [SS]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.153

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American Record Guide - December 1952 Vol.19 No.4 p.110 [MDS]

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Gramophone Record Review - March 1961 p. [JC]

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Opernwelt - Januar 1/1996 S.55

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International Record Review - November 2001 pp.85-86 [RP]

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Répertoire - No.80 mai 1995 p.79

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.154 luglio-agosto 2001 pp.114-115 (mention)

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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 12 July 1952.

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La sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Capuana - 1952(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Amina - Lina Pagliughi

Elvino - Ferruccio Tagliavini

Rodolfo - Cesare Siepi

Lisa - Wanda Ruggeri

Alessio - Pier Luigi Latinucci

Notaro - Armando Benzi

Teresa - Anna Maria Anelli

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Black Disc - Cetra LPC 1240; Cetra N 1240; Cetra Soria 1240 {3LPS}; Cetra CS 553-555 (France)

Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDO 16 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Warner Fonit 8573 87573-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Cantus Classics 500 324 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Preiser Records 20038 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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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 - August 1957 p.104; January 1958 p.305; July 1961 p.63 (mention)

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Opera - July 1957 p.449; December 1994 p.1390

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Opera Now - January/February 2002 pp.92-93 [ST]

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Fanfare - Vol.17 No.3 January-February 1994 p.129

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Orpheus - Dezember 2001 S.56-S.57 [GH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.505-533 [BB]

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Opéra International - décembre 1996 No.208 p.53

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American Record Guide - April 1953 Vol.19 No.8 p.251 [MDS]

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Gramophone Record Review - July 1957 p.709

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American Record Guide - Vol.57 No.3 May-June p.219

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

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Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.100

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Opernwelt - Januar 1/1996 p.55

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Elisabeth Grümmer

Don Ottavio - Anton Dermota

Donna Elvira - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Leoporello - Otto Edelmann

Il Commendatore - Raffaele Ariè

Masetto - Walter Berry

Zerlina - Erna Berger

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Black Disc - Fonit Cetra «Furtwängler Edition» FE 23 {4LPS}

Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.602 {3CDS}; Music & Arts MACD 1129 {3CDS} (2004)ª; Orfeo C 624 043D {3CDS} (2005)ª; Encore CD 102-3 {3CRS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - July 2005 pp.99-100 [JBS]

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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.5 May/June 2004 p.161-163 [HF]

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Orpheus - April 1996 S.59

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Opéra International - No 290 mai 2004 p.85 [AF]

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Diapason - No.513 avril 2004 p.119 [PK]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.169 p.125

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International Record Review - March 2005 p.81 [MT]

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American Record Guide - May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.236 [DRV]

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Classica Répertoire - No.61 avril 2004 p.117 [AT]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.72 juLio-agosto 2004 pp.84-85 [MCP]: No.79 abril 2005 p.81 [JM]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (27 July 1953). According to Henry Fogel in his review in FANFARE of the CDs issued by Music & Arts «Until now most reissues of a Siepi/Furtwängler Don Giovanni were of the 1954 performance, even if they were labeled 1953. CD editions on Fonit Cetra, Hunt, and the Bruno Walter Society, and LP editions on Foyer, Cetra Live Opera, and Morgan, were all labeled 1953 but were, in fact 1954.». 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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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)ª

Compact Disc; - foyer 3-CF-2005 {3CDS}; House of Opera #485 {3CDS} (2000)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0126 {3CDS} (2003)ª; Celestial Audio CA 233 {3CDRS} (Australia) (2004)ª; 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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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Gioconda - Zinka Milanov

Enzo - Kurt Baum

Barnaba - Leonard Warren

Laura - Fedora Barbieri

Alvise - Cesare Siepi

La Cieca - Jean Madeira

Zuàne - George Cehanovsky

Isèpo - Alessio De Paolis

Un Pilota - Algerd Brazis

Due cantori - Gabor Carelli

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 258

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (3 January 1953). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1953(LI;21/2/53)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Jan Peerce

Schaunard - George Cehanovsky

Marcello - Renato Capecchi

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Victoria de los Ángeles

Musetta - Brenda Lewis

Benoit - Lawrence Davidson

Alcindoro - Alessio De Paolis

Parpignol - Paul Franke

Sergente dei doganieri - Algerd Brazis

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1049

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (21 February 1953). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1954(FI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Elisabeth Grümmer

Don Ottavio - Anton Dermota

Donna Elvira - Lisa Della Casa

Leoporello - Otto Edelmann

Il Commendatore - Dezsö Ernster

Masetto - Walter Berry

Zerlina - Erna Berger

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Laser Disc - *King Video 436L-2503-4 (Japanese NTSC) DG POLG 9131/2 (Japanese NTSC); DG 072 440-1 (PAL)

DVD (Video) - DG POBG 1022 (Japan) (2000)ª; DG 073 019-9 (2001)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - Video Artists Intenational VAI 69063 (NTSC) (1991)ª; DG 072 440-3 (PAL) (1995)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1995 p.120 [AB]

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Opera - May 1995 p.612; January 2002 pp.115-121 [AB]

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Opera Now - May 1995 p.51

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Orpheus - Dezember 1995 S.62

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.8 No.3 Autumn 1991 pp.131-132 [BB]

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Opéra International - mai 1995 No.191 p.64; No.268 mai 2002 pp.66-67 [SS]

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Diapason - No.419 octobre 1995 p.82; No.493 juin 2002 p.123 [MP]

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BBC Music Magazine - February 1996 p.21

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ARSC Journal - Vol.33 No.2 Fall 2002 pp.296-297 [GAG]

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Répertoire - No.82 juillet/aoüt 1995 p.45: No.156 avril 2002 p.43 (DVD) [TP]

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

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.50 marzo-abril 2002 p.104 [JS]

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Comments:- A film of a production of the Salzburg Festival. See The Times Weekend March 11 1995 p.7. According to Anton Dermota «Furtwängler erkrankte noch vor den Dreharbeiten und wurde durch Rudolf Moralt ersetzt» (Tausendundein Abend mein Sängerleben S.247).

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Robert Merrill

Il Conte Almaviva - Cesare Valletti

Rosina - Roberta Peters

Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Don Basilio - Cesare Siepi

Berta - Jean Madeira

Fiorello - George Cehanovsky

Un Ufficiale - Alessio De Paolis

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 715; Bongiovanni HOC 0012 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - September+Oktober 2004 S.62 [IW]

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Diapason - No.515 juin 2004 p.120 [PK]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.185 luglio-agosto 2004 p.112 (mention) [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (6 March 1954). Il barbiere di Siviglia was performed with the same cast and conductor on 25 December 1954 and the Omega Opera Archive has also issued a recording of this performance (712) derived from «poor to fair private acetates». Both performances were broadcast. The recordings issued by the Omega Opera Archive are listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in English

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Boris - Cesare Siepi

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Giulio Gari

Marina - Blanche Thebom

Pimen - Norman Scott

Varlaam - Salvatore Baccaloni

Shuisky - Charles Kullman

Missail - Thomas Hayward

Rangoni - Clifford Harvuot

Fyodor - Mildred Miller

Xenia - Genevieve Warner

Hostess - Martha Lipton

Simpleton - Paul Franke

Tchelkalov - Arthur Budney

Nurse - Jean Madeira

Nikitich - Lawrence Davidson

Mityukha - Algerd Brazis

Lavitsky - Osie Hawkins

Cherniovsky - Lawrence Davidson

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 740

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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (27 February 1954). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Elisabeth Grümmer

Don Ottavio - Anton Dermota

Donna Elvira - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Leoporello - Otto Edelmann

Il Commendatore - Dezsö Ernster

Masetto - Walter Berry

Zerlina - Erna Berger

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Black Disc; - foyer FO 1017 {4LPS}; *EMI EX 290667-3 {3LPS} (1986)ª

Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 290667-5 (1986)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI «Références» CHS 7 63860-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; EMI TOCE 8515/7 {3CDS} (Japan); EMI «Historical» 336 799-2 {3CDS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1986 p. [AB]; July 1991 p. [AB]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at The Salzburg Festival (6 August 1954; see OPERA October 1954 p.611). The foyer LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670.

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Norma by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Norma - Zinka Milanov

Adalgisa - Blanche Thebom

Pollione - Gino Penno

Oroveso - Cesare Siepi

Clotilde - Maria Leone

Flavio - Paul Franke

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 005 {3LPS) (1980)ª

Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 352; Bensar OL 32754 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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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:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.164-166 [WA2]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (27 March 1954; see OPERA June 1954 pp.353-354; «Sign-Off For The Old Met» pp.154-155). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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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)ª; Decca «Ace of Clubs» ACL 203-205; Decca «Ace ofDiamonds» GOM 519-521;; London LLA 25 {3LPS} (1955)ª;; Richmond RS 63005 {3LPS} (USA) (1963)ª

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

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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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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Max Rudolf - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Margaret Harshaw

Don Ottavio - Cesare Valletti

Donna Elvira - Lucine Amara

Leoporello - Fernando Corena

Il Commendatore - Luben Vichey

Masetto - Lawrence Davidson

Zerlina - Roberta Peters

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1204; Bensar OL 21255 (BRO 125780) {3CDRS} (2005)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (12 February 1955). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». It is also stated «Excellent FM Aircheck. Missing 'Non mi dir'». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Pierre Monteux - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Faust - Jan Peerce

Méphistophélès - Cesare Siepi

Marguerite - Victoria de los Ángeles

Valentin - Robert Merrill

Siébel - Mildred Miller

Marthe - Thelma Votipka

Wagner - Lawrence Davidson

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 415 {3LPS} (1983)ª

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 347

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (19 February 1955). The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE December 1983 p.739 and the recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Cesare Siepi

Susanna - Nadine Conner

Conte Almaviva - Frank Guarrera

Contessa Almaviva - Eleanor Steber

Cherubino - Mildred Miller

Marcellina - Jean Madeira

Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Basilio - Alessio De Paolis

Curzio - Gabor Carelli

Antonio - Lorenzo Alvary

Barbarina - Vilma Georgiou

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 January 1955). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». Here the date of the performance recorded is given (incorrectly) as 16 January 1955.

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Josef Krips - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Suzanne Danco

Don Ottavio - Anton Dermota

Donna Elvira - Lisa Della Casa

Leoporello - Fernando Corena

Il Commendatore - Kurt Böhme

Masetto - Walter Berry

Zerlina - Hilde Güden

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5103-5106 {4LPS} (1955)ª; Decca SXL 2117-2120 {4LPS} (1959)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 604-606 {3LPS} (1971)ª; *Decca 411 626-1 {3LPS} (1989)ª; London XLLA 34 {4LPS} (1955)ª;; London OSA 1401 {4LPS} (1958)ª

Compact Cassette; - Decca 411 626-4 (1986)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 411 626-2 {3CDS} (1989)ª; Decca «Legends» 466 389-2 {3CDS} (2000)ª

Open Reel Tape - London LOV 90007 (4-track 7½ips) (1960)

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1955 p.189; January 1956 p.302; June 1959 p.23; March 1971 p.1514; September 1989 p. [JBS]

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Opera - December 1955 p.786; July 1959 p.464

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Fanfare - Vol.24 No.2 November/December 2000 p.317 [MHF]

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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1955 Vol.5 No.8 p.96 [JH]: December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.62 [DJ]: September 1960 Vol.10 No.9 p.99 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - November 1955 Vol.22 No.3 p.40 [CJL]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - October 1955 p.16

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Gramophone Record Review - November 1955 p.29: July 1959 p.649 [SH]

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

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The Record Collector - Vol.10 No.7 December 1955 pp.161-162 [STG]

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International Record Review - September 2000 p.119 [HC]

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BBC Music Magazine - October 2000 p.80 [CO]

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Comments:- According to «Erinnerungen» by Josef Krips (p.507) this recording was made between 6 and 21 June 1955

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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)ª; Decca SXL 2069-2072 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 597-599; London XLLA 37 {4LPS} (1956)ª; London OSA 1405 {4LPS} (1959)ª

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

Open Reel Tape; - London LOV 90009 (4-track 7½ips) (1961)ª

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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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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Kleiber - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Cesare Siepi

Susanna - Hilde Güden

Conte Almaviva - Alfred Poell

Contessa Almaviva - Lisa Della Casa

Cherubino - Suzanne Danco

Marcellina - Hilde Rössl-Majdan

Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Basilio - Murray Dickie

Curzio - Hugo Meyer-Welfing

Antonio - Harald Pröglhoff

Barbarina - Anny Felbermayer

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5088-5091 {4LPS} (1955)ª; Decca SXL 2087-2090 {4LPS} (1959)ª; Decca GOS 585-587 {3LPS}; *Decca 417-315-1 {3LPS} ;; Decca/Testament SXL 2087-8-9-00 {4LPS};; London XLLA 35 {4LPS} (1955)ª; London OSA 1402 {4LPS} (1958)ª

Compact Cassette; - Decca K79K 32 (1977)ª; Decca «Grand Opera Series» 417 315-4 (1990)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera Series» 417 315-2 {3CDS} (1990)ª; Decca «Legends» 466 369-2 {3CDS} (1999)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOV 90008 (4-track 7½ips) (1961)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1955 p.232; January 1956 p.302; February 1956 p.342 (mention); April 1956 p.410; March 1959 p.469; June 1970 p.86; December 1977 p.1146 [IM]; February 1990 p. [SS]

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Opera - December 1955 p.786; April 1959 p.254

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

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The Record Collector - Vol.10 No.7 December 1955 pp.162-163

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - October 1955 p.17

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Gramophone Record Review - November 1955 p.29: March 1959 p.371

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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1955 Vol.5 No.9 p.60 [JH]: December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.62 [DJ]: September 1961 Vol.11 No.9 p.124 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - February 1956 Vol.22 No.6 p.87 [PHR]: August 1961 Vol.27 No.12 p.970 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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

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Stereophile - June 1996 (Vol.19 No.6) p.244

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International Classical Record Collector - Winter 1999 No.19 p.93 [TP]

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The Absolute Sound - February/March 2001 Issue 128 p.175. p.176 [ASP]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.36 noviembre-diciembre 1999 p.93 [MC]

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

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Don Carlo - Angelo Loforese

Filippo II - Cesare Siepi

Rodrigo - Ettore Bastianini

Il Grande Inquisitore - Giulio Neri

Elisabetta di Valois - Anita Cerquetti

La principessa Eboli - Fedora Barbieri

Tebaldo - Liliana Poli

Il Conte di Lerma - Enzo Guagni

Un Araldo Reale - Alberto Lotti-Camici

Una voce dal cielo - Iselle Favati

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Black Disc - Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 78 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1494

Compact Disc; - Melodram IMS 370104; Myto 3MCD 993.210 (+Mazeppa - excerpts) {3CDS} (1999)ª

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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:-

Fanfare - Vol.23 No.6 July/August 2000 pp.283-285 [JM]

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Orpheus - June 1993 p.60

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Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.61

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Classical Express - Issue No.119 February 2000 p.4 [SJT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance of a 4-act version at the Maggio Musicale. See OPERA August 1956 pp.476-478

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Elisabeth Grümmer

Don Ottavio - Léopold Simoneau

Donna Elvira - Lisa Della Casa

Leoporello - Fernando Corena

Il Commendatore - Gottlob Frick

Masetto - Walter Berry

Zerlina - Rita Streich

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Black Disc; - Replica 2422-2425 {4LPS} (1980)ª; Replica RPL 42422 {4LPS}

Compact Disc; - Sony SM3K 64263 {2CDS} (1994)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1994 p.146 [AB]

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Opera - December 1994 p.1389: Festival Issue 1995 p.62

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Opera Now - November 1994 p.54

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Opera News - December 24 1994 p.32

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Fanfare - Vol.15 No.3 January/February 1982 p.139 [MHF]; Vol.18 No.3 January/ February 1995 p.210

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Orpheus - November 1994 S.64

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Opéra International - novembre 1994 No.185 p.64

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Diapason - No.410 décembre 1994 p.155

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Classic CD - January 1995 p.71

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BBC Music Magazine - February 1995 p.70

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Stereophile - March 1995 p.169

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Répertoire - No.73 octobre 1994 p.54

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American Record Guide - January/February 1995 Vol.58 No.1 p.252

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.182 novembre 1984 p.110

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (24 July 1956)

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Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Ernani - Mario Del Monaco

Elvira - Zinka Milanov

Carlo - Leonard Warren

Silva - Cesare Siepi

Riccardo - James McCracken

Iago - George Cehanovsky

Giovanna - Helen Vanni

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Black Disc - *Cetra LO «Opera Live» 12 {3LPS}; foyer FO 1019-1021 {3LPS} Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 6 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - foyer 2-CF 2006 {2CDS); Arkadia 352 470 {2CDS}; Living Stage LS 1031 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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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:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.147-148 [WA2]

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Répertoire - No.72 septembre 1994 p.74

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (29 December 1956). Silva's aria and cabaletta are separated from one another. See THE OPERA QUARTERLY Vol.20 No.2 Spring 2004 pp.186-187.

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov

Don Carlo - Richard Tucker

Don Alvaro - Leonard Warren

Preziosilla - Rosalind Elias

Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena

Curra - Thelma Votipka

Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi

Mastro Trabuco - Alessio De Paolis

Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky

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Black Disc - Movimento Musica 03.828 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 943.106 {2CDS} (1994)ª

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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.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.157-159 [WA2]

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Opéra International - novembre 1996 No.207 p.58

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (17 March 1956). A recording of «La forza del destino» is listed on the on-line catalogue of «The Opera Lovers» with the same date as this recording (17.03.56) with the conductor given as Mitropoulos. This seems to be an error as the «MET Annals» gives Stiedry. Mitropoulos never conducted «La forza del destino» at the MET.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Max Rudolf - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Cesare Siepi

Susanna - Nadine Conner

Conte Almaviva - Frank Guarrera

Contessa Almaviva - Victoria de los Ángeles

Cherubino - Mildred Miller

Marcellina - Sandra Warfield

Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Basilio - Alessio De Paolis

Curzio - Gabor Carelli

Antonio - Lawrence Davidson

Barbarina - Emilia Cundari

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 April 1956). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.101-102. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Figaro - Ettore Bastianini

Il Conte Almaviva - Alvino Misciano

Rosina - Giulietta Simionato

Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Don Basilio - Cesare Siepi

Berta - Rina Cavallari

Fiorello - Arturo La Porta

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5283-5285 {3LPS} (1957)ª;; Decca D38D3 {3LPS} (1977)ª; London XLLA 51 {3LPS} (1957)ª; London A 4327 {3LPS}; Richmond RS 63011 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Decca 443 536-2 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 883-2 {2CDS} (France) (1997)ª

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1957 p.340; September 1977 p.487 [AB]

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Opera - March 1957 p.180

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Orpheus - März 1995 S.62

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Opéra International - mars 1995 No.189 p.72

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Diapason - No.414 avril 1995 p.110

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American Record Guide - July 1957 Vol.7 No.7 p.160 [PLM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - August 1957 Vol.7 No.8 p.55 [CMS]

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Gramophone Record Review - February 1957 p.284

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Discofila (Madrid) - No.15 junio-agosto 1957 p.295 [AFC]

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Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.101: No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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Comments:- See article by Max de Schauensee in HIGH FIDELITY December 1956 Vol.6 No.12 p.56and p.142

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Karl Böhm - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Eleanor Steber

Don Ottavio - Jan Peerce

Donna Elvira - Lisa Della Casa

Leoporello - Fernando Corena

Il Commendatore - Giorgio Tozzi

Masetto - Theodor Uppman

Zerlina - Roberta Peters

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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 439 {3LPS}

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (14 December 1957). The performance of 31 October 1957 is reviewed in OPERA, January 1958 pp.28-31. The LPs issued by Melodram are advertized in GRAMOPHONE January 1985 p.856.

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Franco Calabrese

Leonora di Vargas - Leyla Gencer

Don Carlo - Aldo Protti

Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano

Preziosilla - Gabriella Carturan

Fra Melitone - Enrico Campi

Curra - Stefania Malagù

Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi

Mastro Trabuco - Franco Ricciardi

Un Chirurgo - Franco Piva

Un Alcalde - Alfredo Giacomotti

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Compact Disc; - Melodram MEL 37010 {3CDS}; Frequenz 043-015 {3CDS} Pantheon 6627-6629 {3CDS}; Phoenix PX 510.3 Myto 3MCD 001215 (+Anna Bolena - highlights){3CDS} (2000)ª; Living Stage LS 40351317 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera CDNO 789-3 {3CDRS} (2002)ª

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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.12 No.4 March/April 1989 p.320 [JM]; Vol.24 No.1 September/October 2000 p.300 [GJ]

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Orpheus - März 1997 S.59 (mention)

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American Record Guide - November/December 2000 Vol.63 No.6 p.311 [LM]

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Répertoire - No.85 novembre 1995 p.80

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Musica (Milano) - No.99 Anno 20 Agosto-Settembre 1996 p.144

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Classical Express - Issue No.121 p.4 [MT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Cologne during a tour by La Scala (5 July 1957)

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Gioconda - Zinka Milanov

Enzo - Gianni Poggi

Barnaba - Leonard Warren

Laura - Nell Rankin

Alvise - Cesare Siepi

La Cieca - Belen Amparan

Zuàne - George Cehanovsky

Un Cantore - Calvin Marsh

Isèpo - Alessio De Paolis

Un Pilota - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

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Compact Disc - Arkadia CDMP 477 {2CDS}

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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:-

Diapason - No.428 juillet-aoüt 1996 p.99

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Répertoire - No.74 novembre 1994 p.72

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (20-4-57)

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

La Gioconda - Anita Cerquetti

Enzo - Mario Del Monaco

Barnaba - Ettore Bastianini

Laura - Giulietta Simionato

Alvise - Cesare Siepi

La Cieca - Franca Sacchi

Zuàne - Giorgio Giorgetti

Isèpo - Athos Cesarini

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5400-5402 {3LPS} (1958)ª; Decca SXL 2225-2227 {3LPS} (1960)ª; *Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 609-611 {3LPS} (1972)ª; London A 4331 {3LPS} (1958)ª; London OSA 1302 {3LPS} (1958)ª; Richmond SRS 63518 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 433 770-2 {2CDS} (1993)ª; Lyrica LCD 1066-1067 {2CDS} (Italy); *La Grande Lyrica MCBCD 8005-8006 {2CDS} (1994)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOR 90004 (4-track 7½ips) (1961)ª

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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 - February 1958 p.369; April 1958 p.443; August 1960 p.122 March 1972 p.1589; September 1993 p.110 [AB]

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Opera - March 1958 p.186; October 1960 p.702

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Opera Now - August 1993 p.49

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Orpheus - October 1993 p.55

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Opéra International - No.171 juillet-aoüt 1993 p.78

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Diapason - June 1993 p.152

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1958 Vol.8 No.5 p.54 [DJ]: January 1959 Vol.9 No.1 p.56 [DJ]: April 1961 Vol.11 No.4 p.139 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - June 1958 Vol.24 No.10 p.432 [PLM]: June 1961 Vol.27 No.10 p.826 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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

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

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Carlo - Eugenio Fernandi

Filippo II - Cesare Siepi

Rodrigo - Ettore Bastianini

Il Grande Inquisitore - Marco Stefanoni

Un Frate - Nicola Zaccaria

Elisabetta di Valois - Sena Jurinac

La principessa Eboli - Giulietta Simionato

Tebaldo - Norbert Balatsch

Il Conte di Lerma - Carlo Schmidt

Un Araldo Reale - Norman Foster

Una voce dal cielo - Anneliese Rothenberger

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Black Disc; - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 72 {3LPS} (1979)ª; foyer FO 1029 {3LPS}; Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 119

Compact Disc; - DG 447 655-2 {2CDS} (1995)ª

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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 - September 1995 p.110 [JBS]

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Opera - Festival Issue 1995 p.66

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Opera Now - November 1995 p.64

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HiFi News & Record Review - December 1995 p.83

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Orpheus - Oktober 1995 p.55 p.61

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Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.62

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Diapason - No.419 octobre p.150

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.168 p.125

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Répertoire - No.84 octobre 1995 p.79

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.193 novembre 1995 p.108

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Opernwelt - 10/Oktober 1995 p.13

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Comments:- Recording of a performance of a 4-act version at the Salzburg Festival (26 July 1958). The performance on 13 August 1958 was reviewed in OPERA, October 1958 p.619. The foyer LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov

Don Carlo - Mario Sereni

Don Alvaro - Flaviano Labò

Preziosilla - Margaret Roggero

Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena

Curra - Thelma Votipka

Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi

Mastro Trabuco - Paul Franke

Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 906

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (25 January 1958). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Mefistofele - Cesare Siepi

Faust - Gianni Poggi

Margherita - Cesy Broggini

Elena - Anna Di Cavalieri

Martha - Rina Cavallari

Wagner - Franco Ricciardi

Pantalis - Fiorenza Cossotto

Nereo - Angelo Mercuriali

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Black Disc; - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 81 {3LPS} (1979)ª;; Melodram MEL 447

Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100 746 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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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:-

Orpheus - Juli+August 2004 S.68-S.69 [GH]

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Classica Répertoire - No.70 mars 2005 p.102 (mention) [AT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (22 March 1958)

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Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1958(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Ernani - Mario Del Monaco

Elvira - Costantina Araujo

Carlo - Mario Sereni

Silva - Cesare Siepi

Riccardo - Athos Cesarini

Iago - Enrico Bianchi

Giovanna - Renata Mattioli

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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 004 230 (+Otello - Roma - Serafin - highlights) {2CDS} (2000)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 138-2 {2CDRS} (2001)ª

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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:-

Opera News - March 2001 pp.75-76 [GJ]

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Orpheus - März 2001 S.60 [GH]

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American Record Guide - March/April 2001 Vol.64 No.2 p.240 [DA]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - febrero 2001 No.140 p.46, p.48 [AV]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.44 marzo-abril 2001 pp.91-92 [JV]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 25 December 1958; The year of this recording is given as 1957 in Premiere's catalogue.

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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)ª;; Decca SXL 2170-2171 {2LPS} (1959)ª; Decca D5D2 {2LPS} (1976)ª; *Decca 411 868-1 {2LPS} (1985)ª;; London A 4236 {2LPS} (1960)ª;; London OSA 1208 {2LPS} (1960)ª; London «Jubilee» JL 42002; Vivante London KIJC 9194/9195

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

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

Open Reel Tape; - London LOS 90014 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)ª

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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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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)ª; Decca SXL 2094-2096 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 591-593 {3LPS} (1970)ª; London A 4339 {3LPS} (1959)ª;; London OSA 1307 {3LPS} (1959)ª

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

Open Reel Tape - London LOR 90011 (4-track 7½ips)

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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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in English

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Boris - Cesare Siepi

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Giulio Gari

Marina - Nell Rankin

Pimen - Giorgio Tozzi

Varlaam - Lorenzo Alvary

Shuisky - Charles Kullman

Missail - Charles Anthony

Rangoni - Clifford Harvuot

Fyodor - Margaret Roggero

Xenia - Emilia Cundari

Hostess - Helen Vanni

Simpleton - Paul Franke

Tchelkalov - Calvin Marsh

Krushchov - Hal Roberts

Nurse - Mignon Dunn

Nikitich - Lawrence Davidson

Mityukha - Thomas Powell

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 772

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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (21 March 1959). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.203-204. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Jean Morel - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Faust - Jussi Björling

Méphistophélès - Cesare Siepi

Marguerite - Elisabeth Söderström

Valentin - Robert Merrill

Siébel - Mildred Miller

Marthe - Thelma Votipka

Wagner - Roald Reitan

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Black Disc - Robin Hood Records RHR 502 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - *Music & Arts CD-661 {2CDS}; Myto 2 MCD 906.33 {2CDS} (1990)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (19 Dec 1959)

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Gioconda - Zinka Milanov

Enzo - Richard Tucker

Barnaba - Robert Merrill

Laura - Nell Rankin

Alvise - Cesare Siepi

La Cieca - Belen Amparan

Zuàne - George Cehanovsky

Un Cantore - Calvin Marsh

Isèpo - Alessio De Paolis

Un Pilota - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (10 January 1959). According to the «MET Annals» there were two performers for the role of «Un Cantore» Calvin Marsh, as listed above, and Robert Nagy. Norman Scott is listed as singing «A Monk». The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1959(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Birgit Nilsson

Don Ottavio - Cesare Valletti

Donna Elvira - Leontyne Price

Leoporello - Fernando Corena

Il Commendatore - Arnold Van Mill

Masetto - Heinz Blankenburg

Zerlina - Eugenia Ratti

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Black Disc - RCA RE-25028-31 (UK); RCA SER-4528-31 (UK); Decca D10D4 {4LPS}; RCA LM 6410 {4LPS} (USA); RCA LSC 6410 {4LPS} (USA)

Compact Disc - Decca(London) 444 594-2

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1961 p.118; October 1961 p.199; December 1976 p.1046 [AB]

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Opera - August 1961 p.544

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Opera Now - September/October 1996 p.99

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Orpheus - August/September 1996 S.88

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Opéra International - octobre 1996 No.206 p.56

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Diapason - No.426 mai 1996 p.112

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American Record Guide - December 1960 Vol.27 No.4 p.296 [CJL]: September/October 1996 Vol.59 No.5 p.171

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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.76 [NB]

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Répertoire - No.91 mai 1996 p.53

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.88 mayo 1996 p.94

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Opernwelt - 1/Januar 1997 S.61

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.21 septiembre-noviembre 1996 p.64

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Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Nabucco - Cornell MacNeil

Ismaele - Eugenio Fernandi

Zaccaria - Cesare Siepi

Abigaille - Leonie Rysanek

Fenena - Rosalind Elias

Gran Sacerdote - Bonaldo Giaiotti

Abdallo - Paul Franke

Anna - Carlotta Ordassy

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 042 {3LPS} (1981)ª

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Februar 1983 S.187 (mention) [OT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (3 December 1960; see OPERA QUARTERLY Vol.19 No.2 Spring 2003 pp.239-240)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Cesare Siepi

Susanna - Elisabeth Söderström

Conte Almaviva - Kim Borg

Contessa Almaviva - Lisa Della Casa

Cherubino - Mildred Miller

Marcellina - Regina Resnik

Bartolo - Ezio Flagello

Basilio - Charles Kullman

Curzio - Gabor Carelli

Antonio - Lawrence Davidson

Barbarina - Mildred Allen

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 978

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (23 January 1960). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Eleanor Steber

Don Ottavio - Nicolai Gedda

Donna Elvira - Lisa Della Casa

Leoporello - Fernando Corena

Il Commendatore - William Wilderman

Masetto - Theodor Uppman

Zerlina - Laurel Hurley

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 338

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (14 January 1961). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor John Pritchard - 1961(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Lucia - Joan Sutherland

Edgardo - Renato Cioni

Enrico - Robert Merrill

Raimondo - Cesare Siepi

Arturo - Kenneth MacDonald

Alisa - Ana Raquel Satra

Normanno - Rinaldo Pelizzoni

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 212-214 {3LPS} (1961)ª;; Decca SET 212-214 {2LPS} (1961)ª; *Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 663-665 {3LPS} (1976)ª; London OSA 1327 {3LPS} (1961)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) «Grand Opera Series» 411 622-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 838-2 {2CDS} (France) (1997)ª; Double Decca 460 747-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Decca «Legends» 467 685-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOR 90036 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)ª

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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 - November 1961 p.265; January 1962 p.342; January 1976 p.1230 [AB]; July 1976 p.147 [JBS]; December 1989 p. [AB]; April 1999 p.36 [IM]

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Opera - February 1962 p.126; May 2001 pp.556-562 [AB]

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Orpheus - Mai 1999 S.58 [GH]

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American Record Guide - December 1961 Vol.28 No.4 p.292 [CJL]

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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1961 Vol.11 No.12 p.71 [CLO]: March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.103 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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International Record Review - May 2001 p.78 [JBK]

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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2001 pp.100-101 [JTH]

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

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Comments:- Recorded in July and August 1961

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1961(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Rigoletto - Cornell MacNeil

Gilda - Joan Sutherland

Duca di Mantova - Renato Cioni

Sparafucile - Cesare Siepi

Maddalena - Stefania Malagù

Giovanna - Anna Di Stasio

Monterone - Fernando Corena

Marullo - Giuseppe Morresi

Borsa - Angelo Mercuriali

Conte di Ceprano - Giulio Corti

Contessa di Ceprano - Luisa Valle

Un paggio - Maria Fiori

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 224-226 {3LPS} (1962)ª;; Decca SET 224-226 {3LPS} (1962)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 655-657 {3LPS} (1975)ª; Telefunken 6.48198; London A 4360 {3LPS} (1962)ª;; London OSA 1332 {3LPS} (1962)ª; London «Jubilee» LJ 42012 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Double Decca 443 853-2; Decca 444 362-2 (France) ; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 898-2 {2CDS} (France) (1997)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOG 90044 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)ª

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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 - June 1962 p.21; July 1962 p.42; September 1975 p.519 [AB]

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Opera - June 1962 p.414

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Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.58; Mai 1999 S.58 [GH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.2 p.136; Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.197-203 [TE]

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Opéra International - juillet/aoüt 1995 No.193 p.76

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Diapason - No.72 décembre 1962 p.25 [JG]

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High Fidelity Magazine - July 1962 Vol.12 No.7 p.53 [CLO]: October 1962 Vol.12 No.10 p.140 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - August 1962 Vol.28 No.12 p.950 [GLM]: November 1962 Vol.29 No.3 p.220 (open reel tape): July/August 1995 Vol.58 No.4 p.216

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

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Comments:- See «A Prima Donna's Progress» by Joan Sutherland pp.121-122

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Leyla Gencer

Don Ottavio - Richard Lewis

Donna Elvira - Sena Jurinac

Leoporello - Geraint Evans

Il Commendatore - David Ward

Masetto - Robert Savoie

Zerlina - Mirella Freni

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00931

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

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

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

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Aida - Leontyne Price

Radamès - Carlo Bergonzi

Amneris - Rita Gorr

Amonasro - Mario Sereni

Ramphis - Cesare Siepi

Il Re di Egitto - John Macurdy

Una Sacerdotessa - Janis Martin

Un Messaggero - Robert Nagy

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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 934.84 {2CDS} (1993)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 December 1963). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» by Paul Jackson pp.443-446

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Lorin Maazel - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Leontyne Price

Don Ottavio - Jan Peerce

Donna Elvira - Lucine Amara

Leoporello - Fernando Corena

Il Commendatore - Ernst Wiemann

Masetto - Theodor Uppman

Zerlina - Laurel Hurley

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 764

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (19 January 1963). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.467-470. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro

Chorus - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro

Mefistofele - Cesare Siepi

Faust - Flaviano Labò

Margherita - Magda Olivero

Elena - Rita Orlandi Malaspina

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1066; Premiere Opera Ltd CDNO 1862-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro (3 July 1964 see OPERA September 1964 pp.618-619). The cast also included Nino Crimi, Gloria Queiroz. See «Magda Olivero - Una Voce per Tre Generazioni» p.197. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The performance is attributed here incorrectly to Teatro Colón. The CDRS issued by Premiere are included in their «2005 FALL NEW RELEASES» (correctly attributed).

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Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in English

Conductor Silvio Varviso - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Tamino - George Shirley

Papageno - Theodor Uppman

Königin der Nacht - Roberta Peters

Sprecher - Walter Cassel

Pamina - Lucine Amara

Sarastro - Cesare Siepi

Monostatos - Paul Franke

Papagena - Lynn Blair

1er Geharnischter - Robert Nagy

2er Geharnischter - Justino Díaz

Erste Dame - Mary Ellen Pracht

Zweite Dame - Shirley Love

Dritte Dame - Gladys Kriese

Erster Knabe - Junetta Jones

Zweiter Knabe - Marcia Baldwin

Dritter Knabe - Joann Grillo

Erster Priester - Gabor Carelli

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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 12564-A (BRO 125730) {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.130: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.136-140; Opera on Record p.106; CELLETTI p.525; Opera on CD (1) p.22 (2) p.26 (3) p.28; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.101 p.138, No.196 p.148; MET p.332; MET(VID) p.186; PENGUIN p.257; BBC Music Magazine May 1994 p.47; Opéra International No.182 juillet-aoüt 1994 p.14; GIUDICI p.495 (2) p.828; Stereophile October 1996 (Vol.19 No.10) p.303; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.15; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.58-60; BBC Music Magazine April 2004 p.52; The Gramophone January 2006 p.28

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET given in an English translation by Ru. Martin and T. Martin (25 January 1964). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Ernani - Franco Corelli

Elvira - Leontyne Price

Carlo - Mario Sereni

Silva - Cesare Siepi

Riccardo - Charles Anthony

Iago - Russell Christopher

Giovanna - Carlotta Ordassy

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Black Disc - Great Opera performance G.O.P.10 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performance G.O.P. 702 {2CDS}; Memories HR 4370/4371; Myto 2MCD 993.209 {2CDS} (1999)ª

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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:-

Opera Now - July 1993 55

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (10 April 1965)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Leopold Hager - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Rodolfo - Carlo Cossutta

Schaunard - Hans Braun

Marcello - Rolando Panerai

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Gundula Janowitz

Musetta - Anneliese Rothenberger

Benoit - Peter Klein

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1092-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (28 March 1966). The role of Schaunard was sung either by Hans Braun (as listed above) or by Heinz Holecek. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Fall 2003 Premiere Opera Compact Disc Releases».

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Joseph Rosenstock - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Teresa Stich-Randall

Don Ottavio - Jan Peerce

Donna Elvira - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Leoporello - Geraint Evans

Il Commendatore - Nicola Ghiuselev

Masetto - Theodor Uppman

Zerlina - Rosalind Elias

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1196

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (29 January 1966). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Gioconda - Renata Tebaldi

Enzo - Franco Corelli

Barnaba - Cornell MacNeil

Laura - Biserka Cvejic

Alvise - Cesare Siepi

La Cieca - Mignon Dunn

Zuàne - Russell Christopher

Un Cantore - Paul De Paola

Isèpo - Robert Schmorr

Un Pilota - Nicola Barbusci

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Black Disc - Stradivarius STR 1023-5 {3LPS}

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (22 September 1966; see OPERA November 1966 p. 844)

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Karl Böhm - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Joan Sutherland

Don Ottavio - Nicolai Gedda

Donna Elvira - Pilar Lorengar

Leoporello - Ezio Flagello

Il Commendatore - Bonaldo Giaiotti

Masetto - Theodor Uppman

Zerlina - Laurel Hurley

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Compact Disc - Nuova Era 033 6708 {3CDS}; Bella Voce BLV 107 403

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Now - May/June 1997 p.97

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Orpheus - Februar 1997 S.58

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Luister - Januari 1989 nr.436 p.1-29 [PK]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (28 January 1967, the performance on 4 January 1967, with a slightly different cast, is reviewed in OPERA, March 1967 p.210)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German

Conductor Joseph Rosenstock - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Cesare Siepi

Susanna - Judith Raskin

Conte Almaviva - Tom Krause

Contessa Almaviva - Pilar Lorengar

Cherubino - Teresa Berganza

Marcellina - Nancy Williams

Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Basilio - Paul Franke

Curzio - Gabor Carelli

Antonio - Lorenzo Alvary

Barbarina - Loretta Di Franco

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1695

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (17 October 1967). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». It is also stated that the recording comes from a «VG in house tape».

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

Conductor Berislav Klobucar - 1967(LI:Jones - Hesse)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Carlo - Plácido Domingo

Filippo II - Cesare Siepi

Rodrigo - Kostas Paskalis

Il Grande Inquisitore - Hans Hotter

Un Frate - Tugomir Franc

Elisabetta di Valois - Gwyneth Jones

La principessa Eboli - Ruth Hesse

Tebaldo - Laurence Dutoit

Il Conte di Lerma - Heinz Zednik

Una voce dal cielo - Lotte Rysanek

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 629 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a four-act version at the Vienna State Opera (19 May 1967). This was Plácido Domingo's debut at the Vienna State Opera (see «My First Forty Years» p.52). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1967(LI;15/4/67)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Gioconda - Renata Tebaldi

Enzo - Barry Morell

Barnaba - Cornell MacNeil

Laura - Rosalind Elias

Alvise - Cesare Siepi

La Cieca - Ruza Baldani

Zuàne - Russell Christopher

Un Cantore - Paul De Paola

Isèpo - Robert Schmorr

Un Pilota - Nicola Barbusci

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1574

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 April 1967). According to the «MET Annals» there were two performers for the role of «Un Cantore» Paul De Paola, as listed above, and William Mellow. Louis Sgarro is listed as singing «A Monk». The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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

Conductor Silvio Varviso - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Carlo - Plácido Domingo

Filippo II - Cesare Siepi

Rodrigo - Mario Sereni

Il Grande Inquisitore - Ivo Vinco

Un Frate - Tugomir Franc

Elisabetta di Valois - Sena Jurinac

La principessa Eboli - Fiorenza Cossotto

Tebaldo - Hilde de Groote

Il Conte di Lerma - Heinz Zednik

Una voce dal cielo - Lotte Rysanek

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Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 850-2 {2CDS} ;; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 129-2 (& 167-2) {2CDRS} (2001)ª; House of Opera CDBB 641 (2003)ª

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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:-

Opera News - August 1994 p.34

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Orpheus - August-September 1994 (Heft 9) p.39

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Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.64

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American Record Guide - Vol.57 No.3 May-June p.208

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (17 June 1968). The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001». and those issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to HOO's website in December 2003 (12-22-2003).

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Ernst Märzendorfer - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Faust - Plácido Domingo

Méphistophélès - Cesare Siepi

Marguerite - Wilma Lipp

Valentin - Mario Sereni

Siébel - Hilde de Groote

Marthe - Elisabeth Höngen

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1751 {2CDRS}

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (made «in-house» - 26 June 1968). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1968??(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera?

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera?

Aida - Martina Arroyo

Radamès - Franco Corelli

Amneris - Grace Bumbry

Amonasro - Mario Sereni

Ramphis - Cesare Siepi

Il Re di Egitto - Paul Plishka

Un Messaggero - Rod MacWherter

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Compact Disc - On Stage OS 4708 {2CDS}

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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:-

Classical Express - Issue No.108 March 1999 p.6 [RB]

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Comments:- According to the notes issued with the CDs issued by On Stage this recording is of a performance at the Philadelphia Lyric Opera on February 20, 1968. According to the chronology in «Corelli - A Man, A Voice» by Marina Boagno (p.263) Corelli and Arroyo did sing in Aida in Philadelphia on this date, but the other roles were taken by M. Auseni, M. Dunn and B Giaiotti, and the performance was conducted by Guadagno. Aida was performed with the cast given at the MET on 31 May 1971. On this occasion the role not listed above, the Sacerdotessa, was sung by Carlotta Ordassy. What appears to be the same recording has been issued by Premiere Opera (CDNO 147-2)

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Silvio Varviso - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Faust - Nicolai Gedda

Méphistophélès - Cesare Siepi

Marguerite - Pilar Lorengar

Valentin - Robert Merrill

Siébel - Marcia Baldwin

Marthe - Shirley Love

Wagner - Russell Christopher

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1392

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (18 January 1969). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Richard Tucker

Schaunard - Gene Boucher

Marcello - William Walker

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Clarice Carson

Benoit - Paul Plishka

Alcindoro - Fernando Corena

Parpignol - Lou Marcella

Sergente dei doganieri - Peter Sliker

Un doganiere - John Trehy

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1122 (& 1290)

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (24 January 1970). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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

Conductor Kurt Adler - 1970(LI;21/3/70)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Carlo - Sándor Kónya

Filippo II - Cesare Siepi

Rodrigo - Mario Sereni

Il Grande Inquisitore - John Macurdy

Un Frate - Edmond Karlsrud

Elisabetta di Valois - Marion Lippert

La principessa Eboli - Fiorenza Cossotto

Tebaldo - Judith Forst

Il Conte di Lerma - Leo Goeke

Un Araldo Reale - Rod MacWherter

Una voce dal cielo - Margaret Kalil

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1775

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (21 March 1970). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The recording is stated to originate from an «Excellent in-house tape».

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Norma by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1970(LI;4/4/70)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Norma - Joan Sutherland

Adalgisa - Marilyn Horne

Pollione - Carlo Bergonzi

Oroveso - Cesare Siepi

Clotilde - Carlotta Ordassy

Flavio - Rod MacWherter

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Compact Disc; - *Frequenz 043-020; foyer 2-CF 2025; Nuova Era 2409/11 Memories HR 4216/7 {2CDS}; Mitridate «Ponto» PO 1008 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Celestial Audio CA 020 {2CDRS} (Australia)

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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:-

Orpheus - November 2002 S.92 [GH]

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Diapason - No.506 septembre 2003 p.87 [MP]

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

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.64 octubre 2003 p.81 [TF]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (4 April 1970). See OPERA June 1970 p.519

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

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Carlo - Plácido Domingo

Filippo II - Cesare Siepi

Rodrigo - Robert Merrill

Il Grande Inquisitore - John Macurdy

Un Frate - James Morris

Elisabetta di Valois - Raina Kabaivanska

La principessa Eboli - Grace Bumbry

Tebaldo - Judith Forst

Il Conte di Lerma - Leo Goeke

Un Araldo Reale - Rod MacWherter

Una voce dal cielo - Jeannine Altmeyer

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers DON 197102 (3CDRS}

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

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

Comments:- The recording on the CDRs issued by The Opera Lovers is probably of a performance at the MET on 11 (or 8) October 1971. The CDRs are listed in their online catalogue where the date of the performance recorded is given as «11.11.71», but Don Carlo was not performed at the MET on that day. As none of the performances of Don Carlo at the MET in 1971 was broadcast the recording was probably made «in-house»,

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Charles Vanderzand - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Amfortas - Robert Kerns

Titurel - Tugomir Franc

Gurnemanz - Cesare Siepi

Parsifal - René Kollo

Klingsor - Alois Pernerstorfer

Kundry - Grace Hoffman

Knappe 1 - Liselotte Maikl

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1450-4 {4CDRS} (2004)ª

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

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (30 January 1971; see OPERA May 1971 pp.430-431). Some information about the cast and conductor was obtained from «Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1945-1995». The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases July-August 2004».

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Leopold Ludwig - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Amfortas - Thomas Stewart

Titurel - John Macurdy

Gurnemanz - Cesare Siepi

Parsifal - Sándor Kónya

Klingsor - Morley Meredith

Kundry - Irene Dalis

Alto Stimme - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David

Knappe 1 - Loretta Di Franco

Knappe 2 - Ivanka Myhal

Knappe 3 - Leo Goeke

Knappe 4 - Robert Schmorr

Blumenmädchen 1 - Nedda Casei

Blumenmädchen 2 - Loretta Di Franco

Blumenmädchen 3 - Shirley Love

Blumenmädchen 4 - Jacqueline Pierce

Blumenmädchen 5 - Gail Robinson

Blumenmädchen 6 - Frederica Von Stade

Ritter 1 - Raymond Gibbs

Ritter 2 - Rod MacWherter

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1256

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

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (3 April 1971). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Michelangelo Veltri - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Edmond Karlsrud

Leonora di Vargas - Leontyne Price

Don Carlo - Kostas Paskalis

Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi

Preziosilla - Nedda Casei

Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena

Curra - Carlotta Ordassy

Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi

Mastro Trabuco - Robert Schmorr

Un Chirurgo - Gene Boucher

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Compact Disc - Bensar OL 21272 (BRO 123811) {2CDRS}

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (12 February 1972). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Nello Santi - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Arena «Sferisterio» di Macerata

Chorus - Arena «Sferisterio» di Macerata

Mefistofele - Cesare Siepi

Faust - Giorgio Merighi

Margherita - Magda Olivero

Elena - Linda Vajna

Martha - Luciana Palombi

Wagner - Athos Cesarini

Pantalis - Ann Sorace

Nereo - Mario Ferrara

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 229 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 8782 {2CDRS}

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Macerata «Sferisterio» (8 July 1972; see OPERANovember 1972 p.984)

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Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - London Symphony Orchestra Chorus - Finchley Children's Music Group

Mefistofele - Cesare Siepi

Faust - José Carreras

Margherita - Carol Neblett

Elena - Carol Neblett

Martha - Enid Hartle

Wagner - Neil Page

Pantalis - Enid Hartle

Nereo - Neil Page

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1669

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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

Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Royal Festival Hall, London (25 May 1972; see OPERA August 1972 pp.760-761). Neil Page and Enid Hartle are listed as cast members in the advertisment in OPERA May 1972, but I have been unable to confirm that they did in fact sing. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The date of the performance recorded is given incorrectly as «May 2.1972».

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

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1972(LI;22/4/72)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Carlo - Franco Corelli

Filippo II - Cesare Siepi

Rodrigo - Sherrill Milnes

Il Grande Inquisitore - John Macurdy

Un Frate - Paul Plishka

Elisabetta di Valois - Montserrat Caballé

La principessa Eboli - Grace Bumbry

Tebaldo - Frederica Von Stade

Il Conte di Lerma - Leo Goeke

Un Araldo Reale - Rod MacWherter

Una voce dal cielo - Lucine Amara

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Compact Disc; - foyer 2-CF 2092 {2CDS}; Arkadia HP 618.3; Myto 2 MCD 022 261 {2CDS} (2002)ª; The Opera Lovers DON 197201 {3CDRS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - June 1993 p.61; November 1995 p.38

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Opéra International - mars 1993 p.70; No.292 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.82 [JC]

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Diapason - No.510 janvier 2004 p.110 [PK]

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Classics - January 1993 p.67

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Répertoire - No.85 novembre 1995 p.80

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - octubre 2002 No.158 pp.46-47 [AV]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.55 noviembre 2002 pp.86-87 [JR]

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Classica Répertoire - No.60 mars 2004 p.118 (mention) [AT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (22 April 1972). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Colin Davis - 1973(LI;1/12)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi

Donna Anna - Margaret Price

Don Ottavio - Ryland Davies

Donna Elvira - Kiri Te Kanawa

Leoporello - Richard Van Allan

Il Commendatore - Joseph Rouleau

Masetto - Robert Lloyd

Zerlina - Teresa Cahill

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1920-3 {3CDRS} (2005)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1 December 1973). The performance on 28 November 1973 is reviewed in OPERA January 1974 pp.84-85. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases on CD, Fall 2005» Dated Nov.16 2005. This performance does not appear to have been broadcast, so the recording was, presumably, made «in-house».

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Khovanshchina by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Italian

Conductor Bogo Leskovich - 1973(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Ivan Khovansky - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Andrey Khovansky - Veriano Luchetti

Vasily Golitsyn - Ludovic Spiess

Shaklovity - Siegmund Nimsgern

Dosifey - Cesare Siepi

Marfa - Fiorenza Cossotto

Susanna - Elena Souliotis

Scribe - Franz Handlos

Emma - Mietta Sighele

Kuzka - Angelo Marchiandi

Streshniev - Claudio Strudthoff

Pastor - Giovanni Sciarpeletti

Varsonofiev - Ubaldo Carosi

Strelets I - Teodoro Rovetta

Strelets II - Carlo Del Bosco

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 367-4

Compact Disc; - Bella Voce BLV 107 402 (+short excerpt cond. Rodzinsky) {2CDS} (1996)ª

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Recordings of Khovanshchina by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.544; Opera on CD (2) p.99 (3) p.111; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.57-58 p.166; MET(VID) p.196; PENGUIN p.267; Opera on Video p.153; GIUDICI p.530 (2) p.870; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - juillet/aoüt 1996 No.204 p.63

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Diapason - No.429 septembre 1996 p.129

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American Record Guide - September/October 1996 Vol.59 No.1 p.167

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Répertoire - No.91 mai 1996 p.85

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Comments:- Recording of Shostakovich's version sung in Italian (broadcast 1 November 1973)

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Manfred Jungwirth

Leonora di Vargas - Gilda Cruz-Romo

Don Carlo - Kostas Paskalis

Don Alvaro - Franco Bonisolli

Preziosilla - Joy Davidson

Fra Melitone - Sesto Bruscantini

Curra - Axelle Gall

Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi

Mastro Trabuco - Kurt Equiluz

Un Chirurgo - Georg Tichy

Un Alcalde - Harald Pröglhoff

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01924

Compact Disc; - Myto 3 MCD 043 294 (Lucia di Lammermoor excerpts - Gruberova - Bonisolli) {3CDS} (2004)ª

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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 publication:-

American Record Guide - May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.242-243 [MM]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (29 September 1974). This was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 27 October 1974 (see Radio Times Issue dated 26 October - 1 November 1974 p.38).

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

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia

Chorus - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia

Mosè - Cesare Siepi

Elisero - Gastone Limarilli

Faraone - Silvano Carroli

Aménofi - Veriano Luchetti

Aufide - Oslavio Di Credico

Osiride - Antonio Zerbini

Maria - Lina Gastaldi

Anaìde - Celestina Casapietra (Kegel)

Sinaìde - Biancamaria Casoni

Una voce misteriosa - Alessandro Maddalena

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Compact Disc; - Mondo Musica MFOH 10606 {2CDS} (1999)ª

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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:-

Opéra International - No.245 avril 2000 pp.72-74 [SS]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.36 noviembre-diciembre 1999 p.94 [MC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Fenice (January 1974; see OPERA April 1974 pp.331-332 )

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

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Carlo - Jon Vickers

Filippo II - Cesare Siepi

Rodrigo - Franco Bordoni

Il Grande Inquisitore - Otto Wiener

Un Frate - Alfred Sramek

Elisabetta di Valois - Gwyneth Jones

La principessa Eboli - Eva Randová

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1227-3 {3CDRS} (2004)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (19 September 1975). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Compact Disc Releases Winter 2004».

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La favorite by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Margherita di Genova

Chorus - Teatro Margherita di Genova

Alfonso - Renato Bruson

Leonora - Viorica Cortez

Fernando - Alfredo Kraus

Baldassare - Cesare Siepi

Don Gasparo - Giampaolo Corradi

Ines - Wilma Colla

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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 983.190 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Dynamic DYNCDS 480 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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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:-

Orpheus - April 1999 S.60 [DN]; September+Oktober 2005 S.58 [IW]

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Opéra International - octobre 2000 No.250 p.68 [SS]

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Diapason - No.528 septembre 2005 p.101 [MP]

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Classical Express - Issue 102 September 1998 p.5 [JTH]

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International Classical Record Collector - Winter edition No.15 1998 p.100 [JTH]

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

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.30 noviembre-diciembre 1998 p.75 [MC]: No.83 septiembre 2005 p.86 [LB]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Genova (April 1976; see OPERA, August 1976 pp.759-760)

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La favorite by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Carl Suppa - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Opera Company of Philadelphia

Chorus - Opera Company of Philadelphia

Alfonso - Vincenzo Sardinero

Leonora - Katherine Ciesinski

Fernando - Umberto Grilli

Baldassare - Cesare Siepi

Don Gasparo - Philip Salter

Ines - Virginia Piquette

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01343

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (12 March 1976). The cast listed above is as given in Frank Hamilton's «Partial Performance Chronology 1975-2000» http://frankhamilton.org/ph The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.

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L' Amore dei tre re by Italo Montemezzi performed in Italian

Conductor Nello Santi - 1976(STU)

Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Fiora - Anna Moffo

Avito - Plácido Domingo

Manfredo - Pablo Elvira

Archibaldo - Cesare Siepi

Flamino - Ryland Davies

Un'ancella - Alison MacGregor

Una giovanetta - Elaine Tomkinson

Un giovane - Alan Byers

Una vecchia - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Offstage Voice - Michael Sanderson

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Black Disc - *RCA ARL2-1945 {2LPS} (USA); RCA «Red Seal» RL 01945 {2LPS} (UK)

Compact Disc; - BMG RCA 74321 50166-2 {2CDS} (1998)ª

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Recordings of L' Amore dei tre re by Italo Montemezzi are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.427; MET p.256; GIUDICI p.387 (2) p.671

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1977 p.692 [AB]; January 1978 p.1233 [JBS]; May 1998 p.86 [MEO]

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Opera News - December 1998 p.91 [LAJ]

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Fanfare - September 1976 Vol.1 No.1 p.36 [RN]

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Orpheus - August/September 1998 S.87 [IW]

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Opéra International - mai 1998 No.224 p.58 [SS]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.187 p.139 [ES]

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American Record Guide - January/February 1999 Vol.62 No.1 p.149 [LM]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.106 enero 1998 p.62 [PL]

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Répertoire - No.111 mars 1998 p.48 [LC]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XII - N.117 - marzo 1998 p.90 [EG}

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Das Opernglas - Februar 1998 S.72 [JMW]

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Marin Faliero by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Elio Boncompagni - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Marin Faliero - Cesare Siepi

Israele Bertucci - Licinio Montefusco

Fernando - Giuliano Ciannella

Steno - Ezra Mikalopoulos

Elena - Marisa Galvany

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 426-S {3LPS} (1984)ª

Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution (Legato) ALD 1019

Compact Disc - On Stage OS 4717-2 {2CDS}

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

CELLETTI p.245; Opéra International juin 1997 No.214 p.20

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Oktober 2000 S.57 [GH]

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Opéra International - juillet-aoüt 1984 No.72 pp.60-61 [SS]; novembre 2000 No.251 pp.62-63 [SS]

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International Classical Record Collector - Autumn 2000 No.22 pp.101-103 [JTH]

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Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.41 septiembre-octubre 2000 p.90 [MC]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - octubre 2000 No.136 p.56 [AV]

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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance. The HRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE June 1984 p.91

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Norma by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Edward Downes - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Norma - Shirley Verrett

Adalgisa - Josephine Veasey

Pollione - Charles Craig

Oroveso - Cesare Siepi

Clotilde - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Flavio - Dennis O'Neill

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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 529-2 {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 in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (November 1979 pp.100-102. It appears that none of the performances of Norma in this «run» was broadcast so, presumably, this recording was made «in-house».

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - Macerata Opera Festival

Chorus - Macerata Opera Festival

Figaro - Leo Nucci

Il Conte Almaviva - Ernesto Palacio

Rosina - Marilyn Horne

Dr. Bartolo - Enzo Dara

Don Basilio - Cesare Siepi

Berta - Scilly Fortunato

Fiorello - Giuseppe Morresi

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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVDBB 2036; Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5554 (2005)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Lyric Distribution Incorporated #1159 (NTSC) Lyric Distribution Incorporated #1403 (NTSC)

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57

Comments:- Video recording of a performance at Macerata (11 August 1980). The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in «New Releases on DVD, Fall 2005» Dated Nov.16 2005.

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Simon Boccanegra - Renato Bruson

Jacopo Fiesco - Cesare Siepi

Amelia Grimaldi - Margaret Price

Gabriele Adorno - Giorgio Lamberti

Paolo Albiani - Angelo Romero

Pietro - Leonardo Monreale

Un'ancella - Luciana Palombi

Un capitano dei balestrieri - Florindo Andreolli

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Black Disc - Historic Recording Enterprises HRE V820-3 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers SIM 198001 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the San Francisco Opera (See OPERA December 1980 p.1191)

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nello Santi - 1980(LI;Chiara)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Aida - Maria Chiara

Radamès - Giuseppe Giacomini

Amneris - Fiorenza Cossotto

Amonasro - Garbis Boyagian

Ramphis - Cesare Siepi

Il Re di Egitto - Gianfranco Casarini

Una Sacerdotessa - Maria Gabriella Onesti

Un Messaggero - Gianfranco Manganotti

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VHS Video Cassette - Lyric Distribution #1195 (NTSC)

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

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

Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Arena di Verona (see OPERA Festival Issue 1980 pp.108-109). Aida was performed with this cast on 27, 30 July and 3, 9 August 1980. The date given in mr. tape's catalogue is 30 July 1980. It is not known if the video recording is of the same performance.

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nello Santi - 1980(LI;Dimitrova)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Aida - Ghena Dimitrova

Radamès - Nicola Martinucci

Amneris - Bruna Baglioni

Amonasro - Garbis Boyagian

Ramphis - Cesare Siepi

Il Re di Egitto - Gianfranco Casarini

Una Sacerdotessa - Maria Gabriella Onesti

Un Messaggero - Gianfranco Manganotti

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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 (1 August 1980). The cast listed above is that given in the programme book for the 1988 festival p.92.

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La Juive by Fromental Halévy performed in French

Conductor Gerd Albrecht - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Symphoniker

Chorus - Chorus

Eléazar - José Carreras

Rachel - Ilona Tokody

Léopold - Chris Merritt

La Princesse Eudoxie - Sonia Ghazarian

Cardinal de Brogni - Cesare Siepi

Ruggiero - Hans Helm

Albert - Alfred Sramek

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 362-3 {3LPS} (1982)ª

Compact Cassette - *Legato ALD 1140

Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 224-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1175-2 {2CDRS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of La Juive by Fromental Halévy are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.305; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.100 p.112; PENGUIN p.120; GIUDICI p.282 (2) p.474; The Opera Quarterly Vol,29 No.3 Summer 2003 pp.565-575

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July/August 1982 p.130 [CGP]

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Opéra International - décembre 1983 No.65 p.58 [SS]; décembre 1999 No.241 p.63 [SS]

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Classical Express - Issue 91 October 1997 p.4 [RB]

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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in Vienna (23 January 1981; see ORPHEUS März 1981 S.217). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Compact Disc Releases Winter 2004».

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Anna Bolena by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Armando Gatto - 1982(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Anna Bolena - Montserrat Caballé

Enrico - Cesare Siepi

Giovanna - Alicia Nafé

Percy - Luis Lima

Rochefort - Enric Serra

Smeton - Jane Berbié

Hervey - José (Josep) Ruiz

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers ANN 198201 {3CDRS} ;; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {3CDS} ;; Celestial Audio CA 425 {3CDRS} (Australia) (2005)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1876-3 {3CDRS} (2005)ª

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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:- This appears to be a recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo on either 2 or 5 January 1982. 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.473. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca. Here the date of the performance is given as «06.01.82» and the conductor is given as «M. Marco». live-rare-opera and Celestial Audio give Eugenio Marco. The CDRS issued by Premiere are included in their «2005 FALL NEW RELEASES». Here no conductor is listed.

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La favorite by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Fabio (Fabiano) Monica - 1982(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra Sinfonica dell Emilia Romagna «Arturo Toscanini»

Chorus - Teatro Regio di Parma

Alfonso - Vincenzo Sardinero

Leonora - Stefania Toczyska

Fernando - Alfredo Kraus

Baldassare - Cesare Siepi

Don Gasparo - Bruno Bulgarelli

Ines - Lucetta Bizzi

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 401-3 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 9303 {3CDRS} (2003)ª

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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 publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.7 No.1 September/October 1983 p.178 [CGP]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Parma (See OPERA October 1982 p.1076)

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Angelo Campori - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra Sinfonica dell' Emilia-Romagna «Arturo Toscanini»

Chorus - Teatro Regio di Parma

Figaro - Piero Cappuccilli

Il Conte Almaviva - Ernesto Palacio

Rosina - Jolanta Omilian

Dr. Bartolo - Domenico Trimarchi

Don Basilio - Cesare Siepi

Berta - Caterina Secchi

Fiorello - Romano Franceschetto

Un Ufficiale - Eugenio Prando

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1242-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Teatro Regio di Parma (8 April 1983). The cast listed above is that given in the website of the «Teatro Regio di Città di Parma» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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

Conductor Michelangelo Veltri - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana

Chorus - Arena Sferisterio Macerata

Don Carlo - Giuseppe Giacomini

Filippo II - Cesare Siepi

Rodrigo - Giorgio Zancanaro

Il Grande Inquisitore - Carlo Cava

Un Frate - Graziano Monacchesi

Elisabetta di Valois - Montserrat Caballé

La principessa Eboli - Grace Bumbry

Tebaldo - Katia Lucarini

Il Conte di Lerma - Giandomenico Bisi

Un Araldo Reale - Fernandino Jacopucci

Una voce dal cielo - Giovanna di Rocco

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDWW 1021 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; House of Opera CDBB 638 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1201-3 {3CDRS} (2004)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Arena Sferisterio di Macerata (30 July 1983; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL novembre 1983 No.64 pp.32-33; ORPHEUS September-Oktober 1983 p.841. The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1984(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Figaro - J Patrick Raftery

Il Conte Almaviva - Francisco Araiza

Rosina - Kathleen Kuhlmann

Dr. Bartolo - Sesto Bruscantini

Don Basilio - Cesare Siepi

Berta - Elizabeth Carron

Fiorello - Brian Montgomery

Un Ufficiale - Florindo Andreolli

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers BAR 198401 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (27 November 1984). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Angelo Campori - 1984(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Simon Boccanegra - Renato Bruson

Jacopo Fiesco - Cesare Siepi

Amelia Grimaldi - Josella Ligi

Gabriele Adorno - Carlo Cossutta

Paolo Albiani - Mario Basiola jnr.

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Compact Disc; - Cin Cin CCD 1024-1025 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1568-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Teatro Comunale di Bologna at the Rocca Brancaleone, Ravenna (July 1984; see OPERA November 1984 p.1217 ). Sometimes it is stated that Leo Nucci was a member of the cast, but this appears to be incorrect.

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Jérusaleme [Gerusaleme] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in French

Conductor Donato Renzetti - 1986(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Parma

Chorus - Teatro Regio di Parma

Gaston, Vicomte de Béarn - Veriano Luchetti

Roger - Cesare Siepi

Ademar de Monteil - Alfonso Marchica

Raymond - Gianfranco Manganotti

Hélène - Katia Ricciarelli

Isaure - Wilma Colla

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VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society #689 (NTSC + PAL); Premiere Opera Ltd. VID 1867 (NTSC)

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Recordings of Jérusaleme [Gerusaleme] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.927; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.17

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Teatro Regio di Parma (See OPERA April 1986 p.442

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gabor Otvös - 1986(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Simon Boccanegra - Renato Bruson

Jacopo Fiesco - Cesare Siepi

Amelia Grimaldi - Ileana Cotrubas

Gabriele Adorno - Taro Ichihara

Paolo Albiani - Enric Serra

Pietro - Antonio Zerbini

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1943-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (8 March 1986; see OPERA May 1986 p.573). The CDRs issued by Premiere are included in «New Releases on CD, Fall 2005» dated Wed. November 16 2005.

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Donato Renzetti - 1988(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra Sinfonica dell' Emilia Romagna «Arturo Toscanini»

Chorus - Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Cooperativa «Artisti del Coro»

Aida - Maria Chiara

Radamès - Nicola Martinucci

Amneris - Elena Obraztsova

Amonasro - Bruno Pola

Ramphis - Cesare Siepi

Il Re di Egitto - Francesca Ellero d'Artegna

Una Sacerdotessa - Wilma Colla

Un Messaggero - Gianfranco Manganotti

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1012-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society BCS #694 (NTSC & PAL)

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

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

Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Teatro di Parma (12 or 15 January 1988). The performance on 24 January with a slightly different cast is reviewed in OPERA October 1988 p.1231 The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their list entitled «FALL 2003 PREMIERE OPERA COMPACT DISC RELEASES».

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Abbreviations

(STU), "Studio" Recording

(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts

(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source

(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source

(LI), "Live" Recording

(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts

(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance

(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance

(RA), A Radio Performance

(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance

(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast

(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance

(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film

(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film

CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988

EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994

GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)

HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973

MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982

MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993

MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997

More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999

NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli

PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993

Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

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