(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1966(LI) - Hollreiser Heinrich - Deutsche Oper Berlin*
2 1970(RA) - Lewis Henry - Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI - Banda degli Allievi del Caribinieri di Torino*
3 1976(STU) - Lewis Henry - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
4 1977(LI) - Lewis Henry - Metropolitan Opera*
5 1979(LI) - Mackerras Charles - Metropolitan Opera*
6 1998(LI) - Viotti Marcello - Wiener Staatsoper***
7 1999(LI) - Staern Gunnar - Operaverket*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Heinrich Hollreiser - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Jean de Leyde - James McCracken
Fidès - Sandra Warfield
Berthe - Annabelle Bernard
Jonas - Otto Heuer
Mathisen - Tomislav Neralic
Zacharie - Peter Lagger
Count Oberthal - Victor von Halem
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Black Disc - Celebrity Records GAM 302
Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1160; Premiere (Italy) unnumberesd {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Le Prophète by Giacomo Meyerbeer are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.424; MET p.254; GIUDICI p.384
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Deutsche Oper, Berlin (6 April 1966, see OPERA July 1966 p.546). The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and the CDRS issued by Premiere (Italy) are (were?) advertised on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Henry Lewis - 1970(RA)
Orchestra - Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI - Banda degli Allievi del Caribinieri di Torino
Chorus - Coro di Torino della RAI - Coro di Voci Bianche dell'Oratorio dell'Immacolata di Bergamo
Jean de Leyde - Nicolai Gedda
Fidès - Marilyn Horne
Berthe - Margherita Rinaldi
Jonas - Fritz Peter
Mathisen - Boris Carmeli
Zacharie - Robert Amis El Hage
Count Oberthal - Alfredo Giacomotti
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 522 {3LPS} (1970)ª; Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 65; BJRS-121 ~Historical Opera Performances Edition HOPE 250 {4LPS}; BJR S 1211 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - *Myto MCD 903.18 {3CDS} (1990)ª; foyer 3CF-2035 {3CDS}; Rodolphe CD RPV 32687;; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 006 (The Operas of Giacomo Meyerbeer) ;; {1xCD-ROM} (2001)ª; Celestial Audio CA 103 {3CDS} (Australia) (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Le Prophète by Giacomo Meyerbeer are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.424; MET p.254; GIUDICI p.384
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol 23 No.3 January/February 2000 p.297 [GJ]
Comments:- Recorded on 8,9, 10 July 1970 and broadcast on Italian Radio 8 September 1970 and by the BBC on 13 May 1973. See EJS Discography p.546; OPERA October 1970 p.963, August 1973 p.752
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Conductor Henry Lewis - 1976(STU)
Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Jean de Leyde - James McCracken
Fidès - Marilyn Horne
Berthe - Renata Scotto
Jonas - Jean Dupouy
Mathisen - Christian Du Plessis
Zacharie - Jerome Hines
Count Oberthal - Jules Bastin
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Black Disc; - CBS «Masterworks» 79400 {4LPS} (UK) (1977)ª; *Columbia «Masterworks» M4 34340
Compact Disc; - CBS «Masterworks» CD 79400 {3CDS} (1989)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Le Prophète by Giacomo Meyerbeer are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.424; MET p.254; GIUDICI p.384
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1977 p.1729 [AB]; September 1977 p.529 [SIR]; October 1977 p.594 [JBS]; October 1989 p.743 [JBS]
Comments:- See GRAMOPHONE November 1976 p.762
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Conductor Henry Lewis - 1977(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Jean de Leyde - James McCracken
Fidès - Marilyn Horne
Berthe - Renata Scotto
Jonas - Vera Little
Mathisen - Sylvia Herman
Zacharie - Jerome Hines
Count Oberthal - Morley Meredith
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Compact Disc - Bensar OL 12977 (BRO 124200) {3CDRS}
Recordings of Le Prophète by Giacomo Meyerbeer are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.424; MET p.254; GIUDICI p.384
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (29 January 1977). 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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Conductor Charles Mackerras - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Jean de Leyde - Guy Chauvet
Fidès - Marilyn Horne
Berthe - Rita Shane
Jonas - Charles Anthony
Mathisen - Robert Goodloe
Zacharie - Jerome Hines
Count Oberthal - Morley Meredith
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers PRO 197901 {3CDRS) (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Le Prophète by Giacomo Meyerbeer are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.424; MET p.254; GIUDICI p.384
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET 9 (3 October 1979). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Marcello Viotti - 1998(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Jean de Leyde - Plácido Domingo
Fidès - Agnes Baltsa
Berthe - Victoria Loukianetz
Jonas - Torsten Kerl
Mathisen - David Cale Johnson
Zacharie - Franz Hawlata
Count Oberthal - Davide Damiani
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Compact Cassette; - Legato Classics ALD 4766 (1998)ª
Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 006 (The Operas of Giacomo Meyerbeer) {1xCD-ROM} (2001)ª; House of Opera CDBB 338 (2003)ª
DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6021 (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Le Prophète by Giacomo Meyerbeer are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.424; MET p.254; GIUDICI p.384
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Orchestra (21 May 1998; see OPERA September 1998 pp.1095-1096). The compact cassettes issue by Legato are listed in «New Audio Cassette Listings (ALD) Winter 1998» and the CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated «03/12/22». The DVD issued by Premiere is included in the list of New Releases that was published on their website in January 2007.
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Conductor Gunnar Staern - 1999(LI)
Orchestra - Operaverket
Chorus - Operaverket
Jean de Leyde - Jean-Pierre Furlan
Fidès - Ingrid Tobiasson
Berthe - Christina Knockenhauer
Jonas - Tornbjorn Lilliequist
Mathisen - Fredrik Zetterström
Zacharie - Stig Tysklind
Count Oberthal - Tord Wallström
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Compact Disc; - Meyerbeer Fan Club {2CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Le Prophète by Giacomo Meyerbeer are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.424; MET p.254; GIUDICI p.384
Comments:- Recording of a abridged performance in the Vasateatern, Stockholm (June 1999; see OPERA September 1999 p.1092
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