There are 125 recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini on file

Order by conductor

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1 1918-19(STU) - Sassano Salvatore - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*

2 1919(STU) - Sabajno Carlo - Teatro alla Scala*

3 1929(SE) - Weigert Hermann - Orchestermitgliedern der Staatsoper, Berlin*

4 1929(STU) - Molajoli Lorenzo - Teatro alla Scala*

5 1937(RE) - Görlich Gustav - Reichssenders Stuttgart*

6 1938(LI) - Papi Gennaro - Metropolitan Opera*

7 1938(RE) - Steiner Heinrich - Reichsenders Berlin*

8 1941(LE) - Cooper Emil - Chicago Opera*

9 1941(LI) - Papi Gennaro - Metropolitan Opera*

10 1942(SE) - Bamboschek Giuseppe - RCA Victor Orchestra*

11 1943(LI) - St.Leger Frank - Metropolitan Opera*

12 1944(SE) - Striegler Kurt - Dresdner Staatsoper*

13 1946(FI) - Morelli Giuseppe - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma***

14 1948(RA) - Schröder Kurt - Sinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks*

15 1949(LI) - Cellini Renato - Palacio de las Bellas Artes*

16 1950(LI) - Erede Alberto - Metropolitan Opera*

17 1950(RA) - Previtali Fernando - RAI Milano*

18 1952(LI) - Sabata Victor de - Teatro alla Scala*

19 1952(STU) - Serafin Tullio - Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano*

20 1953(STU) - Samosud Samuil A - Moscow Radio*

21 1954(FI) - Giulini Carlo Maria - RAI***

22 1954(LI) - Erede Alberto - Metropolitan Opera*

23 1954(SE) - Krannhals Alexander - Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra*

24 1954-55(STU) - Gressier Jules - L'Opéra Comique de Paris*

25 1954?(SE) - Allain Jean - L'Orchestre de l'Association des Concerts Pasdeloup*

26 1955?(LI) - Fournet Jean - Orchestre de Paris*

27 1956(LI) - Giulini Carlo Maria - Teatro alla Scala*

28 1956(LI) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*

29 1956(STU) - Erede Alberto - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*

30 1956(STU) - Wolf-Ferrari Manno - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia*

31 1957(LI) - Rudolf Max - Metropolitan Opera*

32 1957(STU) - Galliera Alceo - Philharmonia Orchestra*

33 1958(LI) - Bellezza Vincenzo - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*

34 1958(STU) - Leinsdorf Erich - Metropolitan Opera*

35 1958?(SE) - Schüchter Wilhelm - Berliner Symphoniker*

36 1959(LI) - Keilberth Joseph - Bayerische Staatsoper***

37 1959?(SE) - Etcheverry Jésus - Orchestre Symphonique*

38 195?(FI) - Cluytens André - L'Opéra Comique de Paris**

39 195?(SE) - Ghiglia Erasmo - Orchestra*

40 1960(LI) - Giulini Carlo Maria - Covent Garden*

41 1960(STU) - Bartoletti Bruno - Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*

42 1960(STU) - Bredicaenu Mihae - Rumanian National Opera*

43 1961?(SE) - Etcheverry Jésus - Orchestre*

44 1962(LI) - Cillario Carlo Felice - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*

45 1962(LI) - Giulini Carlo Maria - Residentie Orkest*

46 1962(STU) - Gui Vittorio - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*

47 1963(LI) - Ferencsik János - San Francisco Opera*

48 1963(SE) - Peters Reinhard - Deutsche Oper Berlin*

49 1963(STU) - Gardelli Lamberto - Hungarian Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra*

50 1964(LI) - Santini Gabriele - Teatro alla Scala*

51 1964(LI) - Sanzogno Nino - Teatro alla Scala*

52 1964(SE) - Löwlein Hans - Bayerisches Staatsorchester*

53 1964(STU) - Varviso Silvio - Orchestra Rossini di Napoli*

54 1965(LI) - Giulini Carlo Maria - Opera di Roma*

55 1965(STU) - Suitner Otmar - Berliner Staatskapelle*

56 1966(LI) - Böhm Karl - Wiener Staatsoper*

57 1968(LE) - Abbado Claudio - Wiener Philharmoniker*

58 1968(LI) - Faldi Aldo - San Francisco Opera*

59 1968(LI) - Sanzogno Nino - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*

60 1968(RA) - Sanzogno Nino - RAI Torino*

61 1968(STU) - Basile Arturo - Teatro Verdi di Trieste*

62 1969(LI) - Bartoletti Bruno - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*

63 1969(LI) - Gracis Ettore - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia*

64 196?(SE) - Annovazzi Napoleone - Pro Musica-Symphonie-Orchester Hamburg*

65 196?(STU) - Zani Giacomo - Prague Chamber Orchestra*

66 1970(LI) - Ziino Ottavio - Gran Teatro del Liceo*

67 1970(STU) - Rivoli Gianfranco - L'Opéra de Monte-Carlo*

68 1971(LI) - Schippers Thomas - Metropolitan Opera*

69 1971(STU) - Abbado Claudio - London Symphony Orchestra*

70 1974(FI) - Abbado Claudio - Teatro alla Scala**

71 1974(STU) - Levine James - London Symphony Orchestra*

72 1974(STU) - Marty Jean-Pierre - L'Opéra de Paris*

73 1976(LE) - Nelson John - Metropolitan Opera*

74 1976(LI) - Caldwell Sarah - New York City Opera***

75 1976(LI) - Schippers Thomas - Teatro alla Scala*

76 1976(LI;12/11/76) - Varviso Silvio - San Francisco Opera*

77 1976(LI;28/11/76) - Varviso Silvio - San Francisco Opera*

78 1977(LI) - Bellugi Piero - Chicago Lyric Opera*

79 1978(LI) - Cillario Carlo Felice - Wiener Staatsoper*

80 1978(LI) - Mauceri John - New York City Opera*

81 1980(LI) - Rescigno Nicola - Macerata Opera Festival**

82 1981(LI) - Abbado Claudio - Teatro alla Scala***

83 1981(LI) - Cambreling Sylvain - London Philharmonic Orchestra**

84 1981(LI) - Howarth Elgar - London Philharmonic Orchestra*

85 1981(LI) - Masini Gian-Franco - Opéra de Nice*

86 1982(LI) - Meltzer Andrew - San Francisco Opera*

87 1982(LI) - Vanderzand Charles - Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao*

88 1982(LI) - Zedda Alberto - Satu-Mare Philharmonic Orchestra*

89 1982(STU) - Chailly Riccardo - Teatro alla Scala*

90 1982(STU) - Marriner Neville - The Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields*

91 1983(LI) - Campori Angelo - Orchestra Sinfonica dell' Emilia-Romagna «Arturo Toscanini»*

92 1983(LI) - Tchakarov Emil - Metropolitan Opera*

93 1984(LI) - Bartoletti Bruno - Chicago Lyric Opera*

94 1987(LI) - Campanella Bruno - Teatro Regio di Torino*

95 1988(LI) - Ferro Gabriele - Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart**

96 1988(STU) - Patanè Giuseppe - Teatro Communale di Bologna*

97 1989 - Weikert Ralf - Metropolitan Opera**

98 1991(LI) - Zedda Alberto - Netherlands Chamber Orchestra**

99 1992(LI) - Weikert Ralf - Metropolitan Opera*

100 1992(STU) - Abbado Claudio - Chamber Orchestra of Europe*

101 1992(STU) - Humburg Will - Failoni Chamber Orchestra*

102 1992(STU) - López Cobos Jesús - Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne*

103 1992 - Gelmetti Gianluigi - Orchestra della Toscana*

104 1994(STU) - Bellini Gabriele - English National Opera*

105 1995(LI) - Zigante Filippo - Orchestra della Città di Pavia*

106 1996(LI) - Armiliato Marco - Sofia Symphony Orchestra*

107 1997(LI) - Müller Edoardo - Metropolitan Opera*

108 1997(LI) - Weikert Ralf - Münchner Rundfunkorchester*

109 1997 - Keitel Wilhelm - Putbus Festival*

110 1999(LI) - Chailly Riccardo - Teatro alla Scala*

111 1999(LI) - Chailly Riccardo - Teatro alla Scala**

112 19??(SE) - Menet Pierre - Orchestre*

113 19?? - Ferro Gabriele - Sinfonia Varsovia**

114 2000(LI) - Müller Edoardo - Seattle Opera*

115 2000? - Saccani Rico - Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra*

116 2001(LI) - Pidò Evelino - Orchestre National de France*

117 2001(LI) - Santi Nello - Opernhaus Zürich**

118 2002(LI) - Abel Yves - Metropolitan Opera*

119 2002(LI) - Campanella Bruno - L'Opéra National de Paris**

120 2004(LI) - Campanella Bruno - Metropolitan Opera*

121 2005(LI) - Barbacini Maurizio - Teatro Regio di Parma**

122 2005(LI) - Gelmetti Gianluigi - Teatro Real, Madrid***

123 2005(LI) - Gomez-Martinis (Gómez Martínez) Miguel-Ángel - Münchner Rundfunkorchester*

124 2005?(LI) - Elder Mark - Covent Garden**

125 2006(LI) - Benini Maurizio - Metropolitan Opera*

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Salvatore Sassano - 1918-19(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Figaro - Francesco Novelli

Il Conte Almaviva - Fernando De Lucia

Rosina - Maria Resemba

Dr. Bartolo - Giorgio Schottler

Don Basilio - Stefano Valentino

Berta - Nina Sabatano

Fiorello - Angelo di Tommaso

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Black Disc; - Phonotype (on 35 sides - 78s see below) (1919)ª; Rubini SJG 121 {2LPS} (1973)ª

Compact Disc - Standing Room Only SRO 819-1 {1CD}

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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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1973 p.560 [JBS]; October 1973 p.832 [DST]; April 1974 p.1969 [letter]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.1 Spring 1986 pp.50-51 [JA]

Comments:- *The vocal items of the original issue, with the cast as listed above, were recorded between 2 June 1918 and 20 August 1918 and the orchestral items (overture and temporale) on 3 January 1919. Later issues contained recordings of «Largo al factotum» sung by Carlo Franci (recorded 11 April 1920), «Una voce poco fa - Io sono docile» sung by Angeles Ottein (recorded 29 March 1920), and «La calunia» sung by Luis Muñoz (recorded 8 April 1918). The Phonotype catalogues attribute the role of Berta to Maria Giuliano but the singer given in the register is Nina Sabatano. For more details see Michael Henstock, The Record Collector Vol.30 Nos. 5 & 6 (June 1985), Nos. 7,8,9 (August 1985) and «Fernando De Lucia: Son of Naples 1860-1925» (Duckworth 1990) pp.473-476.

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Sabajno - 1919(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Figaro - Ernesto Badini

Il Conte Almaviva - Edoardo Taliani

Rosina - Malvina Pereira

Dr. Bartolo - Abele Carnevali

Don Basilio - UmbertoDi Lelio

Berta - Agnese Mometti

Fiorello - Francesco Festa

Un Ufficiale - Francesco Festa

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Black Disc; - Società Nazionale del Grammofono «La Voce del Padrone» S 5110, ; S 5112, S 5114, S 5116, S 5118, S 5120, S 5122, S 5124, S 5126, S 5128, S 5130, S 5132, S 5134, S 5136, S 5138 {15x12in-78s}, R 5115, R 5125 {2x10in-78s} (1920)ª

Compact Disc; - Mike Richter - Audio Encyclopedia 301 (From Which We Came - CD-ROM) (1999)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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1927 p.522 (mention)

Comments:- *The 78s are listed in the catalogue of Società Nazionale del Grammofono dated June 1920. They were recorded in April 1919. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel. According to his entry in the «Großes Sängerlexikon» (Dritte erweiterte Auflage Band I, S.546) it is Abele Carnevali and not his brother Davide Carnevali who sings the role of Bartolo in this recording. In support for this it is stated that the record label clearly indicates «A. Carnevali». On the other hand the entry in the catalogue states D. Carnevali.

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in German

Conductor Hermann Weigert - 1929(SE)

Orchestra - Orchestermitgliedern der Staatsoper, Berlin

Chorus - Chormitgliedern der Staatsoper, Berlin

Figaro - Armin Weltner

Il Conte Almaviva - Julius Patzak

Rosina - Sabine Meyen

Dr. Bartolo - Eduard Kandl

Don Basilio - Martin Abendroth

Berta - Ida von Scheele-Müller

Fiorello - Karl Anders

Un Ufficiale - Waldemar Henke

Un notaio - Carl Walter

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Black Disc - Polydor 95282-5 {4x78s} (blue label); Polydor 27353-6 (green label) {4x78s}; Polydor 15250-3 (green label) {4x78s}

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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1929 p.324

Comments:- *A Polydor «Kurzoper». The 78s issued on the Polydor green label are listed in the Polydor Haupt-Katalog which appeared in July 1938. The following excerpts are performed: Ständchen Almavivas, Cavatine Figaros, Arosine und des Basilio, Duet Rosine-Figaro, Arie des Bartolo, 1-Akt-Finale, Duett Almaviva-Bartolo, Quintett, Gewitter, Terzett, Schlußgesang.

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Lorenzo Molajoli - 1929(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Figaro - Riccardo Stracciari

Il Conte Almaviva - Dino Borgioli

Rosina - Mercedes Capsir

Dr. Bartolo - Salvatore Baccaloni

Don Basilio - Vincenzo Bettoni

Berta - Cesira Ferrari

Fiorello - Attilio Bordonali

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Black Disc; - Columbia D 14564-14579 {16x78s); Columbia DX 610-615 (6x78s;AC); (Highlights); Columbia Set MOP 8 (67932 D - 67947 D) {16x78s} (USA) Columbia «Entré» E-1 {3LPS} (USA) (1953)ª; Columbia 33QCX 10115-10116 {2LPS} (Italy); Arabesque 8029-3L {3LPS} (USA) (1980)ª

Compact Disc - *Classical Collector 150 102 (+miscellaneous arias) {3CDS} Arkadia 2CD 78008 {2CDS}; Grammofono 2000 AB 78722/23 {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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1934 p.220 (Highlights) [HFVL]

Opera News - 25 December 1993 p.32

Fanfare - Vol.4 No.1 September/October 1980 pp.188-189 [JY]; Vol.16 No.4 March/ April 1993 pp.260-262 [ADC]

Orpheus - Februar 1997 S.55

Opéra International - novembre 1992 p.84; avril 1997 No.212 p.57

American Record Guide - July 1953 Vol.19 No.11 p.342: January/February 1997 Vol.60 No.1 p.238

Classical Express - Issue No.789 October 1996 p.4

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.93 noviembre 1996 p.58: No.106 enero 1998 p.35 (mention) [JS]

Répertoire - No.107 novembre 1997 p.51 [LC]

Comments:- *The vocal items were recorded between 24 June and 8 July 1929 and the overture on 24 November 1927. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in German

Conductor Gustav Görlich - 1937(RE)

Orchestra - Reichssenders Stuttgart

Chorus - Reichssenders Stuttgart

Figaro - Karl Schmitt-Walter

Il Conte Almaviva - Walther Ludwig

Rosina - Margherita Perras

Dr. Bartolo - Richard Bitterauf

Don Basilio - Georg Hann

Berta - Emma Mayer

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Compact Disc; - UraCant 2006 (+excerpts from a performance conducted by Heinrich; Steiner) {2CDS} (2000)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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

Comments:- Recording of part of a broadcast performance (29 November 1937).

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Gennaro Papi - 1938(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - John Charles Thomas

Il Conte Almaviva - Bruno Landi

Rosina - Lily Pons

Dr. Bartolo - Pompilio Malatesta

Don Basilio - Ezio Pinza

Berta - Irra Petina

Fiorello - Wilfred Engelman

Un Ufficiale - Giordano Paltrinieri

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 129 {2LPS} (1972)ª

Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 12238 (BRO 125889) {2CDRS} (2005)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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (22 January 1938). 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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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in German

Conductor Heinrich Steiner - 1938(RE)

Orchestra - Reichsenders Berlin

Chorus - Reichsenders Berlin

Figaro - Karl Schmitt-Walter

Il Conte Almaviva - Julius Katona

Rosina - Erna Berger

Dr. Bartolo - Eduard Kandl

Don Basilio - Augusto Garabello

Berta - Lissy Bühler

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Compact Disc; - UraCant 2006 (+excepts from a performance conducted by Gustav Görlich) {2CDS} (2000)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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

Comments:- Recording of part of a broadcast performance (30 May 1938)

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Emil Cooper - 1941(LE)

Orchestra - Chicago Opera

Figaro - Richard Bonelli

Il Conte Almaviva - Nino Martini

Rosina - Josephine Antoine

Dr. Bartolo - Vittorio Trevisan

Don Basilio - Virgilio Lazzari

Berta - Tina Paggi

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera EJS 477 (+Gloria - Previtali) {2LPS} (1969)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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the Chicago Opera (8 December 1941)

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Gennaro Papi - 1941(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - John Charles Thomas

Il Conte Almaviva - Bruno Landi

Rosina - Josephine Tuminia

Dr. Bartolo - Salvatore Baccaloni

Don Basilio - Ezio Pinza

Berta - Irra Petina

Fiorello - Wilfred Engelman

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 139 (2LPS) (1958)ª

Compact Disc; - Guild «Immortal Performances» GHCD 2296/7 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Omega Opera Archive 393

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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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

International Record Review - December 2004 p.42 [MT]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (1 March 1941). 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 conductor is given here incorrectly as Panizza

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Bamboschek - 1942(SE)

Orchestra - RCA Victor Orchestra

Chorus - RCA Victor Chorus

Figaro - Carlos Ramírez

Il Conte Almaviva - Bruno Landi

Rosina - Hilde Reggiani

Dr. Bartolo - Lorenzo Alvary

Don Basilio - John Gurney

Berta - Lucielle Browning

Fiorello - Wilfred Engelman

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Black Disc - Victor «Masterpiece Set» 898 {8x78s;AC}; RCA VM 898; RCA Victor «Bluebird» LBC 1083 {1LP}; RCA «Camden» CAL 386 {1LP}

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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - October 18 1942 p.29 [DE]

High Fidelity Magazine - January 1955 Vol.4 No.11 p.60 [JH]: February 1958 Vol.8 No.2 p.58 [CMS]

American Record Guide - December 1957 Vol.24 No.4 p.159 [PLM]

Comments:- *More details of this recording are given in THE RECORD COLLECTOR Vol.43 No.1 March 1998 pp.70-71

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Frank St.Leger - 1943(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - John Brownlee

Il Conte Almaviva - Nino Martini

Rosina - Bidù Sayão

Dr. Bartolo - Salvatore Baccaloni

Don Basilio - Ezio Pinza

Berta - Irra Petina

Fiorello - Mack Harrell

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Black Disc - Operatic Archives OPA 1021 {2LPS}

Compact Disc - Phonographe PH 5033-5034 {2CDS}; The Forties FTO 307-308 {2CDS}

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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - mai 1996 No.102 p.60

Musica (Milano) - No.95 Anno 20 dicembre 1995-gennaio 1996 p.120

Comments:- *Recording of a performance given by the Metropolitan Opera in Cleveland (10 April 1943). Sayao sings «Bel raggio lusinghier» in the lesson scene. The Phonographe CDs are incorrectly attributed. The Operatic Archives LPs are listedin Parnassus Records' online catalogue P270

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in German

Conductor Kurt Striegler - 1944(SE)

Orchestra - Dresdner Staatsoper

Chorus - Dresdner Staatsoper

Figaro - Arno Schellenberg

Il Conte Almaviva - Lorenz Fehenberger

Rosina - Elisabeth Reichelt

Dr. Bartolo - Gottlob Frick

Don Basilio - Kurt Böhme

Berta - Emma Maier

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Black Disc - Acanta BB 23103 {1LP}; Bellaphon BB 23103 {1LP}

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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Morelli - 1946(FI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Figaro - Tito Gobbi

Il Conte Almaviva - Ferruccio Tagliavini

Rosina - Nelly Corradi

Dr. Bartolo - Vito de Taranto

Don Basilio - Italo Tajo

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Compact Disc; - Urania «Archivo Storico» URN 22.103 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Arkadia «Golden Age» GA 2023 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Cantus Classics 500416 {2CDS} (2003)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society #546 (NTSC & PAL)

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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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 2000 p.106 [AB]

Orpheus - Mai 2000 S.60 (audio) (mention) [GH]

International Record Review - March 2000 p.135 (audio) [BLS] : September 2000 p.122 (audio) [RP]

International Record Review - March 2000 p.135 (audio) [BLS]: September 2000 p.122 (audio) [RP]

International Opera Collector - Spring 1999 No.11 p.102 (video) [TP]

American Record Guide - November/December 1999 Vol.62 No.6 p.297 (audio) [LM]

Classical Express - Issue No.118 January 2000 p.3 (audio) [SJT]

Répertoire - No.126 juillet/aoüt 1999 p.84 (audio) [PT]

Comments:- Video recording of a film or an audio recording of its soundtrack

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in German

Conductor Kurt Schröder - 1948(RA)

Orchestra - Sinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks

Chorus - Chor des Hessischen Rundfunks

Figaro - Günther Ambrosius

Il Conte Almaviva - Franz Fehringer

Rosina - Sari Barabas

Dr. Bartolo - Kurt Schneider

Don Basilio - Xaver Waibel

Berta - Christa Ludwig

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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0097 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Cantus Classics 500813 {2CDS} (2005)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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

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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}

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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Giuseppe Valdengo

Il Conte Almaviva - Giuseppe di Stefano

Rosina - Lily Pons

Dr. Bartolo - Salvatore Baccaloni

Don Basilio - Jerome Hines

Berta - Hertha Glaz

Fiorello - George Cehanovsky

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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 3/3 {3LPS}; OASI 602

Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.738 (+highlights - Cellini - 1949) {2CDS} (2003)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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Heft 11+12 November+Dezember 2003 S.62-S.63 [GH]

Opéra International - No.285 décembre 2003 p.71 [SS]

Comments:- Recording of a performance on 16 December 1950

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1950(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Figaro - Giuseppe Taddei

Il Conte Almaviva - Luigi Infantino

Rosina - Giulietta Simionato

Dr. Bartolo - Carlo Badioli

Don Basilio - Antonio Cassinelli

Berta - Renata Broilo

Fiorello - Piero Poldi

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Black Disc - Cetra OLPC 1211/1-3 {3LPS}; D.G.G. 18170-72 LPM {3LPS} Cetra-Soria 1211 {3LPS}; Balkanton BOA 1649-1651 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Cetra CDO 6 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Preiser Records 20009 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Aura LRC 1128 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Warner Fonit 5046 71224-2 {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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1962 p.204; February 2005 p.85 [PO'C]

Fanfare - Vol.17 No.3 January-February 1994 p.284

Orpheus - Heft 9+10 September+Oktober 2003 S.80-S.81 [DN]

American Record Guide - Vol.17 No.8 April 1951 p.263 [PHR]: Vol.57 No.3 May-June 1994 p.219

International Record Review - April 2005 pp.24-26 [RP]

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Victor de Sabata - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Figaro - Gino Bechi

Il Conte Almaviva - Cesare Valletti

Rosina - Dora Gatta

Dr. Bartolo - Melchiorre Luise

Don Basilio - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Berta - Anna Maria Canali

Fiorello - Paolo PedanI

Un Ufficiale - Giuseppe Nessi

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Compact Disc; - Memories HR 4525/26 {2CDS}; Urania URN 22.212 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0061 {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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Now - February 1994 p.56

Opera News - August 1994 p.36

Orpheus - Heft 1+2 Januar 2003 S.76 [IW]

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

Diapason - No.498 décembre 2002 p.125 [PK]

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1952(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano

Chorus - Coro

Figaro - Gino Bechi

Il Conte Almaviva - Nicola Monti

Rosina - Victoria de los Ángeles

Dr. Bartolo - Melchiorre Luise

Don Basilio - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Berta - Anna Maria Canali

Fiorello - Erminio Benatti

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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1022-1024 {3LPS} (1952)ª; La Voz de su Amo LALP 107-109 {3LPS}; RCA Victor LM 6104 {3LPS} (1953)ª;; Capitol-EMI GCR 7138 {3LPS} (1959)ª

Compact Disc; - Testament SBT 2166 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Regis RRC 2069 {2CDS} (2005)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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1952 p.173 [HF2]; December 1998 p.111 [AB]; February 2005 p.85 [PO'C]

Opera - February 1953 p.104 [H]; April 1999 pp.399-405 [AB]

Opera News - June 1999 p.65 [PG]

Orpheus - August + September 1999 S.79 [BH]

Opéra International - juin 1999 No.236 pp.68-69 [SS]

Diapason - No.464 novembre 1999 p.122 [MP]

American Record Guide - 1953 Vol.19 No.6 p.179 [PHR]: March/April 1999 Vol.62 No.2 p.311 [LM]

E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1952 p.22

High Fidelity Magazine - January 1959 Vol.9 No.1 p.58 [DJ]

International Classical Record Collector - Spring 1999 No.16 p.99 [JTH]

Répertoire - No.121 février 1999 p.51 [PT]

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

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Russian

Conductor Samuil A Samosud - 1953(STU)

Orchestra - Moscow Radio

Chorus - Moscow Radio

Figaro - Ivan Burlak

Il Conte Almaviva - Ivan Kozlovsky

Rosina - Vera Firsova

Dr. Bartolo - Vladimir Malishev

Don Basilio - Mark Reizen

Berta - Nina Ostrumova

Fiorello - Mikhail Skazin

Un Ufficiale - I.I. Manshavin

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Black Disc - Melodiya D 01550/5 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - *Dante LYS 515-516 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Gala GL 100768 {2CDS} (2006)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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Classical Express - Issue No.117 December 1999 p.4 [NL]

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1954(FI)

Orchestra - RAI

Chorus - RAI

Figaro - Rolando Panerai

Il Conte Almaviva - Nicola Monti

Rosina - Antonietta Pastori

Dr. Bartolo - Marcello Cortis

Don Basilio - Franco Calabrese

Berta - Fernanda Cadoni

Fiorello - Eraldo Coda

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Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66.104 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Cantus Classics 500698 {2CDS} (2005)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society #548

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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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

American Record Guide - May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.238-239 (audio) [KM]

Comments:- *Video recording of a television film or audio recording of its soundtrack (recorded or broadcast 23 April 1954). See «Opera Fanatic's Catalogue» No.35 p.56.

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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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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

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

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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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Alexander Krannhals - 1954(SE)

Orchestra - Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

Figaro - Paolo Gorin

Il Conte Almaviva - Paul Conrad

Rosina - Cora Canne-Meijer

Berta - Nel Duval

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Black Disc - Muzikale Meesterwerken MMS 112 {2x10in-LPS}

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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

Comments:- *The following also take part in this recording: Guus Hoekman, Anton Eldering, Gé Genemans. The records issued by Muzikale Meesterwerken are advertized in LUISTER November/December 1955 p.37

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in French

Conductor Jules Gressier - 1954-55(STU)

Orchestra - L'Opéra Comique de Paris

Chorus - L'Opera-Comique de Paris

Figaro - Michel Dens

Il Conte Almaviva - Jean Giraudeau

Rosina - Liliane Berton

Dr. Bartolo - Lucien Lovano

Don Basilio - Xavier Depraz

Berta - Fréda Betti

Fiorello - Jacques Pruvost

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Black Disc; - Pathé DTX 185-187 {3LPS} (1956)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CZS 7 67756-2 {2CDS} (1993)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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.22 No.3 January/February 1999 p.347 [JC]

Opéra International - No.176 janvier 1994 p.62

Diapason - No.11 décembre 1956 p.44 (mention); No.401 février 1994 p.132

High Fidelity Magazine - March 1960 Vol.10 No.3 p.76 [CLO]

Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.86 15 février 1957 p.165

Comments:- The opera is performed as an «Opéra Comique» with dialogue instead of recitatives

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in French

Conductor Jean Allain - 1954?(SE)

Orchestra - L'Orchestre de l'Association des Concerts Pasdeloup

Rosine - Renée Doria

Almaviva - Carlo Baroni

Figaro - Lucien Huberty

Bartholo - Charles Cambon

Basile - Adrien Legros

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Black Disc; - Pléïade P-3070 {1LP} (1955)ª; Véga CMT 10.136 {1LP}; Véga 30 LT 13011 {1LP}

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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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Diapason - No.75 mars 1963 p.27 [JG]

Microsillon et haute fidélité - No.7 mai 1955 p.36 [LC]

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in French

Conductor Jean Fournet - 1955?(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre de Paris

Chorus - Choeurs

Figaro - Jacques Jansen

Il Conte Almaviva - Carlo Baroni

Rosina - Renée Doria

Dr. Bartolo - Louis Musy

Don Basilio - Xavier Depraz

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Compact Disc - Bourg BGC 24/25 {2CDS}

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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.12 No.2 November/December 1988 pp.261-262 [ADC]

Comments:- *According to the review in FANFARE «The musical numbers are sung in Castil-Blaze's translation of the Sterbini original, but the recitative's are replaced by spoken dialogue taken directly from Beaumarchais' play.» This may be a recording of a performance at the Opéra Comique as the opera was performed there with this cast on 19 June 1955 (L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.164)

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Figaro - Tito Gobbi

Il Conte Almaviva - Luigi Alva

Rosina - Maria Callas

Dr. Bartolo - Melchiorre Luise

Don Basilio - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Berta - Anna Maria Canali

Fiorello - Pier Luigi Latinucci

Un Ufficiale - Giuseppe Nessi

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Black Disc - Robin Hood Records RHR 507 {3LPS}; Bismark Beane MRF 101 {3LPS} Estro Armonico EA 015 {3LPS}; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 34 {3LPS} Melodram MEL 422 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00321

Compact Disc; - Melodram 26020 {2CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 2.0038 {2CDS} (1999)ª; DiVa 1103-1104 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1264 {2CDS}; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6479-6480 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Myto 2 MCD 062 H113 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Profil Medien PH 08015 {2CDS} (2007)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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 2008 pp.84-85 [RO]

Fanfare - Vol.29 No.6 July/August 2006 p.187 [BR]

Orpheus - November 1999 S.93-94 [GH]

Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.54

The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.107 (2) p.108 (3) p.104

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.35 septiembre-octubre 1999 p.96 [LB]: No.40 julio- agosto 2000 p.96 [JR]: No.93 septiembre 2006 pp.86-87 [JC]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at La Scala (16 February 1956; see OPERA April 1956 p.245

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Figaro - Ettore Bastianini

Il Conte Almaviva - Luigi Alva

Rosina - Antonietta Pastori

Dr. Bartolo - Leo Pudis

Don Basilio - Andrea Mongelli

Berta - Rina Corsi

Fiorello - Gerardo Gaudioso

Un Ufficiale - Renato Ercolani

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Compact Disc; - Andromeda ANDRCD 5060 {2CDS} (2006)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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

International Record Review - January 2007 p.29 [JTH]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Arena Flegrea (18 August 1956). The cast listed above is that given in «Ettore Bastianini - Una Voce di Bronzo e di Velluto» p.195.

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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; Urania URN 22 298 {2CDS} (2006)ª; The Opera Lovers BAR 195602 {2CDRS} (2008)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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

Opera - March 1957 p.180

Orpheus - März 1995 S.62

Opéra International - mars 1995 No.189 p.72

Diapason - No.414 avril 1995 p.110

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

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

Gramophone Record Review - February 1957 p.284

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

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

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XXI N.214 marzo 2007 pp.82-83 [CV]

Comments:- *See article by Max de Schauensee in HIGH FIDELITY December 1956 Vol.6 No.12 p.56 and p.142. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Manno Wolf-Ferrari - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Chorus - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Figaro - Paolo PedanI

Il Conte Almaviva - Mario Spina

Rosina - Dora Gatta

Dr. Bartolo - Leo Pudis

Don Basilio - Lorenzo Gaetani

Berta - Clara Betner

Fiorello - Uberto Scaglione

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Black Disc - Le Club Français du Disque 81-82 {2LPS}

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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera - July 1959 p.465

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Max Rudolf - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Frank Guarrera

Il Conte Almaviva - Cesare Valletti

Rosina - Roberta Peters

Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Don Basilio - Jerome Hines

Berta - Margaret Roggero

Fiorello - George Cehanovsky

Un Ufficiale - Alessio De Paolis

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 713; Bensar OL 122157 (BRO 125578) {2CDRS} (2005)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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (21 December 1957). 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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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Alceo Galliera - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra

Chorus - Philharmonia Chorus

Figaro - Tito Gobbi

Il Conte Almaviva - Luigi Alva

Rosina - Maria Callas

Dr. Bartolo - Fritz Ollendorf

Don Basilio - Nicola Zaccaria

Berta - Gabriella Carturan

Fiorello - Mario Carlin

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1507-1509 {3LPS} (UK) (1958)ª; Columbia SAX 2266-2268 {3LPS} (UK) (1959)ª; EMI SLS 853 (1974)ª;; EMI EX 291093-3 (1987)ª; Angel 3559 C/L {3LPS} (1958)ª

Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 291093-5 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47634-8 {2CDS} (1987)ª; EMI «Callas Edition» 5 56310-2 {2CDS}; Angel CDCB-47634 {2CDS} ; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 3920462 {3CDS} (2007)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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1958 p.370; March 1959 p.470; December 1974 p.1211 [JBS]; June 1987 p. [AB]; January 2008 p.91 [PO'C]

Opera - April 1958 p.260; April 1959 p.254

Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.87

High Fidelity Magazine - May 1958 Vol.8 No.5 p.56 [DJ]: February 1959 Vol.9 No.2 p.71

American Record Guide - June 1958 Vol.24 No.10 p.433 [PLM]

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

Gramophone Record Review - March 1959 p.374 [DH]

The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.118 (2) p.119 (4) p.115

The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.437

Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.58

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.25 septiembre-noviembre 1997 p.92 [FE]

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Vincenzo Bellezza - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Figaro - Aldo Protti

Il Conte Almaviva - Alfredo Kraus

Rosina - Renata Scotto

Dr. Bartolo - Carlo Badioli

Don Basilio - Enrico Campi

Berta - Anna Di Stasio

Fiorello - Mariano Caruso

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Compact Disc - Bongiovanni «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 137-138 {2CDS}

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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - December 25 1993 p.32

Orpheus - Oktober 1993 S.56

Opéra International - No.174 novembre 1993 p.68

American Record Guide - Vol.56 No.5 September-October 1993 180

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Arena Flegrea (See Opera Oct 1958 p.663)

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1958(STU)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Robert Merrill

Il Conte Almaviva - Cesare Valletti

Rosina - Roberta Peters

Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Don Basilio - Giorgio Tozzi

Berta - Margaret Roggero

Fiorello - Calvin Marsh

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Black Disc - RCA Victor LM 6143 {3LPS} (USA); RCA Victor LSC 6143 {4LPS} (USA); RCA RE 25013-25015 (UK); RCA SER 4512-4515 (UK); RCA Victor LSC 6071 {3LPS}(USA)RCA «Victrola» VIC 6102 {3LPS} (UK); RCA «Victrola» VICS 6102 {3LPS} (UK)

Compact Disc; - RCA Victor GD 86505 {3CDS} (1988)ª; BMG-RCA Victor «Living Stereo» 09026-68552-2 {3CDS} (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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1959 p.118; December 1960 p.347 [PHW]; January 1961 p.378; July 1966 p.79; September 1971 p.519; September 1988 p. [RO]; May 1997 p.118 [RO]

Opera - December 1960 p.842; September 1966 p.726 [AB]

Diapason - No.442 novembre 1997 p.122 [JC]

High Fidelity Magazine - September 1959 Vol.9 No.9 p.76 [RD]

American Record Guide - October 1959 Vol.26 No.2 p.114 [PLM]: March/April 1997 Vol.60 No.2 p.207

Gramophone Record Review - January 1961 p.154 [DH]

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

BBC Music Magazine - April 1997 p.70

Classic CD - May 1997 p.84

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

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

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

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in German

Conductor Wilhelm Schüchter - 1958?(SE)

Orchestra - Berliner Symphoniker

Figaro - Hermann Prey

Il Conte Almaviva - Richard Holm

Rosina - Erika Köth

Dr. Bartolo - Gottlob Frick

Don Basilio - Gottlob Frick

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Black Disc; - Electrola WCLP 557 {1LP} (1958)ª; Electola E 80 036 {1LP} (1959)ª; Electrola «Kristall» SMVP 8021; EMI 1C 047 38573 {1LP};; Eterna 820167 {1LP}

Compact Disc; - EMI 26432-2 {1CD} (2000)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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Dezember 2000 S.71 (mention) [SS]

Comments:- *The following excerpts are performed: Ich bin das Faktotum der schönen Welt; Frag' ich mein beklomm'nes Herz; Strahlt auf mich der Blitz des Goldnes; Die Verleumdung, sie ist ein Lüftchen; Sieh' schon die Morgenröte; Also ich, meinst du es wirklich?; Einen Doktor meinesgleichen; Gewittermusik; Ist er's wirklich.

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in German

Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Figaro - Hermann Prey

Il Conte Almaviva - Fritz Wunderlich

Rosina - Erika Köth

Dr. Bartolo - Max Proebstl

Don Basilio - Hans Hotter

Berta - Ina Gerhein

Fiorello - Karl Ostertag

Un Ufficiale - Adolf Keil

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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.759 (+highlights - cond. Böhm) {2CDS} (2005)ª

DVD (Video) - Immortal IMM 950015 (2004)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5309 (2005)ª; Encore DVD 2014 (2005)ª; DG 073 4116 (2005)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society #603A

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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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 2006 p.83 [JBS]

Opera News - June 2006 p.70 [IS]

Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2005 S.66 [SS]

Diapason - No.535 avril 2006 pp.121-122 (DVD) [MP]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.80 mayo 2005 p.84 [VM]: No.90 mayo 2006 p.78 [PMH]

Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Cuvilliés Theater, Munich (December 1959). See «Opera Fanatic's Catalogue» No.35 p.51. The DVD issued by Premiere is included in their list of «2005 Winter/Spring New Releases» and that issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in French

Conductor Jésus Etcheverry - 1959?(SE)

Orchestra - Orchestre Symphonique

Rosine - Renée Doria

Almaviva - Alain Vanzo

Figaro - Robert Massard

Bartholo - Julien Giovannetti

Basile - Adrien Legros

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Black Disc; - Orphée LDO 50.007 {1LP} (1960)ª;; Orphée STE 50.007 {1LP} (1960)ª; Orphée E 51.007 (mono) {1LP}; Orphée E 61.005 (stereo) {1LP}; Vogue LDM 30134 {1LP}; Mode CMDINT 9495 {1LP}

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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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Diapason - No.45 février 1960 p.28

Comments:- *The Orphée LPs are advertized in DIAPASON No.44 janvier 1960 p.24, No.62 décembre 1961 p.29

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in French

Conductor André Cluytens - 195?(FI)

Orchestra - L'Opéra Comique de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra Comique de Paris

Figaro - Roger Bourdin

Il Conte Almaviva - Raymond Amade

Rosina - Lucienne Jourfier

Dr. Bartolo - Louis Musy

Don Basilio - Roger Buissonnet

Berta - Renée Gilly

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VHS Video Cassette - René Chateau Vidéo (SECAM)

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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - mai 1996 No.202 p.53

Comments:- Video recording of a film

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Erasmo Ghiglia - 195?(SE)

Orchestra - Orchestra

Figaro - Alfredo Forni

Il Conte Almaviva - Bruno Donati

Rosina - Vittoria Chiericati

Don Basilio - Mario Frosini

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Black Disc - Remington RLP 199-14 {1LP}

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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Classic Record Collector - Winter 2002 pp.30-36 [JTH]

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Figaro - Rolando Panerai

Il Conte Almaviva - Luigi Alva

Rosina - Teresa Berganza

Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Don Basilio - Ivo Vinco

Berta - Josephine Veasey

Fiorello - Ronald Lewis

Un Ufficiale - Robert Bowman

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1761

Open Reel Tape - Immortal Performances Recorded Music Society (also on compact cassette)

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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (21 May 1960). This performance was broadcast by the BBC (see Radio Times, issue dated 13 May 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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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1960(STU)

Orchestra - Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Figaro - Renato Capecchi

Il Conte Almaviva - Nicola Monti

Rosina - Gianna D' Angelo

Dr. Bartolo - Giorgio Tadeo

Don Basilio - Carlo Cava

Berta - Gabriella Carturan

Fiorello - Giorgio Giorgetti

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Black Disc; - D.G.G. LPM 18665-18667 {2LPS} (1961)ª; D.G.G. SLPM 138665-138667 {3LPS} (1961)ª; DG «Privilege» 2728 005 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - DG «Double» 449 390-2 {2CDS} (1996)ª; DG 459 500-2 {2CDS} (2001)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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1961 p.595; February 1975 p.1547 [AB]; July 2002 p.81 [AB]

Opera - July 1961 p.464

Orpheus - Dezember 2001 S.57-S.58 [GH]

Opéra International - mai 1996 No.202 p.59

Diapason - No.428 juillet-aoüt 1996 p.101

High Fidelity Magazine - August 1961 Vol.11 No.8 p.57 [CLO]

Répertoire - No.89 mars 1996 p.56

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.21 septiembre-noviembre 1996 p.66

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Mihae Bredicaenu - 1960(STU)

Orchestra - Rumanian National Opera

Chorus - Rumanian National Opera

Figaro - Nicolae Herlea

Il Conte Almaviva - Valentin Teodorian

Rosina - Magda Ianculescu

Dr. Bartolo - Constantin Gabor

Don Basilio - Valentin Laghin

Berta - Maria Sandulescu

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Black Disc - Electrocord ECE 068-070; Select 150057-150059

Compact Disc - Carlton Classics (IMP Classics) 30367 00497 {2CDS} Carlton Classics 5255 {2CDS}; Cantus Classics 500013 {2CDS}

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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Now - May/July 1996 p.105

Orpheus - Juli 1996 S.61

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in French

Conductor Jésus Etcheverry - 1961?(SE)

Orchestra - Orchestre

Rosine - Françoise Louvay

Almaviva - André Mallabrera

Figaro - Henri Gui

Basile - Pierre Savignol

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Black Disc; - Véga «Polaris» L 80.005 {1LP} (1961)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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Diapason - No.62 décembre 1961 p.28 [JG]

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Figaro - Sesto Bruscantini

Il Conte Almaviva - Luigi Alva

Rosina - Victoria de los Ángeles

Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Don Basilio - Miroslav Changalovich

Berta - Carmen Burello

Fiorello - Gian-Piero (Giampietro) Mastromei

Un Ufficiale - Umberto di Toto

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00327

Compact Disc; - Ornamenti 113 {2CDS} New Ornamenti NOVA 005 {2CDS} (2005)ª; The Opera Lovers BAR 196201 {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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - mai 1996 No.202 p.59

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (May or June 1962). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Residentie Orkest

Chorus - Augmented Netherlands Chamber Chorus

Figaro - Renato Capecchi

Il Conte Almaviva - Luigi Alva

Rosina - Teresa Berganza

Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Don Basilio - Ugo Trama

Berta - Marilyn Tyler

Fiorello - Gé Genemans

Un Ufficiale - Jos Borelli

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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100579 {2CDS} (2000)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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Dezember 2000 S.73 (mention) [GH]

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Holland Festival (June 1962; see OPERA Festival Issue 1962 p.62)

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1962(STU)

Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus

Figaro - Sesto Bruscantini

Il Conte Almaviva - Luigi Alva

Rosina - Victoria de los Ángeles

Dr. Bartolo - Ian Wallace

Don Basilio - Carlo Cava

Berta - Laura Sarti

Fiorello - Duncan Robertson

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Black Disc; - HMV «Angel Series» AN 114-116 {3LPS} (1963)ª; HMV «Angel Series» SAN 114-116 {3LPS} (1963)ª; HMV SLS 5165 (ASD 3718-3720) {3LPS} (1979)ª; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» CfPD 4704 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3638 C/L {3LPS} (1963)ª;; Angel S 3638 C/L {3LPS} (1963)ª; Angel SCLX 1914 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-SLS 5185 (1979)ª; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» TC CfPD 4704 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 64162-2 {2CDS} (1992)ª;; Angel CDMB 64162 {2CDS};; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» CMS 5 67762-2 {2CDS} (2002}ª

Open Reel Tape; - Angel ZC 3638 (7½ips 4-track) (1963)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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1963 p.190; January 1964 p.319; February 1964 p.385; July 1979 p.255 [RO]; October 1980 p.471 [JBS]; September 1987 p. [RO]; May 1992 p.114 [RO]

Opera - December 1963 pp.833-834 [HDR]; December 1992 p.1498

Fanfare - Vol.26 No.1 September/October 2002 pp.196-197 [JK]

American Record Guide - November 1963 Vol.30 No.3 p.185 [HG]: October 1964 Vol.31 No.2 pp.159-160 (open reel tape) [JM]

High Fidelity Magazine - December 1963 Vol.13 No.11 p.80 [CLO]: January 1964 Vol.14 No.1 p.99 [RDD]

Classic CD - January 1995 p.48

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor János Ferencsik - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Figaro - Hermann Prey

Il Conte Almaviva - Cesare Valletti

Rosina - Reri Grist

Dr. Bartolo - Elfego Esparza

Don Basilio - Peter van der Bilt

Berta - Sona Cervená

Fiorello - Russell Christopher

Un Ufficiale - Daniel McCaughna

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1757

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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (September 1963). The cast listed above is that given in «The San Francisco Opera» by Arthur Bloomfield p.451. 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 German

Conductor Reinhard Peters - 1963(SE)

Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Chorus - RIAS Kammerchor

Figaro - Raimund Grumbach

Il Conte Almaviva - Ernst Haeflinger

Rosina - Rita Streich

Dr. Bartolo - Ivan Sardi

Don Basilio - Kim Borg

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Black Disc; - D.G.G. LPEM 19 423 {1LP}; D.G.G. SLPEM 136 423 {1LP} D.G.G. 136 423 {1LP} (1965)ª;; DG 2535 374 {1LP}

Compact Disc - DG «Resonance» 809 50 95

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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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fono Forum - Mai 1965 S.216 [HW]

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Hungarian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1963(STU)

Orchestra - Hungarian Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Hungarian Radio & Television Chorus

Figaro - György Melis

Il Conte Almaviva - József Réti

Rosina - Margit László

Dr. Bartolo - Lajos Katona

Don Basilio - Mihály Székely

Berta - Zsuzsa Divéky

Fiorello - Zsolt Bende

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Black Disc - Hungaroton (Qualiton) LPX 11547 (Highlights) {1LP} Hungaroton (Qualiton) SLPX 11547 (Highlights) {1LP}

Compact Disc; - Hungaroton HCD 12625-26 {2CDS} (1998)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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Figaro - Sesto Bruscantini

Il Conte Almaviva - Luigi Alva

Rosina - Fiorenza Cossotto

Dr. Bartolo - Carlo Badioli

Don Basilio - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Berta - Stefania Malagù

Fiorello - Virgilio Carbonari

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 08055

Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1133 {2CDS} (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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (20 January 1964)

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Figaro - Sesto Bruscantini

Il Conte Almaviva - Renzo Casellato

Rosina - Fiorenza Cossotto

Dr. Bartolo - Carlo Badioli

Don Basilio - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Berta - Stefania Malagù

Fiorello - Dino Mantovani

Un Ufficiale - Ruggero Orofino

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Black Disc - Melodiya M 47289-94 {3LPS}

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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

Comments:- *Recording of a performance given by the La Scala company in the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow (September 1964). It was once stated on the La Scala website that three performances were given on 17, 19, 27 September 1964, but it is not known which appears on this recording.

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in German

Conductor Hans Löwlein - 1964(SE)

Orchestra - Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Figaro - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)

Il Conte Almaviva - Waldemar Kmentt

Rosina - Ingeborg Hallstein

Dr. Bartolo - Benno Kusche

Don Basilio - Gottlob Frick

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Black Disc; - *Eurodisc S 71 873 KR {1LP} (1965)ª;; *Eurodisc 86 802 KR {1LP}

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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; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fono Forum - September 1965 S.400 [FH]

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Silvio Varviso - 1964(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestra Rossini di Napoli

Chorus - Coro Rossini di Napoli

Figaro - Manuel Ausensi

Il Conte Almaviva - Ugo Benelli

Rosina - Teresa Berganza

Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Don Basilio - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Berta - Stefania Malagù

Fiorello - Dino Mantovani

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 285-287 {3LPS} (1965)ª;; Decca SET 285-287 {3LPS} (1965)ª; Decca 417 164-1 {3LPS} (1987)ª; London A 4381 {3LPS} (1965)ª;; London OSA 1381 {3LPS} (1965)ª

Compact Cassette; - Decca 417 164-4 (1965)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 417 164-2 {2CDS} (1992)ª; Double Decca 452 591-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª

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Recordings of Il barbiere