(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1965(LI) - Franci Carlo - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli*
2 1989(LI) - Pidò Evelino - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma**
3 1989 - Scimone Claudio - I Solisti Veneti*
4 1995(LI) - Norrington Roger - Teatro Comunale di Bologna***
5 1999(LI) - Benini Maurizio - L'Opéra National de Lyon*
6 2003(LI) - Benini Maurizio - Scottish Chamber Orchestra*
7 2009(LI) - Abbado Roberto - Teatro Comunale di Bologna*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Carlo Franci - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Zelmira - Virginia Zeani
Emma - Anna Maria Rota
Ilo - Nicola Tagger
Antenore - Gastone Limarilli
Polidoro - Paolo Washington
Leucippo - Guido Mazzini
Eacide - Giuseppe Moretti
Gran Sacerdote di Giove - Enrico Campi
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 339 {2LPS} (1965)ª; Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 93 {3LPS}; Melodram MEL 164 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03473
Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 780 CD 2 {2CDS} ;; Opera d'Oro OPD 1455 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Zelmira by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
GIUDICI p.739 (2) p.1222
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.9 No.5 May/June 1986 pp.231-233 [HF]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.4 Winter 1986/7 pp.90-93 [JJ]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Naples (10 April 1965; see OPERA June 1965 p.441). The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.
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Conductor Evelino Pidò - 1989(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Zelmira - Cecilia Gasdia
Emma - Gloria Scalchi
Ilo - Rockwell Blake
Antenore - Chris Merritt
Polidoro - Simone Alaimo
Leucippo - Roberto Servile
Eacide - Tulio Pane
Gran Sacerdote di Giove - Giancarlo Boldrini
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VHS Video Cassette; - Live Opera Heaven 906 (NTSC & PAL) (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Zelmira by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
GIUDICI p.739 (2) p.1222
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Teatro dell'Opera, Rome (April 1989; see OPERA October 1989 pp.1238-1239). The video issued by Live Opera Heaven is listed in their «February 2003 Update» where it is described as an «Audience tape...Bit blurry».
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Conductor Claudio Scimone - 1989
Orchestra - I Solisti Veneti
Chorus - Ambrosian Singers
Zelmira - Cecilia Gasdia
Emma - Bernada Fink
Ilo - William Matteuzzi
Antenore - Chris Merritt
Polidoro - José García
Leucippo - Boaz Senator
Eacide - Vernon Midgley
Gran Sacerdote di Giove - Leslie Fyson
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Compact Disc; - ERATO 2292-45419-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Zelmira by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
GIUDICI p.739 (2) p.1222
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1990 p. [RO]
Comments:- *Charles Handelman also lists a recording with this cast on cassettes (06983) in his catalogue dated November 2000 p.79
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Conductor Roger Norrington - 1995(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Zelmira - Mariella Devia
Emma - Sonia Ganassi
Ilo - Paul Austin Kelly
Antenore - Bruce Ford
Polidoro - Giorgio Surjan
Leucippo - Simone Alberghini
Eacide - Cesare Zamparino
Gran Sacerdote di Giove - Danilo Rigosa
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 08125
DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVD 1528 (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Zelmira by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
GIUDICI p.739 (2) p.1222
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro. Zelmira was performed with this cast on 14, 18, 21, 24 August 1995 (see «Opera '96 Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.197). The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000 and the DVD issued by House of Opera is listed in their online list of new DVDs date «March 4 2005».
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Conductor Maurizio Benini - 1999(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra National de Lyon
Chorus - L'Opéra National de Lyon
Zelmira - Mariella Devia
Emma - Sonia Ganassi
Ilo - Paul Austin Kelly
Antenore - Charles Workman
Polidoro - Lorenzo Regazzo
Leucippo - René Schirrer
Eacide - Etienne Lescroart
Gran Sacerdote di Giove - Jérôme Varnier
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1111-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Zelmira by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
GIUDICI p.739 (2) p.1222
Comments:- *Recording of a performance given by L'Opéra National de Lyon in the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris (February 1999). The performance on 10 February 1999 is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL avril 1999 No.234 pp.57-58. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Latest releases on Compact Disc for Autumn 2003».
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Conductor Maurizio Benini - 2003(LI)
Orchestra - Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Chorus - Scottish Chamber Chorus
Zelmira - Elizabeth Futral
Emma - Manuela Custer
Ilo - Antonino Siragusa
Antenore - Bruce Ford
Polidoro - Marco Vinco
Leucippo - Mirco Palazzi
Eacide - Ashley Catling
Gran Sacerdote di Giove - Mathias Hausmann
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Compact Disc; - Opera Rara ORC 27 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Zelmira by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
GIUDICI p.739 (2) p.1222
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 2004 p.115, p.117 [RO]
Opera - May 2005 pp.614 [RM]
Opera News - December 2004 pp.81-82 [SFV]
Fanfare - Vol.28 No.4 March/April 2005 pp.182-183 [JK]
Opéra International - No.295 novembre 2004 p.78 [JC]
Diapason - No.522 février 2005 pp.94-95 [MP]
International Record Review - December 2004 p.81 [JTH]
American Record Guide - January/February 2005 Vol.68 No.1 pp.166-167 [CHP]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.187 ottobre 2004 pp.87-89 [GL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.77 enero-febrero 2005 p.84 [JMP]
Classica Répertoire - No.71 avril 2005 p.89 [PT]
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh (30 August 2003; see OPERA November 2003 p.1398, p.1400).
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Conductor Roberto Abbado - 2009(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Zelmira - Kate Aldrich
Emma - Marianna Pizzolato
Ilo - Juan Diego Flórez
Antenore - Gregory Kunde
Polidoro - Alex Esposito
Leucippo - Mirco Palazzi
Eacide - Francisco Ruben Brito
Gran Sacerdote di Giove - Sávio Sperandio
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Compact Disc; - premiereopera.net (unnumbered) {2CDS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Zelmira by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
GIUDICI p.739 (2) p.1222
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Adriatic Arena, Pesaro (August 2009). The CDRs issued by premiereopera.net are (were?) listed on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
Abbreviations
(STU), "Studio" Recording
(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts
(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source
(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source
(LI), "Live" Recording
(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts
(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance
(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance
(RA), A Radio Performance
(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance
(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast
(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance
(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film
(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film
CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988
EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994
GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)
HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973
MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982
MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993
MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997
More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999
NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli
PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993
Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española