There are 58 recordings on file in which Franco Bonisolli appears

Order by composer

(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )

1 1965(LI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Nicola Rescigno*

2 1966(RA) - amico Fritz (L') by Pietro Mascagni - Ferruccio Scaglia*

3 1967(LI) - Manon by Jules Massenet - Jésus Etcheverry*

4 1967(LI) - Piedigrotta by Luigi Ricci - Nino Sanzogno*

5 1968(FI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Giuseppe Patanè*

6 1968(LI) - Chi dell'altrui si veste presto si spoglia by Domenico Cimarosa - Riccardo Muti*

7 1968(LI) - dirindina (La) by Domenico Scarlatti - Riccardo Muti*

8 1969(LI) - Siège de Corinthe [L'assedio di Corinto] (Le) by Gioacchino Rossini - Thomas Schippers*

9 1969(LI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Giuseppe Patanè*

10 1970(LI) - barbiere di Siviglia (Il) by Gioacchino Rossini - Ottavio Ziino*

11 1970(LI) - tigrane (Il) by Alessandro Scarlatti - Franco Caracciolo*

12 1970(RA) - donna del lago (La) by Gioacchino Rossini - Piero Bellugi*

13 1971(LI) - Anacréon by Luigi Cherubini - Eliahu Inbal*

14 1972(LI) - Paride ed Elena by Christophe Willibald Gluck - Piero Bellugi*

15 1973(FI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Lamberto Gardelli*

16 1973(LI;29/12/73) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Anton Guadagno*

17 1973(RA) - Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz - Seiji Ozawa*

18 1974(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Riccardo Muti*

19 1974(LI) - Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini - Jacques Delacôte*

20 1974(LI) - Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi - Alberto Erede***

21 1975(LI) - Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] (Les) by Giuseppe Verdi - Nello Santi*

22 1975(STU) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Bruno Bartoletti*

23 1976(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Heinz Wallberg*

24 1976(STU) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Mstislav Rostropovich*

25 1977(FI) - Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli*

26 1977(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Herbert von Karajan*

27 1977(STU) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Herbert von Karajan*

28 1978(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Peter Maag*

29 1979(LI) - Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini - Anton Guadagno*

30 1979(Napier - Bonisolli - 12/7/79) - Turandot by Giacomo Puccini - Yuri Ahronovitch*

31 1979(Napier - Bonisolli - 15/7/79) - Turandot by Giacomo Puccini - Yuri Ahronovitch*

32 1980(SE) - Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo - Bruno Weil*

33 1981(LI) - Africaine (L') by Giacomo Meyerbeer - David Atherton*

34 1981(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Richard Bonynge**

35 1981(STU) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Lamberto Gardelli*

36 1982(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Giuseppe Morelli*

37 1982(LI) - fanciulla del west (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Giuseppe Sinopoli*

38 1982(LI) - Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini - Jacques Delacôte*

39 1982(LI) - Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti - Hans Graf*

40 1982(LI) - Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi - Edward Downes*

41 1982(STU) - bohème (La) by Ruggiero Leoncavallo - Heinz Wallberg*

42 1982(STU) - masnadieri (I) by Giuseppe Verdi - Richard Bonynge*

43 1983(LI) - ballo in maschera (Un) by Giuseppe Verdi - Julius Rudel*

44 1983(LI) - Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi - Riccardo Muti*

45 1983(LI) - Turandot by Giacomo Puccini - Owain Arwel Hughes*

46 1983(LI) - Turandot by Giacomo Puccini - Niksa Bareza*

47 1983(STU) - Djamileh by Georges Bizet - Lamberto Gardelli*

48 1983(STU) - Iphigénie en Tauride by Christophe Willibald Gluck - Lamberto Gardelli*

49 1985(LI) - ballo in maschera (Un) by Giuseppe Verdi - Cal Stewart Kellog*

50 1985(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Adám Fischer*

51 1985(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Reynald Giovaninetti*

52 1986(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Daniel Oren*

53 1986(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Andrew Meltzer*

54 1986(RA) - Paride ed Elena by Christophe Willibald Gluck - Lothar Zagrosek*

55 1987(LI) - Turandot by Giacomo Puccini - Jacques Delacôte*

56 1989(LC) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - Marcello Viotti*

57 1989(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Pinchas Steinberg**

58 1999(LI) - Fedora by Umberto Giordano - Anton Guadagno*

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Dallas Civic Opera

Chorus - Dallas Civic Opera

Violetta Valery - Montserrat Caballé

Flora Bervoix - Jean Kraft

Annina - Judith Shults

Alfredo Germont - Franco Bonisolli

Giorgio Germont - Mario Zanasi

Gastone - Franco Ricciardi

Dottore Grenvil - Nicola Zaccaria

Barone Douphol - Roberto Bañuelas

Marchese d'Obigny - Isidoro Gavari

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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 476 {2LPS}

Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers TRA 196501 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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

The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance at Dallas (13 November 1965). This recording is mentioned in «Montserrat Caballé - Casta Diva» pp..393-394. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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L' amico Fritz by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Ferruccio Scaglia - 1966(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Suzel - Gianna Galli

Fritz Kobus - Franco Bonisolli

Beppe - Giuseppina Arista

David - Antonio Boyer

Federico - Gabriele De Julis

Hanezo - Giorgio Onesti

Caterina - Anna Maria Borelli

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Compact Disc; - live-rare-opera un-numbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} (2005)ª; Omega Opera Archive 3615: Opera Depot OD 10230-2 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of L' amico Fritz by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.379; Opera on CD (1) p.116 (2) p.127 (3) p.142; MET p.231; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.352 (2) p.610; Opéra International mars 1999 No.233 pp.16-19, mai 1999 No.235 p.66

Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 14 September 1966. The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue and those issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Manon by Jules Massenet performed in French

Conductor Jésus Etcheverry - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Manon - Victoria de los Ángeles

Le Chevalier Des Grieux - Franco Bonisolli

Lescaut - Jean-Pierre Laffage

Le Compte des Grieux - Pierre Savignol

Guillot de Morfontaine - Diego Monjó

De Brétigny - Guy Godin

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers MAN 196601 {2CDRS} (Canada) Omega Opera Archive 3280; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2508-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Manon by Jules Massenet are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.171; Opera on Record p.481; CELLETTI p.398; MARINELLI p.323; Opera on CD (1) p.94 (2) p.104 (3) p.117; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.123 p.144; MET p.233; MET(VID) p.128; PENGUIN p.205; GIUDICI p.358 (2) p.629; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110; Orpheus November 2000 S.86

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (January 1967; see OPERA April 1967 p.328). Some of the information on the cast and conductor listed above comes from «El Gran Teatro del Liceo» by Roger Alier y Aixalà and Francesc X. Mata pp.309-310. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca and those issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Premiere are included in the list of New Releases dated 2 February 2007. The year of the performance recorded is given incorrectly in these sources as 1966.

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There is only one recording of Piedigrotta by Luigi Ricci on file (performed in Italian and Neapolitan dialect)

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra Scarlatti di Napoli

Chorus - RAI Napoli

Rita - Dora Gatta

Marta - Rita Talarcio

Stella - Edda Vincenzi

Crezia - Giovanna Fioroni

Lena - Giuseppina Arista

Achille - Franco Bonisolli

Cardillo - Florindo Andreolli

Polifemo - Domenico Trimarchi

Renzo - Alberto Rinaldi

Deucalione - Ugo Savarese

Manicotto - Paolo Montarsolo

Un cafettiere - Angelo Degl' Innocenti

L'acquavitaro - Aronne Ceroni

Una voce - Aronne Ceroni

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera EJS 416 {1LP} (1967)ª; Voce 66 {2LPS} (1983)ª

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This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.7 No.1 September/October 1983 pp.241-242 [ADC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance on 14 October 1967 in the RAI auditorium (See OPERA February 1968 pp.151-152 ). The work is a version of Luigi Ricci's «La festa di piedigrotta» prepared by Renzo Parodi. The EJS LP does not contain the dialogue, but the Voce LPs do. They are advertized in GRAMOPHONE July 1983 p.142

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1968(FI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Violetta Valery - Anna Moffo

Flora Bervoix - Mafalda Micheluzzi

Annina - Gianna Lollini

Alfredo Germont - Franco Bonisolli

Giorgio Germont - Gino Bechi

Gastone - Glauco Scarlini

Dottore Grenvil - Afro Poli

Barone Douphol - Arturo La Porta

Marchese d'Obigny - Maurizio Piacente

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Laser Disc - Sony SRLM 975-6 (Japanese NTSC)

DVD (Video) - VAI DVD 4223

VHS Video Cassette - VAI 69069 (NTSC); Rank Video Library 75070070 (PAL)

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

The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - June 2003 p.86 [AB]

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Opera - October 1967 p.851

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American Record Guide - May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 p.213 [RVL]

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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2003 p.64 [BI]

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Comments:- Video recording of a film directed by Mario Lanfranchi.

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There is only one recording of Chi dell'altrui si veste presto si spoglia by Domenico Cimarosa on file (performed in Italian)

Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra Scarlatti di Napoli

Chorus - Coro Scarlatti di Napoli

Stellidaura - Valeria Mariconda

Ninetta - Maddalena Bonifaccio

Mirandola - Elena Zilio

Putifarre - Franco Bonisolli

Martuffo - Sesto Bruscantini

Gianfabrizio - Paolo Montarsolo

Gabbamondo - Giovanni Gusmeroli

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporaion UORC 246 {1LP} (1975)ª

Compact Disc - Memories HR 4509/10 (+La Dirindina) {2CDS}

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This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera News - February 17 1996 p.41

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the «Neapolitan Musical Autumn» (19 August 1968; see OPERA January 1969 p.63)

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La dirindina by Domenico Scarlatti performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra Scarlatti di Napoli

Dirindina - Emilia Ravaglia

Licione - Franco Bonisolli

Don Carissimo - Sesto Bruscantini

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Black Disc - Bismark Beane MRF 116 (+La cecchina) {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Memories HR 4509/10 (+Chi dell'altrui si veste...) {2CDS}

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This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera News - February 17 1996 p.41

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the «Neapolitan Musical Autumn» (See OPERA January1969 p.63)

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

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Pamira - Beverly Sills

Néoclès - Marilyn Horne

Maometto - Justino Díaz

Cléomène - Franco Bonisolli

Hiéros (Jero) - Paolo Washington

Omar - Giovanni Foiani

Ismène - Milna Paoli

Adastro - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc - Mauro R. Fugette MRF 38

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03575

Compact Disc; - Arkadia CD 573 {2CDS}; Legato Classics LCD 135-2 {2CDS}; *House of Opera «Collection of Beverly Sills Operas» {1xCD-ROM} (2002)ª; Celestial Audio CA 034 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

ARSC Journal - Vol.22 No.2 Fall 1991 p.252 [SGA]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance of the version prepared by Thomas Schippers and Randolph Mickelson at La Scala (14 April 1969; see OPERA June 1969 p.482). The differences between the version performed here and that performed in the commercial recording conducted by Schippers are given in the review in the ARSC Journal. The date given on the House of Opera CD-ROM is 11 April 1969. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues on January 2005.

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Violetta Valery - Jeanette Pilou

Flora Bervoix - Sona Cervená

Annina - Sheila Nadler

Alfredo Germont - Franco Bonisolli

Giorgio Germont - Ingvar Wixell

Gastone - Norman Paige

Dottore Grenvil - Richard J Clark

Barone Douphol - Elfego Esparza

Marchese d'Obigny - Alan Gilbert

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1846-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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

The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. See OPERA November 1969 p.969. The cast listed above is that given in the «San Francisco Opera Performance Archive»:-

http://archive.sfopera.com

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Ottavio Ziino - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Figaro - Sherrill Milnes

Il Conte Almaviva - Franco Bonisolli

Rosina - Biancamaria Casoni

Dr. Bartolo - Enzo Dara

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers BAR 197001 {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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (January 1970). The partial cast listed above is that given in «El Gran Teatro dell Liceo» by Roger Alier i Aixalà and Francesc X. Mata p.330. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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There is only one recording of Il tigrane by Alessandro Scarlatti on file (performed in Italian)

Conductor Franco Caracciolo - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - RAI Napoli

Chorus - RAI Napoli

Tomiri - Sylvia Geszty

Meroe - Maria Luisa Cioni

Policare - Margarita Lilowa

Dorilla - Maria Casula

Tigrane - Paul Esswood

Doraspe - Franco Bonisolli

Orcone - Giorgio Tadeo

Narratore - Nello Riviè

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Black Disc - Voce 83 {2LPS}

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Comments:- Recording of a performance given at the «Stagione lirica all'Auditorium» (14 October 1970; see OPERA January 1971 p.66 )

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La donna del lago by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Piero Bellugi - 1970(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Elena - Montserrat Caballé

Malcolm - Júlia Hamari

Uberto (Giacomo) - Franco Bonisolli

Rodrigo di Dhu - Pietro Bottazzo

Douglas d'Angus - Paolo Washington

Albina - Anna Maria Balboni

Serano - Gino Sinimberghi

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Black Disc - BJR 116 {3LPS}; HOPE 206 {3LPS}; Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 58 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Melodram 27074 {2CDS}; Standing Room Only SRO 803-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1206 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Celestial Audio CA 099 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2003)ª

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Recordings of La donna del lago by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.718; PENGUIN p.359; GIUDICI p.733 (2) p.1216

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 p.107 [DA]

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Comments:- Recording of a broadcast performance (20 April 1970)

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There is only one recording of Anacréon by Luigi Cherubini on file (performed in Italian?)

Conductor Eliahu Inbal - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - ORCHESTRA

Chorus - CHORUS

Anacréon - Franco Bonisolli

L'Amour - Valeria Mariconda

Corine - Katia Ricciarelli

Esclave 1 - Slavka Taskova(-Paoletti)

Esclave 2 - Carmen Gonzales

Vénus - Pierrette Gallet

Bathille - Carlo Gaifa

Glycere - Carmen Gonzales

Athanais - Monique Baudoin

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Black Disc - Mauro R. Fuguette «Cherubini Series» MRF/C-01 {2LPS}

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Comments:- Recording of a performance given at the Settimana Musicale Senese in the Teatro dei Rinnovati, Siena (See OPERA November 1971 pp.1005-1006

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Paride ed Elena by Christophe Willibald Gluck performed in Italian

Conductor Piero Bellugi - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra di Settimana Musicale Senese

Chorus - Coro di Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Paride - Franco Bonisolli

Elena - Katia Ricciarelli

Amore - Valeria Mariconda

Pallade - Carmen Lavani

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Black Disc; - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF BARD-1 D 2 {2LPS} (1983)ª

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Recordings of Paride ed Elena by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.65; CELLETTI p.291; PENGUIN p.111; GIUDICI p.261; Répertoire No.99 février 1997 p.11

Comments:- The MRF LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1973(FI)

Orchestra - Berliner Staatskapelle

Chorus - Berliner Staatsoper

Violetta Valery - Mirella Freni

Flora Bervoix - Hania Kovicz

Annina - Gudrun Schäfer

Alfredo Germont - Franco Bonisolli

Giorgio Germont - Sesto Bruscantini

Gastone - Peter Bindzsus

Dottore Grenvil - Hans-Joachim Lukat

Barone Douphol - Rudolf Jedlicka

Marchese d'Obigny - Heinz Reeh

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Black Disc; - BASF KBL 21644 {3LPS}; BASF BAC 3101-3102 {2LPS} (1976)ª; Acanta JB 21644 {3LPS} (1979)ª; Musical Heritage Society MHS 834486 {3LPS} (USA) (1982)ª

Compact Disc; - Pilz-Acanta 41 644 {2CDS}; Arts 43031-2 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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

The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1976 p.1796 (AB); October 1976 p.551 [JBS] October 1979 [AB]

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Orpheus - 1+2 Januar+Februar 2005 S.61-S.62 [IW]

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American Record Guide - October 1982 Vol.46 No.1 p.65 [RVL]

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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2004 pp.102-103 [JTH]

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Classica Répertoire - No.61 avril 2004 p.116 [AT]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.72 juLio-agosto 2004 p.87 [JV]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIX N.191 febbraio 2005 pp.87-88 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of the sound track of a television film

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1973(LI;29/12/73)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Rodolfo - Franco Bonisolli

Marcello - Giuseppe Taddei

Colline - Bonaldo Giaiotti

Mimi - Ileana Cotrubas

Musetta - Renate Holm

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1944 (1990)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (29 December 1973). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - July/August 1990»

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Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz performed in French

Conductor Seiji Ozawa - 1973(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Benvenuto Cellini - Franco Bonisolli

Balducci - Pierre Thau

Fieramosca - Wolfgang Brendel

Le Pape Clément VII - Robert Amis El Hage

Francesco - Gino Sinimberghi

Bernadino - James Loomis

Pompeo - Tommaso Frascati

Teresa - Teresa Zylis-Gara

Cabaretier - Fernandino Jacopucci

Ascanio - Elisabeth Steiner

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Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1373 {2CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record II p.163; CELLETTI p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.142 p.100; GIUDICI p.54 (2) p.95; Opéra International No.278 avril 2003 p.20; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.66

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - August 2003 pp.53-54 [DJB]

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Fanfare - Vol.26 No.6 July/August 2003 pp.91-92 [AC]

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Opéra International - No.278 avril 2003 p.24, p.70 [CW]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance of the «Weimar Version» broadcast on 8 May 1973.

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Manfred Jungwirth

Leonora di Vargas - Gilda Cruz-Romo

Don Carlo - Kostas Paskalis

Don Alvaro - Franco Bonisolli

Preziosilla - Joy (Joyce) Davidson

Fra Melitone - Sesto Bruscantini

Curra - Axelle Gall

Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi

Mastro Trabuco - Kurt Equiluz

Un Chirurgo - Georg Tichy

Un Alcalde - Harald Pröglhoff

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01924

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

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Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

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

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

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Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Jacques Delacôte - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - Hamburgische Staatsoper

Chorus - Hamburgische Staatsoper

Guglielmo Tell - Giuseppe Taddei

Arnoldo Melchtal - Franco Bonisolli

Gualtiero Furst - Stafford Dean

Melchthal - Harald Stamm

Jemmy - Audrey Michael

Edwige - Alicia Nafé

Un pescatore - Vittorio Terranova

Leutoldo - Michael Haliwell

Gessler - Carl Allen Schultz

Matilde - Teresa Zylis-Gara

Rodolfo - Thomas Herndon

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Compact Disc; - Myto 3 MCD 080329 {3CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.41; CELLETTI p.724; Opera on CD (1) p.32 (2) p.36 (3) p.41 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.118 p.116; MET(VID) p.297; PENGUIN p.363; Opera on Video p.55; GIUDICI p.750 (2) p.1235

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Volume 30 No.2 November/December 2006 p.247 [BR]

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American Record Guide - November/December 2006 Vol.69 No.6 pp.174-175 [KM]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.98 marzo 2007 p.93 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Hamburg State Opera (5 October 1974).

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Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Luisa - Lilian Sukis

Rodolfo - Franco Bonisolli

Miller - Giuseppe Taddei

Walter - Bonaldo Giaiotti

Federica - Christa Ludwig

Wurm - Malcolm Smith

Laura - Milkana Nikolova

Contadino - Horst Nitsche

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Compact Disc; - Mitridate «Ponto» PO 1009 {2CDS} (2002)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Diapason - No.499 janvier 2003 p.105 [MP]

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Répertoire - No.164 janvier 2003 pp.97-98 [PT]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.68 marzo 2004 p.88 [BD]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Vienna State Opera (23 January 1974). The performance on 25 January 1974 is reviewed in OPERA April 1974 p.295.

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

Conductor Nello Santi - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris

Guido di Montforte - Peter Glossop

Arrigo - Franco Bonisolli

Giovanni da Procida - Ruggero Raimondi

La Duchessa Elena - Cristina Deutekom

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier, Paris (probably 2 January 1975).

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1975(STU)

Orchestra - Berliner Staatskapelle

Chorus - Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin

Manrico - Franco Bonisolli

Azucena - Viorica Cortez

Leonora - Raina Kabaivanska

Conte di Luna - Giorgio Zancanaro

Ferrando - Giancarlo Luccardi

Ines - Gisela Pohl

Ruiz - Johannes Bier

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Black Disc - Fonoteam; Ariola Eurodisc 281689XFR {3LPS}; Acanta 794 23.301 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - DA Music {2CDS}; Acanta 43301 {2CDS}; Arts Music 43045-2 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

American Record Guide - September 1977 p.46

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Classical Express - Issue No.113 August 1999 p.3 [NL]

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Das Opernglas - Januar 1998 S.64 [ML]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.80 mayo 2005 p.87 [PN]

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Heinz Wallberg - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Otello - Franco Bonisolli

Desdemona - Anna Alexieva

Iago - Giuseppe Taddei

Cassio - Adolf Dallapozza

Rodrigo - Ewald Aichberger

Lodovico - Frederick Guthrie

Montano - Siegfried Rudolf Frese

Un Araldo - Georg Tichy

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDWW 1143 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; House of Opera CDBB 741 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Vienna State Opera (4 May 1976). The cast listed above was deduced from information in the «Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1994-1995). The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003 (CDWW 1143) and are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22» (CDBB 741).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Mstislav Rostropovich - 1976(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestre National de France

Chorus - Les Choeurs de Radio France et La Maîtrise de Radio France(Enfants)

Floria Tosca - Galina Vishnevskaya

Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Bonisolli

Il barone Scarpia - Matteo Manuguerra

Il Sagristano - Guido Mazzini

Cesare Angelotti - Antonio Zerbini

Spoletta - Mario Guggia

Sciarrone - Domenico Versaci Medici

Un carceriere - Giacomo Bertasi

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Black Disc; - DG 2707 087 {2LPS} (1976)ª;; *DG 2727 016 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - DG 3370 008; DG 3377 016

Compact Disc; - DG 477 559 9 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1976 p.1051 [AB]; December 2005 p.121 (mention) [PO'C]

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Orpheus - September+Oktober 2006 S.59 (mention) [US]

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Diapason - No.528 septembre 2005 pp.113-114 [MP]

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The New Records (Philadelphia) - December 1976 p.10 [WAO]

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1977(FI)

Orchestra - Dresdner Staatskapelle

Chorus - Dresdner Staatsoper

Rigoletto - Rolando Panerai

Gilda - Margherita Rinaldi

Duca di Mantova - Franco Bonisolli

Sparafucile - Bengt Rundgren

Maddalena - Viorica Cortez

Giovanna - Ilona Papenthin

Monterone - Antonin Svorc

Marullo - Horst Lunow

Borsa - Henno Garduhn

Conte di Ceprano - Peter Olesch

Contessa di Ceprano - Maria Corelli

Un paggio - Sylvia Pawlik

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Black Disc; - Acanta HA 21474 {3LPS} (1979)ª

Compact Disc; - Pilz Acanta 41 474 {2CDS}; Arts Music 43073 {2CDS} (2006)ª

Laser Disc - Amadeo Video PHLK 10007-8 (Japanese NTSC)

DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 2022 (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1979 p.1052 (audio) [RO]

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Fanfare - Vol.2 No.1 September/October 1978 p.121 (audio) [JY]; Vol.30 No.6 July/ August 2007 (audio) pp.254-255 [ED]

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Orpheus - November + Dezember 2007 S.59 (audio) [IW]

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American Record Guide - January/February 2008 Vol.71 No.1 pp.176-177 (audio) [MM]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.103 septiembre 2007 p.94 (audio) [FF]

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Comments:- Video recording of a film or audio recording of its soundtrack. The DVDR 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 trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Manrico - Franco Bonisolli

Azucena - Fiorenza Cossotto

Leonora - Leontyne Price

Conte di Luna - Piero Cappuccilli

Ferrando - José van Dam

Ines - Maria Venuti

Ruiz - Heinz Zednik

Un vecchio zingaro - Martin Egel

Un messo - Ewald Aichberger

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg (March 1977). A performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 26 December 1977. See Radio Times Issue dated 24 December 1977 - 6 January 1978 p.36.

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1977(STU)

Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker

Chorus - Deutsche Oper (Berlin)

Manrico - Franco Bonisolli

Azucena - Elena Obraztsova

Leonora - Leontyne Price

Conte di Luna - Piero Cappuccilli

Ferrando - Ruggero Raimondi

Ines - Maria Venuti

Ruiz - Horst Nitsche

Un messo - Horst Nitsche

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Black Disc; - *EMI SLS 5111 {3LPS} (1978)ª; EMI EX 290953-3 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel SCLX 3855 {3LPS} (1978)ª

Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-SLS 5111 (1978)ª; EMI EX 290953-5 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 69311-2 {2CDS} (1995)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1978 p.1766 [EG]: July 1978 p.167 [JBS]; November 1978 p.970 [IM]; March 1987 p. [HF]; September 1995 p.109

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Opera Now - June 1995 p.54

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BBC Music Magazine - July 1995 p.73

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American Record Guide - January/February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.183 [LM]

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Répertoire - No.80 mai 1995 p.95

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Comments:- See «Herbert von Karajan - A Life in Music» by Richard Osborne p.810

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Peter Maag - 1978(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Chorus - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Manrico - Franco Bonisolli

Azucena - Fiorenza Cossotto

Leonora - Mara Zampieri

Conte di Luna - Giorgio Zancanaro

Ferrando - Antonio Zerbini

Ines - Jolanda Michieli

Ruiz - Mario Guggia

Un vecchio zingaro - Roberto Tonini

Un messo - Giorgio Marelli

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Compact Disc - House of Opera CDWW 1245 {2CDRS}

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro La Fenice di Venezia (27 December 1978). The performance on 21 December 1978 is reviewed in OPERA March 1979 pp.267-268. The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003

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Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève

Guglielmo Tell - Siegmund Nimsgern

Arnoldo Melchtal - Franco Bonisolli

Gualtiero Furst - Gianfranco Casarini

Melchthal - Sergio Kalabakos

Jemmy - Danièle Perriers

Edwige - Birgit Finnilä

Un pescatore - Vittorio Terranova

Leutoldo - François Castel

Gessler - Hans Tschammer

Matilde - Katia Ricciarelli

Rodolfo - Nuccio Saetta

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Compact Disc; - Gala GLH 825 (highlights) {1CD} (2000)ª

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 6100

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Recordings of Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.41; CELLETTI p.724; Opera on CD (1) p.32 (2) p.36 (3) p.41 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.118 p.116; MET(VID) p.297; PENGUIN p.363; Opera on Video p.55; GIUDICI p.750 (2) p.1235

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Grand Théâtre de Genève (September 1979; see OPERA January 1980 pp.75-76). A recording of what appears to be this performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 22 March 1980. This is listed in Radio Times where the conductor is given as Giuseppe Patanè (Issue dated 22-28 March p.34).

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Yuri Ahronovitch - 1979(Napier - Bonisolli - 12/7/79)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

La principessa Turandot - Marita Napier

Calaf - Franco Bonisolli

Liù - Mietta Sighele

Ping - Guido Mazzini

Pang - Franco Ricciardi

Pong - Florindo Andreolli

Timur - Carlo Zardo

L'imperatore Altoum - Floro Ferrari

Un mandarino - Orazio Mori

Il Principe di Persia - Ivan Del Manto

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.114; Opera on Record p.618; CELLETTI p.655; Opera on CD (1) p.111 (2) p.122 (3) p.137 MET p.454; MET(VID) p.252; PENGUIN p.320; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.33 p.97, No.220 p.98; Opera on Video p.187; GIUDICI p.652 (2) p.1073; Répertoire No.97 décembre 1996 p.16; International Opera Collector Spring 1997 No.3 p.40; Opera Quarterly Vo.13 No.4 Summer 1997 p.77; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Diapason No.559 juin 2008 p.78; Gramophone July 2008 p.52

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Verona Arena (12 July 1979). The cast listed above is that given in the programme book for the 1988 festival p.91.

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Yuri Ahronovitch - 1979(Napier - Bonisolli - 15/7/79)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

La principessa Turandot - Marita Napier

Calaf - Franco Bonisolli

Liù - Mietta Sighele

Ping - Guido Mazzini

Pang - Franco Ricciardi

Pong - Florindo Andreolli

Timur - Carlo Zardo

L'imperatore Altoum - Gianfranco Manganotti

Un mandarino - Orazio Mori

Il Principe di Persia - Ivan Del Manto

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.114; Opera on Record p.618; CELLETTI p.655; Opera on CD (1) p.111 (2) p.122 (3) p.137 MET p.454; MET(VID) p.252; PENGUIN p.320; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.33 p.97, No.220 p.98; Opera on Video p.187; GIUDICI p.652 (2) p.1073; Répertoire No.97 décembre 1996 p.16; International Opera Collector Spring 1997 No.3 p.40; Opera Quarterly Vo.13 No.4 Summer 1997 p.77; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Diapason No.559 juin 2008 p.78; Gramophone July 2008 p.52

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Verona Arena (15 July 1979). The cast listed above is that given in the programme book for the 1988 festival p.91.

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Weil - 1980(SE)

Orchestra - Pfälzische Philharmoniker

Chorus - Nationaltheater Mannheim

Canio - Franco Bonisolli

Nedda - Edda Moser

Tonio - Bruno Pola

Beppe - Martin Finke

Silvio - Wolfgang Schöne

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Black Disc; - EMI 1C 061 46 248 (+Cavalleria rusticana - Peters - excerpts) {1LP} (1981)ª

Compact Cassette; - EMI 1C 261 46 248 (+Cavalleria rusticana - Peters - excerpts) (1981)ª

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

High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.209; Opera on Record p.547; CELLETTI p.359; MARINELLI p.333; Opera on CD (1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.136; MET p.209; MET(VID) p.119; PENGUIN p.184; Opera on Video p.192; GIUDICI p.325 (2) p.562; Répertoire No.101 avril 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Gramophone March 2008 p.48

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L' Africaine by Giacomo Meyerbeer performed in French

Conductor David Atherton - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Selika - Grace Bumbry

Vasco da Gama - Franco Bonisolli

Ines - Miwako Matsumoto

Nelusko - Silvano Carroli

Don Pedro - Richard Van Allan

Alvar - Robert Tear

High Priest of Brahma - Donald McIntyre

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03263

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Recordings of L' Africaine by Giacomo Meyerbeer are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.421; Opera on Video p.43

Comments:- Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (14 March 1981). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house». The performance on 3 March 1981 is reviewed in OPERA May 1981 pp.526-527. The cassettes issue by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Manrico - Franco Bonisolli

Azucena - Elena Obraztsova

Leonora - Joan Sutherland

Conte di Luna - Yuri Mazurok

Ferrando - John Tomlinson

Ines - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Ruiz - John Dobson

Un vecchio zingaro - Wyndham Parfitt

Un messo - John Kerr

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01753

Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 682 (2003)ª; live-rare-opera (unnumbered) {2CDS} (2007)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (December 1981). The performance on 19 December 1981 is reviewed in OPERA February 1982 pp.209-210. The performance on 22 December 1981 was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times issue dated 19 December 1981 - 1 January 1982 p.41). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated «03/12/22». Pavarotti is listed here as a member of the cast, but he did not sing in any of the performances of Il trovatore at Covent Garden in December 1981.

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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1981(STU)

Orchestra - Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Santuzza - Martina Arroyo

Turiddu - Franco Bonisolli

Alfio - Bernd Weikl

Lola - Livia Budai

Lucia - Juliana Falk

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Black Disc; - Eurodisc 301 133 (+orchestral excerpts) {2LPS} (1982)ª

Compact Cassette; - Eurodisc 501 133 (+orchestral excerpts) (1982)ª

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

High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1982 p.1527 [AB]

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Opera Now - April 1995 p.53

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Opéra International - juin 1995 No.192 p.67

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.169 p.125

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Répertoire - No.80 mai 1995 p.53

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - septiembre-noviembre 1995 p.62

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Morelli - 1982(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta Sinfónica Euskadi

Chorus - Coro de la Asociación Bilbaina de Amigos de la Ópera (ABAO)

Aida - Ghena Dimitrova

Radamès - Franco Bonisolli

Amneris - Fiorenza Cossotto

Amonasro - Ettore Nova

Ramphis - Ivo Vinco

Il Re di Egitto - Giovanni Gusmeroli

Una Sacerdotessa - Marisa Mariz

Un Messaggero - Hercilio Batista

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 421 {3LPS}

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in Bilbao (4 September 1982).

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La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli - 1982(LI)

Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Minnie - Ghena Dimitrova

Dick Johnson - Franco Bonisolli

Jack Rance - Silvano Carroli

Nick - Loren Driscoll

Ashby - Tomislav Neralic

Jake Wallace - William Murray

Wowkle - Kaja Borris

Sonora - Rolf Kühne

Trin - Karl-Ernst Mercker

Sid - Otto Heuer

Bello - Barry McDaniel

Harry - Peter Maus

Joe - William Pell

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 116-2 {2CDRS} (2001)ª; The Opera Lovers FAN 198201 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording at thr Deutsche Oper, Berlin (December 1982; see ORPHEUS Februar 1983 pp.149-150. The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001» and those issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Jacques Delacôte - 1982(LI)

Orchestra - Orchester

Chorus - Chor

Guglielmo Tell - Antonio Salvadori

Arnoldo Melchtal - Franco Bonisolli

Gualtiero Furst - Gianfranco Casarini

Melchthal - Stefan Elenkov

Jemmy - Adriana Nelli

Edwige - Roand Wishlachi

Un pescatore - Raimundo Mettre

Leutoldo - Gianfranco Casarini

Gessler - Hans Tschammer

Matilde - Adelaide Negri

Rodolfo - Wilfred Garnisch

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CD 2959; New Ornamenti NOC 109-111 {3CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.41; CELLETTI p.724; Opera on CD (1) p.32 (2) p.36 (3) p.41 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.118 p.116; MET(VID) p.297; PENGUIN p.363; Opera on Video p.55; GIUDICI p.750 (2) p.1235

Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Brucknerhalle, Linz (October 1982). The CDRs issued by HOO are listed in their online catalogue and the CDs issued on the New Ornamenti label are listed on the website of LR-Musica (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Hans Graf - 1982(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Lucia - Edita Gruberova

Edgardo - Franco Bonisolli

Enrico - Hans Helm

Raimondo - Peter Wimberger

Normanno - Gregor Caban

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Compact Disc; - live-rare-opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} (2007)ª

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

Opera February 1959 p.86; HARRIS p.150; Opera on Record p.184; CELLETTI p.223; MARINELLI p.114; Opera on CD (1) p.34 (2) p.39 (3) p.43; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.55 p.110, No.233 p.114; MET p.113; MET(VID) p.64; PENGUIN p.78; Opéra International janvier 1995 No.187 p.19, juillet- aoüt 1997 No.215 p.10; Opera on Video p.57; GIUDICI p.190 (2) p.312; Répertoire No.107 novembre 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera. Some information about the cast listed above is as given in «Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1965-2005» by Andreas Láng S.139-S.140.

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Edward Downes - 1982(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Simon Boccanegra - Renato Bruson

Jacopo Fiesco - Robert Lloyd

Amelia Grimaldi - Kiri Te Kanawa

Gabriele Adorno - Franco Bonisolli

Paolo Albiani - Jonathan Summers

Pietro - Roderick Earle

Un'ancella - Jane Powell

Un capitano dei balestrieri - Handel Owen

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02496

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1 June 1982). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times issue dated 20 May - 4 June 1982 p.49).

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La bohème by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Heinz Wallberg - 1982(STU)

Orchestra - Münchner Rundfunkorchester

Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Schaunard - Alan Titus

Musette - Alexandrina Milcheva(-Nonova)

Marcello - Franco Bonisolli

Mimi - Lucia Popp

Rodolfo - Bernd Weikl

Barbemuche - Alexander Malta

Colline - Raimund Grumbach

Visconte Paolo - Jörn W Wilsing

Durand - Norbert Orth

Gaudenzio - Friedrich Lenz

Eufemia - Sofia Lis

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Black Disc; - Orfeo S 023823 {3LPS} (1982)ª

Compact Disc - Orfeo C 023823 H {2CDS}

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

CELLETTI p.358; GIUDICI p.335

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1988 p. [MEO]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.1 p.181

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Fono Forum - Juni 1983 S.61-S.62 [HS]

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I masnadieri by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1982(STU)

Orchestra - Welsh National Opera

Chorus - Welsh National Opera

Massimiliano - Samuel Ramey

Carlo - Franco Bonisolli

Francesco - Matteo Manuguerra

Amalia - Joan Sutherland

Armino - Arthur Davies

Moser - Simone Alaimo

Rolla - John Harris

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Black Disc; - *Decca D273 D3 {3LPS} (1983)ª;; London LDR 73008 {3LPS} (1983)ª

Compact Cassette; - Decca K273K32 (1983)ª;; London LDR5 7308 (1983)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 433 854-2 {2CDS} (1993)ª; *Lyrica LRC 1036/1037 (Decca 448 553/4-2) (Italy)

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

CELLETTI p.952; GIUDICI p.893 (2) p.1446; Lyrica N.29 Anno III Maggio 1996 p.56; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1983 p.271 [EG]; October 1983 pp.455-456 [JBS] ; July 1993 p.90 [JBS]

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Opera Now - March 1993 p.48

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Fanfare - Vol.7 No.1 September/October 1983 p.278 [ADC]

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Opéra International - Vol.2 No.1 p.155; Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.187-189 [CPGP]

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Diapason - janvier 1992 p.147

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American Record Guide - January 1984 Vol.47 No.2 p.56 [RVL]

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Classic CD - February 1993 p.72

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Répertoire - janvier 1993 p.101

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Julius Rudel - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - Hamburgische Staatsoper

Chorus - Hamburgische Staatsoper

Riccardo - Franco Bonisolli

Renato - Giorgio Zancanaro

Amelia - Montserrat Caballé

Ulrica - Eva Randová

Oscar - Julie Kaufmann

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Compact Disc; - live-rare-opera un-numbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} (2005)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1942-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; Opera on Record p.258; CELLETTI p.839; Opera on CD (1) p.54 (2) p.61 (3) p.68; MET p.625; MET(VID) p.389; PENGUIN p.467; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.32 p.110: No.237 p.82; GIUDICI p.966 (2) p.1555; BBC Music Magazine September 1999 p.56; Opéra International No.257 mai 2001 p.20; The Gramophone August 2006 p.48

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Hamburg Opera (16 September 1983). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases on CD, Fall 2005» Dated Nov.16 2005.

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Rigoletto - Renato Bruson

Gilda - Edita Gruberova

Duca di Mantova - Franco Bonisolli

Sparafucile - John-Paul Bogart

Maddalena - Rohangiz Yachmi(-Caucig)

Giovanna - Waltraud Winsauer

Monterone - Peter Wimberger

Marullo - Charles Naylor

Borsa - Helmut Wildhaber

Conte di Ceprano - Hans Christian

Contessa di Ceprano - Graciela von Gyldenfeldt

Un paggio - Gabriele Sima

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers RIG 198301 {2CDRS} (Canada) live-rare-opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK-HTM) {2CDS} (2007)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (March 1983; see OPERA May 1983 pp.525-527). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Owain Arwel Hughes - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Huddersfield Choral Society

La principessa Turandot - Sylvia Sass

Calaf - Franco Bonisolli

Liù - Barbara Hendricks

Ping - Alan Opie

Pang - Wynford Evans

Pong - Justin Lavender

L'imperatore Altoum - Hugues Cuénod

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03111

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.114; Opera on Record p.618; CELLETTI p.655; Opera on CD (1) p.111 (2) p.122 (3) p.137 MET p.454; MET(VID) p.252; PENGUIN p.320; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.33 p.97, No.220 p.98; Opera on Video p.187; GIUDICI p.652 (2) p.1073; Répertoire No.97 décembre 1996 p.16; International Opera Collector Spring 1997 No.3 p.40; Opera Quarterly Vo.13 No.4 Summer 1997 p.77; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Diapason No.559 juin 2008 p.78; Gramophone July 2008 p.52

Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Barbican Hall, London, using Alfano's original completion (3 November 1982; see OPERA January 1983 pp.37-40). It does not appear that this performance was broadcast so the recording was, presumably, made «in-house».

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Niksa Bareza - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - Hamburgische Staatsoper

Chorus - Hamburgische Staatsoper

La principessa Turandot - Éva Marton

Calaf - Franco Bonisolli

Liù - Beatrice Haldas

Ping - Mikael Melbye

Pang - Frieder Stricker

Pong - Heinz Kruse

Timur - Richard Curtin

L'imperatore Altoum - Peter Haage

Un mandarino - Ude Krekow

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Compact Disc; - live-rare-opera un-numbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} (2005)ª

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.114; Opera on Record p.618; CELLETTI p.655; Opera on CD (1) p.111 (2) p.122 (3) p.137 MET p.454; MET(VID) p.252; PENGUIN p.320; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.33 p.97, No.220 p.98; Opera on Video p.187; GIUDICI p.652 (2) p.1073; Répertoire No.97 décembre 1996 p.16; International Opera Collector Spring 1997 No.3 p.40; Opera Quarterly Vo.13 No.4 Summer 1997 p.77; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Diapason No.559 juin 2008 p.78; Gramophone July 2008 p.52

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Hamburg State Opera (15 October 1983). The performance on 9 October 1983 which was conducted by Giuseppe Patanè is reviewed in ORPHEUS November 1983 S.970-971.

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Djamileh by Georges Bizet performed in French

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1983(STU)

Orchestra - Münchner Rundfunkorchester

Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Djamileh - Lucia Popp

Haroun - Franco Bonisolli

Splendiano - Jean-Philippe Lafont

Le Marchand d'esclaves - Jacques Pineau

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Compact Cassette - Orfeo M 17488 1A

Compact Disc - Orfeo C 17488 1A {1CD}

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This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1989 p. [AB]

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Iphigénie en Tauride by Christophe Willibald Gluck performed in French

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1983(STU)

Orchestra - Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Iphigénie - Pilar Lorengar

Oreste - Walton Grönroos

Pylade - Franco Bonisolli

Thoas - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Diane - Angelika Nowski

Une prêtesse - Alma Jean Smith

Une prêtesse - Susanne Klare

Un scythe - John Janssen

Ministre de Thoas - David Cumberland

Une grecque - Carmen Anhorn

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Black Disc; - Orfeo S 052833 F {3LPS} (1984)ª

Compact Cassette; - Orfeo M 052833 F (1984)ª

Compact Disc; - Orfeo C 052832 H {2CDS} (1987)ª

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Recordings of Iphigénie en Tauride by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.72; CELLETTI p.278; Opera on CD (1) p.14 (2) p.18 (3) p.19; PENGUIN p.108; Opéra International avril 1995 No.190 p.22; GIUDICI p.262; Répertoire No.99 février 1997 p.12

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1984 p. [JBS]; December 1987 p. [AB]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.4 p.110 [GM]

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Cal Stewart Kellog - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra

Chorus - Washington Opera

Riccardo - Franco Bonisolli

Renato - Juan (Joan) Pons

Amelia - Adelaide Negri

Ulrica - Geraldine Decker

Oscar - Cyndia Sieden

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Compact Disc; - New Ornamenti NOC 112-13 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; Opera on Record p.258; CELLETTI p.839; Opera on CD (1) p.54 (2) p.61 (3) p.68; MET p.625; MET(VID) p.389; PENGUIN p.467; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.32 p.110: No.237 p.82; GIUDICI p.966 (2) p.1555; BBC Music Magazine September 1999 p.56; Opéra International No.257 mai 2001 p.20; The Gramophone August 2006 p.48

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Kennedy Center, Washington (November 1985). The cast also included Greg Ryerson, Stephen Saxon, Gordon Hawkins, Christopher King, Stephen Stokes.

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Adám Fischer - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Chorus - Hamburgische Staatsoper - Chor des Gymnasiums Eppendorf

Otello - Franco Bonisolli

Desdemona - Luisa Bosabalian

Iago - Piero Cappuccilli

Cassio - Ryland Davies

Rodrigo - Peter Haage

Lodovico - Harald Stamm

Montano - Herbert Fliether

Emilia - Olive Fredricks

Un Araldo - Carl Schultz

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 742 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Hamburg State Opera (24 April 1985; see ORPHEUS Juni 1985 S.462). The cast listed above is that given in «Verdis Disco» (http://www.verdisdisco.de). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to HOO's website in December 2003 (12-22-2003).

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Reynald Giovaninetti - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Verona Arena

Chorus - Verona Arena

Manrico - Franco Bonisolli

Azucena - Fiorenza Cossotto

Leonora - Rosalind Plowright

Conte di Luna - Giorgio Zancanaro

Ferrando - Paolo Washington

Ines - Giuliana Matteini

Ruiz - Giampaolo Corradi

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Laser Disc - *Pioneer Artists PA-89-256(NTSC)

DVD (Video) - Warner Music Vision 4509 99215 2 (2005)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Castle CVI 2005(PAL); NVC Arts 4509-99215-3 (PAL) Home Vision TRO01 (+BETA) (NTSC)

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - Special Awards Issue 1997 p.128 [JBS]

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Opera - November 2005 pp.1393-1395 [AB]

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Opera Now - January/February 1998 p.95 (mention) [RF]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.142-163 [RL]

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International Opera Collector - Summer 1998 No.8 p.91 [MSR]

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The Classical Video Guide - p.128

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L'opera (Milano) - Supplemento al n.119 maggio 1998 p.66 [EE]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.85 noviembre 2005 p.79 [JS]

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Comments:- Recorded at the Verona Festival (See OPERA, Festival Issue Autumn 1985 p.96)

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Daniel Oren - 1986(LI)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Aida - Natalia Troitskaya

Radamès - Franco Bonisolli

Amneris - Fiorenza Cossotto

Amonasro - Cornell MacNeil

Ramphis - Bonaldo Giaiotti

Il Re di Egitto - Franco Federici

Una Sacerdotessa - Maria Romano

Un Messaggero - Gianfranco Manganotti

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 849-1 (highlights) {1CDR} (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1232-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Verona Arena (18 July 1986). The performance on 26 July 1986 is reviewed in OPERA Festival Issue 1986 p.98 where it is stated «Daniel Oren, the announced conductor, failed to appear, and his place was taken at unspecified notice by Enrico De Mori with not entirely felicitous outcome». According to the Programme Book for the 1988 season Enrico De Mori conducted the performances on 26 July, 5 and 8 August 1986.

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Andrew Meltzer - 1986(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Manrico - Franco Bonisolli

Azucena - Dolora Zajick

Leonora - Ghena Dimitrova

Conte di Luna - Piero Cappuccilli

Ferrando - Philip Skinner

Ines - Susan Patterson

Ruiz - Dennis Petersen

Un vecchio zingaro - Monte Pederson

Un messo - Kevin Anderson

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Compact Disc; - live-rare-opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) (2007)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (June 1986). The cast listed above is that given in the online San Francisco Opera Performance Archive (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Paride ed Elena by Christophe Willibald Gluck performed in Italian

Conductor Lothar Zagrosek - 1986(RA)

Orchestra - ORF-Symphonie-Orchester (Wien)

Chorus - Chor des Osterreichischen Rundfunks (Wien)

Paride - Franco Bonisolli

Elena - Ileana Cotrubas

Amore - Sylvia Greenberg

Pallade - Gabriele Fontana

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Black Disc; - Orfeo S 118 843 F {3LPS} (1987)ª

Compact Disc - Orfeo C 118842 H {2CDS}

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Recordings of Paride ed Elena by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.65; CELLETTI p.291; PENGUIN p.111; GIUDICI p.261; Répertoire No.99 février 1997 p.11

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1987 p. [SS]

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Orpheus - April 1987 S.315-S.316 [AHC]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 No.1 Spring 1987 pp.149-151 [GJ]

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Jacques Delacôte - 1987(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

La principessa Turandot - Gwyneth Jones

Calaf - Franco Bonisolli

Liù - Cynthia Haymon

Ping - Alan Opie

Pang - Kim Begley

Pong - Adrian Martin

Timur - Robert Lloyd

L'imperatore Altoum - John Dobson

Un mandarino - David Wilson-Johnson

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.114; Opera on Record p.618; CELLETTI p.655; Opera on CD (1) p.111 (2) p.122 (3) p.137 MET p.454; MET(VID) p.252; PENGUIN p.320; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.33 p.97, No.220 p.98; Opera on Video p.187; GIUDICI p.652 (2) p.1073; Répertoire No.97 décembre 1996 p.16; International Opera Collector Spring 1997 No.3 p.40; Opera Quarterly Vo.13 No.4 Summer 1997 p.77; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Diapason No.559 juin 2008 p.78; Gramophone July 2008 p.52

Comments:- Video recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (25 or 29 May 1987). The cast listed above is that announced in OPERA April 1987 p.355 and there may have been some changes. The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated April 2007.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Marcello Viotti - 1989(LC)

Orchestra - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt

Chorus - Hungarian Radio & Television Chorus

Andrea Chénier - Franco Bonisolli

Carlo Gérard - Renato Bruson

Madeleine di Coigny - Maria Guleghina

La mulatta Bersi - Gisella Pasino

La Contessa di Coigny - Evghenia Dunekova

Madelon - Glenys Linos

Roucher - Michele Pertusi

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Stefano Rinaldi-Miliani

Fouquier Tinville - Claudio Otelli

Un Incredible - Heinz Zednik

Pietro Fléville - Hans Helm

L'abate - Pierre Lefèbre

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Nov.+Dez. 2005 S.62 (mention) [GH]

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Comments:- Recorded at concert performances in the Alte Oper, Frankfurt (30 August - 2 September 1989)

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Pinchas Steinberg - 1989(LI)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Aida - Aprile Millo

Radamès - Franco Bonisolli

Amneris - Bruna Baglioni

Amonasro - Garbis Boyagian

Ramphis - Francesca Ellero d'Artegna

Il Re di Egitto - Alfredo Zanazzo

Una Sacerdotessa - Aida Meneghelli

Un Messaggero - Giampaolo Grazioli

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1721 (1989)ª; House of Opera ALD 1721

DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5467 (2005)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Premiere Opera Ltd. VID 2559 (NTSC) (highlights)

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

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

Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Verona Arena (8 or 11 July 1989). The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in «PREMIERE New DVDs» dated 10 September 2005.

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Fedora by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1999(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Mara Zampieri

Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - Franco Bonisolli

De Siriex - Georg Tichy

Lorek - David Cale Johnson

Nicola - Mario Steller

La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Anat Efraty

Boroff - Yu Chen

Gretch - Rudolf Mazzola

Il Barone Rouvel - Peter Jelosits

Dmitri - Mihaela Ungureanu

Desiré - John Dickie

Sergio - Ulrich Großrubatscher

Michele - Mario Steller

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

CELLETTI p.270; PENGUIN p.102; GIUDICI p.245 (2) p.414; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.20

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (12 or 15 October 1999). Ulrich Großrubatscher sang the role of Sergio on 12 October (as listed above) and Hakki Özpinar sang it on 15 October. Some information about the cast comes from «Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1995-2000». The CDRs issued by Charles Handelman are listed in the supplement to his CD catalogue dated Spring 2004 where it is stated that «orig. has some waver»

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Abbreviations

(STU), "Studio" Recording

(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts

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

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

(LI), "Live" Recording

(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts

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

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

(RA), A Radio Performance

(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance

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

(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

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