(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1961(LI) - Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
2 1962(LC) - Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
3 1963(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - John Pritchard*
4 1964(LI) - Carmen by Georges Bizet - Pierre Dervaux*
5 1964(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Bruno Bartoletti*
6 1964(LI) - Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
7 1964(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Bruno Bartoletti**
8 1965 or 1966(STU) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Zubin Mehta**
9 1965(LI) - Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens - Jean Fournet*
10 1965(SE) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Giuseppe Patanè*
11 1965(STU) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Georg Solti*
12 1966(LI) - Carmen by Georges Bizet - Herbert von Karajan***
13 1966(STU) - Orfeo ed Euridice by Christophe Willibald Gluck - Václav Neumann*
14 1967(FI) - Carmen by Georges Bizet - Herbert von Karajan*
15 1967(LI) - Carmen by Georges Bizet - Herbert von Karajan*
16 1967(LI) - Gioconda (La) by Amilcare Ponchielli - Giuseppe Patanè***
17 1967(LI) - incoronazione di Poppea (L') by Claudio Monteverdi - Bruno Maderna*
18 1967(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli*
19 1967(LI;25/2/67) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Thomas Schippers*
20 1967(LI;Stella - Bumbry) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Berislav Klobucar*
21 1968(LI) - Carmen by Georges Bizet - Georges Prêtre*
22 1968(LI) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Juan Emilio Martini*
23 1968(LI) - Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi - Michelangelo Veltri*
24 1968(LI;April) - Carmen by Georges Bizet - Alain Lombard*
25 1968(LI;Craig) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Edward Downes*
26 1968??(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*
27 1969(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Fernando Previtali*
28 1969(LI;29/3/1969) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Zubin Mehta*
29 1969(LI;6/3/69) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Zubin Mehta*
30 1969(STU) - Carmen by Georges Bizet - Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos*
31 1969(STU) - Zigeunerbaron (Der) by Johann Strauß II - Franz Allers*
32 1970(LI;14/2/70) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Kurt Adler*
33 1970(LI;7/2/70) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Leonard Bernstein*
34 1970(LI;8/1/70) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Leonard Bernstein*
35 1970(STU) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Erich Leinsdorf*
36 1971(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Francesco Molinar..*
37 1971(LI) - Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi - Ottavio Ziino*
38 1971(LI) - Orfeo ed Euridice by Christophe Willibald Gluck - Richard Bonynge*
39 1971(LI) - Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens - Serge Baudo*
40 1971(LI;12/6/71) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - James Levine*
41 1971(LI;6/11/71) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - James Levine*
42 1972(LI) - Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens - Serge Baudo*
43 1972(LI;22/4/72) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Francesco Molinar..*
44 1973(LI) - Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli*
45 1974(LI) - Carmen by Georges Bizet - Oliviero De Fabritiis*
46 1974(LI) - Gioconda (La) by Amilcare Ponchielli - Ino Savini*
47 1974(LI) - Gioconda (La) by Amilcare Ponchielli - Alfredo Silipigni*
48 1974(LI) - Jenufa by Leos Janácek - Jerzy Semkow*
49 1975(LI) - Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi - Armando Gatto*
50 1976(FI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Thomas Schippers*
51 1976(LC) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Thomas Schippers*
52 1976(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Reynald Giovaninetti*
53 1976(LI) - Cid (Le) by Jules Massenet - Eve Queler*
54 1976(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Anton Guadagno*
55 1977(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Miguel-Ángel Gome..*
56 1977(LI) - Norma by Vincenzo Bellini - Michael Halász*
57 1977(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Nello Santi*
58 1978(LI) - Africaine (L') by Giacomo Meyerbeer - Peter Maag*
59 1978(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Rafael Kubelik*
60 1978(LI) - Norma by Vincenzo Bellini - Jesús López Cobos*
61 1978(LI) - Salome by Richard Strauss - Berislav Klobucar**
62 1978(LI) - Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner - James Levine*
63 1979(LE) - Gioconda (La) by Amilcare Ponchielli - Giuseppe Patanè*
64 1979(LI) - Cid (Le) by Jules Massenet - Jacques Delacôte*
65 1979(LI) - Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi - Nello Santi*
66 1980 (LI) - Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi - Christoph von Dohnányi*
67 1980(LI) - Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi - Nello Santi*
68 1981(LI) - Africaine (L') by Giacomo Meyerbeer - David Atherton*
69 1981(LI:17/9/81) - Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi - Imre Pallo*
70 1982(LI) - Médée [Medea] by Luigi Cherubini - Klaus Weise*
71 1983(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - James Levine*
72 1983(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Michelangelo Veltri*
73 1984(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Thomas Fulton*
74 1984(LI) - Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi - Donato Renzetti*
75 1987(LI) - Hérodiade by Jules Massenet - Georges Prêtre*
76 1988(LI) - Gioconda (La) by Amilcare Ponchielli - Uwe Mund*
77 1990(LI) - Troyens (Les) by Hector Berlioz - Myung-Whun Chung*
78 1991(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Henry Lewis*
79 1993(LI) - Turandot by Giacomo Puccini - Mark Ermler*
80 1995(LI) - Hérodiade by Jules Massenet - Eve Queler*
81 1995(STU) - Rake's Progress (The) by Igor Stravinsky - Kent Nagano*
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Tannhäuser - Wolfgang Windgassen
Elisabeth - Victoria de los Ángeles
Wolfram von Eschenbach - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Venus - Grace Bumbry
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen - Josef Greindl
Walther von der Vogelweide - Gerhard Stolze
Biterolf - Franz Crass
Heinrich der Schreiber - Georg Paskuda
Reinmar von Zweter - Theo Adam
Hirt - Elsa Margaretha Gardelli
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Black Disc; - Teatro Dischi 503 {3LPS}; Melodram 614 {4LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Myto 3 MCD 932.77 {3CDS} (1993)ª; Celestial Audio CA 510 {3CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.59; HARRIS p.268; Opera on Record p.346; CELLETTI p.1143; Opera on CD (1) p.62 (2) p.69 (3) p.78; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.63-64 p.186, mise à jour mars 2004; MET p.677; MET(VID) p.420; PENGUIN p.547; Stereophile July 1990 p.160; Wagner News Issue No.97 p.18; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March/April 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1068 (2) p.1717; Orpheus August + September 2002 S.81
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - No.59 mai 1983 p.55 [SS]; No.172 septembre 1993 p.80
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Diapason - No.396 septembre 1993 p.166
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.160 p.138
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Répertoire - No.61 septembre 1993 p.80
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival 1961 (23 July 1961; see OPERA Festival Number 1961 p.52). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues in their website in July 2008 (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1962(LC)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Tannhäuser - Wolfgang Windgassen
Elisabeth - Anja Silja
Wolfram von Eschenbach - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Venus - Grace Bumbry
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen - Josef Greindl
Walther von der Vogelweide - Gerhard Stolze
Biterolf - Franz Crass
Heinrich der Schreiber - Georg Paskuda
Reinmar von Zweter - Gerd Nienstedt
Hirt - Elsa Margaretha Gardelli
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Black Disc; - Philips AL 3445-3447 {3LPS} (1964)ª; *Philips SAL 3445-3447 {3LPS} (1964)ª; Philips «Festivo» 6770 026 {3LPS); Philips 6723 001/1-11 (+Der fliegende Holländer +Parsifal) Philips 835 178/80 {3LPS} ;; Philips PHM 3560 {3LPS} (USA) (1965)ª; Philips PHS 3960 {3LPS} (USA) (1965)ª; Melodiya 33CM 10 03411-8 {4LPS}
Compact Cassette - Philips «Festivo» 7650.026
Compact Disc; - Philips 420 122-2 {3CDS} (1987)ª;; Philips 434 607-2 {3CDS} (1992)ª
Open Reel Tape - Philips PTG 960 (7½ips 4-track)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.59; HARRIS p.268; Opera on Record p.346; CELLETTI p.1143; Opera on CD (1) p.62 (2) p.69 (3) p.78; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.63-64 p.186, mise à jour mars 2004; MET p.677; MET(VID) p.420; PENGUIN p.547; Stereophile July 1990 p.160; Wagner News Issue No.97 p.18; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March/April 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1068 (2) p.1717; Orpheus August + September 2002 S.81
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1964 p.19; October 1964 p.175; October 1970 p.666 August 1987 p. [AB]; October 1992 p.184 [AB]
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Opera - December 1995 p.1134
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HiFi News & Record Review - December 1992 p.92
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.269; Vol.5 No.4 Winter 1987/88 pp.130-132 [AG]
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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1965 Vol.15 No.9 p.102, p.104 [CLO]
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American Record Guide - October 1965 Vol.32 No.2 pp.108-111 [BI]: March 1980 Vol.43 No.5 p.45 [WLP]
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Stereophile - May 1993 p.159
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Conductor John Pritchard - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Don Carlo - Ragnar Ulfung
Filippo II - Boris Christoff
Rodrigo - Tito Gobbi
Il Grande Inquisitore - Nicola Zaccaria
Un Frate - David Kelly
Elisabetta di Valois - Marie Collier
La principessa Eboli - Grace Bumbry
Tebaldo - Janet Coster
Una voce dal cielo - Barbara Holt
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4156 (& 4105)
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 7308
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (11 April 1963). The performance on 6 April 1963 is reviewed in OPERA May 1963 pp.349-351.
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Conductor Pierre Dervaux - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera
Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera
Carmen - Grace Bumbry
Don José - Franco Corelli
Micaëla - Nicoletta Panni
Escamillo - Robert Massard
Frasquita - Carol Toscano
Mercédès - Elizabeth Mannion
Le Dancaïre - Renato Cesari
Le Remendado - Herbert Kraus
Moralès - Bernard Izzo
Zuninga - Morley Meredith
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1157-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers CAR 196401 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera. According to «Opera in Chicago - A Social and Cultural History 1850-1965» pp.380-381 Carmen was performed with this cast at the Chicago Lyric Opera on 26, 31 October and 4 November 1968. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their online catalogue «Premiere Opera Compact Disc Releases Winter 2004» and those issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera
Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera
Don Carlo - Richard Tucker
Filippo II - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Rodrigo - Tito Gobbi
Il Grande Inquisitore - Bruno Marangoni
Un Frate - Raymond Michalski
Elisabetta di Valois - Leyla Gencer
La principessa Eboli - Grace Bumbry
Tebaldo - Jeanne Diamond
Il Conte di Lerma - Robert Schmorr
Una voce dal cielo - Carol Toscano
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1396-3 {3CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (7 November 1964). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases July-August 2004».
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Chor der Wiener Staatsoper - Ein Kammerchor der Salzburger Festspiele
Macbeth - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Lady Macbeth - Grace Bumbry
Banco - Peter Lagger
Macduff - Ermanno Lorenzi
Malcolm - Francisco Lazaro
Dama - Bozena Ruk-Focic
Medico - Alois Pernerstorfer
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Compact Disc - Frequenz 011 036 {2CDS}
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Recordings of Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.162; Opera on Record p.201; CELLETTI p.936; Opera on CD (1) p.47 (2) p.53 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.40 p.106, mise à jour septembre 2000; MET p.573; MET(VID) p.359; PENGUIN p.487; GIUDICI p.881 (2) p.1431; Opéra International No.72 septembre 1994 p.112; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.8; International Opera Collector Winter 1998 No.10 p.32; Opéra Interational février 1999 No.232 p.68, No.266 mars 2002 p.18
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
American Record Guide - January/February 1990 Vol.53 No.1 p.101 [LM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival. See OPERA Festival Issue 1964 p.46; November 1964 p.717, p.722
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Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera
Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera
Manrico - Franco Corelli
Azucena - Grace Bumbry
Leonora - Ilva Ligabue
Conte di Luna - Mario Zanasi
Ferrando - Ivo Vinco
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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 595-2 {2CDRS}; Omega Opera Archive 1456 {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 at the Chicago Lyric Opera (9 October 1964). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Zubin Mehta - 1965 or 1966(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Aida - Birgit Nilsson
Radamès - Franco Corelli
Amneris - Grace Bumbry
Amonasro - Mario Sereni
Ramphis - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Il Re di Egitto - Ferruccio Mazzoli
Una Sacerdotessa - Mirella Fiorentini
Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma
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Black Disc; - HMV «Angel Series» AN 189-191 {3LPS} (1967)ª; HMV «Angel Series» SAN 189-191 {3LPS} (1967)ª; EMI SLS 929 {3LPS}; Angel AV 34049 (highlights) {1LP} (1986)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63229-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª; EMI 4 79580-2 {2CDS} (France) (1995)ª; HMV «Classics» HMVD 5 73410-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª; EMI 358654-2 {2CDS} (2006)ª; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» 933732 (highlights) {1CD} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1967 p.278; January 1968 p.365; January 1990 p.1376 [AB]; November 1999 p.122 [AB]
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Opera - January 1968 p.52 [HDR]; December 1999 p.1448, pp.1497-98 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.30 No.4 March/April 2007 pp.243-244 [JM]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.169 p.126
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American Record Guide - July/August 1986 Vol.49 No.4 p.47 (highlight) [DA]: March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 p.203 (highlights) [DRV]
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Répertoire - No.86 décembre 1995 p.65
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Comments:- Frank Hamilton gives June, July, August 1967 as the dates of this recording in his online «Discography of Opera Recordings» by Franco Corelli: http://www.frankhamilton.org/fc/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The book issued by «The Black Dog Opera Library» also contains this recording on two CDs.
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Conductor Jean Fournet - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera
Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera
Samson - Jon Vickers
Dalila - Grace Bumbry
Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Sesto Bruscantini
Abimélech - Morley Meredith
Le Vieillard Hébreu - Raymond Michalski
Le messager philistin - Herbert Kraus
Premier philistin - Stefan Wicik
Deuxième philistin - Bernard Izzo
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 2652 (& 1339)
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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (13 November 1965). The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1965(SE)
Orchestra - Staatskapelle Dresden
Chorus - Staatsoper Dresden
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Siegfried Vogel
Leonora di Vargas - Grace Bumbry
Don Carlo - Hermann Prey
Don Alvaro - Nicolai Gedda
Preziosilla - Helga Dernesch
Padre Guardiano - Gottlob Frick
Un Chirurgo - Fred Teschler
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Black Disc - Columbia SMC 80966 {1LP}; *EMI C 063-28 168 {1LP}
Compact Disc - Berlin Classics 0020252BC {1CD}
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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:-
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.2 November/December 1994 p.408
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1965(STU)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Don Carlo - Carlo Bergonzi
Filippo II - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Rodrigo - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Il Grande Inquisitore - Martti Talvela
Un Frate - Vincenzo Bello
Elisabetta di Valois - Renata Tebaldi
La principessa Eboli - Grace Bumbry
Tebaldo - Jeannette Sinclair
Il Conte di Lerma - Kenneth MacDonald
Un Araldo Reale - John Wakefield
Una voce dal cielo - Joan Carlyle
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Black Disc; - *Decca MET 305-308 {4LPS} (1966)ª; Decca SET 305-308 {4LPS} (1966)ª; London A-4432 {4LPS) (1966)ª;; London OSA-1432 {4LPS} (1966)ª
Compact Cassette; - Decca K128K43 (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - *Decca 421 114-2 {3CDS} (1988)ª; Lyrica LRC 01077-01079 (Italy) (Decca 455 437/8/9-2) (1997)ª
Open Reel Tape - London LOV 90116 (7½ips 4-track) (USA)
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1966 p.404; April 1966 p.483; July 1979 [IM] December 1998 p. [JBS]
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Opera - April 1966 pp.300-301 [HDR]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.232-238 [WH]
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Audio & Record Review - February 1966 p.26 [CW]
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American Record Guide - Vol.32 No.8 April 1966 p.680 [PLM]
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Comments:- Recording of a five act version.
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Carmen - Grace Bumbry
Don José - Jon Vickers
Micaëla - Mirella Freni
Escamillo - Justino Díaz
Frasquita - Nadine Sautereau
Mercédès - Jane Berbié
Le Dancaïre - Gérard Dunan
Le Remendado - Milen Paunov
Moralès - Roger Soyer
Zuninga - Anton Diakov
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Compact Disc; - Frequenz 11022 {3CDS}; Price-Less DI 838X {3CDS} ; *House of Opera Carmen CD-Rom (2002)ª
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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (27 July 1966). The performance on 27 August 1966, with Ernest Blanc as Escamillo, is reviewed in OPERA Festival Issue 1966 p.54, p.58.
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Conductor Václav Neumann - 1966(STU)
Orchestra - Leipziger Gewandhaus
Chorus - Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Orfeo - Grace Bumbry
Euridice - Anneliese Rothenberger
Amor - Ruth-Margret Pütz
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Black Disc - Electrola SMA 91 602/603; EMI SMA 91602-3; Angel SBL 3717; HMV ASD 2378 (Highlights)
Compact Disc - Berlin Classics 0090332BC
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Recordings of Orfeo ed Euridice by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.25; CELLETTI p.280: Marinelli p.23; Opera on CD (1) p.12 (2) p.15 (3) p.16; MET p.156; MET(VID) p.89; PENGUIN p.109; Opernwelt 7/Juli 1995 S.14; Répertoire No.99 février 1997 p.10; Gramophone September 1997 p.28; Diapason No.464 novembre 1999 pp.74-77
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1968 p.176; April 1996 p.111
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Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 November/December 1995 p.262
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Opéra International - février 1996 No.199 p.55
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Diapason - No.121 1967 p.22; No.423 février 1996 p.99
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American Record Guide - January/February 1996 Vol.59 No.1 p.114
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Répertoire - No.97 décembre 1996 p.38
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Comments:- Recording of the original Italian version given in Vienna (1762)
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1967(FI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Carmen - Grace Bumbry
Don José - Jon Vickers
Micaëla - Mirella Freni
Escamillo - Justino Díaz
Frasquita - Valérie Millot
Mercédès - Júlia Hamari
Le Dancaïre - Kurt Equiluz
Le Remendado - Milen Paunov
Moralès - Robert Kerns
Zuninga - Anton Diakov
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Laser Disc - Philips 070 440-1 (PAL)
DVD (Video) - Philips PHBH 1003 (Japan) (1999)ª; DG 073 4032 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Philips 440 070 540-3 (NTSC); Philips Video Classics 070 440-3 (PAL)
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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1996 p.117 [AB]
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Opera - March 2006 pp.353-354 [YS]
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Opera News - August 1996 p.52
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Fanfare - Vol.29 No.2 November/December 2005 pp.341-342 [DLK]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.14 No.1 Autumn 1987 p.149 [DM]
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Opéra International - janvier 1996 No.198 p.45
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Diapason - No.527 juillet-aoüt 2005 p.108 [MP]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.169 p.128
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BBC Music Magazine - May 1996 p.23
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American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 pp.303-306 [DF]
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Répertoire - No.88 février 1996 p.84
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno X - N.98 - Giugno 1996 p.83
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Musica (Milano) - No.97 Anno 20 Aprile -Maggio p.94
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Comments:- Video recording of a film (see OPERA January 1969 p.84)
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Chor der Wiener Staatsoper - Kammerchor der Salzburger Festspiele - Kinderchor der Salzburger Festspiele
Carmen - Grace Bumbry
Don José - Jon Vickers
Micaëla - Mirella Freni
Escamillo - Justino Díaz
Frasquita - Olivera Miljakovic
Mercédès - Júlia Hamari
Le Dancaïre - John van Kesteren
Le Remendado - Milen Paunov
Moralès - Robert Kerns
Zuninga - Anton Diakov
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1306;; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1432-2 (highlights +highlights 1955) {2CDRS} (2004)ª
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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg (July or August 1967). The cast listed above is as given in Festspiele in Salzburg by Josef Kaut pp.244-245. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The origin of the recording is stated to be an «Excellent FM Aircheck».
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Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
La Gioconda - Leyla Gencer
Enzo - Renato Cioni
Barnaba - Chester Ludgin
Laura - Grace Bumbry
Alvise - Ara Berberian
La Cieca - Maureen Forrester
Zuàne - Allan Monk
Un Cantore - John Beauchamp
Isèpo - David Clements
Un Pilota - Richard Styles
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Compact Disc; - Mike Richter EA 201 (San Francisco CD ROM) (1999)ª; The Opera Lovers GIOC 196701 {2CDRS}; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}
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Recordings of La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.137; Opera on Record 3 p.192; CELLETTI p.572; GIUDICI (2) p.935; Opera on CD (1) p.84 (2) p.92 (3) p.103; MET p.374; MET(VID) p.212; PENGUIN p.285; Opera Now May 1993 p.36; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.232 p.88
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the San Francisco Opera (19 September 1967)
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Conductor Bruno Maderna - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
La Fortuna - Laura Londi
La Virtù - Emma Renzi
Poppea - Grace Bumbry
Nerone - Giuseppe di Stefano
Ottavia - Leyla Gencer
Ottone - Alberto Rinaldi
Seneca - Carlo Cava
Drusilla - Anna Novelli
Nutrice - Maria Maddalena
Arnalta - Gloria Lane
Lucano - Walter Brighi
Pallade - Mirella Fiorentini
Valletto - Maria Casula
Damigella - Maddalena Bonifaccio
Amore - Edith Martelli
Mercurio - Regolo Romani
Liberto - Lorenzo Testi
Littore - Alfredo Giacomotti
Primo soldato - Piero De Palma
Secondo soldato - Mario Carlin
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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2666S (1992)ª
Compact Disc; - Myto 1 MCD 905.31 {1CD} (1990)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of L' incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.20; MARINELLI p.3; CELLETTI p.430; Opera on CD (1) p.2 (2) p.3 (3) p.3; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.115 p.154; MET p.264; PENGUIN p.218; Opera on Video p.3; GIUDICI p.392 (2) p.686; Opéra International No.297 janvier 2005 p.31; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.224 p.134
Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at La Scala (27 January 1967; see OPERA April 1967 pp.291-292). The compact cassette issued by Lyric is included in their «New Listings - June/July 1992».
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Manrico - Richard Tucker
Azucena - Grace Bumbry
Leonora - Montserrat Caballé
Conte di Luna - Robert Merrill
Ferrando - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Ines - Shirley Love
Ruiz - Charles Anthony
Un vecchio zingaro - Luis Forero
Un messo - Joseph Folmer
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1368
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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 at the MET (4 March 1967). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The recording is described as «Fair to Good in-house recording».
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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1967(LI;25/2/67)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Aida - Leontyne Price
Radamès - Carlo Bergonzi
Amneris - Grace Bumbry
Amonasro - Robert Merrill
Ramphis - Jerome Hines
Il Re di Egitto - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Una Sacerdotessa - Lilian Sukis
Un Messaggero - Robert Nagy
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Compact Disc; - Claque 3007-9 {3CDS}; Living Stage LS 1130 {2CDS} (2005)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
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.86 diciembre 2005 p.89 [MC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (25 February 1967)
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Conductor Berislav Klobucar - 1967(LI;Stella - Bumbry)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Don Carlo - Plácido Domingo
Filippo II - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Rodrigo - Kostas Paskalis
Il Grande Inquisitore - Hans Hotter
Elisabetta di Valois - Antonietta Stella
La principessa Eboli - Grace Bumbry
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 635 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
Comments:- Recording of a performance of a four-act version at the Vienna State Opera. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22» where the date of this recording is given as 28 May 1967. There is also a recording (CDBB 628) of a performance dated 25 May 1967 with a slightly different cast listed by HOO. This is given a separate entry in CLOR.
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Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1968(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Carmen - Grace Bumbry
Don José - Jon Vickers
Micaëla - Joan Carlyle
Escamillo - Robert Merrill
Frasquita - Nelly Romanella
Mercédès - Isabel Casey
Le Dancaïre - Maria José Gallego
Le Remendado - Nino Faizetti
Moralès - Ricardo Yost
Zuninga - Jean C. Gebelin
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1224
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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (5 July 1968). The cast listed above is that given in the website of the Teatro Colón (click link below). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». Here (Heather?) Harper is listed as a cast member, but is not mentioned in the Teatro Colón's website.
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Conductor Juan Emilio Martini - 1968(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Santuzza - Grace Bumbry
Turiddu - Carlo Bergonzi
Alfio - Gian-Piero (Giampietro) Mastromei
Lola - Gina Lotufo
Lucia - Luisa Bartoletti
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Compact Disc; - VAI VAIA 1197 (+Pagliacci) {2CDS};; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 211 «Italian Opera from Teatro Colón» ;; {1xCD-ROM} (2003)ª; Myto 1 MCD 042 292 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Memoria Sonora del Teatro Colón (+Pagliacci) {2CDS} (2007)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:-
Fanfare - Vol.28 No.4 March/April 2005 pp.155-156 [GJ]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.21 No.1 Winter 2005 pp.205-207 [RB]
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Opéra International - No.298 février 2005 p.76 (mention)
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American Record Guide - January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 p.134 [LM]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.72 juLio-agosto 2004 p.84 [LB]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (30 June 1968 or/and 21 June 1968; see OPERA September 1968 p.719). According to the description of this recording given by VAI, Myto and Memoria Sonora del Teatro Colón the conductor was Juan Emilio Martini as listed above. Bruno Bartoletti and Martini are listed as conductors on the Teatro Colón website, but it is not stated which performances each of them conducted and it is possible that some recordings are of a performance conducted by Bartoletti:-
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Conductor Michelangelo Veltri - 1968(LI)
Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Macbeth - Peter Glossop
Lady Macbeth - Grace Bumbry
Banco - Raimundo Torres
Macduff - Carlos Barrena
Malcolm - Jerry Helton
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers 196802 {2CDRS} (Canada)
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Recordings of Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.162; Opera on Record p.201; CELLETTI p.936; Opera on CD (1) p.47 (2) p.53 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.40 p.106, mise à jour septembre 2000; MET p.573; MET(VID) p.359; PENGUIN p.487; GIUDICI p.881 (2) p.1431; Opéra International No.72 septembre 1994 p.112; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.8; International Opera Collector Winter 1998 No.10 p.32; Opéra Interational février 1999 No.232 p.68, No.266 mars 2002 p.18
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (14 November 1968). See OPERA February 1969 p.153; «El Gran Teatro del Liceo» by Roger Alier i Aixalà and Francesc X. Mata p.322. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca
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Conductor Alain Lombard - 1968(LI;April)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Carmen - Grace Bumbry
Don José - Richard Tucker
Micaëla - Mirella Freni
Escamillo - Justino Díaz
Frasquita - Lilian Sukis
Mercédès - Marcia Baldwin
Le Dancaïre - Gene Boucher
Le Remendado - Charles Anthony
Moralès - Ron Bottcher
Zuninga - Morley Meredith
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1711 (& 1476); Premiere (Italy) (unnumbered) {2CDRS} (2008)ª
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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (20 April 1968). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue. The CDRS issued by Premiere (Italy) are (were?) advetised on their website (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Edward Downes - 1968(LI;Craig)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Aida - Gwyneth Jones
Radamès - Charles Craig
Amneris - Grace Bumbry
Amonasro - John Shaw
Ramphis - Joseph Rouleau
Il Re di Egitto - David Kelly
Una Sacerdotessa - Anne Finley
Un Messaggero - Glynne Thomas
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Compact Disc; - Opera Dept 10301-2 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 3116 (2008)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Legato Classics 8878 (NTSC) (1998)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:- Audio and video recordings of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (5 February 1968). This was transmitted by BBC 2 Television. See Radio Times Issue dated February 1 1968 p.23 where it is stated «For the first time BBC-2 presents a complete opera in colour direct from the ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN». There is a review in OPERA March 1968 pp.257-258. It was announced in Radio Times that Radames would be sung by Richard Cassily, but, on the advice of Equity, he was refused a work permit. The VHS cassette issued by Legato is listed in their «New Video Cassette Listings - Winter 1998» where it is described as «Time coded/fair quality». The DVD-R issued on the Encore label is listed in the online catalogue of the «berkshire record outlet» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1968??(LI)
Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera?
Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera?
Aida - Martina Arroyo
Radamès - Franco Corelli
Amneris - Grace Bumbry
Amonasro - Mario Sereni
Ramphis - Cesare Siepi
Il Re di Egitto - Paul Plishka
Un Messaggero - Rod MacWherter
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Compact Disc - On Stage OS 4708 {2CDS}
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Classical Express - Issue No.108 March 1999 p.6 [RB]
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Comments:- According to the notes issued with the CDs issued by On Stage this recording is of a performance at the Philadelphia Lyric Opera on February 20, 1968. According to the chronology in «Corelli - A Man, A Voice» by Marina Boagno (p.263) Corelli and Arroyo did sing in Aida in Philadelphia on this date, but the other roles were taken by M. Auseni, M. Dunn and B Giaiotti, and the performance was conducted by Guadagno. Aida was performed with the cast given at the MET on 31 May 1971. On this occasion the role not listed above, the Sacerdotessa, was sung by Carlotta Ordassy. What appears to be the same recording has been issued by Premiere Opera (CDNO 147-2)
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Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Aida - Virginia Zeani
Radamès - Gianfranco Cecchele
Amneris - Grace Bumbry
Amonasro - Giangiacomo Guelfi
Ramphis - Nicola Ghiuselev
Il Re di Egitto - Enrico Campi
Una Sacerdotessa - Eva Ruta
Un Messaggero - Fernandino Jacopucci
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Compact Disc - Bongiovanni «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 123-124 {2CDS}
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
Comments:- Recording of a performance in Naples (18 May 1969)
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Conductor Zubin Mehta - 1969(LI;29/3/1969)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Manrico - James McCracken
Azucena - Grace Bumbry
Leonora - Leontyne Price
Conte di Luna - Sherrill Milnes
Ferrando - John Macurdy
Ines - Carlotta Ordassy
Ruiz - Charles Anthony
Un vecchio zingaro - Luis Forero
Un messo - Hal Roberts
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1569
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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 at the MET (29 March 1969). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Zubin Mehta - 1969(LI;6/3/69)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Manrico - Plácido Domingo
Azucena - Grace Bumbry
Leonora - Leontyne Price
Conte di Luna - Sherrill Milnes
Ferrando - John Macurdy
Ines - Carlotta Ordassy
Ruiz - Charles Anthony
Un vecchio zingaro - Luis Forero
Un messo - Hal Roberts
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1688
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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 most of a performance at the MET (6 March 1969; see «My First Forty Years» p.62). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The source of the recording used by Omega is stated to be a «VG in house» with it ending in Act 4 after «Ai nostri monti». Omega give the year of the recording incorrectly as 1959.
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Conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos - 1969(STU)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris
Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris & Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois
Carmen - Grace Bumbry
Don José - Jon Vickers
Micaëla - Mirella Freni
Escamillo - Kostas Paskalis
Frasquita - Eliane Lublin
Mercédès - Viorica Cortez
Le Dancaïre - Michel Trempont
Le Remendado - Albert Voli
Moralès - Claude Meloni
Zuninga - Bernard Gontcharenko
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Black Disc; - *EMI «Angel Series» SLS 952/3 (SAN 273-275) (1970)ª; EMI Electrola 1C 197 02072-4 {3LPS};; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» CFPD 414454-3 (1986)ª; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» CFPD 4454 (1986)ª
Compact Cassette; - EMI «Classics for Pleasure» CFPD 414454-5 (1986)ª; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» TC CFPD 4454
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63643-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» CD CFPD 4454 {2CDS}; EMI 4 79571-2 {2CDS} (France) (1995)ª; EMI «Gemini» 5 85505-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª; EMI «Classics» 367696-2 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1970 p.634; January 1971 p.1128; April 1981 p. [JBS] ; August 1986 p. [HF]; June 1991 p. [JBS]
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Opera - December 1970 p.1136
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Opera Now - February 1995 p.53
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Fanfare - Vol.30 No.6 July/August 2007 pp.85-87 [JM]
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Diapason - No.421 décembre 1995 p.100
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Répertoire - No.86 décembre 1995 p.31
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.69 abril 2004 p.83 [MC]
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Comments:- The non-francophone members of the cast have their dialogue spoken by a separatecast of French actors and actresses
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Conductor Franz Allers - 1969(STU)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Graf Homonay - Hermann Prey
Conte Carnero - Wolfgang Anheißer
Sandor Barinkay - Nicolai Gedda
Kalman Zsupan - Kurt Böhme
Arsena - Rita Streich
Mirabella - Gisela Litz
Ottokar - Willi Brokmeier
Czipra - Biserka Cvejic
Saffi - Grace Bumbry
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Black Disc - EMI 157 28 354/35
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 565971-2 (1996)ª; DISKY DC 700143 (highlights +Ein Walzertraum -; excerpts); Musical Heritage Society MHS 525243F {2CDS} (USA) (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Der Zigeunerbaron by Johann Strauß II are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.255
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.22 No.3 January/February 1999 p.257 [JB]
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American Record Guide - March/April 1999 Vol.62 No.2 p.229 [RT]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.89 junio 1996 p.62
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.21 septiembre-noviembre 1996 pp.67-68
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Conductor Kurt Adler - 1970(LI;14/2/70)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Don Carlo - Franco Corelli
Filippo II - Giorgio Tozzi
Rodrigo - Robert Merrill
Il Grande Inquisitore - Raymond Michalski
Un Frate - Edmond Karlsrud
Elisabetta di Valois - Raina Kabaivanska
La principessa Eboli - Grace Bumbry
Tebaldo - Judith Forst
Il Conte di Lerma - Leo Goeke
Un Araldo Reale - Rod MacWherter
Una voce dal cielo - Margaret Kalil
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1289 {& 1051);; The Opera Lovers DON 197002 {3CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
Comments:- Recording of a performance of a 4-Act version at the MET (14 February 1970). See «Start-Up at the New Met» by Paul Jackson pp.139-143. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Leonard Bernstein - 1970(LI;7/2/70)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Santuzza - Grace Bumbry
Turiddu - Franco Corelli
Alfio - Walter Cassel
Lola - Nedda Casei
Lucia - Carlotta Ordassy
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1118
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 February 1970). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Leonard Bernstein - 1970(LI;8/1/70)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Santuzza - Grace Bumbry
Turiddu - Franco Corelli
Alfio - Frank Guarrera
Lola - Nedda Casei
Lucia - Carlotta Ordassy
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Compact Disc; - Melodram CDM 27095 (+Pagliacci - Santi) {2CDS} (1991)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 January 1970)
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1970(STU)
Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - John Alldis Choir
Aida - Leontyne Price
Radamès - Plácido Domingo
Amneris - Grace Bumbry
Amonasro - Sherrill Milnes
Ramphis - Ruggero Raimondi
Il Re di Egitto - Hans Sotin
Una Sacerdotessa - Joyce Mathis
Un Messaggero - Bruce Brewer
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Black Disc; - RCA LMDS 6198/3; *RCA «Red Seal» SER 5609-5011 (UK) (1971)ª
Compact Cassette - RCA ARK3-2541; RCA RK 40005
Compact Disc; - RCA «Red Seal» RD 86198 {3CDS} (1988)ª; BMG RCA Victor «Red Seal» 74321 39498-2 {3CDS} (1997)ª; Lyrica LRC 010223 {3CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1971 p.889; March 1972 p.1503; August 1988 p.338 [AB]
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Opera Now - November/December 1997 p.96 [GH]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.238-244 [CPCG]
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Diapason - No.440 septembre 1997 p.120 [AT]
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BBC Music Magazine - June 1997 p.75 (mention)
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American Record Guide - January/February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.182 [LM]
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.565
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.98 abril 1997 p.40 (mention)
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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.53
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI N.111 settembre 1997 p.95 [GB]
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Don Carlo - Plácido Domingo
Filippo II - Cesare Siepi
Rodrigo - Robert Merrill
Il Grande Inquisitore - John Macurdy
Un Frate - James Morris
Elisabetta di Valois - Raina Kabaivanska
La principessa Eboli - Grace Bumbry
Tebaldo - Judith Forst
Il Conte di Lerma - Leo Goeke
Un Araldo Reale - Rod MacWherter
Una voce dal cielo - Jeannine Altmeyer
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers DON 197102 (3CDRS}
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
Comments:- The recording on the CDRs issued by The Opera Lovers is probably of a performance at the MET on 11 (or 8) October 1971. The CDRs are listed in their online catalogue where the date of the performance recorded is given as «11.11.71», but Don Carlo was not performed at the MET on that day. As none of the performances of Don Carlo at the MET in 1971 was broadcast the recording was probably made «in-house»,
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Conductor Ottavio Ziino - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Macbeth - Cornell MacNeil
Lady Macbeth - Grace Bumbry
Banco - Dmitri Nabokov
Macduff - Pedro Lavirgen
Malcolm - Natale De Lazzari
Dama - Jacklyn Schneider
Medico - Robert Falk
Domestico - Alberto Garcia
Sicaro - Harry Dworchak
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers MACB 197101 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.162; Opera on Record p.201; CELLETTI p.936; Opera on CD (1) p.47 (2) p.53 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.40 p.106, mise à jour septembre 2000; MET p.573; MET(VID) p.359; PENGUIN p.487; GIUDICI p.881 (2) p.1431; Opéra International No.72 septembre 1994 p.112; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.8; International Opera Collector Winter 1998 No.10 p.32; Opéra Interational février 1999 No.232 p.68, No.266 mars 2002 p.18
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (13 April 1971). The cast listed above is that given in Frank Hamilton's online chronology of opera performances in Philadelphia. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Orfeo - Grace Bumbry
Euridice - Gabriella Tucci
Amor - Roberta Peters
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Black Disc - Movimento Musica MM 02014 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 1971 (BRO 125576) {2CDRS} (2005)ª; The Opera Lovers ORPE 197101 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Orfeo ed Euridice by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.25; CELLETTI p.280: Marinelli p.23; Opera on CD (1) p.12 (2) p.15 (3) p.16; MET p.156; MET(VID) p.89; PENGUIN p.109; Opernwelt 7/Juli 1995 S.14; Répertoire No.99 février 1997 p.10; Gramophone September 1997 p.28; Diapason No.464 novembre 1999 pp.74-77
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Musica (Milano) - N.30 Anno 7 ottobre 1983 p.325, p.326 [GL]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (9 January 1971). The Movimento Musica LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670 (with the year incorrectly stated). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and those issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Serge Baudo - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Samson - Richard Tucker
Dalila - Grace Bumbry
Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Gabriel Bacquier
Abimélech - Paul Plishka
Le Vieillard Hébreu - John Macurdy
Le messager philistin - Charles Anthony
Premier philistin - Nico Castel
Deuxième philistin - Robert Goodloe
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers SAMD 197101 {2CDRS} (Canada)
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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28
Comments:- An «in-house» recording of a performance at the MET (18 December 1971). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor James Levine - 1971(LI;12/6/71)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Floria Tosca - Grace Bumbry
Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli
Il barone Scarpia - Peter Glossop
Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena
Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot
Spoletta - Paul Franke
Sciarrone - Russell Christopher
Un pastore - René Mack
Un carceriere - Edmond Karlsrud
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1247
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (12 June 1971). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22». The recording is described as «Excellent in-house»
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Conductor James Levine - 1971(LI;6/11/71)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Floria Tosca - Grace Bumbry
Mario Cavaradossi - Plácido Domingo
Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi
Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena
Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot
Spoletta - Charles Anthony
Sciarrone - Russell Christopher
Un pastore - René Mack
Un carceriere - Edmond Karlsrud
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1258
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (6 November 1971). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The recording is described as an «Very Good to Excellent FM Aircheck», but this performance was not broadcast.
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Conductor Serge Baudo - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Samson - James McCracken
Dalila - Grace Bumbry
Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Gabriel Bacquier
Abimélech - Paul Plishka
Le Vieillard Hébreu - John Macurdy
Le messager philistin - Charles Anthony
Premier philistin - Robert Schmorr
Deuxième philistin - Robert Goodloe
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers SAMD 197201 {2CDRS} (Canada)
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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 January 1972). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1972(LI;22/4/72)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Don Carlo - Franco Corelli
Filippo II - Cesare Siepi
Rodrigo - Sherrill Milnes
Il Grande Inquisitore - John Macurdy
Un Frate - Paul Plishka
Elisabetta di Valois - Montserrat Caballé
La principessa Eboli - Grace Bumbry
Tebaldo - Frederica Von Stade
Il Conte di Lerma - Leo Goeke
Un Araldo Reale - Rod MacWherter
Una voce dal cielo - Lucine Amara
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Compact Disc; - foyer 2-CF 2092 {2CDS}; Arkadia HP 618.3; Myto 2 MCD 022 261 {2CDS} (2002)ª; The Opera Lovers DON 197201 {3CDRS}
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - June 1993 p.61; November 1995 p.38
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Opéra International - mars 1993 p.70; No.292 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.82 [JC]
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Diapason - No.510 janvier 2004 p.110 [PK]
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Classics - January 1993 p.67
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Répertoire - No.85 novembre 1995 p.80
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - octubre 2002 No.158 pp.46-47 [AV]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.55 noviembre 2002 pp.86-87 [JR]
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Classica Répertoire - No.60 mars 2004 p.118 (mention) [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (22 April 1972). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1973(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Macbeth - Sherrill Milnes
Lady Macbeth - Grace Bumbry
Banco - Ruggero Raimondi
Macduff - Franco Corelli
Malcolm - Rod MacWherter
Dama - Carlotta Ordassy
Medico - Edmond Karlsrud
Domestico - Domenico Simeone
Sicaro - Richard Best
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1776-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
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Recordings of Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.162; Opera on Record p.201; CELLETTI p.936; Opera on CD (1) p.47 (2) p.53 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.40 p.106, mise à jour septembre 2000; MET p.573; MET(VID) p.359; PENGUIN p.487; GIUDICI p.881 (2) p.1431; Opéra International No.72 septembre 1994 p.112; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.8; International Opera Collector Winter 1998 No.10 p.32; Opéra Interational février 1999 No.232 p.68, No.266 mars 2002 p.18
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the State Fair Music Hall, Dallas (18 May 1973). The CDs issued by Premiere are included in their list of «latest offerings» dated 16 May 2005.
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Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Macerata Festival
Chorus - Macerata Festival
Carmen - Grace Bumbry
Don José - Franco Corelli
Micaëla - Wilma Vernocchi
Escamillo - Franco Bordoni
Frasquita - Giovanna di Rocco
Mercédès - Anita Caminada
Le Dancaïre - Mario Ferrara
Le Remendado - Giuseppe Morresi
Moralès - Carlo Scaravelli
Zuninga - Francesco Signor
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Compact Disc - Bongiovanni «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 181-182 {2CDS} Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 448-2 {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - August/September 1995 p.84
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Arena Sferisterio Macerata (21 July 1974; see OPERA, Festival Issue, 1974, p.104).
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Conductor Ino Savini - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Liceo (Barcelona)
Chorus - Teatro Liceo (Barcelona)
La Gioconda - Grace Bumbry
Enzo - Flaviano Labò
Barnaba - Anselmo Colzani
Laura - Stella Silva
Alvise - Carlo Cava
La Cieca - Patricia Payne
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Compact Disc - Savini Private Edition No.9 {2CDS}; Omega Opera Archive 4079
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Recordings of La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.137; Opera on Record 3 p.192; CELLETTI p.572; GIUDICI (2) p.935; Opera on CD (1) p.84 (2) p.92 (3) p.103; MET p.374; MET(VID) p.212; PENGUIN p.285; Opera Now May 1993 p.36; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.232 p.88
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opéra International - octobre 1996 No.206 p.58
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Liceo, Barcelona (see OPERA, March 1995p.292)
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Conductor Alfredo Silipigni - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Opera Theatre of New Jersey
Chorus - Opera Theatre of New Jersey
La Gioconda - Grace Bumbry
Enzo - Richard Tucker
Barnaba - Vern Shinall
Laura - Gwynn Cornell
Alvise - Samuel Ramey
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Compact Cassette; - Legato Classics ALD 4819-S (highlights) (1998)ª
Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 177-2 {2CDS}
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Recordings of La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.137; Opera on Record 3 p.192; CELLETTI p.572; GIUDICI (2) p.935; Opera on CD (1) p.84 (2) p.92 (3) p.103; MET p.374; MET(VID) p.212; PENGUIN p.285; Opera Now May 1993 p.36; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.232 p.88
Comments:- Recording of a performance in Newark, New Jersey (2 February 1974). The compact cassette issued by Legato is listed in their list of «New Audio Cassette Listings(ALD) - Winter 1998».
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Conductor Jerzy Semkow - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Grandmother Buryjovka - Bruna Baglioni
Laca - Robleto Merolla
Steva - Renato Cioni
Kostelnicka - Magda Olivero
Jenufa - Grace Bumbry
Mill Foreman - Carlo Meliciani
Mayor - Nicola Zaccaria
Mayor's Wife - Adriana Camani
Karolka - Rosemarie De Rive
Herdswoman - Luciana Rezzadore
Barena - Silvana Zanolli
Jano - Shepherd - Yeda Valtriani
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Black Disc - Morgan 3MOR 7401 {3LPS}; Legendary Recordings LR 208-3 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 961.142 {2CDS} (1996)ª
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Recordings of Jenufa by Leos Janácek are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.327; CELLETTI p.344; Opera on CD (1) p.103 (2) p.114 (3) p.127; L'Avant Scène No.102 p.102, mise à jour mars 2003; MET p.192; PENGUIN p.167
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Classical Express - Issue 78 September 1996 p.7
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American Record Guide - January/February 1997 Vol.60 No.1 p.124
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.92 octubre 1996 p.54
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (2 April 1974, see OPERA September 1974 p.787)
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Conductor Armando Gatto - 1975(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Macbeth - Renato Bruson
Lady Macbeth - Grace Bumbry
Banco - Agostino Ferrin
Macduff - Luciano Saldari
Malcolm - Paride Venturi
Dama - Wilma Colla
Medico - Bernardino di Bagno
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Compact Disc - Bongiovanni «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 185/186 {2CDS}
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Recordings of Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.162; Opera on Record p.201; CELLETTI p.936; Opera on CD (1) p.47 (2) p.53 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.40 p.106, mise à jour septembre 2000; MET p.573; MET(VID) p.359; PENGUIN p.487; GIUDICI p.881 (2) p.1431; Opéra International No.72 septembre 1994 p.112; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.8; International Opera Collector Winter 1998 No.10 p.32; Opéra Interational février 1999 No.232 p.68, No.266 mars 2002 p.18
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - August/September 1995 p.84
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Bologna (18 March 1975)
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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1976(FI)
Orchestra - Teatro Lirico di Torino
Chorus - Teatro Lirico di Torino
Aida - Gilda Cruz-Romo
Radamès - Peter Gugalov
Amneris - Grace Bumbry
Amonasro - Ingvar Wixell
Ramphis - Agostino Ferrin
Il Re di Egitto - Luigi Roni
Una Sacerdotessa - Mirella Fiorentini
Un Messaggero - Gérard Friedman
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Black Disc; - Lévon Records ML 1005/07 {3LPS} (1978)ª; Discoreale ML 1005 {3LPS}
Laser Disc - Dreamlife DC6 (NTSC); Dreamlife DMLB 43 (Japanese NTSC)
VHS Video Cassette - Dreamlife DMVB 26 (Japanese NTSC)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
Comments:- Recorded at the Chorégies d'Orange (see L'Avant Scène Opéra No.111 p.83). The LPs issued by Levon Records are advertized inside the front cover of OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.9 juin 1978.
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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1976(LC)