There are 79 recordings on file in which John Dobson appears

Order by composer

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

1 1959(LI) - Rosenkavalier (Der) by Richard Strauss - Leopold Ludwig*

2 1960(LI) - Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli*

3 1960(LI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Nello Santi*

4 1961(LI) - Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven - Otto Klemperer*

5 1962(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Georg Solti*

6 1962(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Georg Solti*

7 1962(LI) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Otto Klemperer***

8 1964(LI) - Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven - Norman Del Mar*

9 1964(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Carlo Maria Giulini**

10 1964(LI) - Wozzeck by Alban Berg - John Pritchard*

11 1965(LI) - tabarro (Il) by Giacomo Puccini - John Pritchard*

12 1965(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Georges Prêtre*

13 1965(RA) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Carlo Felice Cillario*

14 1966(LI) - Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz - John Pritchard*

15 1966(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Edward Downes*

16 1966(LI) - Turandot by Giacomo Puccini - Charles Mackerras*

17 1967(LI) - King Priam by Michael Tippett - John Pritchard*

18 1968(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Georg Solti*

19 1968(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - David Atherton*

20 1968(LI) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Günther Wich**

21 1970(LI) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - Gennady Rozhdestvensky*

22 1971(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Reginald Goodall*

23 1971(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Georg Solti*

24 1972(LI) - Khovanshchina by Modest Mussorgsky - Edward Downes*

25 1972(LI) - Taverner by Peter Maxwell Davies - Edward Downes*

26 1972(LI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Carlo Felice Cillario*

27 1972(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Reynald Giovaninetti*

28 1972?(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Edward Downes*

29 1973(LI) - Carmen by Georges Bizet - Georg Solti*

30 1973(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Jascha Horenstein*

31 1974(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Charles Mackerras***

32 1974?(RA) - Agamemnon by Havergal Brian - Richard Armstrong*

33 1975(LI) - King Priam by Michael Tippett - David Atherton*

34 1975(LI) - Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi - Lamberto Gardelli**

35 1975(LI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Richard Bonynge*

36 1975(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Anton Guadagno*

37 1976(LI) - Lombardi (I) by Giuseppe Verdi - Lamberto Gardelli*

38 1977(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Riccardo Muti*

39 1977(LI) - Ice Break (The) by Michael Tippett - Colin Davis*

40 1977(LI) - Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten - David Atherton*

41 1977(LI;Caballé) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Robin Stapleton*

42 1977(LI;Vishnevskaya) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Robin Stapleton**

43 1978(LI) - fanciulla del west (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Zubin Mehta*

44 1978(LI) - Rheingold (Das) by Richard Wagner - Colin Davis*

45 1978(LI) - Siegfried by Richard Wagner - Colin Davis*

46 1978(STU) - fanciulla del west (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Zubin Mehta*

47 1978(STU) - Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten - Colin Davis*

48 1979(FI) - Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti - Richard Armstrong*

49 1979(LI) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Carlos Kleiber*

50 1979(LI) - Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti - Riccardo Chailly*

51 1979(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Maurits Sillem*

52 1980(LI) - Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti - Jesús López Cobos*

53 1980(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Carlos Kleiber*

54 1980(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Georg Solti*

55 1980(RA) - Liebe der Danae (Die) by Richard Strauss - Charles Mackerras*

56 1981(LC) - Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten - Colin Davis*

57 1981(LI) - Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens - Colin Davis*

58 1981(LI) - sonnambula (La) by Vincenzo Bellini - Manfred Ramin*

59 1981(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Richard Bonynge*

60 1982(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Carlo Maria Giulini*

61 1982(LI) - fanciulla del west (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Nello Santi*

62 1983(LI) - Taverner by Peter Maxwell Davies - Edward Downes*

63 1983(STU) - Rake's Progress (The) by Igor Stravinsky - Riccardo Chailly*

64 1985(LI) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - Julius Rudel*

65 1985(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Bernard Haitink*

66 1985(LI) - Rosenkavalier (Der) by Richard Strauss - Georg Solti*

67 1986(LI) - Rake's Progress (The) by Igor Stravinsky - Jan Latham-Koenig*

68 1987(LI) - Turandot by Giacomo Puccini - Jacques Delacôte*

69 1987(STU) - Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti - David Syrus*

70 1988(LI) - ballo in maschera (Un) by Giuseppe Verdi - Richard Armstrong*

71 1990(LI) - Fledermaus (Die) by Johann Strauß II - Richard Bonynge**

72 1990(STU) - Cunning Little Vixen (The) by Leos Janácek - Simon Rattle*

73 1991(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Michel Plasson*

74 1995(LI) - ballo in maschera (Un) by Giuseppe Verdi - Edward Downes*

75 1995(LI) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Jan Latham-Koenig*

76 1995(LI) - Fedora by Umberto Giordano - Edward Downes*

77 1997(LI) - Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Die) by Richard Wagner - Bernard Haitink*

78 1998(LI) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - Richard Armstrong*

79 1999(LI) - Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz - Colin Davis*

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Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss performed in German

Conductor Leopold Ludwig - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus

Marschallin - Régine Crespin

Octavian - Elisabeth Söderström

Sophie - Anneliese Rothenberger

Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Oskar Czerwenka

Faninal - Willy Ferenz

Valzacchi - John Kentish

Annina - Nancy Evans

Ein Sänger - William McAlpine

Marianne Leitmetzerin - Elizabeth Crook

Polizeikommissar - Hervey Alan

Der Wirt - Duncan Robertson

Ein Notar - Derick Davies

Der Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin - Duncan Robertson

Der Haufhofmeister bei Faninal - John Dobson

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1346-3 {3CDRS} (2004)ª; live-rare-opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {3CDRS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; HARRIS p.248; Opera on Record p.567; CELLETTI p.788; Opera on CD (1) p.119 (2) p.131 (3) p.146; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.69-70 p.208 (and Supplément 1997); MET p.525; MET(VID) p.311; PENGUIN p.417;American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.201; GIUDICI p.819 (2) p.1340; Répertoire No.105 septembre 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Spring 1999 No.11 p.16; Opéra International décembre 1999 No.241 p.57; Gramophone May 2000 pp.36-39; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.63

Comments:- Recording of a performance at Glyndebourne (May or June 1959; see OPERA July 1959 pp.433-436). The performance on 7 June 1959 was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated June 7-13 1959 p.23). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «New CD Releases - April/May 2004».

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Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Macbeth - Tito Gobbi

Lady Macbeth - Amy Shuard

Banco - Forbes Robinson

Macduff - André Turp

Malcolm - John Dobson

Dama - Noreen Berry

Medico - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 435 {3LPS} (1984)ª

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00783

Compact Disc; - Bella Voce BLV 107.203 (+Otello - excerpts - Sanzogno) {2CDS} (1996)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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Mai 1996 S.62

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Opéra International - novembre 1984 No.75 pp.51-52 [SS]

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Diapason - No.429 septembre 1996 p.150

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.144 ottobre 2000 p.82 [GL]

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Comments:- The performance whose recording is on the Bella Voce CDs and Charles Handelman's tapes is reported to be that at Covent Garden on 8 April 1960 with the cast as listed above. This performance was broadcast (see Radio Times Issue dated April 3-9 1960 p.51). That on the Melodram LPs is reported to be that of 31 March 1960, the first night, which was not broadcast. In this performance Joseph Rouleau sang Banco, not Forbes Robinson. (See OPERA May 1960 p.369)

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nello Santi - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Violetta Valery - Virginia Zeani

Flora Bervoix - Marie Collier

Annina - Leah Roberts

Alfredo Germont - William McAlpine

Giorgio Germont - Jess Walters

Gastone - John Dobson

Dottore Grenvil - Michael Langdon

Barone Douphol - Forbes Robinson

Marchese d'Obigny - Ronald Lewis

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02393

Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 429-2 {2CDRS}

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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 Covent Garden (13 January 1960). Zeani replaced Joan Sutherland who was originally announced to sing Violetta (See OPERA March 1960 pp.228-230). This performance was broadcast on the BBC Home Service (see Radio Times Issue dated January 8 1960).

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Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven performed in German

Conductor Otto Klemperer - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Leonore - Sena Jurinac

Florestan - Jon Vickers

Pizarro - Hans Hotter

Rocco - Gottlob Frick

Marzelline - Elsie Morison

Jaquino - John Dobson

Fernando - Forbes Robinson

Erster Gefangene - Joseph Ward

Zweiter Gefangene - Victor Godfrey

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Black Disc - *Melodram MEL 407 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Melodram 27076 {2CDS}; *Testament S8T2 1328 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Celestial Audio CA 601 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2007)ª

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Recordings of Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.119; CELLETTI p.29; Opera on CD p.25 (1) p.29 (3) p.32; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.10 p.102; MET p.8; MET(VID) p.4; PENGUIN p.6; Stereophile January 1994 p.177; May 1994 p.15; BBC Music Magazine February 1995 p.43; Opera on Video p.37; GIUDICI p.11 (2) p.19; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.62; Gramophone January 1997 p.40; Répertoire No.103 juin 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.64; International Record Review March 2001 p.22; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 2004 p.81 [AB]

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Opera - February 2004 pp.152-153 [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.6 July/August 2004 pp.49-51 [JC,MHF]

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Opéra International - No.288 mars 2004 p.78 [AT]

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Diapason - No.512 mars 2004 p.123 [RL]

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BBC Music Magazine - March 2004 p.57 [MD]

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International Record Review - January 2004 p.74 [MT]

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American Record Guide - November/December 1990 Vol.53 No.6 pp.27-28 [KM]: May/June 2004 Vol.67 No.3 pp.82-83 [SDC]

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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2004 p.96 [CB]

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

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.70 mayo 2004 p.84 [JR]

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Musica (Milano) - N.154 marzo 2004 pp.56-57 [SH]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.187 ottobre 2004 p.82 [GL]

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Comments:- Recordings of performances at Covent Garden (see OPERA April 1961 p.271; AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE May 1961 Vol.27 No.9 p.708, p.710). The recording on the CDs issued by Testament is of the performance on 24 February 1961, the first of the run of six performances and, although not broadcast, was recorded by the BBC. These CDs were issued under licence from the BBC. The recording on the LPs and CDs issued by Melodram and the CDRs issued by Celestial Audio is presumably of the performance on 7 March 1961 which was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated March 4-10 1961 p.37). The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE September 1983 p.407

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Forbes Robinson

Leonora di Vargas - Floriana Cavalli

Don Carlo - John Shaw

Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi

Preziosilla - Josephine Veasey

Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi

Curra - Noreen Berry

Padre Guardiano - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Mastro Trabuco - John Dobson

Un Chirurgo - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies

Un Alcalde - David Kelly

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01922

Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 003 224 (+Il trovatore - highlights) {2CDS} (2000)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1325 (2002)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 publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.24 No.3 January/February 2001 p.284 [JM]

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Orpheus - Oktober 2000 S.57 [GH]

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American Record Guide - November/December 2000 Vol.63 No.6 p.246 [LM]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - noviembre 2000 No.137 p.46 [AV]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 p.97 [JV]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (1 October 1962). The performance on 28 September 1962 is reviewed in OPERA November 1962 pp.758-761)

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Raina Kabaivanska

Iago - Tito Gobbi

Cassio - John Lanigan

Rodrigo - John Dobson

Lodovico - David Ward

Montano - Forbes Robinson

Emilia - Josephine Veasey

Un Araldo - Glynne Thomas

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Compact Disc - Nuova ERA 23578 {2CDS}; Memories 4583/4584 {2CDS}

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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 Covent Garden (30 June 1962 see OPERA August 1962 p.559). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated June 30 - July 6 1962 p.13. Geraint Evans was announced to sing Iago, but in fact, Tito Gobbi sang. The CDs issued on the «Memories» label are advertized in GRAMOPHONE March 1995 p.84.

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Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German

Conductor Otto Klemperer - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Tamino - Richard Lewis

Papageno - Geraint Evans

Königin der Nacht - Joan Sutherland

Sprecher - Hans Hotter

Pamina - Joan Carlyle

Sarastro - David Kelly

Monostatos - Robert Bowman

Papagena - Jenifer Eddy

1er Geharnischter - Edgar Evans

2er Geharnischter - Victor Godfrey

Erste Dame - Judith Pierce

Zweite Dame - Josephine Veasey

Dritte Dame - Monica Sinclair

Erster Knabe - Margaret Neville

Zweiter Knabe - Ann Hood

Dritter Knabe - Marian Roberts

Erster Priester - John Dobson

Zweiter Priester - Ronald Lewis

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01421

Compact Disc; - House of Opera CD 210; Golden Melodram GM 5.0060.2 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.130: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.136-140; Opera on Record p.106; CELLETTI p.525; Opera on CD (1) p.22 (2) p.26 (3) p.28; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.101 p.138, No.196 p.148; MET p.332; MET(VID) p.186; PENGUIN p.257; BBC Music Magazine May 1994 p.47; Opéra International No.182 juillet-aoüt 1994 p.14; GIUDICI p.495 (2) p.828; Stereophile October 1996 (Vol.19 No.10) p.303; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.15; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.58-60; BBC Music Magazine April 2004 p.52; The Gramophone January 2006 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

American Record Guide - January/February 2008 Vol.71 No.1 p.221 [MM]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.99 abril 2007 p.90, p.92 [JR]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden. This was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated December 30 1961 - January 5 1962 p.49 and is reviewed in OPERA February 1962 pp.133-138. Dezoe Ernster who was to have sung Sarastro broke a leg and was replaced at short notice by David Kelly.

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Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven performed in German

Conductor Norman Del Mar - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Leonore - Régine Crespin

Florestan - Vilém Pribyl

Pizarro - Forbes Robinson

Rocco - Josef Greindl

Marzelline - Jeannette Sinclair

Jaquino - John Dobson

Fernando - Victor Godfrey

Erster Gefangene - Joseph Ward

Zweiter Gefangene - Dennis Wicks

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1765 (& 1530); Opera Depot OD 10344-2 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 500

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Recordings of Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.119; CELLETTI p.29; Opera on CD p.25 (1) p.29 (3) p.32; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.10 p.102; MET p.8; MET(VID) p.4; PENGUIN p.6; Stereophile January 1994 p.177; May 1994 p.15; BBC Music Magazine February 1995 p.43; Opera on Video p.37; GIUDICI p.11 (2) p.19; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.62; Gramophone January 1997 p.40; Répertoire No.103 juin 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.64; International Record Review March 2001 p.22; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (10 October 1964). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated October 3-9 1964 p.17). The performances on 5, 21 October 1964, in which the casts were slightly different from that given above, are reviewed in OPERA (November 1964 pp.763-764, December 1964 pp.828-829). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue and the CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on the website http://www.operadepot.com (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Manrico - Bruno Prevedi

Azucena - Giulietta Simionato

Leonora - Gwyneth Jones

Conte di Luna - Peter Glossop

Ferrando - Joseph Rouleau

Ines - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Ruiz - John Dobson

Un vecchio zingaro - William Clothier

Un messo - Handel Owen

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Black Disc; - Legendary Recordings LR 175-3 {3LPS} (1982)ª

Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers TRO 196401 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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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 Covent Garden on 26 November 1964. The performance on 23 November 1964 is reviewed in OPERA January 1965 p.58; The LR LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE December 1982 p.722 and the CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca. A video recording of excerpts of one the performances in the same «run» has been issued on the ENCORE label (DVD 3108) and is listed in the online catalogue of the «berkshire record outlet» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Wozzeck by Alban Berg performed in English

Conductor John Pritchard - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Wozzeck - Geraint Evans

Tambourmajor - Edgar Evans

Andres - John Dobson

Hauptmann - Kenneth MacDonald

Doktor - Otakar Kraus

1.Handwerkbursch - Ronald Lewis

2.Handwerkbursch - Dennis Wicks

Narr - Robert Bowman

Marie - Marilyn Horne

Margaret - Noreen Berry

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1667

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Recordings of Wozzeck by Alban Berg are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.365; CELLETTI p.78; MARINELLI p.476; Opera on CD (1) p.132 (2) p.145 (3) p.163; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.36 p.138; Supplément mai 1998; No.215; MET p.33; MET(VIDEO) p.12; PENGUIN p.16; GIUDICI p.44 (2) p.79; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.64; BBC Music Magazine February 2000 p.49; Gramophone November (published September) 2003 p.56

Comments:- This is probably a recording of the performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 31 October 1964 which was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. The performance on October 29 1964 is reviewed in OPERA December 1964 pp.830-833. 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 date of the performance recorded is given incorrectly as «Oct.3.1964».

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Il tabarro by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor John Pritchard - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Michele - Tito Gobbi

Luigi - Charles Craig

Il Tinca - John Lanigan

Il Talpa - Eric Garrett

Giorgetta - Marie Collier

La Frugola - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Venditore di canzonette - John Dobson

Due amanti - Margaret Smith

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03742

Compact Disc - Live Opera Heaven CAS 321 {1CDR}; Omega Opera Archive 1970

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.110; Opera on Record 2 p.314; CELLETTI p.630; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.444; MET(VID) p.249; PENGUIN p.313; Opera on Video p.185; GIUDICI p.642 (2) p.1056; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (23 April 1965; see OPERA June 1965 pp.450-454). This was broadcast on the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated April 15 1965 p.62).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Floria Tosca - Maria Callas

Mario Cavaradossi - Renato Cioni

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Eric Garrett

Cesare Angelotti - Victor Godfrey

Spoletta - John Dobson

Sciarrone - Dennis Wicks

Un pastore - David Sellar

Un carceriere - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman 04087

Compact Disc - Divina Records DVN 2 {2CDS}

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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 Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.190 (2) pp.195-196 (4) pp.192-193

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 p.78 [LB]

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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at Covent Garden (5 July 1965; see OPERA August 1965 p.605 )

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1965(RA)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Violetta Valery - Renata Scotto

Flora Bervoix - Noreen Berry

Annina - Leah Roberts

Alfredo Germont - Luciano Pavarotti

Giorgio Germont - Peter Glossop

Gastone - John Dobson

Dottore Grenvil - David Kelly

Barone Douphol - Dennis Wicks

Marchese d'Obigny - Ronald Lewis

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Compact Disc; - *Memories HR 4404/05 {2CDS};; Legato Classics LCD 148-2 (highlights +I Lombardi - Gavazzeni) {2CDS}; The Opera Lovers TRA 196503 {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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

ARSC Journal - Vol.21 No.2 Fall 1990 p.303 (highlights) [SGA]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Covent Garden company in the studio (25 March 1965) and rebroadcast on the BBC Music Programme on 23 December 1965 (see OPERA March 1965 p.125, and Radio Times, Issue dated March 18 1965 p.54, Issue dated December 16 1965 p.46). The performance at Covent Garden on 15 March 1965 (with a different singer as Giorgio Germont) is reviewed in OPERA May 1965 p.376 and that on 30 March 1965 is reviewed on p.385 of the same issue. The «highlights» are a «filler» on the Legato CDs of I Lombardi. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz performed in French

Conductor John Pritchard - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Benvenuto Cellini - Nicolai Gedda

Balducci - Napoléon Bisson

Fieramosca - Robert Massard

Le Pape Clément VII - David Ward

Francesco - John Dobson

Bernadino - Victor Godfrey

Pompeo - Jules Bruyère

Teresa - Elizabeth Vaughan

Cabaretier - John Lanigan

Ascanio - Yvonne Minton

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Black Disc - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 77 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100 618 {2CDS} (+Gedda - recital) (2004)ª; Omega Opera Archive 1762; The Opera Lovers BEN 196601 {2CDRS} (2006)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 publication:-

Orpheus - Juli+August 2004 S.68 [GH]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (15 December 1966 see OPERA February 1967 p.160). 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 date of the perfromance recorded is given here as 31 December 1966. There were performances on 15 and 31 December, but neither was broadcast. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The date of the performance recorded is given here as «15.12.66».

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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Edward Downes - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Don Carlo - Bruno Prevedi

Filippo II - Boris Christoff

Rodrigo - Peter Glossop

Il Grande Inquisitore - David Ward

Un Frate - Michael Langdon

Elisabetta di Valois - Gwyneth Jones

La principessa Eboli - Rita Gorr

Tebaldo - Elizabeth Robson

Il Conte di Lerma - John Dobson

Un Araldo Reale - Ronald Lewis

Una voce dal cielo - Roxolana Roslak

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Compact Disc; - Oriel Music Society OMS 142/3M {3CDS} (2001)ª; House of opera CD 276 {3CDS}

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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:- This appears to be a recording of a performance a 5-act version at Covent Garden in June 1966. There were performances with the cast given above on 10, 13, 16 June 1966. The performance on 10 June is reviewed in OPERA August 1966 pp.668-669. The recording was first broadcast by the BBC Music Programme on 2 April 1967 (See Radio Times March 30 1967 p.18) and again by BBC Radio 3 on 19 September 1968 (See Radio Times September 12 1968 p.58)

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Charles Mackerras - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

La principessa Turandot - Amy Shuard

Calaf - Franco Corelli

Liù - Elizabeth Vaughan

Ping - Jean Bonhomme

Pang - John Dobson

Pong - Ronald Lewis

Timur - David Kelly

L'imperatore Altoum - Robert Bowman

Un mandarino - Eric Garrett

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 2069;; live-rare-opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} (2007)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 in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (28 May 1966). See OPERA July 1966 pp.587-588, September 1966 p.710. The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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King Priam by Michael Tippett performed in English

Conductor John Pritchard - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Achilles - Richard Lewis

Hector - Victor Godfrey

Priam - Forbes Robinson

Andromache - Patricia Johnson

Helen - Yvonne Minton

Paris - John Wakefield

Patroclus - John Gibbs

Hecuba - Anne Green

Nurse - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Old Man - David Kelly

Hermes - Kenneth Bowen

Young Guard - John Dobson

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Recordings of King Priam by Michael Tippett are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record III p.303; CELLETTI p.811; Opera on CD (1) p.141 (2) p.154 (3) p.173; PENGUIN p.457; Opera on Video p.222

Comments:- Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (22 May 1967). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated May 20-26 1967 p.28.

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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Don Carlo - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta

Filippo II - David Ward

Rodrigo - Peter Glossop

Il Grande Inquisitore - Giovanni Foiani

Un Frate - David Kelly

Elisabetta di Valois - Felicia Weathers

La principessa Eboli - Shirley Verrett

Tebaldo - Vivien Townley

Il Conte di Lerma - John Dobson

Un Araldo Reale - Glynne Thomas

Una voce dal cielo - Maria Pellegrini

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Compact Disc - Oriel Music Society OMS 143/3M {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:- This recording appears to be of a concert performance given at a PROM of a truncated 5-act version. Act 1 was not performed. (29 July 1968; see OPERA September 1968 pp.768-769)

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor David Atherton - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Manrico - James McCracken

Azucena - Rita Gorr

Leonora - Elizabeth Vaughan

Conte di Luna - Cornell MacNeil

Ferrando - Michael Langdon

Ines - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Ruiz - John Dobson

Un vecchio zingaro - William Clothier

Un messo - Handel Owen

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02182

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1183

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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 Covent Garden (4 May 1968). This performance was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times Issue dated May 4-10 1968 p.9). 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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Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in English

Conductor Günther Wich - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Tamino - Stuart Burrows

Papageno - Delme Bryn-Jones

Königin der Nacht - Cristina Deutekom

Sprecher - Forbes Robinson

Pamina - Margaret Price

Sarastro - David Ward

Monostatos - John Dobson

Papagena - Jenifer Eddy

1er Geharnischter - Edgar Evans

2er Geharnischter - Dennis Wicks

Erste Dame - Ava June

Zweite Dame - Anne Howells

Dritte Dame - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Erster Knabe - Simon Woolf

Zweiter Knabe - Richard Morgan

Dritter Knabe - Giovanni Ferrari

Erster Priester - Forbes Robinson

Zweiter Priester - John Lanigan

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Compact Disc; - Oriel Music Society OMS 029 {3CDS} (2000)ª

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Recordings of Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.130: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.136-140; Opera on Record p.106; CELLETTI p.525; Opera on CD (1) p.22 (2) p.26 (3) p.28; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.101 p.138, No.196 p.148; MET p.332; MET(VID) p.186; PENGUIN p.257; BBC Music Magazine May 1994 p.47; Opéra International No.182 juillet-aoüt 1994 p.14; GIUDICI p.495 (2) p.828; Stereophile October 1996 (Vol.19 No.10) p.303; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.15; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.58-60; BBC Music Magazine April 2004 p.52; The Gramophone January 2006 p.28

Comments:- Recording of a performance given in a English translation by Adrian Mitchell (8 November 1968). The performance on 21 October 1968 is reviewed in OPERA December 1968 p.1013.

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Boris - Boris Christoff

Grigory (False Dmitry) - William McAlpine

Marina - Yvonne Minton

Pimen - Inia Te Wiata

Varlaam - Michael Langdon

Shuisky - John Dobson

Missail - David Lennox

Rangoni - Otakar Kraus

Fyodor - Delia Wallis

Xenia - Elizabeth Robson

Hostess - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Simpleton - Kenneth MacDonald

Tchelkalov - Hugh Sheehan

Krushchov - Handel Owen

Nurse - Noreen Berry

Nikitich - Eric Garrett

Lavitsky - Hugh Sheehan

Cherniovsky - George Macpherson

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Compact Disc; - Oriel Music Society OMS 137/3 {3CDRS} (2001)ª

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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- Recording of a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's version at Covent Garden (7 March 1970)

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Reginald Goodall - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Amfortas - Norman Bailey

Titurel - Michael Langdon

Gurnemanz - Louis Hendrikx

Parsifal - Jon Vickers

Klingsor - Donald McIntyre

Kundry - Amy Shuard

Alto Stimme - Anne Howells

Knappe 1 - Nan Christie

Knappe 2 - Delia Wallis

Knappe 3 - David Lennox

Knappe 4 - John Dobson

Blumenmädchen 1 - Kiri Te Kanawa

Blumenmädchen 2 - Anne Howells

Blumenmädchen 3 - Marjorie Biggar

Blumenmädchen 4 - Alison Hargen

Blumenmädchen 5 - Maureen Keetch

Blumenmädchen 6 - Anne Pashley

Ritter 1 - Edgar Evans

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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (8 May 1971; see OPERA June 1971 pp.558-560). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3.

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Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Georg Solti - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Tristan - Jess Thomas

Isolde - Birgit Nilsson

Brangaene - Josephine Veasey

Marke - David Ward

Kurwenal - Donald McIntyre

Melot - John Dobson

Hirt - John Lanigan

Steuerman - Gwynne Howell

Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Ermanno Mauro

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1623 (& 1389 & 2238); Opera Depot OD 10054-4 {4CDRS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (3 July 1971). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times Issue dated 3-9 July 1971). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see 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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Khovanshchina by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Edward Downes - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden - Boy's Chorus fr St. Clement Dane's Grammar School

Ivan Khovansky - David Ward

Andrey Khovansky - John Dobson

Vasily Golitsyn - Robert Tear

Shaklovity - Donald McIntyre

Dosifey - Martti Talvela

Marfa - Yvonne Minton

Scribe - Francis Egerton

Emma - Anne Pashley

Kuzka - Adrian De Peyer

Streshniev - Robert Thomas

Varsonofiev - William Elvin

Strelets I - Thomas Allen

Strelets II - Robert Lloyd

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Compact Disc; - Oriel Music Society OMS 300 {3CDRS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Khovanshchina by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.544; Opera on CD (2) p.99 (3) p.111; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.57-58 p.166; MET(VID) p.196; PENGUIN p.267; Opera on Video p.153; GIUDICI p.530 (2) p.870; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (25 November 1972). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 25 November-1 December 1972 p.31. The CDRs issued by Oriel are listed in «Latest Additions to the Catalogue - March 2002»

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Taverner by Peter Maxwell Davies performed in English

Conductor Edward Downes - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

John Taverner - Ragnar Ulfung

Richard Taverner - Gwynne Howell

Cardinal later Archbishop - John Lanigan

King - Noel Mangin

The Jester - Benjamin Luxon

White Abbot - Raimund Herincx

Priest-Confessor - James Bowman

Captain - Paul Hudson

Gabriel - John Dobson

Michael - Dennis Wicks

First Monk - Francis Egerton

Second Monk - Adrian De Peyer

Rose Parrowe - Gillian Knight

Boy - David Pearl

Antichrist - Robert Bowman

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (15 July 1972; see OPERA September 1972 pp.789-794). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 15-21 July 1972 p.16.

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Violetta Valery - Montserrat Caballé

Flora Bervoix - Heather Begg

Annina - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Alfredo Germont - Nicolai Gedda

Giorgio Germont - Victor Braun

Gastone - John Dobson

Dottore Grenvil - Richard Van Allan

Barone Douphol - George Macpherson

Marchese d'Obigny - Eric Garrett

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Compact Disc - foyer ECF 3008 {2CDS}; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}

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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 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (28 June 1972; see OPERA August 1972 pp.756-760)

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Reynald Giovaninetti - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre National de l'O.R.T.F.

Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Manrico - Ludovic Spiess

Azucena - Irina Arkhipova

Leonora - Montserrat Caballé

Conte di Luna - Peter Glossop

Ferrando - Nicola Zaccaria

Ines - Heather Begg

Ruiz - John Dobson

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

Laser Disc; - *TOEI LSZS 00178 (Japanese NTSC);; Dreamlife/Nihon Monitor LSZS 00178 (Japanese NTSC) ; Dreamlife DC 7 (Japanese NTSC); Dreamlife DMLB 37 (Japanese NTSC) (1994)ª

DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 2033

VHS Video Cassette - Dreamlife DMVB 28 (Japanese 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

Comments:- (Incomplete) Video Recording of a performance at the Orange Choregie (23 July 1972). This performance received a very critical review in OPERA (Festival Issue 1972 p.75 ). The DVD-R issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Edward Downes - 1972?(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Floria Tosca - Gwyneth Jones

Mario Cavaradossi - Plácido Domingo

Il barone Scarpia - Kostas Paskalis

Il Sagristano - Eric Garrett

Cesare Angelotti - Gwynne Howell

Spoletta - John Dobson

Sciarrone - Paul Hudson

Un pastore - David Pearl

Un carceriere - Paul Statham

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 470 {2CDRS} (2003)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

Comments:- The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue in November 2002. The performance recorded is probably that on 1 January 1972 which was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times Issue dated 1-7 January 1972). The performance on 8 December 1971 is reviewed in OPERA February 1972 pp.177-178.

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Carmen by Georges Bizet performed in French

Conductor Georg Solti - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Carmen - Shirley Verrett

Don José - Plácido Domingo

Micaëla - Kiri Te Kanawa

Escamillo - José van Dam

Frasquita - Teresa Cahill

Mercédès - Anne Pashley

Le Dancaïre - John Dobson

Le Remendado - Francis Egerton

Moralès - Thomas Allen

Zuninga - Richard Van Allan

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00200

Compact Disc; - Arkadia MP 498.3; Arkadia 352 149;; Myto 3 MCD 011 242 (+Carmen cond Guadagno - highlights +Lohengrin with Domingo; Hamburg 1968 excerpts) {3CDS} (2001)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1358 {3CDS} (2002)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1159-3 {3CDRS} (2004)ª; Bravissimo Opera Library 9802 (French Opera Masterworks) {14CDS} (2007)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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.25 No.2 November/December 2001 pp.166-167 [JM]; Vol.31 No.4 March/ April 2008 pp.284-285 [JK]

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Orpheus - Oktober 1995 p.60; Juli 2001 S.74 [SL]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.18 No.2 Spring 2002 pp.284-287 [RP]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno IX N.92 Dicembre 1995 p.72

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American Record Guide - November/December 2001 Vol.64 No.6 p.84 [DA]

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Répertoire - No.86 décembre 1995 p.88

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Musica (Milano) - No.96 Anno 20 febbraio-marzo 1996 p.82

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (4 July 1973, see OPERA, August 1973p.743). The performance on 7 July 1973 is reviewed in ORPHEUS Oktober/November 1973 S.28-29

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Jascha Horenstein - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Amfortas - Siegmund Nimsgern

Titurel - Forbes Robinson

Gurnemanz - Martti Talvela

Parsifal - Helge Brilioth

Klingsor - Norman Bailey

Kundry - Amy Shuard

Alto Stimme - Kiri Te Kanawa

Knappe 1 - Wendy Eathorne

Knappe 2 - Yvonne Fuller

Knappe 3 - Adrian De Peyer

Knappe 4 - John Dobson

Blumenmädchen 1 - Kiri Te Kanawa

Blumenmädchen 2 - Glenys Fowles

Blumenmädchen 3 - Sydna Withingstone

Blumenmädchen 4 - Teresa Cahill

Blumenmädchen 5 - Yvonne Fuller

Blumenmädchen 6 - Marjorie Biggar

Ritter 1 - John Lanigan

Ritter 2 - Dennis Wicks

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4160

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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

Comments:- Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (March 1973; see OPERA May 1973 pp.465-467; October 1973 pp.928-930). Siegmund Nimsgern sang Amfortas on 19 and 22 March 1973. The recording issued by Omega is listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the date of the performance recorded is given as «3/13/1973», but this cannot be correct as Cav & Pag were performed at the Royal Opera House on that day.

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Charles Mackerras - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Otello - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta

Desdemona - Kiri Te Kanawa

Iago - Piero Cappuccilli

Cassio - John Dobson

Rodrigo - Adrian De Peyer

Lodovico - Gwynne Howell

Montano - Paul Hudson

Emilia - Elizabeth Bainbridge

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE V 825 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 877 {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:- The LPs issued on the HRE label are advertized in GRAMOPHONE April 1984 p.1239 and listed in ARS ANTIQUA'S list No.240, August 2001 p.35 (no.2442), while 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 presumably of a performance at Covent Garden in May 1974 (HOO gives 17 May) where 7 performances were given with the above cast except that Rodrigo was sung by Adrian De Peyer in only six of them (see OPERA October 1974 p.913). I do not know if he sang in the performance(s) in these recordings. Verdi's Disco gives Leslie Fyson (normally a baritone or bass) as singing this role (http://verdisdisco.de - hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). As far as I can ascertain none of the performances was broadcast, so the recording would presumably have been made «in house». The performance on 1 May 1974 is reviewed in OPERA July 1974 pp.639-640

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There is only one recording of Agamemnon by Havergal Brian on file (performed in English)

Conductor Richard Armstrong - 1974?(RA)

Orchestra - BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - BBC Northern Singers

Agamemnon - William McAlpine

Clytemnestra - Ludmilla (Milla) Andrew

Cassandra - Ann Howard

Watchman - John Dobson

Herald - Michael Rippon

Old Man - Dennis Wicks

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Compact Disc; - Oriel Music Society OMS 121/1 {1CD} (2001)ª

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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on BBC Radio 3 (20 August 1974). The CDs issued by the Oriel Music Society are listed in their «List C»

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King Priam by Michael Tippett performed in English

Conductor David Atherton - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Achilles - Richard Lewis

Hector - Michael Devlin

Priam - Forbes Robinson

Andromache - Anna Reynolds

Helen - Yvonne Minton

Paris - Robert Tear

Patroclus - Thomas Allen

Hecuba - Elizabeth Vaughan

Nurse - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Old Man - Richard Van Allan

Hermes - Kenneth Bowen

Young Guard - John Dobson

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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 241 {3CDRS} (Australia) (2004)ª

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Recordings of King Priam by Michael Tippett are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record III p.303; CELLETTI p.811; Opera on CD (1) p.141 (2) p.154 (3) p.173; PENGUIN p.457; Opera on Video p.222

Comments:- The recording on the CDRs issued by Celestial Audio appears to be of the performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 2 June 1975 which was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times Issue dated 31 May-6 June 1975 p.29). The performance on 19 May 1975 is reviewed in OPERA July 1975 pp.702-703.

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Rigoletto - Peter Glossop

Gilda - Fiorella Pediconi

Duca di Mantova - Peter Lindroos

Sparafucile - Gwynne Howell

Maddalena - Anne Wilkens

Giovanna - Margaret Williams

Monterone - Forbes Robinson

Marullo - Thomas Allen

Borsa - John Dobson

Conte di Ceprano - Eric Garrett

Contessa di Ceprano - Anna Cooper

Un paggio - Elaine Mary Hall

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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 441 {2CDRS} (2004)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 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (15 December 1975). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 13-19 December 1975 p.34. The performance on 1 December 1975 is reviewed in OPERA February 1975 pp.169-170. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues in their website on 1 November 2004 (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Violetta Valery - Joan Sutherland

Flora Bervoix - Heather Begg

Annina - Johanna Peters

Alfredo Germont - Alfredo Kraus

Giorgio Germont - Louis Quilico

Gastone - John Dobson

Dottore Grenvil - Robert Lloyd

Barone Douphol - George Macpherson

Marchese d'Obigny - Eric Garrett

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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 728 {2CDRS} (2008)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 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (January 1975; see OPERA March 1975 pp.297-298, September 1975 pp.884-889. It appears that none of the performances of La traviata at Covent Garden in January 1975 were broadcast so, presumably, this recording was made «in-house». The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed on their website in «What's New New Year 2008» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Manrico - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta

Azucena - Irina Arkhipova

Leonora - Montserrat Caballé

Conte di Luna - Sherrill Milnes

Ferrando - Richard Van Allan

Ines - Heather Begg

Ruiz - John Dobson

Un vecchio zingaro - William Clothier

Un messo - Handel Owen

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03795

Compact Disc - *Bella Voce 107.230 {2CDS}

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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:-

Orpheus - Mai 1998 S.58 [GH]

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Classical Express - Issue 101 August 1998 p.4 [RB]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (3 May 1975). This performance was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times dated 3-9 May 1975 p.23). The performance on April 22 1975 is reviewed in OPERA June 1975 p.597

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I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Giselda - Sylvia Sass

Oronte - José Carreras

Pagano - Nicola Ghiuselev

Arvino - Ezio Di Cesare

Viclinda - Elizabeth Connell

Pirro - Michael Langdon

Acciano - Robert Lloyd

Sofia - Heather Begg

Priore della città di Milano - John Dobson

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Black Disc - Historic Recording Enterprises HRE V 804-3 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03513

Compact Disc - Standing Room Only SRO 829-2 {2CDS}; Celestial Audio CA 042 {2CDRS} (Australia)

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

HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53

Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (9 June 1976). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times issue dated 5-11 June 1976 p.44). The performance on 28 May 1976 is reviewed in OPERA July 1976 p.675

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Aida - Montserrat Caballé

Radamès - Plácido Domingo

Amneris - Fiorenza Cossotto

Amonasro - Peter Glossop

Ramphis - Paul Plishka

Il Re di Egitto - Robert Lloyd

Una Sacerdotessa - Yvonne Kenny

Un Messaggero - John Dobson

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00108

Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 602 (2003)ª; live-rare-opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} (2007)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 at Covent Garden (30 June 1977). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times (25 June - 1 July 1977 p.43). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed in their online catalogue with new issues dated «03/12/22».

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The Ice Break by Michael Tippett performed in English

Conductor Colin Davis - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Lev - John Shirley-Quirk

Nadia - Heather Harper

Yuri - Tom McDonnell

Gayle - Josephine Barstow

Hannah - Beverly Vaughn

Olympion - Clyde Walker

Luke - John Dobson

Lieutenant - Roderick Kennedy

Astron - Anne Wilkens

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (20 July 1977). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 16-22 July 1977 p.40.

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Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten performed in English

Conductor David Atherton - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Peter Grimes - Richard Cassilly

Ellen Orford - Heather Harper

Balstrode - Norman Bailey

Auntie - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Bob Boles - John Dobson

Swallow - Forbes Robinson

Mrs. Sedley - Patricia Payne

Ned Keene - Thomas Allen

Rector - John Lanigan

Hobson - Robert Lloyd

First niece - Teresa Cahill

Second niece - Anne Pashley

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Recordings of Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.637; CELLETTI p.135; Opera on CD (1) p.144 (2) p.157 (3) p.176L'Avant Scène Opéra No.31 p.98; MET p.70; MET(VID) p.26; Opera News December 24 1994 p.8; Opera on Video p.224; BBC Music Magazine Sept. 1996 p.48; Fanfare Vol.20 No.1 September/October 1996 p.163; American Record Guide July/August 1998Vol.61 No.4 p.66; GIUDICI (2) p.153

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House Covent Garden on 4 April 1977. This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 2-8 April 1977 pp.40-41.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Robin Stapleton - 1977(LI;Caballé)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Floria Tosca - Montserrat Caballé

Mario Cavaradossi - José Carreras

Il barone Scarpia - Peter Glossop

Il Sagristano - Eric Garrett

Cesare Angelotti - Gwynne Howell

Spoletta - John Dobson

Sciarrone - Roderick Kennedy

Un pastore - Andrew Ellis

Un carceriere - Paul Statham

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Compact Disc; - live-rare-opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDRS} (2008)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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (September 1977). The cast listed above is that given in the programme, dated 26 September 1977, and there may have been changes in the cast of the performance recorded. Paul Crook, rather than John Dobson, was announced to sing Spoletta in the performance on 29 September 1977.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Robin Stapleton - 1977(LI;Vishnevskaya)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Floria Tosca - Galina Vishnevskaya

Mario Cavaradossi - Carlo Bergonzi

Il barone Scarpia - Peter Glossop

Il Sagristano - Eric Garrett

Cesare Angelotti - Gwynne Howell

Spoletta - John Dobson

Sciarrone - Roderick Kennedy

Un pastore - Andrew Ellis

Un carceriere - Paul Statham

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3856 (1996)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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (26 October 1977). This performance does not appear to have been broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house». The cast listed above is that given in the programme and may be incorrect. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are listed in «Operatic Audio Cassettes - New Listings- March 1996».

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La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Zubin Mehta - 1978(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Minnie - Carol Neblett

Dick Johnson - Plácido Domingo

Jack Rance - Silvano Carroli

Nick - Francis Egerton

Ashby - Robert Lloyd

Jake Wallace - Gwynne Howell

Billy Jackrabbit - Paul Hudson

José Castro - Eric Garrett

Wowkle - Anne Wilkens

Sonora - Jonathan Summers

Trin - John Dobson

Sid - Malcolm Rivers

Bello - Tom McDonnell

Harry - Paul Crook

Joe - Robin Leggate

Happy - William Elvin

Jim Larkens - Malcolm King

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Compact Cassette - House of Opera 01592

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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 of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (21 January 1978). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 21-27 January 1978 p.20. The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000. A precise date is not given and the recording issued by Charles Handelman could be of another performance.

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Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Colin Davis - 1978(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Wotan - Donald McIntyre

Fricka - Josephine Veasey

Loge - George Shirley

Mime - John Dobson

Alberich - Zoltán Kéléman

Freia - Rachel Yakar

Froh - Robert Tear

Donner - Hermann Becht

Erda - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Fasolt - Robert Lloyd

Fafner - Matti Salminen

Woglinde - Teresa Cahill

Wellgunde - Eiddwen Harrhy

Floßhilde - Gillian Knight

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Recordings of Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.132; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1126; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.6/7 p.146, No.227 p.116; MET p.706; MET(VID) p.433; PENGUIN p.535; Diapason No.145 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (9 October 1978). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 7-13 October 1978 p.41.

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Siegfried by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Colin Davis - 1978(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Siegfried - Jean Cox

Mime - John Dobson

Wanderer - Donald McIntyre

Brünhilde - Gwyneth Jones

Alberich - Zoltán Kéléman

Erda - Patricia Payne

Fafner - Matti Salminen

Waldvogel - Yvonne Kenny

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Recordings of Siegfried by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (12 October 1978). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 7-13 October 1978 p.62.

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La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Zubin Mehta - 1978(STU)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Minnie - Carol Neblett

Dick Johnson - Plácido Domingo

Jack Rance - Sherrill Milnes

Nick - Francis Egerton

Ashby - Robert Lloyd

Jake Wallace - Gwynne Howell

Billy Jackrabbit - Paul Hudson

José Castro - Eric Garrett

Wowkle - Anne Wilkens

Sonora - Jonathan Summers

Trin - John Dobson

Sid - Malcolm Rivers

Bello - Tom McDonnell

Harry - Paul Crook

Joe - Robin Leggate

Happy - William Elvin

Jim Larkens - Malcolm King

Un postiglione - Handel Owen

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Black Disc; - DG 2709 078 {3LPS} (1978)ª;; DG 413 285-1 {3LPS} (1984)ª

Compact Cassette; - DG 3371 031; *DG 413 285-4 (1984)ª

Compact Disc; - DG 419 640-2 {2CDS} (1987)ª; DG 474 840-2 {2CDS} (2004)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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1978 p.538 [EG]; December 1978 p.1207 [SIR]; January 1979 p.1257 [JBS] October 1984 p. [EG]; November 1987 p. [EG]; July 2004 p.85 [PO'C]

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.402

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 89 Summer 1993 p.123

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.71 junio 2004 pp.84-85 [MC]

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Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten performed in English

Conductor Colin Davis - 1978(STU)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Peter Grimes - Jon Vickers

Ellen Orford - Heather Harper

Balstrode - Jonathan Summers

Auntie - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Bob Boles - John Dobson

Swallow - Forbes Robinson

Mrs. Sedley - Patricia Payne

Ned Keene - Thomas Allen

Rector - John Lanigan

Hobson - Richard Van Allan

First niece - Teresa Cahill

Second niece - Anne Pashley

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Black Disc; - Philips 6769 014 {3LPS} (1979)ª;; Philips 9600 523-525

Compact Cassette; - Philips 7699 089 (1979)ª

Compact Disc; - Philips 432 578-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Musical Heritage Society MHS 525011 {2CDS} (USA) (1998)ª; Philips «Duo» 462 847-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª

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Recordings of Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.637; CELLETTI p.135; Opera on CD (1) p.144 (2) p.157 (3) p.176L'Avant Scène Opéra No.31 p.98; MET p.70; MET(VID) p.26; Opera News December 24 1994 p.8; Opera on Video p.224; BBC Music Magazine Sept. 1996 p.48; Fanfare Vol.20 No.1 September/October 1996 p.163; American Record Guide July/August 1998Vol.61 No.4 p.66; GIUDICI (2) p.153

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1979 p.1606 [EG]; June 1979 p.128 [SIR]: July 1979 p.169 [JBS] p.259 [IM]; November 1991 p. [MK]

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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.5 May/June 1999 p.159 [JK]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.3 Autumn 1986 pp.152-159 [DH2]

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American Record Guide - July 1979 Vol.42 No.9 p.24 [DA]: November/December 1998 Vol.61 No.6 p.107 [CHP]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.34 julio-agosto 1999 p.90 [MC]

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Comments:- Recorded in London (April 1958). See GRAMOPHONE March 1979 p.1546

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Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Armstrong - 1979(FI)

Orchestra - Welsh Philharmonia

Chorus - Welsh National Opera

Don Pasquale - Geraint Evans

Norina - Lilian Watson

Malatesta - Russell Smythe

Ernesto - Ryland Davies

Un notaio - John Dobson

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Recordings of Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera March 1973 p.203; HARRIS p.90; Opera on Record p.192; CELLETTI p.196; Opera on CD (1) p.36 (2) p.42 (3) p.46; L'Avant Scène Opéra No. 108 p.94; MET p.127; MET(VID) p.77; PENGUIN p.73; GIUDICI p.221 (2) p.366; Opéra Internationaloctobre 1997 p.58; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1990 p.205

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Comments:- Video recording of a television film based on a production by the Welsh National Opera. The DVD issued by Premiere is included in their «2005 FALL NEW RELEASES».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Rodolfo - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Schaunard - John Rawnsley

Marcello - Jonathan Summers

Colline - Gwynne Howell

Mimi - Ileana Cotrubas

Musetta - Sona Ghazarian

Benoit - John Dobson

Alcindoro - Eric Garrett

Parpignol - Robert Bowman

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00737

Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 60004 {2CDS} (2000)ª; House of Opera CDBB 384 (2003)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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

American Record Guide - July/August 2001 Vol.64 No.4 p.268 [MM]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - diciembre 2000 No.138 p.50, p.52 [JS]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 p.94 [AG]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (November 1979; see OPERA January 1980 p.86; ORPHEUS Februar 1980 S.115-S.117). The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000 and the CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated «03/12/22»

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Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Don Pasquale - Geraint Evans

Norina - Ileana Cotrubas

Malatesta - Jonathan Summers

Ernesto - Stuart Burrows

Un notaio - John Dobson

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Recordings of Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera March 1973 p.203; HARRIS p.90; Opera on Record p.192; CELLETTI p.196; Opera on CD (1) p.36 (2) p.42 (3) p.46; L'Avant Scène Opéra No. 108 p.94; MET p.127; MET(VID) p.77; PENGUIN p.73; GIUDICI p.221 (2) p.366; Opéra Internationaloctobre 1997 p.58; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (20 January 1979). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 20-26 January 1979 p.25.

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Maurits Sillem - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Amfortas - Norman Bailey

Titurel - Gwynne Howell

Gurnemanz - Kurt Moll

Parsifal - Peter Hofmann

Klingsor - Franz Mazura

Kundry - Yvonne Minton

Knappe 1 - Elaine Mary Hall

Knappe 2 - Diana Montague

Knappe 3 - Adrian Martin

Knappe 4 - Francis Egerton

Blumenmädchen 1 - Teresa Cahill

Blumenmädchen 2 - Isobel Buchanan

Blumenmädchen 3 - Diana Montague

Blumenmädchen 4 - Elizabeth Robson

Blumenmädchen 5 - Jean Bailey

Blumenmädchen 6 - Anne Wilkens

Ritter 1 - John Dobson

Ritter 2 - Malcolm King

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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (17 April 1979). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 14-20 April 1979 p.53. Georg Solti was indisposed and was replaced by Maurits Sillem (see OPERA June 1979 p,556). The role of the second esquire was sung either by Diana Montague (as listed above) or by Janice Hooper-Roe.

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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Jesús López Cobos - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Lucia - Katia Ricciarelli

Edgardo - José Carreras

Enrico - Giorgio Zancanaro

Raimondo - Robert Lloyd

Arturo - Robin Leggate

Alisa - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Normanno - John Dobson

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 06831

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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 in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (25 October 1980). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times issue dated 25-31 October 1980 p.36).

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Otello - Plácido Domingo

Desdemona - Margaret Price

Iago - Silvano Carroli

Cassio - Robin Leggate

Rodrigo - John Dobson

Lodovico - Robert Lloyd

Montano - Paul Hudson

Emilia - Claire Powell

Un Araldo - Roderick Kennedy

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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 2370

Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 50028 {2CDS} (2001)ª; House of Opera CDBB 819 (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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.47 septiembre-octubre 2001 p.96 [LB]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (19 February 1980). The performance on 5 February is reviewed in OPERA April 1980 pp.397-399. The Golden Melodram CDs are listed in CLASSICAL EXPRESS March 2001 p.7 and the CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated «03/12/22»

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Georg Solti - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Amfortas - Norman Bailey

Titurel - Gwynne Howell

Gurnemanz - Kurt Moll

Parsifal - Peter Hofmann

Klingsor - Franz Mazura

Kundry - Yvonne Minton

Knappe 1 - Elaine Mary Hall

Knappe 2 - Diana Montague

Knappe 3 - Phillip Gelling

Knappe 4 - Robin Leggate

Blumenmädchen 1 - Yvonne Kenny

Blumenmädchen 2 - Isobel Buchanan

Blumenmädchen 3 - Diana Montague

Blumenmädchen 4 - Elizabeth Robson

Blumenmädchen 5 - Jean Bailey

Blumenmädchen 6 - Cynthia Buchan

Ritter 1 - John Dobson

Ritter 2 - Roderick Kennedy

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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (20 June 1980; see OPERA August 1980 pp.834-835). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house». For some of the minor roles the singers may be assigned incorrectly.

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Die Liebe der Danae by Richard Strauss performed in German

Conductor Charles Mackerras - 1980(RA)

Orchestra - BBC Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - BBC Opera Chorus

Jupiter - Norman Bailey

Merkur - Emile Belcourt

Pollux - John Dobson

Danae - Arlene Saunders

Xanthe - Rosalind Plowright

Midas - Kenneth Woollam

Semele - Elizabeth Gale

Europa - Alison Hargen

Alkmene - Patricia Price

Leda - Linda Finnie

Vier Könige - Bernard Dickerson

- Stuart Kale

- Alan Watt

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02061

Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100794 {2CDS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Die Liebe der Danae by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.788; GIUDICI p.851 (2) p.1383

Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (20 April 1980; see Radio Times issue dated 18-25 April 1980 p.34).

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Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten performed in English

Conductor Colin Davis - 1981(LC)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Peter Grimes - Jon Vickers

Ellen Orford - Heather Harper

Balstrode - Norman Bailey

Auntie - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Bob Boles - John Dobson

Swallow - Forbes Robinson

Mrs. Sedley - Patricia Payne

Ned Keene - Phillip Gelling

Rector - John Lanigan

Hobson - John Tomlinson

First niece - Marilyn Hill Smith

Second niece - Anne Pashley

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DVD (Video) - Warner Music Vision 0630-16913-2 (2003)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - Thorn EMI TVH 90 1712 2 (BETA TXH 90 1712 4) (PAL) (1983)ª; Castle Vision CVI 2015 (PAL); NVC Arts 0630-16913-3 (PAL) (1997)ª

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Recordings of Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.637; CELLETTI p.135; Opera on CD (1) p.144 (2) p.157 (3) p.176L'Avant Scène Opéra No.31 p.98; MET p.70; MET(VID) p.26; Opera News December 24 1994 p.8; Opera on Video p.224; BBC Music Magazine Sept. 1996 p.48; Fanfare Vol.20 No.1 September/October 1996 p.163; American Record Guide July/August 1998Vol.61 No.4 p.66; GIUDICI (2) p.153

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 2003 p.110 [MSR]

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Opera - April 2004 pp.493-494 [GH]

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Opera Now - November/December 1997 p.94 (mention) [RF]

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Orpheus - 1+2 Januar + Februar 2007 S.67 [SS]

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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1997 No.5 p.98 [MSR]

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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2003 pp.63-64 [TP]

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International Record Review - May 2004 pp.79-80 [HC]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.25 septiembre-noviembre 1997 p.100 [MH]: No.65 noviembre 2003 pp.78-79 [PMH]

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Comments:- Recorded at performances in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (June 1981)

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Colin Davis - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Samson - Jon Vickers

Dalila - Shirley Verrett

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Jonathan Summers

Abimélech - John Tomlinson

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Gwynne Howell

Le messager philistin - John Dobson

Premier philistin - Maldwyn Davies

Deuxième philistin - Matthew Best

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Laser Disc - *Pioneer Artists PA-82-014 (NTSC)

DVD (Video) - Warner Music Vision 50-51011-2283-2-2 (2006)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - Covent Garden Video Productions/National Video Corporation; TVH 90 2202 2 (BETA TXH 90 2202 4) (PAL) (1984)ª; Castle CVI 2026 (PAL); Home Vision SAM 01 (+BETA) (NTSC)

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1986 p.1395 [RM]

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Opera News - August 1986 p.30, p.50 [RH]

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Diapason - No.538 juillet-aoüt 2006 p.118 (DVD) [MP]

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The Classical Video Guide - p.93

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Opéra Magazine - No.7 mai 2006 p.80 [PC]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.92 julio-agosto 2006 p.83 [FGR]

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Comments:- Video Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (6 October 1981)

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La sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Manfred Ramin - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Amina - Ileana Cotrubas

Elvino - Dennis O'Neill

Rodolfo - Robert Lloyd

Lisa - Elizabeth Gale

Alessio - Roderick Earle

Notaro - John Dobson

Teresa - Phyllis Cannan

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02501

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Recordings of La sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.265; Opera on Record 2 p.115; CELLETTI p.72; Opera on CD (1) p.38 (2) p.44 (3) p.49; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.178 p.72; MET p.18; MET(VID) p.7; PENGUIN p.13; GIUDICI p.29 (2) p.47; Opéra International No.253 janvier 2001 p.10

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (10 November 1981). This was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times Issue dated 7-13 November 1981 p.56). The performance on 2 November 1981 is reviewed in OPERA January 1982 pp.85-87.

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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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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1982(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Falstaff - Renato Bruson

Fenton - Dalmacio González

Ford - Leo Nucci

Dr. Cajus - John Dobson

Bardolfo - Francis Egerton

Pistola - William Wilderman

Alice Ford - Katia Ricciarelli

Nannetta - Barbara Hendricks

Meg Page - Brenda Boozer

Mistress Quickly - Lucia Valentini-Terrani

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Laser Disc - *Pioneer Artists PA-84-064 (NTSC)

DVD (Video) - Warner Music Vision 50-51442-0494-2-8 (2007)ª; EuroArts 205 1728 (2007)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - Thorn EMI TVH 90 1704 2 (BETA TXH 90 1704 4) (PAL) (1983)ª; Warner Vision NVC Arts 3984 26656-3 (PAL) (1999)ª; HBO/Cannon TVE/TXE 2802 (NTSC)

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1986 p.1395 [RM]; September 2007 p.97 (DVD) [JBS]

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Opera Now - July/August 1999 p.103 [RF]

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Orpheus - November + Dezember 2007 S.69-S.70 [IW]

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

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Diapason - No.550 S septembre 2007 p.137 [MP]

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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 p.103 [MSR]

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BBC Music Magazine - September 1999 p.105 [RF]

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Opéra Magazine - No.20 juillet-aoüt 2007 pp.85-86 [JC]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.105 noviembre 2007 pp.83-84 [JV]

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Classica Répertoire - No.94 juillet-aoüt 2007 pp.106-107 [AT]

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Comments:- Video Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (16 July 1982). The performance of 30 June 1982 is reviewed in OPERA, August 1982 p.864

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La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nello Santi - 1982(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Minnie - Carol Neblett

Dick Johnson - Plácido Domingo

Jack Rance - Silvano Carroli

Nick - Francis Egerton

Ashby - Robert Lloyd

Jake Wallace - Gwynne Howell

Billy Jackrabbit - Paul Hudson

José Castro - John Gibbs

Wowkle - Jean Bailey

Sonora - John Rawnsley

Trin - John Dobson

Sid - Norman Welsby

Bello - Tom McDonnell

Harry - Paul Crook

Joe - Robin Leggate

Happy - Ian Caddy

Jim Larkens - Roderick Earle

Un postiglione - Handel Owen

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Laser Disc - *Pioneer Artists PA-83-056 (NTSC)

DVD (Video) - Warner Music Vision 5050466-8356-2 (2003)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - Covent Garden Video Productions/National Video Corporation; TVH 90 2198 2 (BETA TXH 90 2198 4) (PAL) (1984)ª; Castle CVI 2020 (PAL); Home Vision FAN 01 (+BETA) (NTSC)

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1986 p.1395 [RM]; December 2003 p.110 [MSR]

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Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2004 S.75-S.76 [IW]

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The Classical Video Guide - p.79

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.65 noviembre 2003 pp.78-79 [PMH]

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Comments:- Video Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (12 November 1982). The performance of 5 November 1982 (with Marylin Zschau) is reviewed in OPERA, January 1983 p.90. House of Opera have issued what appears to be the soundtrack of this recording on CDR (CDBB 412).

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Taverner by Peter Maxwell Davies performed in English

Conductor Edward Downes - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

John Taverner - Ragnar Ulfung

Richard Taverner - John Tomlinson

Cardinal later Archbishop - John Dobson

King - Paul Hudson

The Jester - Alan Oke

White Abbot - Raimund Herincx

Priest-Confessor - James Bowman

Captain - Geoffrey Moses

Gabriel - Kim Begley

Michael - Roderick Earle

First Monk - John Winfield

Second Monk - Paul Crook

Rose Parrowe - Sarah Walker

Boy - Michael Watkins

Antichrist - Mary Moise-Boycott

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (6 July 1983; see OPERA September 2003 pp.1032-1036). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 2-8 July 1983 p.44.

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The Rake's Progress by Igor Stravinsky performed in English

Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1983(STU)

Orchestra - London Sinfonietta

Chorus - London Sinfonietta Chorus

Anne Trulove - Catheryn Pope

Baba - Sarah Walker

Tom Rakewell - Philip Langridge

Nick Shadow - Samuel Ramey

Trulove - Stafford Dean

Sellem - John Dobson

Keeper - Matthew Best

Mother Goose - Astrid Varnay

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Black Disc; - Decca 411 644-1 {3LPS} (1985)ª

Compact Cassette; - Decca 411 644-3 (1985)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 411 644-2 {2CDS} (1985)ª; Decca 475 7005 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of The Rake's Progress by Igor Stravinsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.349; CELLETTI p.803; Opera on CD (1) p.131 (2) p.143 (3) p.162; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.145 p.124; MET p.548; PENGUIN p.426; GIUDICI p.853(2) p.1386; Gramophone January 2000 p.32; American Record Guide May/June 2001 Vol.64 No.3 p.67

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1985 p.1012 [AW, MEO]

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Comments:- See «Hab mir's gelobt» by Astrid Varnay p.381

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Julius Rudel - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Andrea Chénier - Plácido Domingo

Carlo Gérard - Giorgio Zancanaro

Madeleine di Coigny - Anna Tomowa-Sintow

La mulatta Bersi - Cynthia Buchan

La Contessa di Coigny - Patricia Johnson

Madelon - Anny Schlemm

Roucher - Jonathan Summers

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Rodney Macann

Fouquier Tinville - John Gibbs

Un Incredible - John Dobson

Pietro Fléville - Gordon Sandison

L'abate - Alexander Oliver

Dumas - Roderick Earle

Schmidt - Eric Garrett

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Compact Disc - Disky COCD 02 {2CDS}

Laser Disc - ANF ANF 3505 (Japanese NTSC)

DVD (Video) - Warner Vision 5046 68357-2 (2004)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - Covent Garden Video Productions/National Video Corporation; TVT 90 3466 2 (PAL); Castle Vision CVI 2058 (PAL); Kultur 3203114103 (NTSC) (1995)ª

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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 publications:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1986 p.150 (video) [RM]; May 2004 p.96 (DVD) [AB]

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Orpheus - September+Oktober 2005 S.67 (DVD) [GE]

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Opéra International - No 290 mai 2004 p.78 (DVD) [CC]

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Diapason - No.517 septembre 2004 p.141 [MP]

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BBC Music Magazine - May 2004 p.98 (DVD) [GH]

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International Record Review - June 2004 pp.78-79 [CC]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.70 mayo 2004 p.94 [PMH]

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Classica Répertoire - No.64 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.126 [PF]

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Comments:- Recorded at Covent Garden (See OPERA July 1985 p.821). The Disky CDs are mentioned on Opera-L (February 2001 - week 1)

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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Bernard Haitink - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Don Carlo - Luis Lima

Filippo II - Robert Lloyd

Rodrigo - Giorgio Zancanaro

Il Grande Inquisitore - Joseph Rouleau

Un Frate - Matthew Best

Elisabetta di Valois - Ileana Cotrubas

La principessa Eboli - Bruna Baglioni

Tebaldo - Patricia Parker

Il Conte di Lerma - John Dobson

Un Araldo Reale - Alan Jones

Una voce dal cielo - Lola Biagioni

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DVD (Video) - Warner Vision 505 1011 02422-1 (2005)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Castle Opera CVI 2033 (PAL); Home Vision DON01 (+BETA) (NTSC)

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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 - June 1986 p.40 (video) [RM]

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

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Diapason - No.538 juillet-aoüt 2006 pp.118-119 [MP]

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International Record Review - March 2006 p.79 (DVD) [HC]

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The Classical Video Guide - p.112 (video)

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Classica Répertoire - No.78 décembre 2005 - janvier 2006 p.118 (DVD) [TP]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.88 marzo 2006 pp.85-86 [FGR]

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Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss performed in German

Conductor Georg Solti - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Marschallin - Kiri Te Kanawa

Octavian - Anne Howells

Sophie - Barbara Bonney

Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Aage Haugland

Faninal - Jonathan Summers

Valzacchi - Robert Tear

Annina - Cynthia Buchan

Ein Sänger - Dennis O'Neill

Marianne Leitmetzerin - Phyllis Cannan

Polizeikommissar - Roderick Earle

Der Wirt - Paul Crook

Ein Notar - John Gibbs

Der Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin - Kim Begley

Der Haufhofmeister bei Faninal - John Dobson

Tierhändler - Alan Duffield

Modistin - Susan Maisey

Die drei Waisen - Linda Kitchen

- Kate McCarney

- Yvonne Lea

Hippolyte - Ray Hatch

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Laser Disc - *Pioneer PA-86-172 (NTSC)

DVD (Video) - Warner Vision 0630 19391-2 (2004)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Covent Garden Video Productions/National Video Corporation TVT 90 3444 2 (PAL); Castle Vision CVI 2017 (PAL) Warner NVC Arts 0630 19391-3 (PAL)

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Recordings of Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; HARRIS p.248; Opera on Record p.567; CELLETTI p.788; Opera on CD (1) p.119 (2) p.131 (3) p.146; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.69-70 p.208 (and Supplément 1997); MET p.525; MET(VID) p.311; PENGUIN p.417;American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.201; GIUDICI p.819 (2) p.1340; Répertoire No.105 septembre 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Spring 1999 No.11 p.16; Opéra International décembre 1999 No.241 p.57; Gramophone May 2000 pp.36-39; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1986 p.150 [RM]; December 1997 p.148 [AB]; October 2004 p.95 [AB]

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Opera Now - November/December 1998 p.94 (mention) [RF]

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Opéra International - No 290 mai 2004 p.79 [AT]

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Diapason - No.517 septembre 2004 pp.141-142 [MP]

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International Opera Collector - Winter 1997 No.6 pp.89-90 [MSR]

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BBC Music Magazine - May 2004 p.98 [DN]

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International Record Review - June 2004 p.80 [RP]

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The Classical Video Guide - p.102

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - marzo-mayo 1998 No.27 p.99 [DMGR]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XII - N.118 - aprile 1998 p.103 [EG]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.71 junio 2004 p.93 [FGR]

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Classica Répertoire - No.64 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.128 [PF]

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Comments:- Video Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (14 February 1985). The performance on 4 December 1984 is reviewed in OPERA, February 1985 p.224. According to the Warner NVC video the Italian tenor is sung by Yordi Ramiro

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The Rake's Progress by Igor Stravinsky performed in English

Conductor Jan Latham-Koenig - 1986(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Chorus - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Anne Trulove - Helen Walker

Baba - Della Jones

Tom Rakewell - Franco Farina

Nick Shadow - Richard Fredricks

Trulove - Franco Federici

Sellem - John Dobson

Keeper - Ledo Freschi

Mother Goose - Lauretta Brovida

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Compact Disc; - Mondo Musica MFOH 10241 {2CDS} (1999)ª

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Recordings of The Rake's Progress by Igor Stravinsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.349; CELLETTI p.803; Opera on CD (1) p.131 (2) p.143 (3) p.162; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.145 p.124; MET p.548; PENGUIN p.426; GIUDICI p.853(2) p.1386; Gramophone January 2000 p.32; American Record Guide May/June 2001 Vol.64 No.3 p.67

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Juli 1999 S.60 [IW]

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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 pp.107-109 [MO]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in La Fenice (1 April 1986). The performance on 3 April 1986 was reviewed in OPERA July 1986 p.835

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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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DVD (Video) - Premiera Opera Ltd. DVD 6100 (replacing 5503) (2007)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:- 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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Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti performed in English

Conductor David Syrus - 1987(STU)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Amahl - James Rainbird

Mother - Lorna Haywood

King Kaspar - John Dobson

King Melchior - Donald Maxwell

King Balthazar - Curtis Watson

Page - Christopher Painter

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Black Disc - That's Entertainment TER 1124 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - That's Entertainment ZCTER 1124

Compact Disc - That's Entertainment CDTER 1124 {1CD}

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Recordings of Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.415

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.32 marzo-abril 1999 p.92 [LB]

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Armstrong - 1988(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Gustavo III - Peter Dvorsky

Ankastrom - Alexander Agache

Amelia - Margaret Price

Oscar - Judith Howarth

Cristiano - Anthony Michaels-Moore

Minister for Justice - John Dobson

Madame Arvidson - Irina Arkhipova

Count Ribbing - Roderick Earle

Count Horn - Eric Garrett

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers BAL 198801 {2CDRS} (2008)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 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (7 March 1988). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauß II performed in English

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1990(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Eisenstein - Louis Otey

Rosalinde - Nancy Gustafson

Alfred - Bonaventura Bottone

Blind - John Dobson

Falke - Anthony Michaels-Moore

Adele - Judith Howarth

Orlofsky - Jochen Kowalski

Frank - Eric Garrett

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Laser Disc - Pioneer PLMCD 00721(PAL)

DVD (Video) - ArtHaus Musik 100 134 (Europe) (2000)ª; Pioneer Classics PIBC 2003 (Japan) (2001)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Virgin Classics VVD952(PAL); Polygram Vidéo 070 051-3(SECAM)Polygram 079 228-3 (PAL)

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Recordings of Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauß II are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.532; Opera on CD (1) p.81 (2) p.90 (3) p.101; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.49 p.146, mise à jour décembre 1999 p.2; MET p.504; MET(VID) p.301 PENGUIN p.398; Opera on Video p.137; Classic CD December 1995 p.42 GIUDICI p.788, (2) p.1300

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1993 p.116

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Opera Now - December 1944 p.50

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Opéra International - No.172 September 1993 p.62

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.160 p.139

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International Record Review - September 2001 pp.86-87 [MVA]

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Répertoire - No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.83

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The Classical Video Guide - p.97

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - julio/agosto 2001 No.145 p.69 [JD]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.46 julio-agosto 2001 pp.105-106 [FGR]

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Comments:- Video recording of Joan Sutherland's farewell performance with her and Marylin Horne and Luciano Pavarotti as guests at Orlovsky's party (see Opera Feb 1991 p.157)

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The Cunning Little Vixen by Leos Janácek performed in English

Conductor Simon Rattle - 1990(STU)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Vixen - Lilian Watson

Forester - Thomas Allen

Schoolmaster - Robert Tear

Forester's Wife - Gillian Knight

Fox - Diana Montague

Mosquito - Robert Tear

Owl - Gillian Knight

Badger - Gwynne Howell

Lapák - the Dog - Karen Shelby

Inkeeper - John Dobson

Inkeeper's Wife - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Cock - Mary King

Hen - Glenys Groves

Parson - Gwynne Howell

Harasta - Nicholas Folwell

Woodpecker - Pat Purcell

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Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 54212 2 (+Taras Bulba) {2CDS} (1992)ª; Chandos CHAN 3101 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of The Cunning Little Vixen by Leos Janácek are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.335; CELLETTI p.347; Opera on CD (1) p.104 (2) p.115 (3) p.129; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.84 p.104; MET p.197; PENGUIN p.165; GIUDICI p.312 Fanfare Vol.20 No.3 January/February 1997 p.181

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1992 p. [JW]

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Opera News - February 2004 p.69 [SFV]

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Fanfare - July-August 1992 p.186; Vol.27 No.4 March/April 2004 pp.180-181 [JHN]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.11 No.2 1995 p.201

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BBC Music Magazine - December 2003 p.71 [JS]

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International Record Review - December 2003 pp.79-80 [JW]

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American Record Guide - March/April 2004 Vol.67 No.2 p.141 [MM]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.68 marzo 2004 p.85 [XC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in an English translation by Yveta Synek Graff and Robert T. Jones

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Michel Plasson - 1991(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Floria Tosca - Hildegard Behrens

Mario Cavaradossi - Neil Shicoff

Il barone Scarpia - Samuel Ramey

Il Sagristano - Eric Garrett

Cesare Angelotti - Stephen Gadd

Spoletta - John Dobson

Sciarrone - Gordon Sandison

Un pastore - Daniel Ison

Un carceriere - Osie Hawkins

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Compact Disc; - *House of Opera - Tosca - CD-ROM (2000)ª; House of Opera CDBB 444 {2CDRS} (2003)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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (24 May 1991; see OPERA July 1991 p.839). 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»

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Edward Downes - 1995(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Gustavo III - Gegam Grigorian

Ankastrom - Giorgio Zancanaro

Amelia - Deborah Voigt

Oscar - Lilian Watson

Cristiano - David Ellis

Minister for Justice - John Dobson

Madame Arvidson - Florence Quivar

Count Ribbing - Mark Beesley

Count Horn - Michael Druiett

Servant - Rodney Gibson

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Compact Cassette; - Legato Classics ALD 4526 (1998)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 of the «Swedish Version» in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (21 April 1995). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times Issue dated 15-21 April 1995). Pavarotti was announced to sing Gustavo III but withdrew. The compact cassettes issued by Legato are listed in their list of «Operatic Audio Cassettes - New Listings - January 1988».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Jan Latham-Koenig - 1995(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Rodolfo - Roberto Alagna

Schaunard - Bruno Caproni

Marcello - Peter Coleman-Wright

Colline - Mark Beesley

Mimi - Cynthia Haymon

Musetta - Nancy Gustafson

Benoit - John Dobson

Alcindoro - Eric Garrett

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Compact Cassette; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 07835; Lyric Distribution ALD 3741 (1995)ª; House of Opera ALD 3741

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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 in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (10 June 1995). It appears that this performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house». Charles Handelman list Vaduva as singing (Mimi?) in his catalogue (November 2000, p.12), but according to the projected cast list in OPERA (May 1995 p.553) Mimi was to have been Cynthia Hayman. Possibly she was ill and Vaduva replaced her. The performances on 29 May 1995 (with Hayman) and on 8 June 1995 (with Beltran and Hayman) are reviewed in OPERA August 1995 pp.984-985, 987-988. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - November 1995» and those issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000. Hayman is listed by Lyric and in HOO's online catalogue.

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Fedora by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Edward Downes - 1995(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Maria Guleghina

Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - José Cura

De Siriex - Carlos Álvarez

Lorek - Mark Beesley

Nicola - Bryan Secombe

La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Rosemary Joshua

Boroff - David Ellis

Gretch - Jeremy White

Il Barone Rouvel - John Dobson

Cirillo - Michael Druiett

Dmitri - Maria Jagusz

Desiré - Timothy Robinson

Il piccolo Savoiardo - Jeremy Levitsky

Sergio - Philip Slane

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 08114

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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 in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (2 December 1995). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 2-8 December 1995 p.126 where Plácido Domingo is listed as singing Loris, but the Royal Opera House's advertisment in OPERA November 1995 p.1251 gives José Cura as singing on 2 December. The performances on 21 November (with Domingo) and on 18 November (with Cura) are reviewed in OPERA February 1996 pp.219-220. The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000

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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Bernard Haitink - 1997(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Hans Sachs - John Tomlinson

Veit Pogner - Gwynne Howell

Sixtus Beckmesser - Thomas Allen

Fritz Kothner - Anthony Michaels-Moore

Walther von Stolzing - Gosta Winbergh

David - Herbert Lippert

Eva - Nancy Gustafson

Magdalena - Catherine Wyn-Rogers

Nachtwächter - Michael Druiett

Kunz Vogelgesang - Alasdair Elliot

Konrad Nachtigall - Richard Lloyd-Morgan

Ulrich Eisslinger - Paul Crook

Balthasar Zorn - Robin Leggate

Augustin Moser - John Dobson

Hermann Ortel - Grant Dickson

Hans Schwarz - Geoffrey Moses

Hans Foltz - Simon Wilding

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Compact Disc; - Royal Opera House «Heritage Series» ROHS 008 {4CDS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 2008 pp.84-85 [MA]

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Opera - August 2008 pp.981-982 [RP]

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Diapason - No.560 juillet-aoüt 2008 p.108 [ED]

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Wagner News - Issue No.186 June 2008 pp.16-18 [PDB]

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International Record Review - July/August 2008 p.89 [NS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (7 July 1997).

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Armstrong - 1998(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Andrea Chénier - José Cura

Carlo Gérard - Anthony Michaels-Moore

Madeleine di Coigny - Maria Guleghina

La mulatta Bersi - Leah-Marian Jones

La Contessa di Coigny - Fiona Kimm

Roucher - Jason Howard

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Roderick Earle

Un Incredible - Robin Leggate

Pietro Fléville - Christopher Lackner

L'abate - John Dobson

Schmidt - Michael Druiett

Il maestro di casa - Michael Druiett

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 243 (2003)ª

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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

Comments:- Recording of a concert performance given by the Royal Opera in the Royal Festival Hall, London (23 February 1998; see OPERA May 1988 pp.611-612). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated «03/12/22»

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Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz performed in French

Conductor Colin Davis - 1999(LI)

Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - London Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Benvenuto Cellini - Giuseppe Sabbatini

Balducci - Robert Lloyd

Fieramosca - Laurent Naouri

Le Pape Clément VII - Orlin Anastassov

Francesco - Bülent Bezdüz

Bernadino - Fernand Bernadi

Pompeo - Richard Whitehouse

Teresa - Elizabeth Futral

Cabaretier - John Dobson

Ascanio - Isabelle Cals

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CD 563 {2CDRS} (2000)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

Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Barbican Hall, London (7 December 1999). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed in their list of «New Releases Summer 2000».

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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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