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Aida - Ljuba Welitsch

Radamès - Frederick Jagel

Amneris - Margaret Harshaw

Amonasro - Frank Guarrera

Ramphis - Jerome Hines

Il Re di Egitto - Philip Kinsman

Una Sacerdotessa - Thelma Votipka

Un Messaggero - Paul Franke

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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 952 125 (+Salome) {2CDS} (1995)�

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Diapason - No.418 septembre 1995 p.142

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Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance at the MET (19 February 1949). The Myto recording is a �fill-up� for the recording of Salome (MET 1952)

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L' Amore dei tre re by Italo Montemezzi performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Antonicelli - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Fiora - Dorothy Kirsten

Avito - Charles Kullman

Manfredo - Robert Weede

Archibaldo - Virgilio Lazzari

Flamino - Leslie Chabay

Un'ancella - Thelma Altman

Una giovanetta - Paula Lenchner

Un giovane - Paul Franke

Una vecchia - Claramae Turner

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith �The Golden Age of Opera� EJS 241 (highlights) {1LP} (1962)�

Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1491; Bensar OL 11549 (BRO 125280) {2CDSR} (2005)�

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Recordings of L' Amore dei tre re by Italo Montemezzi are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.427; MET p.256; GIUDICI p.387 (2) p.671

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (15 January 1949). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available �on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape�. The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of �berkshire record outlet inc.� (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Pietro Cimara - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Lucia - Lily Pons

Edgardo - Ferruccio Tagliavini

Enrico - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Raimondo - Jerome Hines

Arturo - Paul Franke

Alisa - Thelma Votipka

Normanno - Anthony Marlowe

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Compact Disc; - Melodram 27513 {2CDS}; Malibran Music MR 545 {2CDS} (2003)�

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (January 1 1949). According to the MET Annals this performance was not broadcast �live�, and as Pons missed the final high F in the mad scene, a perfect note was spliced into the transmission on 2 January 1949

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Antonicelli - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manon Lescaut - Dorothy Kirsten

Des Grieux - Jussi Björling

Lescaut - Giuseppe Valdengo

Geronte - Salvatore Baccaloni

Edmondo - Thomas Hayward

Una voce sola - Jean Madeira

L'oste - George Cehanovsky

Il maestro di ballo - Alessio De Paolis

Un sergente degli arcieri - Clifford Harvuot

Lampionaio - Paul Franke

Un comandante di Marina - Osie Hawkins

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 207 {2LPS} (1974)�

Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 931.73 {2CDS} (1993)�; Metropolitan Opera Historic Broadcasting Soria Series MET 22CD {2CDS} (1999)�; Naxos �Historical� 8.110123/4 {2CDS} (2001)�; Myto �Historical� 2 CD 011 H 056 (+excerpts from performance in Stockholm) ; {2CDS} (2001)�; Cantus Classics 500 320 {2CDS} (2003)�; Bensar OL 121049 (BRO 125872) {2CDRS} (2005)�

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.174; Opera December 1968 p.958; Opera on Record 3 p.209; CELLETTI p.618; Opera on CD (1) p.105 (2) p.116 (3) p.130; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.137 p.100; MET p.391; MET(VID) p.223; PENGUIN p.309; Opéra International avril 1991 No.146 p.21, juin 1998 No.225 p.52; Opera Quarterly Vol.11 No.4 p.77; GIUDICI p.578 (2) p.960; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - March 1999 p.82 [WRB]

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Orpheus - Juli 2001 S.74 [SL]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.16 No.2 Spring 2000 pp.313-316 [AF]

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Opéra International - juin 1998 No.225 p.52 [SS]

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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2001 pp.100-101 [JTH]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - abril 2001 No.142 pp.44-45 [JS]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.153 giugno 2001 pp.88-89 [GL]

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Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (10 December 1949). See OPERA, February 1950 p.39. The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of �berkshire record outlet inc.� (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss performed in German

Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Marschallin - Eleanor Steber

Octavian - Risë Stevens

Sophie - Erna Berger

Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Emanuel List

Faninal - Hugh Thompson

Valzacchi - Peter Klein

Annina - Martha Lipton

Ein Sänger - Giuseppe di Stefano

Marianne Leitmetzerin - Thelma Votipka

Polizeikommissar - Lorenzo Alvary

Der Wirt - Leslie Chabay

Ein Notar - Gerhard Pechner

Der Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin - Emery Darcy

Der Haufhofmeister bei Faninal - Paul Franke

Tierhändler - Leslie Chabay

Modistin - Lois Hunt

Die drei Waisen - Paula Lenchner

- Maxine Stellman

- Thelma Altman

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Compact Disc; - Arlecchino ARL A37-A39 {3CDS} (1996)�; Dante LYS 425-427 {3CDS}; Naxos �Historical�8.110277-79 {3CDS} (2004)�

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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 - March 2004 p.83 [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.20 No.3 January/February 1997 p.282

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Orpheus - März+April 2005 S.59 [SS]

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Opéra International - septembre 1996 No.205 p.72

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Diapason - No.431 novembre 1996 p.130

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.173 p.170; No.190 p.177 [CM]

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Classical Express - Issue 78 September 1996 p.4

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ARSC Journal - Vol.28 No.2 Fall 1997 p.249 (mention) [PH]

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International Record Review - December 2004 pp.82-83 [MVA]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.71 junio 2004 p.85 [VJ]

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Comments:- *It appears that the recording on the CDs issued Arlecchino and Dante is of the performance at the MET on 3 December 1949 which was broadcast, whereas that on the CDs issued by Naxos is of the performance on 21 November 1949 which was telecast. The casts were the same for both performances.

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Salome by Richard Strauss performed in German

Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Salome - Ljuba Welitsch

Jochanaan - Herbert Janssen

Herodes - Frederick Jagel

Herodias - Kerstin Thorborg

Narraboth - Brian Sullivan

Ein Page - Hertha Glaz

Erster Nazarener - Dezsö Ernster

Zweiter Nazarener - Emery Darcy

Erster Soldat - Jerome Hines

Zweiter Soldat - Philip Kinsman

Ein Cappadocier - Osie Hawkins

Ein Sklave - Inge Manski

Erster Jude - Leslie Chabay

Zweiter Jude - Thomas Hayward

Dritter Jude - Alessio De Paolis

Vierter Jude - Paul Franke

Fünfter Jude - Gerhard Pechner

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith �The Golden Age of Opera� EJS 158 {2LPS} (1959)�; Mauro R. Fugette MRF 1 {2LPS}; BJR Records BJR 156-2 {2LPS} ; Melodram MEL 039 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - *Melodram MEL 27042 {2CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 30018 {2CDS} (1998)�; Gebhardt JGCD 0013 {2CDS} (2000)�; Guild Immortal Performances GHCD 2230/31 (+Gianni Schicchi - Antonicelli) {2CDS} (2003)�

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

Opera July 1957 p.420; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.795; Opera on CD (1) p.117 (2) p.128 (3) p.143; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.47-48 p.184, mise à jour novembre 2001; MET p.514; MET(VID) p.304; PENGUIN p.421; Répertoire No.73 octobre 1994 p.13; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.195; GIUDICI p.796; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.16; Opéra International novembre 1999 No.240 pp.60-61; The Gramophone February 2005 p.36; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.62

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera - May 2001 pp.556-562 [AB]

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Orpheus - Juni 1998 S.56 [GH]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.187 p.140 [DVM]

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ARSC Journal - Vol.20 No.2 Fall 1989 p.209 [PH]: Vol.28 No.2 Fall 1997 p.249, p.252 (mention) [PH]

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International Opera Collector - Spring 1998 p.46 [KM]

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Classical Express - Issue 98 May 1998 p.6 [MT]

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Classical Express - Issue No.120 March 2000 p.3 [MT]

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Opernwelt - Juli 7/1992 S.55

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - septiembre - octubre 1998 No.29 p.99 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (12 March 1949)

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Emil Cooper - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Aida - Ljuba Welitsch

Radamès - Ramón Vinay

Amneris - Margaret Harshaw

Amonasro - Robert Merrill

Ramphis - Jerome Hines

Il Re di Egitto - Lorenzo Alvary

Una Sacerdotessa - Thelma Votipka

Un Messaggero - Paul Franke

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 011 {3LPS} (1980)�

Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 728; The Opera Lovers AID 195001 {2CDRS} ; Walhall �Eternity Series� WLCD 0142 {2CDS} (2005)�; Myto 2 MCD 053 H 106 {2CDS} (2005)�

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.86 diciembre 2005 p.89 [JV]

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Classica Répertoire - No.79 février 2006 p.104 [AT]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XX N.203 marzo 2006 pp.88-91 [GL]

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Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (11 March 1950). See �Saturday Afternoon at the Old Met� by Paul Jackson p.471. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available �on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape�. The CDRs issued by �The Opera Lovers� are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The year of the performance recorded is given incorrectly as 1951 by �Myto�; see l'opera (Milano) novembre 2005 p.45.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Antonicelli - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Richard Tucker

Schaunard - George Cehanovsky

Marcello - John Brownlee

Colline - Nicola Moscona

Mimi - Licia Albanese

Musetta - Lois Hunt

Benoit - Gerhard Pechner

Alcindoro - Gerhard Pechner

Parpignol - Paul Franke

Sergente dei doganieri - Lawrence Davidson

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 685

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

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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (25 March 1950). See �Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met� pp.484-485. 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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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Carlo - Jussi Björling

Filippo II - Cesare Siepi

Rodrigo - Robert Merrill

Il Grande Inquisitore - Jerome Hines

Un Frate - Lubomir Vichegonov

Elisabetta di Valois - Delia Rigal

La principessa Eboli - Fedora Barbieri

Tebaldo - Anne Bollinger

Il Conte di Lerma - Paul Franke

Un Araldo Reale - Emery Darcy

Una voce dal cielo - Lucine Amara

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 121 {3LPS} (1972)�; *Magnificent Editions ME 105/3 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 911 35 {2CDS} (1991)�; Myto �Historical� 2CD 004 H052 {2CDS} (2000)�; Celestial Audio CA 269 {3CDRS} (Australia) (2003)�

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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; 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 publication:-

Opéra International - mars 1993 p.70

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Comments:- *A recording of a performance of a four-act version (11 November 1950). The Magnificent Editions LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE August 1979 p.363

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manon Lescaut - Dorothy Kirsten

Des Grieux - Richard Tucker

Lescaut - Giuseppe Valdengo

Geronte - Gerhard Pechner

Edmondo - Leslie Chabay

Una voce sola - Margaret Roggero

L'oste - Lawrence Davidson

Il maestro di ballo - Alessio De Paolis

Un sergente degli arcieri - Clifford Harvuot

Lampionaio - Paul Franke

Un comandante di Marina - Osie Hawkins

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 688 (& 506)

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.174; Opera December 1968 p.958; Opera on Record 3 p.209; CELLETTI p.618; Opera on CD (1) p.105 (2) p.116 (3) p.130; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.137 p.100; MET p.391; MET(VID) p.223; PENGUIN p.309; Opéra International avril 1991 No.146 p.21, juin 1998 No.225 p.52; Opera Quarterly Vol.11 No.4 p.77; GIUDICI p.578 (2) p.960; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (18 November 1950). 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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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Simon Boccanegra - Leonard Warren

Jacopo Fiesco - Mihály Székely

Amelia Grimaldi - Astrid Varnay

Gabriele Adorno - Richard Tucker

Paolo Albiani - Giuseppe Valdengo

Pietro - Lorenzo Alvary

Un'ancella - Maxine Stellman

Un capitano dei balestrieri - Paul Franke

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Black Disc - *Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 105-3 {3LPS}; Robin Hood Records RHR 506 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 945.113 {2CDS} (1994)�; Preiser Records 90520 {2CDS} (2002)�

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 2003 pp.80-81 [AB]

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Orpheus - Februar 1995 S.60; Heft 1+2 Januar 2003 S.75

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Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.79

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (28 January 1950)

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Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauß II performed in English

Conductor Eugene Ormandy - 1950-51(STU)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Eisenstein - Charles Kullman

Rosalinde - Ljuba Welitsch

Alfred - Richard Tucker

Blind - Paul Franke

Falke - John Brownlee

Adele - Lily Pons

Orlofsky - Martha Lipton

Frank - Clifford Harvuot

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Black Disc; - Columbia MOP 32 (73191D; - 73202D) {12x78s} (USA) (1951)�; Columbia MOP 4-32 (4-73191D - 4-73202D) {12x45s} (USA) (1951)�; Columbia SL 8 {3LPS} (USA) (1951)�;; Columbia SL 108 {3LPS} (USA) (1951)�; Columbia �Odyssey� Y2-32666 {2LPS} (USA) (1974)�; Philips GBL 5643-5644 {2LPS} (UK) (1962)�; *CBS 78245 {2LPS} (UK) (1974)�

Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven C 1347 {2CDS} (2003)�

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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 - May 1951 p.266; July 1962 p.62 [PHW]; September 1974 p.585 [AB]

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Opera - September 1962 p.628

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American Record Guide - March 1951 Vol.17 No.7 p.229 [CJL]

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Comments:- Recorded on 24, 29 December 1950 and 7 January 1951.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Schaunard - George Cehanovsky

Marcello - Giuseppe Valdengo

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Bidù Sayão

Musetta - Lois Hunt

Benoit - Lorenzo Alvary

Alcindoro - Lawrence Davidson

Parpignol - Paul Franke

Sergente dei doganieri - Carlo Tomanelli

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Black Disc - Off the Air Record Club OTA 1; Morgan MOR 5104 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 824 {2CDS} (2001)�; Celestial Audio CA 290 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2003)�; Opera Fenice FNO 001-2 {2CDS} (2003)�; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66312 {2CDS} (2004)�; Bongiovanni HOC 033/34-2 (+Madama Butterfly - duet - Tebaldi - di Stefano) ; {2CDS} (2005)�

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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:-

Orpheus - Nov.+Dez. 2005 S.55 [IW]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.86 diciembre 2005 pp.87-88 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (17 March 1951). The �filler� on the CDs issued by Bongiovanni is a recording of the duet in the 1st Act of Madama Butterfly taken from a broadcast performance of a concert on 15 October 1950 conducted by Gaetano Merola.

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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Lucia - Lily Pons

Edgardo - Ferruccio Tagliavini

Enrico - Giuseppe Valdengo

Raimondo - Norman Scott

Arturo - Gabor Carelli

Alisa - Thelma Votipka

Normanno - Paul Franke

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 675; Bensar OL 122951 (BRO 125015) {2CDRS} (2005)�

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

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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (29 December 1951). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available �on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape�. The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of �berkshire record outlet inc.� (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rigoletto - Leonard Warren

Gilda - Hilde Güden

Duca di Mantova - Richard Tucker

Sparafucile - Alois Pernerstorfer

Maddalena - Jean Madeira

Giovanna - Thelma Votipka

Monterone - Norman Scott

Marullo - Clifford Harvuot

Borsa - Paul Franke

Conte di Ceprano - Lawrence Davidson

Contessa di Ceprano - Anne Bollinger

Un paggio - Margaret Roggero

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Compact Disc; - Bensar BRO 121059 {2CDRS} (2004)�

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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:- *This is probably a recording of the performance at the MET on 8 December 1951 which was broadcast. The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of �berkshire record outlet inc.�. Here the conductor is given as �Cleva�, but according to the �MET Annals� he did not conduct Rigoletto at the MET in 1951.

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Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss performed in German

Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Marschallin - Eleanor Steber

Octavian - Jarmila Novotná

Sophie - Erna Berger

Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Fritz Krenn

Faninal - Hugh Thompson

Valzacchi - Alessio De Paolis

Annina - Hertha Glaz

Ein Sänger - Kurt Baum

Marianne Leitmetzerin - Thelma Votipka

Polizeikommissar - Lorenzo Alvary

Der Wirt - Leslie Chabay

Ein Notar - Lawrence Davidson

Der Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin - Emery Darcy

Der Haufhofmeister bei Faninal - Paul Franke

Tierhändler - Leslie Chabay

Modistin - Etienne Barone

Die drei Waisen - Barbara Troxell

- Paula Lenchner

- Margaret Roggero

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Compact Disc; - Metropolitan Opera Fund �Soria Series� MET 23 {3CDS} (2000)�

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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:-

Opera News - June 2000 pp.64-65 [MB]

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Répertoire - No.143 février 2001 p.12 (mention)

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (24 February 1951)

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Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauß II performed in English

Conductor Eugene Ormandy - 1951(LI;20/1/51)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Eisenstein - Charles Kullman

Rosalinde - Marguerite Piazza

Alfred - Richard Tucker

Blind - Paul Franke

Falke - John Brownlee

Adele - Patrice Munsel

Orlofsky - Risë Stevens

Frank - Hugh Thompson

Frosch - Jack Gilford

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1539

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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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (20 January 1951). See �Sign-Off for the Old Met� pp.14-15. 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 Fledermaus by Johann Strauß II performed in English

Conductor Eugene Ormandy - 1951(LI;22/12/51)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Eisenstein - Charles Kullman

Rosalinde - Regina Resnik

Alfred - Brian Sullivan

Blind - Paul Franke

Falke - John Brownlee

Adele - Patrice Munsel

Orlofsky - Blanche Thebom

Frank - Clifford Harvuot

Frosch - Jack Mann

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 826

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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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (22 December 1951). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available �on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape�.

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1951-52(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Victor Orchestra

Chorus - Robert Shaw Chorale

Manrico - Jussi Björling

Azucena - Fedora Barbieri

Leonora - Zinka Milanov

Conte di Luna - Leonard Warren

Ferrando - Nicola Moscona

Ines - Margaret Roggero

Ruiz - Paul Franke

Un vecchio zingaro - George Cehanovsky

Un messo - Nathaniel Sprinzena

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6008 {2LPS} (USA) (1952)�; RCA Victor WDM 6008 {45s-EP} (USA) (1952)�; HMV ALP 1112-1113 {2LPS} (1954)�;; HMV ALP 1832-1833 {2LPS} (1961)�; *RCA �Victrola� VL 43536(2) {2LPS} (Italy) (1977)�; RCA VLS 00699 {2LPS} (1982)�

Compact Cassette; - RCA CLK2-5377P1/2; RCA VKS 00699 (1982)�

Compact Disc; - RCA Victor �Gold Seal� 6643-2-RG {2CDS} (USA) (1988)�; RCA Victor GD 86643 {2CDS} (UK) (1988)�; Regis RRC 2060 {2CDS} (2003)�; Cantus Classics 500 329 {2CDS} (2003)�; Naxos �Historical� 8.110240-41 (+Milanov - songs) {2CDS} (2003)�

Open Reel Tape - HMV HTA 9-10 (mono); RCA Victor DC-35 (Highlights-mono)

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1954 p.400 [PHW]; May 1961 p.600 [EG]; October 1961 p.199 (mention) [DST]; January 1983 p.866 (mention) [AB]; August 1988 p.337 [HF]

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Opera - May 1954 pp.302-303 [HDR]

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Fanfare - Vol.12 No.1 September/October 1988 p.287 [JM]; Vol.27 No.3 January/ February 2004 pp.221-223 [JM] (Vol.27 No.4 May/June 2004 p.286 - letter)

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Orpheus - Heft 11+12 November+Dezember 2003 S.65 [IW]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.203-209 [RB]; Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.149-151 [WA2]

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American Record Guide - November 1952 Vol.19 No.3 p.71 [PHR]: September/October 2003 Vol.66 No.5 p.265 [MM]

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Gramophone Record Review - March 1955 p.26 (tape)

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International Record Review - October 2003 pp.28-29 [MVA]

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 44 p.151

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.575

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.63 septiembre 2003 p.87 [MC]

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Comments:- Recorded in the Manhattan Center, New York (21, 22 February, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 16, 30 March 1952). This information comes from �Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.� by Tom Peel. However, according to Bruce Burroughs (OPERA QUARTERLY Vol.17 No.4 Autumn 2001 p.645 endnote 69) Leonora's arias and the act 4 duet with the Count were recorded in May 1951 and �were later incorporated, as planned, into the complete 1952 Trovatore�

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

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Carlo - Richard Tucker

Filippo II - Cesare Siepi

Rodrigo - Robert Merrill

Il Grande Inquisitore - Jerome Hines

Un Frate - Luben Vichey

Elisabetta di Valois - Delia Rigal

La principessa Eboli - Fedora Barbieri

Tebaldo - Laura Castellano

Il Conte di Lerma - Paul Franke

Un Araldo Reale - Emery Darcy

Una voce dal cielo - Lucine Amara

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 673

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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; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (20 December 1952). 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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Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Don Carlo - Richard Tucker

Filippo II - Jerome Hines

Rodrigo - Paolo Silveri

Il Grande Inquisitore - Hans Hotter

Un Frate - Luben Vichey

Elisabetta di Valois - Delia Rigal

La principessa Eboli - Fedora Barbieri

Tebaldo - Anne Bollinger

Il Conte di Lerma - Paul Franke

Un Araldo Reale - Emery Darcy

Una voce dal cielo - Lucine Amara

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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 4552 (BRO 124723) {2CDRS} (2005)�; Academy Records WH Live Opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) (2006)�

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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; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48

Comments:- *Recording of a performance of a four-act version at the MET (5 April 1952). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of �berkshire record outlet inc.� (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Elektra by Richard Strauss performed in German

Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Elektra - Astrid Varnay

Chrysothemis - Walburga Wegener

Clytemnestra - Elisabeth Höngen

Aegisth - Set Svanholm

Orest - Paul Schöffler

Ein alter Diener - Lubomir Vichegonov

Ein junger Diener - Paul Franke

Die Schleppträgerin - Paula Lenchner

Die Vertraute - Jean Madeira

Der Pfleger des Orest - Alois Pernerstorfer

Die Aufseherin - Thelma Votipka

1. Magd - Martha Lipton

2. Magd - Hertha Glaz

3. Magd - Lucine Amara

4. Magd - Mildred Miller

5. Magd - Genevieve Warner

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Black Disc - Rococo RR 1011 {2LPS}; Metropolitan Opera Guild (+Salome) {4LPS}

Compact Disc; - Arlecchino ARL 20-22 {3CDS} (1995)�; Archipel ARPCD 0149 {2CDS} (2003)�; Guild �Immortal Performances� GHCD 2285/86 {2CDS} (2004)�; Bensar OL 22352 (BRO 125572) {2CDRS} (2005)�; The Opera Lovers ELE 195201 {2CDRS} (2006)�

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

High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 2004 p.99 [AB]

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Orpheus - Februar 1995 S.59

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Opéra International - mars 1995 No.189 p.80

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.163 p.125

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American Record Guide - October 1982 Vol.46 No.1 p.67 [GSF]

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Répertoire - No.76 janvier 1995 p.74

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Opernwelt - Juli 7/1992 S.55

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.66 diciembre 2003 p.86 [JV]

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Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (23 February 1952). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of �berkshire record outlet inc.� (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and those issued by �The Opera Lovers� are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Otello - Ramón Vinay

Desdemona - Eleanor Steber

Iago - Leonard Warren

Cassio - Thomas Hayward

Rodrigo - Paul Franke

Lodovico - Luben Vichey

Montano - Osie Hawkins

Emilia - Martha Lipton

Un Araldo - Algerd Brazis

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 699

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

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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (9 February 1952). 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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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Amfortas - Hans Hotter

Titurel - Luben Vichey

Gurnemanz - Jerome Hines

Parsifal - Hans Hopf

Klingsor - Gerhard Pechner

Kundry - Margaret Harshaw

Alto Stimme - Jean Madeira

Knappe 1 - Genevieve Warner

Knappe 2 - Mildred Miller

Knappe 3 - Paul Franke

Knappe 4 - Gabor Carelli

Blumenmädchen 1 - Lucine Amara

Blumenmädchen 2 - Lois Hunt

Blumenmädchen 3 - Hertha Glaz

Blumenmädchen 4 - Anne Bollinger

Blumenmädchen 5 - Paula Lenchner

Blumenmädchen 6 - Margaret Roggero

Ritter 1 - Emery Darcy

Ritter 2 - Osie Hawkins

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Compact Disc; - Archipel ARPCD 0065-3 {3CDS} (2002)�; Omega Opera Archive 914

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Classical Express - May 2002 p.7 [MT]

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Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (12 April 1952). 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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Salome by Richard Strauss performed in German

Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Salome - Ljuba Welitsch

Jochanaan - Hans Hotter

Herodes - Set Svanholm

Herodias - Elisabeth Höngen

Narraboth - Brian Sullivan

Ein Page - Hertha Glaz

Erster Nazarener - Alois Pernerstorfer

Zweiter Nazarener - Emery Darcy

Erster Soldat - Norman Scott

Zweiter Soldat - Luben Vichey

Ein Cappadocier - Osie Hawkins

Ein Sklave - Paula Lenchner

Erster Jude - Gabor Carelli

Zweiter Jude - Thomas Hayward

Dritter Jude - Alessio De Paolis

Vierter Jude - Paul Franke

Fünfter Jude - Gerhard Pechner

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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Guild MET 9 (+Elektra) {4LPS}; Discocorp SID 724

Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 952 125 (+Aida - excerpts) {2CDS} (1995)�; Myto 2 MCD 031 H073 {2CDS} (2003)�; Bensar OL 11952 (BRO 125574) {2CDRS} (2005)�; The Opera Lovers SAL 195201 {2CDRS} (2006)�; Walhall �Eternity Series� WLCD 0201 {2CDS} (2007)�

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

Opera July 1957 p.420; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.795; Opera on CD (1) p.117 (2) p.128 (3) p.143; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.47-48 p.184, mise à jour novembre 2001; MET p.514; MET(VID) p.304; PENGUIN p.421; Répertoire No.73 octobre 1994 p.13; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.195; GIUDICI p.796; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.16; Opéra International novembre 1999 No.240 pp.60-61; The Gramophone February 2005 p.36; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.62

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Juli 1995 S.58 (Wrong year given)

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Diapason - No.418 septembre 1995 p.142

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American Record Guide - October 1982 Vol.46 No.1 p.67 [GSF]: February 1983 Vol.46 No.3 p.96 (letter)

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ARSC Journal - Vol.28 No.2 Fall 1997 p.249, p.252 (mention) [PH]

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Répertoire - No.82 juillet/aoüt 1995 p.70

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Opernwelt - Juli 7/1992 S.55

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Musica (Milano) - N.148 luglio-agosto 2003 pp.87-88 [GR]

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Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (19 January 1952). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of �berkshire record outlet inc.� (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and those issued by �The Opera Lovers� are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1952(LI;15/3/52)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Frank Guarrera

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Licia Albanese

Musetta - Hilde Güden

Benoit - Lorenzo Alvary

Alcindoro - Alessio De Paolis

Parpignol - Paul Franke

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Black Disc - Great Opera Performances G.F.C. 021-022 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 031 H072 {2CDS} (2003)�; Walhall �Eternity Series� WLCD 0019 {2CDS} (2004)�

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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 publication:-

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

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Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (15 March 1952; see �Signing-off for the Old Met� pp.56-57)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in English

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1952(LI;27/12/52)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Richard Tucker

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Robert Merrill

Colline - Jerome Hines

Mimi - Nadine Conner

Musetta - Patrice Munsel

Benoit - Lawrence Davidson

Alcindoro - Alessio De Paolis

Parpignol - Paul Franke

Sergente dei doganieri - Algerd Brazis

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1054

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

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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET given in an English translation by Howard Dietz (27 December 1952). 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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in English

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Boris - George London

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Brian Sullivan

Marina - Blanche Thebom

Pimen - Norman Scott

Varlaam - Salvatore Baccaloni

Shuisky - Andrew McKinley

Missail - Thomas Hayward

Rangoni - Sigurd Björling

Fyodor - Mildred Miller

Xenia - Paula Lenchner

Hostess - Martha Lipton

Simpleton - Paul Franke

Tchelkalov - Clifford Harvuot

Nurse - Jean Madeira

Nikitich - Lawrence Davidson

Mityukha - Algerd Brazis

Lavitsky - Osie Hawkins

Cherniovsky - Lawrence Davidson

Frontier Guard - Osie Hawkins

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 250

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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 at the MET (28 March 1953). 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�. It is described as coming from �Private Acetates� with �Very good sound�.

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The Rake's Progress by Igor Stravinsky performed in English

Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Anne Trulove - Hilde Güden

Baba - Blanche Thebom

Tom Rakewell - Eugene Conley

Nick Shadow - Mack Harrell

Trulove - Norman Scott

Sellem - Paul Franke

Keeper - Lawrence Davidson

Mother Goose - Martha Lipton

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Compact Disc - Datum DAT 90003 {2CDS}; Bensar OL 21453 (BRO 124004) {2CDRS}

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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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (14 February 1953). The CDs issued on the Datum label are advertized in MUSICA 96 p.54 and the CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of �berkshire record outlet inc.� (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss performed in German

Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Marschallin - Astrid Varnay

Octavian - Risë Stevens

Sophie - Nadine Conner

Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Endré Koréh

Faninal - John Brownlee

Valzacchi - Alessio De Paolis

Annina - Hertha Glaz

Ein Sänger - Thomas Hayward

Marianne Leitmetzerin - Thelma Votipka

Polizeikommissar - Osie Hawkins

Der Wirt - Paul Franke

Ein Notar - Gerhard Pechner

Der Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin - Emery Darcy

Der Haufhofmeister bei Faninal - Paul Franke

Tierhändler - Gabor Carelli

Modistin - Genevieve Warner

Die drei Waisen - Laura Castellano

- Paula Lenchner

- Margaret Roggero

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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 441 {4LPS}

Compact Disc - Gala GL 100 512 (Highlights + Elektra)

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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:-

ARSC Journal - Vol.20 No.2 Fall 1989 p.209

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Opernwelt - Juli 7/1992 S.56

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Répertoire - No.84 octobre 1995 p.76 (Highlights)

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (28 February 1953). The �Highlights� are included as a filler in the CDs of the performance of Elektra conducted by Richard Kraus (1953)

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Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss performed in German

Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Marschallin - Astrid Varnay

Octavian - Risë Stevens

Sophie - Nadine Conner

Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Endré Koréh

Faninal - John Brownlee

Valzacchi - Alessio De Paolis

Annina - Hertha Glaz

Ein Sänger - Thomas Hayward

Marianne Leitmetzerin - Thelma Votipka

Polizeikommissar - Osie Hawkins

Der Wirt - Paul Franke

Ein Notar - Gerhard Pechner

Der Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin - Emery Darcy

Der Haufhofmeister bei Faninal - Paul Franke

Tierhändler - Gabor Carelli

Modistin - Genevieve Warner

Die drei Waisen - Laura Castellano

- Paula Lenchner

- Margaret Roggero

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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 441 {4LPS}

Compact Disc - Gala GL 100 512 (Highlights + Elektra)

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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:-

ARSC Journal - Vol.20 No.2 Fall 1989 p.209

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Opernwelt - Juli 7/1992 S.56

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Répertoire - No.84 octobre 1995 p.76 (Highlights)

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (28 February 1953). The �Highlights� are included as a filler in the CDs of the performance of Elektra conducted by Richard Kraus (1953)

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Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens performed in French

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Samson - Ramón Vinay

Dalila - Risë Stevens

Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Sigurd Björling

Abimélech - Norman Scott

Le Vieillard Hébreu - Luben Vichey

Le messager philistin - Emery Darcy

Premier philistin - Paul Franke

Deuxième philistin - George Cehanovsky

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1541

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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.105L'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; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (14 March 1953). 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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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1953(LI;21/2/53)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Jan Peerce

Schaunard - George Cehanovsky

Marcello - Renato Capecchi

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Victoria de los Ángeles

Musetta - Brenda Lewis

Benoit - Lawrence Davidson

Alcindoro - Alessio De Paolis

Parpignol - Paul Franke

Sergente dei doganieri - Algerd Brazis

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1049

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

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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (21 February 1953). 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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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1953(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Victor Orchestra

Chorus - Robert Shaw Chorale

Canio - Jussi Björling

Nedda - Victoria de los Ángeles

Tonio - Leonard Warren

Beppe - Paul Franke

Silvio - Robert Merrill

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor WDM 6106 {45s} RCA Victor LM 6106 {3LPS} (+Cavalleria rusticana) (USA) {3LPS} (1953)�; HMV ALP 1126-1128 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {3LPS} (1954)�; La Voix de son Maître FALP 301/3 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {3LPS} (1954)�

Compact Disc; - *EMI CDC 7 49503-2 (1CD) (1989)�; EMI �Références� CDH 5 66778-2 {1CD} (1998)�; RCA BVCC 8855-6 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {2CDS} (Japan) (1995)�; EMI Classics �Historical� 585 650-2 {1CD} (2003)�; Naxos �Historical� 8.110258 {1CD} (2004)�; Membran 221759 {1CD} (2004)�; Urania URN 22263 {1CD} (2004)�

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1954 p.445 [PHW]; December 1989 p.1199 [AB]; September 2004 p.75 [AB]; February 2005 p.85 [PO'C]

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Opera - July 1954 pp.435-436 [HDR]

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Opera Now - September/October 1998 p.98 [ST]

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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.2 November/December 1998 p.259 [JK]: Vol.28 No.2 November/ December 2004 p.223 [BB]

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

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.3 Autumn 1990 pp.201-203 [KH2]

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American Record Guide - October 1953 Vol.20 No.2 p.41 [PHR]: January/February 1999 Vol.62 No.1 p.132 [MM] : September/October 2004 Vol.67 No.5 p.269 [RVL]

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American Record Guide - October 1953 Vol.20 No.2 p.41 [PHR]: January/February 1999 Vol.62 No.1 p.132 [MM] : September/October 2004 Vol.67 No.5 p.269 [RVL]

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The Gramophone Shop Inc Record Supplement - October 1953 Vol.16 No.10 p.5

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Gramophone Record Review - June 1954 p.380

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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1998 No.9 p.102 [MO]

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BBC Music Magazine - December 1998 p.82 [CO]

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

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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.68 novembre 1954 p.715 [JB]

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Opernwelt - Juli 1998 S.57 [JB]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XII - N.122 - ottobre 1998 p.98 [GL]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.113 septiembre 1998 p.40 [AV]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.30 noviembre-diciembre 1998 p.76 [PN]: No.69 abril 2004 p.85 [LB]

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Comments:- Most of this recording was made between 6 and 19 January 1953, but according to Peel there were two additional sessions without the soloists on 25 January and 27 February 1953. More details can be found in �Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.� byTom Peel

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The Rake's Progress by Igor Stravinsky performed in English

Conductor Igor Stravinsky - 1953(STU)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera Association

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera Association

Anne Trulove - Hilde Güden

Baba - Blanche Thebom

Tom Rakewell - Eugene Conley

Nick Shadow - Mack Harrell

Trulove - Norman Scott

Sellem - Paul Franke

Keeper - Lawrence Davidson

Mother Goose - Martha Lipton

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Black Disc; - Columbia SL 125 {3LPS} (USA) (1953)�; Philips ABL 3055-3057 {3LPS} (UK) (1955)�; Philips A 01181-83 {3LPS} (Germany)

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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:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1955 p.66 [AP]

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Opera - October 1955 p.670

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Fanfare - Vol.20 No.5 May/June 1997 p.4, p.8 (letter)

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The Gramophone Shop Inc Record Supplement - November 1953 Vol.16 No.11 p.6

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American Record Guide - December 1953 Vol.20 No.4 p.115 [CJL]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1954 Vol.4 No.1 p.60 [JH]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - August 1955 p.12

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Gramophone Record Review - September p.635 [HS]

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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1997 No.5 p.38 [PP]

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Aida - Zinka Milanov

Radamès - Kurt Baum

Amneris - Fedora Barbieri

Amonasro - Leonard Warren

Ramphis - Jerome Hines

Il Re di Egitto - Luben Vichey

Una Sacerdotessa - Margaret Roggero

Un Messaggero - Paul Franke

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 676

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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 the MET (20 February 1954). 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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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in English

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Boris - Cesare Siepi

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Giulio Gari

Marina - Blanche Thebom

Pimen - Norman Scott

Varlaam - Salvatore Baccaloni

Shuisky - Charles Kullman

Missail - Thomas Hayward

Rangoni - Clifford Harvuot

Fyodor - Mildred Miller

Xenia - Genevieve Warner

Hostess - Martha Lipton

Simpleton - Paul Franke

Tchelkalov - Arthur Budney

Nurse - Jean Madeira

Nikitich - Lawrence Davidson

Mityukha - Algerd Brazis

Lavitsky - Osie Hawkins

Cherniovsky - Lawrence Davidson

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 740

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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 at the MET (27 February 1954). 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 Fledermaus by Johann Strauß II performed in English

Conductor Tibor Kozma - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Eisenstein - Charles Kullman

Rosalinde - Eleanor Steber

Alfred - Thomas Hayward

Blind - Paul Franke

Falke - John Brownlee

Adele - Patrice Munsel

Orlofsky - Jarmila Novotná

Frank - Clifford Harvuot

Frosch - Jack Mann

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1068 (& 786)

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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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (23 January 1954). 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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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Luben Vichey

Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov

Don Carlo - Leonard Warren

Don Alvaro - Gino Penno

Preziosilla - Jean Madeira

Fra Melitone - Gerhard Pechner

Curra - Thelma Votipka

Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines

Mastro Trabuco - Paul Franke

Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 294

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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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (20 March 1954). 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 Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Hans Sachs - Otto Edelmann

Veit Pogner - Kurt Böhme

Sixtus Beckmesser - Gerhard Pechner

Fritz Kothner - John Brownlee

Walther von Stolzing - Hans Hopf

David - Paul Franke

Eva - Lisa Della Casa

Magdalena - Hertha Glaz

Nachtwächter - Clifford Harvuot

Kunz Vogelgesang - Charles Anthony

Konrad Nachtigall - Calvin Marsh

Ulrich Eisslinger - James McCracken

Balthasar Zorn - Benjamin Wilkes

Augustin Moser - Gabor Carelli

Hermann Ortel - Osie Hawkins

Hans Schwarz - Norman Scott

Hans Foltz - Lorenzo Alvary

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 909

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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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (11 December 1954). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available �on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape�. The source is described as �Very Good AM aircheck. Missing Prelude�.

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Norma by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Norma - Zinka Milanov

Adalgisa - Blanche Thebom

Pollione - Gino Penno

Oroveso - Cesare Siepi

Clotilde - Maria Leone

Flavio - Paul Franke

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 005 {3LPS) (1980)�

Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 352; Bensar OL 32754 {2CDRS} (2005)�

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

Opera January 1958 p.12; Opera on Record p.154; CELLETTI p.50; Opera on CD (1) p.40 (2) p.46 (3) p.51; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.29 p.106: No.236 p.76; MET p.21; MET(VID) p.10; PENGUIN p.10; Orpheus No.13 1994 Festival p.22; GIUDICI p.31 (2) p.57; Diapason No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.48; Répertoire No.112 avril 1998 p.86; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.66-70; Donizetti Society Newsletter June 2000 pp.21-23; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Gramophone January 2002 p.28

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.164-166 [WA2]

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Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (27 March 1954; see OPERA June 1954 pp.353-354; �Sign-Off For The Old Met� pp.154-155). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available �on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape�. The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of �berkshire record outlet inc.� (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Amfortas - George London

Titurel - Lubomir Vichegonov

Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter

Parsifal - Set Svanholm

Klingsor - Lawrence Davidson

Kundry - Astrid Varnay

Alto Stimme - Jean Madeira

Knappe 1 - Genevieve Warner

Knappe 2 - Mildred Miller

Knappe 3 - Paul Franke

Knappe 4 - Gabor Carelli

Blumenmädchen 1 - Jean Fenn

Blumenmädchen 2 - Lucine Amara

Blumenmädchen 3 - Maria Leone

Blumenmädchen 4 - Hertha Glaz

Blumenmädchen 5 - Heidi Krall

Blumenmädchen 6 - Margaret Roggero

Ritter 1 - James McCracken

Ritter 2 - Osie Hawkins

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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 442 {4LPS}

Compact Disc; - Adonis 54001 (+Die Walküre - Act 1) {4CDS} (1999)�; Omega Opera Archive 315 (& 690); Wallhall �Eternity Series� WLCD 0070 {4CDS} (2004)�; *Bensar OL 41754 {4CDS} (2004)�

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.190 p.179 [PF]

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Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (17 April 1954). See �Sign-Off for the Old Met� pp.81-84. The Adonis CDs are advertized in CLASSICAL EXPRESS No.114 september 1999 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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Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor George Szell - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Tannhäuser - Ramón Vinay

Elisabeth - Margaret Harshaw

Wolfram von Eschenbach - Geo