(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1947(LE) - Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Die) by Richard Wagner - Wolfgang Martin*
2 1947(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Max Rudolf*
3 1948(LI) - Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten - Emil Cooper*
4 1949(LE) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Emil Cooper*
5 1949(LI) - Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti - Pietro Cimara*
6 1949(LI) - Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten - Emil Cooper*
7 1949(LI) - Salome by Richard Strauss - Fritz Reiner*
8 1950(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Emil Cooper*
9 1950(LI) - barbiere di Siviglia (Il) by Gioacchino Rossini - Alberto Erede*
10 1950(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Fritz Stiedry*
11 1950(LI) - Khovanshchina by Modest Mussorgsky - Emil Cooper*
12 1950(LI) - Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti - Pietro Cimara*
13 1950(LI) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Fritz Stiedry*
14 1951(LI) - Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven - Bruno Walter*
15 1951(LI) - Manon by Jules Massenet - Fausto Cleva*
16 1951(LI) - Rheingold (Das) by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
17 1952(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*
18 1952(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Alberto Erede*
19 1952(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Fritz Stiedry*
20 1952(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Fritz Stiedry*
21 1952(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
22 1952(LI;27/12/52) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Alberto Erede*
23 1953(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*
24 1954(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*
25 1954(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Fritz Stiedry*
26 1954(LI) - Manon by Jules Massenet - Pierre Monteux*
27 1954(LI) - Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy - Pierre Monteux*
28 1954(LI) - Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner - George Szell*
29 1955(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Kurt Adler*
30 1955(LI) - Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner - Rudolf Kempe*
31 1955(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Rudolf Kempe*
32 1955(STU) - favorite (La) by Gaetano Donizetti - Alberto Erede*
33 1956(LI) - Faust by Charles Gounod - Pierre Monteux*
34 1956(LI) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Bruno Walter*
35 1957(LI) - barbiere di Siviglia (Il) by Gioacchino Rossini - Max Rudolf*
36 1957(SE) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Tibor Kozma*
37 1958(LI) - Faust by Charles Gounod - Jean Morel*
38 1958(LI) - Hercules by George Frideric Handel - Lovro von Matacic*
39 1958(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
40 1959(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*
41 1959(LI) - Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi - Erich Leinsdorf*
42 1959(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
43 1959(STU) - Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi - Erich Leinsdorf*
44 1960(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Thomas Schippers*
45 1960(LI) - Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi - Erich Leinsdorf*
46 1960(LI) - Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner - Georg Solti*
47 1960(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Karl Böhm*
48 1960(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Karl Böhm*
49 1960(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Rudolf Kempe*
50 1961(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Nino Verchi*
51 1961(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - George Schick*
52 1961(LI) - Rheingold (Das) by Richard Wagner - Erich Leinsdorf*
53 1961(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Joseph Rosenstock*
54 1961(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Rudolf Kempe*
55 1962(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Fernando Previtali*
56 1962(LI) - Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy - Ernest Ansermet*
57 1962(STU) - Bluebeard's Castle by Béla Bartók - Eugene Ormandy*
58 1963(LI) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - Georg Solti*
59 1963(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Georg Solti*
60 1964(LI) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Fausto Cleva*
61 1964(LI) - Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi - Fernando Previtali*
62 1965(LI) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Fausto Cleva*
63 1965(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Thomas Schippers*
64 1965(LI) - Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*
65 1965(STU) - Lohengrin by Richard Wagner - Erich Leinsdorf*
66 1966(LI) - Attila by Giuseppe Verdi - John Pritchard*
67 1966(LI) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - George Schick*
68 1966(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Georges Prêtre*
69 1966(LI;13/3/66)) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Zubin Mehta*
70 1967(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Oliviero De Fabri..*
71 1967(LI;25/2/67) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Thomas Schippers*
72 1968(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Francesco Molinar..*
73 1968(LI) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Joseph Rosenstock*
74 1968(LI;Tucci) - Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi - Francesco Molinar..*
75 1969(LI) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Anton Guadagno*
76 1970(LI) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Stanislaw Skrowac..*
77 1971(LI) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Fausto Cleva*
78 1972(LI) - Attila by Giuseppe Verdi - Alfredo Silipigni*
79 1973(LI) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Peter Maag*
80 1976(STU) - Prophète (Le) by Giacomo Meyerbeer - Henry Lewis*
81 1977(LI) - Prophète (Le) by Giacomo Meyerbeer - Henry Lewis*
82 1978(LE) - Attila by Giuseppe Verdi - Anton Guadagno*
83 1978(LI) - Attila by Giuseppe Verdi - Nicola Rescigno*
84 1980(LI) - Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi - David Stivender*
85 1980(LI:21/2) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - James Levine*
86 1980(LI;15/3) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - James Levine*
87 1981(LI) - Dialogues des Carmélites by Francis Poulenc - Julius Rudel*
88 1983(LI) - Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy - James Levine*
89 1984(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - James Levine*
90 1987(LI) - battaglia di Legnano (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Eve Queler*
91 1988(LI) - Iris by Pietro Mascagni - Alfredo Silipigni*
*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Wolfgang Martin - 1947(LE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Hans Sachs - Herbert Janssen
Veit Pogner - Dezsö Ernster
Sixtus Beckmesser - Gerhard Pechner
Fritz Kothner - Mack Harrell
Walther von Stolzing - Torsten Ralf
David - John Garris
Eva - Polyna Stoska
Magdalena - Margaret Harshaw
Nachtwächter - Philip Kinsman
Kunz Vogelgesang - Thomas Hayward
Konrad Nachtigall - Hugh Thompson
Ulrich Eisslinger - Emery Darcy
Balthasar Zorn - Leslie Chabay
Augustin Moser - Lodovico Oliviero
Hermann Ortel - Osie Hawkins
Hans Schwarz - Jerome Hines
Hans Foltz - Lorenzo Alvary
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 608
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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 part of a performance at the MET (29 November 1947).
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Conductor Max Rudolf - 1947(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Don Giovanni - Ezio Pinza
Donna Anna - Regina Resnik
Don Ottavio - Charles Kullman
Donna Elvira - Polyna Stoska
Leoporello - Salvatore Baccaloni
Il Commendatore - Jerome Hines
Masetto - Lorenzo Alvary
Zerlina - Nadine Conner
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 648
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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (6 December 1947). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.317-318. The recording issued by the GOmega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The source is described as «Fair to good private acetates. Missing 30 sec Beg. Act 2» and the conductor is incorrectly stated to be «Busch». However, according to «Annals of the Metropolitan Opera» the conductor was Max Rudolf. It is stated in «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» (p.317) «the opera was assigned to Busch, but illness compelled him to relinquish it to Max Rudolf». Omega has issued another recording of this performance (480 & 411) and the conductor is listed correctly as Rudolph in their catalogue.
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Conductor Emil Cooper - 1948(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Peter Grimes - Frederick Jagel
Ellen Orford - Polyna Stoska
Balstrode - Mack Harrell
Auntie - Claramae Turner
Bob Boles - Thomas Hayward
Swallow - Jerome Hines
Mrs. Sedley - Martha Lipton
Ned Keene - Hugh Thompson
Rector - John Garris
Hobson - Philip Kinsman
First niece - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Second niece - Maxine Stellman
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 229 (& 417, 677)
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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 at the MET (13 March 1948). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.403-405. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Emil Cooper - 1949(LE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
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)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following 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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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)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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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Conductor Emil Cooper - 1949(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Peter Grimes - Brian Sullivan
Ellen Orford - Polyna Stoska
Balstrode - Lawrence Tibbett
Auntie - Jean Madeira
Bob Boles - Thomas Hayward
Swallow - Jerome Hines
Mrs. Sedley - Martha Lipton
Ned Keene - Hugh Thompson
Rector - John Garris
Hobson - Philip Kinsman
First niece - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Second niece - Maxine Stellman
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 655
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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 at the MET (12 February 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».
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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)ª; 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)ª; Gebhardt JGCD 0013 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Guild Immortal Performances GHCD 2230/31 (+Gianni Schicchi - Antonicelli) {2CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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; No.240 p.92; 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; Gramophone May 2008 p.44
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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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)ª
Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 728; The Opera Lovers AID 195001 {2CDRS} ; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0142 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Myto 2 MCD 053 H 106 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following 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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Conductor Alberto Erede - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Figaro - Giuseppe Valdengo
Il Conte Almaviva - Giuseppe di Stefano
Rosina - Lily Pons
Dr. Bartolo - Salvatore Baccaloni
Don Basilio - Jerome Hines
Berta - Hertha Glaz
Fiorello - George Cehanovsky
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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 3/3 {3LPS}; OASI 602
Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.738 (+highlights - Cellini - 1949) {2CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Heft 11+12 November+Dezember 2003 S.62-S.63 [GH]
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Opéra International - No.285 décembre 2003 p.71 [SS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance on 16 December 1950
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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)ª; *Magnificent Editions ME 105/3 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 911 35 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Myto «Historical» 2CD 004 H052 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Celestial Audio CA 269 {3CDRS} (Australia) (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
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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Conductor Emil Cooper - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Ivan Khovansky - Lawrence Tibbett
Andrey Khovansky - Brian Sullivan
Vasily Golitsyn - Charles Kullman
Shaklovity - Robert Weede
Dosifey - Jerome Hines
Marfa - Risë Stevens
Susanna - Polyna Stoska
Scribe - Leslie Chabay
Emma - Anne Bollinger
Kuzka - Clifford Harvuot
Streshniev - Emery Darcy
Varsonofiev - Osie Hawkins
Strelets I - Dennis Harbour
Strelets II - Philip Kinsman
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Black Disc - Unique Opera Records UORC 295 {3LPS}
Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 219 (& 1465); Bensar OL 12977 (BRO 124200)
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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 the MET (25 February 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». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). There is a review on OPERA-L Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:04:23 -0500
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Conductor Pietro Cimara - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Lucia - Patrice Munsel
Edgardo - Jan Peerce
Enrico - Frank (Francesco) Valentino
Raimondo - Jerome Hines
Arturo - Thomas Hayward
Alisa - Thelma Votipka
Normanno - Leslie Chabay
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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 11450 (BRO 12586) {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 (11 January 1950). 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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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tamino - Richard Tucker
Papageno - John Brownlee
Königin der Nacht - Erna Berger
Sprecher - Paul Schöffler
Pamina - Eleanor Steber
Sarastro - Jerome Hines
Monostatos - Leslie Chabay
Papagena - Lillian Raymondi
1er Geharnischter - Emery Darcy
2er Geharnischter - Lawrence Davidson
Erste Dame - Lucine Amara
Zweite Dame - Thelma Votipka
Dritte Dame - Martha Lipton
Erster Knabe - Genevieve Warner
Zweiter Knabe - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Dritter Knabe - Hertha Glaz
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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 316-3 {3LPS}
Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 253 (& 485)
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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 at the MET (25 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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Conductor Bruno Walter - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Leonore - Kirsten Flagstad
Florestan - Set Svanholm
Pizarro - Paul Schöffler
Rocco - Dezsö Ernster
Marzelline - Nadine Conner
Jaquino - Peter Klein
Fernando - Jerome Hines
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Black Disc - Discocorp «Bruno Walter Society» RR 804
Compact Disc; - West Hill Radio Archives WHRA 6008 (+1941 recording) {4CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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:-
Orpheus - Juli/August + August/September 1973 S.93 [CK]: März + April 2007 S.60 [SS]
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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2006 pp.102-103 [MHF]
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Classica Répertoire - No.90 mars 2007 p.100 [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (10 March 1951)
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Manon - Licia Albanese
Poussette - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Javotte - Margaret Roggero
Rosette - Hertha Glaz
Le Chevalier Des Grieux - Giuseppe di Stefano
Lescaut - Martial Singher
Le Compte des Grieux - Jerome Hines
Guillot de Morfontaine - Alessio De Paolis
De Brétigny - George Cehanovsky
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Black Disc; - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 75 {3LPS} (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - Giuseppe Di Stefano GDS 21010 {2CDS}; Myto H 080 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0124 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Manon by Jules Massenet are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.171; Opera on Record p.481; CELLETTI p.398; MARINELLI p.323; Opera on CD (1) p.94 (2) p.104 (3) p.117; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.123 p.144; MET p.233; MET(VID) p.128; PENGUIN p.205; GIUDICI p.358 (2) p.629; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110; Orpheus November 2000 S.86
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Classica Répertoire - No.75 septembre 2005 p.107 [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 December 1951)
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Margaret Harshaw
Loge - Set Svanholm
Mime - Leslie Chabay
Alberich - Lawrence Davidson
Freia - Jarmila Novotná
Froh - Brian Sullivan
Donner - Osie Hawkins
Erda - Jean Madeira
Fasolt - Jerome Hines
Fafner - Dezsö Ernster
Woglinde - Erna Berger
Wellgunde - Lucine Amara
Floßhilde - Hertha Glaz
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records UORC 276 {2LPS} (1976)ª
Compact Disc; - Gebhardt JGCD 0038-12 (cycle) {12CDS} (2001)ª
Open Reel Tape - Immortal Performances Recorded Music Society (Also available on compact cassette)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - Awards Issue 2001 p.115, p.117 [AB]
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Opéra International - No.300 mai 2005 p.83 [FL-2]
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International Record Review - January 2002 pp.77-78 [MVA]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - septiembre 2002 No.157 p.46 (mention) [LT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 p.85 [MC]
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Classica Répertoire - No.73 juin 2005 p.107 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (27 January 1950). See «Signing-Off for the Old Met» pp.35-36.
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Aida - Zinka Milanov
Radamès - Mario Del Monaco
Amneris - Nell Rankin
Amonasro - Leonard Warren
Ramphis - Jerome Hines
Il Re di Egitto - Luben Vichey
Una Sacerdotessa - Lucine Amara
Un Messaggero - Thomas Hayward
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Black Disc - Unique Opera Records UORC-325 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 953.129 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Myto 2 MCD 031 H070 {2CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.61
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Répertoire - No.85 novembre 1995 p.80
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.20 junio-agosto 1997 p.67 [DMGR]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 March 1952)
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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 {& 438 & 2287}
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
Comments:- Recording of a performance of a 4-Act version at the MET (20 December 1952). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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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)ª; Academy Records WH Live Opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
Comments:- Recording of a performance of a 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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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Luben Vichey
Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov
Don Carlo - Leonard Warren
Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker
Preziosilla - Mildred Miller
Fra Melitone - Gerhard Pechner
Curra - Laura Castellano
Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines
Un Chirurgo - Algerd Brazis
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Compact Disc; - Music & Arts CD-693 {2CDS}; *Bensar Records Ltd. OL 112952 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers FOR 195201 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opéra International - June 1993 p.83
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (29 November 1952; the performance on 10 November 1952 is reviewed in OPERA January 1952 p.21). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor 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(-Schmidt)
Blumenmädchen 6 - Margaret Roggero
Ritter 1 - Emery Darcy
Ritter 2 - Osie Hawkins
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Compact Disc; - Archipel ARPCD 0065-3 {3CDS} (2002)ª; Omega Opera Archive 914
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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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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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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Aida - Zinka Milanov
Radamès - Mario Del Monaco
Amneris - Blanche Thebom
Amonasro - George London
Ramphis - Jerome Hines
Il Re di Egitto - Luben Vichey
Una Sacerdotessa - Lucine Amara
Un Messaggero - Thomas Hayward
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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni GB 1173/74-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0031 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.78 [IW]
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Musica (Milano) - N.144 marzo 2003 p.24 (mention)
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.66 diciembre 2003 p.88 [JS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (24 January 1953; see «Sign off for the Old Met» pp.171-173)
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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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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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Conductor Pierre Monteux - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Manon - Victoria de los Ángeles
Poussette - Shakeh Vartenissian
Javotte - Margaret Roggero
Rosette - Rosalind Elias
Le Chevalier Des Grieux - Cesare Valletti
Lescaut - Fernando Corena
Le Compte des Grieux - Jerome Hines
Guillot de Morfontaine - Alessio De Paolis
De Brétigny - George Cehanovsky
L'Hôtelier - Lawrence Davidson
La Servante - May Savage
1er Garde - James McCracken
2e Garde - Calvin Marsh
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 741 (& 508) {2CDRS} ; Bongiovani «Historical Opera Collection» HOC 013/4 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0094 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Gala GL 100638 {2CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Manon by Jules Massenet are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.171; Opera on Record p.481; CELLETTI p.398; MARINELLI p.323; Opera on CD (1) p.94 (2) p.104 (3) p.117; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.123 p.144; MET p.233; MET(VID) p.128; PENGUIN p.205; GIUDICI p.358 (2) p.629; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110; Orpheus November 2000 S.86
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 2005 p.99 [AB]
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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2005 p.102 [JTH]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.76 diciembre 2004 p.86 [JS]: No.81 junio 2005 p.87 [MC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (18 December 1954). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Pierre Monteux - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Pelléas - Theodor Uppman
Mélisande - Nadine Conner
Golaud - Martial Singher
Arkel - Jerome Hines
Geneviève - Martha Lipton
Yniold - Vilma Georgiou
Médecin - Luben Vichey
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 739 {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.84, p.90; Opera on Record p.629; CELLETTI p.176; MARINELLI p.426; Opera on CD (1) p.113 (2) p.124 (3) p.139; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.9 p.104 (Supplément avril 1998); MET p.88; MET(VID) p.49; PENGUIN p.65; Operaon Video p.189; GIUDICI p.147 (2) p.247; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; Répertoire No.106 octobre 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Summer 1999 No.12 p.30; Gramophone May 2002 p.38
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (2 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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Conductor George Szell - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tannhäuser - Ramón Vinay
Elisabeth - Margaret Harshaw
Wolfram von Eschenbach - George London
Venus - Astrid Varnay
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen - Jerome Hines
Walther von der Vogelweide - Brian Sullivan
Biterolf - Clifford Harvuot
Heinrich der Schreiber - Paul Franke
Reinmar von Zweter - Norman Scott
Hirt - Roberta Peters
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1039 (& 614)
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Recordings of Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.59; HARRIS p.268; Opera on Record p.346; CELLETTI p.1143; Opera on CD (1) p.62 (2) p.69 (3) p.78; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.63-64 p.186, mise à jour mars 2004; MET p.677; MET(VID) p.420; PENGUIN p.547; Stereophile July 1990 p.160; Wagner News Issue No.97 p.18; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March/April 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1068 (2) p.1717; Orpheus August + September 2002 S.81
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET of the Dresden version (9 January 1954). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.84-87; OPERA May 1954 p.278). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Kurt Adler - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Don Carlo - Richard Tucker
Filippo II - Jerome Hines
Rodrigo - Ettore Bastianini
Il Grande Inquisitore - Nicola Moscona
Un Frate - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Elisabetta di Valois - Eleanor Steber
La principessa Eboli - Blanche Thebom
Tebaldo - Vilma Georgiou
Il Conte di Lerma - Charles Anthony
Un Araldo Reale - James McCracken
Una voce dal cielo - Shakeh Vartenissian
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Black Disc - Estro Armonico EA 43 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 946.116 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 5018 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Quarterly - Mai 1995 S.62
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Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.61
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Répertoire - No.79 avril 1995 p.78
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Classica Répertoire - No.75 septembre 2005 p.AT (mention) [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (5 March 1955)
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tannhäuser - Ramón Vinay
Elisabeth - Astrid Varnay
Wolfram von Eschenbach - George London
Venus - Blanche Thebom
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen - Jerome Hines
Walther von der Vogelweide - Giulio Gari
Biterolf - Clifford Harvuot
Heinrich der Schreiber - Paul Franke
Reinmar von Zweter - Norman Scott
Hirt - Heidi Krall
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Black Disc - Raritas OPR 409; Melodram MEL 038 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Adonis 3CD 55002 {3CDS} (1999)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0095 {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.59; HARRIS p.268; Opera on Record p.346; CELLETTI p.1143; Opera on CD (1) p.62 (2) p.69 (3) p.78; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.63-64 p.186, mise à jour mars 2004; MET p.677; MET(VID) p.420; PENGUIN p.547; Stereophile July 1990 p.160; Wagner News Issue No.97 p.18; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March/April 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1068 (2) p.1717; Orpheus August + September 2002 S.81
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Classical Express - Issue No.118 January 2000 p.5 [MT]
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Wagner News - Issue No.145 June 2001 pp.21-23 [PDB]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.82 julio-agosto 2005 p.90 [JR]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (29 January 1955). The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE January 1983 p.849
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tristan - Set Svanholm
Isolde - Astrid Varnay
Brangaene - Blanche Thebom
Marke - Jerome Hines
Kurwenal - Josef Metternich
Melot - James McCracken
Hirt - Paul Franke
Steuerman - Calvin Marsh
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Albert Da Costa
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 700 (& 4626 & 465) ;; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0135 {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Nov.+Dez. 2005 S.55-S.56 [SS]
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Classica Répertoire - No.77 novembre 2005 p.105 [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (19 March 1955). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Alberto Erede - 1955(STU)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Alfonso - Ettore Bastianini
Leonora - Giulietta Simionato
Fernando - Gianni Poggi
Baldassare - Jerome Hines
Don Gasparo - Piero De Palma
Ines - Bice Magnani
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5146-5148 {3LPS} (1956)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 525-527 {3LPS} (1967)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 525-527 {3LPS} (1967)ª; London XLLA 39 {3LPS} (1956)ª;; London OSA 1310 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Richmond SRS 63510; *Melodiya C10 05029-34 {3LPS} ;; London OS 25194 (highlights) {1LP}
Compact Disc - Double Decca 452 469-2 {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La favorite by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.74; CELLETTI p.214; Opera March 1993 p.291 - April 1993 p.416; MET p.124; MET(VID) p.75; PENGUIN p.77; GIUDICI p.212 (2) p.355
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1956 pp.393-394 [PHW]; April 1956 p.410 [DST]; May 1956 p.452 (mention) [HCS]; April 1967 p.545
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Opera - May 1956 p.315; April 1967 pp.332-333 [AB]
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Orpheus - Februar 1973 S.51 [CK]
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American Record Guide - April 1956 Vol.22 No.8 p.130 [PHR]: January 1960 Vol.26 No.5 pp.357-358 [CJL]: February 1961 Vol.27 No.6 p.477 (highlights) [PLM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1956 Vol.6 No.5 p.58 [MDS]: January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.68 [CLO]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - March 1956 p.12
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.95 enero 1997 p.49
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Conductor Pierre Monteux - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Faust - Giuseppe Campora
Méphistophélès - Jerome Hines
Marguerite - Dorothy Kirsten
Valentin - Frank Guarrera
Siébel - Rosalind Elias
Marthe - Thelma Votipka
Wagner - Lawrence Davidson
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1090 (& 854)
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Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (4 February 1956). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Bruno Walter - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tamino - Brian Sullivan
Papageno - Theodor Uppman
Königin der Nacht - Roberta Peters
Sprecher - George London
Pamina - Lucine Amara
Sarastro - Jerome Hines
Monostatos - Paul Franke
Papagena - Laurel Hurley
1er Geharnischter - Albert Da Costa
2er Geharnischter - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Erste Dame - Heidi Krall
Zweite Dame - Madelaine Chambers
Dritte Dame - Sandra Warfield
Erster Knabe - Emilia Cundari
Zweiter Knabe - Rosalind Elias
Dritter Knabe - Margaret Roggero
Erster Priester - James McCracken
Zweiter Priester - Osie Hawkins
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Black Disc - CLS ARCPL 32018 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 758; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0181 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Music and Arts «West Hill Radio Archive» WHRC 6007 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 publication:-
International Record Review - July/August 2007 p.28 [JTH]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (3 March 1956; see «Sign off for the Old Met» by Paul Jackson p.110; OPERA May 1956 pp.286-288 The LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE January 1984 p.872). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Max Rudolf - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Figaro - Frank Guarrera
Il Conte Almaviva - Cesare Valletti
Rosina - Roberta Peters
Dr. Bartolo - Fernando Corena
Don Basilio - Jerome Hines
Berta - Margaret Roggero
Fiorello - George Cehanovsky
Un Ufficiale - Alessio De Paolis
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 713; Bensar OL 122157 (BRO 125578) {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (21 December 1957). 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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Conductor Tibor Kozma - 1957(SE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tamino - Brian Sullivan
Papageno - Theodor Uppman
Königin der Nacht - Laurel Hurley
Sprecher - Clifford Harvuot
Pamina - Lucine Amara
Sarastro - Jerome Hines
Monostatos - Paul Franke
Papagena - Mildred Allen
1er Geharnischter - Albert Da Costa
2er Geharnischter - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Erste Dame - Madelaine Chambers
Zweite Dame - Sandra Warfield
Dritte Dame - Heidi Krall
Erster Knabe - Emilia Cundari
Zweiter Knabe - Rosalind Elias
Dritter Knabe - Margaret Roggero
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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Record Club MO 23; RCA Victor LM 6089
Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2152-2 {2CDRS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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
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Conductor Jean Morel - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Faust - Nicolai Gedda
Méphistophélès - Jerome Hines
Marguerite - Hilde Güden (Gueden)
Valentin - Robert Merrill
Siébel - Margaret Roggero
Marthe - Thelma Votipka
Wagner - Calvin Marsh
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1091 (& 855); Bensar OL 1458 (BRO 125102) {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (4 January 1958). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). 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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Conductor Lovro von Matacic - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Iole - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Lichas - Ettore Bastianini
Dejanira - Fedora Barbieri
Hyllus - Franco Corelli
Hercules - Jerome Hines
Priest - Agostino Ferrin
Trachinian - Vittorio Tatozzi
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 395 {3LPS} (1967)ª; Giuseppe di Stefano Records GDS 3002 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 3.0025 {3CDS} (1998)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1516-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Hercules by George Frideric Handel are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.46; CELLETTI p.316; PENGUIN p.135: GIUDICI p.296 (2) p.512; American Record Guide January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.78-79; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.221 p.80
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - März 1999 S.58-59 [GH]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.3 No.3 Autumn 1985 pp.201-203 [GJ]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.190 p.177 [AP]
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Classical Express - Issue 102 September 1998 p.6 [JTH]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (29 December 1958; see OPERA March 1959 p.173). The year of the performance recorded is given as 1959 in Premiere's 2004 CD Catalog and it is possible that there are two recordings, one of a performance is December 1958 and one of a performance in January 1959.
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Titurel - Josef Greindl
Gurnemanz - Jerome Hines
Parsifal - Hans Beirer
Klingsor - Toni Blankenheim
Kundry - Régine Crespin
Alto Stimme - Maria von Ilosvay
Knappe 1 - Claudia Hellmann
Knappe 2 - Ursula Böse
Knappe 3 - Harald Neukirch
Knappe 4 - Gerhard Stolze
Blumenmädchen 1 - Lotte Schädle
Blumenmädchen 2 - Friedl Pöltinger
Blumenmädchen 3 - Hildegard Schünemann
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Gertraud Prenzlow
Blumenmädchen 6 - Elisabeth Schärtel
Ritter 1 - Fritz Uhl
Ritter 2 - Donald Bell
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 1.0058 {4CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 publications:-
Orpheus - Juli 2002 S.56 [SS]
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Opéra International - No.276 février 2003 p.72 [FL-2]
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Diapason - No.500 février 2003 pp.119=120 [ED]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.55 noviembre 2002 p.88 [MC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival.
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Don Carlo - Giulio Gari
Filippo II - Jerome Hines
Rodrigo - Robert Merrill
Il Grande Inquisitore - Hermann Uhde
Un Frate - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Elisabetta di Valois - Leonie Rysanek
La principessa Eboli - Blanche Thebom
Tebaldo - Madelaine Chambers
Il Conte di Lerma - Robert Nagy
Un Araldo Reale - William Olvis
Una voce dal cielo - Martina Arroyo
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 001 {3LPS} (1980)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (4 April 1959)
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Macbeth - Leonard Warren
Lady Macbeth - Leonie Rysanek
Banco - Jerome Hines
Macduff - Carlo Bergonzi
Malcolm - William Olvis
Dama - Carlotta Ordassy
Medico - Gerhard Pechner
Domestico - Harold Sternberg
Sicaro - Osie Hawkins
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Black Disc - Movimento Musica 03.029 {3LPS}
Compact Disc - Arkadia 352 471 {2LPS}; Omega Opera Archive 1043
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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:-
Opéra International - novembre 1984 No.75 pp.51-52 [SS]; No.180 mai 1994 p.84
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Répertoire - No.68 avril 1994 p.81
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Comments:- Recording of a perfomance at the MET (21 February 1959; see OPERA April 1959 p.212, May 1959 p.299). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Titurel - Josef Greindl
Gurnemanz - Jerome Hines
Parsifal - Hans Beirer
Klingsor - Toni Blankenheim
Kundry - Martha Mödl
Alto Stimme - Ursula Böse
Knappe 1 - Claudia Hellmann
Knappe 2 - Ursula Böse
Knappe 3 - Harald Neukirch
Knappe 4 - Herold Kraus
Blumenmädchen 1 - Ruth-Margret Pütz
Blumenmädchen 2 - Rita Bartos
Blumenmädchen 3 - Gisela Schröter
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Elisabeth Witzmann
Blumenmädchen 6 - Claudia Hellmann
Ritter 1 - Georg Paskuda
Ritter 2 - Donald Bell
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram 1.0070 {4CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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:-
Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.85 noviembre 2005 p.87 [PN]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (7 August 1959).
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1959(STU)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Macbeth - Leonard Warren
Lady Macbeth - Leonie Rysanek
Banco - Jerome Hines
Macduff - Carlo Bergonzi
Malcolm - William Olvis
Dama - Carlotta Ordassy
Medico - Gerhard Pechner
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6147 {3LPS} (USA) (1959)ª; RCA Victor LSC 6147 {3LPS} (USA) (1959)ª; *RCA «Victrola» VICS 6121; RCA RB-16187-16189; RCA SB-2071-2073; RCA RE 25006-25008 {3LPS} (UK) (1960)ª;; RCA SER 4505-4507 {3LPS} (UK) (1960)ª; RCA «Victrola» VL 43544(3) {3LPS} (Italy) (1977)ª
Compact Disc; - RCA Victor GD 84516 {2CDS} (1988)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.162; Opera on Record p.201; CELLETTI p.936; Opera on CD (1) p.47 (2) p.53 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.40 p.106, mise à jour septembre 2000; MET p.573; MET(VID) p.359; PENGUIN p.487; GIUDICI p.881 (2) p.1431; Opéra International No.72 septembre 1994 p.112; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.8; International Opera Collector Winter 1998 No.10 p.32; Opéra Interational février 1999 No.232 p.68, No.266 mars 2002 p.18
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1960 p.32 [PHW]; October 1960 p.205 [DST]; January 1970 p.1185; September 1988 p. [AB]
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Opera - July 1960 p.499
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.182-187 [LG]
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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1959 Vol.9 No.11 p.81 [CLO]: January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48 [CLO]
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American Record Guide - January 1960 Vol.26 No.5 p.378 [CJL]
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Gramophone Record Review - June 1960 p.466 [DH]: August 1960 p.581 [DH]
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Records and Recordings - May 1960 p.22 [FGB]
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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi
Don Carlo - Richard Tucker
Don Alvaro - Mario Sereni
Preziosilla - Mignon Dunn
Fra Melitone - Salvatore Baccaloni
Curra - Carlotta Ordassy
Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines
Mastro Trabuco - Alessio De Paolis
Un Chirurgo - Roald Reitan
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Compact Disc - Omega Opeora Archive 225 (& 351)
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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 (12 March 1960). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Macbeth - Leonard Warren
Lady Macbeth - Leonie Rysanek
Banco - Jerome Hines
Macduff - Daniele Barioni
Malcolm - William Olvis
Dama - Carlotta Ordassy
Medico - Gerhard Pechner
Domestico - Carlo Tomanelli
Sicaro - Osie Hawkins
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 368
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Recordings of Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.162; Opera on Record p.201; CELLETTI p.936; Opera on CD (1) p.47 (2) p.53 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.40 p.106, mise à jour septembre 2000; MET p.573; MET(VID) p.359; PENGUIN p.487; GIUDICI p.881 (2) p.1431; Opéra International No.72 septembre 1994 p.112; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.8; International Opera Collector Winter 1998 No.10 p.32; Opéra Interational février 1999 No.232 p.68, No.266 mars 2002 p.18
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (2 January 1960). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tannhäuser - Hans Hopf
Elisabeth - Leonie Rysanek
Wolfram von Eschenbach - Hermann Prey
Venus - Irene Dalis
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen - Jerome Hines
Walther von der Vogelweide - Robert Nagy
Biterolf - Marko Rothmüller
Heinrich der Schreiber - Paul Franke
Reinmar von Zweter - Norman Scott
Hirt - Mildred Allen
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 904; The Opera Lovers TANN 196001 {3CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.59; HARRIS p.268; Opera on Record p.346; CELLETTI p.1143; Opera on CD (1) p.62 (2) p.69 (3) p.78; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.63-64 p.186, mise à jour mars 2004; MET p.677; MET(VID) p.420; PENGUIN p.547; Stereophile July 1990 p.160; Wagner News Issue No.97 p.18; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March/April 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1068 (2) p.1717; Orpheus August + September 2002 S.81
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (17 Decenber 1960). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.290-292. 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)
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tristan - Ramón Vinay
Isolde - Birgit Nilsson
Brangaene - Irene Dalis
Marke - Jerome Hines
Kurwenal - Walter Cassel
Melot - Calvin Marsh
Hirt - Paul Franke
Steuerman - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Charles Anthony
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 965
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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 at the MET (9 January 1960). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.282-284. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Jon Vickers
Sieglinde - Aase Nordmo-Lovberg
Hunding - Dezsö Ernster
Brünhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Wotan - Jerome Hines
Fricka - Irene Dalis
Gerhilde - Carlotta Ordassy
Ortlinde - Gloria Lind
Waltraute - Mignon Dunn
Schwertleite - Belen Amparan
Helmwige - Heidi Krall
Siegrune - Helen Vanni
Grimgerde - Martha Lipton
Roßweiße - Margaret Roggero
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Compact Disc; - Treasure of the Earth TOE 2053 {3CDRs} (2002)ª; Omega Opera Archive 360
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (20 February 1960). 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 «Treasure of the Earth» label and labeled as being a recording at the Vienna State Opera were on sale in Ishimaru's shops in Tokyo in February 2003 and are listed in «Parnassus Records Special CDRs and Custom Videos» online catalogue dated December 26 2003
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegmund - Wolfgang Windgassen
Sieglinde - Aase Nordmo-Lovberg
Hunding - Gottlob Frick
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wotan - Jerome Hines
Fricka - Herta Töpper
Gerhilde - Gertrud Hopf
Ortlinde - Frances Martin
Waltraute - Claudia Hellmann
Schwertleite - Ruth Siewert
Helmwige - Ingrid Bjoner
Siegrune - Grace Hoffman
Grimgerde - Margit Kobeck(-Peters)
Roßweiße - Dorothea von Stein
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 607 {4LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 10027 (cycle) {13CDS} (1998)ª; Audiophile Classics APL 101.755.841.842.843 (cycle) {15CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opé