There are 58 recordings on file in which Nicola Rossi-Lemeni appears

Order by composer

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

1 1951(RA) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Fernando Previtali*

2 1952(LI) - barbiere di Siviglia (Il) by Gioacchino Rossini - Victor de Sabata*

3 1952(SE) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - Leopold Stokowski*

4 1952(SE) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - Leopold Stokowski*

5 1952(SE) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - Leopold Stokowski*

6 1952(STU) - barbiere di Siviglia (Il) by Gioacchino Rossini - Tullio Serafin***

7 1953(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Franco Capuana*

8 1953(LI) - Faust by Charles Gounod - Pierre Monteux*

9 1953(STU) - puritani (I) by Vincenzo Bellini - Tullio Serafin*

10 1954(LI) - quattro rusteghi (I) by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari - Antonino Votto*

11 1954(LI) - Vestale (La) by Gaspare Spontini - Antonino Votto*

12 1954(STU) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Tullio Serafin*

13 1954(STU) - Norma by Vincenzo Bellini - Tullio Serafin*

14 1954(STU) - turco in Italia (Il) by Gioacchino Rossini - Gianandrea Gavazzeni*

15 1955(LE) - Amore dei tre re (L') by Italo Montemezzi - Ettore Panizza**

16 1955(STU) - serva padrona (La) by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Carlo Maria Giulini*

17 1956(FI) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Nino Sanzogno*

18 1956(LI) - barbiere di Siviglia (Il) by Gioacchino Rossini - Carlo Maria Giulini*

19 1956(RA) - Moïse et Pharaon [Mosè] by Gioacchino Rossini - Tullio Serafin*

20 1956(STU) - Moïse et Pharaon [Mosè] by Gioacchino Rossini - Tullio Serafin*

21 1957(LI) - Anna Bolena by Gaetano Donizetti - Gianandrea Gavazzeni*

22 1957(LI) - turco in Italia (Il) by Gioacchino Rossini - Oliviero De Fabri..*

23 1958(LI) - Assassinio nella cattedrale by Ildebrando Pizzetti - Gianandrea Gavazzeni*

24 1958(RA) - Assassinio nella cattedrale by Ildebrando Pizzetti - Ildebrando Pizzetti*

25 1959(LI) - sonnambula (La) by Vincenzo Bellini - Francesco Molinari-Pr..*

26 1959(RA) - serva padrona (La) by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - George Singer*

27 1960(LI) - Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi - Fernando Previtali*

28 1960(RA) - Faust by Charles Gounod - Armando La Rosa Parodi*

29 1960(SE) - Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi - George Singer*

30 1961(LI) - Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi - Gabriele Santini*

31 1961(LI) - piccolo Marat (Il) by Pietro Mascagni - Oliviero De Fabritiis*

32 1961(LI) - sguardo dal ponte (Uno) by Renzo Rossellini - Oliviero De Fabri..*

33 1962(LI) - piccolo Marat (Il) by Pietro Mascagni - Ottavio Ziino*

34 1962(SE) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - George Singer*

35 1962(SE) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - George Singer*

36 1962(SE) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - George Singer*

37 1963(LI) - barbiere di Siviglia (Il) by Gioacchino Rossini - Nino Verchi*

38 1964(LI) - Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] (Les) by Giuseppe Verdi - Gianandrea Gavazzeni*

39 1965(LI) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - Bruno Bartoletti*

40 1965(LI) - Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky - Lorin Maazel*

41 1966(LI) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Oliviero De Fabri..*

42 1966(LI) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Oliviero De Fabri..*

43 1966(LI) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Oliviero De Fabri..*

44 1966(LI) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Oliviero De Fabri..*

45 1967(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Oliviero De Fabri..*

46 1967(RA) - straniero (Lo) by Ildebrando Pizzetti - Armando La Rosa Parodi*

47 1968(LE) - Macbeth by Ernest Bloch - Pierre Colombo*

48 1968(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Bruno Bartoletti*

49 1968(LI) - avventuriero (L') by Renzo Rossellini - Edouard van Remoortel*

50 1968(LI) - barbiere di Siviglia (Il) by Gioacchino Rossini - Aldo Faldi*

51 1968(LI) - Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi - Bruno Bartoletti*

52 1969(LI) - quattro rusteghi (I) by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari - Ettore Gracis*

53 1970(LE) - Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito - Oliviero De Fabritiis*

54 1970(LI) - fliegende Holländer (Der) by Richard Wagner - Francesco Cristofori*

55 1970(LI) - Wallenstein by Mario Zafred - Oliviero De Fabritiis*

56 1971(RA) - Demon (The) by Anton Rubinstein - Maurizio Arena*

57 1973(RA) - ciarlatino (Il) by Domenico Puccini - Herbert Handt*

58 1974(RA) - Amore dei tre re (L') by Italo Montemezzi - Maurizio Arena*

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

Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1951(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Don Carlo - Mirto Picchi

Filippo II - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Rodrigo - Paolo Silveri

Il Grande Inquisitore - Giulio Neri

Un Frate - Albino Gaggi

Elisabetta di Valois - Maria Caniglia

La principessa Eboli - Ebe Stignani

Tebaldo - Graziella Sciutti

Il Conte di Lerma - Manfredi Ponz De Leon

Un Araldo Reale - Manfredi Ponz De Leon

Una voce dal cielo - Graziella Sciutti

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Black Disc - Cetra OLPC 1234/1-4; Cetra Soria 1234 {4LPS}; *Cetra-Everest S-414/4; D.G.G. 18160/63 LPM; Turnabout «Historical» THS 65054/6 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDO 25 (1994)ª; Warner Fonit 8573 82649-2 (2000)ª

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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1961 p.317

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Opera - December 1961 p.806; December 1994 p.1389

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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.2 November/December 1994 p.409

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Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.61

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Diapason - No.413 mars 1995 p.148

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American Record Guide - October 1952 Vol.19 No.2 p.41 [PHR]

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Opernwelt - 1/Januar 1996 p.55

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Répertoire - No.73 October 1994 p.92

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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 4 Act version. The Turnabout LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE September 1982 p.308

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Victor de Sabata - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Figaro - Gino Bechi

Il Conte Almaviva - Cesare Valletti

Rosina - Dora Gatta

Dr. Bartolo - Melchiorre Luise

Don Basilio - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Berta - Anna Maria Canali

Fiorello - Paolo PedanI

Un Ufficiale - Giuseppe Nessi

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Compact Disc; - Memories HR 4525/26 {2CDS}; Urania URN 22.212 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0061 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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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:-

Opera Now - February 1994 p.56

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Opera News - August 1994 p.36

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Orpheus - Heft 1+2 Januar 2003 S.76 [IW]

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

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Diapason - No.498 décembre 2002 p.125 [PK]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Leopold Stokowski - 1952(SE)

Orchestra - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Boris - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Pimen - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Varlaam - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Fyodor - Robert Cauwet

Simpleton - Lawrence Mason

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 1764 {1LP} (1953)ª; Dell'Arte DA 9002 {1LP} (1981)ª

Compact Disc; - Cala CACD 0535 (+Good Friday Spell +Act III Symphonic Synthesis); {1CD} (2003)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1981 p.754 [EG] October (published August) 2003 p.99 [RC]

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Opera News - October 2003 p.60 [MB]

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Fanfare - Vol.5 No.3 January/February 1982 p.148 [BP]; Vol.27 No.3 January/ February 2004 pp.167-168 [JM]

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The Gramophone Shop Inc Record Supplement - October 1953 Vol.16 No.10 p.6

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American Record Guide - December 1953 Vol.20 No.4 p.116 [PHR]: December 1982 Vol.46 No.2 p.76 [CB2]

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Comments:- Recording of excerpts of Rimsky Korsakov's version (8 & 10 December 1952)

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Leopold Stokowski - 1952(SE)

Orchestra - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Boris - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Pimen - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Varlaam - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Fyodor - Robert Cauwet

Simpleton - Lawrence Mason

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 1764 {1LP} (1953)ª; Dell'Arte DA 9002 {1LP} (1981)ª

Compact Disc; - Cala CACD 0535 (+Good Friday Spell +Act III Symphonic Synthesis); {1CD} (2003)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1981 p.754 [EG] October (published August) 2003 p.99 [RC]

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Opera News - October 2003 p.60 [MB]

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Fanfare - Vol.5 No.3 January/February 1982 p.148 [BP]; Vol.27 No.3 January/ February 2004 pp.167-168 [JM]

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The Gramophone Shop Inc Record Supplement - October 1953 Vol.16 No.10 p.6

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American Record Guide - December 1953 Vol.20 No.4 p.116 [PHR]: December 1982 Vol.46 No.2 p.76 [CB2]

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Comments:- Recording of excerpts of Rimsky Korsakov's version (8 & 10 December 1952)

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor Leopold Stokowski - 1952(SE)

Orchestra - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Boris - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Pimen - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Varlaam - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Fyodor - Robert Cauwet

Simpleton - Lawrence Mason

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 1764 {1LP} (1953)ª; Dell'Arte DA 9002 {1LP} (1981)ª

Compact Disc; - Cala CACD 0535 (+Good Friday Spell +Act III Symphonic Synthesis); {1CD} (2003)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1981 p.754 [EG] October (published August) 2003 p.99 [RC]

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Opera News - October 2003 p.60 [MB]

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Fanfare - Vol.5 No.3 January/February 1982 p.148 [BP]; Vol.27 No.3 January/ February 2004 pp.167-168 [JM]

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The Gramophone Shop Inc Record Supplement - October 1953 Vol.16 No.10 p.6

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American Record Guide - December 1953 Vol.20 No.4 p.116 [PHR]: December 1982 Vol.46 No.2 p.76 [CB2]

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Comments:- Recording of excerpts of Rimsky Korsakov's version (8 & 10 December 1952)

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1952(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano

Chorus - Coro

Figaro - Gino Bechi

Il Conte Almaviva - Nicola Monti

Rosina - Victoria de los Ángeles

Dr. Bartolo - Melchiorre Luise

Don Basilio - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Berta - Anna Maria Canali

Fiorello - Erminio Benatti

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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1022-1024 {3LPS} (1952)ª; La Voz de su Amo LALP 107-109 {3LPS}; RCA Victor LM 6104 {3LPS} (1953)ª;; Capitol-EMI GCR 7138 {3LPS} (1959)ª

Compact Disc; - Testament SBT 2166 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Regis RRC 2069 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Membran 231132 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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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:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1952 p.173 [HF2]; December 1998 p.111 [AB]; February 2005 p.85 [PO'C]

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Opera - February 1953 p.104 [H]; April 1999 pp.399-405 [AB]

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Opera News - June 1999 p.65 [PG]

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Orpheus - August + September 1999 S.79 [BH]

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Opéra International - juin 1999 No.236 pp.68-69 [SS]

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Diapason - No.464 novembre 1999 p.122 [MP]

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American Record Guide - 1953 Vol.19 No.6 p.179 [PHR]: March/April 1999 Vol.62 No.2 p.311 [LM]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1952 p.22

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High Fidelity Magazine - January 1959 Vol.9 No.1 p.58 [DJ]

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International Classical Record Collector - Spring 1999 No.16 p.99 [JTH]

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Répertoire - No.121 février 1999 p.51 [PT]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.33 mayo-junio 1999 p.94 [RA]

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

Conductor Franco Capuana - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova

Chorus - Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova

Don Carlo - Mirto Picchi

Filippo II - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Rodrigo - Enzo Mascherini

Il Grande Inquisitore - Romo Morisani

Un Frate - Armando Torti

Elisabetta di Valois - Maria Pedrini

La principessa Eboli - Fedora Barbieri

Tebaldo - Laura Cavalieri

Il Conte di Lerma - Mario Villa

Un Araldo Reale - Emilio Renzi

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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 434 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100 761 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48

Comments:- Recording of a performance on 6 March 1953 (briefly mentioned in OPERA June 1953p.355). The Melodram LPs are listed in Parnassus Records' online catalogue p.270

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in French

Conductor Pierre Monteux - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Faust - Eugene Conley

Méphistophélès - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Marguerite - Victoria de los Ángeles

Valentin - Robert Merrill

Siébel - Mildred Miller

Marthe - Thelma Votipka

Wagner - Lawrence Davidson

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 346 (& 352)

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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 (5 December 1953). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).

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I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1953(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Elvira - Maria Callas

Arturo Talbot - Giuseppe di Stefano

Sir Riccardo Forth - Rolando Panerai

Sir Giorgio - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Enrichetta di Francia - Aurora Cattelani

Sir Bruno Robertson - Angelo Mercuriali

Lord Gualtiero Valton - Carlo Forti

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1058-1060 {3LPS} (1953)ª; Columbia 33QCX 10016/18 {3LPS} (Italy) (1953)ª; *EMI SLS 5140 {3LPS} (1978)ª; EMI EX 290874-3 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3502C {3LPS} (1954)ª; Angel AVB 34065 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-SLS 5140; EMI EX 290874-5 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47308-8 {2CDS} (1989)ª; EMI «The Callas Edition» CDS 5 56275-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; EMI Classics «Historical» 585 647-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110259-60 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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

Opera June 1960 p.387; August 1960 p.585; September 1960 p.653; HARRIS p.220; Opera on Record 2 p.121; CELLETTI p.63; Opera on CD (1) p.39 (2) p.45 (3) p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.96 p.106; MET p.29; PENGUIN p.12; GIUDICI p.40 (2) p.74; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Opéra International No.253 janvier 2001 p.10

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1953 p.198 [AR]; April 1954 p.419 [DST]; November 1978 p.956 [JBS]; September 1987 p.478 [AB]; April 1989 p.1628 [JBS]

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Opera - January 1954 pp.38-39 [HDR]

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Opera Now - May 1993 p.59

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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.5 May/June 2004 pp.77-80 [MM]

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Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2004 S.54-S.55 [GH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.4 Winter 1986/7 pp.108-110 [CJT]; Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.576-585 [WA2]

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Diapason - No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.68 [JC]

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American Record Guide - January 1954 Vol.20 No.5 p.151 [PHR]: May/June 2004 Vol.67 No.3 p.234 [RVL]

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High Fidelity Magazine - January-February 1954 Vol.3 No.6 p.52 [JH]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.66 (2) p.68 (3) p.65

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BBC Music Magazine - May 1993 p.66

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.56

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.69 abril 2004 p.83 [PN]: No.71 junio 2004 p.81 [MC]

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I quattro rusteghi by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Lunardo - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Margarita - Cloe Elmo

Lucieta - Rosanna Carteri

Maurizio - Silvio Maionica

Marina - Ilva Ligabue

Filipeto - Cesare Valletti

Simon - Marco Stefanoni

Canciano - Melchiorre Luise

Siora Felice - Silvana Zanolli

Conte Riccardo Arcolai - Giuseppe Zampieri

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 344 {3LPS} (1982)ª; Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 26 {3LPS}

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Recordings of I quattro rusteghi by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.1178; GIUDICI p.1178 (2) p.1845

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July/August 1982 p.239 [CGP]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (6 February 1954; see OPERA August 1954 p.504 )

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La Vestale by Gaspare Spontini performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Giulia - Maria Callas

Gran Vestale - Ebe Stignani

Licinius - Franco Corelli

Cinna - Enzo Sordello

Grande Sacerdote - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Un Console - Vittorio Tatozzi

Aruspice - Nicola Zaccaria

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 217 {2LPS} (1974)ª; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 33 {3LPS}; Historical Operatic Treasure ERR 117 {2LPS} Melodram MEL 419 {3LPS} (1984)ª; Estro Armonico EA OO9; Raritas 405

Compact Disc; - Melodram MEL 26008 {2CDS}; DiVa 1135-1136 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Golden Melodram GM 20047 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6425/26 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 5018 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Encore CD 139-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of La Vestale by Gaspare Spontini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLLETTI p.774; GIUDICI p.785 (2) p.1296

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.12 No.1 September/October 1988 pp.268-269 [ADC]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.3 Spring 1989 pp.138-139 [RL]; Vol 22 No.1 Winter 2006 (published February 2007) pp.192-195 [RB]

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Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 pp.53-54

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.89 (2) p.91 (4) p.87

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.40 julio-agosto 2000 p.96 [MC]: No.57 enero-febrero 2003 p.84 [XC]

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Classica Répertoire - No.75 septembre 2005 p.AT (mention) [AT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1954; see OPERA March 1955 p.173. The CDRs issued on the Encore label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Plinio Clabassi

Leonora di Vargas - Maria Callas

Don Carlo - Carlo Tagliabue

Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker

Preziosilla - Elena Nicolai

Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi

Curra - Rina Cavallari

Padre Guardiano - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Mastro Trabuco - Gino Del Signore

Un Chirurgo - Dario Caselli

Un Alcalde - Dario Caselli

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1258-1260 {3LPS} (1955)ª; *EMI SLS 5120 (ASD 3609-3611) {3LPS} (1978)ª; EMI EX 290921-29092-3 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3531-C {3LPS} (1955)ª; Angel 35199/201 {3LPS}; Seraphim 6088; Columbia 33QCX 10122/24 {3LPS} (Italy)

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5120 (1978)ª;; EMI EX 290921-5 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47581-8 {3CDS} (1987)ª;; EMI 5 56323-2 {3CDS} (1997)ª; Membran 222392 {3CDS} (2006)ª; EMI Classics «Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings» {70CDS} (2007)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111322-24 (+excerpts cond.Cellini, Perlea) {3CDS} (2008)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - June 1955 p.26 [PHW]; August 1955 p.119 (letter); September 1955 p.126 [DST]; September 1978 p.549 [JBS]; November 1978 p.970 [IM]; October 1987 p. [RO]

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Opera - September 1955 p.592

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.227-232 [DH]

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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.94

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American Record Guide - April 1955 Vol.21 No.8 p.252: May/June 2008 Vol.71 No.3 pp.281-282 [CHP]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - July 1955 p.13

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.80 (2) p.82 (3) p.79

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Gramophone Record Review - June 1955 p.447

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.57

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Comments:- The «soup scene» was omitted from the original release and is not included in the CDs issued by Naxos.

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Norma by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Norma - Maria Callas

Adalgisa - Ebe Stignani

Pollione - Mario Filippeschi

Oroveso - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Clotilde - Rina Cavallari

Flavio - Paolo Caroli

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1179-1181 {3LPS} (1954)ª; EMI SLS 5115 {3LPS} (1978)ª; Angel 3517 C/L {3LPS} (1954)ª; *Seraphim IC-6037 {3LPS}; Angel AVB 34065 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5115 (1978)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47304-8 {3CDS} (1986)ª;; EMI 5 56271-2 {3CDS} (1997)ª; EMI Classics «Great Recordings of the Century» 562 6382 {3CDS} (2003)ª; Angel CDC-47303; Naxos 8.110325/7 (+Historical recordings 1927-1936) {3CDS} (2005)ª; EMI Classics Historical 586 8342 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Membran 222382 {3CDS} (2007)ª

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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; Classica Répertoire No.94 juillet-aoüt 2007 p.66

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1954 p.265 [PHW]; January 1955 p.339 [DST]; May 1978 p.1925 [AB]: July 1978 p.167 [JBS]; September 1978 p.566 [IM]; March 1986 p.1195 [AB]; December 2003 p.99 [AB]

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Opera - December 1954 p.758 [HDR]

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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.5 May/June 2004 pp.77-80 [MM]

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Orpheus - ; September+Oktober 2007 S.59 (mention) [GE]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.4 Winter 1986/7 pp.108-110 [CJT]; Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.533-554 [BB]

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Diapason - No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.68 [JC]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.78 (2) p.80 (4) p.76

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.65

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American Record Guide - December 1954 Vol.21 No.4 p.115 [PHR]

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1955 Vol.4 No.12 p.57 [JH]

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Gramophone Record Review - November 1954 p.20 [DH]

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International Record Review - January 2004 pp.79-80 [MVA]: April 2005 pp.24-26 [RP]

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.56

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.25 septiembre-noviembre 1997 p.88 [MC]: No.66 diciembre 2003 p.83 [LB]: No.81 junio 2005 p.85 [VM]: No.84 octubre 2005 p.86 [MCP]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIX N.192 marzo 2005 p.88 [GL]

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Il turco in Italia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Selim - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Donna Fiorilla - Maria Callas

Don Narciso - Nicolai Gedda

Zaida - Jolanda Gardino

Don Geronio - Franco Calabrese

Il poeta Prosdocimo - Mariano Stabile

Albazar - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CXS 1289 33CX 1290/1291 {3LPS - 5-sides} (1955)ª; HMV SLS 5148 (ASD 3625-3626) (electronically reprocessed to give a stereo ;; effect) {2LPS} (1979)ª; EMI EX 749344-2 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3535 {3LPS} (1955)ª; Seraphim 6095; Columbia 33QCXS 10153, 33QCX 10154/55 {3LPS, 5 sides} (Italy)

Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-SLS 5148 (1979)ª;; *EMI EX 295 7 49344 4 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI(Angel) CDS 7 49344-2 {2CDS} (1987)ª; EMI CDS 5 56313-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111028-29 {2CDS} (2006)ª; EMI 358662-2 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Il turco in Italia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.112; CELLETTI p.748; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.169 p.102; PENGUIN p.372; GIUDICI p.695 (2) p.1160

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1955 pp.190-191 [PHW]; February 1979 p.1465 [RO]; July 1979 p.259 [IM]; October 1980 p.471 [JBS]; December 1987 p. [RO]

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Opera - December 1955 p.787

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1998 pp.120-121 [GJ]

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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.87

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.83 (2) p.84 (4) p.81

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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1955 Vol.5 No.7 p.62 [JH]

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American Record Guide - October 1955 Vol.22 No.2 p.24 [PHR]: July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 pp.210-211 [RVL]: March/April 2007 Vol.70 No.2 p.227 (mention) [RVL]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - October 1955 p.18

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Gramophone Record Review - October 1955 p.693

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.58

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.90 mayo 2006 p.84 [MC]: No.96 diciembre 2006 pp.86-87 [LB]

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

Conductor Ettore Panizza - 1955(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Fiora - Delia Rigal

Avito - Marcos Cubas

Manfredo - Victor Damiani

Archibaldo - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Flamino - Virgilio Tavini

Un'ancella - Christy Bary

Una giovanetta - Vera Lamacek

Un giovane - Italo Pasini

Una vecchia - Emma Brizzio

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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 Acts 1 and 2 of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (July 1955).

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La serva padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Serpina - Rosanna Carteri

Uberto - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33QCX 10152 {1LP} (Italy) (1956)ª; Columbia 33CX 1340 {1LP} (1956)ª; La Voz de su Amo LALP 279 {1LP} (1957)ª; Angel 35279L {1LP} (1956)ª

Compact Disc; - Urania URN 22.268 {1CD} (2004)ª

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Recordings of La serva padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi are surveyed in the following publications:-

American Record Guide January 1959 Vol.25 No.5 pp.312-315; CELLETTI p.566; MARINELLI p.14; MET p.367; MET(VID) p.210; PENGUIN p.283

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1956 p.429

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Opera - June 1956 p.375

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American Record Guide - March 1956 Vol.22 No.7 p.106 [MDS]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - May 1956 p.17

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Gramophone Record Review - April 1956 p.363

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Discofila (Madrid) - No.15 julio-agosto 1957 p.294 [RFL]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.189 dicembre 2004 pp.104-105 [GL]

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1956(FI)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Figaro - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Susanna - Rosanna Carteri

Conte Almaviva - Heinz Rehfuss

Contessa Almaviva - Marcella Pobbe

Cherubino - Dora Gatta

Marcellina - Luisa Villa

Bartolo - Enrico Campi

Basilio - Luigi Alva

Curzio - Renato Ercolani

Antonio - Christiano Dalamangas

Barbarina - Rena Gary Falachi

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DVD (Video) - Hardy Classic HCD 4028 (2008)ª

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

International Record Review - May 2008 p.74 [JTH]

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American Record Guide - July/August 2008 Vol.71 No.4 pp.274-275 [MM]

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Opéra Magazine - No.30 juin 2008 p.83 [RS]

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Comments:- Video recording of a television film which was broadcast on 22 September 1956.

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Figaro - Tito Gobbi

Il Conte Almaviva - Luigi Alva

Rosina - Maria Callas

Dr. Bartolo - Melchiorre Luise

Don Basilio - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Berta - Anna Maria Canali

Fiorello - Pier Luigi Latinucci

Un Ufficiale - Giuseppe Nessi

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Black Disc - Robin Hood Records RHR 507 {3LPS}; Bismark Beane MRF 101 {3LPS} Estro Armonico EA 015 {3LPS}; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 34 {3LPS} Melodram MEL 422 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00321

Compact Disc; - Melodram 26020 {2CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 2.0038 {2CDS} (1999)ª; DiVa 1103-1104 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1264 {2CDS}; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6479-6480 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Myto 2 MCD 062 H113 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Profil Medien PH 08015 {2CDS} (2007)ª; Hänssler Classic 8015 {2CDS} (2008)ª

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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:-

(The) Gramophone - March 2008 pp.84-85 [RO]

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Fanfare - Vol.29 No.6 July/August 2006 p.187 [BR]; Vol.31 No.5 May/June 2008 pp.229-230 [MM]

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Orpheus - November 1999 S.93-94 [GH]

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Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.54

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.107 (2) p.108 (3) p.104

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American Record Guide - May/June 2008 Vol.71 No.3 p.281 [MM]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.35 septiembre-octubre 1999 p.96 [LB]: No.40 julio- agosto 2000 p.96 [JR]: No.93 septiembre 2006 pp.86-87 [JC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (16 February 1956; see OPERA April 1956 p.245 )

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Moïse et Pharaon [Mosè] by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1956(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Mosè - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Elisero - Agostino Lazzari

Faraone - Giuseppe Taddei

Aménofi - Gianni Jaia

Aufide - Tommaso Frascati

Osiride - Plinio Clabassi

Maria - Anna Maria Rota

Anaìde - Anita Cerquetti

Sinaìde - Rosanna Carteri

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Compact Disc; - Eklipse EKR P-10 {2CDS}; Living Stage LS 4035149 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0183 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Bongiovanni GB 039/40-2 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Moïse et Pharaon [Mosè] by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.743; PENGUIN p.367; Fanfare Vol.19 No.2 p.350, Vol.23 No.4 pp.305-307

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.59

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Opéra International - avril 1998 No.223 p.22, p.53 [SS]

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American Record Guide - November/December 2002 Vol.65 No.6 pp.257-258 [CHP]

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International Record Review - March 2007 p.26 [JTH]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.84 enero 1996 p.62

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.94 octubre 2006 pp.85-86 [MC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 27 June 1956 (See OPERA February 1957 p.109)

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Moïse et Pharaon [Mosè] by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Mosè - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Elisero - Agostino Lazzari

Faraone - Giuseppe Taddei

Aménofi - Mario Filippeschi

Aufide - Piero De Palma

Osiride - Plinio Clabassi

Maria - Lucia Danieli

Anaìde - Caterina Mancini

Sinaìde - Bruna Rizzoli

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Black Disc; - Philips A 00393-00395 {3LPS}; Philips ABL 3201-3203 {3LPS} (UK) (1957)ª; Philips PHM-3-580 {3LPS}; Fontana 5670001 3ZKY {3LPS} ; Philips GL 5696 (highlights) {1LP} (1965)ª

Compact Disc; - Philips «Collector's Operas» 442 100-2 {2CDS} (1995)ª

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Recordings of Moïse et Pharaon [Mosè] by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.743; PENGUIN p.367; Fanfare Vol.19 No.2 p.350, Vol.23 No.4 pp.305-307

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1957 p.278 [AP]; March 1995 p.102 [RO]

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Opera - September 1965 p.672 (highlights) [ET]

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Orpheus - March 1995 p.62

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Opéra International - mars 1995 No.189 p.72

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Diapason - No.412 février 1995 p.120

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.153

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1957 p.23

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American Record Guide - August 1960 Vol.26 No.12 p.994 [AR]: February 1966 Vol.32 No.6 p.504

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High Fidelity Magazine - July 1965 Vol.15 No.7 pp.67-68 [CLO]

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Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.66

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 mars-mayo 1995 p.62

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Anna Bolena by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Anna Bolena - Maria Callas

Enrico - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Giovanna - Giulietta Simionato

Percy - Gianni Raimondi

Rochefort - Plinio Clabassi

Smeton - Gabriella Carturan

Hervey - Luigi Rumbo

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Black Disc; - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 55/3 {3LPS} (1978)ª; Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 22 {3LPS} (1982)ª; FWR 646; BJR 109 {3LPS}; MRF-42; Morgan 5703;; Replica RPL 34293; foyer FO 1014 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00119

Compact Disc; - Hunt 518 {2CDS}; Melodram 26110 {2CDS}; Melodram IMS 260106 {2CDS}Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 768 {2CDS}; EMI CMS 7 64941-2 {2CDS} (1993)ª; EMI «Callas Edition» CMS 5 66471-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; EMI CDMB 5 66474-2 {2CDS} (USA) (1994)ª; EMI TOCE 8333-4 {2CDS} (Japan) (1993)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1285 {2CDS} (2001)ª

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Recordings of Anna Bolena by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 3 p.52; CELLETTI p.190; MET p.99; PENGUIN p.72; GIUDICI p.169 (2) p.275; Opéra International mars 1997 No.211 p.14; International Opera Collector Summer 1998 No.8 p.18

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1978 p.956 [AB]; January 1994 p.91 [JBS]

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Opera - March 1998 p.288 [AB]

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Opera Now - January 1994 p.32; January/February 1998 p.96 (mention) [GH]

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Orpheus - Juni 1993 S.61

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Opéra International - No.175 décembre 1993 p.62

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Diapason - No.399 décembre 1993 p.138: No.441 octobre 1997 p.87 [JC]

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BBC Music Magazine - January 1994 p.95

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Classic CD - February 1994 p.60

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.120 (2) p.121 (3) p.117

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Répertoire - No.64 décembre 1993 p.96: No.105 Septembre 1997 p.68 [PT]

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American Record Guide - July/August 1994 Vol.57 No.4 p.233: July/August 1998 Vol.61 No.4 pp.265-266 (mention) [LM]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.103 octubre 1997 p.34 (mention) [JPS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (14 April 1957, see OPERA June 1957 p.344). The foyer LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670. The date of recording issued by Charles Handelman is stated in his catalog (November 2000) to be 17 April 1957.

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Il turco in Italia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - ORCHESTRA

Chorus - CHORUS

Selim - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Donna Fiorilla - Eugenia Ratti

Don Narciso - Agostino Lazzari

Zaida - Jolanda Gardino

Don Geronio - Melchiorre Luise

Il poeta Prosdocimo - Mariano Stabile

Albazar - Renato Ercolani

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Compact Disc - GDS 21043

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Recordings of Il turco in Italia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.112; CELLETTI p.748; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.169 p.102; PENGUIN p.372; GIUDICI p.695 (2) p.1160

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Théâtre des Nations, Paris with sets from the Teatro San Carlo, Naples. There is an amusing report of one performance in the season which ended in a brawl between Rossi-Lemeni and Lazzari (OPERA September 1957 p.563)

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Assassinio nella cattedrale by Ildebrando Pizzetti performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Tommaso Beckett - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Prima Corifea - Leyla Gencer

Seconda Corifea - Gabriella Carturan

Primo Sacerdote - Mario Ortica

Secondo Sacerdote - Dino Dondi

Terzo Sacerdote - Adolfo Cormanni

Un araldo - Aldo Bertocci

Primo Tentatore - Rinaldo Pelizzoni

Secondo Tentatore - Antonio Cassinelli

Terzo Tentatore - Nicola Zaccaria

Quarto Tentatore - Lino Puglisi

Primo Cavaliere - Rinaldo Pelizzoni

Secondo Cavaliere - Enrico Campi

Terzo Cavaliere - Silvio Maionica

Quarto Cavaliere - Marco Stefanoni

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Black Disc - Historical Opera Performances Editions HOPE 242 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1396 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - April 2004 p.95 [PO'C]

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Comments:- Recording of the first performance (1 March 1958; see OPERA May 1958 p.308)

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Assassinio nella cattedrale by Ildebrando Pizzetti performed in Italian

Conductor Ildebrando Pizzetti - 1958(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Tommaso Beckett - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Prima Corifea - Virginia Zeani

Seconda Corifea - Anna Maria Rota

Primo Sacerdote - Mario Ortica

Secondo Sacerdote - Mario Borriello

Terzo Sacerdote - Adolfo Cormanni

Un araldo - Aldo Bertocci

Primo Tentatore - Rinaldo Pelizzoni

Secondo Tentatore - Paolo Montarsolo

Terzo Tentatore - Silvio Maionica

Quarto Tentatore - Marco Stefanoni

Primo Cavaliere - Rinaldo Pelizzoni

Secondo Cavaliere - Paolo Montarsolo

Terzo Cavaliere - Silvio Maionica

Quarto Cavaliere - Marco Stefanoni

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 526 {2LPS} (1970)ª; Legendary Recordings LR 143-2 {2LPS}

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Comments:- Recording of a broadcast performance (5 December 1958)

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La sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Amina - Virginia Zeani

Elvino - Nicola Monti

Rodolfo - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Lisa - Liliana Poli

Alessio - Augusto Frati

Teresa - MariaLuisa Castellanos

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Compact Disc; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera (unnumbered) {2CDRS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers SON 195901 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recordings of performances in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (28 (Handleman) (24 OL) January 1959). The cast listed above is that given in THE RECORD COLLECTOR Vol.36 No.1 March 1991 p.49. The CDRs issued by Charles Handelman are listed in the supplement to his CD catalogue dated Spring 2004 and those issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La serva padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi performed in Italian

Conductor George Singer - 1959(RA)

Orchestra - Hamburgischer Rundfunk

Serpina - Virginia Zeani

Uberto - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

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Black Disc - Musica et Litera MEL 8012 {1LP} Vox OPX 380 {1LP}; Vox SOPX 50380 {1LP}; Saga 5360 {1LP}

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Recordings of La serva padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi are surveyed in the following publications:-

American Record Guide January 1959 Vol.25 No.5 pp.312-315; CELLETTI p.566; MARINELLI p.14; MET p.367; MET(VID) p.210; PENGUIN p.283

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1965 p.540; January 1975 p.1384 [LS]

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American Record Guide - February 1965 Vol.31 No.6 p.553 [HG]

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Comments:- The LP issued by Musica et Litera is advertized in the «Bieleflder Katalog» 1/1963 S.223

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Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Ernani - Mario Del Monaco

Elvira - Margherita Roberti

Carlo - Ettore Bastianini

Silva - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Riccardo - Athos Cesarini

Iago - Mario Rinaudo

Giovanna - Anna Di Stasio

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Compact Disc; - Melodram CDM 270100 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1723-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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

HARRIS p.99; CELLETTI p.880; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.52 (3) p.57; MET p.570; MET(VID) p.350; PENGUIN p.477 GIUDICI p.867 (2) p.1414; Opéra International No.222 mars 1998 p.54, No.265 février 2002 p.22

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples (December 1960; mentioned in OPERA February 1961 p.101. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera Ltd. 2005 Winter/Spring New Releases».

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Faust by Charles Gounod performed in Italian

Conductor Armando La Rosa Parodi - 1960(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Faust - Eugenio Fernandi

Méphistophélès - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Marguerite - Renata Scotto

Valentin - Piero Guelfi

Siébel - Clara Betner

Marthe - Anna Maria Anelli

Wagner - Vincenzo Preziosa

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Black Disc - Movimento Musica 03.003 {3LPS}; Stradivarius STR 1008-1010 {3LPS}

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - March/April 1986 Vol.9 No.4 pp.163-164 [ADC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 11 July 1960

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Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor George Singer - 1960(SE)

Orchestra - Hamburg Radio

Chorus - Hamburg Radio

Nabucco - Lawrence Winters

Ismaele - Giuseppe Savio

Zaccaria - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Abigaille - Norma Giusti

Fenena - Erika Wien

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Black Disc - Musica et Litera MEL 8013 {1LP}; *Saga XID 5173 {1LP} (UK) Asco A 106 {1LP} (USA)

Compact Disc; - Tuxedo TUXCD 1029 {1CD} (2002)ª

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

Opera on Record 3 p.91; CELLETTI p.954; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.51 (3) p.57 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.86 p.102, mise à jour octobre 2002 p.2; MET p.567; MET(VID) p.345; PENGUIN p.491; Opéra Poche p.94; GIUDICI p.860 (2) p.1405; Opéra International No.264 janvier 2002 p.14; International Record Review June 2002 p.26

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1963 p.192

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High Fidelity Magazine - June 1961 Vol.11 No.6 p.60 [CLO]

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Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Ernani - Mario Del Monaco

Elvira - Floriana Cavalli

Carlo - Cornell MacNeil

Silva - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Riccardo - Vittorio Pandano

Iago - Mario Rinaudo

Giovanna - Anna Di Stasio

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE V-805-2 {2LPS} (1982)ª

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

HARRIS p.99; CELLETTI p.880; Opera on CD (1) p.45 (2) p.52 (3) p.57; MET p.570; MET(VID) p.350; PENGUIN p.477 GIUDICI p.867 (2) p.1414; Opéra International No.222 mars 1998 p.54, No.265 février 2002 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

VERDI DAL VIVO - p.89 (mention)

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Rome (16 December 1961). A performance a few nights after this is reviewed in OPERA, March 1962 p.186. The HRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE September 1982 p.338

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Il piccolo Marat by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra del Comitato Estate Livornese

Chorus - Teatro La Gran Guardia di Livorno

L'Orco - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Mariella - Virginia Zeani

Il Piccolo Marat - Umberto Borso

Il Soldato - Rinaldo Rota

La Spia - Renato Spagli

Il Ladro - Augusto Frati

La Tigre - Mario Frosini

Il Carpentiere - Afro Poli

Il Capitano - Ernesto Vessari

Il Portatore - Cesare Masini-Sperti

La Principessa - Clara Betner

Voci interne - Cesare Masini-Sperti

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Compact Disc - fonè 88 F17 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Il piccolo Marat by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.394

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 p.85 [RVL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Livorno, (26 October 1961), briefly mentioned in OPERA (January 1962 p.44)

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There is only one recording of Uno sguardo dal ponte by Renzo Rossellini on file (performed in Italian)

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Eddie Carbone - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Rodolfo - Ruggero Bondino

Beatrice - Clara Petrella

Catherine - Gianna Galli

Marco - Giovanni Ciminelli

Alfieri - Giuseppe Valdengo

Louis - Giovanni Ciavola

Mike - Nino Mazziotti

Tony - Virgilio Stocco

Agente - Giulio Mastrangelo

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Black Disc; - Legendry Recordings LR 166-2 {2LPS} (1982)ª

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This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - No.49 mai 1982 p.60 [SS]

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Comments:- Recording of the first performance (11 March 1961; see OPERA June 1961 p.381). The Legendary Recordings LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE June 1982 p.82

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Il piccolo Marat by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Ottavio Ziino - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

L'Orco - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Mariella - Virginia Zeani

Il Piccolo Marat - Giuseppe Gismondo

La Mama - Anna Lia Bazzani

Il Soldato - Giulio Fioravanti

La Spia - Alfonso Marchica

Il Ladro - Giulio Montano

La Tigre - Bruno Cioni

Il Carpentiere - Afro Poli

Il Capitano - Piero Francia

Il Portatore - Armando Benzi

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Black Disc - Cetra LPC 1268 {3LPS}; *Cetra OLPC 1268

Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDON 47 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Warner Fonit 5050466-3246-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Il piccolo Marat by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.394

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Mai 1997 S.59

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Opéra International - avril 1997 No.212 p.54

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High Fidelity Magazine - June 1963 Vol.13 No.6 p.73 [GB]

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American Record Guide - November 1963 Vol.30 No.3 p.230 [MDS]

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International Record Review - November 2003 p.73 [JTH]

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Musica (Milano) - No.101 Anno 21 - dicembre 1996-gennaio 1997 p.128

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Répertoire - No.102 mai 1997 p.40

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.187 ottobre 2004 p.81 [MG]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the San Remo Festival (20 January 1962; see OPERA April 1962 p.260)

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor George Singer - 1962(SE)

Orchestra - Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra

Boris - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Pimen - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Varlaam - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

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Black Disc - Saga 5174 {1LP}

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1963 p.

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor George Singer - 1962(SE)

Orchestra - Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra

Boris - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Pimen - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Varlaam - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

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Black Disc - Saga 5174 {1LP}

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1963 p.

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Russian

Conductor George Singer - 1962(SE)

Orchestra - Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra

Boris - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Pimen - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Varlaam - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

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Black Disc - Saga 5174 {1LP}

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1963 p.

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Verchi - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - NHK Lirica Italiana

Figaro - Aldo Protti

Il Conte Almaviva - Lorenzo Sabatucci

Rosina - Giulietta Simionato

Dr. Bartolo - Arturo La Porta

Don Basilio - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Berta - Anna Di Stasio

Fiorello - Giorgio Onesti

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Compact Disc; - Fiori FI 1045 (Downloadable MP3 file - 320 KBps) (2008)ª

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

Comments:- Recording of a performance in Tokyo (23 October 1983). The mp3 file issued on the «Fiori» label may be downloaded from the website http://opera-club.net (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Guido di Montforte - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Il Sire di Bethume - Franco Pugliese

Il Conte Vaudemont - Mario Borriello

Arrigo - Gastone Limarilli

Giovanni da Procida - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

La Duchessa Elena - Leyla Gencer

Ninetta - Luciana Piccolo

Danieli - Fernandino Jacopucci

Tebaldo - Vittorio Pandano

Roberto - Paolo Mazzotta

Manfredo - Athos Cesarini

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Compact Disc; - *Melodram MEL 27037 {2LPS}; Nuova Era 2321-2322 {2LPS};; Gala GL 100.591 {2CDS} (2001)ª; House of Opera «The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi - Vol.2 His Later Works» {1xCD-ROM} (2002)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Januar 2002 S.54 {mention) [GH]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Rome (5 December 1964; see OPERA February 1965 pp.126-127)

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Boris - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Grigory (False Dmitry) - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta

Marina - Biserka Cvejic

Pimen - William Wilderman

Varlaam - Giuseppe Taddei

Shuisky - Eugenio Valori

Missail - Italo Pasini

Fyodor - Carmen Burello

Xenia - María Altamura

Hostess - Adriana Cantelli

Simpleton - Enzo Betti

Tchelkalov - Ricardo Catena

Krushchov - Enzo Espósito

Nurse - Luisa Bartoletti

Lavitsky - José Crea

Cherniovsky - Mario Verazzi

Frontier Guard - Tulio Gagliardo

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 3685

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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 in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (June or July 1965). The cast listed above is that given in the website of the Teatro Colón (http:www.operas-colon.com.ar). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where the year of the performance recorded is given incorrectly as 1966.

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Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky performed in Italian

Conductor Lorin Maazel - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Eugene Onegin - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Lenski - Franco Tagliavini

Tatyana - Virginia Zeani

Olga - Anna Maria Rota

Larina - Vera Magrini

Filipjewna - Lucia Danieli

Gremin - Plinio Clabassi

Triquet - Sergio Tedesco

Zaretzky - Enzo Viaro

Captain - Alfredo Colella

Guillot - Pasquale Setale

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Compact Disc; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera (unnumbered) {2CDRS} (2004)ª; Past Masters PM 134/2 {2CDS}; Opera Depot OD 10343-2 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera February 1979 p.121, March 1979 p.219; Opera on Record p.520; CELLETTI p.150; Opera on CD (1) p.90 (2) p.100 (3) p.112; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.43 p.112, mise à jour mai 2001 p.2; MET p.551; MET(VIDEO) p.332; PENGUIN p.450; BBC Music Magazine August 1994 p.48; Opera on Video p.155;GIUDICI p.122 (2) p.200; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (28 January 1965; see OPERA April 1965 p.286). The cast listed above is that in then website: http:\\www.virginiazeani.com (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Charles Handelman are listed in the supplement to his CD catalogue dated Spring 2004. The recording issued on the «Past Masters» label is listed on the website of «Rare Opera» and the CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on the website http://www.operadepot.com (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach performed in French?

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève

Hoffmann - Agostino Lazzari

Olympia - Virginia Zeani

Giulietta - Virginia Zeani

Antonia - Virginia Zeani

Coppélius - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Dapertutto - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Miracle - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Lindorf - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Stella - Virginia Zeani

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Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven C 3086 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103

Comments:- This recording appears to be of a performance in the Grand Théâtre de Genève in May 1966 and the partial cast listed above is that given in the online performance chronology for Virginia Zeani (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Live Opera Heaven are listed in the additions to their catalogue («Alert») dated September 2007. Here (Jon) Crain is listed as a singer and it is possible that he sang the role of Hoffmann rather than Agostino Lazzari as listed above.

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Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach performed in French?

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève

Hoffmann - Agostino Lazzari

Olympia - Virginia Zeani

Giulietta - Virginia Zeani

Antonia - Virginia Zeani

Coppélius - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Dapertutto - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Miracle - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Lindorf - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Stella - Virginia Zeani

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Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven C 3086 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103

Comments:- This recording appears to be of a performance in the Grand Théâtre de Genève in May 1966 and the partial cast listed above is that given in the online performance chronology for Virginia Zeani (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Live Opera Heaven are listed in the additions to their catalogue («Alert») dated September 2007. Here (Jon) Crain is listed as a singer and it is possible that he sang the role of Hoffmann rather than Agostino Lazzari as listed above.

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Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach performed in French?

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève

Hoffmann - Agostino Lazzari

Olympia - Virginia Zeani

Giulietta - Virginia Zeani

Antonia - Virginia Zeani

Coppélius - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Dapertutto - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Miracle - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Lindorf - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Stella - Virginia Zeani

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Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven C 3086 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103

Comments:- This recording appears to be of a performance in the Grand Théâtre de Genève in May 1966 and the partial cast listed above is that given in the online performance chronology for Virginia Zeani (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Live Opera Heaven are listed in the additions to their catalogue («Alert») dated September 2007. Here (Jon) Crain is listed as a singer and it is possible that he sang the role of Hoffmann rather than Agostino Lazzari as listed above.

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Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach performed in French?

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève

Hoffmann - Agostino Lazzari

Olympia - Virginia Zeani

Giulietta - Virginia Zeani

Antonia - Virginia Zeani

Coppélius - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Dapertutto - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Miracle - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Lindorf - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Stella - Virginia Zeani

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Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven C 3086 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103

Comments:- This recording appears to be of a performance in the Grand Théâtre de Genève in May 1966 and the partial cast listed above is that given in the online performance chronology for Virginia Zeani (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Live Opera Heaven are listed in the additions to their catalogue («Alert») dated September 2007. Here (Jon) Crain is listed as a singer and it is possible that he sang the role of Hoffmann rather than Agostino Lazzari as listed above.

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

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - CHORUS

Don Carlo - Sándor Kónya

Filippo II - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Rodrigo - Sesto Bruscantini

Il Grande Inquisitore - Antonio Zerbini

Un Frate - Franco Pugliese

Elisabetta di Valois - Gwyneth Jones

La principessa Eboli - Biserka Cvejic

Tebaldo - Mirella Fiorentini

Il Conte di Lerma - Sergio Baldi

Un Araldo Reale - Giuseppe Baratti

Una voce dal cielo - Bianca Mauri

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Compact Disc; - On Stage OS 4714 (+Otello - excerpts) {3CDS} (1999)ª

DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 2017 (2005)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - *Lyric Distribution (Legato) #1666 (NTSC) (1988)ª

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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Classical Express - Issue No.117 December 1999 p.4 (audio) [NL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.41 septiembre-octubre 2000 p.96 (audio) [JS]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - octubre 2000 No.136 p.56 (audio) [AV]

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Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Bunkan Kaikan, Tokyo (see OPERA November 1967 p.922). The DVDR issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Lo straniero by Ildebrando Pizzetti performed in Italian

Conductor Armando La Rosa Parodi - 1967(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Maria - Maria Chiara

Lo straniero - Giampaolo Corradi

Scedeur - Lorenzo Testi

Re Hanoch - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Il falco - Franco Ricciardi

Il rosso - Piero De Palma

Esaú - Mario Borriello

Il Pietra - Sergio Pezzetti

Un vecchio - Giovanni Amodeo

Un vecchione - Alfredo Colella

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1703

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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 21 December 1961. The cast listed above is that given in «50 anni di opera lirica alla Rai 1931-1980» by Giorgio Gualerzi and Carlo Marinelli Roscioni p.187.

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Macbeth by Ernest Bloch performed in French

Conductor Pierre Colombo - 1968(LE)

Orchestra - L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Macbeth - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Lady Macbeth - Inge Borkh

Le roi Duncan - Michel Hamel

Macduff - Frantz Pêtri

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 2120;*Gala GL 100.543 (highlights) (+excerpts from other operas with Inge Borkh) {2CDS}

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Comments:- This recording appears to be of a performance in the Grand Théâtre de Genève on 31 October 1968 which was broadcast by Radio Suisse Romande (see Journal de Genève for that day). There is a review in the Journal de Geneve for 2-3 November 1968. The date given by Omega is 10 November 1968, but there was not a performance on that day. See also OPERA January 1969 pp.66-68. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). Gala incorrectly assigns the performance to Naples. Their CD contains the following excerpts: Entrée de Lady Macbeth: Et puis...elles disparurent...O vous, ministres du meurtre; Duo Macbeth & Lady Macbeth: Ah! Si la chose une fois faite (total time just under 20 minutes). I thank Stanley Henig for providing me with information which enabled me to correct errors in an earlier version of this entry.

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Aida - Martina Arroyo

Radamès - Carlo Bergonzi

Amneris - Biserka Cvejic

Amonasro - Cornell MacNeil

Ramphis - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Il Re di Egitto - Jorge (Giorgio) Algorta

Una Sacerdotessa - Africa De Retes

Un Messaggero - Orazio (Horacio) Mastrango

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Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 211 «Italian Opera from Teatro Colón» {1xCD-ROM} (2003)ª; House of Opera CDBB 594 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Opera Depot OD 10033-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (June 1968). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22» and those issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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There is only one recording of L' avventuriero by Renzo Rossellini on file (performed in Italian)

Conductor Edouard van Remoortel - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Grand Théâtre de Monte Carlo

Vittorio - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Irene - Virginia Zeani

Father Confessor - Plinio Clabassi

Angelo - Antonio Boyer

Anna - Stefania Malagù

Veronica - Valeria Mariconda

Gemma - Loredana Sabbi

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03382

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Comments:- Recording of a performnce in Monte Carlo (2 February 1968). See OPERA April 1968 pp.324-325.

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Aldo Faldi - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Figaro - Ingvar Wixell

Il Conte Almaviva - Pietro Bottazzo

Rosina - Teresa Berganza

Dr. Bartolo - Renato Capecchi

Don Basilio - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Berta - Sona Cervená

Fiorello - Allan Monk

Un Ufficiale - Robert Glover

Un notaio - Ernest Wright

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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (September 1968).

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Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Luisa - Luisa Maragliano

Rodolfo - Flaviano Labò

Miller - Cornell MacNeil

Walter - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Federica - Franca Mattiucci

Wurm - Victor De Narké

Laura - Tota de Igarzábal

Contadino - Italo Pasini

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers LUI 196802 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2007)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (May 1968). The cast listed above is that given in website of the Teatro Colón. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).

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I quattro rusteghi by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari performed in Italian

Conductor Ettore Gracis - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Torino

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Torino

Lunardo - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Margarita - Fedora Barbieri

Lucieta - Mariella Adani

Maurizio - Alfredo Mariotti

Marina - Edda Vincenzi

Filipeto - Agostino Lazzari

Simon - Alessandro Maddalena

Canciano - Renato Cesari

Siora Felice - Magda Olivero

Conte Riccardo Arcolai - Mario Carlin

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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.553 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1385 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of I quattro rusteghi by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.1178; GIUDICI p.1178 (2) p.1845

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.27 No.3 January/February 2004 pp.234-235 [GJ]

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Orpheus - Februar 2000 S.64 [MK]

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Diapason - No.498 décembre 2002 p.126 [MP]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance given on 21 December 1969

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Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1970(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro Verdi di Trieste

Chorus - Teatro Verdi di Trieste

Mefistofele - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Faust - Umberto Grilli

Margherita - Virginia Zeani

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Black Disc; - Legendary Recordings LR 180 {1LP} (1982)ª

Compact Disc - *Legendary Recordings LRCD 1016

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Recordings of Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.181; Opera on Record 3 p.183; CELLETTI p.121; Opera on CD (1) p.97 (2) p.108 (3) p.121; MET p.62; MET(VID) p.22; PENGUIN p.33; Opera on Video p.163; GIUDICI p.89 (2) p.139; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.238 p.74

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - No.57 mars 1983 pp.56-57 [SS]

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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at Trieste. The LR LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE December 1982 p.722

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Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Cristofori - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Holländer - Antonio Boyer

Senta - Virginia Zeani

Daland - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Erik - Giorgio Lamberti (Casellato-Lamberti)

Mary - Anna Di Stasio

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Compact Disc; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera (unnumbered) {2CDRS} (2004)ª; Opera Depot OD 10089-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.58; HARRIS p.123; Opera on Record p.338; CELLETTI p.1080; Opera on CD (1) p.61 (2) p.68 (3) p.76; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.30 p.114, mise à jour pp.2-15; MET p.670; MET(VID) p.417; PENGUIN p.519American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.58, Vol.65 No.4 July/ August 2002 p.57; Wagner News Issue No.108 April 1995 p.16; GIUDICI p.1060; Ópera Actual (Barcelona) junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.26; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.14-17; Gramophone March 2002 pp.30-33

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro dell' Opera de Roma (March 1970; see OPERA August 1970 p.772). The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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There is only one recording of Wallenstein by Mario Zafred on file (performed in Italian)

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Verdi di Trieste

Wallenstein - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

La contessa Terzky - Virginia Zeani

Max Piccolomini - Ruggero Bondino

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03614

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 5146

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Verdi di Trieste. The following also take part: Plinio Clabassi, Anna Maria Rota, Antonio Boyer. See OPERA March 1971 p.216. The recording issued by mr. tape is listed in his catalogue «The Vanguard of Live Operatic Recordings» (ca.1984) p.170.

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The Demon by Anton Rubinstein performed in Italian

Conductor Maurizio Arena - 1971(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Demon - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Tamara - Virginia Zeani

Angel - Giuseppina Milardi

Nurse - Genia Las

Sinodal - Agostino Lazzari

Old Servant - Guerrando Rigiri

Gudal - Mario Rinaudo

Messenger - Angelo Marchiandi

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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 065 335 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of The Demon by Anton Rubinstein are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.754

Comments:- Recording of a performance recorded in 1971 and broadcast on 25 January 1972.

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There is only one recording of Il ciarlatino by Domenico Puccini on file (performed in Italian)

Conductor Herbert Handt - 1973(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Napoli

Adele - Margherita Rinaldi

Marcellina - Cecilia Fusco

Ernesto - Carlo Gaifa

Conte Lasca - Renato Cesari

Astrolobio - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Conte Filiberto - Pietro Rossini

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

Conductor Maurizio Arena - 1974(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Fiora - Virginia Zeani

Avito - Ennio Buoso

Manfredo - Giulio Fioravanti

Archibaldo - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Flamino - Saverio Porzano

Un'ancella - Giuliana Ghilardi

Una giovanetta - Maria Grazia Piolatto

Un giovane - Pietro Tarantino

Una vecchia - Corinna Vozza

Un fanciullo - Paolo Pesenti

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00216

Compact Disc; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera (unnumbered) {2CDRS} (2004)ª; Omega Opera Archive 3628; Live Opera Heaven C 3099 {2CDRS} (2007)ª; The Opera Lovers ATRE 197401 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

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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 broadcast on 28 March 1974. The CDRs issued by Charles Handelman are listed in the CD supplement to his catalogue dated Spring 2004 where the performance is incorrectly attributed to La Scala. The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue where it is likewise incorrectly attributed (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by «Live Opera Heaven» are listed in their «NOVEMBER 2007 ALERT» and those issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Abbreviations

(STU), "Studio" Recording

(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts

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

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

(LI), "Live" Recording

(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts

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

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

(RA), A Radio Performance

(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance

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

(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

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