(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1938(RE) - Fabritiis Oliviero De - EIAR Roma*
2 1941(STU) - Marinuzzi Gino - EIAR Torino*
3 1943(LE) - Walter Bruno - Metropolitan Opera*
4 1943(LI) - Walter Bruno - Metropolitan Opera*
5 1949(FI) - Santini Gabriele - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma**
6 1950-1955(SE) - Cellini Renato - RCA Victor Orchestra*
7 1951(LE) - Votto Antonino - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro*
8 1951(LI) - Busch Fritz - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
9 1951(RA) - Quadri Argeo - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest*
10 1952(LI) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
11 1952(RA) - Schmidt-Isserstedt Hans - Sinfonieorchester des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (Hamburg)*
12 1952 - Rosa Parodi Armando La - Teatro alla Scala*
13 1953(LC) - Herbert Walter - New Orleans Opera*
14 1953(LI) - Mitropoulos Dimitri - Teatro Comunale di Firenze*
15 1954(LE) - Fabritiis Oliviero De - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro*
16 1954(LI) - Santini Gabriele - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*
17 1954(LI) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
18 1954(STU) - Serafin Tullio - Teatro alla Scala*
19 1955(LI) - Pritchard John - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
20 1955(LI) - Votto Antonino - Teatro alla Scala*
21 1955(STU) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Santa Cecilia*
22 1956(LI) - Santini Gabriele - Teatro Comunale di Firenze*
23 1956(LI) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
24 1956?(SE) - Basile Arturo - RAI Torino*
25 1957(LI) - Votto Antonino - Teatro alla Scala*
26 1957(RA) - Sanzogno Nino - RAI Roma*
27 1958(LI) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli***
28 1958(LI) - Narducci Antonio - Palacio de las Bellas Artes*
29 1958(LI) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
30 1958(STU) - Previtali Fernando - Santa Cecilia*
31 1960(LI) - Mitropoulos Dimitri - Wiener Staatsoper*
32 1960(LI) - Previtali Fernando - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
33 1960(LI) - Schippers Thomas - Metropolitan Opera*
34 1961(LI) - Previtali Fernando - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
35 1961(LI) - Schick George - Metropolitan Opera*
36 1961(LI) - Ziino Ottavio - Teatro Regio di Parma*
37 1962(LI) - Erede Alberto - Nederlandische Opera*
38 1962(LI) - Solti Georg - Covent Garden*
39 1962(SE) - Löwlein Hans - Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin*
40 1963(LE) - Cellini Renato - New Orleans Opera*
41 1963(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Teatro Regio di Parma*
42 1963(LI) - Guadagno Anton - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*
43 1964(LI) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Teatro Comunale di Bologna*
44 1964(LI) - Santi Nello - Metropolitan Opera*
45 1964(STU) - Schippers Thomas - RCA Italiana Orchestra*
46 1965(LI) - Gavazzeni Gianandrea - Teatro alla Scala*
47 1965(LI) - Guadagno Anton - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*
48 1965(LI) - Santi Nello - Metropolitan Opera*
49 1965(SE) - Patanè Giuseppe - Staatskapelle Dresden*
50 1965(SE) - Schüchter Wilhelm - Deutsche Oper Berlin*
51 1966(LI) - Angelis Pasquale de - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli***
52 1966(LI) - Rossi Mario - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia*
53 1967(LI) - Capuana Franco - Arena di Verona*
54 1967(LI) - Rich Martin - Metropolitan Opera*
55 1968(LI) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Metropolitan Opera*
56 1968(SE) - Kórodi András - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra*
57 1969(LI) - Patanè Giuseppe - San Francisco Opera*
58 1969(STU) - Gardelli Lamberto - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
59 1969?(STU) - Savini Ino - Orchestra Stabile del Viotti*
60 196?(SE) - Völkel Siegfried - Berliner Staatskapelle*
61 1970(LI) - Peloso Paolo - Teatro Comunale dell'Opera di Genova*
62 1970(STU) - Litvin Carol - Orchestra of Rumanian Radio-Television*
63 1971(LE) - Savini Ino - Gran Teatro del Liceo*
64 1971(LI) - Gregor Bohumil - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg*
65 1971(RA) - Previtali Fernando - RAI Torino*
66 1972(LI) - Previtali Fernando - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
67 1972(LI) - Veltri Michelangelo - Metropolitan Opera*
68 1974(LI) - Inbal Eliahu - Bayerische Staatsoper*
69 1974(LI) - Muti Riccardo - Wiener Staatsoper*
70 1975(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*
71 1975(LI) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Arena di Verona*
72 1976(LI) - Ziino Ottavio - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*
73 1976(STU) - Levine James - London Symphony Orchestra*
74 1978(LI) - Arena Maurizio - Arena di Verona*
75 1978(LI) - Patanè Giuseppe - Teatro alla Scala***
76 1979(LI) - Adler Kurt Herbert - San Francisco Opera*
77 1979(LI) - NOT KNOWN - Gran Teatro del Liceo***
78 1979(LI) - Patanè Giuseppe - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*
79 1980(LI) - Gomez-Martinis (Gómez Martínez) Miguel-Ángel - Wiener Staatsoper*
80 1981(LI) - Armstrong Richard - Welsh National Opera*
81 1981(LI) - Dohnányi Christoph von - L'Opéra de Paris**
82 1981(LI) - Matheson John - BBC Concert Ochestra*
83 1984(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera**
84 1985(STU) - Sinopoli Giuseppe - Philharmonia Orchestra*
85 1986(STU) - Muti Riccardo - Teatro alla Scala*
86 1987(LI) - Gandolfi Romano - Orchestra Sinfonica dell Emilia Romagna «Arturo Toscanini»*
87 1989(LI) - Kellog Cal Stewart - Washington Opera*
88 1989(LI) - Waters Willie - Greater Miami Opera*
89 1992(LI) - Argiris Spiros - Teatro Bellini di Catania*
90 1992(LI) - Oren Daniel - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli**
91 1996(LI) - Plasson Michel - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse**
92 1996 - Gergiev Valery - Kirov Theatre*
93 1998(LI) - Morandi Pier Giorgio - L'Opéra de Marseille*
94 1998 - Gergiev Valery - Kirov Theatre**
95 1999(LI) - Muti Riccardo - Teatro alla Scala***
96 2004(LI) - Pappano Antonio - Covent Garden*
97 2005(LI) - Luisi Fabio - Bayerische Staatsoper*
98 2005(LI) - Paganini Giorgio - Orquesta de la Casa de la Ópera de Buenos Aires*
99 2006(LC) - Karitynos Lukas - Orchestra Filarmonica Veneta «Gian Francesco Malipiero»***
100 2008(LI) - Mehta Zubin - Wiener Staatsoper***
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1938(RE)
Orchestra - EIAR Roma
Chorus - EIAR Roma
Leonora di Vargas - Gina Cigna
Fra Melitone - Emilio Ghirardini
Padre Guardiano - Giacomo Vaghi
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 132 (+Otello - excerpts) {1LP} (1972)ª
Compact Disc - Legato Classics LCD 173-2 (+Il trovatore - Gui)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- Recording of the second part of Act 2 in a performance broadcast on 10 October 1938
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Conductor Gino Marinuzzi - 1941(STU)
Orchestra - EIAR Torino
Chorus - EIAR Torino
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Ernesto Dominici
Leonora di Vargas - Maria Caniglia
Don Carlo - Carlo Tagliabue
Don Alvaro - Galliano Masini
Preziosilla - Ebe Stignani
Fra Melitone - Saturno Meletti
Curra - Liana Avogardo
Padre Guardiano - Tancredi Pasero
Mastro Trabuco - Giuseppe Nessi
Un Chirurgo - Ernesto Dominici
Un Alcalde - Dario Caselli
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Black Disc - Cetra CB 20104-20121 {18x78s}; Cetra OLPC 1236/1-3 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDO 3; Grammofono 2000 AB78567/8; Arkadia 2CD 78020;; *Frequenz 043 023 {2CDS}; Lyrica LRC 010932 {2CDS} ; Warner Fonit 8573 82652-2 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110206/7 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 - September 1962 p.157; October 1962 p.190; August 2002 p.84, p.87 [AB]
Opera - January 1996 p.20; October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]
Opera News - June 1997 p.54
Orpheus - August/September 1996 S.89
Diapason - No.498 décembre 2002 p.126 [MP]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.173 p.170
Classical Express - Issue No.72 February 1996 p.7: Issue No.81 November 1996 p.4
International Opera Collector - Spring 1997 No.3 p.14: Winter 1997 No.6 p.96 [MO]
American Record Guide - July/August 1997 Vol.60 No.4 p.241
International Record Review - January 2001 p.121 [PO'C]
Classic Record Collector - Autumn pp.96-97 [TP]
ARSC Journal - Vol.35 No.1 Spring 2004 pp.120-122 [EAM]
Opernwelt - Januar 1/1996 p.55
Répertoire - No.91 mai 1996 p.66
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.95 enero 1997 p.44
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.58
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.142 luglio-agosto 2000 pp.104-105 [GL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 p.84 [MC]
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Conductor Bruno Walter - 1943(LE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Leonora di Vargas - Stella Roman
Don Carlo - Lawrence Tibbett
Don Alvaro - Frederick Jagel
Padre Guardiano - Ezio Pinza
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera EJS 561 {1LP} (1971)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the MET (27 November 1943)
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Conductor Bruno Walter - 1943(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis D' Angelo
Leonora di Vargas - Stella Roman
Don Carlo - Lawrence Tibbett
Don Alvaro - Frederick Jagel
Preziosilla - Irra Petina
Fra Melitone - Salvatore Baccaloni
Curra - Thelma Votipka
Padre Guardiano - Ezio Pinza
Mastro Trabuco - Alessio De Paolis
Un Chirurgo - John Gurney
Un Alcalde - Lorenzo Alvary
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 211 {2LPS} (1961)ª
Compact Disc; - *AS Disc AS 409/10 {2CDS}; The Forties FT 1503-4 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Naxos Historical 8 110038/40 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Arkadia «The Golden Age» GA 2009 {2CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 - March 1995 p.34 (mention) [RC]; June 1999 p.114 [AB]
Orpheus - Juli 1995 S.59
Opéra International - novembre 1996 No.207 p.58
International Opera Collector - Summer 1999 No.12 p.91 [JTH]
Opernwelt - Juni 6/1995 S.60
Le Monde de la Musique - No.235 septembre 1999 p.106 [SB]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (23 January 1943). According to the reviewin ORPHEUS the AS recording is best
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Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1949(FI)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Fausto Tomei
Leonora di Vargas - Caterina Mancini
Don Carlo - Tito Gobbi
Don Alvaro - Galliano Masini
Preziosilla - Cloe Elmo
Fra Melitone - Vito de Taranto
Padre Guardiano - Giulio Neri
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VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society #657
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- Video recording of a film directed by Carmine Gallone. The roles of Leonara and Don Alvaro are acted by Nelly Corradi and Gino Sinimberghi. See «Opera Fanatic'sCatalogue» No.35 p.61
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Conductor Renato Cellini - 1950-1955(SE)
Orchestra - RCA Victor Orchestra
Chorus - Robert Shaw Chorale
Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov
Don Carlo - Leonard Warren
Don Alvaro - Jan Peerce
Padre Guardiano - Nicola Moscona
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 1916 {1LP} (1956)ª;; HMV ALP 1371 {1LP} (1956)ª
Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 120-1 {1CDR} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 - September 1956 pp.137-138 [PHW]
American Record Guide - March 1956 Vol.22 No.7 p.107 [MDS]
E.M.G. Monthly Letter - October 1956 p.13
Comments:- The CDR issued by Premiere was advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001».
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Conductor Antonino Votto - 1951(LE)
Orchestra - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro
Chorus - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Giuseppe Modesti
Leonora di Vargas - Elisabetta Barbato
Don Carlo - Enzo Mascherini
Don Alvaro - Beniamino Gigli
Fra Melitone - Guilhermo Damiano
Curra - Carmen Pimental
Padre Guardiano - Giulio Neri
Un Chirurgo - Antonio Lembo
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 380 {2LPS} (1966)ª; Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 259-2 {2LPS}
Compact Cassette; - *Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1731 (1989)ª
Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 807-1 {1CD} (1990)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 p.158 [DA]
Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance in the Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro (16 August 1951). The compact cassette issued by Lyric is listed in their list of «Pre-Recorded Operatic Cassettes - New Listings - September 1989».
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Conductor Fritz Busch - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Stanley Mason
Leonora di Vargas - Walburga Wegener
Don Carlo - Marko Rothmüller
Don Alvaro - David Poleri
Preziosilla - Mildred Miller
Fra Melitone - Owen Brannigan
Curra - Bruna MacLean
Padre Guardiano - Bruce Dargavel
Mastro Trabuco - Robert Thomas
Un Chirurgo - Philip Lewtas
Un Alcalde - Dennis Wicks
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 678 (& 4143 & 443) ;; Golden Melodram GM 60015 {3CDS} (2004)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 5014 {2CDS} (2005)ª
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 8265
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.29 No.6 July/August 2006 pp.216-217 [BB]
Classic Record Collector - Summer 2005 p.101 [DP]
American Record Guide - July/August 2005 Vol.68 No.4 p.268 [MM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.79 abril 2005 p.83 [JC]
Classica Répertoire - No.75 septembre 2005 p.AT (mention) [AT]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the King's Theatre, Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh International Festival (1 September 1951). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. See Radio Times Issue dated August 26-September 1 1951 p.43. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). According to the review in ARG the performance on the CDs issued on the Golden Melodram label is that of 20 August 1951. This date is also given on their website by Omega for one of their recordings (4143). This performance was not broadcast. The Glyndebourne Company performed «La forza del destino» nine times at Edinburgh in 1951, but did not perform it at Glyndebourne that year as stated in some sources. See «Glyndebourne - A History of the Festival Opera» by Spike Hughes p.175, pp.297-298.
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Conductor Argeo Quadri - 1951(RA)
Orchestra - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest
Chorus - Groot Omroepkoor
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Aad de Rijk
Leonora di Vargas - Antonietta Stella
Don Carlo - Rolando Panerai
Don Alvaro - José Soler
Preziosilla - Amalia Pini
Fra Melitone - Melchiorre Luise
Curra - Pim Borkent
Padre Guardiano - Enzo Felicitati
Mastro Trabuco - Cornelius Kalkman
Un Chirurgo - Aad de Rijk
Un Alcalde - Aad de Rijk
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Compact Disc; - Mitridate «Ponto» 1037 (+highlights cond. Rother) {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:-
International Record Review - February 2006 p.31 [JTH]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.94 octubre 2006 p.87 [JMP]
Comments:- *Recording of a broadcast performance.
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Luben Vichey
Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov
Don Carlo - Leonard Warren
Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker
Preziosilla - Mildred Miller
Fra Melitone - Gerhard Pechner
Curra - Laura Castellano
Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines
Un Chirurgo - Algerd Brazis
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Compact Disc; - Music & Arts CD-693 {2CDS}; *Bensar Records Ltd. OL 112952 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers FOR 195201 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opéra International - June 1993 p.83
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (29 November 1952; the performance on 10 November 1952 is reviewed in OPERA January 1952 p.21). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt - 1952(RA)
Orchestra - Sinfonieorchester des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (Hamburg)
Chorus - Chor des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (Hamburg)
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Sigmund Roth
Leonora di Vargas - Carla (Dragica) Martinis
Don Carlo - Josef Metternich
Don Alvaro - Rudolf Schock
Preziosilla - Martha Mödl
Fra Melitone - Gustav Neidlinger
Curra - Ursula Zollenkopf
Padre Guardiano - Gottlob Frick
Mastro Trabuco - Kurt Marschner
Un Chirurgo - Karl (Carl) Otto
Un Alcalde - Ernst-Max Lühr
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Black Disc; - Eurodisc 300 724-435 {3LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - Cantus Classics 500 332 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Wallhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0002 {2CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:-
Orpheus - Dezember 1980 S.853-S.855 [GH]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.70 mayo 2004 p.87 [VM]
International Record Review - February 2005 p.32 [MT]
Comments:- *The orchestra and chorus are stated incorrectly on the LPs to be those of «Norddeutscher Rundfunk» which was not formed until 1955 (see «Lexicon der Interpreten klassischer Musik im 20.Jahrhundert» S.849, S.883. Premiere has issued a recording (CDNO 650-2) of what appears to be this performance, but with the conductor given in their catalogue as Stokowski.
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Conductor Armando La Rosa Parodi - 1952
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Gino Calò
Leonora di Vargas - Adriana Guerrini
Don Carlo - Anselmo Colzani
Don Alvaro - Giuseppe Campora
Preziosilla - Miriam Pirazzini
Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena
Curra - Maria Forcato
Padre Guardiano - Giuseppe Modesti
Mastro Trabuco - Gino Del Signore
Un Chirurgo - Mario Cappelli
Un Alcalde - Giovanni Cosimi
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Black Disc; - Urania URLP 226 {3LPS} (1952)ª;; Urania US 5226-3 {3LPS} (1962)ª; Saga FID 2138 (Highlights)
Compact Disc; - Preiser Records 20033 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:-
American Record Guide - December 1952 Vol.19 No.4 p.110 [FAL]: May 1961 Vol.28 No.9 p.740: May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.242-243 [MM]
Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2004 pp.102-103 [JTH]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.79 abril 2005 p.83 [MCP]
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Conductor Walter Herbert - 1953(LC)
Orchestra - New Orleans Opera
Chorus - New Orleans Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Norman Treigle
Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov
Don Carlo - Leonard Warren
Don Alvaro - Mario Del Monaco
Preziosilla - Claramae Turner
Fra Melitone - Gerhard Pechner
Curra - Rosemary Rotolo
Padre Guardiano - William Wilderman
Un Chirurgo - Donald Bernard
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Recordings UORC 222 {3LPS} (1974)ª
Compact Disc; - *Legato Classics LCD-118-2 {2CDS}; Bongiovanni GB 1177/8-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66303 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Encore CD 121-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª; Video Artists International VAI 1252-3 {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.12 No.2 November/December 1988 pp.303-304 [JM]
Orpheus - Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.78 [IW] (see below)
Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.157-159 [MA2]
American Record Guide - May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.242 [KM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.64 octubre 2003 p.85 [AG]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.180 febbraio 2004 pp.100-101 [GL]
Comments:- *A recording of a performance in New Orleans. The overture is played between Acts 1 and 2; the first scene (at Hornachuelos) of the latter is omitted. However, Scene 6 of Act 3 with the «Sleale» duet is included and this is followed by «Al suon del tamburro» from Act 2 Scene 1. This recording is sometimes stated as being of a performance given by the MET on tour in New Orleans, but this appears to be incorrect as it is not listed in the MET Annals, although both Milanov and Del Monaco were singing in La forza del destino at the MET about this time. Also, neither William Herbert nor Norman Treigle is listed in the Annals as being on the MET roster in the 1952-53 and 1953-54 seasons. According to «Mario Del Monaco - Monumentum aere perennius» p.829 Del Monaco sang in La forza del destino in New Orleans on 12 and 14 March 1953 and according to VAI's website (click link below) Acts 1 and 2 of the recording that they issued are of the performance on 14 March and Act 3 is of the performance on 12 March. 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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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Silvio Maionica
Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi
Don Carlo - Aldo Protti
Don Alvaro - Mario Del Monaco
Preziosilla - Fedora Barbieri
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Curra - Angela Vercelli
Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi
Mastro Trabuco - Piero De Palma
Un Chirurgo - Walter Finessi
Un Alcalde - Giorgio Giorgetti
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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 4/3 {3LPS} Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 62 {3LPS} Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 1001 (+Medea +Ernani +La Dame de Pique + concert) {14LPS}; Vox Turnabout THS 65117/9 {3LPS} Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 125 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette; - House of Opera CAS 485 (2000)ª
Compact Disc; - foyer 3-CF-2005 {3CDS}; House of Opera #485 {3CDS} (2000)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0126 {3CDS} (2003)ª; Celestial Audio CA 233 {3CDRS} (Australia) (2004)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.227-232 [DH]
Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.53 [SS]
Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.63 septiembre 2003 pp.86-87 [JS]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (14 June 1953). See OPERA September 1953 p.551. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues in their website in June 2004.
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Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1954(LE)
Orchestra - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro
Chorus - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro
Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi
Don Carlo - Paolo Silveri
Don Alvaro - Gino Penno
Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato
Fra Melitone - Guilhermo Damiano
Padre Guardiano - Giulio Neri
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1215
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance in the Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro (2 September 1954). The partial cast listed above is that given in «Tebaldi - The Voice of an Angel» p.226. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The performance is attributed here incorrectly to Teatro Colón. The source is stated to be «Good to Very Good private acetates».
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Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi
Don Carlo - Antonio Manca-Serra
Don Alvaro - Gino Penno
Preziosilla - Miriam Pirazzini
Fra Melitone - Saturno Meletti
Padre Guardiano - Giulio Neri
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 845-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Opera Depot OD 10241-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli. See OPERA April 1954 p.233
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Luben Vichey
Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov
Don Carlo - Leonard Warren
Don Alvaro - Gino Penno
Preziosilla - Jean Madeira
Fra Melitone - Gerhard Pechner
Curra - Thelma Votipka
Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines
Mastro Trabuco - Paul Franke
Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 294
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (20 March 1954). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor 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 {3CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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]
Opera - September 1955 p.592
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.227-232 [DH]
Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.94
American Record Guide - April 1955 Vol.21 No.8 p.252
E.M.G. Monthly Letter - July 1955 p.13
The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.80 (2) p.82 (3) p.79
Gramophone Record Review - June 1955 p.447
Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.57
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Conductor John Pritchard - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Il Marchese di Calatrava - David Kelly
Leonora di Vargas - Sena Jurinac
Don Carlo - Marko Rothmüller
Don Alvaro - David Poleri
Preziosilla - Marina de Gabarain
Fra Melitone - Ian Wallace
Curra - Monica Sinclair
Padre Guardiano - Hervey Alan
Mastro Trabuco - John Carolan
Un Chirurgo - Niven Miller
Un Alcalde - James Atkins
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01914
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 1272
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in The King's Theatre, Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh Festival. This is probably of the performance on 3 September 1955 which was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. See Radio Times Issue dated August 28 - September 3 1955 p.49.
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Conductor Antonino Votto - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Silvio Maionica
Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi
Don Carlo - Aldo Protti
Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano
Preziosilla - Martha Pérez
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Curra - Giuse Gerbino
Padre Guardiano - Giuseppe Modesti
Mastro Trabuco - Giuseppe Zampieri
Un Chirurgo - Eraldo Coda
Un Alcalde - Antonio Zerbini
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Black Disc - CLS «Unforgettable Performances» MD-TP 01/019/020 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Andromeda ANDRCD 5068 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - Juni 1979 S.145 [IB2]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at La Scala (26 April 1955). A recording is listed in the online catalogue of The Omega Opera Archive (572) which appears to be of this performance, but which is attributed to «RAI 1954».
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1955(STU)
Orchestra - Santa Cecilia
Chorus - Santa Cecilia
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Silvio Maionica
Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi
Don Carlo - Ettore Bastianini
Don Alvaro - Mario Del Monaco
Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato
Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena
Curra - Gabriella Carturan
Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi
Mastro Trabuco - Piero De Palma
Un Chirurgo - Eraldo Coda
Un Alcalde - Ezio Giordano
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5131-5134 {3LPS} (1955)ª; Decca SXL 2069-2072 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 597-599 {3LPS} (1970)ª; London XLLA 37 {4LPS} (1956)ª; London OSA 1405 {4LPS} (1959)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 421 598-2 {3CDS} (1989)ª; Decca «Originals» 475 8681 {3CDS} (2007)ª
Open Reel Tape; - London LOV 90009 (4-track 7½ips) (1961)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 - December 1955 pp.282-283 [PHW]; April 1956 p.410 [DST]; September 1959 p.134 [PHW]; October 1970 pp.665-666 [EG]; January 1989 p.1210 [RO]
Opera - March 1956 p.175; November 1959 p.750
Fanfare - Vol.31 No.4 March/April 2008 pp.272-273 [JM]
E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1955 p.20
Gramophone Record Review - January 1956 p.154 [DH]: July 1959 p.648 [DH]
American Record Guide - March 1956 Vol.22 No.7 p.107 [PHR]: March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.203-204 [MM]
High Fidelity Magazine - March 1959 Vol.9 No.3 p.71 [DJ]: March 1961 Vol.11 No.3 p.92 (open reel tape) [RDD]
Records and Recordings - August 1959 p.17 [FGB]
Comments:- Recorded in July 1955.
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Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Paolo Washington
Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi
Don Carlo - Giangiacomo Guelfi
Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano
Preziosilla - Fedora Barbieri
Fra Melitone - Melchiorre Luise
Curra - Luciana Boni
Padre Guardiano - Giulio Neri
Mastro Trabuco - Sergio Tedesco
Un Chirurgo - Mario Frosini
Un Alcalde - Giorgio Giorgetti
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Black Disc; - *Paragon DSV 52005 {3LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 3103 {3CDS} ;; Myto 3 CD 062 H114 (+higlights - cond.Mitropoulos - 1953) {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.30 No.1 September/October 2006 pp.265-266 [JM]
American Record Guide - July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 p.214 [MM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.91 junio 2006 p.86 [PN]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Communale, Florence (8 June 1956; see OPERA August 1956 p.475)
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov
Don Carlo - Richard Tucker
Don Alvaro - Leonard Warren
Preziosilla - Rosalind Elias
Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena
Curra - Thelma Votipka
Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi
Mastro Trabuco - Alessio De Paolis
Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky
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Black Disc - Movimento Musica 03.828 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 943.106 {2CDS} (1994)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.157-159 [WA2]
Opéra International - novembre 1996 No.207 p.58
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (17 March 1956). A recording of «La forza del destino» is listed on the on-line catalogue of «The Opera Lovers» with the same date as this recording (17.03.56) with the conductor given as Mitropoulos. This seems to be an error as the «MET Annals» gives Stiedry. Mitropoulos never conducted «La forza del destino» at the MET.
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Conductor Arturo Basile - 1956?(SE)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Don Carlo - Giangiacomo Guelfi
Don Alvaro - Franco Corelli
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Black Disc - Cetra LPC 55017 {1LP}
Compact Disc; - Myto 1 MCD 953.132 (+Carmen - Basile - excerpts) {1CD} (1995)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- This is a recording of many of Carlo's and Alvaro's solos and duets. The year of this recording is usually given as 1956 or 1957; i.e. before Corelli's debut in the role of Alvaro at Naples in March 1958.
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Conductor Antonino Votto - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Franco Calabrese
Leonora di Vargas - Leyla Gencer
Don Carlo - Aldo Protti
Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano
Preziosilla - Gabriella Carturan
Fra Melitone - Enrico Campi
Curra - Stefania Malagù
Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi
Mastro Trabuco - Franco Ricciardi
Un Chirurgo - Franco Piva
Un Alcalde - Alfredo Giacomotti
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Compact Disc; - Melodram MEL 37010 {3CDS}; Frequenz 043-015 {3CDS} Pantheon 6627-6629 {3CDS}; Phoenix PX 510.3 Myto 3MCD 001215 (+Anna Bolena - highlights){3CDS} (2000)ª; Living Stage LS 40351317 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera CDNO 789-3 {3CDRS} (2002)ª; Urania URN 22315 {3CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.12 No.4 March/April 1989 p.320 [JM]; Vol.24 No.1 September/October 2000 p.300 [GJ]; Vol.30 No.6 July/August 2007 pp.252-254 [JM]
Orpheus - März 1997 S.59 (mention)
American Record Guide - November/December 2000 Vol.63 No.6 p.311 [LM]
Répertoire - No.85 novembre 1995 p.80
Musica (Milano) - No.99 Anno 20 Agosto-Settembre 1996 p.144
Classical Express - Issue No.121 p.4 [MT]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in Cologne during a tour by La Scala (5 July 1957)
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Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1957(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Antonio Massaria
Leonora di Vargas - Anita Cerquetti
Don Carlo - Aldo Protti
Don Alvaro - Pier Miranda Ferraro
Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Curra - Vera Presti
Padre Guardiano - Boris Christoff
Mastro Trabuco - Adelio Zagonora
Un Chirurgo - Renzo Gonzales
Un Alcalde - Eraldo Coda
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Black Disc - Replica ARPL 32499 {3CDS}; Sonata 9056 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - *CBS/Sony 1047-9 {3CDS}; Bongiovanni GAO 174-176 {3CDS} (1995)ª; Myto 3MCD 992 203 {3CDS} (1999)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. 1865-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.19 No.1 September/October 1995 p.346; Vol.23 No.1 September/October 1999 p.374 [JM]
Orpheus - Mai 1995 S.62; Juli 1999 S.60 [GH]
Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.51 [SS]; novembre 1996 No.207 p.57
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.84 enero 1996 p.61
American Record Guide - July/August 1995 Vol.58 No.4 p.215
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.105 noviembre 2007 p.93 [JS]
Comments:- Recording of a peformance broadcast on September 29 1957
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Jorge (Giorgio) Algorta
Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi
Don Carlo - Ettore Bastianini
Don Alvaro - Franco Corelli
Preziosilla - Oralia Domínguez
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Curra - Anna Di Stasio
Padre Guardiano - Boris Christoff
Mastro Trabuco - Mariano Caruso
Un Chirurgo - Gianni Bardi
Un Alcalde - Giuseppe Forgione
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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 206 {3LPS}
Compact Disc - Melodram IMS 370102 {3CDS} Bongiovanni «Golden Age of Opera» 151/52/53 {3CDS} Hardy Classic HCA 6014 {3CDS}
DVD (Video) - Hardy Classic Video HCD 4002 (2001)ª
VHS Video Cassette - *Legato Classics LCV 001(NTSC); Hardy Classic Video HCV 1001(PAL); Bel Canto Society #666 (NTSC & PAL)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 - October 2002 p.103 (DVD) [AB]
Opera - February 1997 p.159
Opera Now - May/June 1997 p.89
Opera News - April 16 1994 p.42; October 1994 p.50
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.6 July/August 2002 p.207 (DVD) [CW]; Vol.26 No.1 September/ October 2002 p.286 (correction) [CW]
Orpheus - Juni 1993 S.60; November 2002 S.95 (DVD) [GH]
Opera Quarterly - Vol 19 No.2 Spring 2003 pp.290-293 (DVD) [RP]
Opéra International - juin 1995 No.192 p.61; novembre 1995 No.196 p.57; No.264 janvier 2002 pp.62-63 (DVD) [SS]
Diapason - No.501 mars 2003 p.112 (DVD) [MP]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.164 p.170; No.175 p.124 (video)
American Record Guide - Vol.56 No.5 September-October 1993 p.213: September/ October 2001 Vol.64 No.5 p.302 (audio) [RVL]: March/April 2002 Vol.65 No.2 p.247 (DVD) [RVL]
Classical Express - No.78 September 1996 p.7
International Opera Collector - Spring 1997 No.3 p.99: Autumn 1997 No.5 p.99 [TP]
The Perfect Vision - May/June 1999 Issue 24 p.80 (video) [GS]
BBC Music Magazine - December 2002 p.102 (DVD) [CC]
Musica (Milano) - No.95 Anno 20 dicembre 1995-gennaio 1996 p.124
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.22 diciembre 1996 - febrero 1997 p.87
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.122 [GL]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at Teatro di San Carlo (15 March 1958)
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Conductor Antonio Narducci - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes
Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Alberto Errera
Leonora di Vargas - Anita Cerquetti
Don Carlo - Cornell MacNeil
Don Alvaro - Flaviano Labò
Preziosilla - Aurora Woodrow
Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena
Curra - Luciana Boni
Padre Guardiano - Nicola Zaccaria
Mastro Trabuco - Sergio de los Santos
Un Chirurgo - Mario Frosini
Un Alcalde - José Sosa
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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 370-3 {3LPS}
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July/August 1982 p.221 [CGP]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov
Don Carlo - Mario Sereni
Don Alvaro - Flaviano Labò
Preziosilla - Margaret Roggero
Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena
Curra - Thelma Votipka
Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi
Mastro Trabuco - Paul Franke
Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 906
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (25 January 1958). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1958(STU)
Orchestra - Santa Cecilia
Chorus - Santa Cecilia
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Paolo Washington
Leonora di Vargas - Zinka Milanov
Don Carlo - Leonard Warren
Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano
Preziosilla - Rosalind Elias
Fra Melitone - Dino Mantovani
Curra - Luisa Gioia
Padre Guardiano - Giorgio Tozzi
Mastro Trabuco - Angelo Mercuriali
Un Chirurgo - Sergio Liviabella
Un Alcalde - Virgilio Carbonari
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6406 {4LPS} (USA) (1959)ª; RCA LSC 6406 {4LPS} (USA) (1959)ª; RCA RE 25016-25019 {4LPS} (UK) (1959)ª;; RCA SER 4516-4519 {4LPS} (UK) (1960)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 660-2 {3LPS} (1975)ª; London OSA 13122 {3LPS}
Compact Disc - Decca(London) 443 678-2
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 - September 1959 p.118; December 1960 pp.347-348 [PHW]; January 1961 p.379 [DST]; May 1975 p.2019 [AB]
Fanfare - Vol.1 No.5 May/June 1978 p.70 [KH]
Orpheus - Februar 1997 S.56
Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.157-159 [WA2]
Opéra International - novembre 1996 No.207 p.57
Diapason - No.427 juin 196 p.131
High Fidelity Magazine - September 1959 Vol.9 No.9 pp.82-83 [RD]
American Record Guide - October 1959 Vol.26 No.2 p.125 [PLM]: November/December 1996 Vol.59 No.6 p.227
Gramophone Record Review - December 1960 p.101 [DH]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.88 mayo 1996 p.94
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.21 septiembre-noviembre 1996 p.68
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Ludwig Welter
Leonora di Vargas - Antonietta Stella
Don Carlo - Ettore Bastianini
Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano
Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato
Fra Melitone - Karl Dönch
Curra - Annemarie Ludwig
Padre Guardiano - Walter Kreppel
Mastro Trabuco - Hugo Meyer-Welfing
Un Chirurgo - Franz Bierbach
Un Alcalde - Harald Pröglhoff
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Black Disc; - Morgan 6002 {3LPs}; Melodram MEL 023 {3LPS} (1981)ª
Compact Disc; - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21022 {2CDS} ; Gala GLH 819 (highlights) {1CD} (1998)ª; *Myto 2MCD 004 228 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Orfeo C 681 0621 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 - February 2007 pp.90-91 [AB]
Fanfare - Vol.24 No.4 March/April 2001 pp.259-261 [JM]; Vol.30 No.6 July/August 2007 pp.252-254 [JM]
Orpheus - Februar 1999 S.53 (highlights) [IW]; März 2001 S.60 [GH]; 7+8 Juli- August 2007 S.59-S.60 [IW]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.4 Autumn 2001 pp.767-769 [RP]
International Record Review - January 2007 p.82 [MT]
American Record Guide - July/August 2007 Vol.70 No.4 p.184 [MM]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - febrero 2001 No.140 p.46, p.48 [AV]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.44 marzo-abril 2001 p.92 [PN]: No.98 marzo 2007 p.95 [JR]
Classica Répertoire - No.90 mars 2007 p.100 [AT]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (23 September 1960; see OPERA November 1960 pp.760-761). The overture is played between Acts 1 and 2
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Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Mario Verazzi
Leonora di Vargas - Gré Brouwenstijn
Don Carlo - Aldo Protti
Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker
Preziosilla - Mignon Dunn
Fra Melitone - Giulio Viamonte
Curra - Ruzena Horakova
Padre Guardiano - Norman Scott
Mastro Trabuco - Virgilio Tavini
Un Chirurgo - Guerrino Boschetti
Un Alcalde - Victor Bacciato
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 921-3 {3CDRS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. The CDs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Compact Disc Releases from Premiere Opera» dated February/March 2003.
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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi
Don Carlo - Richard Tucker
Don Alvaro - Mario Sereni
Preziosilla - Mignon Dunn
Fra Melitone - Salvatore Baccaloni
Curra - Carlotta Ordassy
Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines
Mastro Trabuco - Alessio De Paolis
Un Chirurgo - Roald Reitan
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Compact Disc - Omega Opeora Archive 225 (& 351)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (12 March 1960). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Juan Zanin
Leonora di Vargas - Floriana Cavalli
Don Carlo - Giuseppe Taddei
Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker
Preziosilla - Oralia Domínguez
Fra Melitone - Giulio Viamonte
Curra - Carmen Burello
Padre Guardiano - Plinio Clabassi
Mastro Trabuco - Virgilio Tavini
Un Chirurgo - Guerrino Boschetti
Un Alcalde - José Crea
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Compact Disc; - *Myto 2 MCD 975 174 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 767-2 {2CDRS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:-
Orpheus - Februar 1998 S.62 [GH]
Classical Express - Issue 95 February 1998 p.4 [RB]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (4 August 1961; seeOPERA November 1961 p.709). The overture is omitted
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Conductor George Schick - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Leonora di Vargas - Eileen Farrell
Don Carlo - Robert Merrill
Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker
Preziosilla - Helen Vanni
Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena
Curra - Carlotta Ordassy
Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines
Mastro Trabuco - Alessio De Paolis
Un Chirurgo - George Cehanovsky
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1779 (& 1741)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (30 December 1961). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Ottavio Ziino - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Parma
Chorus - Teatro Regio di Parma
Leonora di Vargas - Marcella De Osma
Don Carlo - Piero Cappuccilli
Don Alvaro - Flaviano Labò
Preziosilla - Fiorenza Cossotto
Fra Melitone - Guido Mazzini
Padre Guardiano - Ivo Vinco
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Compact Disc; - Edizione del Cenetenario del Teatro Magnani di Fidenza con il; Patrocinio del Comunale di Fidenza {2CDS};; Living Stage LS 1061 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:-
Orpheus - März + April 2007 S.56 [GH]
Classic Record Collector - Winter 2006 p.105 [JTH]
Comments:- Recording of a performance given at Fidenza (26 October 1961)
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Conductor Alberto Erede - 1962(LI)
Orchestra - Nederlandische Opera
Chorus - Nederlandische Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Peter van der Bilt
Leonora di Vargas - Gré Brouwenstijn
Don Carlo - John Shaw
Don Alvaro - Jan Peerce
Preziosilla - Rena Garazioti
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Curra - Conchita Gaston
Padre Guardiano - Gyorgy Littasy
Mastro Trabuco - Wim Koopman
Un Chirurgo - Henk Smit
Un Alcalde - Jos Borelli
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Compact Disc; - Osteria OS 1002 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.31 No.4 March/April 2008 pp.271-272 [JM]
American Record Guide - January/February 2008 Vol.71 No.1 p.225 [MM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.62 julio-agosto 2003 pp.84-85 [JR]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in Den Haag (5 July 1962)
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1962(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Forbes Robinson
Leonora di Vargas - Floriana Cavalli
Don Carlo - John Shaw
Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi
Preziosilla - Josephine Veasey
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Curra - Noreen Berry
Padre Guardiano - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Mastro Trabuco - John Dobson
Un Chirurgo - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies
Un Alcalde - David Kelly
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01922
Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 003 224 (+Il trovatore - highlights) {2CDS} (2000)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1325 (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.24 No.3 January/February 2001 p.284 [JM]
Orpheus - Oktober 2000 S.57 [GH]
American Record Guide - November/December 2000 Vol.63 No.6 p.246 [LM]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - noviembre 2000 No.137 p.46 [AV]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 p.97 [JV]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (1 October 1962). The performance on 28 September 1962 is reviewed in OPERA November 1962 pp.758-761)
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Conductor Hans Löwlein - 1962(SE)
Orchestra - Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Chorus - RIAS Kammerchor
Leonora di Vargas - Stefania Woytowicz
Don Carlo - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Don Alvaro - Jess Thomas
Preziosilla - Cvetka Ahlin
Padre Guardiano - Georg Stern
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Black Disc - *DG 2535 428 {1LP}
Compact Cassette - DG 3335 428
Compact Disc - DG 447 813-2 {1CD}
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - Oktober 1995 p.58
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Conductor Renato Cellini - 1963(LE)
Orchestra - New Orleans Opera
Chorus - New Orleans Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Ara Berberian
Leonora di Vargas - Eileen Farrell
Don Carlo - Dino Dondi
Don Alvaro - Richard Cassilly
Fra Melitone - Raymond Michalski
Curra - Lydia Neumann
Padre Guardiano - Nicola Moscona
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Compact Disc; - VAI Audio 1260 (+La Gioconda - excerpts - Guadagno - 1967 {1CD} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:-
Diapason - No.551 S octobre 2007 p.140 [MP]
American Record Guide - May/June 2007 Vol.70 No.3 p.210 [MM]
Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance in the New Orleans Opera House (16 November 1963). The following excerpts appear on the CD issued by VAI: Act 1: Buona notte mia figlia; Temea restass qui...Ah!, pellegrina ed orfana; M'aiuti signorina...Ah per sempre. Act 2 Scene 2: Son giunta...Madre, pietosa Vergine; Chi siete?; Chi mi cerca?; Se voi scacciate; E fermo il voto?; Il santo nome di Dio Signore; la vergine degli angeli. Act 4 Scene 2: Pace, pace, mio Dio; Io muoio Confessione!; Non imprecare.
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Parma
Chorus - Teatro Regio di Parma
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Alfonso Marchica
Leonora di Vargas - Mirella Parutto (-Boyer)
Don Carlo - Piero Cappuccilli
Don Alvaro - Flaviano Labò
Preziosilla - Anna Maria Rota
Fra Melitone - Guido Mazzini
Curra - Luciana Boni
Padre Guardiano - Paolo Washington
Mastro Trabuco - Mario Carlin
Un Chirurgo - Giovanni Pezzini
Un Alcalde - Gino Calò
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4144
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Regio di Parma (10 January 1963). The cast listed above is that given in «Teatro Regio di Città di Parma - Cronologia degli Spettacoli Lirici 1929/1979».
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Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Rene Miville
Leonora di Vargas - Caterina Mancini
Don Carlo - Cesare Bardelli
Don Alvaro - Bruno Prevedi
Preziosilla - Nancy Williams
Fra Melitone - Salvatore Baccaloni
Curra - Norma Dean
Padre Guardiano - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Mastro Trabuco - Salvatore Baccaloni
Un Chirurgo - Walter Knetlar
Un Alcalde - Rene Miville
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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 231-2 {2CDRS}
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (April 1963). The cast listed above is as given in Frank Hamilton's «Partial Performance Chronology 1975-2000»:-
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Silvio Maionica
Leonora di Vargas - Leyla Gencer
Don Carlo - Piero Cappuccilli
Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi
Preziosilla - Adriana Lazzarini
Fra Melitone - Michele Cazzato (Casato)
Curra - Anna Lia Bazzani
Padre Guardiano - Carlo Cava
Mastro Trabuco - Renato Ercolani
Un Chirurgo - Armando Manelli
Un Alcalde - Franco Bordoni
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Black Disc - Great Opera Performances G.F.C. 013-015 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - *House of Opera «The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi - Vol.2 His Later;; Works» {1xCD-ROM} (2002)ª; House of Opera CDBB 689 (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Bologna (9 February 1964). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»
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Conductor Nello Santi - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Leonora di Vargas - Raina Kabaivanska
Don Carlo - Nicolae Herlea
Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi
Preziosilla - Joann Grillo
Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena
Curra - Carlotta Ordassy
Padre Guardiano - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Mastro Trabuco - Andrea Velis
Un Chirurgo - Robert Goodloe
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1596
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (21 December 1964). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The recording is stated to be from a «VG in-house tape».
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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1964(STU)
Orchestra - RCA Italiana Orchestra
Chorus - RCA Italiana Chorus
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Giovanni Foiani
Leonora di Vargas - Leontyne Price
Don Carlo - Robert Merrill
Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker
Preziosilla - Shirley Verrett
Fra Melitone - Ezio Flagello
Curra - Corinna Vozza
Padre Guardiano - Giorgio Tozzi
Mastro Trabuco - Piero De Palma
Un Chirurgo - Mario Rinaudo
Un Alcalde - Rolf Bottcher
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6413 {4LPS} (USA) (1965)ª; RCA Victor LSC 6413 {4LPS} (USA) (1965)ª; RCA Victor RE 5527-5530 {4LPS} (UK) (1965)ª; RCA Victor SER 5527-5530 {4LPS} (UK) (1965)ª; RCA Victor VLS 45143 (Italy)
Compact Cassette - RCA Victor VK45143
Compact Disc; - RCA Victor GD 87971 {3CDS} (1988)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 - October 1965 p.210; January 1966 p.334; December 1988 p. [RO]
Opera - January 1966 p.44 [HDR]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.227-232 [DH]
American Record Guide - May 1965 Vol.31 No.9 pp.798-799, p.945 [PLM]
High Fidelity Magazine - June 1965 Vol.15 No.6 p.74 [CLO]
Audio & Record Review - October 1965 p.17 [CW]
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Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Plinio Clabassi
Leonora di Vargas - Ilva Ligabue
Don Carlo - Piero Cappuccilli
Don Alvaro - Carlo Bergonzi
Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato
Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi
Padre Guardiano - Nicolai Ghiaurov
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1466
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1965). According to the review in OPERA (February 1966 p.147) there were several demonstrations during this performance. The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Joseph Fair
Leonora di Vargas - Eileen Farrell
Don Carlo - Anselmo Colzani
Don Alvaro - Franco Corelli
Preziosilla - Joann Grillo
Fra Melitone - Gerhard Pechner
Curra - Ruth Carron
Padre Guardiano - Ezio Flagello
Mastro Trabuco - Robert Schmorr
Un Chirurgo - Walter Knetlar
Un Alcalde - Louis Pichardo
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Black Disc - Legendary Recordings LR 170-3 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 826-2 {2CDS}; Myto 2MCD 024 268 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:-
Orpheus - Heft 3+4 März+April 2003 S.82 (mention) [GH]
Opéra International - June 1993 p.83; No.292 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.83 [CC]
Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Lyric Opera in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia - 14 April 1965 see OPERA July 1965 p.498
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Conductor Nello Santi - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Leonora di Vargas - Gabriella Tucci
Don Carlo - Ettore Bastianini
Don Alvaro - Franco Corelli
Preziosilla - Joann Grillo
Fra Melitone - Elfego Esparza
Curra - Carlotta Ordassy
Padre Guardiano - Giorgio Tozzi
Mastro Trabuco - Andrea Velis
Un Chirurgo - Robert Goodloe
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Black Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 14 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 706 {2CDS}; Gala GL 100 725 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Myto 2 MCD 033 283 {2CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:-
Orpheus - Heft 9+10 September+Oktober 2003 S.78 [GH]; Heft 11+12 November+Dezember 2003 S.63 [GH]
Opéra International - No.285 décembre 2003 pp.67-68 (mention) [SS]
Le Monde de la Musique - No.280 octobre 2003 p.73 [GG]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.68 marzo 2004 p.88 [JV]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (6 February 1965). This performance was broadcast. This opera was not performed at the MET on 26 February 1965, a date that is sometimes given for this recording.
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Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1965(SE)
Orchestra - Staatskapelle Dresden
Chorus - Staatsoper Dresden
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Siegfried Vogel
Leonora di Vargas - Grace Bumbry
Don Carlo - Hermann Prey
Don Alvaro - Nicolai Gedda
Preziosilla - Helga Dernesch
Padre Guardiano - Gottlob Frick
Un Chirurgo - Fred Teschler
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Black Disc - Columbia SMC 80966 {1LP}; *EMI C 063-28 168 {1LP}
Compact Disc - Berlin Classics 0020252BC {1CD}
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.2 November/December 1994 p.408
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Conductor Wilhelm Schüchter - 1965(SE)
Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Leonora di Vargas - Hildegard Hillebrecht
Don Carlo - Thomas Tipton
Don Alvaro - Rudolf Schock
Preziosilla - Brigitte Fassbaender
Fra Melitone - Manfred Röhrl
Padre Guardiano - Gottlob Frick
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Black Disc; - Eurodisc 74 445 KR {1LP} (1966)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fono Forum - September 1966 S.455 (mention)
Comments:- Wolfgang Schmolke also takes part in these excerpts
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Conductor Pasquale de Angelis - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Alessandro Maddalena
Leonora di Vargas - Elena Souliotis
Don Carlo - Mario Sereni
Don Alvaro - Carlo Menippo
Preziosilla - Franca Mattiucci
Fra Melitone - Alfredo Mariotti
Curra - Angela Rocco
Padre Guardiano - Ivo Vinco
Un Alcalde - Augusto Frati
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Compact Disc; - Hardy Classic HCA 6005-2 {3CDS + 1VHS) (1998)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Hardy Classic Video HCA 6005-2 {3CDS + 1VHS} (highlights) (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:-
Orpheus - April 1999 S.61 [MB]
Opéra International - juin 1999 No.236 p.63 [SS]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII N.126 febbraio 1999 p.81 [GL]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo (16 February 1966). The performance on 20 February, conducted by Capuana and with Cechele as Alvaro, is reviewed in OPERA May 1966 p.393.
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Conductor Mario Rossi - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia
Chorus - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Giovanni Antonini
Leonora di Vargas - Elinor Ross
Don Carlo - Silvano Carroli
Don Alvaro - Gastone Limarilli
Preziosilla - Giovanna Vighi
Fra Melitone - Mario Basiola jnr.
Curra - Lino Cerri
Padre Guardiano - Ivo Vinco
Mastro Trabuco - Ottorino Begali
Un Chirurgo - Uberto Scaglione
Un Alcalde - Enzo Dara
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Compact Disc; - Mondo Musica MFOH 10 431 {3CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.2 November/December 1999 p.383 [JM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.37 enero-febrerp 200