(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1965(LI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Nicola Rescigno*
2 1966(RA) - amico Fritz (L') by Pietro Mascagni - Ferruccio Scaglia*
3 1967(LI) - Manon by Jules Massenet - Jésus Etcheverry*
4 1967(LI) - Piedigrotta by Luigi Ricci - Nino Sanzogno*
5 1968(FI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Giuseppe Patanè*
6 1968(LI) - Chi dell'altrui si veste presto si spoglia by Domenico Cimarosa - Riccardo Muti*
7 1968(LI) - dirindina (La) by Domenico Scarlatti - Riccardo Muti*
8 1969(LI) - Siège de Corinthe [L'assedio di Corinto] (Le) by Gioacchino Rossini - Thomas Schippers*
9 1969(LI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Giuseppe Patanè*
10 1970(LI) - barbiere di Siviglia (Il) by Gioacchino Rossini - Ottavio Ziino*
11 1970(LI) - tigrane (Il) by Alessandro Scarlatti - Franco Caracciolo*
12 1970(RA) - donna del lago (La) by Gioacchino Rossini - Piero Bellugi*
13 1971(LI) - Anacréon by Luigi Cherubini - Eliahu Inbal*
14 1972(LI) - Paride ed Elena by Christophe Willibald Gluck - Piero Bellugi*
15 1973(FI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Lamberto Gardelli*
16 1973(LI;29/12/73) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Anton Guadagno*
17 1973(RA) - Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz - Seiji Ozawa*
18 1974(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Riccardo Muti*
19 1974(LI) - Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini - Jacques Delacôte*
20 1974(LI) - Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi - Alberto Erede***
21 1975(LI) - Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] (Les) by Giuseppe Verdi - Nello Santi*
22 1975(STU) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Bruno Bartoletti*
23 1976(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Heinz Wallberg*
24 1976(STU) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Mstislav Rostropovich*
25 1977(FI) - Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli*
26 1977(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Herbert von Karajan*
27 1977(STU) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Herbert von Karajan*
28 1978(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Peter Maag*
29 1979(LI) - Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini - Anton Guadagno*
30 1979(Napier - Bonisolli - 12/7/79) - Turandot by Giacomo Puccini - Yuri Ahronovitch*
31 1979(Napier - Bonisolli - 15/7/79) - Turandot by Giacomo Puccini - Yuri Ahronovitch*
32 1980(SE) - Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo - Bruno Weil*
33 1981(LI) - Africaine (L') by Giacomo Meyerbeer - David Atherton*
34 1981(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Richard Bonynge**
35 1981(STU) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Lamberto Gardelli*
36 1982(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Giuseppe Morelli*
37 1982(LI) - fanciulla del west (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Giuseppe Sinopoli*
38 1982(LI) - Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini - Jacques Delacôte*
39 1982(LI) - Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti - Hans Graf*
40 1982(LI) - Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi - Edward Downes*
41 1982(STU) - bohème (La) by Ruggiero Leoncavallo - Heinz Wallberg*
42 1982(STU) - masnadieri (I) by Giuseppe Verdi - Richard Bonynge*
43 1983(LI) - ballo in maschera (Un) by Giuseppe Verdi - Julius Rudel*
44 1983(LI) - Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi - Riccardo Muti*
45 1983(LI) - Turandot by Giacomo Puccini - Owain Arwel Hughes*
46 1983(LI) - Turandot by Giacomo Puccini - Niksa Bareza*
47 1983(STU) - Djamileh by Georges Bizet - Lamberto Gardelli*
48 1983(STU) - Iphigénie en Tauride by Christophe Willibald Gluck - Lamberto Gardelli*
49 1985(LI) - ballo in maschera (Un) by Giuseppe Verdi - Cal Stewart Kellog*
50 1985(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Adám Fischer*
51 1985(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Reynald Giovaninetti*
52 1986(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Daniel Oren*
53 1986(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Andrew Meltzer*
54 1986(RA) - Paride ed Elena by Christophe Willibald Gluck - Lothar Zagrosek*
55 1987(LI) - Turandot by Giacomo Puccini - Jacques Delacôte*
56 1989(LC) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - Marcello Viotti*
57 1989(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Pinchas Steinberg**
58 1999(LI) - Fedora by Umberto Giordano - Anton Guadagno*
*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Dallas Civic Opera
Chorus - Dallas Civic Opera
Violetta Valery - Montserrat Caballé
Flora Bervoix - Jean Kraft
Annina - Judith Shults
Alfredo Germont - Franco Bonisolli
Giorgio Germont - Mario Zanasi
Gastone - Franco Ricciardi
Dottore Grenvil - Nicola Zaccaria
Barone Douphol - Roberto Bañuelas
Marchese d'Obigny - Isidoro Gavari
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 476 {2LPS}
Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers TRA 196501 {2CDRS} (Canada)
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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16
Comments:- Recording of a performance at Dallas (13 November 1965). This recording is mentioned in «Montserrat Caballé - Casta Diva» pp..393-394. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca
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Conductor Ferruccio Scaglia - 1966(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Suzel - Gianna Galli
Fritz Kobus - Franco Bonisolli
Beppe - Giuseppina Arista
David - Antonio Boyer
Federico - Gabriele De Julis
Hanezo - Giorgio Onesti
Caterina - Anna Maria Borelli
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Compact Disc; - live-rare-opera un-numbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} (2005)ª; Omega Opera Archive 3615: Opera Depot OD 10230-2 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of L' amico Fritz by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.379; Opera on CD (1) p.116 (2) p.127 (3) p.142; MET p.231; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.352 (2) p.610; Opéra International mars 1999 No.233 pp.16-19, mai 1999 No.235 p.66
Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 14 September 1966. The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue and those issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Jésus Etcheverry - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Manon - Victoria de los Ángeles
Le Chevalier Des Grieux - Franco Bonisolli
Lescaut - Jean-Pierre Laffage
Le Compte des Grieux - Pierre Savignol
Guillot de Morfontaine - Diego Monjó
De Brétigny - Guy Godin
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers MAN 196601 {2CDRS} (Canada) Omega Opera Archive 3280; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2508-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Manon by Jules Massenet are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.171; Opera on Record p.481; CELLETTI p.398; MARINELLI p.323; Opera on CD (1) p.94 (2) p.104 (3) p.117; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.123 p.144; MET p.233; MET(VID) p.128; PENGUIN p.205; GIUDICI p.358 (2) p.629; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110; Orpheus November 2000 S.86
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (January 1967; see OPERA April 1967 p.328). Some of the information on the cast and conductor listed above comes from «El Gran Teatro del Liceo» by Roger Alier y Aixalà and Francesc X. Mata pp.309-310. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca and those issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Premiere are included in the list of New Releases dated 2 February 2007. The year of the performance recorded is given incorrectly in these sources as 1966.
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Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra Scarlatti di Napoli
Chorus - RAI Napoli
Rita - Dora Gatta
Marta - Rita Talarcio
Stella - Edda Vincenzi
Crezia - Giovanna Fioroni
Lena - Giuseppina Arista
Achille - Franco Bonisolli
Cardillo - Florindo Andreolli
Polifemo - Domenico Trimarchi
Renzo - Alberto Rinaldi
Deucalione - Ugo Savarese
Manicotto - Paolo Montarsolo
Un cafettiere - Angelo Degl' Innocenti
L'acquavitaro - Aronne Ceroni
Una voce - Aronne Ceroni
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera EJS 416 {1LP} (1967)ª; Voce 66 {2LPS} (1983)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol.7 No.1 September/October 1983 pp.241-242 [ADC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance on 14 October 1967 in the RAI auditorium (See OPERA February 1968 pp.151-152 ). The work is a version of Luigi Ricci's «La festa di piedigrotta» prepared by Renzo Parodi. The EJS LP does not contain the dialogue, but the Voce LPs do. They are advertized in GRAMOPHONE July 1983 p.142
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Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1968(FI)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Violetta Valery - Anna Moffo
Flora Bervoix - Mafalda Micheluzzi
Annina - Gianna Lollini
Alfredo Germont - Franco Bonisolli
Giorgio Germont - Gino Bechi
Gastone - Glauco Scarlini
Dottore Grenvil - Afro Poli
Barone Douphol - Arturo La Porta
Marchese d'Obigny - Maurizio Piacente
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Laser Disc - Sony SRLM 975-6 (Japanese NTSC)
DVD (Video) - VAI DVD 4223
VHS Video Cassette - VAI 69069 (NTSC); Rank Video Library 75070070 (PAL)
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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 2003 p.86 [AB]
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Opera - October 1967 p.851
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American Record Guide - May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 p.213 [RVL]
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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2003 p.64 [BI]
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Comments:- Video recording of a film directed by Mario Lanfranchi.
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Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1968(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra Scarlatti di Napoli
Chorus - Coro Scarlatti di Napoli
Stellidaura - Valeria Mariconda
Ninetta - Maddalena Bonifaccio
Mirandola - Elena Zilio
Putifarre - Franco Bonisolli
Martuffo - Sesto Bruscantini
Gianfabrizio - Paolo Montarsolo
Gabbamondo - Giovanni Gusmeroli
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporaion UORC 246 {1LP} (1975)ª
Compact Disc - Memories HR 4509/10 (+La Dirindina) {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera News - February 17 1996 p.41
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the «Neapolitan Musical Autumn» (19 August 1968; see OPERA January 1969 p.63)
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Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1968(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra Scarlatti di Napoli
Dirindina - Emilia Ravaglia
Licione - Franco Bonisolli
Don Carissimo - Sesto Bruscantini
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Black Disc - Bismark Beane MRF 116 (+La cecchina) {3LPS}
Compact Disc - Memories HR 4509/10 (+Chi dell'altrui si veste...) {2CDS}
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This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera News - February 17 1996 p.41
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the «Neapolitan Musical Autumn» (See OPERA January1969 p.63)
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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Pamira - Beverly Sills
Néoclès - Marilyn Horne
Maometto - Justino Díaz
Cléomène - Franco Bonisolli
Hiéros (Jero) - Paolo Washington
Omar - Giovanni Foiani
Ismène - Milna Paoli
Adastro - Piero De Palma
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Black Disc - Mauro R. Fugette MRF 38
Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03575
Compact Disc; - Arkadia CD 573 {2CDS}; Legato Classics LCD 135-2 {2CDS}; *House of Opera «Collection of Beverly Sills Operas» {1xCD-ROM} (2002)ª; Celestial Audio CA 034 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Le Siège de Corinthe [L'assedio di Corinto] by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.742; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.81 p.90; Opéra International décembre 1992 p.26; GIUDICI p.747 (2) p.1230
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
ARSC Journal - Vol.22 No.2 Fall 1991 p.252 [SGA]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance of the version prepared by Thomas Schippers and Randolph Mickelson at La Scala (14 April 1969; see OPERA June 1969 p.482). The differences between the version performed here and that performed in the commercial recording conducted by Schippers are given in the review in the ARSC Journal. The date given on the House of Opera CD-ROM is 11 April 1969. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues on January 2005.
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Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Violetta Valery - Jeanette Pilou
Flora Bervoix - Sona Cervená
Annina - Sheila Nadler
Alfredo Germont - Franco Bonisolli
Giorgio Germont - Ingvar Wixell
Gastone - Norman Paige
Dottore Grenvil - Richard J Clark
Barone Douphol - Elfego Esparza
Marchese d'Obigny - Alan Gilbert
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1846-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. See OPERA November 1969 p.969. The cast listed above is that given in the «San Francisco Opera Performance Archive»:-
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Conductor Ottavio Ziino - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Figaro - Sherrill Milnes
Il Conte Almaviva - Franco Bonisolli
Rosina - Biancamaria Casoni
Dr. Bartolo - Enzo Dara
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers BAR 197001 {2CDRS} (Canada)
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Recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.142; CELLETTI p.697; Opera on CD (1) p.29 (2) p.33 (3) p.36; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.37 p.142, mise à jour Juin 2002 p.2; MET p.480; MET(VID) p.282; PENGUIN p.353; Opéra International novembre 1992 p.18; Gramophone July 1992 p.29; GIUDICI p.699 (2) p.1169; Répertoire No.92 juin 1996 p.17; Opera Now November/December 1996 p.69; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.105; Classic CD August 2000 p.48; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; BBC Music Magazine April 2002 p.57; Classic Record Collector Autumn 2007 p.46: Winter 2007 p.38
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (January 1970). The partial cast listed above is that given in «El Gran Teatro dell Liceo» by Roger Alier i Aixalà and Francesc X. Mata p.330. 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 Franco Caracciolo - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - RAI Napoli
Chorus - RAI Napoli
Tomiri - Sylvia Geszty
Meroe - Maria Luisa Cioni
Policare - Margarita Lilowa
Dorilla - Maria Casula
Tigrane - Paul Esswood
Doraspe - Franco Bonisolli
Orcone - Giorgio Tadeo
Narratore - Nello Riviè
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Black Disc - Voce 83 {2LPS}
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Comments:- Recording of a performance given at the «Stagione lirica all'Auditorium» (14 October 1970; see OPERA January 1971 p.66 )
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Conductor Piero Bellugi - 1970(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Elena - Montserrat Caballé
Malcolm - Júlia Hamari
Uberto (Giacomo) - Franco Bonisolli
Rodrigo di Dhu - Pietro Bottazzo
Douglas d'Angus - Paolo Washington
Albina - Anna Maria Balboni
Serano - Gino Sinimberghi
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Black Disc - BJR 116 {3LPS}; HOPE 206 {3LPS}; Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 58 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Melodram 27074 {2CDS}; Standing Room Only SRO 803-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1206 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Celestial Audio CA 099 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La donna del lago by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.718; PENGUIN p.359; GIUDICI p.733 (2) p.1216
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 p.107 [DA]
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Comments:- Recording of a broadcast performance (20 April 1970)
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Conductor Eliahu Inbal - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - ORCHESTRA
Chorus - CHORUS
Anacréon - Franco Bonisolli
L'Amour - Valeria Mariconda
Corine - Katia Ricciarelli
Esclave 1 - Slavka Taskova(-Paoletti)
Esclave 2 - Carmen Gonzales
Vénus - Pierrette Gallet
Bathille - Carlo Gaifa
Glycere - Carmen Gonzales
Athanais - Monique Baudoin
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Black Disc - Mauro R. Fuguette «Cherubini Series» MRF/C-01 {2LPS}
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Comments:- Recording of a performance given at the Settimana Musicale Senese in the Teatro dei Rinnovati, Siena (See OPERA November 1971 pp.1005-1006
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Conductor Piero Bellugi - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra di Settimana Musicale Senese
Chorus - Coro di Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Paride - Franco Bonisolli
Elena - Katia Ricciarelli
Amore - Valeria Mariconda
Pallade - Carmen Lavani
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Black Disc; - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF BARD-1 D 2 {2LPS} (1983)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Paride ed Elena by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.65; CELLETTI p.291; PENGUIN p.111; GIUDICI p.261; Répertoire No.99 février 1997 p.11
Comments:- The MRF LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670
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Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1973(FI)
Orchestra - Berliner Staatskapelle
Chorus - Berliner Staatsoper
Violetta Valery - Mirella Freni
Flora Bervoix - Hania Kovicz
Annina - Gudrun Schäfer
Alfredo Germont - Franco Bonisolli
Giorgio Germont - Sesto Bruscantini
Gastone - Peter Bindzsus
Dottore Grenvil - Hans-Joachim Lukat
Barone Douphol - Rudolf Jedlicka
Marchese d'Obigny - Heinz Reeh
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Black Disc; - BASF KBL 21644 {3LPS}; BASF BAC 3101-3102 {2LPS} (1976)ª; Acanta JB 21644 {3LPS} (1979)ª; Musical Heritage Society MHS 834486 {3LPS} (USA) (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Pilz-Acanta 41 644 {2CDS}; Arts 43031-2 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1976 p.1796 (AB); October 1976 p.551 [JBS] October 1979 [AB]
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Orpheus - 1+2 Januar+Februar 2005 S.61-S.62 [IW]
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American Record Guide - October 1982 Vol.46 No.1 p.65 [RVL]
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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2004 pp.102-103 [JTH]
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Classica Répertoire - No.61 avril 2004 p.116 [AT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.72 juLio-agosto 2004 p.87 [JV]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIX N.191 febbraio 2005 pp.87-88 [GL]
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Comments:- Recording of the sound track of a television film
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Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1973(LI;29/12/73)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Rodolfo - Franco Bonisolli
Marcello - Giuseppe Taddei
Colline - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Mimi - Ileana Cotrubas
Musetta - Renate Holm
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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1944 (1990)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (29 December 1973). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - July/August 1990»
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Conductor Seiji Ozawa - 1973(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Benvenuto Cellini - Franco Bonisolli
Balducci - Pierre Thau
Fieramosca - Wolfgang Brendel
Le Pape Clément VII - Robert Amis El Hage
Francesco - Gino Sinimberghi
Bernadino - James Loomis
Pompeo - Tommaso Frascati
Teresa - Teresa Zylis-Gara
Cabaretier - Fernandino Jacopucci
Ascanio - Elisabeth Steiner
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Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1373 {2CDS} (2002)ª
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Recordings of Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record II p.163; CELLETTI p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.142 p.100; GIUDICI p.54 (2) p.95; Opéra International No.278 avril 2003 p.20; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - August 2003 pp.53-54 [DJB]
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Fanfare - Vol.26 No.6 July/August 2003 pp.91-92 [AC]
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Opéra International - No.278 avril 2003 p.24, p.70 [CW]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance of the «Weimar Version» broadcast on 8 May 1973.
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Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Manfred Jungwirth
Leonora di Vargas - Gilda Cruz-Romo
Don Carlo - Kostas Paskalis
Don Alvaro - Franco Bonisolli
Preziosilla - Joy (Joyce) Davidson
Fra Melitone - Sesto Bruscantini
Curra - Axelle Gall
Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi
Mastro Trabuco - Kurt Equiluz
Un Chirurgo - Georg Tichy
Un Alcalde - Harald Pröglhoff
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01924
Compact Disc; - Myto 3 MCD 043 294 (Lucia di Lammermoor excerpts - Gruberova - Bonisolli) {3CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
American Record Guide - May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.242-243 [MM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (29 September 1974). This was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 27 October 1974 (see Radio Times Issue dated 26 October - 1 November 1974 p.38).
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Conductor Jacques Delacôte - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Hamburgische Staatsoper
Chorus - Hamburgische Staatsoper
Guglielmo Tell - Giuseppe Taddei
Arnoldo Melchtal - Franco Bonisolli
Gualtiero Furst - Stafford Dean
Melchthal - Harald Stamm
Jemmy - Audrey Michael
Edwige - Alicia Nafé
Un pescatore - Vittorio Terranova
Leutoldo - Michael Haliwell
Gessler - Carl Allen Schultz
Matilde - Teresa Zylis-Gara
Rodolfo - Thomas Herndon
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Compact Disc; - Myto 3 MCD 080329 {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.41; CELLETTI p.724; Opera on CD (1) p.32 (2) p.36 (3) p.41 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.118 p.116; MET(VID) p.297; PENGUIN p.363; Opera on Video p.55; GIUDICI p.750 (2) p.1235
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Volume 30 No.2 November/December 2006 p.247 [BR]
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American Record Guide - November/December 2006 Vol.69 No.6 pp.174-175 [KM]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.98 marzo 2007 p.93 [JS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Hamburg State Opera (5 October 1974).
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Conductor Alberto Erede - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Luisa - Lilian Sukis
Rodolfo - Franco Bonisolli
Miller - Giuseppe Taddei
Walter - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Federica - Christa Ludwig
Wurm - Malcolm Smith
Laura - Milkana Nikolova
Contadino - Horst Nitsche
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Compact Disc; - Mitridate «Ponto» PO 1009 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.160; Opera on Record 2 p.129; CELLETTI p.930; Opera on CD (1) p.48 (2) p.55 (3) p.60; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.151 p.78; MET p.579; MET(VID) p.363; PENGUIN p.486; Opera Quarterly Vol.10 No.3 1994 p.195; GIUDICI p.897 (2) p.1450; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.1 p.326; Orpheus August-September 2001 S.86; Opéra International octobre 2001 No.261 p.20; Gramophone July 2003 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Diapason - No.499 janvier 2003 p.105 [MP]
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Répertoire - No.164 janvier 2003 pp.97-98 [PT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.68 marzo 2004 p.88 [BD]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Vienna State Opera (23 January 1974). The performance on 25 January 1974 is reviewed in OPERA April 1974 p.295.
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Conductor Nello Santi - 1975(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris
Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris
Guido di Montforte - Peter Glossop
Arrigo - Franco Bonisolli
Giovanni da Procida - Ruggero Raimondi
La Duchessa Elena - Cristina Deutekom
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 8281
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Recordings of Les Vêpres siciliennes [I vespri siciliani] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.101; CELLETTI p.1071; Opera on CD (1) p.52 (2) p.59 (3) p.66 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.75 p.102; MET p.618; MET(VID) p.383; PENGUIN p.510; GIUDICI p.953 (2) p.1537; Orpheus Februar 2001 p.57; Opéra International No.280 juin 2003 p.22
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier, Paris (probably 2 January 1975).
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Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1975(STU)
Orchestra - Berliner Staatskapelle
Chorus - Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin
Manrico - Franco Bonisolli
Azucena - Viorica Cortez
Leonora - Raina Kabaivanska
Conte di Luna - Giorgio Zancanaro
Ferrando - Giancarlo Luccardi
Ines - Gisela Pohl
Ruiz - Johannes Bier
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Black Disc - Fonoteam; Ariola Eurodisc 281689XFR {3LPS}; Acanta 794 23.301 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - DA Music {2CDS}; Acanta 43301 {2CDS}; Arts Music 43045-2 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
American Record Guide - September 1977 p.46
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Classical Express - Issue No.113 August 1999 p.3 [NL]
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Das Opernglas - Januar 1998 S.64 [ML]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.80 mayo 2005 p.87 [PN]
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Conductor Heinz Wallberg - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Otello - Franco Bonisolli
Desdemona - Anna Alexieva
Iago - Giuseppe Taddei
Cassio - Adolf Dallapozza
Rodrigo - Ewald Aichberger
Lodovico - Frederick Guthrie
Montano - Siegfried Rudolf Frese
Un Araldo - Georg Tichy
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDWW 1143 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; House of Opera CDBB 741 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
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Recordings of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Vienna State Opera (4 May 1976). The cast listed above was deduced from information in the «Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1994-1995). The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003 (CDWW 1143) and are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22» (CDBB 741).
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Conductor Mstislav Rostropovich - 1976(STU)
Orchestra - Orchestre National de France
Chorus - Les Choeurs de Radio France et La Maîtrise de Radio France(Enfants)
Floria Tosca - Galina Vishnevskaya
Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Bonisolli
Il barone Scarpia - Matteo Manuguerra
Il Sagristano - Guido Mazzini
Cesare Angelotti - Antonio Zerbini
Spoletta - Mario Guggia
Sciarrone - Domenico Versaci Medici
Un carceriere - Giacomo Bertasi
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Black Disc; - DG 2707 087 {2LPS} (1976)ª;; *DG 2727 016 {2LPS}
Compact Cassette - DG 3370 008; DG 3377 016
Compact Disc; - DG 477 559 9 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1976 p.1051 [AB]; December 2005 p.121 (mention) [PO'C]
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Orpheus - September+Oktober 2006 S.59 (mention) [US]
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Diapason - No.528 septembre 2005 pp.113-114 [MP]
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The New Records (Philadelphia) - December 1976 p.10 [WAO]
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1977(FI)
Orchestra - Dresdner Staatskapelle
Chorus - Dresdner Staatsoper
Rigoletto - Rolando Panerai
Gilda - Margherita Rinaldi
Duca di Mantova - Franco Bonisolli
Sparafucile - Bengt Rundgren
Maddalena - Viorica Cortez
Giovanna - Ilona Papenthin
Monterone - Antonin Svorc
Marullo - Horst Lunow
Borsa - Henno Garduhn
Conte di Ceprano - Peter Olesch
Contessa di Ceprano - Maria Corelli
Un paggio - Sylvia Pawlik
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Black Disc; - Acanta HA 21474 {3LPS} (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - Pilz Acanta 41 474 {2CDS}; Arts Music 43073 {2CDS} (2006)ª
Laser Disc - Amadeo Video PHLK 10007-8 (Japanese NTSC)
DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 2022 (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; «Musica 99» p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1979 p.1052 (audio) [RO]
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Fanfare - Vol.2 No.1 September/October 1978 p.121 (audio) [JY]; Vol.30 No.6 July/ August 2007 (audio) pp.254-255 [ED]
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Orpheus - November + Dezember 2007 S.59 (audio) [IW]
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American Record Guide - January/February 2008 Vol.71 No.1 pp.176-177 (audio) [MM]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.103 septiembre 2007 p.94 (audio) [FF]
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Comments:- Video recording of a film or audio recording of its soundtrack. The DVDR issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1977(LI)
Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Manrico - Franco Bonisolli
Azucena - Fiorenza Cossotto
Leonora - Leontyne Price
Conte di Luna - Piero Cappuccilli
Ferrando - José van Dam
Ines - Maria Venuti
Ruiz - Heinz Zednik
Un vecchio zingaro - Martin Egel
Un messo - Ewald Aichberger
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Open Reel Tape - mr.tape 2532
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg (March 1977). A performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 26 December 1977. See Radio Times Issue dated 24 December 1977 - 6 January 1978 p.36.
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1977(STU)
Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker
Chorus - Deutsche Oper (Berlin)
Manrico - Franco Bonisolli
Azucena - Elena Obraztsova
Leonora - Leontyne Price
Conte di Luna - Piero Cappuccilli
Ferrando - Ruggero Raimondi
Ines - Maria Venuti
Ruiz - Horst Nitsche
Un messo - Horst Nitsche
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Black Disc; - *EMI SLS 5111 {3LPS} (1978)ª; EMI EX 290953-3 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel SCLX 3855 {3LPS} (1978)ª
Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-SLS 5111 (1978)ª; EMI EX 290953-5 (1987)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 69311-2 {2CDS} (1995)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1978 p.1766 [EG]: July 1978 p.167 [JBS]; November 1978 p.970 [IM]; March 1987 p. [HF]; September 1995 p.109
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Opera Now - June 1995 p.54
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BBC Music Magazine - July 1995 p.73
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American Record Guide - January/February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.183 [LM]
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Répertoire - No.80 mai 1995 p.95
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Comments:- See «Herbert von Karajan - A Life in Music» by Richard Osborne p.810
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Conductor Peter Maag - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Chorus - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Manrico - Franco Bonisolli
Azucena - Fiorenza Cossotto
Leonora - Mara Zampieri
Conte di Luna - Giorgio Zancanaro
Ferrando - Antonio Zerbini
Ines - Jolanda Michieli
Ruiz - Mario Guggia
Un vecchio zingaro - Roberto Tonini
Un messo - Giorgio Marelli
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Compact Disc - House of Opera CDWW 1245 {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro La Fenice di Venezia (27 December 1978). The performance on 21 December 1978 is reviewed in OPERA March 1979 pp.267-268. The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003
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Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève
Guglielmo Tell - Siegmund Nimsgern
Arnoldo Melchtal - Franco Bonisolli
Gualtiero Furst - Gianfranco Casarini
Melchthal - Sergio Kalabakos
Jemmy - Danièle Perriers
Edwige - Birgit Finnilä
Un pescatore - Vittorio Terranova
Leutoldo - François Castel
Gessler - Hans Tschammer
Matilde - Katia Ricciarelli
Rodolfo - Nuccio Saetta
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Compact Disc; - Gala GLH 825 (highlights) {1CD} (2000)ª
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 6100
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.41; CELLETTI p.724; Opera on CD (1) p.32 (2) p.36 (3) p.41 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.118 p.116; MET(VID) p.297; PENGUIN p.363; Opera on Video p.55; GIUDICI p.750 (2) p.1235
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Grand Théâtre de Genève (September 1979; see OPERA January 1980 pp.75-76). A recording of what appears to be this performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 22 March 1980. This is listed in Radio Times where the conductor is given as Giuseppe Patanè (Issue dated 22-28 March p.34).
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Conductor Yuri Ahronovitch - 1979(Napier - Bonisolli - 12/7/79)
Orchestra - Arena di Verona
Chorus - Arena di Verona
La principessa Turandot - Marita Napier
Calaf - Franco Bonisolli
Liù - Mietta Sighele
Ping - Guido Mazzini
Pang - Franco Ricciardi
Pong - Florindo Andreolli
Timur - Carlo Zardo
L'imperatore Altoum - Floro Ferrari
Un mandarino - Orazio Mori
Il Principe di Persia - Ivan Del Manto
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 4698
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Recordings of Turandot by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.114; Opera on Record p.618; CELLETTI p.655; Opera on CD (1) p.111 (2) p.122 (3) p.137 MET p.454; MET(VID) p.252; PENGUIN p.320; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.33 p.97, No.220 p.98; Opera on Video p.187; GIUDICI p.652 (2) p.1073; Répertoire No.97 décembre 1996 p.16; International Opera Collector Spring 1997 No.3 p.40; Opera Quarterly Vo.13 No.4 Summer 1997 p.77; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Diapason No.559 juin 2008 p.78; Gramophone July 2008 p.52
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Verona Arena (12 July 1979). The cast listed above is that given in the programme book for the 1988 festival p.91.
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Conductor Yuri Ahronovitch - 1979(Napier - Bonisolli - 15/7/79)
Orchestra - Arena di Verona
Chorus - Arena di Verona
La principessa Turandot - Marita Napier
Calaf - Franco Bonisolli
Liù - Mietta Sighele
Ping - Guido Mazzini
Pang - Franco Ricciardi
Pong - Florindo Andreolli
Timur - Carlo Zardo
L'imperatore Altoum - Gianfranco Manganotti
Un mandarino - Orazio Mori
Il Principe di Persia - Ivan Del Manto
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Recordings of Turandot by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.114; Opera on Record p.618; CELLETTI p.655; Opera on CD (1) p.111 (2) p.122 (3) p.137 MET p.454; MET(VID) p.252; PENGUIN p.320; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.33 p.97, No.220 p.98; Opera on Video p.187; GIUDICI p.652 (2) p.1073; Répertoire No.97 décembre 1996 p.16; International Opera Collector Spring 1997 No.3 p.40; Opera Quarterly Vo.13 No.4 Summer 1997 p.77; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Diapason No.559 juin 2008 p.78; Gramophone July 2008 p.52
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Verona Arena (15 July 1979). The cast listed above is that given in the programme book for the 1988 festival p.91.
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Conductor Bruno Weil - 1980(SE)
Orchestra - Pfälzische Philharmoniker
Chorus - Nationaltheater Mannheim
Canio - Franco Bonisolli
Nedda - Edda Moser
Tonio - Bruno Pola
Beppe - Martin Finke
Silvio - Wolfgang Schöne
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Black Disc; - EMI 1C 061 46 248 (+Cavalleria rusticana - Peters - excerpts) {1LP} (1981)ª
Compact Cassette; - EMI 1C 261 46 248 (+Cavalleria rusticana - Peters - excerpts) (1981)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.209; Opera on Record p.547; CELLETTI p.359; MARINELLI p.333; Opera on CD (1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.136; MET p.209; MET(VID) p.119; PENGUIN p.184; Opera on Video p.192; GIUDICI p.325 (2) p.562; Répertoire No.101 avril 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Gramophone March 2008 p.48
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Conductor David Atherton - 1981(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Selika - Grace Bumbry
Vasco da Gama - Franco Bonisolli
Ines - Miwako Matsumoto
Nelusko - Silvano Carroli
Don Pedro - Richard Van Allan
Alvar - Robert Tear
High Priest of Brahma - Donald McIntyre
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03263
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Recordings of L' Africaine by Giacomo Meyerbeer are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.421; Opera on Video p.43
Comments:- Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (14 March 1981). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house». The performance on 3 March 1981 is reviewed in OPERA May 1981 pp.526-527. The cassettes issue by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.
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Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1981(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Manrico - Franco Bonisolli
Azucena - Elena Obraztsova
Leonora - Joan Sutherland
Conte di Luna - Yuri Mazurok
Ferrando - John Tomlinson
Ines - Elizabeth Bainbridge
Ruiz - John Dobson
Un vecchio zingaro - Wyndham Parfitt
Un messo - John Kerr
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01753
Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 682 (2003)ª; live-rare-opera (unnumbered) {2CDS} (2007)ª
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
Comments:- Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (December 1981). The performance on 19 December 1981 is reviewed in OPERA February 1982 pp.209-210. The performance on 22 December 1981 was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times issue dated 19 December 1981 - 1 January 1982 p.41). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated «03/12/22». Pavarotti is listed here as a member of the cast, but he did not sing in any of the performances of Il trovatore at Covent Garden in December 1981.
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Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1981(STU)
Orchestra - Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Santuzza - Martina Arroyo
Turiddu - Franco Bonisolli
Alfio - Bernd Weikl
Lola - Livia Budai
Lucia - Juliana Falk
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Black Disc; - Eurodisc 301 133 (+orchestral excerpts) {2LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Cassette; - Eurodisc 501 133 (+orchestral excerpts) (1982)ª
Compact Disc - BMG-RCA 74321 25282-2 (+Pagliacci) {2CDS}
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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1982 p.1527 [AB]
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Opera Now - April 1995 p.53
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Opéra International - juin 1995 No.192 p.67
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.169 p.125
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Répertoire - No.80 mai 1995 p.53
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - septiembre-noviembre 1995 p.62
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Conductor Giuseppe Morelli - 1982(LI)
Orchestra - Orquesta Sinfónica Euskadi
Chorus - Coro de la Asociación Bilbaina de Amigos de la Ópera (ABAO)
Aida - Ghena Dimitrova
Radamès - Franco Bonisolli
Amneris - Fiorenza Cossotto
Amonasro - Ettore Nova
Ramphis - Ivo Vinco
Il Re di Egitto - Giovanni Gusmeroli
Una Sacerdotessa - Marisa Mariz
Un Messaggero - Hercilio Batista
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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 421 {3LPS}
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
Comments:- Recording of a performance in Bilbao (4 September 1982).
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Conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli - 1982(LI)
Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Minnie - Ghena Dimitrova
Dick Johnson - Franco Bonisolli
Jack Rance - Silvano Carroli
Nick - Loren Driscoll
Ashby - Tomislav Neralic
Jake Wallace - William Murray
Wowkle - Kaja Borris
Sonora - Rolf Kühne
Trin - Karl-Ernst Mercker
Sid - Otto Heuer
Bello - Barry McDaniel
Harry - Peter Maus
Joe - William Pell
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 116-2 {2CDRS} (2001)ª; The Opera Lovers FAN 198201 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
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Recordings of La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.106; Opera on Record 3 p.221; CELLETTIp.600; Opera on CD (1) p.109 (2) p.120 (3) p.135; MET p.438; MET(VID) p.245; PENGUIN p.301; The Absolute Sound Issue 69 Summer 1993 p.123; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.165 p.116; GIUDICI p.634 (2) p.1045
Comments:- Recording at thr Deutsche Oper, Berlin (December 1982; see ORPHEUS Februar 1983 pp.149-150. The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001» and those issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Jacques Delacôte - 1982(LI)
Orchestra - Orchester
Chorus - Chor
Guglielmo Tell - Antonio Salvadori
Arnoldo Melchtal - Franco Bonisolli
Gualtiero Furst - Gianfranco Casarini
Melchthal - Stefan Elenkov
Jemmy - Adriana Nelli
Edwige - Roand Wishlachi
Un pescatore - Raimundo Mettre
Leutoldo - Gianfranco Casarini
Gessler - Hans Tschammer
Matilde - Adelaide Negri
Rodolfo - Wilfred Garnisch
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CD 2959; New Ornamenti NOC 109-111 {3CDS} (2007)ª
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Recordings of Guillaume Tell [Guglielmo Tell] by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.41; CELLETTI p.724; Opera on CD (1) p.32 (2) p.36 (3) p.41 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.118 p.116; MET(VID) p.297; PENGUIN p.363; Opera on Video p.55; GIUDICI p.750 (2) p.1235
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Brucknerhalle, Linz (October 1982). The CDRs issued by HOO are listed in their online catalogue and the CDs issued on the New Ornamenti label are listed on the website of LR-Musica (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Hans Graf - 1982(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Lucia - Edita Gruberova
Edgardo - Franco Bonisolli
Enrico - Hans Helm
Raimondo - Peter Wimberger
Normanno - Gregor Caban
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Compact Disc; - live-rare-opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} (2007)ª
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Recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera February 1959 p.86; HARRIS p.150; Opera on Record p.184; CELLETTI p.223; MARINELLI p.114; Opera on CD (1) p.34 (2) p.39 (3) p.43; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.55 p.110, No.233 p.114; MET p.113; MET(VID) p.64; PENGUIN p.78; Opéra International janvier 1995 No.187 p.19, juillet- aoüt 1997 No.215 p.10; Opera on Video p.57; GIUDICI p.190 (2) p.312; Répertoire No.107 novembre 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera. Some information about the cast listed above is as given in «Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1965-2005» by Andreas Láng S.139-S.140.
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Conductor Edward Downes - 1982(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Simon Boccanegra - Renato Bruson
Jacopo Fiesco - Robert Lloyd
Amelia Grimaldi - Kiri Te Kanawa
Gabriele Adorno - Franco Bonisolli
Paolo Albiani - Jonathan Summers
Pietro - Roderick Earle
Un'ancella - Jane Powell
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Handel Owen
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02496
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Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
Comments:- Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1 June 1982). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times issue dated 20 May - 4 June 1982 p.49).
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Conductor Heinz Wallberg - 1982(STU)
Orchestra - Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Schaunard - Alan Titus
Musette - Alexandrina Milcheva(-Nonova)
Marcello - Franco Bonisolli
Mimi - Lucia Popp
Rodolfo - Bernd Weikl
Barbemuche - Alexander Malta
Colline - Raimund Grumbach
Visconte Paolo - Jörn W Wilsing
Durand - Norbert Orth
Gaudenzio - Friedrich Lenz
Eufemia - Sofia Lis
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Black Disc; - Orfeo S 023823 {3LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc - Orfeo C 023823 H {2CDS}
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Recordings of La bohème by Ruggiero Leoncavallo are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.358; GIUDICI p.335
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1988 p. [MEO]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.1 p.181
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Fono Forum - Juni 1983 S.61-S.62 [HS]
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Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1982(STU)
Orchestra - Welsh National Opera
Chorus - Welsh National Opera
Massimiliano - Samuel Ramey
Carlo - Franco Bonisolli
Francesco - Matteo Manuguerra
Amalia - Joan Sutherland
Armino - Arthur Davies
Moser - Simone Alaimo
Rolla - John Harris
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Black Disc; - *Decca D273 D3 {3LPS} (1983)ª;; London LDR 73008 {3LPS} (1983)ª
Compact Cassette; - Decca K273K32 (1983)ª;; London LDR5 7308 (1983)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 433 854-2 {2CDS} (1993)ª; *Lyrica LRC 1036/1037 (Decca 448 553/4-2) (Italy)
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Recordings of I masnadieri by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.952; GIUDICI p.893 (2) p.1446; Lyrica N.29 Anno III Maggio 1996 p.56; Opéra International No.262 novembre 2001 p.28
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1983 p.271 [EG]; October 1983 pp.455-456 [JBS] ; July 1993 p.90 [JBS]
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Opera Now - March 1993 p.48
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Fanfare - Vol.7 No.1 September/October 1983 p.278 [ADC]
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Opéra International - Vol.2 No.1 p.155; Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.187-189 [CPGP]
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Diapason - janvier 1992 p.147
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American Record Guide - January 1984 Vol.47 No.2 p.56 [RVL]
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Classic CD - February 1993 p.72
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Répertoire - janvier 1993 p.101
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Conductor Julius Rudel - 1983(LI)
Orchestra - Hamburgische Staatsoper
Chorus - Hamburgische Staatsoper
Riccardo - Franco Bonisolli
Renato - Giorgio Zancanaro
Amelia - Montserrat Caballé
Ulrica - Eva Randová
Oscar - Julie Kaufmann
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Compact Disc; - live-rare-opera un-numbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} (2005)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1942-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
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Recordings of Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; Opera on Record p.258; CELLETTI p.839; Opera on CD (1) p.54 (2) p.61 (3) p.68; MET p.625; MET(VID) p.389; PENGUIN p.467; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.32 p.110: No.237 p.82; GIUDICI p.966 (2) p.1555; BBC Music Magazine September 1999 p.56; Opéra International No.257 mai 2001 p.20; The Gramophone August 2006 p.48
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Hamburg Opera (16 September 1983). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases on CD, Fall 2005» Dated Nov.16 2005.
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Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1983(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Rigoletto - Renato Bruson
Gilda - Edita Gruberova
Duca di Mantova - Franco Bonisolli
Sparafucile - John-Paul Bogart
Maddalena - Rohangiz Yachmi(-Caucig)
Giovanna - Waltraud Winsauer
Monterone - Peter Wimberger
Marullo - Charles Naylor
Borsa - Helmut Wildhaber
Conte di Ceprano - Hans Christian
Contessa di Ceprano - Graciela von Gyldenfeldt
Un paggio - Gabriele Sima
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers RIG 198301 {2CDRS} (Canada) live-rare-opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK-HTM) {2CDS} (2007)ª
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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; «Musica 99» p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (March 1983; see OPERA May 1983 pp.525-527). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca
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Conductor Owain Arwel Hughes - 1983(LI)
Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Huddersfield Choral Society
La principessa Turandot - Sylvia Sass
Calaf - Franco Bonisolli
Liù - Barbara Hendricks
Ping - Alan Opie
Pang - Wynford Evans
Pong - Justin Lavender
L'imperatore Altoum - Hugues Cuénod
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03111
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Recordings of Turandot by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.114; Opera on Record p.618; CELLETTI p.655; Opera on CD (1) p.111 (2) p.122 (3) p.137 MET p.454; MET(VID) p.252; PENGUIN p.320; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.33 p.97, No.220 p.98; Opera on Video p.187; GIUDICI p.652 (2) p.1073; Répertoire No.97 décembre 1996 p.16; International Opera Collector Spring 1997 No.3 p.40; Opera Quarterly Vo.13 No.4 Summer 1997 p.77; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Diapason No.559 juin 2008 p.78; Gramophone July 2008 p.52
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Barbican Hall, London, using Alfano's original completion (3 November 1982; see OPERA January 1983 pp.37-40). It does not appear that this performance was broadcast so the recording was, presumably, made «in-house».
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Conductor Niksa Bareza - 1983(LI)
Orchestra - Hamburgische Staatsoper
Chorus - Hamburgische Staatsoper
La principessa Turandot - Éva Marton
Calaf - Franco Bonisolli
Liù - Beatrice Haldas
Ping - Mikael Melbye
Pang - Frieder Stricker
Pong - Heinz Kruse
Timur - Richard Curtin
L'imperatore Altoum - Peter Haage
Un mandarino - Ude Krekow
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Compact Disc; - live-rare-opera un-numbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} (2005)ª
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Recordings of Turandot by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.114; Opera on Record p.618; CELLETTI p.655; Opera on CD (1) p.111 (2) p.122 (3) p.137 MET p.454; MET(VID) p.252; PENGUIN p.320; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.33 p.97, No.220 p.98; Opera on Video p.187; GIUDICI p.652 (2) p.1073; Répertoire No.97 décembre 1996 p.16; International Opera Collector Spring 1997 No.3 p.40; Opera Quarterly Vo.13 No.4 Summer 1997 p.77; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Diapason No.559 juin 2008 p.78; Gramophone July 2008 p.52
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Hamburg State Opera (15 October 1983). The performance on 9 October 1983 which was conducted by Giuseppe Patanè is reviewed in ORPHEUS November 1983 S.970-971.
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Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1983(STU)
Orchestra - Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Djamileh - Lucia Popp
Haroun - Franco Bonisolli
Splendiano - Jean-Philippe Lafont
Le Marchand d'esclaves - Jacques Pineau
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Compact Cassette - Orfeo M 17488 1A
Compact Disc - Orfeo C 17488 1A {1CD}
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This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1989 p. [AB]
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Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1983(STU)
Orchestra - Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Iphigénie - Pilar Lorengar
Oreste - Walton Grönroos
Pylade - Franco Bonisolli
Thoas - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Diane - Angelika Nowski
Une prêtesse - Alma Jean Smith
Une prêtesse - Susanne Klare
Un scythe - John Janssen
Ministre de Thoas - David Cumberland
Une grecque - Carmen Anhorn
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Black Disc; - Orfeo S 052833 F {3LPS} (1984)ª
Compact Cassette; - Orfeo M 052833 F (1984)ª
Compact Disc; - Orfeo C 052832 H {2CDS} (1987)ª
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Recordings of Iphigénie en Tauride by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.72; CELLETTI p.278; Opera on CD (1) p.14 (2) p.18 (3) p.19; PENGUIN p.108; Opéra International avril 1995 No.190 p.22; GIUDICI p.262; Répertoire No.99 février 1997 p.12
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1984 p. [JBS]; December 1987 p. [AB]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.4 p.110 [GM]
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Conductor Cal Stewart Kellog - 1985(LI)
Orchestra - Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
Chorus - Washington Opera
Riccardo - Franco Bonisolli
Renato - Juan (Joan) Pons
Amelia - Adelaide Negri
Ulrica - Geraldine Decker
Oscar - Cyndia Sieden
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Compact Disc; - New Ornamenti NOC 112-13 {2CDS} (2005)ª
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Recordings of Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; Opera on Record p.258; CELLETTI p.839; Opera on CD (1) p.54 (2) p.61 (3) p.68; MET p.625; MET(VID) p.389; PENGUIN p.467; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.32 p.110: No.237 p.82; GIUDICI p.966 (2) p.1555; BBC Music Magazine September 1999 p.56; Opéra International No.257 mai 2001 p.20; The Gramophone August 2006 p.48
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Kennedy Center, Washington (November 1985). The cast also included Greg Ryerson, Stephen Saxon, Gordon Hawkins, Christopher King, Stephen Stokes.
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Conductor Adám Fischer - 1985(LI)
Orchestra - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chorus - Hamburgische Staatsoper - Chor des Gymnasiums Eppendorf
Otello - Franco Bonisolli
Desdemona - Luisa Bosabalian
Iago - Piero Cappuccilli
Cassio - Ryland Davies
Rodrigo - Peter Haage
Lodovico - Harald Stamm
Montano - Herbert Fliether
Emilia - Olive Fredricks
Un Araldo - Carl Schultz
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 742 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
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Recordings of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Hamburg State Opera (24 April 1985; see ORPHEUS Juni 1985 S.462). The cast listed above is that given in «Verdis Disco» (http://www.verdisdisco.de). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to HOO's website in December 2003 (12-22-2003).
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Conductor Reynald Giovaninetti - 1985(LI)
Orchestra - Verona Arena
Chorus - Verona Arena
Manrico - Franco Bonisolli
Azucena - Fiorenza Cossotto
Leonora - Rosalind Plowright
Conte di Luna - Giorgio Zancanaro
Ferrando - Paolo Washington
Ines - Giuliana Matteini
Ruiz - Giampaolo Corradi
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Laser Disc - *Pioneer Artists PA-89-256(NTSC)
DVD (Video) - Warner Music Vision 4509 99215 2 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Castle CVI 2005(PAL); NVC Arts 4509-99215-3 (PAL) Home Vision TRO01 (+BETA) (NTSC)
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - Special Awards Issue 1997 p.128 [JBS]
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Opera - November 2005 pp.1393-1395 [AB]
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Opera Now - January/February 1998 p.95 (mention) [RF]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.142-163 [RL]
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International Opera Collector - Summer 1998 No.8 p.91 [MSR]
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The Classical Video Guide - p.128
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L'opera (Milano) - Supplemento al n.119 maggio 1998 p.66 [EE]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.85 noviembre 2005 p.79 [JS]
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Comments:- Recorded at the Verona Festival (See OPERA, Festival Issue Autumn 1985 p.96)
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Conductor Daniel Oren - 1986(LI)
Orchestra - Arena di Verona
Chorus - Arena di Verona
Aida - Natalia Troitskaya
Radamès - Franco Bonisolli
Amneris - Fiorenza Cossotto
Amonasro - Cornell MacNeil
Ramphis - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Il Re di Egitto - Franco Federici
Una Sacerdotessa - Maria Romano
Un Messaggero - Gianfranco Manganotti
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 849-1 (highlights) {1CDR} (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1232-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Verona Arena (18 July 1986). The performance on 26 July 1986 is reviewed in OPERA Festival Issue 1986 p.98 where it is stated «Daniel Oren, the announced conductor, failed to appear, and his place was taken at unspecified notice by Enrico De Mori with not entirely felicitous outcome». According to the Programme Book for the 1988 season Enrico De Mori conducted the performances on 26 July, 5 and 8 August 1986.
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Conductor Andrew Meltzer - 1986(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Manrico - Franco Bonisolli
Azucena - Dolora Zajick
Leonora - Ghena Dimitrova
Conte di Luna - Piero Cappuccilli
Ferrando - Philip Skinner
Ines - Susan Patterson
Ruiz - Dennis Petersen
Un vecchio zingaro - Monte Pederson
Un messo - Kevin Anderson
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Compact Disc; - live-rare-opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) (2007)ª
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (June 1986). The cast listed above is that given in the online San Francisco Opera Performance Archive (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Lothar Zagrosek - 1986(RA)
Orchestra - ORF-Symphonie-Orchester (Wien)
Chorus - Chor des Osterreichischen Rundfunks (Wien)
Paride - Franco Bonisolli
Elena - Ileana Cotrubas
Amore - Sylvia Greenberg
Pallade - Gabriele Fontana
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Black Disc; - Orfeo S 118 843 F {3LPS} (1987)ª
Compact Disc - Orfeo C 118842 H {2CDS}
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Recordings of Paride ed Elena by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.65; CELLETTI p.291; PENGUIN p.111; GIUDICI p.261; Répertoire No.99 février 1997 p.11
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1987 p. [SS]
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Orpheus - April 1987 S.315-S.316 [AHC]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 No.1 Spring 1987 pp.149-151 [GJ]
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Conductor Jacques Delacôte - 1987(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
La principessa Turandot - Gwyneth Jones
Calaf - Franco Bonisolli
Liù - Cynthia Haymon
Ping - Alan Opie
Pang - Kim Begley
Pong - Adrian Martin
Timur - Robert Lloyd
L'imperatore Altoum - John Dobson
Un mandarino - David Wilson-Johnson
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DVD (Video) - Premiera Opera Ltd. DVD 6100 (replacing 5503) (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Turandot by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.114; Opera on Record p.618; CELLETTI p.655; Opera on CD (1) p.111 (2) p.122 (3) p.137 MET p.454; MET(VID) p.252; PENGUIN p.320; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.33 p.97, No.220 p.98; Opera on Video p.187; GIUDICI p.652 (2) p.1073; Répertoire No.97 décembre 1996 p.16; International Opera Collector Spring 1997 No.3 p.40; Opera Quarterly Vo.13 No.4 Summer 1997 p.77; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Diapason No.559 juin 2008 p.78; Gramophone July 2008 p.52
Comments:- Video recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (25 or 29 May 1987). The cast listed above is that announced in OPERA April 1987 p.355 and there may have been some changes. The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated April 2007.
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Conductor Marcello Viotti - 1989(LC)
Orchestra - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt
Chorus - Hungarian Radio & Television Chorus
Andrea Chénier - Franco Bonisolli
Carlo Gérard - Renato Bruson
Madeleine di Coigny - Maria Guleghina
La mulatta Bersi - Gisella Pasino
La Contessa di Coigny - Evghenia Dunekova
Madelon - Glenys Linos
Roucher - Michele Pertusi
Il sanculotto Mathieu - Stefano Rinaldi-Miliani
Fouquier Tinville - Claudio Otelli
Un Incredible - Heinz Zednik
Pietro Fléville - Hans Helm
L'abate - Pierre Lefèbre
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Compact Disc; - *Capriccio 60014-2 {2CDS}; Capriccio «editionopera» CC 51195 {2CDS} (2005)ª
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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - Nov.+Dez. 2005 S.62 (mention) [GH]
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Comments:- Recorded at concert performances in the Alte Oper, Frankfurt (30 August - 2 September 1989)
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Conductor Pinchas Steinberg - 1989(LI)
Orchestra - Arena di Verona
Chorus - Arena di Verona
Aida - Aprile Millo
Radamès - Franco Bonisolli
Amneris - Bruna Baglioni
Amonasro - Garbis Boyagian
Ramphis - Francesca Ellero d'Artegna
Il Re di Egitto - Alfredo Zanazzo
Una Sacerdotessa - Aida Meneghelli
Un Messaggero - Giampaolo Grazioli
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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1721 (1989)ª; House of Opera ALD 1721
DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5467 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Premiere Opera Ltd. VID 2559 (NTSC) (highlights)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Verona Arena (8 or 11 July 1989). The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in «PREMIERE New DVDs» dated 10 September 2005.
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Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1999(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Mara Zampieri
Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - Franco Bonisolli
De Siriex - Georg Tichy
Lorek - David Cale Johnson
Nicola - Mario Steller
La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Anat Efraty
Boroff - Yu Chen
Gretch - Rudolf Mazzola
Il Barone Rouvel - Peter Jelosits
Dmitri - Mihaela Ungureanu
Desiré - John Dickie
Sergio - Ulrich Großrubatscher
Michele - Mario Steller
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Compact Disc; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera; (unnumbered) {2CDRS} (2004)ª
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Recordings of Fedora by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.270; PENGUIN p.102; GIUDICI p.245 (2) p.414; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.20
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (12 or 15 October 1999). Ulrich Großrubatscher sang the role of Sergio on 12 October (as listed above) and Hakki Özpinar sang it on 15 October. Some information about the cast comes from «Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1995-2000». The CDRs issued by Charles Handelman are listed in the supplement to his CD catalogue dated Spring 2004 where it is stated that «orig. has some waver»
Abbreviations
(STU), "Studio" Recording
(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts
(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source
(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source
(LI), "Live" Recording
(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts
(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance
(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance
(RA), A Radio Performance
(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance
(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast
(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance
(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film
(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film
CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988
EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994
GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)
HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973
MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982
MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993
MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997
More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999
NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli
PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993
Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española