There are 92 recordings on file in which Tito Gobbi appears

Order by composer

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

1 1941(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Tullio Serafin*

2 1946(FI) - barbiere di Siviglia (Il) by Gioacchino Rossini - Giuseppe Morelli*

3 1946(FI) - elisir d'amore (L') by Gaetano Donizetti - Giuseppe Morelli*

4 1946(FI) - Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo - Giuseppe Morelli*

5 1946(FI) - Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo - Giuseppe Morelli*

6 1946(FI) - Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi - Tullio Serafin**

7 1947(RE) - Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi - Fernando Previtali*

8 1949(FI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Gabriele Santini**

9 1949(LI) - Wozzeck by Alban Berg - Karl Böhm*

10 1950(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Wilhelm Furtwängler*

11 1951(LI) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Gabriele Santini*

12 1952(RA) - Salome by Richard Strauss - Nino Sanzogno*

13 1953(STU) - elisir d'amore (L') by Gaetano Donizetti - Gabriele Santini*

14 1953(STU) - Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti - Tullio Serafin*

15 1953(STU) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Victor de Sabata*

16 1954(FI) - Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo - Alfredo Simonetto*

17 1954(STU) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Gabriele Santini*

18 1954(STU) - Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini - Gianandrea Gavazzeni*

19 1954(STU) - Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo - Tullio Serafin*

20 1955(LE) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Gabriele Santini*

21 1955(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli*

22 1955(STU) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Tullio Serafin*

23 1955(STU) - Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi - Tullio Serafin*

24 1955(STU) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Tullio Serafin*

25 1955?(RA) - Wozzeck by Alban Berg - Nino Sanzogno*

26 1956(LI) - barbiere di Siviglia (Il) by Gioacchino Rossini - Carlo Maria Giulini*

27 1956(LI) - fanciulla del west (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Antonino Votto*

28 1956(STU) - ballo in maschera (Un) by Giuseppe Verdi - Antonino Votto*

29 1956(STU) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Herbert von Karajan*

30 1956(STU) - tabarro (Il) by Giacomo Puccini - Vincenzo Bellezza*

31 1957(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Herbert von Karajan*

32 1957(LI) - fanciulla del west (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Antonino Votto*

33 1957(STU) - barbiere di Siviglia (Il) by Gioacchino Rossini - Alceo Galliera*

34 1957(STU) - Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi - Gabriele Santini*

35 1958(Act 2;LE) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Georges Sébastian*

36 1958(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Carlo Maria Giulini**

37 1958(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Tullio Serafin*

38 1958(LI) - Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi - Mario Rossi*

39 1958(STU) - Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini - Gabriele Santini*

40 1959(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Alberto Erede*

41 1959(LI)-Milan - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Gianandrea Gavazzeni**

42 195?(FI) - Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi - Oliviero De Fabritiis*

43 1960(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Antonino Votto*

44 1960(LI) - fanciulla del west (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Francesco Molinar..*

45 1960(LI) - Fedora by Umberto Giordano - Lovro von Matacic*

46 1960(LI) - Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli*

47 1960(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Franco Capuana*

48 1960(STU) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Tullio Serafin*

49 1960(STU) - Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo - Lovro von Matacic*

50 1961(LI) - Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi - Gianandrea Gavazzeni*

51 1961(STU) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Antonino Votto*

52 1962(LE) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Oliviero De Fabritiis*

53 1962(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Mario Rossi*

54 1962(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Georg Solti*

55 1962(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Tullio Serafin*

56 1962(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Nino Sanzogno*

57 1963(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - John Pritchard*

58 1963(LI) - Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi - Bruno Bartoletti*

59 1963(LI) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Georg Solti*

60 1963(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Bruno Bartoletti*

61 1963(RA) - Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini - Massimo Pradella*

62 1964(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Bruno Bartoletti*

63 1964(LI) - elisir d'amore (L') by Gaetano Donizetti - Anton Coppola*

64 1964(LI) - Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli*

65 1964(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli*

66 1964(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Bruno Bartoletti*

67 1964(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Carlo Felice Cillario*

68 1964(LI;22/3/1964 - Tebaldi) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Fausto Cleva*

69 1964(SE) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Carlo Felice Cillario*

70 1964(STU) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Georges Prêtre*

71 1965(LI) - tabarro (Il) by Giacomo Puccini - John Pritchard*

72 1965(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Nicola Rescigno*

73 1965(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Georges Prêtre*

74 1965(LI;19/3/65) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Fausto Cleva***

75 1965(LI;23/3/65) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Fausto Cleva*

76 1965(STU) - Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi - Lamberto Gardelli*

77 1966(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Joseph Rosenstock*

78 1966(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Mario Rossi*

79 1966(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Alberto Erede*

80 1966(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Nino Sanzogno*

81 1966(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Allen Jensen**

82 1966(STU) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Silvio Varviso*

83 1967(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Zubin Mehta*

84 1968(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Carlo Felice Cillario*

85 1969(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ferdinand Leitner*

86 1969(STU) - Fedora by Umberto Giordano - Lamberto Gardelli**

87 1970(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Carlo Felice Cillario**

88 1971(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Nino Sanzogno*

89 1971(LI;6/11/71) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - James Levine*

90 1972(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Christoph von Dohnányi*

91 1975(STU) - Oracolo (L') by Franco Leoni - Richard Bonynge*

92 1976?(STU) - Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini - Lorin Maazel**

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1941(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma

Falstaff - Mariano Stabile

Fenton - Ferruccio Tagliavini

Ford - Tito Gobbi

Dr. Cajus - Adelio Zagonora

Bardolfo - Cesare Masini-Sperti

Alice Ford - Franca Somigli

Nannetta - Augusta Oltrabella

Meg Page - Vittorico Palambini

Mistress Quickly - Cloe Elmo

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Compact Disc; - Music & Arts CD 1104 (highlights +complete recording - de Sabata - 1952 + Otello, Aida - excerpts - de Sabata) {4CDS} (2002)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66338 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera - October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.26 No.2 November/December 2002 pp.245-246 [JM]

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Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.128 [PK]

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American Record Guide - November/December 2002 Vol.65 No.6 pp.259-261 [LM]

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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2002 pp.98-99 [BI]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.57 enero-febrero 2003 p.85 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma (28 April 1941). As this recording comes from a broadcast by a German radio station it seems probable that it is of a performance given by the Rome Company when they visited Berlin. According to a letter in CLassic Record Collector (Spring 2003 p.5) the role of Pistol was sung by Giulio Neri.

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Morelli - 1946(FI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Figaro - Tito Gobbi

Il Conte Almaviva - Ferruccio Tagliavini

Rosina - Nelly Corradi

Dr. Bartolo - Vito de Taranto

Don Basilio - Italo Tajo

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Compact Disc; - Urania «Archivo Storico» URN 22.103 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Arkadia «Golden Age» GA 2023 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Cantus Classics 500416 {2CDS} (2003)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society #546 (NTSC & PAL)

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 2000 p.106 [AB]

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Orpheus - Mai 2000 S.60 (audio) (mention) [GH]

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International Record Review - March 2000 p.135 (audio) [BLS] : September 2000 p.122 (audio) [RP]

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International Record Review - March 2000 p.135 (audio) [BLS]: September 2000 p.122 (audio) [RP]

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International Opera Collector - Spring 1999 No.11 p.102 (video) [TP]

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American Record Guide - November/December 1999 Vol.62 No.6 p.297 (audio) [LM]

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Classical Express - Issue No.118 January 2000 p.3 (audio) [SJT]

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Répertoire - No.126 juillet/aoüt 1999 p.84 (audio) [PT]

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Comments:- Video recording of a film or an audio recording of its soundtrack

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L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Morelli - 1946(FI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Adina - Nelly Corradi

Nemorino - Gino Sinimberghi

Dulcamara - Italo Tajo

Belcore - Tito Gobbi

Giannetta - Loretta Di Lelio

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DVD (Video) - Bel Canto Society BCSDVD 0684

VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society BCS #684 (PAL & NTSC)

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Recordings of L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.95; Opera on Record p.173; CELLETTI p.205; Opera on CD (1) p.35 (2) p.40 (3) p.45; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.95 p.90; MARINELLI p.103; MET p.102; MET(VID) p.56; PENGUIN p.74; Opera on Video p.61; GIUDICI p.172; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.20; American Record Guide September/October2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1997 p.110 [AB]

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Diapason - No.542 décembre 2006 p.115 [MP]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.95 noviembre 2006 p.76 [JMP]

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Comments:- A video recording of a film. See advertisment insert in OPERA NEWS, December 14 1996

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Morelli - 1946(FI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Canio - Galliano Masini

Nedda - Onelia Fineschi

Tonio - Tito Gobbi

Beppe - Gino Sinimberghi

Silvio - Tito Gobbi

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Black Disc - MDP 006

Compact Disc; - TIMA Club - CLAMA CD-29/1-3 (la voce e l'arte di GALLIANO MASINI) Gala GL 100.342 {1CD} (2002)ª

DVD (Video) - Bel Canto Society BCSCD 0657 (+Guglielmo Tell - excerpts - Gobbi)

VHS Video Cassette - *Historic Opera Performances SL 1058 (PAL); Bel Canto Society #657 (NTSC & PAL)

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1997 p.116 (video)

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Opera - February 1997 p.159 (video)

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Orpheus - März 2002 S.56-S.57 (audio) [GH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.14 No.1 Autumn 1987 p.149 [DM]

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Diapason - No.495 septembre 2002 p.133 (audio) [MP]; No.537 juin 2006 p.129 (DVD) [MP]

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Classic CD - November 1996 p.113 (video)

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International Opera Collector - Spring 1997 No.3 p.99 (video)

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ARSC Journal - 1979 Vol.IX No.2-3 p.255 (audio) [HF]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI N.112 ottobre 1997 p.88 (audio) [GL]

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Comments:- A recording of a film (or its soundtrack). The roles of Canio, Nedda, and Beppe are acted in the film by Afro Poli, Gina Lollobrigida, and Filippo Morucci respectively

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Morelli - 1946(FI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Canio - Galliano Masini

Nedda - Onelia Fineschi

Tonio - Tito Gobbi

Beppe - Gino Sinimberghi

Silvio - Tito Gobbi

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Black Disc - MDP 006

Compact Disc; - TIMA Club - CLAMA CD-29/1-3 (la voce e l'arte di GALLIANO MASINI) Gala GL 100.342 {1CD} (2002)ª

DVD (Video) - Bel Canto Society BCSCD 0657 (+Guglielmo Tell - excerpts - Gobbi)

VHS Video Cassette - *Historic Opera Performances SL 1058 (PAL); Bel Canto Society #657 (NTSC & PAL)

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1997 p.116 (video)

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Opera - February 1997 p.159 (video)

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Orpheus - März 2002 S.56-S.57 (audio) [GH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.14 No.1 Autumn 1987 p.149 [DM]

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Diapason - No.495 septembre 2002 p.133 (audio) [MP]; No.537 juin 2006 p.129 (DVD) [MP]

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Classic CD - November 1996 p.113 (video)

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International Opera Collector - Spring 1997 No.3 p.99 (video)

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ARSC Journal - 1979 Vol.IX No.2-3 p.255 (audio) [HF]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI N.112 ottobre 1997 p.88 (audio) [GL]

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Comments:- A recording of a film (or its soundtrack). The roles of Canio, Nedda, and Beppe are acted in the film by Afro Poli, Gina Lollobrigida, and Filippo Morucci respectively

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1946(FI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Rigoletto - Tito Gobbi

Gilda - Lina Pagliughi

Duca di Mantova - Mario Filippeschi

Sparafucile - Giulio Neri

Maddalena - Anna Maria Canali

Monterone - Marcello Giorda

Marullo - Virgilio Gottardi

Borsa - Roberto Bruni

Conte di Ceprano - Giuseppe Varni

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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni HOC 005/6 {2CDS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers RIG 194601 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2007)ª

DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5646 (2006)ª

VHS Video Cassette - *Historic Opera Performances SL 1056; Bel Canto Society BCS #550

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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 - July 1997 p.110 (video) [AB]

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Orpheus - September+Oktober 2004 S.62-S.63 (audio) [IW]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.142-163 (video) [RL]

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Classic CD - November 1996 p.113 (video)

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International Opera Collector - Spring 1997 No.3 p.99 (video)

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.185 luglio-agosto 2004 p.112 (audio) (mention) [GL]

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Comments:- Video recording of a film directed by Carmine Gallone and an audio recording of its soundtrack. Gilda is acted by Marcella Govoni and sung by Pagliughi. According to Stefan Zucker («Opera Fanatic's Catalog» No.40 p.87) «the film was recorded on September 15, 1946». This presumably refers to the soundtrack, and the film was made (or completed) in 1947), which is the year usually given. The DVD issued by Premiere is included in their list of «NEW RELEASES Spring 2006». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1947(RE)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Rigoletto - Tito Gobbi

Gilda - Lina Pagliughi

Duca di Mantova - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi

Maddalena - Fernanda Cadoni

Giovanna - Lidia Melisci

Monterone - Carlo Platania

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Compact Disc; - *Melodram CDM 15008 {1CD}; House of Opera CDBB 893 (2003)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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.14 No.5 May/June 1991 p.310 [MM]

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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance given in Rome (14 June 1947)

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

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

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

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

Comments:- 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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Wozzeck by Alban Berg performed in German?

Conductor Karl Böhm - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Wozzeck - Tito Gobbi

Tambourmajor - Hans Beirer

Andres - Petre Munteanu

Hauptmann - Luigi Fort

Doktor - Mario Petri

Marie - Suzanne Danco

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01364

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Recordings of Wozzeck by Alban Berg are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.365; CELLETTI p.78; MARINELLI p.476; Opera on CD (1) p.132 (2) p.145 (3) p.163; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.36 p.138; Supplément mai 1998; No.215; MET p.33; MET(VIDEO) p.12; PENGUIN p.16; GIUDICI p.44 (2) p.79; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.64; BBC Music Magazine February 2000 p.49; Gramophone November (published September) 2003 p.56

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (December 1949). The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Don Giovanni - Tito Gobbi

Donna Anna - Ljuba Welitsch

Don Ottavio - Anton Dermota

Donna Elvira - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Leoporello - Erich Kunz

Il Commendatore - Josef Greindl

Masetto - Alfred Poell

Zerlina - Irmgard Seefried

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 419 {3LPS} (1968)ª; Olympic 9109-4; Melodram MEL 713 {3LPS} (1983)ª; Discocorp 407 {4LPS}

Compact Disc; - Laudis LCD 34001; EMI CHS 5 66567-2 {3CDS} (1998)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0013-3 {3CDS} (2000)ª; Arkadia «Historical Performances» 78073 {3CDS} (2001)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1298 {3CDS} (2001)ª

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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1998 p.95 [AB]

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Opera - June 1998 p.664 [AB]

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Opera Now - May/June 1998 p.105 [ST]

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Orpheus - April 1998 p.59 (mention) [GH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.4 p.138

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Diapason - No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.89 [MP]

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Classic CD - January 1998 p.66 [MT]

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American Record Guide - March/April 2001 Vol.64 No.2 pp.237-238 [RVL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - diciembre 1997 - febrero 1998 No.26 p.85 [XP]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XII N.117 marzo 1998 p.90 [GA]: Anno XV N.150 aprile 2001 pp.99-100 [MG]

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Répertoire - No.114 juin 1998 p.47 [JMB]

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.223 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.90 [CFD]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (27 July 1950). According toHunt part of the Olympic version derives from a 1953 performance (John Hunt «The Furtwängler Sound» 5th Edition, 1996, p.72); The recording on EJS 419 is probably from a different performance (See «EJS Discography» p.398, «More EJS» pp.604-605). The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE December 1983 p.739 and the Discocorp LPs are (were?) listed in Parnassus Records' online catalogue

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Rodolfo - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi

Schaunard - Saturno Meletti

Marcello - Tito Gobbi

Colline - Giulio Neri

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Elda Ribetti

Benoit - Carlo Badioli

Alcindoro - Carlo Badioli

Parpignol - Gianni Avolanti

Sergente dei doganieri - Silvio Santarelli

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 358 {2LPS} (1966)ª; CLS AMDRL 22811 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette; - Pro Musica «Legends» XLNC 112 (1982)ª; Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1016; House of Opera ALD 1016

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 743 {2CDS} ; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 829 {2CDS}; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6437/8 {2CDS} (2004)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - März+April 2005 S.61 [IW]; Juli+August 2005 S.60 [IW]

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Opéra International - janvier 1995 No.187 p.68

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.96 [PN]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.189 dicembre 2004 p.105 (mention)

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Naples (10 January 1951). According to the «EJS Discography» (p.330) the conductor is Tulio Serafin. The «Legends» cassettes were issued (incorrectly) as being a recording of a performance at La Scala and those issued by Lyric as being of a recording in Rome (1950)

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Salome by Richard Strauss performed in Italian?

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1952(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Salome - Lily Djanel

Jochanaan - Tito Gobbi

Herodes - Fiorenzo Tasso

Herodias - Maria Benedetti

Narraboth - Angelo Mercuriali

Ein Page - Maria Teresa Massa Ferrero

Erster Nazarener - Franco Calabrese

Zweiter Nazarener - Aldo Bertocci

Erster Soldat - Dario Caselli

Zweiter Soldat - Giannetto Zini

Ein Cappadocier - Giuliano Ferrein

Erster Jude - Mario Carlin

Zweiter Jude - Cesare Masini-Sperti

Dritter Jude - Tommaso Soley

Vierter Jude - Luigi Fort

Fünfter Jude - Giuliano Ferrein

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2212 (1991)ª

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 812 (& 577)

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

Opera July 1957 p.420; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.795; Opera on CD (1) p.117 (2) p.128 (3) p.143; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.47-48 p.184, mise à jour novembre 2001; No.240 p.92; MET p.514; MET(VID) p.304; PENGUIN p.421; Répertoire No.73 octobre 1994 p.13; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.195; GIUDICI p.796; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.16; Opéra International novembre 1999 No.240 pp.60-61; The Gramophone February 2005 p.36; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.62; Gramophone May 2008 p.44

Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 4 October 1952. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are listed in «New Listings - March/April 1991».

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L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1953(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Adina - Margherita Carosio

Nemorino - Nicola Monti

Dulcamara - Melchiorre Luise

Belcore - Tito Gobbi

Giannetta - Loretta Di Lelio

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Black Disc; - La Voce del Padrone QALP 10014-10015 {2LPS} (1953)ª; HMV ALP 1067-1068 {2LPS} (UK & USA) (1953)ª; La Voix de son Maître FALP 292-293 {2LPS} (1954)ª; World Record Club OC 226-227 {2LPS} (1969)ª; RCA Victor LM 6024 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Testament SBT 2150 (+Cherry duet - Carosio - Zampighi) {2CDS} (1999)ª

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Recordings of L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.95; Opera on Record p.173; CELLETTI p.205; Opera on CD (1) p.35 (2) p.40 (3) p.45; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.95 p.90; MARINELLI p.103; MET p.102; MET(VID) p.56; PENGUIN p.74; Opera on Video p.61; GIUDICI p.172; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.20; American Record Guide September/October2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1953 p.151; June 1969 p.83; January 2000 p.102 [JBS]

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Opera - November 1953 pp.688-689 [HDR]; June 1969 p.518 [AB]

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Opera News - June 2000 pp.65-66 [IS]

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Orpheus - Juni 2000 S.64 [MB]

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Opéra International - No.246 mai 2000 pp.72-73 [SS]

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International Record Review - March 2000 p.129 [CC]

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American Record Guide - August 1954 Vol.20 No.12 p.392 [PHR]: April 1955 Vol.21 No.8 p.251: Vol.63 No.3 May/June 2000 p.169 [DA]

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1955 Vol.4 No.12 No.61 [JH]

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The New Records (Philadelphia) - September 1954 p.13 [W]

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International Classical Record Collector - Spring 2000 No.20 p.101 [TP]

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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.67 septembre-octobre 1954 p.569 [JB]

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Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1953(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Lucia - Maria Callas

Edgardo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Enrico - Tito Gobbi

Raimondo - Raffaele Ariè

Arturo - Valiano Natali

Alisa - Anna Maria Canali

Normanno - Gino Sarri

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1131-1132 {2LPS} (1954)ª; Columbia 33CX 1385 {1LP} (Highlights) (1956)ª; *EMI SLS 5056 (ASD 3223/3224-electronically reprocessed to give a stereo effect) {2LPS}(1998)ª; La Voz de su Amo LALP 132-133 {2LPS}; Columbia FCX 258-259 {2LPS} (France) (1954)ª; Angel 3503B {2LPS} (1954)ª

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5056 (1977)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 69980-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª; EMI CMS 5 66438-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; EMI CDMB 69980{2CDS} (USA); EMI CDMB 5 66438-2 {2CDS} (USA) ; Regis Records RRC 2006 {2CDS} (2004)ª; EMI Classics «Great Recordings of the Century» 562 747-2 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Naxos 8.110131/2 (+Historical Recordings 1910-1952) {2CDS} (2005)ª; EMI 5 86197-2 {2CDS} (2005)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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1954 p.339 [AR]; November 1956 p.225 (Highlights) [AP]; March 1977 p.1444 [AB]; August 1977 p.346 [IM]; October 1977 p.594 [JBS]; October 1989 p.738 [JBS]; October 2004 p.93 [PO'C]

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Opera - May 1954 pp.301-302 [HDR]

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Opera Now - January/February 1998 p.97 (mention) [GH]

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Fanfare - Vol.28 No.1 September/October 2004 p.108 [DLK]; Vol.28 No.6 July/August 2005 p.119 [BR], pp.119-120 [GJ]

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Diapason - No.441 octobre 1997 p.89 [JC]

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High Fidelity Magazine - January-February 1954 Vol.3 No.6 p.55 [JH]

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American Record Guide - February 1954 Vol.20 No.6 p.182 [PHR]: July/August 1998 Vol.61 No.4 pp.265-266 (mention) [LM]

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Gramophone Record Review - May 1954 p.323

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BBC Music Magazine - November 2004 p.90 [RW]

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International Record Review - December 2004 p.42 [MT]: April 2005 pp.24-26 [RP]

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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - mars/avril 1954 No.63-64 p.216 [JB]

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Répertoire - No.105 septembre 1997 p.68 [PT]

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

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.71 junio 2004 pp.81-82 [LB]: No.81 junio 2005 p.86 [MC]: No.96 diciembre 2006 p.84 [JM]

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Classica Répertoire - No.70 mars 2005 p.102 (mention) [AT]

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

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Victor de Sabata - 1953(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Floria Tosca - Maria Callas

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Melchiorre Luise

Cesare Angelotti - Franco Calabrese

Spoletta - Angelo Mercuriali

Sciarrone - Dario Caselli

Un pastore - Alvaro Cordova

Un carceriere - Dario Caselli

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Black Disc; - *Columbia 33CX 1094-1095 {2LPS} (1954)ª; EMI SLS 825 (ASD 2797-2798) (electronically reprocessed to give a stereo effect) {2LPS} (1975)ª; *EMI EX 290039-3 {2LPS}; Angel 3508B {2LPS} (1954)ª; Columbia FCX 253-254 {2LPS} (France) (1954)ª; Hungaroton SLPXL 12243-12244 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - HMV TC SLS 825; Angel 4AV-34047

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47175-8 {2CDS} (1985)ª; EMI 5 56304-2 {2CDS}; Angel CDCB-47174 {2CDS}; EMI CDRM 491 788-2 (CD ROM) ; *EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» CMS 5 67756-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª; EMI Classics «Historical» 585 644-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110256-57 {2CDS} (2004)ª

Open Reel Tape - Columbia CAT 266-267; Columbia TA-33CX 1893 (3óips - Highlights)

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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 1953 pp.244-245 [AR]; April 1954 p.419 [DST]; October 1955 p.192; June 1964 p.5 (tape highlights); March 1973 p.1729 [AB]; June 1973 p.30 [SIR]; December 1975 p.1121 [MEO]; September 1985 p.400 [EG]; July 2002 p.79 [AFC]

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Opera - March 1954 pp.174-175 [HDR]; October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]; February 2004 p.150 [AB]

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HiFi News & Record Review - July 2002 p.72 [CB]

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Fanfare - Vol.26 No.1 September/October 2002 pp.187-188 [HF]; Vol.27 No.5 May/June 2004 pp.77-80 [MM]; Vol.28 No.4 March/April 2005 pp.178-179 [GJ]

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

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.175

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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.84

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American Record Guide - January 1954 Vol.20 No.5 p.151 [PHR]

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High Fidelity Magazine - January-February 1954 Vol.3 No.6 p.61 [JH]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.69 (2) p.71 (4) p.68

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.405

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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.68 novembre 1954 p.718 [GE]

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.57: No.160 septembre 2002 pp.77-78 [TP]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.25 septiembre-noviembre 1997 p.92 [FSR]: No.69 abril 2004 p.86 [BD]: No.72 juLio-agosto 2004 p.85 [MCP]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XII - N.115 - gennaio 1998 p.101 (CD-ROM) [EE]

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Comments:- This recording was reissued on LP by Testament with the records bearing the original Columbia numbers 33CX 1094/95 (February 2001)

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Alfredo Simonetto - 1954(FI)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Canio - Franco Corelli

Nedda - Mafalda Micheluzzi

Tonio - Tito Gobbi

Beppe - Mario Carlin

Silvio - Lino Puglisi

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Black Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 4 (+another performance -; De Fabritiis - San Francisco) {3LPS}; Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 413 (+Cavalleria Rusticana - Gavazzeni) {3LPS} (1984)ª; Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 1001 {1LP}

Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 515-1 {1CD}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1286 {1CD} (2001)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0165 {1CD} (2004)ª; Bongiovanni «Historical Opera Collection» HOC 012 {1CD} (2004)ª; Hardy Classic HCD 4016 {1CD} (2004)ª

DVD (Video) - Hardy Classic Video HCD 4016 (+Franco Corelli recital) (2004)ª

VHS Video Cassette - *Legato Classics LCV 006 (NTSC); Bel Canto Society #665 (NTSC & PAL)

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 2005 p.85 (audio) [PO'C]

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

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Opéra International - juillet-aoüt 1984 No.72 p.61 (audio) [SS]

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Diapason - No.522 février 2005 p.13 [MP]

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American Record Guide - May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.264 (DVD) [RVL]: March/April 2006 Vol.69 No.2 p.242 (audio) [RVL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.77 enero-febrero 2005 p.82 (audio) [JS]: No.78 marzo 2005 p.83 (DVD) [PMH]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIX N.190 gennaio 2005 p.92 [GL]

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Comments:- Video recording of a television film (broadcast 26 September 1954) and audio recording of its soundtrack. See «Opera Fanatic Catalogue» No.35 p.18

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

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Don Carlo - Mario Filippeschi

Filippo II - Boris Christoff

Rodrigo - Tito Gobbi

Il Grande Inquisitore - Giulio Neri

Un Frate - Plinio Clabassi

Elisabetta di Valois - Antonietta Stella

La principessa Eboli - Elena Nicolai

Tebaldo - Loretta Di Lelio

Il Conte di Lerma - Paolo Caroli

Un Araldo Reale - Paolo Caroli

Una voce dal cielo - Orietta Moscucci

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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1289-1292 {4LPS} (1955)ª; RCA Victor LM 6124 {4LPS} (1955)ª; Capitol-EMI GCR 7165 {4LPS}; *Seraphim IC-6004

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 64642 2 {3CDS}; EMI «Références» CHS 5 67479-2 {3CDS};; Membran 223480 {3CDS} (2006)ª; Naxos 8.111132-34 {3CDS} (2007)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1955 pp.234-235 [PHW]; February 1956 p.342 (mention) [HCS]; April 1993 p.120; April 2001 p.98, p.100 [AB]

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Opera - January 1956 p.49; June 1993 p.744

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Opera Now - June 1993 p.54

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Diapason - No.477 janvier 2001 pp.106-107 [AT]

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American Record Guide - December 1955 Vol.22 No.4 p.56 [PHR]: September-October 1993 Vol.56 No.5 p.212

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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1955 Vol.5 No.10 p.80, p.82, p.84 [JH]: May 1959 Vol.9 No.5 p.[JH]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1995 p.19

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Gramophone Record Review - December 1955 p.91

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BBC Music Magazine - May 1993 p.67

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Classic CD - June 1993 p.95

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International Record Review - February 2001 p.108 [RP]

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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2007 pp.94-95 [TP]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.44 marzo-abril 2001 p.91 [JV]: No.99 abril 2007 p.94 [JS]

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Comments:- A recording of a 4-act version made on 5-9, 11-14 October 1954

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Cio Cio San - Victoria de los Ángeles

Pinkerton - Giuseppe di Stefano

Sharpless - Tito Gobbi

Suzuki - Anna Maria Canali

Kate Pinkerton - Maria Huder

Goro - Renato Ercolani

Il principe Yamadori - Arturo La Porta

Lo zio Bonzo - Bruno Sbalchiero

Il commissario imperiale - Arturo La Porta

L'ufficiale del Registro - Arturo La Porta

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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1215-1217 {3LPS} (1955)ª; World Record Club OC 161-163 {3LPS}; RCA Victor LM 6121 {3LPS} (1955)ª; Capitol-EMI GCR 7137 {3LPS} (1959)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49575-2 {2CDS} (1998)ª;; Testament SBT 2168 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Regis Records RRC 2070 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111291-92 {2CDS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1955 p.455 [AR]; November 1955 pp.214-215 (mention) [HCS]; October 1988 p.673 [JBS]; December 1998 p.111 [AB]

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Opera - April 1955 p.259; April 1999 pp.399-405 [AB]

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Opera News - June 1999 p.65 [PG]

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

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Opéra International - juillet-aoüt 1999 No.237 p.77 [SS]

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Gramophone Record Review - March 1955 p.259 [JC]

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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1955 Vol.5 No.6 p.61 [JH]: January 1959 Vol.9 No.1 p.56 [DJ]

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American Record Guide - October 1955 Vol.22 No.2 p.23 [PHR]: March/April 1999 Vol.62 No.2 p.310 [RVL]

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

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International Record Review - April 2006 pp.32-32 [RP]

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Répertoire - No.121 février 1999 p.49 [PD]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.32 marzo-abril 1999 p.95 [MC]

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Canio - Giuseppe di Stefano

Nedda - Maria Callas

Tonio - Tito Gobbi

Beppe - Nicola Monti

Silvio - Rolando Panerai

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CXS 1211 + 33CX 1212 {2LPS-3xsides} (1955)ª; *EMI SLS 819 (ASD 2827 - ASD 2829) {3LPS} (+Cavalleria rusticana) (1974)ª; *EMI EX 291269-3 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3527 {2LPS-3xsides) (1955)ª; Angel 3528 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {3LPS};; Balkanton BAO 10337-10339 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {3LPS}

Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 291269-3 (+Cavalleria rusticana) (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47981-8 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {3CDS} (1987)ª; EMI «Callas Edition» CDS 5 56287-2 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {2CDS} (1997)ª; Angel CDCC-47981; EMI CDCB 56287 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {2CDS} (1997)ª; EMI TOCE 8557 {1CD} (Japan) (1994)ª; EMI Classics 5 86830-2 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {2CDS} (2005)ª; Regis Records RRC 1235 {1CD} (2005)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111024 {1CD} (2006)ª

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1955 p.146 [PHW]; February 1974 p.1605 [RO]; October 1987 p.618 [AB]; October 2005 p.101 [JBS]

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Opera - November 1955 p.718

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Diapason - No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 pp.90-92 [CC]

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American Record Guide - May 1955 Vol.21 No.9 p.289 [JN]: July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 pp.210-211 [RVL]

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1955 Vol.5 No.3 p.54 [JH]

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

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.79 (2) p.81 (4) p.77

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.296

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Gramophone Record Review - September 1955 p.628 [NC]

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International Record Review - April 2006 pp.32-32 [RP]

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.58

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.83 septiembre 2005 pp.87-88 [MC]: No.90 mayo 2006 p.81 [JV]

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1955(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - Tito Gobbi

Cassio - Mariano Caruso

Rodrigo - Valiano Natali

Lodovico - Giulio Neri

Emilia - Rina Corsi

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 582

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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:- This appears to be a recording of Act 1, 2, 3 of a performance in the Teatro Comunale di Firenze (June 1955; see «Mario Del Monaco - Monumentum aere perennius» p.835). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». It is attributed here to «RAI 1950s», but it is not mentioned in «50 anni di opera lirica alla Rai 1931-1980».

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Ferruccio Tagliavini

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Howell Glynne

Cesare Angelotti - Michael Langdon

Spoletta - David Tree

Sciarrone - Ronald Lewis

Un pastore - Noreen Berry

Un carceriere - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1712 (1989)ª

Compact Disc; - *Legato Classics LCD 157-2 (+excerpts) {2CDS} ; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 753-2 {2CDRS}; Bongiovanni GB HOC 029/30-2 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66333 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0152 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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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:-

Orpheus - Jan.+Feb. 2006 S.59 [IW]

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American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 p.99 [CHP]

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

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (30 June 1955). The performance on 28 June 1955 is reviewed in OPERA August 1955 p.533. The compact cassettes issued by Lyric are listed in their list of «Pre-Recorded Operatic Cassettes - New Listings - September 1989».

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Aida - Maria Callas

Radamès - Richard Tucker

Amneris - Fedora Barbieri

Amonasro - Tito Gobbi

Ramphis - Giuseppe Modesti

Il Re di Egitto - Nicola Zaccaria

Una Sacerdotessa - Elvira Galassi

Un Messaggero - Franco Ricciardi

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1318-1320 {3LPS} (1956)ª; *EMI SLS 5108 {3LPS} (1978)ª; EMI EX 290976-3 {3LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3525 {3LPS} (1956)ª; Columbia 33 WCX 1318/20 {3LPS} (Germany) (1958)ª; Electrola C 90 475/477 {3LPS} (Germany) (1959)ª

Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-SLS 5108 (1978)ª;; EMI EX 290976-5 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49030-8 {3CDS} (1987)ª; EMI «Callas Edition» CDS 5 56316-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111240/1 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1956 p.322 [PHW]; February 1978 p.1465 [AB]; July 1978 p.256 [AB]; November 1987 p. [AB]

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Opera - March 1956 p.176

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Diapason - No 438 juin 1997 p.94

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.102 (2) p.104 (4) p.1OO

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Gramophone Record Review - January 1956 p.153

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American Record Guide - January 1956 Vol.22 No.5 p.81 [PHR]: July/August 2007 Vol.70 No.4 p.228 (mention) [CHP]

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.57

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rigoletto - Tito Gobbi

Gilda - Maria Callas

Duca di Mantova - Giuseppe di Stefano

Sparafucile - Nicola Zaccaria

Maddalena - Adriana Lazzarini

Giovanna - Giuse Gerbino

Monterone - Plinio Clabassi

Marullo - William Dickie

Borsa - Renato Ercolani

Conte di Ceprano - Carlo Forti

Contessa di Ceprano - Elvira Galassi

Un paggio - Luisa Mandelli

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CXS 1324 & 33CX 1325-1326 {3LPS 5-sides} (1956)ª; HMV SLS 5018 {3LPS} (+Callas recital) {3LPS} (1976)ª; EMI EX 290928-3 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3537 {3LPS 5-sides} (1956)ª; Hungaroton SLPLX 12439-12440 {2LPS};; Columbia 33QCXS 10216, 33QCX 10217/18 {3LPS 5 sides} (Italy)

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5018; EMI EX 290928-5 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47465-8 {2CDS} (1987)ª; EMI «Callas Edition» 5 56237-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Angel CDCB-47469 {2CDS};; Naxos «Historical» 8.111242/3 {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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1956 pp.361-362 [PHW]; April 1956 p.410 [DST]; May 1956 p.453 (mention) [HCS]; March 1976 p.1507 [AB]; July 1976 p.147 [JBS]; February 1987 p.1181 [AB]

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Opera - April 1956 p.251

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.197-203 [TE]

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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.94

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - March 1956 p.15

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Gramophone Record Review - March 1956 p.288

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American Record Guide - April 1956 Vol.22 No.8 p.131 [PHR]: May/June 1987 Vol.50 No.3 p.64 [RVL]: July/August 2007 Vol.70 No.4 p.228 (mention) [CHP]

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High Fidelity Magazine - April 1956 Vol.6 No.4 p.82 [MDS]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.103 (2) p.104 (4) p.101

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 53 May/June 1988 p.107

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.574

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.57

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Violetta Valery - Antonietta Stella

Flora Bervoix - Elvira Galassi

Annina - Luisa Mandelli

Alfredo Germont - Giuseppe di Stefano

Giorgio Germont - Tito Gobbi

Gastone - Giuseppe Zampieri

Dottore Grenvil - Silvio Maionica

Barone Douphol - William Dickie

Marchese d'Obigny - Nicola Zaccaria

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1370-1371 {2LPS} (1956)ª; Columbia 33QCX 10211/12 {2LPS} (Italy); EMI 3C 163 00972/00873 M {2LPS} (Italy) Angel 3545 {2LPS} (1956)ª

Compact Disc; - Testament SBT 2211 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111272-3 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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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 - September 1956 p.138 [PHW]; November 1956 p.195 (mention) [HCS] September 2001 p.97 [JBS]

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Opera - November 1956 p.689

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Opera News - May 2002 p.87 [DJB]

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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.3 January/February 2008 pp.275-276 [BB]

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Orpheus - 11+F November 2001 S.89 [GH]

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American Record Guide - October 1956 Vol.23 No.2 p.20 [PHR]: March/April 2002 Vol.65 No.2 p.232 [LM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1956 Vol.6 No.10 p.102 [JH]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - September 1956 p.16

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Gramophone Record Review - September 1956 p.715 [DH]

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International Record Review - November 2001 p.87 [RP]

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Répertoire - No.151 novembre 2001 p.79 [PD]

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.261 janvier 2002 p.102 [GG]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.161 maggio 2002 p.109 [GL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 pp.98-99 [AG]

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Comments:- Recorded 15-21 September 1955. See the ARSC Journal 1987 Vol.19 No.2-3 pp.54-61

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Wozzeck by Alban Berg performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1955?(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Wozzeck - Tito Gobbi

Tambourmajor - Mirto Picchi

Andres - Petre Munteanu

Hauptmann - Hugues Cuénod

Doktor - Italo Tajo

1.Handwerkbursch - Carlo Badioli

2.Handwerkbursch - Dmitri Lopatto

Narr - Luciano della Pergola

Marie - Dorothy Dow

Margaret - Maria Teresa Mandalari

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 816 (& 581) {2CDRS} ; Mitridate «Ponto» POCD 1053 (+excerpts cond. Boult +excerpts cond. Böhm) {2CDS} (2007)ª; Myto 2MCD 071 H122 (+violin concerto) {2CDS} (2007)ª; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site on a Disc #6» {1xCD-ROM} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Wozzeck by Alban Berg are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.365; CELLETTI p.78; MARINELLI p.476; Opera on CD (1) p.132 (2) p.145 (3) p.163; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.36 p.138; Supplément mai 1998; No.215; MET p.33; MET(VIDEO) p.12; PENGUIN p.16; GIUDICI p.44 (2) p.79; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.64; BBC Music Magazine February 2000 p.49; Gramophone November (published September) 2003 p.56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

International Record Review - July/August 2007 p.27 [JTH]

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American Record Guide - November/December 2007 Vol.70 No.6 pp.263-264 [KM]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.105 noviembre 2007 p.89 [JR]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 2 January 1955. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Figaro - Tito Gobbi

Il Conte Almaviva - Luigi Alva

Rosina - Maria Callas

Dr. Bartolo - Melchiorre Luise

Don Basilio - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Berta - Anna Maria Canali

Fiorello - Pier Luigi Latinucci

Un Ufficiale - Giuseppe Nessi

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

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00321

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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

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

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Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.54

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

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

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

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

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La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Minnie - Gigliola Frazzoni

Dick Johnson - Franco Corelli

Jack Rance - Tito Gobbi

Nick - Franco Ricciardi

Ashby - Ugo Novelli

Jake Wallace - Nicola Zaccaria

Billy Jackrabbit - Rando Coda

José Castro - Vittorio Tatozzi

Wowkle - Maria Amadini

Sonora - Enzo Sordello

Trin - Athos Cesarini

Sid - Michele Cazzato (Casato)

Bello - Pier Luigi Latinucci

Harry - Gino Del Signore

Joe - Angelo Mercuriali

Happy - Carlo Forti

Jim Larkens - Giuseppe Morresi

Un postiglione - Erminio Benatti

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 278-3 (1979)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 28

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 1016

Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 506-2 {2CDS} ;; Legato Classics LCD 227-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 156-2 {2CDRS} (2001)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1318 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 5009 (+Andrea Chenier +Il trovatore +Tosca) {8CDS} (2002)ª; Myto 2 MCD 041 290 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Myto 2 MCD 061 H119 (+La forza del destino - highlights - Corelli - Guelfi); {2CDS} (2006)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 5044 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Opera d'Oro «Grand Tier» OPD 7036 {2CDS} (2007)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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.28 No.4 March/April 2005 pp.177-178 [GJ]; Vol.29 No.6 July/August 2006 pp.179-180 [JM]; Vol.31 No.1 September/October 2007 p.169 [JM]

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Orpheus - März + April 2007 S.55-S.56 [GH]

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ARSC Journal - Vol.21 No.2 Fall 1990 p.293 [JO]

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Classical Express - Issue 97 April 1998 p.3 [RB]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.72 juLio-agosto 2004 p.85 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (4 April 1956; see OPERA June 1956 p.365). The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001».

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Riccardo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Renato - Tito Gobbi

Amelia - Maria Callas

Ulrica - Fedora Barbieri

Oscar - Eugenia Ratti

Silvano - Ezio Giordano

Samuele - Silvio Maionica

Tom - Nicola Zaccaria

Un Giudice - Renato Ercolani

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1472-1474 {3LPS} (1957)ª; *EMI RLS 736 {3LPS} (1979)ª; EMI EX 290925-3 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3557 {3LPS} (1957)ª;; Seraphim IC 6087

Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 290925-5 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47498-8 {2CDS} (1987)ª;; EMI CDS 5 56320-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; EMI Classics «Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings» {70CDS} (2007)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111278-79 {2CDS} (2008)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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - June 1957 p.5; October 1957 p.190; January 1958 p.305; June 1979 p.103 [JBS]; September 1987 p. [AB]

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Opera - December 1957 p.778

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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.94

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1957 Vol.7 No.5 p.62 [MS]

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American Record Guide - June 1957 Vol.23 No.9 p.145 [PLM]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.113 (2) p.114 (4) p.110

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Gramophone Record Review - November 1957 p.60 [DH]

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.57

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra

Chorus - Philharmonia Chorus

Falstaff - Tito Gobbi

Fenton - Luigi Alva

Ford - Rolando Panerai

Dr. Cajus - Tomaso Spataro

Bardolfo - Renato Ercolani

Pistola - Nicola Zaccaria

Alice Ford - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Nannetta - Anna Moffo

Meg Page - Nan Merriman

Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1410-1412 {3LPS} (1957)ª; Columbia SAX 2254-2256 (1961)ª; EMI SLS 5037 (ASD 3142-3144) {3LPS} (1976)ª;; EMI SLS 5211 {2LPS} (1980)ª; EMI EX 749668-1 {2LPS} (1988)ª; Angel 3552 C/L {3LPS} (1956)ª;; Angel S 3552 C/L {3LPS} (1959)ª; Columbia 33QCX 10141/42 {2LPS} (Italy)

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5211 (1980)ª;; EMI EX 749668-4 (1988)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49668-2 {2CDS} (1988)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 5 67083-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 7243 5 67162 2 3 {2CDS} (USA) (1999)ª; Toshiba EMI TOCE 11379-80 {2CDS} (Japan) (1999)ª; Angel CDCB-49668 {2CDS}

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1957 p.288; March 1957 p.382; July 1957 p.45 July 1961 p.80; January 1976 p.1239 [AB]; July 1976 p.147 [JBS]; December 1980 p.880 [AB] ; September 1988 p. [HF]; October 1999 p.120 [RTF]

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Opera - May 1957 p.314; October 1961 p.666; Summer 2002 Supplement «Thirty all-time great recordings» p.12 [MB]

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Fanfare - Vol.23 No.2 November/December 1999 pp.46-50 [JK]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.248-252 [WRM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1956 Vol.6 No.12 p.98 [MDS]: February 1959 Vol.9 No.2 p.76 [DJ]

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American Record Guide - February 1959 Vol.25 No.6 p.414: January/February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.182 [LM]

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Gramophone Record Review - April 1957 p.458

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International Classical Record Collector - No.2 (September 1995) p.33

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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 pp.107-109 [MO]

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.568

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.235 septembre 1999 p.106

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Musica (Milano) - N.114 ottobre-novembre 1999 p.130 [SH]

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Comments:- Recorded in the Kingsway Hall (18-29 June 1956). See «Herbert von Karajan - A Life in Music» by Richard Osborne p.406

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Il tabarro by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Vincenzo Bellezza - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Michele - Tito Gobbi

Luigi - Giancinto Prandelli

Il Tinca - Piero De Palma

Il Talpa - Plinio Clabassi

Giorgetta - Margaret Mas

La Frugola - Miriam Pirazzini

Venditore di canzonette - Renato Ercolani

Due amanti - Piero De Palma

- Silvia Bertona

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Black Disc - *HMV ALP 1355 {1LP}; HMV SLS 5066 {3LPS} (Trittico); RCA Victor LM 2057 {1LP}

Compact Disc; - EMI 7 64165-2 (Trittico) {3CDS} (1992)ª; Regis Records RRC 1263 (+Welitsch +Olivero +Sayão - arias) {2CDS} (2007)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111307 (+Tito Gobbi recital) {1CD} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Il tabarro by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.110; Opera on Record 2 p.314; CELLETTI p.630; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.444; MET(VID) p.249; PENGUIN p.313; Opera on Video p.185; GIUDICI p.642 (2) p.1056; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1956 p.471; October 1976 p.650 [AB]; June 1993 p.102 [MEO]

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Opera - July 1956 p.442

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1957 Vol.7 No.2 p.68 [MDS]

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American Record Guide - March 1957 Vol.23 No.6 p.87 [PMR]

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Gramophone Record Review - May 1956 p.429

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International Record Review - November 2007 p.33 [JTH]

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Répertoire - décembre 1992 p.94

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Falstaff - Tito Gobbi

Fenton - Luigi Alva

Ford - Rolando Panerai

Dr. Cajus - Tomaso Spataro

Bardolfo - Renato Ercolani

Pistola - Mario Petri

Alice Ford - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Nannetta - Anna Moffo

Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali

Mistress Quickly - Giulietta Simionato

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Compact Disc; - Hunt CDKAR 226 {2CDS};; House of Opera «The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi + Vol.2 His Later Works» {1xCD+ROM} (2001)ª; Andante AN 3080 (+performance conducted by Toscanini) {4CDS} (2004)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0212 {2CDS} (2008)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 2005 p.93 [AB]

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Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2005 S.58 [SS]; März + April 2008 S.59 [SS]

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Opéra International - No.297 janvier 2005 p.78 [JC]

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Diapason - No.521 janvier 2005 pp.107-108 [PK]

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American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 pp.22-26 [LM]: May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.241 [KM]

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

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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2005 p.94 [TP]: Summer 2008 p.99 (mention) [JTH]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (10 August 1957; See OPERA October 1957 pp.625-628)

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La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Minnie - Gigliola Frazzoni

Dick Johnson - Mario Del Monaco

Jack Rance - Tito Gobbi

Nick - Franco Ricciardi

Ashby - Ugo Novelli

Jake Wallace - Nicola Zaccaria

Billy Jackrabbit - Franco Iglesias

José Castro - Vittorio Tatozzi

Wowkle - Fiorenza Cossotto

Sonora - Dino Mantovani

Trin - Athos Cesarini

Sid - Michele Cazzato (Casato)

Bello - Pier Luigi Latinucci

Harry - Giuseppe Zampieri

Joe - Angelo Mercuriali

Happy - Carlo Forti

Jim Larkens - Giuseppe Morresi

Un postiglione - Erminio Benatti

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 1015

Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers FAN 195701 {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:- This appears to be a recording of the performance at La Scala on 21 March 1957. The year given in Charles Handelman's catalog is 1958, but this opera was not performed at La Scala in the 1957-58 season. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the date of the performance recorded is given correctly.

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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Alceo Galliera - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra

Chorus - Philharmonia Chorus

Figaro - Tito Gobbi

Il Conte Almaviva - Luigi Alva

Rosina - Maria Callas

Dr. Bartolo - Fritz Ollendorf

Don Basilio - Nicola Zaccaria

Berta - Gabriella Carturan

Fiorello - Mario Carlin

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1507-1509 {3LPS} (UK) (1958)ª; Columbia SAX 2266-2268 {3LPS} (UK) (1959)ª; EMI SLS 853 (1974)ª;; EMI EX 291093-3 (1987)ª; Angel 3559 C/L {3LPS} (1958)ª

Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 291093-5 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47634-8 {2CDS} (1987)ª; EMI «Callas Edition» 5 56310-2 {2CDS}; Angel CDCB-47634 {2CDS} ; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 3920462 {3CDS} (2007)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1958 p.370; March 1959 p.470; December 1974 p.1211 [JBS]; June 1987 p. [AB]; January 2008 p.91 [PO'C]

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Opera - April 1958 p.260; April 1959 p.254

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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.5 May/June 2008 pp.229-230 [MM]

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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.87

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1958 Vol.8 No.5 p.56 [DJ]: February 1959 Vol.9 No.2 p.71

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American Record Guide - June 1958 Vol.24 No.10 p.433 [PLM]

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Records and Recordings - March 1959 p.21 [DH]

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Gramophone Record Review - March 1959 p.374 [DH]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.118 (2) p.119 (4) p.115

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.437

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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.58

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.25 septiembre-noviembre 1997 p.92 [FE]

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Simon Boccanegra - Tito Gobbi

Jacopo Fiesco - Boris Christoff

Amelia Grimaldi - Victoria de los Ángeles

Gabriele Adorno - Giuseppe Campora

Paolo Albiani - Walter Monachesi

Pietro - Paolo Dari

Un'ancella - Silvia Bertona

Un capitano dei balestrieri - Paolo Caroli

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Black Disc; - HMV ALPS 1634 - ALP 1635/36 {3LPS 5-sides} (1958)ª; HMV SLS 5090 (+arias) {2LPS} (1977)ª; La Voce del Padrone QALPS 10229 - QALP 10230/31 {3LPS 5 sides} ; Capitol-EMI GCR 7126 {3LPS} (USA) (1958)ª; Seraphim 1C-1655 {3LPS} (+arias)

Compact Cassette - HMV TC-SLS 5090

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63513-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; EMI Références CHS 67483-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1958 p.293 p.317; January 1959 p.345; August 1977 p.345 [AB]; October 1977 p.504 [JBS]; September 1990 p. [AB]; April 2001 p.98, p.100 [AB]

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Opera - January 1959 p.52

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Orpheus - Mai 2001 S.76-S.77 [SL]

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Diapason - No.477 janvier 2001 pp.106-107 [AT]

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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1958 Vol.8 No.11 p.76 [DJ]

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American Record Guide - December 1958 Vol.25 No.4 p.234 [RS]: March 1980 Vol.43 No.5 p.44 [PCP]

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International Record Review - January 2001 p.122 [RP]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.44 marzo-abril 2001 p.92 [VJ]

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Comments:- Recorded 25 September to 1 October 1957

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Georges Sébastian - 1958(Act 2;LE)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris

Floria Tosca - Maria Callas

Mario Cavaradossi - Albert Lance

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Spoletta - Louis Rialland

Sciarrone - Jean-Pierre Hurteau

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Compact Disc - Rodolphe 32495

Laser Disc - Pioneer PA 92 432 (NTSC); EMI LDB 9 91258-1 (PAL) *TOEMI L148-1032 (Japanese NTSC); Dreamlife DMLB 30 (Japanese NTSC)

VHS Video Cassette - EMI MVD 9 91258-3 (PAL)

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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:-

Opera News - July 1995 p.59

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.147 (2) p.149 (4) p.145

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Comments:- Recorded at a Gala Performance in the Palais Garnier (19 December 1958)

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

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Don Carlo - Jon Vickers

Filippo II - Boris Christoff

Rodrigo - Tito Gobbi

Il Grande Inquisitore - Michael Langdon

Un Frate - Joseph Rouleau

Elisabetta di Valois - Gré Brouwenstijn

La principessa Eboli - Fedora Barbieri

Tebaldo - Jeannette Sinclair

Il Conte di Lerma - Edgar Evans

Un Araldo Reale - Robert Allman

Una voce dal cielo - Ava June

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Black Disc; - *Paragon DSV 52008 {3LPS} (1980)ª

Compact Disc; - Myto 3MCD 941.97 (+Un ballo in maschera - excepts - Bergonzi) {3CDS} (1994)ª; Royal Opera House «Heritage Series» ROHS 003 {3CDS} (2006)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 2006 p.112 [JBS]

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Opera - March 2007 pp.351-353 [RM]

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Opera News - August 1994 p.34

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Fanfare - Vol.17 No.6 July/August 1994 p.267; Vol.31 No.1 September/October 2007 pp.234-235 [JM]

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Orpheus - April 1994 p.60: März + April 2007 S.59 [SS]

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Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.61

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American Record Guide - July-August 1994 Vol.57 No.4 p.184

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International Record Review - December 2006 pp.78-79 [RP]

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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2007 pp.94-95 [TP]

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ARSC Journal - Vol.39 No.1 Spring 2008 pp.164-167 [BRA]

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Répertoire - No.69 mai 1994 p.72

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VERDI DAL VIVO - p.65

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.98 marzo 2007 p.95 [JR]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance of a five-act version at Covent Garden (12 May 1958 see OPERA June 1958 p.396)

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Falstaff - Tito Gobbi

Fenton - Alvino Misciano

Ford - Cornell MacNeil

Dr. Cajus - Mariano Caruso

Bardolfo - Luigi Vellucci

Pistola - Kenneth Smith

Alice Ford - Renata Tebaldi

Nannetta - Anna Moffo

Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali

Mistress Quickly - Giulietta Simionato

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 282-2 {2LPS} (1979)ª

Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 206-2 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Premiere Opera ltd. CDNO 7662 {2CDS} (2002)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Classical Express - Issue No.79 October 1996 p.5

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VERDI DAL VIVO - p.96

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.64

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (10 October 1958, see OPERA December 1958 p.780)

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Mario Rossi - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Simon Boccanegra - Tito Gobbi

Jacopo Fiesco - Ferruccio Mazzoli

Amelia Grimaldi - Leyla Gencer

Gabriele Adorno - Mirto Picchi

Paolo Albiani - Walter Monachesi

Pietro - Giovanni Amodeo

Un'ancella - Anna Maria Borrelli

Un capitano dei balestrieri - Gino Borrelli

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Compact Disc; - Hardy Classic HCA 6002-2 {2CDS} (1998)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - Hardy Classic HCA 60002-2 (PAL) (1998)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - April 1999 S.61 [MB]

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Classical Express - Issue No.109 April 1999 p.3 (audio) [MT]

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L'opera (Milano) - n.123 novembre 1998 supplemento p.26 [GL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.33 mayo-junio 1999 p.96 [LB] (audio)

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Comments:- Video recording of a performance at Naples (26 December 1958; see OPERA March 1959 p.179)

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Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1958(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Gianni Schicchi - Tito Gobbi

Lauretta - Victoria de los Ángeles

Zita - Anna Maria Canali

Rinuccio - Carlo Del Monte

Gherardo - Adelio Zagonora

Nella - Lydia Marimpietri

Gherardino - Claudio Cornoldi

Betto di Signa - Saturno Meletti

Simone - Paolo Montarsolo

Marco - Fernando Valentini

Ciesca - Giuliana Raymondi

Spinelloccio - Alfredo Mariotti

Pinellino - Virgilio Stocco

Guccio - Paolo Caroli

Amantio di Nicolao - Alfredo Mariotti

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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1726 {1LP} (1959)ª;; HMV ASD 295 {1LP} (1959)ª; HMV SLS 5066 {3LPS} (Trittico); Capitol GAR 7179 (1LP) (1959)ª;; Capitol SGAR 7179 {1LP} (1959)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CD 7 64165-2 {1CD}; HMV Classics 5 73474-2 {1CD} (1999)ª; EMI Classics 5 62777-2 (+Tito Gobbi - recital) {1CD} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.112; Opera on Record 2 p.321; CELLETTIp.603; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.451; MET(VID) p.249; PENGUIN p.303; GIUDICI p.649; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1959 p.134 [PHW]; October 1959 p.159 [HCS]; December 1959 p.301 [PHW]; January 1960 p.342 [DST]; October 1976 p.650 [AB]; June 1993 pp.102-103 [MEO]

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Opera - December 1959 p.812

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Diapason - No.514 mai 2004 p.105 [PK]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - October 1959 p.12

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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1959 Vol.9 No.9 p.98 [CLO]

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American Record Guide - December 1959 Vol.26 No.4 p.268 [PLM]

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Records and Recordings - September 1959 p.14 [FGB]: December 1959 p.18 [FGB]

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Répertoire - décembre 1992 p.94

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Tokyo Broadcasting Chorus - NHK Italian Opera Chorus - Fujiwara Opera Chorus - Tokyo Boys' Choir

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Gabriella Tucci

Iago - Tito Gobbi

Cassio - Mariano Caruso

Rodrigo - Gabriele De Julis

Lodovico - Plinio Clabassi

Montano - Takao Okamura

Emilia - Anna Di Stasio

Un Araldo - Giorgio Onesti

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Black Disc - Seven Seas K25C 301-303 {3LPS} (Japan); Melodram MEL 417 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - *Rodolphe 32459/60 {2CDS}; Paragon PCD 84002/03 {2CDS};; Paragon ANF 54; Memories HR 4406/07; Seven Seas K38Y30/1 (Japan) Opera d'Oro OPD 1160 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Frequenz 043 010 {2CDS}

Laser Disc - King 631L14/15 (Japanese NTSC)

DVD (Video) - *NHK Video KIBM 1011 (Japan) (2002)ª; Encore DVD 2010 (2005)ª; Video Artists International VAI 4425 (2007)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society #16

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.4 Autumn 2001 pp.729-731 [DM]

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Opéra International - mars 1984 No.68 p.52 [SS]

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Stereophile - December 1994 p.209

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Opéra Magazine - No.27 mars 2008 p.82 (DVD) [JC]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.109 abril 2008 p.88 [MCP]

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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2008 pp.68-69 (DVD) [TP]

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Comments:- Recording(s) of a performance (or of performances) in the Takarazuka Hall, Tokyo. According to Masatoshi Nozaki in «OPERA DISC COLLECTION» (1st edn, p.194; 2nd edn p.250) there are two recordings of performances with the same cast. According to him that on Paragon ANF 54 (CD), KING 63IL 14-5 (laser disc), KING KILM 108/9 (laser disk) and Memories HR 4406/7 (CD) is of a performance given on 4 February while that on Seven Seas K38Y30 (CD) and Frequenz 043-010 (CD) is of a performance given on 7 February. The year is given as 1959 in the 1st edition and 1958 in the 2nd edition. According to the archive of Opera Japonica (http://www.operajaponica.org/archives) Otello was only performed in Japan in 1959 (4,7,10, 13 February in Tokyo and 2 March in Osaka). It appears that the recording on Melodram, Rodolphe, Paragon, and Bel Canto Society is of the performance on 4 February 1959. The date given on the DVD issued by NHK is 4 February 1959. It appears that this is derived from a television transmission (or «simulcast») in which the video broke down at «Ora e per sempre addio..», but the sound continued and NHK have patched in a still of Mario del Monaco at this point. See OPERA-L Wed. 24 Aug 2005 00:30:33 EDT. The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE January 1984 p.872. According to James Calvert (OPERA-L Thu, 24 Oct 2002 08:099:32 -400) the sound on the CDs issued by Opera d'Oro is a semitone sharp. The DVDR issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the conductor is stated incorrectly to be Oliviero de Fabritiis.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Spanish

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1959(LI)-Milan

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Virgilio Carbonari

Cesare Angelotti - Nicola Zaccaria

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Giuseppe Morresi

Un pastore - Antonio Negri

Un carceriere - Franco Piva

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Black Disc - CLS AMDRL 22818 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1010; Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02004

Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1162 {2CDS} (1998)ª

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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 publication:-

Orpheus - August 1980 S.585 [ES2]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (December 1959). Tosca was performed with this cast at La Scala 0n 9, 12, 16, 19 December 1959. The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000, where the date is given as 9 December 1959.

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Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 195?(FI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - NOT KNOWN

Rigoletto - Tito Gobbi

Gilda - Giuseppina Arnaldi

Duca di Mantova - Mario Del Monaco

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VHS Video Cassette - VIEW VIDEO 1403(PAL)

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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 publication:-

Opéra International - novembre 1995 No.196 p.57

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Comments:- A video of a film in which actors double the parts of the singers and which onlycontains the main arias and duets

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

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Lyric Opera of Chicago

Chorus - Lyric Opera of Chicago

Don Carlo - Richard Tucker

Filippo II - Boris Christoff

Rodrigo - Tito Gobbi

Il Grande Inquisitore - Ferruccio Mazzoli

Un Frate - Franco Ventriglia

Elisabetta di Valois - Margherita Roberti

La principessa Eboli - Giulietta Simionato

Tebaldo - Jeanne Diamond

Il Conte di Lerma - Mariano Caruso

Una voce dal cielo - Shirley Johnson

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Black Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 38 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Living Stage LS 1089 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. {2CDRS}

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.72 juLio-agosto 2004 pp.86-87 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Chicago (October 1960; see OPERA December 1960 p.817 )

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La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Minnie - Dorothy Kirsten

Dick Johnson - Sándor Kónya

Jack Rance - Tito Gobbi

Nick - Howard Fried

Ashby - Lorenzo Alvary

Jake Wallace - James Standard

Billy Jackrabbit - Richard Wentworth

José Castro - Robert Anderson

Wowkle - Katherine Hilgenberg

Sonora - Ned Romero

Trin - Raymond Manton

Sid - Colin Harvey

Bello - Donald Drain

Harry - Gilbert Russell

Joe - Orva Hoskinson

Happy - Andrew (András) Foldi

Jim Larkens - Winther Andersen

Un postiglione - Thomas Caperello

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers FAN 196001 {2CDRS} (2006)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 of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (1 October 1960). The cast listed above is that given in the «San Francisco Opera Performance Archive» (http://archive.sfopera.com - hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Fedora by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Lovro von Matacic - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Renata Tebaldi

Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - Giuseppe di Stefano

De Siriex - Tito Gobbi

Lorek - Kay Charles Graves

Nicola - Robert Smith

La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Jeanette Scovotti

Boroff - Bernard Izzo

Gretch - Franco Ventriglia

Il Barone Rouvel - Robert Schmorr

Cirillo - Chester Watson

Dmitri - Susan Winchester

Desiré - Mariano Caruso

Il piccolo Savoiardo - Kay Griffel

Sergio - Jeffrey Wolfe

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1174-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 1151

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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 Chicago Lyric Opera (25 November 1960). According to mr. tape's catalogue the sound on the tape issued by him is «very poor». The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Compact Disc Releases Winter 2004».

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Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Macbeth - Tito Gobbi

Lady Macbeth - Amy Shuard

Banco - Forbes Robinson

Macduff - André Turp

Malcolm - John Dobson

Dama - Noreen Berry

Medico - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 435 {3LPS} (1984)ª

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00783

Compact Disc; - Bella Voce BLV 107.203 (+Otello - excerpts - Sanzogno) {2CDS} (1996)ª

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

HARRIS p.162; Opera on Record p.201; CELLETTI p.936; Opera on CD (1) p.47 (2) p.53 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.40 p.106, mise à jour septembre 2000; MET p.573; MET(VID) p.359; PENGUIN p.487; GIUDICI p.881 (2) p.1431; Opéra International No.72 septembre 1994 p.112; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.8; International Opera Collector Winter 1998 No.10 p.32; Opéra Interational février 1999 No.232 p.68, No.266 mars 2002 p.18

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Mai 1996 S.62

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Opéra International - novembre 1984 No.75 pp.51-52 [SS]

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Diapason - No.429 septembre 1996 p.150

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.144 ottobre 2000 p.82 [GL]

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Comments:- The performance whose recording is on the Bella Voce CDs and Charles Handelman's tapes is reported to be that at Covent Garden on 8 April 1960 with the cast as listed above. This performance was broadcast (see Radio Times Issue dated April 3-9 1960 p.51). That on the Melodram LPs is reported to be that of 31 March 1960, the first night, which was not broadcast. In this performance Joseph Rouleau sang Banco, not Forbes Robinson. (See OPERA May 1960 p.369)

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Capuana - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Floriana Cavalli

Iago - Tito Gobbi

Cassio - Agostino Lazzari

Rodrigo - Athos Cesarini

Lodovico - Paolo Washington

Emilia - Dora Minarchi

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Black Disc - Longhesi Periodici 15; I Gioelli della Lirica GML 15 (highlights) {1LP}

Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 763 {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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - No.57 mars 1983 p.57 (mention)

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Comments:- Recording of a performance given in Rome (26 December 1960; see OPERA February 1961 pp.102-103 ; «Mario del Monaco - Monumentum aere perennius» pp.516-517, p.847). 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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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1960(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Otello - Jon Vickers

Desdemona - Leonie Rysanek

Iago - Tito Gobbi

Cassio - Florindo Andreolli

Rodrigo - Mario Carlin

Lodovico - Ferruccio Mazzoli

Montano - Franco Calabrese

Emilia - Miriam Pirazzini

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Black Disc; - *RCA Victor LD-6155/1-3 {3LPS} (UK) (1961)ª; RCA LDS 6155/1-3 {3LPS} (UK) (1961)ª; RCA SER 5646-5648; RCA «Victrola» VL 43545-3 {3LPS} (1977)ª; RCA Victor AGL 3-1969 {3LPS} (USA)

Compact Cassette - RCA RK 40001

Compact Disc; - *RCA GD 81969 {2CDS} (UK) (1988)ª; RCA 1969-2-RG {2CDS} (USA); RCA Victor «Living Stereo» 09026 63180-2 (1998)ª

Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor FTC 8004 (7½ips 4-track) (USA) (1962)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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1961 p.268; January 1962 p.340; November 1972 p.966 [AB]; September 1987 p. [AB]; November 1988 p. [AB]

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Opera - January 1962 p.50

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Fanfare - Vol.12 No.4 March/April 1989 pp.321-322 [JM]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.244-247 [WA]

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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1961 Vol.11 No.10 p.73 [CLO]: August 1962 Vol.12 No.8 p.104 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - November 1961 Vol.28 No.3 p.180 [CJL]: January/February 1999 Vol.62 No.1 p.198 [LM]

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BBC Music Magazine - August 1999 p.71 [CO]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII N.131 luglio-agosto 1999 p.92 [MG]

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Pagliacci by Ruggiero Leoncavallo performed in Italian

Conductor Lovro von Matacic - 1960(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Canio - Franco Corelli

Nedda - Lucine Amara

Tonio - Tito Gobbi

Beppe - Mario Spina

Silvio - Mario Zanasi

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Black Disc - Columbia 33CX 1752/1753 (+choruses); Columbia SAX 2399/2400 (+choruses); Angel 3618 B/L (+choruses) {2LPS}; Angel S 3618 B/L (+choruses) {2LPS}

Compact Disc - EMI CMS 7 63967-2 (+Cavalleria rusticana) {2CDS}

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1961 p.166

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Opera - November 1961 p.722

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1961 Vol.11 No.5 p.55 [CLO]

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American Record Guide - June 1961 Vol.27 No.10 p.798 [CJL]

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Simon Boccanegra - Tito Gobbi

Jacopo Fiesco - Giorgio Tozzi

Amelia Grimaldi - Leyla Gencer

Gabriele Adorno - Giuseppe Zampieri

Paolo Albiani - Rolando Panerai

Pietro - Vito Susca

Un capitano dei balestrieri - Glade Peterson

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Black Disc - Movimento Musica 03 010 {3LPS} Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 1 {2LPS} Rodolphe «Crescendo» RP 12702 (highlights) {1LP};

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 732 {2CDS} ; *Gala GL 100.508 (+highlights Falstaff - Karajan 1957) {2CDS} ;; Opera d'Oro OPD 1351 {2CDS} (2002)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.7 No.1 September/October 1983 pp.280-281 [ADC]

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Orpheus - April 1996 S.59

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American Record Guide - March/April 1985 Vol.48 No.3 p.38 (highlights) [KM]

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Répertoire - No.83 septembre 1995 p.79

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival. Another performance is reviewed in OPERA, Festival Issue 1961 p.59

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1961(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Rodolfo - Gianni Poggi

Schaunard - Giorgio Giorgetti

Marcello - Tito Gobbi

Colline - Giuseppe Modesti

Mimi - Renata Scotto

Musetta - Jolanda Meneguzzer

Benoit - Virgilio Carbonari

Alcindoro - Virgilio Carbonari

Parpignol - Enzo Guagni

Sergente dei doganieri - Mario Frosini

Un doganiere - Augusto Frati

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Black Disc; - D.G.G. LPM 18764-18765 {2LPS} (1962)ª; D.G.G. SLPM 138764-138765 {2LPS} (1962)ª; DG «Privilege» 2705 038 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - DG 435 715-2 {2CDS}; DG «Double» 449 387-2 {2CDS}; DG 477 561-8 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1962 p.303; November 1987 p.; February 1993 p.75 [JBS] February 2006 p.91 [AB]

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Opera - March 1963 p.193 [HDR]

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High Fidelity Magazine - April 1962 Vol.12 No.4 p.76 [CLO]

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American Record Guide - May 1962 Vol.28 No.9 p.735 [CJL]

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Répertoire - No.89 mars 1996 p.52

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1962(LE)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Floria Tosca - Magda Olivero

Mario Cavaradossi - Flaviano Labò

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Virgilio Carbonari

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Compact Disc; - Mitridate «Ponto» PO 1007 (+complete recording cond. Conlon 1979 +highlights cond. Behr 1975) {3CDS} (2002)ª

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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 publication:-

Orpheus - Dezember 2002 S.56 [IW]

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Comments:- Recording of part of a perfromance at Verona.

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Mario Rossi - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Falstaff - Tito Gobbi

Fenton - Agostino Lazzari

Ford - Renato Capecchi

Dr. Cajus - Vittorio Pandano

Bardolfo - Renato Ercolani

Pistola - Enrico Campi

Alice Ford - Renata Tebaldi

Nannetta - Mirella Freni

Meg Page - Fernanda Cadoni

Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri

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Black Disc - Movimento Musica MM 030 22 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1313 {2CDS} (2001)ª; House of Opera CDBB 655 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Bravissimo Opera Library 9801 (Verdi - The Greatest Operas) {14CDS} (2007)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.31 No.4 March/April 2008 pp.269-271 [JM]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples (1 December 1962; mentioned in OPERA March 1963 p.187). The cast listed above is that given in OPERA, but some sources give Anna Maria Rota as singing the role of Meg. The Movimento Musica LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670. 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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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Raina Kabaivanska

Iago - Tito Gobbi

Cassio - John Lanigan

Rodrigo - John Dobson

Lodovico - David Ward

Montano - Forbes Robinson

Emilia - Josephine Veasey

Un Araldo - Glynne Thomas

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Compact Disc - Nuova ERA 23578 {2CDS}; Memories 4583/4584 {2CDS}

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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 Covent Garden (30 June 1962 see OPERA August 1962 p.559). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated June 30 - July 6 1962 p.13. Geraint Evans was announced to sing Iago, but in fact, Tito Gobbi sang. The CDs issued on the «Memories» label are advertized in GRAMOPHONE March 1995 p.84.

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Otello - James McCracken

Desdemona - Virginia Zeani

Iago - Tito Gobbi

Cassio - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta

Rodrigo - Nino Mazziotti

Lodovico - Franco Pugliese

Montano - Arturo La Porta

Emilia - Anna Maria Canali

Un Araldo - Nino Mandolesi

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Black Disc; - Legendary Recordings LR 177-3 {3LPS} (1982)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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

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

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Rome (15 December 1962; see OPERA February 1963 p.96 ). The LR LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE December 1982 p.722

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Chorus - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Ilva Ligabue

Iago - Tito Gobbi

Cassio - Franco Ricciardi

Rodrigo - Athos Cesarini

Lodovico - Enrico Campi

Montano - Guido Malfatti

Emilia - Laura Zannini

Un Araldo - Mario Rossetti

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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 475 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 767 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Golden Melodram GM 50054 {2CDS} (2006)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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.30 No.1 September/October 2006 pp.266-267 [BB]

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Orpheus - 7+8 Juli-August 2007 S.60 [IW]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Massimo di Palermo (11 January 1962). The cast listed above is as given in «Il Teatro Massimo di Palermo - cento anni attraverso la stagioni liriche e gli artisti» p.165.

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

Conductor John Pritchard - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Don Carlo - Ragnar Ulfung

Filippo II - Boris Christoff

Rodrigo - Tito Gobbi

Il Grande Inquisitore - Nicola Zaccaria

Un Frate - David Kelly

Elisabetta di Valois - Marie Collier

La principessa Eboli - Grace Bumbry

Tebaldo - Janet Coster

Una voce dal cielo - Barbara Holt

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4156 (& 4105)

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 7308

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (11 April 1963). The performance on 6 April 1963 is reviewed in OPERA May 1963 pp.349-351.

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Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Nabucco - Tito Gobbi

Ismaele - Alfonso La Morena

Zaccaria - Boris Christoff

Abigaille - Danica Mastilovic

Fenena - Anna Maria Rota

Gran Sacerdote - William Wilderman

Abdallo - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta

Anna - Corinna Vozza

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1109; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1260-2 {2CDRS}

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (4 October 1963). 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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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Figaro - Geraint Evans

Susanna - Mirella Freni

Conte Almaviva - Tito Gobbi

Contessa Almaviva - Ilva Ligabue

Cherubino - Teresa Berganza

Marcellina - Monica Sinclair

Bartolo - Michael Langdon

Basilio - Kenneth MacDonald

Curzio - Robert Bowman

Antonio - David Kelly

Barbarina - Jenifer Eddy

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1040

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 1998

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 11 June 1963. This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. See Radio Times Issue dated June 8-14 1963 p.31. The performance on 5 June 1963 is reviewed in OPERA July 1963 pp.491-496, p.506. 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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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Otello - Jon Vickers

Desdemona - Sena Jurinac

Iago - Tito Gobbi

Cassio - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta

Rodrigo - Richard Carl Knoll

Lodovico - William Wilderman

Montano - Bernard Izzo

Emilia - Anna Maria Canali

Un Araldo - Howard Nelson

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Compact Disc - Legato Classics LCD 311-2 {2CDS}; Omega Opera Archive 1689

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.81 [GH]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance by the Chicago Lyric Opera (November 1963). 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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Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Massimo Pradella - 1963(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Gianni Schicchi - Tito Gobbi

Lauretta - Cecilia Fusco

Zita - Jolanda Gardino

Rinuccio - Renzo Casellato

Gherardo - Mario Carlin

Nella - Liliana Rossi (Perino)

Gherardino - Carlo Ambrosoni

Betto di Signa - Angelo Nosotti

Simone - Paolo Montarsolo

Marco - Mario Basiola jnr.

Ciesca - Luisella Ciaffi Ricagno

Spinelloccio - Giorgio Onesti

Pinellino - Christiano Dalamangas

Guccio - Enzo Viaro

Amantio di Nicolao - Carlo Badioli

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Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1293 {1CD} (2001)ª

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Recordings of Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.112; Opera on Record 2 p.321; CELLETTIp.603; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.451; MET(VID) p.249; PENGUIN p.303; GIUDICI p.649; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116

Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 19 September 1963.

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

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Don Carlo - Richard Tucker

Filippo II - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Rodrigo - Tito Gobbi

Il Grande Inquisitore - Bruno Marangoni

Un Frate - Raymond Michalski

Elisabetta di Valois - Leyla Gencer

La principessa Eboli - Grace Bumbry

Tebaldo - Jeanne Diamond

Il Conte di Lerma - Robert Schmorr

Una voce dal cielo - Carol Toscano

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1396-3 {3CDRS} (2004)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (7 November 1964). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases July-August 2004».

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L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Coppola - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company

Chorus - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company

Adina - Elena Todeschi

Nemorino - Ferruccio Tagliavini

Dulcamara - Salvatore Baccaloni

Belcore - Tito Gobbi

Giannetta - Alexandra Tagan

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00922

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1595

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Recordings of L' elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.95; Opera on Record p.173; CELLETTI p.205; Opera on CD (1) p.35 (2) p.40 (3) p.45; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.95 p.90; MARINELLI p.103; MET p.102; MET(VID) p.56; PENGUIN p.74; Opera on Video p.61; GIUDICI p.172; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.20; American Record Guide September/October2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (11 March 1964). The cast listed above is that given by Frank Hamilton in his online chronology of opera performances in Philadelphia (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000

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Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Nabucco - Tito Gobbi

Ismaele - Franco Tagliavini

Zaccaria - Giorgio Tozzi

Abigaille - Gladys Kuchta

Fenena - Janis Martin

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2271-2 {2CDRS} (2006)ª

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

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

Comments:- This may be a recording of a performance given by the San Francisco Opera in the open-air Greek auditorium in the University of Berkeley. See OPERA December 1964 p.797. The CDRs issued by Premiere are included in the online update to their catalogue dated 9 August 2006.

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Otello - James McCracken

Desdemona - Pilar Lorengar

Iago - Tito Gobbi

Cassio - Glade Peterson

Rodrigo - Richard Riffel

Lodovico - Pietro Menci

Montano - Daniel McCaughna

Emilia - Janis Martin

Un Araldo - David Giosso

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1426

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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 War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (September 1964). The cast listed above is that given in «The San Francisco Opera 1922-1978» by Arthur Bloomfield p.454. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive was listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it was stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The recording is described as «VG in-house».

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Floria Tosca - Régine Crespin

Mario Cavaradossi - Richard Tucker

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Giorgio Tadeo

Cesare Angelotti - Renato Cesari

Spoletta - Robert Schmorr

Sciarrone - Bernard Izzo

Un pastore - Elizabeth Fischer

Un carceriere - Kay Charles Graves

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1216

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (27 November 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».

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Floria Tosca - Maria Callas

Mario Cavaradossi - Renato Cioni

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Eric Garrett

Cesare Angelotti - Victor Godfrey

Spoletta - Robert Bowman

Sciarrone - Dennis Wicks

Un pastore - David Sellar

Un carceriere - Edgar Boniface

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Black Disc - *Melodram MEL 443 {2LPS}; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 5 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02874

Compact Disc; - IMC 203003; Arkadia HP 463.2; Golden Melodram GM 2.0011; Opera d'Oro OPD 1142 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 5002 (+La boheme +Turandot +Madama Butterfly {8CDS} (2002)ª; *House of Opera - Tosca - CD-ROM (2000)ª; DiVa 1119/1120 {2CDS} (1999)ª; EMI Classics 562 675-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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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 - April 2004 p.90 [AB]

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Opera - February 2004 pp.149-150 [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.5 May/June 2004 pp.30-35 [MM]

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Orpheus - April 1998 p.62 [GH]

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Opéra International - juillet-aoüt 1984 No.72 p.54 [SS]; No.285 décembre 2003 pp.66-67 [SS]

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International Record Review - January 2004 pp.79-80 [MVA]

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American Record Guide - May/June 2004 Vol.67 No.3 p.234 [RVL]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno X - N.95 - Marzo 1996 p.81

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.41 septiembre-octubre 2000 p.92 [MH]: No.66 diciembre 2003 pp.86-87 [BD]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (24 January 1964, see OPERA March 1964 p.202). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times issue dated January 18-24 1964 p.49).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1964(LI;22/3/1964 - Tebaldi)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Justino Díaz

Spoletta - Mariano Caruso

Sciarrone - William Walker

Un pastore - Stuart Fischer

Un carceriere - Russell Christopher

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1165

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (22 March 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 described as «Clear but distant in-house recording».

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1964(SE)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Floria Tosca - Maria Callas

Mario Cavaradossi - Renato Cioni

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Spoletta - Robert Bowman

Sciarrone - Dennis Wicks

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Laser Disc; - EMI LDB 77789-1(NTSC); EMI LDB4 91283-1(PAL) (1995)ª

DVD (Video) - EMI DVA 4 92851 9 (+Callas recital) (2002)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - EMI MVD4 91283-3(PAL) (1995)ª

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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 - March 1995 p.110 [AB]; October 2002 p.103 [JBS]

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Opera News - July 1995 p.59

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Orpheus - Februar 1995 S.63

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Diapason - No.413 mars 1995 p.72; No.495 septembre 2002 p.137 [MP]

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.184 janvier 1995 p.110

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BBC Music Magazine - October 2002 p.102 [CC]

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International Record Review - November 2002 pp.78-79 [MVA]

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Répertoire - No.161 octobre 2002 p.40 [TP]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - febrero 2003 No.162 p.65 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of Act 2 at Covent Garden (9 February 1964). According to the review in INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW this «was specially recorded on a Sunday evening at the end of a run of performances in the house.»

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1964(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (Paris)

Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris

Floria Tosca - Maria Callas

Mario Cavaradossi - Carlo Bergonzi

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Giorgio Tadeo

Cesare Angelotti - Leonardo Monreale

Spoletta - Renato Ercolani

Sciarrone - Ugo Trama

Un pastore - David Sellar

Un carceriere - Leonardo Monreale

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Black Disc; - HMV «Angel Series» AN 149-150 {2LPS} (1965)ª; HMV «Angel Series» SAN 149-150 {2LPS} (1965)ª; HMV SLS 917 (SAN 149-150) {2LPS};; Angel 3655 B/L {2LPS} (1965)ª;; Angel S 3655 B/L {2LPS} (1965)ª; Angel AA 9100-9101 {2LPS} (Japan)

Compact Disc; - *EMI CMS 7 69974-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª;; EMI CMS 5 66444-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Musical Heritage Society MHS 524973H {2CDS} (1999 (USA))ª

Open Reel Tape; - Angel Y2S 3655 (3óips 4-track) (1965)ª

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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 - July 1965 p.69 [PHW]; October 1965 p.191 [DST]; August 1989 p. [AB]

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Opera - September 1965 p.670 [ET]

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Opera Now - January/February 1998 p.97 (mention) [GH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.175

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Diapason - No.440 septembre 1997 p.106 [CC]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.181-182 p.218 [CM]

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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.187 (2) p.192 (3) p.188

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American Record Guide - April 1965 Vol.31 No.8 pp.688-690, p.745 [JM2]: July 1965 Vol.31 No.11 pp.1104-1105 (open reel tape) [RJ]: July/August 1998 Vol.61 No.4 pp.265-266 (mention) [LM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1965 Vol.15 No.5 p.74, p.76 [CLO]: July 1965 Vol.15 No.7 p.84 [RDD]

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Répertoire - No.105 septembre 1997 p.68 [PT]

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

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Il tabarro by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor John Pritchard - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Michele - Tito Gobbi

Luigi - Charles Craig

Il Tinca - John Lanigan

Il Talpa - Eric Garrett

Giorgetta - Marie Collier

La Frugola - Elizabeth Bainbridge

Venditore di canzonette - John Dobson

Due amanti - Margaret Smith

- Handel Owen

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03742

Compact Disc - Live Opera Heaven CAS 321 {1CDR}; Omega Opera Archive 1970

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Recordings of Il tabarro by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.110; Opera on Record 2 p.314; CELLETTI p.630; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.444; MET(VID) p.249; PENGUIN p.313; Opera on Video p.185; GIUDICI p.642 (2) p.1056; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (23 April 1965; see OPERA June 1965 pp.450-454). This was broadcast on the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated April 15 1965 p.62).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris

Floria Tosca - Maria Callas

Mario Cavaradossi - Renato Cioni

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Jean-Christophe Benoit

Cesare Angelotti - Jean-Pierre Hurteau

Spoletta - Louis Rialland

Sciarrone - Roger Soyer

Un pastore - Jeannine Collard

Un carceriere - Georges Daum

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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 480 {2LPS}

Compact Disc - Melodram MEL 26033 {2CDS}

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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 publication:-

The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.188 (2) p.193 (4) p.190

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Paris (3 March 1965)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Floria Tosca - Maria Callas

Mario Cavaradossi - Renato Cioni

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Eric Garrett

Cesare Angelotti - Victor Godfrey

Spoletta - John Dobson

Sciarrone - Dennis Wicks

Un pastore - David Sellar

Un carceriere - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies

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Black Disc - Voce 13 (highlights) {1LP}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman 04087

Compact Disc - Divina Records DVN 2 {2CDS}

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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 Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.190 (2) pp.195-196 (4) pp.192-193

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 p.78 [LB]

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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at Covent Garden (5 July 1965; see OPERA August 1965 p.605 )

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1965(LI;19/3/65)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Maria Callas

Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Lawrence Davidson

Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot

Spoletta - Andrea Velis

Sciarrone - Russell Christopher

Un pastore - Stuart Fischer

Un carceriere - Robert Goodloe

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Black Disc; - Estro Armonico EA 013 {2LPS} Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 275-2 {2LPS} (1979)ª; Melodram MEL 450 {2LPS} (1985)ª

Compact Disc; - Melodram 26030 {2CDS};; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site 4» (highlights) {1xCD-ROM} (2003)ª; Omega Opera Archive 1276

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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 publication:-

The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.188: (2) pp.193-194: (4) p.190

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (19 March 1965; see OPERA July 1965 p.491). 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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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1965(LI;23/3/65)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Maria Callas

Mario Cavaradossi - Richard Tucker

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Lawrence Davidson

Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot

Spoletta - Andrea Velis

Sciarrone - Russell Christopher

Un pastore - Stuart Fischer

Un carceriere - Robert Goodloe

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 306-2 {2LPS}

Compact Disc - Melodram 26035 {2CDS}

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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 publication:-

The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.188: (2) pp.193-194: (4) p.190

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (25 March 1965; see OPERA July 1965 p.491)

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Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1965(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Nabucco - Tito Gobbi

Ismaele - Bruno Prevedi

Zaccaria - Carlo Cava

Abigaille - Elena Souliotis

Fenena - Dora Carral

Gran Sacerdote - Giovanni Foiani

Abdallo - Walter Kräutler

Anna - Anna D' Auria

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 298-300 {3LPS} (1966)ª; *Decca SET 298-300 {3LPS} (1966)ª; London OSA 1382 S {3LPS}

Compact Cassette; - Decca K126K32 (1979)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 417 407-2 {2CDS} (1987)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1966 p.571; July 1966 p.49; July 1979 p.259 [IM] January 1987 p.1058 [AB]

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Opera - July 1966 p.558 [HDR]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.168-171 [DWW]

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Audio & Record Review - May 1966 p.25 [AJ]

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.572

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Joseph Rosenstock - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Falstaff - Tito Gobbi

Fenton - Luigi Alva

Ford - Thomas Stewart

Dr. Cajus - Mariano Caruso

Bardolfo - Andrea Velis

Pistola - Norman Scott

Alice Ford - Pilar Lorengar

Nannetta - Judith Raskin

Meg Page - Mildred Miller

Mistress Quickly - Lili Chookasian

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1161

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (9 March 1966). 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 described as a «Very Good to Excellent in-house recording».

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Mario Rossi - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Falstaff - Tito Gobbi

Fenton - Agostino Lazzari

Ford - Walter Alberti

Dr. Cajus - Mario Carles

Bardolfo - Florindo Andreolli

Pistola - Leonardo Monreale

Alice Ford - Ilva Ligabue

Nannetta - Lydia Marimpietri

Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali

Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri

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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 061 323 (La forza del destino - Gavazenni 1965 - highlights) {2CDS} (2006)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

American Record Guide - September/October 2006 Vol.69 No.5 p.290 [KM]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.94 octubre 2006 pp.86-87 [VM]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 19 October 1966. The cast listed above is that given in «50 anni di opera lirica alla Rai 1931-1980» by Giorgio Gualerzi and Carlo Marinelli Roscioni p.183.

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Parma

Chorus - Teatro Regio di Parma

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - Tito Gobbi

Cassio - Ottavio Garaventa

Lodovico - Plinio Clabassi

Emilia - Anna Di Stasio

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 773 {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 given by the company of the Teatro Regio di Parma in the Place des Arts, Montreal (21 June 1966). 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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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia

Chorus - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Rita Orlandi Malaspina

Iago - Tito Gobbi

Cassio - Ermanno Lorenzi

Rodrigo - Augusto Pedroni

Lodovico - Alessandro Maddalena

Montano - Giovanni Antonini

Emilia - Anna Di Stasio

Un Araldo - Giorgio Santi

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Compact Disc; - Mondo Musica MFOH 10421 {2CDS} (1999)ª; House of Opera CDBB 768 {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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.23 No.2 November/December 1999 p.383 [JM]

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Orpheus - 1+2 Januar+Februar 2005 S.61 [IW]

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American Record Guide - November/December 1999 Vol.62 No.6 p.230 [LM]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.37 enero-febrero 2000 p.97 [TF]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance staged in the courtyard of the Ducal Palace, Venice on the occasion of the «First International Congress of Verdi Studies» (31 July 1966). See OPERA October 1966 p.820

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Allen Jensen - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Pasadena Opera Company

Chorus - Pasadena Opera Company

Otello - Giuseppe di Stefano

Desdemona - Marcella Pobbe

Iago - Tito Gobbi

Cassio - Burl Dean Smith

Rodrigo - Dino Allotti

Lodovico - Eugene Brundage

Montano - Bruce Tuthill

Emilia - Kathleen de Spain

Un Araldo - Bruce Tuthill

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Black Disc - Voce 14 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven C 788 {2CDS};; House of Opera CD 362L; House of Opera CDBB 777 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1681-2 {2CDRS} (2005)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 by the Pasadena Opera Company (31 March 1966; see OPERA June 1966 p.456). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera Ltd. 2005 Winter/Spring New Releases».

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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Silvio Varviso - 1966(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Santuzza - Elena Souliotis

Turiddu - Mario Del Monaco

Alfio - Tito Gobbi

Lola - Stefania Malagù

Lucia - Anna Di Stasio

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 343-344 (+Souliotis recital) {2LPS} (1967)ª; Decca SET 343-344 (+Souliotis recital) {2LPS} (1967)ª; London A-4266 (+Souliotis recital) {2LPS} (1967)ª; London OSA-1266 (+Souliotis recital) {2LPS} (1967)ª; *Jugoton LPSU-DC-334-5

Compact Disc; - *Collectors Series IMPX 9018 {1CD}; Double Decca 452 179-2 (+Pagliacci) {2CDS} (1998)ª; Decca 476 7216 {1CD} (2005)ª

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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 - October 1967 p.225 [PHW]; January 1968 p.366 [DST]; Special Awards Issue 1998 p.115 [JBS]; April 1999 p.36 [IM]; October 2005 p.101 [JBS]

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Opera - December 1967 p.994 [AB]

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Opera News - September 23 1967 p.30

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Orpheus - April 1998 p.60 (mention) [GH]

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Comments:- According to Jacopo Serafini this recording was made on 14-17, 19-21 September 1966 («È colpa amore? - Infelicita e prodigi di Elena Souliotis» by Jacopo Serafini p.276).

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Zubin Mehta - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Otello - James McCracken

Desdemona - Montserrat Caballé

Iago - Tito Gobbi

Cassio - Ermanno Lorenzi

Rodrigo - Gabor Carelli

Lodovico - Raymond Michalski

Montano - Clifford Harvuot

Emilia - Shirley Love

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Black Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P.19 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 761 {2CDS} ; Living Stage LS 4035175 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Celestial Audio CA 218 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2002)ª; Bensar OL 31167 {2CDRS} (2005)ª; Academy Records WH Live Opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) (2006)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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - novembre 1995 No.196 p.66

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.61 junio 2003 p.86 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (11 March 1967). The performance of 27 February 1967 is reviewed in OPERA, May 1967 p.384. The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Elizabethan Trust Orchestra

Chorus - Elizabethan Trust Opera Company

Floria Tosca - Marie Collier

Mario Cavaradossi - Donald Smith

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Ronald Maconaghie

Cesare Angelotti - Luciano Borghi

Spoletta - John Hefferman

Sciarrone - John Pringle

Un pastore - James Taylor

Un carceriere - Paul Rutenis

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1406-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site on a Disc #6» {1xCD-ROM} (2005)ª

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance give by the Elizabethan Trust Opera Company at the Adelaide Festival of Arts (20 March 1968; see OPERA July 1968 pp..566=568). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases August 2004 Part II»

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Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Ferdinand Leitner - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Don Giovanni - Tito Gobbi

Donna Anna - Claire Watson

Don Ottavio - Alfredo Kraus

Donna Elvira - Ilva Ligabue

Leoporello - Geraint Evans

Il Commendatore - Paolo Washington

Masetto - Peter Van Ginkel

Zerlina - Judith Raskin

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Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia; «WWW Site on a Disc #7» {1xCD-ROM} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (6 December 1969; see OPERA February 1970 pp.126-127).

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Fedora by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1969(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo

Chorus - L'Opera de Monte Carlo

La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Magda Olivero

Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - Mario Del Monaco

De Siriex - Tito Gobbi

Lorek - Leonardo Monreale

Nicola - Leonardo Monreale

La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Lucia Cappellino

Boroff - Virgilio Carbonari

Gretch - Silvio Maionica

Il Barone Rouvel - Piero De Palma

Cirillo - Peter Binder

Dmitri - Kiri Te Kanawa

Desiré - Ricardo Cassinelli

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Black Disc; - Decca SET 435-436 {2LPS} (1970)ª

Compact Disc; - *Decca 433 033-2 (+Francesca da Rimini - excerpts) {2CDS} (1992)ª; *Decca 475 762-2 (+Francesca da Rimini - excerpts) {2CDS} (2006)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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1970 p.1473; July 1970 p.148; March 1992 p.110

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International Record Review - June 2006 pp.27-28 [JTH]

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris

Falstaff - Tito Gobbi

Fenton - Gérard Dunan

Ford - Matteo Manuguerra

Dr. Cajus - Jacques Pottier

Bardolfo - Robert Andreozzi

Pistola - Gérard Chapuis

Alice Ford - Andrea Guiot

Nannetta - Christiane Eda-Pierre

Meg Page - Marie-Luce Bellary

Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri

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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6152 (2007)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66

Comments:- This appears to be a video recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier, Paris (April 1970). The cast listed above is that given in L'AVANT SCÈNE OPÉRA No.87/88 p.175 and OPERA July 1970 p.669. The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated 21 May 2007. Here the year of the performance recorded is given as 1973. It is also stated that there are «glitches in Gobbi's Act III monologue».

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Floria Tosca - Teresa Kubiak

Mario Cavaradossi - Carlo Bergonzi

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Italo Tajo

Cesare Angelotti - Giorgio Giorgetti

Spoletta - Florindo Andreolli

Sciarrone - Bernard Izzo

Un pastore - Sylvia Cooper

Un carceriere - Robert Smith

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1765-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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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

Comments:- The recording on the CDs issued by Premiere appears to be of a performance in the Civic Opera House, Chicago (October 1971). The cast listed above is that given in Frank Hamilton's online chronology of the performances by Tito Gobbi (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1971(LI;6/11/71)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Grace Bumbry

Mario Cavaradossi - Plácido Domingo

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot

Spoletta - Charles Anthony

Sciarrone - Russell Christopher

Un pastore - René Mack

Un carceriere - Edmond Karlsrud

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1258

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (6 November 1971). 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 described as an «Very Good to Excellent FM Aircheck», but this performance was not broadcast.

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Christoph von Dohnányi - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Falstaff - Tito Gobbi

Fenton - Luigi Alva

Ford - Kostas Paskalis

Dr. Cajus - Paul Franke

Bardolfo - Andrea Velis

Pistola - Richard Best

Alice Ford - Renata Tebaldi

Nannetta - Roberta Peters

Meg Page - Joann Grillo

Mistress Quickly - Regina Resnik

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1749

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (1 April 1972). 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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There is only one recording of L' Oracolo by Franco Leoni on file (performed in Italian)

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1975(STU)

Orchestra - National Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - John Aldis Choir

Uin-Sci - Richard Van Allan

Cim-Fen - Tito Gobbi

Hu-Tsin - Clifford Grant

Uin-San-Lui - Ryland Davies

Ah-Joe - Joan Sutherland

Hua-Qui - Huguette Tourangeau

L'indovino - Ian Caley

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Black Disc; - Decca D34D2 {2LPS} (1977)ª;; London OAS 12107 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - Decca K34K22; *London OSA5-12107

Compact Disc; - Decca 444 396-2 {1CD} (1996)ª; Musical Heritage Society MHS 514617 {1CD} (1997)ª; Decca 475 6531 (+Suor Angelica + Vissi d'arte) {2CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of L' Oracolo by Franco Leoni are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.371

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1977 p.212 [AB]; September 1997 p.508 (mention) [IM], p.529 [SIR]; October 1977 p.504 [JBS]; March 1997 p.93

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Fanfare - November 1977 Vol.1 No.2 p.32 [KH]; Vol.22 No.4 March/April 1999 p.253 [GJ]

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Orpheus - Oktober 1996 S.57

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Opéra International - décembre 1996 No.208 p.56

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American Record Guide - January/February 1998 Vol.61 No.1 p.123 [CHP]

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Répertoire - No.94 septembre 1996 p.212

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno X - N.101 - ottobre 1996 p.78

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.79 octubre 1996 p.54

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.81 junio 2005 p.87 [JV]

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Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Lorin Maazel - 1976?(STU)

Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra

Gianni Schicchi - Tito Gobbi

Lauretta - Ileana Cotrubas

Zita - Anna Di Stasio

Rinuccio - Plácido Domingo

Gherardo - Florindo Andreolli

Nella - Scilly Fortunato

Gherardino - Alvaro Domingo

Betto di Signa - Alfredo Mariotti

Simone - Giancarlo Luccardi

Marco - Carlo Del Bosco

Ciesca - Stefania Malagù

Spinelloccio - Leo Pudis

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Black Disc - CBS «Masterworks» 76563 {1LP} (UK); CBS «Masterworks» 79312 (Trittico) {3LPS) (UK); Columbia M 34534 {1LP} (USA)

Compact Disc - *CBS M3K 79312 (Trittico); CBS M3K 35912 (Trittico)

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Recordings of Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.112; Opera on Record 2 p.321; CELLETTIp.603; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.451; MET(VID) p.249; PENGUIN p.303; GIUDICI p.649; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1977 p.1729 [EG]; October 1977 p.594 [JBS]; August 1978 p.375 [EG]; November 1988 p.861 [EG]

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Fanfare - Vol.1 No.3 January 1978 p.40 [KH]

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Abbreviations

(STU), "Studio" Recording

(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts

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

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

(LI), "Live" Recording

(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts

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

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

(RA), A Radio Performance

(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance

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

(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

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