(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1950(STU) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Herbert von Karajan*
2 1950(STU) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Herbert von Karajan*
3 1951(LC) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
4 1952(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
5 1953(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*
6 1953(LI) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - Fritz Stiedry*
7 1953(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Clemens Krauss*
8 1954(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Karl Böhm*
9 1954(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Max Rudolf*
10 1954(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
11 1954(LI) - Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner - George Szell*
12 1954(RA) - Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky - Richard Kraus*
13 1955(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Rafael Kubelik*
14 1955(LI) - Arabella by Richard Strauss - Rudolf Kempe*
15 1955(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Karl Böhm*
16 1955(LI) - Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky - Berislav Klobucar*
17 1955(LI) - Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner - Rudolf Kempe*
18 1955(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Dimitri Mitropoulos*
19 1955(RA) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Otto Klemperer*
20 1955(STU) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Rudolf Moralt*
21 1956(LI) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - Dimitri Mitropoulos*
22 1956(LI) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Thomas Schippers*
23 1956(LI) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Thomas Schippers*
24 1956(LI) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Thomas Schippers*
25 1956(LI) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Thomas Schippers*
26 1956(LI) - fliegende Holländer (Der) by Richard Wagner - Joseph Keilberth*
27 1956(LI) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Bruno Walter*
28 1956(RA) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Lee Schaenen*
29 1956(RA) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Lee Schaenen*
30 1956(RA) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Lee Schaenen*
31 1956(RA) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Lee Schaenen*
32 1956(RA) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Rudolf Moralt*
33 1956(RA) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Rudolf Moralt*
34 1956(RA) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Rudolf Moralt*
35 1957(LI) - Arabella by Richard Strauss - Erich Leinsdorf*
36 1957(LI) - Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky - Dimitri Mitropoulos*
37 1957(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
38 1957(LI;23/2/57-Stella) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*
39 1957(STU) - Arabella by Richard Strauss - Georg Solti*
40 1958(LI) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Erich Leinsdorf*
41 1958(STU) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Erich Leinsdorf*
42 1958(STU) - Rheingold (Das) by Richard Wagner - Georg Solti*
43 1959(LI) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Jean Morel*
44 1959(LI) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Jean Morel*
45 1959(LI) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Jean Morel*
46 1959(LI) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Jean Morel*
47 1959(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Karl Böhm*
48 1959(LI) - fliegende Holländer (Der) by Richard Wagner - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
49 1959(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Kurt Adler*
50 1959(STU) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli*
51 1960(LI) - fliegende Holländer (Der) by Richard Wagner - Thomas Schippers*
52 1960(LI) - Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy - Jean Morel*
53 1960(STU) - fliegende Holländer (Der) by Richard Wagner - Antal Dorati*
54 1961(LE;Acts 2,3) - Arabella by Richard Strauss - Erich Leinsdorf*
55 1961(LI) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - Erich Leinsdorf*
56 1961(LI) - Rheingold (Das) by Richard Wagner - Erich Leinsdorf*
57 1961(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Franco Patanè*
58 1961(SE) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - Thomas Schippers*
59 1961(STU) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Erich Leinsdorf*
60 1962(LC) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
61 1962(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Joseph Keilberth*
62 1962(LI) - Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy - Ernest Ansermet*
63 1962(LI) - Rheingold (Das) by Richard Wagner - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
64 1962(LI) - Siegfried by Richard Wagner - Erich Leinsdorf*
65 1962-63(STU) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - Alexander Melik-Pa..*
66 1963(LI) - fliegende Holländer (Der) by Richard Wagner - Karl Böhm*
67 1963(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
68 1963(LI; Edinburgh) - Damnation de Faust (La) by Hector Berlioz - Georg Solti*
69 1964(LI) - ultimo selvaggio (L') by Gian Carlo Menotti - Thomas Schippers*
70 1964(LI;18/4/64 - Nilsson) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Fausto Cleva*
71 1964(SE) - Fledermaus (Die) by Johann Strauß II - Oscar Danon*
72 1964(STU) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - André Cluytens*
73 1964(STU) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - André Cluytens*
74 1964(STU) - Fledermaus (Die) by Johann Strauß II - Oscar Danon*
75 1964(STU) - Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy - Ernest Ansermet*
76 1965(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - William Steinberg*
77 1965(LI;3/4/65) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Fausto Cleva*
78 1967(LI) - tote Stadt (Die) by Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Lee Schaenen*
*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1950(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Figaro - Erich Kunz
Susanna - Irmgard Seefried
Conte Almaviva - George London
Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Cherubino - Sena Jurinac
Marcellina - Elisabeth Höngen
Bartolo - Marjan Rus
Basilio - Erich Majkut
Curzio - Erich Majkut
Antonio - Wilhelm Felden
Barbarina - Rosl Schwaiger
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Black Disc; - Columbia LWX 410-425 {16x78s} (Germany); Columbia 33CX 1007-1009 {3LPS} (UK) (1952)ª; Columbia 33QCX 1002/4 {3LPS} (Italy) (1952)ª; Columbia SL-114 {3LPS} (USA) (1951)ª; EMI Electrola 1C 163 01751-53 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 69639-2 {2CDS}; EMI Electrola 653 769 639-2 {2CDS} ; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» CMS 5 67068-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 7243 5 6714 2 9 {2CDS} (USA) (1999)ª; Toshiba EMI TOCE 11373-74 {2CDS} (Japan) (1999)ª; EMI «Historical» 336 779-2 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1952 p.114 [AR]; January 1953 p.189 [DST]
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Opera - February 1953 pp.105-106 [H]
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Fanfare - Vol.23 No.2 November/December 1999 pp.46-50 [JK]; Vol.29 No.5 May/June 2006 p.159 [MHF]
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American Record Guide - October 1951 Vol.18 No.2 p.35 [PHR]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1952 p.16
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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 pp.107-109 [MO]
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International Classical Record Collector - Winter 1999 No.19 p.93 [TP]
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Comments:- There are no recitatives
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1950(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Singverein
Tamino - Anton Dermota
Papageno - Erich Kunz
Königin der Nacht - Wilma Lipp
Sprecher - George London
Pamina - Irmgard Seefried
Sarastro - Ludwig Weber
Monostatos - Peter Klein
Papagena - Emmy Loose
1er Geharnischter - Günther Treptow
2er Geharnischter - Ljubomir Pantscheff
Erste Dame - Sena Jurinac
Zweite Dame - Friedl Riegler
Dritte Dame - Else Schurhof
Erster Knabe - Hermine Steinmassi
Zweiter Knabe - Eleonore Dörpinghans
Dritter Knabe - Annelies Stückl
Erster Priester - Erich Majkut
Zweiter Priester - Harald Pröglhoff
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Black Disc; - Columbia LWX 426-444 {19x78s - 37-sides} (Germany) ; Columbia 33CX 1013-1015 {3LPS} (1952)ª; *HMV SLS 5052 (HLS 7081-7083) {3LPS} (UK) (1976)ª; Columbia SL-115 {3LPS} (USA) (1951)ª; Columbia 33FCX 150-152 {3LPS} (France); Columbia 33QCX 150-152 {3LPS} (Italy);; Balkanton BOA 10452-10454 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - EMI CHS 7 69631-2 {2CDS} (1988)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» CMS 5 67071-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 7243 5 67165 2 0 {2CDS} (USA) (1999)ª; Toshiba EMI TOCE 11375-76 {2CDS} (Japan) (1999)ª; Pearl GEMS 0197 {2CDS} (2003)ª; EMI «Historical» 336 769-2 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Membran 220835 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.130: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.136-140; Opera on Record p.106; CELLETTI p.525; Opera on CD (1) p.22 (2) p.26 (3) p.28; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.101 p.138, No.196 p.148; MET p.332; MET(VID) p.186; PENGUIN p.257; BBC Music Magazine May 1994 p.47; Opéra International No.182 juillet-aoüt 1994 p.14; GIUDICI p.495 (2) p.828; Stereophile October 1996 (Vol.19 No.10) p.303; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.15; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.58-60; BBC Music Magazine April 2004 p.52; The Gramophone January 2006 p.28
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1952 p.172 [AR]; June 1976 p.83 [AB]; July 1976 p.147 [JBS]; January 1989 p. [AB]; November 1999 p.118 [EG]; September (published July) 2003 p.82 (mention) [AB]
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Opera - February 1953 pp.106-107 [H]
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Fanfare - Vol.23 No.2 November/December 1999 pp.46-50 [JK]; Vol.29 No.5 May/June 2006 p.159 [MHF]
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American Record Guide - October 1951 Vol.18 No.2 p.37 [PHR]: September/October 2003 Vol.66 No.5 p.264 [RVL]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1952 p.20
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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 pp.107-109 [MO]
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International Record Review - October 2003 pp.28-29 [MVA]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.64 octubre 2003 p.83 [BD]
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Comments:- There is no dialogue in this recording which was made between 2 and 21 November 1950. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel. See also «Herbert von Karajan - A Life in Music» by Richard Osborne p.280. In Columbia's UK catalogue dated 1954-55 p.25 only one «Armed Man» is listed, Ljubomir Pantscheff, and the same appears in their Italian catalogue dated 1956, p.57. However there are two «Armed Men» listed in the review in Gramophone (June 1976 p.83) of the reissue on HMV SLS 5052, Erich Majkut, Ljubomir Pantscheff, and according to AB in GRAMOPHONE September 2003 p.82 «For contractual reasons EMI have always given the name (of the First Armed Man) as Eric Majkut; in fact the part is sung by Gunther Treptow»
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1951(LC)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Arnold Van Mill
Gurnemanz - Ludwig Weber
Parsifal - Wolfgang Windgassen
Klingsor - Hermann Uhde
Kundry - Martha Mödl
Alto Stimme - Ruth Siewert
Knappe 1 - Hanna Ludwig
Knappe 2 - Elfriede Wild
Knappe 3 - Günther Baldauf
Knappe 4 - Gerhard Stolze
Blumenmädchen 1 - Lore Wißmann
Blumenmädchen 2 - Erika Zimmermann
Blumenmädchen 3 - Hanna Ludwig
Blumenmädchen 4 - Paula Brivkalne
Blumenmädchen 5 - Maria Lacorn
Blumenmädchen 6 - Elfriede Wild
Ritter 1 - Walter Fritz
Ritter 2 - Werner Faulhaber
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Black Disc; - *Decca LXT 2651-2656 {6LPS} (1952)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 504-508 {5LPS} (1966)ª; Decca 411 786-1 {5LPS} (France) (1985)ª; London LLPA-10 {6LPS} (1952)ª
Compact Disc; - Teldec «Historic Series» 9031-76047-2 {4CDS} (1993)ª; London POCL 2251/4 {4CDS} (Japan); Teldec WPCC 5371/4 {4CDS} (Japan);; Naxos «Historical» 8110221/4 {4CDS} (2003)ª; Membran 220619 {4CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1952 pp.223-224 [AR]; July 1952 p.29 [DST]; October 1966 p.227 [AR]; April 1985 p.1270 [AB]; August 1993 p.90 [AB]; April 2003 p.93 (mention) [AB]
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Opera - August 1952 pp.499-450 [HK]; November 1952 pp.698-699
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Opera Now - June 1993 p.57
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HiFi News & Record Review - August 1993 p.85
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Fanfare - November-December 1993 p.440
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Orpheus - Heft 9+10 September+Oktober 2003 S.83 (mention) [SS]
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Opéra International - June 1993 p.84
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Diapason - June 1993 p.168; No.504 juin 2003 p.120 [ED]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.155 p.156
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American Record Guide - March 1952 Vol.18 No.7 p.201 [PHR]
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High Fidelity Magazine - August 1955 Vol.5 No.6 p.68 [JH]
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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1997 No.5 p.38 [PP]
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BBC Music Magazine - July 1993 p.63
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International Record Review - June 2003 p.86 [JTH]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.60 mayo 2003 p.85 [MC]
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Comments:- Recorded at «the general rehearsal and two public performances» (See «Putting the Record Straight» by John Culshaw p.109). According to John Culshaw in Act 1 there are 149 cross-splices (see HIGH FIDELITY November 1962 p.46)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Kurt Böhme
Gurnemanz - Ludwig Weber
Parsifal - Wolfgang Windgassen
Klingsor - Hermann Uhde
Kundry - Martha Mödl
Alto Stimme - Ruth Siewert
Knappe 1 - Herta Töpper
Knappe 2 - Hanna Ludwig
Knappe 3 - Gerhard Unger
Knappe 4 - Gerhard Stolze
Blumenmädchen 1 - Rita Streich
Blumenmädchen 2 - Erika Zimmermann
Blumenmädchen 3 - Hanna Ludwig
Blumenmädchen 4 - Paula Brivkalne
Blumenmädchen 5 - Maria Lacorn
Blumenmädchen 6 - Herta Töpper
Ritter 1 - Karl Terkal
Ritter 2 - Werner Faulhaber
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 1.0051 {4CDS} (2001)ª; Archipel ARPCD 01124 {4CDS} (2003)ª; Cantus Classics 500666 & 500667 {4CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - No.275 janvier 2003 pp.65-66 [FL-2]
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Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]
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Wagner News - Issue No.150 June 2002 p.24 [ARB]
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International Record Review - July/August 2003 pp.79-80 [MVA]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (1 August 1952)
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Aida - Zinka Milanov
Radamès - Mario Del Monaco
Amneris - Blanche Thebom
Amonasro - George London
Ramphis - Jerome Hines
Il Re di Egitto - Luben Vichey
Una Sacerdotessa - Lucine Amara
Un Messaggero - Thomas Hayward
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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni GB 1173/74-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0031 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.78 [IW]
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Musica (Milano) - N.144 marzo 2003 p.24 (mention)
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.66 diciembre 2003 p.88 [JS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (24 January 1953; see «Sign off for the Old Met» pp.171-173)
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - George London
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Brian Sullivan
Marina - Blanche Thebom
Pimen - Norman Scott
Varlaam - Salvatore Baccaloni
Shuisky - Andrew McKinley
Missail - Thomas Hayward
Rangoni - Sigurd Björling
Fyodor - Mildred Miller
Xenia - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Hostess - Martha Lipton
Simpleton - Paul Franke
Tchelkalov - Clifford Harvuot
Nurse - Jean Madeira
Nikitich - Lawrence Davidson
Mityukha - Algerd Brazis
Lavitsky - Osie Hawkins
Cherniovsky - Lawrence Davidson
Frontier Guard - Osie Hawkins
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 250
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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (28 March 1953). 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 described as coming from «Private Acetates» with «Very good sound».
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Conductor Clemens Krauss - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Josef Greindl
Gurnemanz - Ludwig Weber
Parsifal - Ramón Vinay
Klingsor - Hermann Uhde
Kundry - Martha Mödl
Alto Stimme - Maria von Ilosvay
Knappe 1 - Hetty Plümacher
Knappe 2 - Gisela Litz
Knappe 3 - Hugo Kratz
Knappe 4 - Adele Stolte
Blumenmädchen 1 - Hetty Plümacher
Blumenmädchen 2 - Gisela Litz
Blumenmädchen 3 - Rita Streich
Blumenmädchen 4 - Erika Zimmermann
Blumenmädchen 5 - Anna Tassopolus
Blumenmädchen 6 - Gerda Wismar
Ritter 1 - Eugene (Gene) Tobin
Ritter 2 - Theo Adam
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 533 {4LPS}; Documents OR 302 {4LPS} Rodolphe RP 12378-81; Discocorp 201 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Laudis LCD4 4006 {4CDS} (1988)ª; *Rodolphe RPC 32516.17 {2CDS-double durée}; Arlecchino ARLA 18/21 {4LPS}; Archipel ARPCD 0171 {4CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1988 p. [AB]; June 2004 p.90 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.7 No.1 September/October 1983 p.286 [WY]
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Orpheus - November 1996 S.34
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.305
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Stereophile - March 1989 (Vol.12 No.3) p.177
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Classical Express - March 1996 p.2
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International Record Review - July/August 2004 pp.80-81 [MT]
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Don Giovanni - George London
Donna Anna - Elisabeth Grümmer
Don Ottavio - Léopold Simoneau
Donna Elvira - Sena Jurinac
Leoporello - Erich Kunz
Il Commendatore - Ludwig Weber
Masetto - Harald Pröglhoff
Zerlina - Emmy Loose
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1165-3 {3CDRS}; Archipel 0234 {2CDS} (2004)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 - June 2005 p.99 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.28 No.6 July/August 2005 pp.176-177 [BB]
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International Record Review - January 2005 p.32 [JTH]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.79 abril 2005 p.81 [JR]
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Comments:- The recording appears to be of a (staged) performance given by The Vienna State Opera in the Royal Festival Hall, London (September 1954). The performance on 23 September was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (See Radio Times Issue dated September 19-25 1954 p.37). The recording is attributed incorrectly by Archipel to a performance at Covent Garden.
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Conductor Max Rudolf - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Don Giovanni - George London
Donna Anna - Margaret Harshaw
Don Ottavio - Eugene Conley
Donna Elvira - Eleanor Steber
Leoporello - Fernando Corena
Il Commendatore - Luben Vichey
Masetto - Lorenzo Alvary
Zerlina - Nadine Conner
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1092 (& 895 & 856 & 660) Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0237 {3CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (13 March 1954). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.105-107. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Lubomir Vichegonov
Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter
Parsifal - Set Svanholm
Klingsor - Lawrence Davidson
Kundry - Astrid Varnay
Alto Stimme - Jean Madeira
Knappe 1 - Genevieve Warner
Knappe 2 - Mildred Miller
Knappe 3 - Paul Franke
Knappe 4 - Gabor Carelli
Blumenmädchen 1 - Jean Fenn
Blumenmädchen 2 - Lucine Amara
Blumenmädchen 3 - Maria Leone
Blumenmädchen 4 - Hertha Glaz
Blumenmädchen 5 - Heidi Krall
Blumenmädchen 6 - Margaret Roggero
Ritter 1 - James McCracken
Ritter 2 - Osie Hawkins
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 442 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Adonis 54001 (+Die Walküre - Act 1) {4CDS} (1999)ª; Omega Opera Archive 315 (& 690); Wallhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0070 {4CDS} (2004)ª; *Bensar OL 41754 {4CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.190 p.179 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (17 April 1954). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.81-84. The Adonis CDs are advertized in CLASSICAL EXPRESS No.114 september 1999 p.9. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor George Szell - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tannhäuser - Ramón Vinay
Elisabeth - Margaret Harshaw
Wolfram von Eschenbach - George London
Venus - Astrid Varnay
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen - Jerome Hines
Walther von der Vogelweide - Brian Sullivan
Biterolf - Clifford Harvuot
Heinrich der Schreiber - Paul Franke
Reinmar von Zweter - Norman Scott
Hirt - Roberta Peters
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1039 (& 614)
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Recordings of Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.59; HARRIS p.268; Opera on Record p.346; CELLETTI p.1143; Opera on CD (1) p.62 (2) p.69 (3) p.78; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.63-64 p.186, mise à jour mars 2004; MET p.677; MET(VID) p.420; PENGUIN p.547; Stereophile July 1990 p.160; Wagner News Issue No.97 p.18; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March/April 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1068 (2) p.1717; Orpheus August + September 2002 S.81
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET of the Dresden version (9 January 1954). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.84-87; OPERA May 1954 p.278). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Richard Kraus - 1954(RA)
Orchestra - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Eugene Onegin - George London
Lenski - Anton Dermota
Tatyana - Valerie Bak
Olga - Herta Töpper
Larina - Lilian Benningsen
Filipjewna - Ruth Siewert
Gremin - Gottlob Frick
Triquet - Franz Klarwein
Zaretzky - Max Proebstl
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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 971 153 (+Kindertotenlieder - London) {2CDS} (1997)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0098 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Cantus Classics 500815 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera February 1979 p.121, March 1979 p.219; Opera on Record p.520; CELLETTI p.150; Opera on CD (1) p.90 (2) p.100 (3) p.112; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.43 p.112, mise à jour mai 2001 p.2; MET p.551; MET(VIDEO) p.332; PENGUIN p.450; BBC Music Magazine August 1994 p.48; Opera on Video p.155;GIUDICI p.122 (2) p.200; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - April 19 1997 p.45
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Orpheus - April 1997 S.57
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American Record Guide - July/August 1997 Vol.60 No.4 p.187
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.24 junio-agosto 1997 p.58
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.102 septiembre 1997 p.41 [SV]
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Conductor Rafael Kubelik - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Aida - Leonie Rysanek
Radamès - Hans Hopf
Amneris - Jean Madeira
Amonasro - George London
Ramphis - Gottlob Frick
Il Re di Egitto - Oskar Czerwenka
Una Sacerdotessa - Anny Felbermayer
Un Messaggero - Erich Majkut
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Black Disc; - Legendary Recordings LR 145-3 {3LPS} (1981)ª
Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 023 267 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1507-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0114 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Opera Depot OD 10251-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 2003 p.93 (mention) [AB]
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Opéra International - No.273 novembre 2002 pp.72-73 [SS]; No.292 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.84 [CC]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.57 enero-febrero 2003 pp.84-85 [JV]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIi N.170 marzo 2003 pp.99-100 [GL]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Vienna State Opera (11 November 1955; see OPERA January 1956 p.25 ). The Legendary Recordings LPs are advertized in FANFARE Vol.5 No.1 September/October 1981 p.41.The CDRs issued by Opera Depot are listed on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Arabella - Eleanor Steber
Zdenka - Hilde Güden (Gueden)
Mandryka - George London
Waldner - Ralph Herbert
Adelaide - Blanche Thebom
Fiakermilli - Roberta Peters
Matteo - Brian Sullivan
Elemer - Gabor Carelli
Dominik - Clifford Harvuot
Lamoral - Lawrence Davidson
Kartenaufschlägerin - Thelma Votipka
Welko - Benjamin Wilkes
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Compact Disc; - Voce Della Luna VL 2014-3; Andromeda ANDRCD 5013 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Arabella by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.272; CELLETTI p.775; Opera on CD (1) p.123 (2) p.135 (3) p.151; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.170 p.96; MET p.543; MET(VID) p.322; PENGUIN p.405; BBC Music Magazine June 1995 p.43; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.89; Opera on Video p.210; GIUDICI p.844; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.554-561; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.64
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 2006 p.79 [AB]
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Orpheus - März 1998 S.59 [DN]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.176 p.106
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Classical Express - Issue No.81 December 1996 p.4
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.63
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Classica Répertoire - No.75 septembre 2005 p.AT (mention) [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (26 February 1955) given in a English translation by John Gutman.
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Don Giovanni - George London
Donna Anna - Lisa Della Casa
Don Ottavio - Anton Dermota
Donna Elvira - Sena Jurinac
Leoporello - Erich Kunz
Il Commendatore - Ludwig Weber
Masetto - Walter Berry
Zerlina - Irmgard Seefried
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Compact Disc; - RCA «Wiener Staatsoper Live» 74321 57737-2 (2CDS) (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - February 1999 p.96 [AB]
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Opera - April 1999 pp.399-405 [AB]
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Opera News - June 1999 p.63 [JBY]
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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.4 March/April 1999 p.288 [RVL]
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Orpheus - März 1999 S.56-57 [SL]
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Opéra International - mars 1999 No.233 p.72 [SS]
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Diapason - No.455 janvier 1999 p.78 [AT]
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International Classical Record Collector - Spring 1999 No.16 p.99 [JTH]
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Classical Express - Issue No.107 February 1999 p.1 [MT]
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American Record Guide - March/April 1999 Vol.62 No.2 p.180 [MM]
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International Opera Collector - Spring 1999 No.11 pp.104-108 [MO]
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Répertoire - No.120 janvier 1999 p.57 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the newly re-opened Vienna State Opera (6 November1955; see OPERA January 1956 p.23 )
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Conductor Berislav Klobucar - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Eugene Onegin - George London
Lenski - Anton Dermota
Tatyana - Leonie Rysanek
Olga - Mira Kalin
Larina - Polly Batic
Filipjewna - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
Gremin - Gottlob Frick
Triquet - Peter Klein
Zaretzky - Ljubomir Pantscheff
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Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 005 233 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9002 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera February 1979 p.121, March 1979 p.219; Opera on Record p.520; CELLETTI p.150; Opera on CD (1) p.90 (2) p.100 (3) p.112; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.43 p.112, mise à jour mai 2001 p.2; MET p.551; MET(VIDEO) p.332; PENGUIN p.450; BBC Music Magazine August 1994 p.48; Opera on Video p.155;GIUDICI p.122 (2) p.200; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.24 No.5 May/June 2001 p.232 [GJ]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.18 No.1 Winter 2002 pp.129-131 [RP]
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American Record Guide - March/April 2001 Vol.64 No.2 p.238 [KM]
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International Record Review - October 2006 p.32 [JTH]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - abril 2001 No.142 pp.48-49 [SV]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.95 noviembre 2006 p.83 [JM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance by the Vienna State Opera in the Theater an der Wien.
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tannhäuser - Ramón Vinay
Elisabeth - Astrid Varnay
Wolfram von Eschenbach - George London
Venus - Blanche Thebom
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen - Jerome Hines
Walther von der Vogelweide - Giulio Gari
Biterolf - Clifford Harvuot
Heinrich der Schreiber - Paul Franke
Reinmar von Zweter - Norman Scott
Hirt - Heidi Krall
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Black Disc - Raritas OPR 409; Melodram MEL 038 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Adonis 3CD 55002 {3CDS} (1999)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0095 {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.59; HARRIS p.268; Opera on Record p.346; CELLETTI p.1143; Opera on CD (1) p.62 (2) p.69 (3) p.78; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.63-64 p.186, mise à jour mars 2004; MET p.677; MET(VID) p.420; PENGUIN p.547; Stereophile July 1990 p.160; Wagner News Issue No.97 p.18; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March/April 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1068 (2) p.1717; Orpheus August + September 2002 S.81
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Classical Express - Issue No.118 January 2000 p.5 [MT]
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Wagner News - Issue No.145 June 2001 pp.21-23 [PDB]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.82 julio-agosto 2005 p.90 [JR]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (29 January 1955). The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE January 1983 p.849
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi
Mario Cavaradossi - Richard Tucker
Il barone Scarpia - Leonard Warren
Il Sagristano - Salvatore Baccaloni
Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot
Spoletta - Alessio De Paolis
Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky
Un pastore - Peter Mark
Un carceriere - Calvin Marsh
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Black Disc - Readers Digest Productions RDIS 132.9/10 {2LPS} Paragon DSV 52003 (+Tosca excerpts - Callas - Mitropoulos) {3LPS}
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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:-
Opéra International - mai 1983 No.59 pp.53-54 [SS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 December 1955). More details are givenin «The Complete Discography of Dimitri Mitropoulos» by S.A. Arfanis pp.109-110.The «filler» on side 6 of the Paragon LPs is a recording of an abridged version of Act 2 of Tosca with Maria Callas and George London conducted by Mitropoulos from the «Ed Sullivan Show». This recording was also issued on Voce 13 and GFC 008/9
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Conductor Otto Klemperer - 1955(RA)
Orchestra - Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Köln
Chorus - Kölner Rundfunkchor
Don Giovanni - George London
Donna Anna - Hilde Zadek
Don Ottavio - Léopold Simoneau
Donna Elvira - Maud Cunitz
Leoporello - Benno Kusche
Il Commendatore - Ludwig Weber
Masetto - Horst Günter
Zerlina - Rita Streich
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Black Disc - Recital Records RR 478; Discocorp 478
Compact Disc; - Frequenz CMA {3CDS}; Frequenz 011.025 {2CDS} Frequenz Memoria CMB 2; Testament SBT 2172 {2CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - September 1999 p.96 [AB]
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Opéra International - juin 2000 No.247 p.72 [SS]
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Diapason - No.465 décembre 1999 pp.91-93 [PK]
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American Record Guide - January/February 1990 Vol.53 No.1 p.68 [KM]: January/ February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.136 [RVL]
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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 p.80 [PB]
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Classical Express - Issue No.114 September 1999 p.5 [ST]
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Classic CD - November 1999 p.89 [MT]
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Luister - Januari 1989 nr.436 p.1-29 [PK]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.37 enero-febrero 2000 p.92 [JR]
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Musica (Milano) - N.120 ottobre 2000 p.83 [AC]
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Comments:- Recording of broadcast (17 May 1955)
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Conductor Rudolf Moralt - 1955(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Symphoniker
Chorus - Wiener Kammerchor
Don Giovanni - George London
Donna Anna - Hilde Zadek
Don Ottavio - Léopold Simoneau
Donna Elvira - Sena Jurinac
Leoporello - Walter Berry
Il Commendatore - Ludwig Weber
Masetto - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Zerlina - Graziella Sciutti
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Black Disc; - Philips ABL 3069-3071 {3LPS} (UK) (1955)ª; Philips A 00280-00282 L {3LPS} (Continental Europe) (1955)ª;; Philips GL 5753-5755 {3LPS} (1965)ª; Philips 6768 033 {3LPS} (1980)ª; Epic SC 6010 {3LPS} (USA) (1955)ª
Compact Disc; - Philips 438 674-2 (1994)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 - September 1955 pp.147-148 [PHW]; January 1956 p.302 [DST]; March 1965 p.448 [EG]; October 1981 p.604 [JBS] October 1994 p.192, p.197 [AB]
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Opera - November 1955 p.716; September 1965 pp.671-672 [ET]
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Opera Now - May 1994 p.62
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Orpheus - Mai 1994 S.60
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Diapason - No.400 janvier 1994 p.136
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American Record Guide - November 1955 Vol.22 No.3 p.40 [CJL]
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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1955 Vol.5 No.10 p.74 [JH]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - October 1955 p.16
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Gramophone Record Review - November 1955 p.29 [DH]
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Répertoire - No.65 janvier 1994 p.55
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 marzo-mayo 1995 p.61
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - George London
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Giulio Gari
Marina - Blanche Thebom
Pimen - Giorgio Tozzi
Varlaam - Lorenzo Alvary
Shuisky - Charles Kullman
Missail - Thomas Hayward
Rangoni - Clifford Harvuot
Fyodor - Mildred Miller
Xenia - Laurel Hurley
Hostess - Martha Lipton
Simpleton - Charles Anthony
Tchelkalov - Arthur Budney
Nurse - Sandra Warfield
Nikitich - Lawrence Davidson
Mityukha - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Frontier Guard - Osie Hawkins
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 256
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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (10 March 1956). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Hoffmann - Richard Tucker
Olympia - Laurel Hurley
Giulietta - Belen Amparan
Antonia - Lucine Amara
Coppélius - George London
Dapertutto - George London
Miracle - George London
Nicklaus - Mildred Miller
Spalanzani - Paul Franke
Frantz - Charles Anthony
Schlemil - Clifford Harvuot
Crespil - Norman Scott
Andres - Charles Anthony
Cochenille - Charles Anthony
Pitichinacchio - Charles Anthony
La Mère d'Antonia - Sandra Warfield
Lindorf - George London
Nathanael - James McCracken
Luther - Lawrence Davidson
Hermann - Calvin Marsh
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Compact Disc - Bensar OL 122256 (BRO 123540) {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
Comments:- The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The performance recorded appears to be that at the MET on 22 December 1956 which was broadcast and the cast listed above is of that performance. This is consistent with the partial cast given by the Berkshire Record Outlet.
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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Hoffmann - Richard Tucker
Olympia - Laurel Hurley
Giulietta - Belen Amparan
Antonia - Lucine Amara
Coppélius - George London
Dapertutto - George London
Miracle - George London
Nicklaus - Mildred Miller
Spalanzani - Paul Franke
Frantz - Charles Anthony
Schlemil - Clifford Harvuot
Crespil - Norman Scott
Andres - Charles Anthony
Cochenille - Charles Anthony
Pitichinacchio - Charles Anthony
La Mère d'Antonia - Sandra Warfield
Lindorf - George London
Nathanael - James McCracken
Luther - Lawrence Davidson
Hermann - Calvin Marsh
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Compact Disc - Bensar OL 122256 (BRO 123540) {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
Comments:- The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The performance recorded appears to be that at the MET on 22 December 1956 which was broadcast and the cast listed above is of that performance. This is consistent with the partial cast given by the Berkshire Record Outlet.
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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Hoffmann - Richard Tucker
Olympia - Laurel Hurley
Giulietta - Belen Amparan
Antonia - Lucine Amara
Coppélius - George London
Dapertutto - George London
Miracle - George London
Nicklaus - Mildred Miller
Spalanzani - Paul Franke
Frantz - Charles Anthony
Schlemil - Clifford Harvuot
Crespil - Norman Scott
Andres - Charles Anthony
Cochenille - Charles Anthony
Pitichinacchio - Charles Anthony
La Mère d'Antonia - Sandra Warfield
Lindorf - George London
Nathanael - James McCracken
Luther - Lawrence Davidson
Hermann - Calvin Marsh
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Compact Disc - Bensar OL 122256 (BRO 123540) {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
Comments:- The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The performance recorded appears to be that at the MET on 22 December 1956 which was broadcast and the cast listed above is of that performance. This is consistent with the partial cast given by the Berkshire Record Outlet.
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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Hoffmann - Richard Tucker
Olympia - Laurel Hurley
Giulietta - Belen Amparan
Antonia - Lucine Amara
Coppélius - George London
Dapertutto - George London
Miracle - George London
Nicklaus - Mildred Miller
Spalanzani - Paul Franke
Frantz - Charles Anthony
Schlemil - Clifford Harvuot
Crespil - Norman Scott
Andres - Charles Anthony
Cochenille - Charles Anthony
Pitichinacchio - Charles Anthony
La Mère d'Antonia - Sandra Warfield
Lindorf - George London
Nathanael - James McCracken
Luther - Lawrence Davidson
Hermann - Calvin Marsh
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Compact Disc - Bensar OL 122256 (BRO 123540) {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
Comments:- The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The performance recorded appears to be that at the MET on 22 December 1956 which was broadcast and the cast listed above is of that performance. This is consistent with the partial cast given by the Berkshire Record Outlet.
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Holländer - George London
Senta - Astrid Varnay
Daland - Arnold Van Mill
Erik - Josef Traxel
Mary - Elisabeth Schärtel
Steuermann - Jean Cox
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 560
Compact Disc; - *Myto 2 MCD 931.75 {2CDS} (1993)ª; Golden Melodram GM 10057 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 190 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.58; HARRIS p.123; Opera on Record p.338; CELLETTI p.1080; Opera on CD (1) p.61 (2) p.68 (3) p.76; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.30 p.114, mise à jour pp.2-15; MET p.670; MET(VID) p.417; PENGUIN p.519American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.58, Vol.65 No.4 July/ August 2002 p.57; Wagner News Issue No.108 April 1995 p.16; GIUDICI p.1060; Ópera Actual (Barcelona) junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.26; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.14-17; Gramophone March 2002 pp.30-33
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - April 2 1994 p.33
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Fanfare - July-August 1993 p.267
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Orpheus - November 2002 S.91-S.92 [GH]
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Opéra International - No.170 juin 1993 p.77
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Diapason - No.499 javier 2003 p.117 [ED]; No.500 février 2003 p.120 [ED]
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American Record Guide - Vol.56 No.5 September-October 1993 p.263
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Répertoire - No.59 juin 1993 p.91
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.53 septiembre 2002 pp.85-86 [JV]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - junio 2002 No.155 p.45 [SV]
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Conductor Bruno Walter - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tamino - Brian Sullivan
Papageno - Theodor Uppman
Königin der Nacht - Roberta Peters
Sprecher - George London
Pamina - Lucine Amara
Sarastro - Jerome Hines
Monostatos - Paul Franke
Papagena - Laurel Hurley
1er Geharnischter - Albert Da Costa
2er Geharnischter - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Erste Dame - Heidi Krall
Zweite Dame - Madelaine Chambers
Dritte Dame - Sandra Warfield
Erster Knabe - Emilia Cundari
Zweiter Knabe - Rosalind Elias
Dritter Knabe - Margaret Roggero
Erster Priester - James McCracken
Zweiter Priester - Osie Hawkins
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Black Disc - CLS ARCPL 32018 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 758; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0181 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Music and Arts «West Hill Radio Archive» WHRC 6007 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.130: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.136-140; Opera on Record p.106; CELLETTI p.525; Opera on CD (1) p.22 (2) p.26 (3) p.28; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.101 p.138, No.196 p.148; MET p.332; MET(VID) p.186; PENGUIN p.257; BBC Music Magazine May 1994 p.47; Opéra International No.182 juillet-aoüt 1994 p.14; GIUDICI p.495 (2) p.828; Stereophile October 1996 (Vol.19 No.10) p.303; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.15; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.58-60; BBC Music Magazine April 2004 p.52; The Gramophone January 2006 p.28
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
International Record Review - July/August 2007 p.28 [JTH]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (3 March 1956; see «Sign off for the Old Met» by Paul Jackson p.110; OPERA May 1956 pp.286-288 The LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE January 1984 p.872). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Lee Schaenen - 1956(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Hoffmann - Léopold Simoneau
Olympia - Pierrette Alarie
Giulietta - Suzanne Danco
Antonia - Suzanne Danco
Coppélius - George London
Dapertutto - George London
Miracle - George London
Nicklaus - Lucrezia West
Spalanzani - Renato Capecchi
Frantz - Robert Destain
Schlemil - Renato Cesari
Crespil - Dezsö Ernster
Andres - Robert Destain
Cochenille - Robert Destain
Pitichinacchio - Robert Destain
La Mère d'Antonia - Lucrezia West
Lindorf - George London
Nathanael - Ezio De Giorgi
Luther - Renato Cesari
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 033 {3LPS} (1981)ª
Compact Cassette - Live Opera Heaven CAS 257
Compact Disc; - Voce della Luna VL 2009-2 {2CDS} Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0072 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.6 No.2 November/December 1982 p.190 [JM]
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Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.58
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.174 p.91
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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 9 September 1956. The CDs issued by Voce della Luna and by Walhall are incorrectly attributed to a performance at the Vienna State Opera (see review in Orpheus). The Compact Cassettes issued by Live Opera Heaven are listed in their list date «5/2000».
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Conductor Lee Schaenen - 1956(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Hoffmann - Léopold Simoneau
Olympia - Pierrette Alarie
Giulietta - Suzanne Danco
Antonia - Suzanne Danco
Coppélius - George London
Dapertutto - George London
Miracle - George London
Nicklaus - Lucrezia West
Spalanzani - Renato Capecchi
Frantz - Robert Destain
Schlemil - Renato Cesari
Crespil - Dezsö Ernster
Andres - Robert Destain
Cochenille - Robert Destain
Pitichinacchio - Robert Destain
La Mère d'Antonia - Lucrezia West
Lindorf - George London
Nathanael - Ezio De Giorgi
Luther - Renato Cesari
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 033 {3LPS} (1981)ª
Compact Cassette - Live Opera Heaven CAS 257
Compact Disc; - Voce della Luna VL 2009-2 {2CDS} Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0072 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.6 No.2 November/December 1982 p.190 [JM]
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Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.58
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.174 p.91
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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 9 September 1956. The CDs issued by Voce della Luna and by Walhall are incorrectly attributed to a performance at the Vienna State Opera (see review in Orpheus). The Compact Cassettes issued by Live Opera Heaven are listed in their list date «5/2000».
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Conductor Lee Schaenen - 1956(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Hoffmann - Léopold Simoneau
Olympia - Pierrette Alarie
Giulietta - Suzanne Danco
Antonia - Suzanne Danco
Coppélius - George London
Dapertutto - George London
Miracle - George London
Nicklaus - Lucrezia West
Spalanzani - Renato Capecchi
Frantz - Robert Destain
Schlemil - Renato Cesari
Crespil - Dezsö Ernster
Andres - Robert Destain
Cochenille - Robert Destain
Pitichinacchio - Robert Destain
La Mère d'Antonia - Lucrezia West
Lindorf - George London
Nathanael - Ezio De Giorgi
Luther - Renato Cesari
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 033 {3LPS} (1981)ª
Compact Cassette - Live Opera Heaven CAS 257
Compact Disc; - Voce della Luna VL 2009-2 {2CDS} Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0072 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.6 No.2 November/December 1982 p.190 [JM]
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Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.58
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.174 p.91
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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 9 September 1956. The CDs issued by Voce della Luna and by Walhall are incorrectly attributed to a performance at the Vienna State Opera (see review in Orpheus). The Compact Cassettes issued by Live Opera Heaven are listed in their list date «5/2000».
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Conductor Lee Schaenen - 1956(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Hoffmann - Léopold Simoneau
Olympia - Pierrette Alarie
Giulietta - Suzanne Danco
Antonia - Suzanne Danco
Coppélius - George London
Dapertutto - George London
Miracle - George London
Nicklaus - Lucrezia West
Spalanzani - Renato Capecchi
Frantz - Robert Destain
Schlemil - Renato Cesari
Crespil - Dezsö Ernster
Andres - Robert Destain
Cochenille - Robert Destain
Pitichinacchio - Robert Destain
La Mère d'Antonia - Lucrezia West
Lindorf - George London
Nathanael - Ezio De Giorgi
Luther - Renato Cesari
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 033 {3LPS} (1981)ª
Compact Cassette - Live Opera Heaven CAS 257
Compact Disc; - Voce della Luna VL 2009-2 {2CDS} Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0072 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.6 No.2 November/December 1982 p.190 [JM]
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Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.58
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.174 p.91
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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 9 September 1956. The CDs issued by Voce della Luna and by Walhall are incorrectly attributed to a performance at the Vienna State Opera (see review in Orpheus). The Compact Cassettes issued by Live Opera Heaven are listed in their list date «5/2000».
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Conductor Rudolf Moralt - 1956(RA)
Orchestra - Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Hoffmann - Waldemar Kmentt
Olympia - Rita Streich
Giulietta - Anny Schlemm
Antonia - Teresa Stich-Randall
Dapertutto - George London
Miracle - George London
Nicklaus - Gisa Nerz
La Mère d'Antonia - Maria von Ilosvay
Lindorf - George London
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0196 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2007 S.58 [SS]
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International Record Review - July/August 2007 p.28 [JTH]
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Comments:- According to the «Bayerischer Rundfunk - Historischer Katalog - Gesang Aufnahme - Haupteil - Sängerinnen - Band II - Buchstabe R-Z» entry 3105 the cast also includes; Dagmar Naaf, Maria Poll, John Kuhn, Karl Hoppe, Karl Ostertag, Max Proebstl, Rudolf Wünzer, Adolf Keil, Friedrich Hezel.
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Conductor Rudolf Moralt - 1956(RA)
Orchestra - Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Hoffmann - Waldemar Kmentt
Olympia - Rita Streich
Giulietta - Anny Schlemm
Antonia - Teresa Stich-Randall
Dapertutto - George London
Miracle - George London
Nicklaus - Gisa Nerz
La Mère d'Antonia - Maria von Ilosvay
Lindorf - George London
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0196 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2007 S.58 [SS]
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International Record Review - July/August 2007 p.28 [JTH]
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Comments:- According to the «Bayerischer Rundfunk - Historischer Katalog - Gesang Aufnahme - Haupteil - Sängerinnen - Band II - Buchstabe R-Z» entry 3105 the cast also includes; Dagmar Naaf, Maria Poll, John Kuhn, Karl Hoppe, Karl Ostertag, Max Proebstl, Rudolf Wünzer, Adolf Keil, Friedrich Hezel.
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Conductor Rudolf Moralt - 1956(RA)
Orchestra - Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Hoffmann - Waldemar Kmentt
Olympia - Rita Streich
Giulietta - Anny Schlemm
Antonia - Teresa Stich-Randall
Dapertutto - George London
Miracle - George London
Nicklaus - Gisa Nerz
La Mère d'Antonia - Maria von Ilosvay
Lindorf - George London
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0196 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2007 S.58 [SS]
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International Record Review - July/August 2007 p.28 [JTH]
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Comments:- According to the «Bayerischer Rundfunk - Historischer Katalog - Gesang Aufnahme - Haupteil - Sängerinnen - Band II - Buchstabe R-Z» entry 3105 the cast also includes; Dagmar Naaf, Maria Poll, John Kuhn, Karl Hoppe, Karl Ostertag, Max Proebstl, Rudolf Wünzer, Adolf Keil, Friedrich Hezel.
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Arabella - Lisa Della Casa
Zdenka - Hilde Güden (Gueden)
Mandryka - George London
Waldner - Lorenzo Alvary
Adelaide - Martha Lipton
Fiakermilli - Laurel Hurley
Matteo - Jon Crain
Elemer - Gabor Carelli
Dominik - Clifford Harvuot
Lamoral - Lawrence Davidson
Kartenaufschlägerin - Thelma Votipka
Welko - Benjamin Wilkes
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 751
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Recordings of Arabella by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.272; CELLETTI p.775; Opera on CD (1) p.123 (2) p.135 (3) p.151; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.170 p.96; MET p.543; MET(VID) p.322; PENGUIN p.405; BBC Music Magazine June 1995 p.43; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.89; Opera on Video p.210; GIUDICI p.844; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.554-561; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.64
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET given in an English translation by John Gutman (9 February 1957). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.122-127. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Eugene Onegin - George London
Lenski - Richard Tucker
Tatyana - Lucine Amara
Olga - Rosalind Elias
Larina - Martha Lipton
Filipjewna - Belen Amparan
Gremin - Giorgio Tozzi
Triquet - Alessio De Paolis
Zaretzky - George Cehanovsky
Captain - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
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Black Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 50 {3LPS}
Compact Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 707 {3CDS}; Omega Opera Archive 223
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Recordings of Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera February 1979 p.121, March 1979 p.219; Opera on Record p.520; CELLETTI p.150; Opera on CD (1) p.90 (2) p.100 (3) p.112; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.43 p.112, mise à jour mai 2001 p.2; MET p.551; MET(VIDEO) p.332; PENGUIN p.450; BBC Music Magazine August 1994 p.48; Opera on Video p.155;GIUDICI p.122 (2) p.200; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 December 1957; see «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.205-206). The performance on 27 October 1957 is reviewed in OPERA January 1958 p.28. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Arnold Van Mill
Gurnemanz - Josef Greindl
Parsifal - Ramón Vinay
Klingsor - Toni Blankenheim
Kundry - Martha Mödl
Alto Stimme - Georgine von Milinkovic
Knappe 1 - Paula Lechner
Knappe 2 - Elisabeth Schärtel
Knappe 3 - Hans Krotthammer
Knappe 4 - Gerhard Stolze
Blumenmädchen 1 - Ilse Hollweg
Blumenmädchen 2 - Friedl Pöltinger
Blumenmädchen 3 - Paula Lechner
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Lotte Rysanek
Blumenmädchen 6 - Elisabeth Schärtel
Ritter 1 - Walter Geisler
Ritter 2 - Otto Wiener
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0215 {4CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
International Record Review - May 2008 pp.24-25 [NS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival.
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1957(LI;23/2/57-Stella)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Aida - Antonietta Stella
Radamès - Kurt Baum
Amneris - Blanche Thebom
Amonasro - George London
Ramphis - Giorgio Tozzi
Il Re di Egitto - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Una Sacerdotessa - Helen Vanni
Un Messaggero - James McCracken
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1461; Bensar OL 22357 (BRO 125520) {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (23 February 1957). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1957(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Arabella - Lisa Della Casa
Zdenka - Hilde Güden (Gueden)
Mandryka - George London
Waldner - Otto Edelmann
Adelaide - Ira Malaniuk
Fiakermilli - Mimi Coertse
Matteo - Anton Dermota
Elemer - Waldemar Kmentt
Dominik - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Lamoral - Harald Pröglhoff
Kartenaufschlägerin - Judith Hellwig
Welko - Wilhelm Lenninger
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5403-5406 (+Vier letzte Lieder) {4LPS} (1958)ª; Decca SXL 2050-2053 {4LPS} (1960)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 571-573 {3LPS} (1969)ª; London A 4412 (+Vier letzte Lieder) {4LPS} (1958)ª; Richmond S-63522 {3LPS} (1972)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca(London) «Grand Opera» 430 387-2 {2CDS} (1992)ª; Decca «The Solti Richard Strauss Edition» 458 700-2 {14CDS} (1998)ª; Decca 460 230-2 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Decca 475 7731 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Arabella by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.272; CELLETTI p.775; Opera on CD (1) p.123 (2) p.135 (3) p.151; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.170 p.96; MET p.543; MET(VID) p.322; PENGUIN p.405; BBC Music Magazine June 1995 p.43; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.89; Opera on Video p.210; GIUDICI p.844; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.554-561; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.64
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1958 pp.418-419 [PHW]; October 1958 pp.189-190 [DST]; April 1960 p.534 [PHW]; August 1969 pp.314-315 [WSM]; October 1969 p.537 (mention) [DST]; May 1992 p.116 [MK]
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Opera - May 1958 p.321; May 1960 p.361
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Fanfare - Vol.30 No.4 March/April 2007 pp.230-231 [BV]
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American Record Guide - June 1958 Vol.24 No.10 p.416 [RS]: January/February 2007 Vol.70 No.1 pp.173-174 [KM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - June 1958 Vol.8 No.6 p.56 [DJ]: March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.122 [HG]
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Records and Recordings - March 1960 p.16 [FGB]
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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1997 No.5 p.40 [PP]: Spring 1999 No.11 pp.104-108 (mention) [MO]
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Répertoire - No.122 mars 1999 p.63 [LC]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.32 marzo-abril 1999 p.96 [MH]: No.99 abril 2007 p.93 [FF]: No.103 septiembre 2007 p.92 [FF]
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Comments:- See «Putting the Record Straight» by John Culshaw pp.145-146, pp.150-153
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Figaro - Giorgio Tozzi
Susanna - Hilde Güden (Gueden)
Conte Almaviva - George London
Contessa Almaviva - Lisa Della Casa
Cherubino - Mildred Miller
Marcellina - Regina Resnik
Bartolo - Fernando Corena
Basilio - Norman Kelley
Curzio - Gabor Carelli
Antonio - Lorenzo Alvary
Barbarina - Mildred Allen
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 774 (& 542); The Opera Lovers NOZ 195801 {3CDRS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 at the MET (January 11 1958). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.309-313. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) and that issued by «The Opera Lovers» is listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1958(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Figaro - Giorgio Tozzi
Susanna - Roberta Peters
Conte Almaviva - George London
Contessa Almaviva - Lisa Della Casa
Cherubino - Rosalind Elias
Marcellina - Sandra Warfield
Bartolo - Fernando Corena
Basilio - Gabor Carelli
Curzio - Gabor Carelli
Antonio - Ljubomir Pantscheff
Barbarina - Anny Felbermayer
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Black Disc; - RCA LM 6408 {4LPS} (USA) (1959)ª;; RCA LSC 6408 {4LPS} (USA) (1959)ª; RCA RE 25009-12 {4LPS} (UK) (1960)ª;; RCA SER 4508-11 {4LPS} (UK) (1960)ª; *Decca «Eclipse» ECS 743-5 {3LPS} (1975)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca 444 602-2 {3CDS} (1996)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1959 p.118; October 1960 p.226 [PHW]; March 1975 p.1701 [AB]
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Opera - November 1960 p.770
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Opera Now - September/October 1996 p.99
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Orpheus - August/September 1996 S.88
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Opéra International - octobre 1996 No.206 p.56
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Diapason - No.426 mai 1996 p.112
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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1959 Vol.9 No.9 p.60 [NB]
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American Record Guide - October 1959 Vol.26 No.2 pp.107-108 [PLM]
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BBC Music Magazine - June 1996 p.76
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Répertoire - No.91 mai 1996 p.53
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.88 mayo 1996 p.94
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Opernwelt - 1/Januar 1997 S.61
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.21 septiembre-noviembre 1996 p.64
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1958(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Wotan - George London
Fricka - Kirsten Flagstad
Loge - Set Svanholm
Mime - Paul Kuen
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Freia - Claire Watson
Froh - Waldemar Kmentt
Donner - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Erda - Jean Madeira
Fasolt - Walter Kreppel
Fafner - Kurt Böhme
Woglinde - Oda Balsborg
Wellgunde - Hetty Plümacher
Floßhilde - Ira Malaniuk
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Black Disc; - *Decca LXT 5495-5497 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca SXL 2101-2103 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca MET 382-384 {3LPS}; Decca SET 382-384 {3LPS}; Decca Ring 1-22 (Cycle); Decca D100D19 {19LPS} (Cycle); Decca 410 234-1 {14LPS} (Cycle) (1983)ª; Decca 414 101-1 {3LPS} (1984)ª; London A 4340 {3LPS} (1959)ª;; London OSA-1309 {3LPS} (1959)ª; London OS 2507/80 {3LPS}; Melodiya SN 01955-60 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette; - Decca K2W 29; Decca 414 101-4 (1984)ª; Decca 414 100-4 (Cycle)
Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 414 101-2 {3CDS} (1984)ª; Decca(London) 414 100-2 (Cycle) {15CDS}; Decca 455 555-2 (cycle) {14CDS}; Decca 455 556-2 {2CDS} Decca 470 600-2 (The Solti Wagner Collection) {21CDS} (2002)ª; Decca «Originals» 478 0382 {2CDS} (2008)ª
Open Reel Tape; - London LOR 90006 (7½ips; 4-track) (1960)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.132; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1126; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.6/7 p.146, No.227 p.116; MET p.706; MET(VID) p.433; PENGUIN p.535; Diapason No.145 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1959 pp.472-473 [AP]; July 1959 pp.50-51 [DST], p.52 [HCS]; September 1968 p.378, p.383 [AR]; December 1968 p.883-884 [AP]; September 1976 p.494 [AB]; August 1977 p.345 [AB]; January 1984 p.852 [JB]; March 1989 p.1498 [AW]; August 1998 p.92 [AB]
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Opera - May 1959 p.325; Summer 2002 Supplement «Thirty all-time great recordings» p.27 [RP]
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Opera Now - November/December 1997 p.96 [ST]
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Fanfare - Vol.1 No.4 March/April 1978 p.119 [MSH]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.279; Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 pp.145-149 [WH]
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Diapason - No.442 novembre 1997 p.132 [CC]
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Records and Recordings - March 1959 p.16 [TH]: April 1959 p.15 [TH]
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American Record Guide - August 1959 Vol.25 No.12 p.863 [PLM]: August 1960 Vol.26 No.12 p.1018 (open reel tape) [PCP]
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Gramophone Record Review - April 1959 p.465 [NC,BJ]
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International Classical Record Collector - Winter Edition 1997 No.11 p.36 [TP], p.42 [MY]
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Classic CD - December 1997 p.84 [MSR]
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BBC Music Magazine - December 1997 p.91 [DB]
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Stereophile - January 1998 (Vol.21 No.1) p.101 [RL2]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.29 No.1 Spring 1998 p.144 [GAG]
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High Fidelity Magazine - August 1959 Vol.9 No.8 p.42 [RDD]: September 1960 Vol.10 No.9 pp.100-101 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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The Absolute Sound - Issue 98 p.130
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Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 p.67 (mention)
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.106 enero 1998 p.61 [JPS]
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Comments:- See THE GRAMOPHONE, March 1959 p.441
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Conductor Jean Morel - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Hoffmann - Nicolai Gedda
Olympia - Mattwilda Dobbs
Giulietta - Rosalind Elias
Antonia - Lucine Amara
Coppélius - George London
Dapertutto - George London
Miracle - George London
Nicklaus - Helen Vanni
Spalanzani - Paul Franke
Frantz - Alessio De Paolis
Schlemil - Clifford Harvuot
Crespil - Norman Scott
Andres - Alessio De Paolis
Cochenille - Alessio De Paolis
Pitichinacchio - Alessio De Paolis
La Mère d'Antonia - Mignon Dunn
Lindorf - George London
Nathanael - Robert Nagy
Luther - George Cehanovsky
Hermann - Calvin Marsh
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 358; Living Stage LS 1129 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Academy Records WH Live Opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) (2006)ª; Celestial Audio CA 467 {2CDRS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.86 diciembre 2005 p.87 [PN]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 February 1959). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) announced as new issues in July 2006 in their online catalogue
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Conductor Jean Morel - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Hoffmann - Nicolai Gedda
Olympia - Mattwilda Dobbs
Giulietta - Rosalind Elias
Antonia - Lucine Amara
Coppélius - George London
Dapertutto - George London
Miracle - George London
Nicklaus - Helen Vanni
Spalanzani - Paul Franke
Frantz - Alessio De Paolis
Schlemil - Clifford Harvuot
Crespil - Norman Scott
Andres - Alessio De Paolis
Cochenille - Alessio De Paolis
Pitichinacchio - Alessio De Paolis
La Mère d'Antonia - Mignon Dunn
Lindorf - George London
Nathanael - Robert Nagy
Luther - George Cehanovsky
Hermann - Calvin Marsh
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 358; Living Stage LS 1129 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Academy Records WH Live Opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) (2006)ª; Celestial Audio CA 467 {2CDRS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.86 diciembre 2005 p.87 [PN]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 February 1959). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) announced as new issues in July 2006 in their online catalogue
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Conductor Jean Morel - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Hoffmann - Nicolai Gedda
Olympia - Mattwilda Dobbs
Giulietta - Rosalind Elias
Antonia - Lucine Amara
Coppélius - George London
Dapertutto - George London
Miracle - George London
Nicklaus - Helen Vanni
Spalanzani - Paul Franke
Frantz - Alessio De Paolis
Schlemil - Clifford Harvuot
Crespil - Norman Scott
Andres - Alessio De Paolis
Cochenille - Alessio De Paolis
Pitichinacchio - Alessio De Paolis
La Mère d'Antonia - Mignon Dunn
Lindorf - George London
Nathanael - Robert Nagy
Luther - George Cehanovsky
Hermann - Calvin Marsh
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 358; Living Stage LS 1129 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Academy Records WH Live Opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) (2006)ª; Celestial Audio CA 467 {2CDRS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.86 diciembre 2005 p.87 [PN]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 February 1959). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) announced as new issues in July 2006 in their online catalogue
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Conductor Jean Morel - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Hoffmann - Nicolai Gedda
Olympia - Mattwilda Dobbs
Giulietta - Rosalind Elias
Antonia - Lucine Amara
Coppélius - George London
Dapertutto - George London
Miracle - George London
Nicklaus - Helen Vanni
Spalanzani - Paul Franke
Frantz - Alessio De Paolis
Schlemil - Clifford Harvuot
Crespil - Norman Scott
Andres - Alessio De Paolis
Cochenille - Alessio De Paolis
Pitichinacchio - Alessio De Paolis
La Mère d'Antonia - Mignon Dunn
Lindorf - George London
Nathanael - Robert Nagy
Luther - George Cehanovsky
Hermann - Calvin Marsh
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 358; Living Stage LS 1129 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Academy Records WH Live Opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) (2006)ª; Celestial Audio CA 467 {2CDRS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.86 diciembre 2005 p.87 [PN]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 February 1959). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) announced as new issues in July 2006 in their online catalogue
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Don Giovanni - George London
Donna Anna - Eleanor Steber
Don Ottavio - Cesare Valletti
Donna Elvira - Lisa Della Casa
Leoporello - Ezio Flagello
Il Commendatore - William Wilderman
Masetto - Theodor Uppman
Zerlina - Laurel Hurley
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Compact Disc; - Metropolitan Opera Guild (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers DONG 195901 {3CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (14 February 1959). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Holländer - George London
Senta - Leonie Rysanek
Daland - Josef Greindl
Erik - Fritz Uhl
Mary - Res Fischer
Steuermann - Georg Paskuda
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL-590
Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01731
Compact Disc; - Melodram MEL-26101 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1579 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; Golden Melodram GM 1.0071 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Opera d'Oro «Grand Tier» OPD 7030 {2CDS} (2006)ª
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Recordings of Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.58; HARRIS p.123; Opera on Record p.338; CELLETTI p.1080; Opera on CD (1) p.61 (2) p.68 (3) p.76; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.30 p.114, mise à jour pp.2-15; MET p.670; MET(VID) p.417; PENGUIN p.519American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.58, Vol.65 No.4 July/ August 2002 p.57; Wagner News Issue No.108 April 1995 p.16; GIUDICI p.1060; Ópera Actual (Barcelona) junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.26; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.14-17; Gramophone March 2002 pp.30-33
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.29 No.5 May/June 2006 pp.223-224 [WY]
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Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2005 S.59 [SS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (See OPERA September 1959 p.582; American Record Guide November 1959 Vol.26 No.3 p.168)
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Conductor Kurt Adler - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Floria Tosca - Eleanor Steber
Mario Cavaradossi - Carlo Bergonzi
Il barone Scarpia - George London
Il Sagristano - Gerhard Pechner
Cesare Angelotti - Lorenzo Alvary
Spoletta - Alessio De Paolis
Sciarrone - Osie Hawkins
Un pastore - Peter Burke
Un carceriere - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
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Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 951.120 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Living Stage LS 1108 {2CDS} (2004)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 - Mai 1995 S.62
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Opéra International - juin 1997 No.214 p.54
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Diapason - No.421 décembre 1995 p.138
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.74 octubre 2004 p.87 [VM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (11 April 1959)
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1959(STU)
Orchestra - Santa Cecilia
Chorus - Santa Cecilia
Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi
Mario Cavaradossi - Mario Del Monaco
Il barone Scarpia - George London
Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena
Cesare Angelotti - Silvio Maionica
Spoletta - Piero De Palma
Sciarrone - Giovanni Morese
Un pastore - Ernesto Palerini
Un carceriere - Giovanni Morese
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5554-5555 {2LPS} (1960)ª; Decca SXL 2180-2181 {2LPS} (1960)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 612-613 {2LPS}; Decca 411 871-1 {2LPS} (1985)ª; London OSA 1210 {2LPS} (1960)ª; King(CISCO) KIJC-92L {2LPS}; London KUC 9101/02 {2LPS} (Japan)
Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 411 871-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Decca «Rouge Opera» 455 871-2 (France) (1997)ª
Open Reel Tape; - London LOS 90020 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)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 - February 1960 pp.426-427 [PHW]; April 1960 p.510 [DST]; September 1971 p.514; February 1985 p. [AB]; August 1991 p. [JBS]
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Opera - March 1960 p.222
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Orpheus - Mai/Juni 1973 S.62 [CK]
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American Record Guide - April 1960 Vol.26 No.8 p.628 [CJL]
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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1960 Vol.10 No.5 p.72 [CLO]: May 1962 Vol.12 No.5 p.105 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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The Absolute Sound - Issue 97 p.134
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Records and Recordings - January 1960 p.17 [FGB]
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Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)
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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Holländer - George London
Senta - Leonie Rysanek
Daland - Giorgio Tozzi
Erik - Karl Liebl
Mary - Belen Amparan
Steuermann - William Olvis
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 361; The Opera Lovers FLI 196001 {2CDS}
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Recordings of Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.58; HARRIS p.123; Opera on Record p.338; CELLETTI p.1080; Opera on CD (1) p.61 (2) p.68 (3) p.76; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.30 p.114, mise à jour pp.2-15; MET p.670; MET(VID) p.417; PENGUIN p.519American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.58, Vol.65 No.4 July/ August 2002 p.57; Wagner News Issue No.108 April 1995 p.16; GIUDICI p.1060; Ópera Actual (Barcelona) junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.26; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.14-17; Gramophone March 2002 pp.30-33
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - März+April 2005 S.60-S.61 [GH]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (5 March 1960). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Jean Morel - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Pelléas - Theodor Uppman
Mélisande - Victoria de los Ángeles
Golaud - George London
Arkel - Giorgio Tozzi
Geneviève - Regina Resnik
Yniold - Mildred Allen
Médecin - Clifford Harvuot
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 218 (& 643)
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Recordings of Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.84, p.90; Opera on Record p.629; CELLETTI p.176; MARINELLI p.426; Opera on CD (1) p.113 (2) p.124 (3) p.139; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.9 p.104 (Supplément avril 1998); MET p.88; MET(VID) p.49; PENGUIN p.65; Operaon Video p.189; GIUDICI p.147 (2) p.247; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; Répertoire No.106 octobre 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Summer 1999 No.12 p.30; Gramophone May 2002 p.38
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (16 January 1960). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». There has beem a recording issued on the «Bensar» labe; which also appears to be of this performance, but with the conductor incorrectly stated in Berkshire's catalogue to be Ernest Ansermet.
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Conductor Antal Dorati - 1960(STU)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Holländer - George London
Senta - Leonie Rysanek
Daland - Giorgio Tozzi
Erik - Karl Liebl
Mary - Rosalind Elias
Steuermann - Richard Lewis
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6156 {3LPS} (USA) (1961)ª; RCA Victor LSC 6156 {3LPS} (USA) (1961)ª; RCA Victor RE 25035-25037 {3LPS} (UK) (1962)ª; RCA Victor SER 4535-4537 {3LPS} (UK) (1962)ª; Decca 25071 D/1-3 {3LPS}; Decca 2BB 109-111 {3LPS} ; Decca «Ovation» 417 319-1 {3LPS} (1986)ª
Compact Cassette; - Decca «Ovation» 417 319-4 (1986)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca(London) «Grand Opera» 417 319-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 904-2 {2CDS} (France) (1997)ª; Double Decca 460 738-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª
Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor FTC 8003 (4-track, 7½ips) (USA) (1961)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.58; HARRIS p.123; Opera on Record p.338; CELLETTI p.1080; Opera on CD (1) p.61 (2) p.68 (3) p.76; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.30 p.114, mise à jour pp.2-15; MET p.670; MET(VID) p.417; PENGUIN p.519American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.58, Vol.65 No.4 July/ August 2002 p.57; Wagner News Issue No.108 April 1995 p.16; GIUDICI p.1060; Ópera Actual (Barcelona) junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.26; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.14-17; Gramophone March 2002 pp.30-33
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1962 p.364; February 1972 p.1427; October 1986 p. [AB] August 1990 p. [AW]
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Opera - March 1962 p.190
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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.1 September/October 1994 p.373
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Orpheus - Januar 1973 S.71 [CK]
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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1961 Vol.11 No.9 p.81 [HG]: February 1962 Vol.12 No.2 p.120 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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American Record Guide - October 1961 Vol.28 No.2 p.138 [GK]: December 1961 Vol.28 No.4 p.331 (open reel tape) [RJ]
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Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.33 mayo-junio 1999 p.97 [MC]
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Comments:- According to Jerome F. Weber (quoting Michael Gray) this recording was made on 21-24, 26-27, and 29-30 August 1960 in Walthamstow Town Hall (ARSC Journal Vol.37 No.2 Fall 2006 p.217)
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1961(LE;Acts 2,3)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Arabella - Lisa Della Casa
Zdenka - Anneliese Rothenberger
Mandryka - George London
Waldner - Ralph Herbert
Adelaide - Mignon Dunn
Fiakermilli - Laurel Hurley
Matteo - Barry Morell
Elemer - Robert Nagy
Dominik - Roald Reitan
Lamoral - Norman Scott
Kartenaufschlägerin - Thelma Votipka
Welko - Joseph Folmer
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1575
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Recordings of Arabella by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.272; CELLETTI p.775; Opera on CD (1) p.123 (2) p.135 (3) p.151; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.170 p.96; MET p.543; MET(VID) p.322; PENGUIN p.405; BBC Music Magazine June 1995 p.43; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.89; Opera on Video p.210; GIUDICI p.844; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.554-561; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.64
Comments:- Recording of Acts 2 and 3 of a performance at the MET given in an English translation by John Gutman (21 January 1961). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - George London
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Brian Sullivan
Marina - Mignon Dunn
Pimen - Giorgio Tozzi
Varlaam - Ezio Flagello
Shuisky - Norman Kelley
Missail - Charles Anthony
Rangoni - Kim Borg
Fyodor - Helen Vanni
Xenia - Teresa Stratas
Hostess - Martha Lipton
Simpleton - Paul Franke
Tchelkalov - Calvin Marsh
Krushchov - Anthony Balestrieri
Nurse - Margaret Roggero
Nikitich - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Mityukha - Thomas Powell
Lavitsky - John Trehy
Cherniovsky - Hal Roberts
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1416
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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 January 1961). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Wotan - George London
Fricka - Irene Dalis
Loge - Karl Liebl
Mime - Paul Kuen
Alberich - Ralph Herbert
Freia - Heidi Krall
Froh - Robert Nagy
Donner - Norman Mittelman
Erda - Jean Madeira
Fasolt - Jerome Hines
Fafner - Ernst Wiemann
Woglinde - Martina Arroyo
Wellgunde - Rosalind Elias
Floßhilde - Mignon Dunn
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1128; Bensar BRO 122692 {3CDRS} (2004)ª
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Recordings of Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.132; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1126; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.6/7 p.146, No.227 p.116; MET p.706; MET(VID) p.433; PENGUIN p.535; Diapason No.145 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (16 December 1961). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.292-293. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» where one of the cast members is given as Hans Hopf, but according to the «MET Annals» he never sang in Das Rheingold at the MET.
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Conductor Franco Patanè - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Württembergische Staatsoper
Chorus - Württembergische Staatsoper
Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi
Mario Cavaradossi - Eugene (Gene) Tobin
Il barone Scarpia - George London
Il Sagristano - Heinz Cramer
Cesare Angelotti - Gustav Grefe
Spoletta - Hubert Buchta
Sciarrone - Siegfried Fischer-Sandt
Un pastore - Claudia Hellmann
Un carceriere - Wilhelm Bauer
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DVD (Video) - Video Artists International VAI DVD 4217 (2002)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Video Artists International VAI 69216(NTSC) Video Artists International VAI 201-944-0099(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:-
(The) Gramophone - May 2003 p.89 (DVD) [EG]
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Opera - January 1995 p.120
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Opera Now - December 1994 p.51
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Opera News - April 1 1995 p.52
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.12 No.2 Winter 1995/96 p.127
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Opéra International - janvier 1996 No.198 p.45; No.273 novembre 2002 pp.64-65 [SS]
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American Record Guide - July/August 1995 Vol.58 No.4 p.281: January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 p.244 [RVL]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.37 enero-febrerp 2000 p.108 [LB]
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Comments:- Video recording of a performance at Stuttgart (see Opera Aug 1961 p.521)
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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1961(SE)
Orchestra - Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Chorus
Boris - George London
Shuisky - Howard Fried
Fyodor - Mildred Allen
Krushchov - Stanley Kolk
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Black Disc; - Columbia MS 6273 {1LP} (USA) (1961)ª; CBS BRG 72021 {1LP} (UK) (1962)ª;; CBS SBRG 72021 {1LP} (UK) (1962)ª
Compact Disc; - Sony Classical «Great Performances» 78747 (+Pictures at an Exhibition) {1CD} (2006)ª
Open Reel Tape; - Columbia MQ 418 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)ª
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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1962 p.61
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Fanfare - Volume 30 No.2 November/December 2006 pp.224-225 [HF]
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American Record Guide - October 1961 Vol.28 No.2 p.128 [PLM]: March 1963 Vol.29 No.7 p.574 (open-reel tape) [CJL]
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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.96 [CLO]: April 1962 Vol.12 No.4 p.97 (open-reel tape) [RDD]
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Fono Forum - Februar 1964 S.68 [WS]
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Comments:- Rimsky Korsakov's orchestration
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1961(STU)
Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra
Siegmund - Jon Vickers
Sieglinde - Gré Brouwenstijn
Hunding - David Ward
Brünhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Wotan - George London
Fricka - Rita Gorr
Gerhilde - Marie Collier
Ortlinde - Julia Malyon
Waltraute - Margreta Elkins
Schwertleite - Joan Edwards
Helmwige - Judith Pierce
Siegrune - Noreen Berry
Grimgerde - Maureen Guy
Roßweiße - Josephine Veasey
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Black Disc; - *RCA Victor LD-6706 1-5 (1962)ª;; RCA Victor LDS-6706 1-5 (1962)ª; Decca 7BB125-9
Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 430 391-2 {3CDS}; *Decca 444 270/2-2 {3CDS}; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 467 071-2 {3CDS} (France) (2000)ª; Decca «The Compact Opera Collection» 470 443-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª
Open Reel Tape - RCA Victor FTC 9500 (7½ips 4-track) (USA)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1962 p.157; January 1963 p.333; March 1973 p.1730 [AB]; May 1992 p.117
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American Record Guide - November 1962 Vol.29 No.3 p.168 [HG]: January 1963 Vol.29 No.5 p.403 [RJ] (open-reel tape)
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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1962 Vol.12 No.11 p.110, p.112, p.114 [CLO]: January 1963 Vol.13 No.1 p.99 [RDD] (open-reel tape)
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Wagner News - No.105 October 1994 p.12
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Stereophile - February 1998 (Vol.21 No.2) p.93 [RS]
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International Record Review - April 2003 pp.24-25 (mention) [MVA]
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Répertoire - No.138 septembre 2000 p.73 [LC]
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Comments:- See HIGH FIDELITY December 1961 p.36. Grace Hoffman was to have sung Fricks but was replaced, at the request (demand?) of Leinsdorf, by Rita Gorr. See «La Nilsson» pp.356-358.
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1962(LC)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Martti Talvela
Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter
Parsifal - Jess Thomas
Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger
Kundry - Irene Dalis
Alto Stimme - Ursula Böse
Knappe 1 - Sona Cervená
Knappe 2 - Ursula Böse
Knappe 3 - Gerhard Stolze
Knappe 4 - Georg Paskuda
Blumenmädchen 1 - Gundula Janowitz
Blumenmädchen 2 - Anja Silja
Blumenmädchen 3 - Elsa Margaretha Gardelli
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Rita Bartos
Blumenmädchen 6 - Sona Cervená
Ritter 1 - Niels Moeller
Ritter 2 - Gerd Nienstedt
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Black Disc; - *Philips AL 3475-3479 {5LPS} (1964)ª; Philips SAL 3475-3479 {5LPS} (1964)ª; Philips 6747 250 {5LPS};; Philips 6723001/1-11 (+Der fliegende Holländer +Tannhäuser) ; Philips PHM 5550 {5LPS} (USA) (1965)ª;; Philips PHS 5950 {5LPS} (USA) (1965)ª; Philips A 02 342-346 L {5LPS} (Germany) (1964)ª; Philips 835 220-224 {5LPS} (Germany) (1964)ª; Melodiya D 33809-18 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - Philips 416 390-2 {4CDS} (1986)ª; Philips «50» 464 756-2 {4CDS} (2001)ª; Philips PHCP 24092/5 {4CDS} (Japan); Philips PHCP 20371/4 (Japan) (1999)ª; Philips 475 7785 {4CDS} (2006)ª
Open Reel Tape; - Philips PTY-950 (7½ips 4-track) (USA) (1965)ª
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1964 p.241; January 1965 p.317; October 1970 p.666; January 1971 p.1129 (mention); February 1973 p.1557 [JW]; April 1973 p.1834 [DST]; June 1973 p.30 [SIR]; July 1976 p.217 [AB]; June 1986 p. [AB]; August 2001 p.90 [AB]
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Opera - March 1965 p.317 [HDR]; December 1995 p.1134; Summer 2002 Supplement «Thirty all-time great recordings» p.24 [AC]
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Orpheus - Juli/August + August/September 1973 S.98 [SH]; Juli 1997 S.14
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.302; Vol.6 No.3 Spring 1989 pp.143-148 [WH]
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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1965 Vol.15 No.3 pp.85-86, p.116 [CLO]: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 p.176 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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American Record Guide - April 1965 Vol.31 No.8 pp.684-687 [GLM]: February 1966 Vol.32 No.6 p.563
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.587
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International Record Review - September 2001 p.82 [MVA]
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Fono Forum - Dezember 1964 S.508 [WA]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.100 mayo 2007 p.106 [LB]
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1962(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Don Giovanni - George London
Donna Anna - Hildegard Hillebrecht
Don Ottavio - Nicolai Gedda
Donna Elvira - Sena Jurinac
Leoporello - Benno Kusche
Il Commendatore - Gottlob Frick
Masetto - Albrecht Peter
Zerlina - Anneliese Rothenberger
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 5.0041 {3CDS} (2002)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:-
Orpheus - Juli 2002 S.57 [SS]
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Opéra International - No.275 janvier 2003 p.62 [AF]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 p.80 [VM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Prinzregententheater, Munich.
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Conductor Ernest Ansermet - 1962(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Pelléas - Nicolai Gedda
Mélisande - Anna Moffo
Golaud - George London
Arkel - Jerome Hines
Geneviève - Blanche Thebom
Yniold - Teresa Stratas
Médecin - Clifford Harvuot
Le berger - William Walker
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1065;; Academy Records WH Live Opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.84, p.90; Opera on Record p.629; CELLETTI p.176; MARINELLI p.426; Opera on CD (1) p.113 (2) p.124 (3) p.139; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.9 p.104 (Supplément avril 1998); MET p.88; MET(VID) p.49; PENGUIN p.65; Operaon Video p.189; GIUDICI p.147 (2) p.247; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; Répertoire No.106 octobre 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Summer 1999 No.12 p.30; Gramophone May 2002 p.38
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (29 December 1962). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.402-403. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1962(LI)
Orchestra - Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Wotan - George London
Fricka - Elisabeth Schärtel
Loge - Herbert Schachtschneider
Mime - Erwin Wohlfahrt
Alberich - Zoltán Kéléman
Freia - Ingeborg Kjellgren
Froh - Hermann Winkler
Donner - Karl Sablotzke
Erda - Helen Raab
Fasolt - Gerd Nienstedt
Fafner - Heiner Horn
Woglinde - Liselotte Hammes
Wellgunde - Helen Donath
Floßhilde - Helga Jenckel
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Compact Disc; - Living Stage LS 1004 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.132; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1126; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.6/7 p.146, No.227 p.116; MET p.706; MET(VID) p.433; PENGUIN p.535; Diapason No.145 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.82 [LS]
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Classical Express - July 2002 p.7 [MT]
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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2002 p.101 [JTH]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.61 junio 2003 p.86 [XC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Cologne (22 May 1962).
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1962(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegfried - Hans Hopf
Mime - Paul Kuen
Wanderer - George London
Brünhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Alberich - Ralph Herbert
Erda - Jean Madeira
Fafner - Gottlob Frick
Waldvogel - Martina Arroyo
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1470 (+1230 +2225) ;; Golden Melodram GM 5.0064 {4CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Siegfried by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - 7+8 Juli-August 2007 S.57-S.58 [SS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (13 January 1962). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Alexander Melik-Pasheyev - 1962-63(STU)
Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre
Chorus - Bolshoi Theatre
Boris - George London
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Vladimir Ivanovsky
Marina - Irina Arkhipova
Pimen - Mark Reshetin
Varlaam - Alexei Gueleva
Shuisky - Georgi Shulpin
Missail - Nikolai Zakharov
Rangoni - Yevgeny Kibkalo
Fyodor - Maria Mitukova
Xenia - Elisabeta Shumskaya
Hostess - Vera (Veronika) Ivanova Borisenko
Simpleton - Anton Grigoriev
Tchelkalov - Aleksey Petrovich Ivanov
Nurse - Eugenia Verbitskaya
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Black Disc - Melodiya D 012193-200 {4LPS}; Melodiya S 0623-30 {4LPS} Columbia M4L 296 {4LPS} (USA); Columbia M4S 696 {4LPS} (USA) CBS 77396 {4LPS} (UK)
Compact Disc; - Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 206 (Russian Opera) {1xCD-ROM} (2000)ª; Sony SM3K 52571 {3CDS} (2002)ª
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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1975 p.680 [JW]
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Opera News - March 2003 pp.78-79 [SFV]
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American Record Guide - September 1964 Vol.31 No.1 pp.20-21, p.58 [PLM]: May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 p.120 [KM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1964 Vol.14 No.10 pp.140-142 [CLO]
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Comments:- Some of this recording comes from that with Petrov as Boris. According to the article in «Opera on Record» (p.513) «all of the Tsar's music (and Act 2 in its entirety) was freshly recorded», with George London, «and then slotted into the existing recording». See also «George London - of gods and demons» by Nora London pp.149-150.
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Holländer - George London
Senta - Leonie Rysanek
Daland - Giorgio Tozzi
Erik - Sándor Kónya
Mary - Lili Chookasian
Steuermann - George Shirley
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1639;; Gala GL 100.728 (+Un ballo in maschera - excerpts -Schippers - Arroyo) {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.58; HARRIS p.123; Opera on Record p.338; CELLETTI p.1080; Opera on CD (1) p.61 (2) p.68 (3) p.76; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.30 p.114, mise à jour pp.2-15; MET p.670; MET(VID) p.417; PENGUIN p.519American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.58, Vol.65 No.4 July/ August 2002 p.57; Wagner News Issue No.108 April 1995 p.16; GIUDICI p.1060; Ópera Actual (Barcelona) junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.26; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.14-17; Gramophone March 2002 pp.30-33
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Classica Répertoire - No.75 septembre 2005 p.106 [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (16 February 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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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Ludwig Weber
Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter
Parsifal - Wolfgang Windgassen
Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger
Kundry - Irene Dalis
Alto Stimme - Ruth Hesse
Knappe 1 - Ruth Hesse
Knappe 2 - Margarethe Bence
Knappe 3 - Georg Paskuda
Knappe 4 - Erwin Wohlfahrt
Blumenmädchen 1 - Sylvia Stahlman (Giulia Bardi)
Blumenmädchen 2 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 3 - Anja Silja
Blumenmädchen 4 - Rita Bartos
Blumenmädchen 5 - Sieglinde Wagner
Blumenmädchen 6 - Sona Cervená
Ritter 1 - Hermann Winkler
Ritter 2 - Gerd Nienstedt
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 10034 {4CDS} (1999)ª
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol 23 No.3 January/February 2000 p.364 [WY]
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Wagner News - Issue No.136 December 1939 p.16 [DC]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.122 junio 1999 p.68 [JS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (24 July 1963; see OPERA Festival Issue 1963 p.73 )
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1963(LI; Edinburgh)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden - Boys of St. Mary's R.C. Cathedral
Faust - Nicolai Gedda
Méphistophélès - George London
Marguerite - Josephine Veasey
Brander - Robert Savoie
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1704
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Recordings of La Damnation de Faust by Hector Berlioz are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.167; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.22 p.92; CELLETTI p.83; PENGUIN p.18; Opéra International No.62 septembre 1983 p.18; Répertoire avril 1994 p.11; Orpheus Heft 9+10 September+Oktober 2003 S.68; The Opera Quarterly Vol.19 No.3 Summer 2003 pp.431-446; Opéra International No.284 novembre 2003 p.22; American Record Guide May/June 2007 Vol.70 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance given in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh International Festival (18 August 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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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Abdul - George London
Kitty - Roberta Peters
Sardula - Teresa Stratas
Kodanda - Nicolai Gedda
Maharaja - Ezio Flagello
Maharanee - Lili Chookasian
Scattergood - Morley Meredith
Scholar - Paul Franke
- Andrea Velis
Tailor - Paul Franke
- Andrea Velis
- Norman Scott
Catholic Priest - Robert Patterson
Pastor - Calvin Marsh
Rabbi - Erbert Aldridge
Orthodox Priest - William Dembaugh
Philosopher - Clifford Harvuot
Doctor - Gerhard Pechner
Painter - Lou Marcella
Poet - Gabor Carelli
Composer - William Walker
Singer - Janis Martin
Scientist - Arthur Graham
Businesswoman - Carlotta Ordassy
Woman - Dorothy Shawn
Major-domo - ? McLuckey
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 387; Bensar BRO 122242 {2CDRS} (2004)ª
Open Reel Tape - Immortal Performances Recorded Music Society (also on compact cassette)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET given in English in a translation by George Mead (8 February 1964; see OPERA April 1964 pp.241-242; «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.360-361). 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 date of the performance recorded is given here incorrectly as «Feb. 25 1964». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.».
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1964(LI;18/4/64 - Nilsson)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Floria Tosca - Birgit Nilsson
Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli
Il barone Scarpia - George London
Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena
Cesare Angelotti - Norman Scott
Spoletta - Paul Franke
Sciarrone - Calvin Marsh
Un pastore - Stuart Fischer
Un carceriere - Robert Patterson
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1064; The Opera Lovers TOS 196404 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance given by The Metropolitan Opera in Boston (18 April 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 CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Oscar Danon - 1964(SE)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Eisenstein - Richard Lewis
Rosalinde - Anna Moffo
Alfred - Franco Franchi
Falke - George London
Adele - Jeanette Scovotti
Orlofsky - Risë Stevens
Frank - John Hauxvell (Hauxwell)
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 2728 {1LP} (USA) (1964)ª; RCA Victor LSC 2728 {1LP} (USA) (1964)ª
Compact Disc; - BMG RCA Victor 09026 63468-2 {1CD} (1999)ª
Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor FTC 2170 (7½ips 4-track) (USA) (1964)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauß II are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.532; Opera on CD (1) p.81 (2) p.90 (3) p.101; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.49 p.146, mise à jour décembre 1999 p.2; MET p.504; MET(VID) p.301 PENGUIN p.398; Opera on Video p.137; Classic CD December 1995 p.42 GIUDICI p.788, (2) p.1300
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - No.243 février 2000 p.74 [PC]
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American Record Guide - December 1964 Vol.31 No.4 p.368 (open reel tape) [PCP]: March/April 2000 Vol.63 No.2 p.190 [MM]
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Musica (Milano) - N.118 giugno-luglio 2000 p.91 [SH]
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Conductor André Cluytens - 1964(STU)
Orchestra - Orchestre de la Societé des Concerts du Conservatoire (Paris)
Chorus - Choeurs René Duclos
Hoffmann - Nicolai Gedda
Olympia - Gianna D' Angelo
Giulietta - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Antonia - Victoria de los Ángeles
Coppélius - George London
Dapertutto - Ernest Blanc
Miracle - George London
Nicklaus - Jean-Christophe Benoit
Spalanzani - Michel Sénéchal
Frantz - Jacques Loreau
Schlemil - Jean-Pierre Laffage
Crespil - Robert Geay
Andres - Jacques Loreau
Cochenille - Jacques Loreau
Pitichinacchio - Jacques Loreau
La Mère d'Antonia - Christiane Gayraud
Lindorf - Nicola Ghiuselev
Stella - Renée Fauré
Nathanael - André Mallabrera
Luther - Jean-Pierre Laffage
Hermann - Jacques Pruvost
Muse - Renée Fauré
Second voice in the Barcarolle - Jeannine Collard
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Black Disc; - HMV «Angel Series» AN 154-156 {3LPS} (1965)ª; HMV «Angel Series» SAN 154-156 {3LPS} (1965)ª; Electola SMA 91 459/61 {3LPS} (1965)ª; EMI Electrola 1C 157 00045/7 {3LPS};; Angel 3667 C/L {3LPS} (1965)ª;; Angel S 3667 C/L {3LPS} (1965)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63222-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 5 67983-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª
Open Reel Tape; - Angel Y3S-3667 (3óips 4-track) (1966)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1965 p.254 [PHW]; January 1966 p.334 [DST] July 1982 p.167 [JBS] ; December 1989 p. [AML]; June 2003 p.79 [PO'C]
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Opera - January 1966 pp. 44-45 [HDR]
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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.1 September/October 2003 pp.174-176 [JM]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.217 p.93 [DVM]
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American Record Guide - November 1965 Vol.32 No.3 pp.218-219 [ML]: Vol. 32 No.8 April 1966 p.736 (open reel tape) [RJ]
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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1965 Vol.15 No.12 p.98, p.100 [CLO]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 marzo-mayo 1995 p.62: No.62 julio-agosto 2003 p.81, p.83 [MC]
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Audio & Record Review - November 1965 p.15 [CW]
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Comments:- According to Michel Parouty (DIAPASON No.474 October 2000 p.56) the last act was recorded in Barcelona in 1965, but according to James Miller in his review in FANFARE «a small part of her role was sung in Barcelona with an orchestra in Paris adding the accompaniment».
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Conductor André Cluytens - 1964(STU)
Orchestra - Orchestre de la Societé des Concerts du Conservatoire (Paris)
Chorus - Choeurs René Duclos
Hoffmann - Nicolai Gedda
Olympia - Gianna D' Angelo
Giulietta - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Antonia - Victoria de los Ángeles
Coppélius - George London
Dapertutto - Ernest Blanc
Miracle - George London
Nicklaus - Jean-Christophe Benoit
Spalanzani - Michel Sénéchal
Frantz - Jacques Loreau
Schlemil - Jean-Pierre Laffage
Crespil - Robert Geay
Andres - Jacques Loreau
Cochenille - Jacques Loreau
Pitichinacchio - Jacques Loreau
La Mère d'Antonia - Christiane Gayraud
Lindorf - Nicola Ghiuselev
Stella - Renée Fauré
Nathanael - André Mallabrera
Luther - Jean-Pierre Laffage
Hermann - Jacques Pruvost
Muse - Renée Fauré
Second voice in the Barcarolle - Jeannine Collard
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Black Disc; - HMV «Angel Series» AN 154-156 {3LPS} (1965)ª; HMV «Angel Series» SAN 154-156 {3LPS} (1965)ª; Electola SMA 91 459/61 {3LPS} (1965)ª; EMI Electrola 1C 157 00045/7 {3LPS};; Angel 3667 C/L {3LPS} (1965)ª;; Angel S 3667 C/L {3LPS} (1965)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63222-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 5 67983-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª
Open Reel Tape; - Angel Y3S-3667 (3óips 4-track) (1966)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1965 p.254 [PHW]; January 1966 p.334 [DST] July 1982 p.167 [JBS] ; December 1989 p. [AML]; June 2003 p.79 [PO'C]
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Opera - January 1966 pp. 44-45 [HDR]
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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.1 September/October 2003 pp.174-176 [JM]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.217 p.93 [DVM]
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American Record Guide - November 1965 Vol.32 No.3 pp.218-219 [ML]: Vol. 32 No.8 April 1966 p.736 (open reel tape) [RJ]
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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1965 Vol.15 No.12 p.98, p.100 [CLO]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 marzo-mayo 1995 p.62: No.62 julio-agosto 2003 p.81, p.83 [MC]
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Audio & Record Review - November 1965 p.15 [CW]
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Comments:- According to Michel Parouty (DIAPASON No.474 October 2000 p.56) the last act was recorded in Barcelona in 1965, but according to James Miller in his review in FANFARE «a small part of her role was sung in Barcelona with an orchestra in Paris adding the accompaniment».
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Conductor Oscar Danon - 1964(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Eisenstein - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Rosalinde - Adele Leigh
Alfred - Sándor Kónya
Blind - Erich Majkut
Falke - George London
Adele - Anneliese Rothenberger
Orlofsky - Risë Stevens
Frank - Erich Kunz
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 7029 {2LPS} (USA) (1964)ª; RCA Victor LSC 7029 {2LPS} (USA) (1964)ª; RCA Victor RE 5514-5515 {2LPS} (UK) (1965)ª; RCA Victor SER 5514-5515 {2LPS} (UK) (1965)ª
Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor FTC 7004 (7½ips 4-track) (1965)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauß II are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.532; Opera on CD (1) p.81 (2) p.90 (3) p.101; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.49 p.146, mise à jour décembre 1999 p.2; MET p.504; MET(VID) p.301 PENGUIN p.398; Opera on Video p.137; Classic CD December 1995 p.42 GIUDICI p.788, (2) p.1300
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1965 p.389; April 1965 p.470
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American Record Guide - November 1964 Vol.31 No.3 p.209 [HG]: June 1965 Vol.31 No.10 p.1016 (open reel tape) [JM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1965 Vol.15 No.2 p.116 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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Fono Forum - Januar 1965 S.28 [WB]
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Conductor Ernest Ansermet - 1964(STU)
Orchestra - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Chorus - Grand-Théâtre de Genève
Pelléas - Camille Maurane
Mélisande - Erna Spoorenberg
Golaud - George London
Arkel - Guus Hoekman
Geneviève - Josephine Veasey
Yniold - Rosine Brédy
Médecin - Derrick Olsen
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Black Disc; - Decca MET 277-279 {3LPS} (1965)ª; Decca SET 227-229 {3LPS} (1965)ª; London A 4379 {3LPS} (1965)ª;; London OSA 1379 {3LPS} (1965)ª
Compact Disc; - London POCL 9623-4 {2CDS} (Japan) (1994)ª; Decca «Compact Disc Opera Collection» 473 351-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª
Open Reel Tape; - London LOR 900091 (7½ips 4-track) (1965)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.84, p.90; Opera on Record p.629; CELLETTI p.176; MARINELLI p.426; Opera on CD (1) p.113 (2) p.124 (3) p.139; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.9 p.104 (Supplément avril 1998); MET p.88; MET(VID) p.49; PENGUIN p.65; Operaon Video p.189; GIUDICI p.147 (2) p.247; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; Répertoire No.106 octobre 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Summer 1999 No.12 p.30; Gramophone May 2002 p.38
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1965 p.341; April 1965 p.470; August (published June) 2003 p.75 [PO'C]
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Opera - June 1965 p.445 [ET]
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American Record Guide - April 1965 Vol.31 No.8 pp.694-696 [HG]: May 1965 Vol.31 No.9 p.920 (open reel tape) [CJL]
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High Fidelity Magazine - April 1965 Vol.15 No.4 p.73 [CLO]: May 1965 Vol.15 No.5 p. (open reel tape) [RDD]
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Conductor William Steinberg - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Jon Vickers
Sieglinde - Leonie Rysanek
Hunding - David Ward
Brünhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Wotan - George London
Fricka - Irene Dalis
Gerhilde - Carlotta Ordassy
Ortlinde - Beverly Bower
Waltraute - Mignon Dunn
Schwertleite - Gladys Kriese
Helmwige - Lynn Owen
Siegrune - Helen Vanni
Grimgerde - Joann Grillo
Roßweiße - Janis Martin
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1409 (& 1170); Celestial Audio CA 644 {3CDRS} (Australia) (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (6 March 1965). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) and the CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues in their website in June 2007 (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1965(LI;3/4/65)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Floria Tosca - Régine Crespin
Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli
Il barone Scarpia - George London
Il Sagristano - Gerhard Pechner
Cesare Angelotti - Norman Scott
Spoletta - Paul Franke
Sciarrone - Calvin Marsh
Un pastore - Stuart Fischer
Un carceriere - Robert Goodloe
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 6.0021 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - März + April 2008 S.56 [IW]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (3 April 1965). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house».
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Conductor Lee Schaenen - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Volksoper
Chorus - Wiener Volksoper
Paul - John Alexander
Marietta - Marilyn Zschau
Erscheinung Mariens - Marilyn Zschau
Frank - Marcel Cordes
Brigitta - Sonja Draksler
Fritz - George London
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Compact Disc; - Encore CD 132-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
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Recordings of Die tote Stadt by Erich Wolfgang Korngold are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.354; Opera on CD (2) p.150 (3) p.169; GIUDICI p.319 (2) p.553; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.202 p.118
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Wiener Volksoper (5 June 1967; see OPERA Festival Issue 1967 pp.45-46). The CDRs issued on the Encore label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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