(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1955(RA) - fiamma (La) by Ottorino Respighi - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli*
2 1956(FI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Tullio Serafin*
3 1956(FI) - Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini - Oliviero De Fabritiis*
4 1956(FI) - sonnambula (La) by Vincenzo Bellini - Bruno Bartoletti*
5 1956(STU) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Antonino Votto*
6 1956(STU) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Hans Rosbaud*
7 1956(STU) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Herbert von Karajan*
8 1957(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Herbert von Karajan***
9 1957(STU) - Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini - Erich Leinsdorf*
10 1957-58(STU) - Capriccio by Richard Strauss - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
11 1958(FI) - serva padrona (La) by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Franco Ferrara*
12 1958(LI) - Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi - Tullio Serafin*
13 1958(RA) - Armide by Christophe Willibald Gluck - Mario Rossi*
14 1958(STU) - filosofo di campagna (Il) by Baldassare Galuppi - Renato Fasano*
15 1959?(RA) - puritani (I) by Vincenzo Bellini - Mario Rossi*
16 1960(FI) - Fille du regiment (La) by Gaetano Donizetti - Franco Mannino*
17 1960(RA) - Günther von Schwarzburg by Ignaz Holzbauer - Oliviero De Fabri..*
18 1960(STU) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Carlo Maria Giulini*
19 1960(STU) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Fernando Previtali*
20 1961(LI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Nicola Rescigno*
21 1961(LI) - Turandot by Giacomo Puccini - Leopold Stokowski*
22 1961(SE) - lustige Witwe (Die) by Franz Lehár - Lehman Engel*
23 1961(STU) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Erich Leinsdorf*
24 1961?(SE) - Desert Song (The) by Sigmund Romberg - Lehman Engel*
25 1961?(SE) - Nacht in Venedig (Eine) by Johann Strauß II - Lehman Engel*
26 1961?(SE) - Naughty Marietta by Victor Herbert - Lehman Engel*
27 1961?(SE) - Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin - Lehman Engel*
28 1961?(SE) - Roberta by Jerome Kern - Lehman Engel*
29 1961?(SE) - Rose-Marie by Charles Rudolf Friml - Lehman Engel*
30 1961?(SE) - Show Boat by Jerome Kern - Lehman Engel*
31 1962(LI) - Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy - Ernest Ansermet*
32 1962(LI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Ignace Strasfogel*
33 1962(SE) - Fledermaus (Die) by Johann Strauß II - Lehman Engel*
34 1963(LI) - Manon by Jules Massenet - Anton Guadagno*
35 1963(LI) - Manon by Jules Massenet - Thomas Schippers*
36 1963(SE) - Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini - René Leibowitz*
37 1963(SE) - Manon by Jules Massenet - René Leibowitz*
38 1963(STU) - Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi - Georg Solti*
39 1963?(STU) - Orfeo ed Euridice by Christophe Willibald Gluck - Renato Fasano*
40 1964(LI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Berislav Klobucar*
41 1964(LI-Moffo) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Herbert von Karajan*
42 1964(SE) - Fledermaus (Die) by Johann Strauß II - Oscar Danon*
43 1965(LI) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Anton Guadagno*
44 1965(LI) - Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti - Richard Karp*
45 1965(LI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Juan Emilio Martini*
46 1965(STU) - Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti - Georges Prêtre**
47 1965(STU) - Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*
48 1966(STU) - rondine (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli*
49 1967(LI) - puritani (I) by Vincenzo Bellini - Anton Guadagno***
50 1967(LI) - Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod - Anton Guadagno*
51 1968(FI) - traviata (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Giuseppe Patanè*
52 1968(LI) - Fille du regiment (La) by Gaetano Donizetti - Oliviero De Fabri..*
53 1969(LI) - Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti - Carlo Franci**
54 1970(LI) - Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini - Anton Guadagno*
55 1970(STU) - Carmen by Georges Bizet - Lorin Maazel*
56 1971(FI) - Csárdásfürstin (Die) by Imre (Emmerich) Kálmán - Bert Grund*
57 1971(FI) - Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti - Carlo Felice Cill..*
58 1971(STU) - Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck - Kurt Eichhorn***
59 1972(RA) - Iphigénie en Aulide by Christophe Willibald Gluck - Kurt Eichhorn*
60 1973(LI) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Peter Maag***
61 1974(SE) - Juive (La) by Fromental Halévy - Antonio de Almeida*
62 1974(STU) - Thaïs by Jules Massenet - Julius Rudel*
63 1974?(FI) - Belle Hélène (La) by Jacques Offenbach - Franz Allers***
64 1976(STU) - Amore dei tre re (L') by Italo Montemezzi - Nello Santi*
65 1977(SE) - schöne Galathee (Die) by Franz von Suppé - Kurt Eichhorn*
*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1955(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Eudossia - Lucia Danieli
Basilio - Carlo Tagliabue
Donello - Giancinto Prandelli
Silvana - Mara Coleva
Agnese - Maria Teresa Mandalari
Monica - Anna Moffo
Agata - Luisa Villa
Lucilla - Tusa Santo
Sabina - Gabriella Carturan
Zoe - Luisa Mandelli
Il vescovo - Nicola Zaccaria
L'esorcista - Ivan Sardi
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 518 (& 4019); Opera d'Oro OPD 1451 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66343 {2CDS} (2006)ª
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Recordings of La fiamma by Ottorino Respighi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.686; PENGUIN p.342
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
American Record Guide - November/December 2006 Vol.69 No.6 p.269 [RVL]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 7 August 1955. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The recording (4019) is attributed incorrectly to La Scala in Omega's online catalogue.
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1956(FI)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Falstaff - Giuseppe Taddei
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Scipio Colombo
Dr. Cajus - Mario Carlin
Bardolfo - Renato Ercolani
Pistola - Franco Calabrese
Alice Ford - Rosanna Carteri
Nannetta - Anna Moffo
Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali
Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri
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Black Disc - GDL
DVD (Video) - Video Artists International VAIDVD 4333 (2006)ª
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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 2006 p.99 (DVD) [JBS]
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Diapason - No.536S mai 2006 p.126 (DVD) [MP]
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American Record Guide - July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 p.230 [RVL]
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Opéra Magazine - No.8 juin 2006 p.84 (DVD) [JC]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.89 abril 2006 p.78 (DVD) [PN]
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Comments:- Video recordings of a television film and audio recording of its soundtrack broadcast on 9 May 1956. The audio recording is listed (with the year given as 1958) in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL juin 2000 No.247 p.21.
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Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1956(FI)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Cio Cio San - Anna Moffo
Pinkerton - Renato Cioni
Sharpless - Afro Poli
Suzuki - Miti Truccato Pace
Kate Pinkerton - Lelia Dori
Goro - Gino Del Signore
Il principe Yamadori - Pier Luigi Latinucci
Lo zio Bonzo - Dmitri Lopatto
Il commissario imperiale - Aristide Baracchi
Yakusidè - Alfredo Allegro
L'ufficiale del Registro - Francesco Poce
La madre di Cio Cio San - Raimonda Stamer
La zia - Maria Luisa Malacchi
La cugina - Jolanda Torriani
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Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66.365 {2CDS} (2007)ª
DVD (Video) - Video Artists International VAI 4284 (+La bohème - excerpt - Moffo - Tucker) (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 2005 p.100 [JBS]
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Opéra International - No.296 décembre 2004 p.97 [CC]
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Diapason - No.522 février 2005 pp.113-114 [MP]
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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2004 p.60 [TP]
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American Record Guide - January/February 2005 Vol.68 No.1 p.262 [RVL]: January/ February 2008 Vol.71 No.1 pp.221-222 (audio) [MM]
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International Record Review - February 2005 p.82 [IJ]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.75 noviembre 2004 pp.92-93 [FSR]
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Comments:- A video recording of a television film and an audio recording of its soundtrack. The cast listed above is that given in «Anna Moffo - Una carriera Italo-Americana» by Mario G. Genesi p.384.
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Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1956(FI)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Amina - Anna Moffo
Elvino - Danilo Vega
Rodolfo - Plinio Clabassi
Lisa - Gianna Galli
Alessio - Guido Mazzini
Notaro - Giuseppe Nessi
Teresa - Anna Maria Anelli
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DVD (Video) - Video Artists International 4239 (2003)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Legato Classics 301 (NTSC - B&W); House of Opera VID 602 (NTSC - B&W) (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.265; Opera on Record 2 p.115; CELLETTI p.72; Opera on CD (1) p.38 (2) p.44 (3) p.49; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.178 p.72; MET p.18; MET(VID) p.7; PENGUIN p.13; GIUDICI p.29 (2) p.47; Opéra International No.253 janvier 2001 p.10
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 2004 p.96 [JBS]
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Orpheus - März + April 2004 S.76-S.77 [IW]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.3 Summer 2001 pp.592-594 [NR]; Vol.20 No.4 Autumn 2004 pp.742-743 [RB]
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Opéra International - No.288 mars 2004 p.89 [JC]
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Diapason - No.520 décembre 2004 p.137 [MP]
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BBC Music Magazine - April (published February) 2004 p.90 [IH]
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American Record Guide - March/April 2004 Vol.67 No.2 p.272 [RVL]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.66 diciembre 2003 p.93 [PMH]
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Classica Répertoire - No.60 mars 2004 p.122 [PT]
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Comments:- Video recording of a black and white television film. The VHS issued by House of Opera is listed in their list of «New Releases March 2001»
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Conductor Antonino Votto - 1956(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Rodolfo - Giuseppe di Stefano
Schaunard - Manuel Spatafora
Marcello - Rolando Panerai
Colline - Nicola Zaccaria
Mimi - Maria Callas
Musetta - Anna Moffo
Benoit - Carlo Badioli
Alcindoro - Carlo Badioli
Parpignol - Franco Ricciardi
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1464-1465 {2LPS} (1957)ª; Columbia QCX 10272-10273 {2LPS} (Italy); HMV SLS 5059 {2LPS} (1976)ª; *EMI EX 290923-3 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3560 B/L {2LPS} (1957)ª
Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-SLS 5059 (1976)ª; EMI EX 290923-5 (1987)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47475-8 {2CDS} (1987)ª; EMI «Callas Edition» CDS 5 56295-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1957 p.170 [HCS]; March 1958 p.417 [PHW]; August 1976 p.332 [EG]; December 1976 p.1066 [IM]; November 1987 p.814, p.817 [MEO]
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Opera - April 1958 p.261
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.161
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Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 pp.84-85 [CC]
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American Record Guide - October 1957 Vol.24 No.2 p.60 [JB2]
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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1957 Vol.7 No.10 p.100 [CMS]
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The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.111 (2) p.112 (4) p.108
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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.58
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Comments:- See article by Max de Schauensee in HIGH FIDELITY December 1956 Vol.6 No.12 p.54
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Conductor Hans Rosbaud - 1956(STU)
Orchestra - Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Chorus - Aix en Provence Festival
Don Giovanni - Antonio Campó
Donna Anna - Teresa Stich-Randall
Don Ottavio - Nicolai Gedda
Donna Elvira - Suzanne Danco
Leoporello - Marcello Cortis
Il Commendatore - Raffaele Ariè
Masetto - André Vessières
Zerlina - Anna Moffo
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Black Disc; - Pathé DTX 218-221; Pathé TRI 33311-33313; VOX OPL 170;; VOX OPBX 162-3 {3LPS} (USA) (1963)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 64372-2 {3CDS} (1990)ª; EMI 5 72195-2 (+Le Nozze di Figaro) {5CDS} (France); Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66356 {2CDS} (2006)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 - July 1963 p.67
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Opera - March 1991 p.375
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.183 p.102 (mention) [CM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - September 1959 Vol.9 No.9 p.91, p.94, p.96 [NB]: May 1964 Vol. 14 No.5 p.72 [AR]
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American Record Guide - November 1963 Vol.30 No.3 p.236 [HG]: July/August 2007 Vol.70 No.4 p.225 [RVL]
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Comments:- Recorded in a studio in Paris after the Aix-en-Provence Festival. INA has published a recording of the performance at Aix on 12 July 1956 with the same cast. This was broadcast on 20 July 1956. The CDs also carry recordings of excerpts from performances in 1950 and 1952. INA «Mémoire vive» IMV 074 {3CDS} (2007)ª. There is a brief review in DIAPASON No.550 S septembre 2007 p.128.
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1956(STU)
Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra
Chorus - Philharmonia Chorus
Falstaff - Tito Gobbi
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Rolando Panerai
Dr. Cajus - Tomaso Spataro
Bardolfo - Renato Ercolani
Pistola - Nicola Zaccaria
Alice Ford - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Nannetta - Anna Moffo
Meg Page - Nan Merriman
Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1410-1412 {3LPS} (1957)ª; Columbia SAX 2254-2256 (1961)ª; EMI SLS 5037 (ASD 3142-3144) {3LPS} (1976)ª;; EMI SLS 5211 {2LPS} (1980)ª; EMI EX 749668-1 {2LPS} (1988)ª; Angel 3552 C/L {3LPS} (1956)ª;; Angel S 3552 C/L {3LPS} (1959)ª; Columbia 33QCX 10141/42 {2LPS} (Italy)
Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5211 (1980)ª;; EMI EX 749668-4 (1988)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49668-2 {2CDS} (1988)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 5 67083-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 7243 5 67162 2 3 {2CDS} (USA) (1999)ª; Toshiba EMI TOCE 11379-80 {2CDS} (Japan) (1999)ª; Angel CDCB-49668 {2CDS}
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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1957 p.288; March 1957 p.382; July 1957 p.45 July 1961 p.80; January 1976 p.1239 [AB]; July 1976 p.147 [JBS]; December 1980 p.880 [AB] ; September 1988 p. [HF]; October 1999 p.120 [RTF]
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Opera - May 1957 p.314; October 1961 p.666; Summer 2002 Supplement «Thirty all-time great recordings» p.12 [MB]
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Fanfare - Vol.23 No.2 November/December 1999 pp.46-50 [JK]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.248-252 [WRM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1956 Vol.6 No.12 p.98 [MDS]: February 1959 Vol.9 No.2 p.76 [DJ]
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American Record Guide - February 1959 Vol.25 No.6 p.414: January/February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.182 [LM]
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Gramophone Record Review - April 1957 p.458
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International Classical Record Collector - No.2 (September 1995) p.33
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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 pp.107-109 [MO]
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.568
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.235 septembre 1999 p.106
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Musica (Milano) - N.114 ottobre-novembre 1999 p.130 [SH]
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Comments:- Recorded in the Kingsway Hall (18-29 June 1956). See «Herbert von Karajan - A Life in Music» by Richard Osborne p.406
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Falstaff - Tito Gobbi
Fenton - Luigi Alva
Ford - Rolando Panerai
Dr. Cajus - Tomaso Spataro
Bardolfo - Renato Ercolani
Pistola - Mario Petri
Alice Ford - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Nannetta - Anna Moffo
Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali
Mistress Quickly - Giulietta Simionato
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Compact Disc; - Hunt CDKAR 226 {2CDS};; House of Opera «The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi + Vol.2 His Later Works» {1xCD+ROM} (2001)ª; Andante AN 3080 (+performance conducted by Toscanini) {4CDS} (2004)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0212 {2CDS} (2008)ª
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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 2005 p.93 [AB]
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Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2005 S.58 [SS]; März + April 2008 S.59 [SS]
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Opéra International - No.297 janvier 2005 p.78 [JC]
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Diapason - No.521 janvier 2005 pp.107-108 [PK]
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American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 pp.22-26 [LM]: May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.241 [KM]
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International Record Review - April 2005 pp.24-26 [RP]
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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2005 p.94 [TP]: Summer 2008 p.99 (mention) [JTH]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (10 August 1957; See OPERA October 1957 pp.625-628)
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1957(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'opera di Roma
Cio Cio San - Anna Moffo
Pinkerton - Cesare Valletti
Sharpless - Renato Cesari
Suzuki - Rosalind Elias
Kate Pinkerton - Miti Truccato Pace
Goro - Mario Carlin
Il principe Yamadori - Nestore Catalani
Lo zio Bonzo - Fernando Corena
Il commissario imperiale - Leonardo Monreale
Yakusidè - Andrea Mineo
L'ufficiale del Registro - Andrea Mineo
La madre di Cio Cio San - Luisa Zeri
La zia - (Maria) Grazia Ciferi
La cugina - Renata Mattioli
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6165 {3LPS} (USA) (1958)ª; RCA Victor LSC 6165 {3LPS} (USA) (1958)ª; RCA Victor 26.35059; RCA «Victrola» VIC 6100/1-3 {3LPS} (USA & UK) (1964-66)ª; RCA «Victrola» VICS 6100/1-3 {3LPS} (USA & UK) (1964-66)ª; RCA VICTOR VLS 04145; RCA «Victrola» VL 43542 (3) {3LPS} (Italy) (1977)ª
Compact Disc; - RCA «Victor» GD 84145 {2CDS} (Europe) (1988)ª; RCA Victor 4145-2 {2CDS} (USA)
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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1958 p.293 (HCS); April 1966 p.507 (EG); September 1988 p. [MEO]
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Opera - June 1966 p.490 [AB]
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American Record Guide - November 1958 Vol.25 No.3 p.192 [MB2]: December 1964 Vol.31 No.4 p.349 [GLM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.66 [DJ]: March 1959 Vol.9 No.3 p.9 (letter): November 1964 Vol.14 No.11 p.122 [CLO]
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1957-58(STU)
Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra
Gräfin - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Graf - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Flamand - Nicolai Gedda
Olivier - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
La Roche - Hans Hotter
Clairon - Christa Ludwig
Taupe - Rudolf Christ
Eine italienische Sängerin - Anna Moffo
Ein italienischer Tenor - Dermot Troy
Der Haushofmeister - Karl Schmitt-Walter
Diener 1 - Wolfgang Sawallisch
Diener 2 - Edgar Fleet
Diener 3 - Ian Humphries
Diener 4 - Edward Darling
Diener 5 - Leslie Fyson
Diener 6 - John Hauxvell (Hauxwell)
Diener 7 - Geoffrey Walls
Diener 8 - Dennis Wicks
Diener 9 - David Winnard
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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1600-1602 {3LPS} (1959)ª; *World Record Club OC 230/1/2 {3LPS} (1969)ª; Columbia C 90997/99 {3LPS} (Germany) (1959)ª; EMI Electrola 1C 151 1435243 {3LPS} (1984)ª; Angel 3580 C/L {3LPS} (1959)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49014-8 {2CDS} (1987)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» CMS S5 67394-2 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Angel CDCB-49014 {2CDS}
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Recordings of Capriccio by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.122; CELLETTI p.781; Opera on CD (1) p.124 (2) p.136 (3) p.152; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.152 p.122; MET p.546; MET(VID) p.325; PENGUIN p.409; Opera on Video p.212; GIUDICI p.852 (2) p.1384; Opernwelt 3/März 1996 p.50
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1959 p.445 (mention) [HCS], pp.470-471 [AR]; July 1959 p.51 [DST]; August 1969 pp.314-315 [WSM]; April 1984 p.1213 [JBS]; November 1987 p.818 [AB]; November (published September) 2000 p.118 [JBS]
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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1959 Vol.9 No.3 pp.66-67 [DJ]
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Records and Recordings - March 1959 p.19 [NG]
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Gramophone Record Review - March 1959 p.380 [NDM]
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.515
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International Record Review - September 2000 pp.123-124 [MT]
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American Record Guide - November/December 2000 Vol.63 No.6 p.233 [LM]
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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.113 Novembre 1959 p.678 [JB]
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Répertoire - No.140 novembre 2000 p.86 [CH]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 p.95 [MH]
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Comments:- Recorded on 2-7, 9-11 September 1957, 28 March 1958
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Conductor Franco Ferrara - 1958(FI)
Orchestra - Orchestra Filharmonica di Roma
Serpina - Anna Moffo
Uberto - Paolo Montarsolo
Vespone - Giancarlo Cobelli
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 2650 {1LP} (USA) (1963)ª; RCA PRL 19011; RCA Victor RB 6535
VHS Video Cassette - *VIEW VIDEO 1411
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Recordings of La serva padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi are surveyed in the following publications:-
American Record Guide January 1959 Vol.25 No.5 pp.312-315; CELLETTI p.566; MARINELLI p.14; MET p.367; MET(VID) p.210; PENGUIN p.283
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1963 p.529 (audio)
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Opera - August 1963 p.549 (audio) [HDR]
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Opéra International - décembre 1997 No.219 p.54 (video) [SS]
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Diapason - No.86 1964 p.19 (audio)
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American Record Guide - May 1963 Vol.29 No.9 p.706 (audio) [PLM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - June 1963 Vol.13 No.6 p.68 (audio) [CLO]
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Comments:- Video recording of a film from «Cine Lyrica Italiana» or an audio recording of its soundtrack
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Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera
Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera
Falstaff - Tito Gobbi
Fenton - Alvino Misciano
Ford - Cornell MacNeil
Dr. Cajus - Mariano Caruso
Bardolfo - Luigi Vellucci
Pistola - Kenneth Smith
Alice Ford - Renata Tebaldi
Nannetta - Anna Moffo
Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali
Mistress Quickly - Giulietta Simionato
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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 282-2 {2LPS} (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 206-2 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Premiere Opera ltd. CDNO 7662 {2CDS} (2002)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101; Opera May 1970 p.389, August 1970 p.727, October 1970 p.982; HARRIS p.101; Opera on Record p.331; CELLETTI p.894; Opera on CD (1) p.60 (2) p.67 (3) p.75; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.87/88 p.146, miseà jour avril 2001; MET p.663; MET(VID) p.411; PENGUIN p.478; GIUDICI p.1042 (2) p.1682; Répertoire No.109 janvier 1998 p.18, pp.74-76; Opéra International No.256 avril 2001 pp.16-22; Orpheus Juli 2001 S.69; l'opera (milano) Anno XV N.155 ottobre-novembre 2001 p.117; Gramophone Awards Issue 2002 p.52; Diapason No.556 mars 2008 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Classical Express - Issue No.79 October 1996 p.5
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VERDI DAL VIVO - p.96
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.64
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (10 October 1958, see OPERA December 1958 p.780)
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Conductor Mario Rossi - 1958(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Armida - Anna De Cavallieri
Sidonia - Anna Moffo
La furia - Jolanda Gardino
Rinaldo - Mirto Picchi
Idrarte - Pierre Mollet
Ubaldo - Renato Cesari
Fenicia - Ester Orel
Lucinda - Ester Orel
Una naiade - Irene Gasperoni
Primo eco - Nadia Mura Carpi
Secondo eco - Edy (Editta) Amedeo
Il cavaliere danese - Tommaso Frascati
Artemidoro - Alfredo Nobile
Aronte - Giuliano Ferrein
Una corifea - Nadia Mura Carpi
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 154 {3LPS} (1981)ª
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Recordings of Armide by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.69; CELLETTI p.276; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.1 Spring 1986 pp.169-172 [WA]
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Comments:- Recording of a broadcast performance (21 December 1958). The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE March 1981 p.1165
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Conductor Renato Fasano - 1958(STU)
Orchestra - Collegium Musicum Italicum - I Virtuosi di Roma
Eugenia - Anna Moffo
Lesbina - Elena Rizzieri
Don Tritemio - Mario Petri
Rinaldo - Florindo Andreolli
Nardo - Rolando Panerai
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Black Disc - La Voce del Padrone QALP 10223/4 (+Il maestro di capella) {2LPS} HMV ALP 1661-2 (+Il maestro di capella) {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Testament SBT 1195 {1CD} (2001}ª; Archipel ARPCD 0363 {1CD} (2007)ª
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Recordings of Il filosofo di campagna by Baldassare Galuppi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.261
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1959 p.413
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Opera - May 1959 p.325
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Opera News - February 2002 pp.74-75 [JR]
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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.1 September/October 2007 p.105 [HF]
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Orpheus - Mai 2002 S.55 [MK]
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Records and Recordings - February 1959 p.19 [RF]
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Gramophone Record Review - February 1959 p.282 [NDM]
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American Record Guide - January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.100-101 [CHP]
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Répertoire - No.151 novembre 2001 p.54 [PD]
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.261 janvier 2002 p.82 [CFD]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.93 [JS]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.162 giugno 2002 pp.107-108 [SL]
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Comments:- A version revised by Wolf-Ferrari
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Conductor Mario Rossi - 1959?(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Elvira - Anna Moffo
Arturo Talbot - Gianni Raimondi
Sir Riccardo Forth - Ugo Savarese
Sir Giorgio - Raffaele Ariè
Enrichetta di Francia - Angela Rocco
Sir Bruno Robertson - Mino Russo
Lord Gualtiero Valton - Vito Susca
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 026 {3LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1448-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; Opera Depot OD {3CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera June 1960 p.387; August 1960 p.585; September 1960 p.653; HARRIS p.220; Opera on Record 2 p.121; CELLETTI p.63; Opera on CD (1) p.39 (2) p.45 (3) p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.96 p.106; MET p.29; PENGUIN p.12; GIUDICI p.40 (2) p.74; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Opéra International No.253 janvier 2001 p.10
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - Januar 1983 S.106 [SL]
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Comments:- Broadcast 20 February 1960. The cast listed above is that given in «50 anni di opera lirica alla Rai 1931-1980» by Giorgio Gualerzi and Carlo Marinelli Roscioni p.160. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases late July-August 2004» and those issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the date given is 24 October 1959 which may be the date that the recording was made, although the date given in «Anna Moffo - Una carriera Italo-Americana» p.393 is 20 February 1960.
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Conductor Franco Mannino - 1960(FI)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Marie - Anna Moffo
Tonio - Giuseppe Campora
Sulplice - Giulio Fioravanti
La Maquise - Jolanda Gardino
Hortensius - Antonio Cassinelli
Caporale - Teodoro Rovetta
Un Paysan - Tommaso Frascati
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 316 {2LPS} (1965)ª
Compact Disc; - Melodram 27018 {2CDS};; Gala GL 100713 (+Emilia di Liverpool - highlights) {2CDS} (2002)ª
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Recordings of La Fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.219; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.179 p.78; MET p.122; MET(VID) p.72; PENGUIN p.78; GIUDICI p.210 (2) p.350; Opéra International décembre 1997 No.219 pp.19-21
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - Heft 3+4 März+April 2003 S.81 [GH]
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Comments:- A recording of the soundtrack of a television film (11 December 1960)
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Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1960(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Günther - Luigi Infantino
Rudolf - Raffaele Ariè
Anna - Anna Moffo
Asberta - Orietta Moscucci
Karl - Giancinto Prandelli
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Compact Disc; - Fiori FI 1039 (Downloadable MP3 file - 320 KBps) (2008)ª
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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 17 July 1960. The mp3 file issued on the «Fiori» label may be downloaded from the website http://www.opera-club.net (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1960(STU)
Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra
Chorus - Philharmonia Chorus
Figaro - Giuseppe Taddei
Susanna - Anna Moffo
Conte Almaviva - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Cherubino - Fiorenza Cossotto
Marcellina - Dora Gatta
Bartolo - Ivo Vinco
Basilio - Renato Ercolani
Curzio - Renato Ercolani
Antonio - Piero Cappuccilli
Barbarina - Elisabetta Fusco
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Black Disc; - *Columbia 33CX 1732-1735 {3LPS} (1961)ª; Columbia SAX 2381-2384 {4LPS} (1961)ª; HMV SLS 5152 {3LPS}; Angel 3608 D/L {4LPS}; Angel S 3608 D/L {4LPS}
Compact Cassette - HMV TC-SLS 5152
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63266 2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Angel CDMB-63266 {2CDS};; EMI 358602-2 {2CDS} (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
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1961 p.25; October 1961 p.199; March 1979 p.1611 [AB] January 1990 p. [SS]
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Opera - August 1961 p.544
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Fanfare - Vol.30 No.5 May/June 2007pp.153-154 [MF]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.152
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High Fidelity Magazine - January 1961 Vol.11 No.1 p.70 [NB]
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American Record Guide - March 1961 Vol.27 No.7 p.569 [AR]
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Classic CD - January 1995 p.46
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.351
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Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1960(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Violetta Valery - Anna Moffo
Flora Bervoix - Anna Reynolds
Annina - Liliana Poli
Alfredo Germont - Richard Tucker
Giorgio Germont - Robert Merrill
Gastone - Piero De Palma
Dottore Grenvil - Franco Ventriglia
Barone Douphol - Franco Calabrese
Marchese d'Obigny - Vito Susca
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Black Disc - RCA Victor LM 6154 {3LPS} (USA); RCA Victor LSC 6154 {3LPS} (USA); RCA RE 25032-25034 (UK); RCA SER 4532-4534 (UK); RCA «Victrola» VICS 6111/1-3 RCA «Gold Seal» AGL 2-4144 {2LPS} (USA)
Compact Disc - RCA GD 84-144; BMG RCA 09026 68885-2 {2CDS}
Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor FTC 8002 (4-track 7½ips) (USA) (1961)ª
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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1961 p.270; June 1970 p.89
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Opera - November 1961 p.722
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Opera Now - July/August 1998 p.99 [GH]
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Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July/August 1982 p.226 [PH]; Vol.21 No.5 May/June 1998 p.296 [RT]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.210-218 [LG]
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Diapason - No.447 avril 1998 p.114 [MP]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.184 p.114 [JC]
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American Record Guide - November 1960 Vol.27 No.3 p.739 [MB2]: January/February 1998 Vol.61 No.1 p.191 [LM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - June 1961 Vol.11 No.6 p.62 [CLO]: August 1961 Vol.11 No.8 p.78 (open reel tape) [RDD]: August 1964 Vol.14 No.8 p.108 (open reel tape) (mention) [RDD]
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Classic CD - May 1998 p.92 [ST]: February 1999 p.117 [MQ]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.104 [JS]
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Comments:- The review in OPERA NOW states incorrectly that the conductor is Erich Leinsdorf
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Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes
Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes
Violetta Valery - Anna Moffo
Flora Bervoix - Alicia Torres Garza
Annina - Guadalupe Solórzano
Alfredo Germont - Giuseppe di Stefano
Giorgio Germont - Manuel Ausensi
Gastone - Plácido Domingo
Dottore Grenvil - Humberto Pazos
Barone Douphol - Raúl Vázquez
Marchese d'Obigny - Salvatore Palafox
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram (Connaisseur) GM 6.0018 {2CDS} (2006)ª
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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.99 abril 2007 p.94 [JM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City (29 August 1961). See «My First Forty Years» by Plácido Domingo pp.19-20. The cast listed above is that given in Frank Hamilton's Performance Annals of Giuseppe di Stefano (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Leopold Stokowski - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
La principessa Turandot - Birgit Nilsson
Calaf - Franco Corelli
Liù - Anna Moffo
Ping - Frank Guarrera
Pang - Robert Nagy
Pong - Charles Anthony
Timur - Bonaldo Giaiotti
L'imperatore Altoum - Alessio De Paolis
Un mandarino - Calvin Marsh
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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 299-3 {3LPS} (1980)ª; Melodram MEL 448 {3LPS}; Accord ACC 150038 {3LPS} (France) (1982)ª
Compact Disc - Datum DAT 12301 {2CDS}; Celestial Audio CA 105 {2CDRS} (Australia)
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Recordings of Turandot by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.114; Opera on Record p.618; CELLETTI p.655; Opera on CD (1) p.111 (2) p.122 (3) p.137 MET p.454; MET(VID) p.252; PENGUIN p.320; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.33 p.97, No.220 p.98; Opera on Video p.187; GIUDICI p.652 (2) p.1073; Répertoire No.97 décembre 1996 p.16; International Opera Collector Spring 1997 No.3 p.40; Opera Quarterly Vo.13 No.4 Summer 1997 p.77; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Diapason No.559 juin 2008 p.78; Gramophone July 2008 p.52
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Musica (Milano) - N.31 Anno 7 dicembre 1983 p.474 [MC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (4 March 1961). The performance on 24 February 1961 is reviewed in OPERA May 1961 p.319. The Accord LPs are advertizedin GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.589
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Conductor Lehman Engel - 1961(SE)
Orchestra - Orchestra
Chorus - Chorus
Hanna Glawari - Anna Moffo
Danilo Danilowitsch - William Lewis
Camille de Rosillon - Arthur Rubin
Valencienne - Mary Ellen Pracht
Cascada - Kenneth Smith
Raoul de St Brioche - Robert Nagy
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Black Disc - Reader's Digest - RCA «Treasury of Great Operettas» (1-side)
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Recordings of Die lustige Witwe by Franz Lehár are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.301; Opera on CD (1) p.126 (2) p.138 (3) p.157; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.45 p.118; MET p.205; MET(VID) p.117; PENGUIN p.181; The Gramophone October 2005 p.48
Comments:- Recording of excerpts of a version in English in which Hanna and Valencienne arerenamed Sonia and Natalie
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1961(STU)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Rodolfo - Richard Tucker
Schaunard - Philip (Filippo) Maero
Marcello - Robert Merrill
Colline - Giorgio Tozzi
Mimi - Anna Moffo
Musetta - Mary Costa
Benoit - Fernando Corena
Alcindoro - Giorgio Onesti
Parpignol - Adelio Zagonora
Sergente dei doganieri - Adelio Zagonora
Un doganiere - Flavio Tosin
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6095 {2LPS} (USA) (1962)ª; RCA Victor LSC 6095 {2LPS} (USA) (1962)ª; RCA Victor RE 5500-5501 (UK) (1962)ª;; RCA SER 5500-5501 (UK) (1962)ª; RCA «Gold Seal» AGL2-3969; RCA «Victrola» VL 43543 (3) {3LPS} (1977)ª
Compact Disc; - RCA Victor «Opera Series» GD 83969 {2CDS} ;; RCA Victor «Living Stereo» 09026-63179-2 {2CDS} (1998)ª
Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor 7002 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1962 p.302; September 1999 p.104 (In brief) [JBS]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.161
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American Record Guide - October 1962 Vol.29 No.2 p.116 [PLM]: December 1962 Vol.29No.4 p.316 (open reel tape) [RJ]: January/February 1999 Vol.62 No.1 p.165 [RVL]
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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1962 Vol.12 No.10 p.111 [CLO]: November 1962 Vol.12 No.11 p.135 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 p.84 [RF]
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Conductor Lehman Engel - 1961?(SE)
Orchestra - Orchestra
Chorus - Chorus
Margot - Anna Moffo
Red Shadow - Richard Fredricks
Sid - William Lewis
Ali - Kenneth Smith
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Conductor Lehman Engel - 1961?(SE)
Orchestra - Orchestra
Chorus - Chorus
Guido, Herzog von Urbino - William Lewis
Caramello - Stanley Grover
Bartolomeo Delacqua - George Gaynes
Pappacoda - Peter Palmer
Annina - Anna Moffo
Ciboletta - Jeanette Scovotti
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Black Disc - Reader's Digest - RCA «Treasury of Great Operettas» (1 side)
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Recordings of Eine Nacht in Venedig by Johann Strauß II are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.248
Comments:- Recording of excerpts of an English version with lyrics by Norman Sachs and Mel Mandel
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Conductor Lehman Engel - 1961?(SE)
Orchestra - Orchestra
Chorus - Chorus
Captain Dick Warrington - William Lewis
Marietta d'Altena - Anna Moffo
Adah - Rosalind Elias
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Black Disc - Reader's Digest - RCA «Treasury of Great Operettas» (One side)
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Conductor Lehman Engel - 1961?(SE)
Orchestra - Orchestra
Chorus - Chorus
Porgy - Valentine Pringle
Bess - Urlee Leonardos
Serena - Billy Daniels
Clara - Anna Moffo
Jake - Andrew Frierson
Sportin' Life - Avon Long
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Black Disc - Reader's Digest - RCA «Treasury of Great Operettas» (1-side)
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Recordings of Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.317; CELLETTI p.262; Opera on CD (1) p.137 (2) p.151 (3) p.170; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.103 p.106; MET p.142; MET(VID) p.83; PENGUIN p.97;Opera on Video p.222; GIUDICI p.237; Répertoire No.118 novembre 1998 p.15
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Conductor Lehman Engel - 1961?(SE)
Orchestra - Orchestra
Chorus - Chorus
Stephanie - Anna Moffo
Schwarenka - Jean Sanders
Minnie - Evelyn Sachs
Huck - Stanley Grover
Laidislaw - Charles Green
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Conductor Lehman Engel - 1961?(SE)
Orchestra - Orchestra
Chorus - Chorus
Rose-Marie - Anna Moffo
Wanda - Rosalind Elias
Jim - Richard Fredricks
Malone - William Chapman
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Conductor Lehman Engel - 1961?(SE)
Orchestra - Orchestra
Chorus - Chorus
Julie Laverne - Anna Moffo
Magnolia Hawks - Mary Ellen Pracht
Queenie - Rosalind Elias
Gaylord Ravenal - Richard Fredricks
Joe - Valentine Pringle
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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 Ignace Strasfogel - 1962(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Violetta Valery - Anna Moffo
Flora Bervoix - Joan Wall
Annina - Mary Ellen Pracht
Alfredo Germont - Barry Morell
Giorgio Germont - Mario Sereni
Gastone - Gabor Carelli
Dottore Grenvil - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Barone Douphol - Calvin Marsh
Marchese d'Obigny - George Cehanovsky
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers TRA 196201 {2CDRS) (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (21 April 1962). The CDRs issued by The Opera Lovers are listed on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Lehman Engel - 1962(SE)
Orchestra - Orchestra
Chorus - Chorus
Eisenstein - Robert Nagy
Rosalinde - Jeanette Scovotti
Alfred - William Lewis
Falke - William Chapman
Adele - Anna Moffo
Orlofsky - Rosalind Elias
Frank - Lee Cass
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Black Disc - Reader's Digest - RCA «Treasury of Great Operettas» (1-side)
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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
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Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Manon - Anna Moffo
Poussette - Maxime Makas
Javotte - Marcia Baldwin
Rosette - Ruth Carron
Le Chevalier Des Grieux - Nicolai Gedda
Lescaut - Enzo Sordello
Le Compte des Grieux - Ezio Flagello
Guillot de Morfontaine - Paul Franke
De Brétigny - Edoardo Assali
L'Hôtelier - Walter Knetlar
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1086-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Manon by Jules Massenet are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.171; Opera on Record p.481; CELLETTI p.398; MARINELLI p.323; Opera on CD (1) p.94 (2) p.104 (3) p.117; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.123 p.144; MET p.233; MET(VID) p.128; PENGUIN p.205; GIUDICI p.358 (2) p.629; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110; Orpheus November 2000 S.86
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (3 December 1963). The cast listed above is that given in the website (click link below). See also «Anna Moffo - Una Carriera Italo-Americana» pp.133-134, p.413. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their list entitled «FALL 2003 PREMIERE OPERA COMPACT DISC RELEASES».
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Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Manon - Anna Moffo
Poussette - Jeanette Scovotti
Javotte - Marcia Baldwin
Rosette - Joann Grillo
Le Chevalier Des Grieux - Nicolai Gedda
Lescaut - Frank Guarrera
Le Compte des Grieux - Giorgio Tozzi
Guillot de Morfontaine - Alessio De Paolis
De Brétigny - William Walker
L'Hôtelier - Lawrence Davidson
La Servante - Athena Vicos
1er Garde - Charles Kuestner
2e Garde - Carlo Tomanelli
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers MAN 196301 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Manon by Jules Massenet are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.171; Opera on Record p.481; CELLETTI p.398; MARINELLI p.323; Opera on CD (1) p.94 (2) p.104 (3) p.117; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.123 p.144; MET p.233; MET(VID) p.128; PENGUIN p.205; GIUDICI p.358 (2) p.629; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110; Orpheus November 2000 S.86
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (21 December 1963; see OPERA January 1964 pp.46-47). 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 René Leibowitz - 1963(SE)
Orchestra - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Chorus - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus
Manon Lescaut - Anna Moffo
Des Grieux - Flaviano Labò
Lescaut - Robert Kerns
Edmondo - Manlio Rocchi
Un sergente degli arcieri - Enzo Titta
Un comandante di Marina - Mario Rinaudo
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 7028 (+Manon) {2LPS} (USA) (1964)ª; RCA Victor LSC 7028 (+Manon) {2LPS} (USA) (1964)ª; RCA Victor RE 5512-3 (+Manon) {2LPS} (UK) (1964)ª; RCA Victor SER 5512-3 (+Manon) {2LPS} (UK) (1964)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.174; Opera December 1968 p.958; Opera on Record 3 p.209; CELLETTI p.618; Opera on CD (1) p.105 (2) p.116 (3) p.130; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.137 p.100; MET p.391; MET(VID) p.223; PENGUIN p.309; Opéra International avril 1991 No.146 p.21, juin 1998 No.225 p.52; Opera Quarterly Vol.11 No.4 p.77; GIUDICI p.578 (2) p.960; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1964 p.145
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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1964 Vol.14 No.5 p.70 [CLO]
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American Record Guide - August 1964 Vol.30 No.12 pp.1100-1101 [MDS]
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Conductor René Leibowitz - 1963(SE)
Orchestra - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Chorus - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus
Manon - Anna Moffo
Poussette - Alberta Alberti
Javotte - Maria Casula
Rosette - Anna Di Stasio
Le Chevalier Des Grieux - Giuseppe di Stefano
Lescaut - Robert Kerns
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 7028 (+Manon Lescaut) {2LPS} (USA) (1964)ª; RCA Victor LSC 7028 (+Manon Lescaut) {2LPS} (USA) (1964)ª; RCA Victor RE 5512-3 (+Manon Lescaut) {2LPS} (UK) (1964)ª; RCA Victor SER 5512-3 (+Manon Lescaut) {2LPS} (UK) (1964)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Manon by Jules Massenet are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.171; Opera on Record p.481; CELLETTI p.398; MARINELLI p.323; Opera on CD (1) p.94 (2) p.104 (3) p.117; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.123 p.144; MET p.233; MET(VID) p.128; PENGUIN p.205; GIUDICI p.358 (2) p.629; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110; Orpheus November 2000 S.86
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1964 p.145
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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1964 Vol.14 No.5 p.70 [CLO]
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American Record Guide - August 1964 Vol.30 No.12 pp.1100-1101 [MDS]
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1963(STU)
Orchestra - RCA Italiana Orchestra
Chorus - RCA Italiana Chorus
Rigoletto - Robert Merrill
Gilda - Anna Moffo
Duca di Mantova - Alfredo Kraus
Sparafucile - Ezio Flagello
Maddalena - Rosalind Elias
Giovanna - Anna Di Stasio
Monterone - David Ward
Marullo - Robert Kerns
Borsa - Piero De Palma
Conte di Ceprano - Mario Rinaudo
Contessa di Ceprano - Corinna Vozza
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Black Disc; - RCA RE 5516-5517 {2LPS} (UK) (1965)ª; RCA SER 5516-5517 {2LPS} (UK) (1965)ª; RCA «Red Seal» RL 42865 {2LPS} (UK) (1979)ª; RCA Victor LM 7027 {2LPS} (USA) (1964)ª; RCA Victor LSC 7027 {2LPS} (USA) (1964)ª
Compact Cassette; - RCA Victor GK 86506 (1988)ª
Compact Disc; - RCA Victor GD 86506 {2CDS} (1988)ª; Lyrica LRC 010 112 {2CDS}; RCA Victor «Red Seal» 70785 {2CDS} (2005)ª
Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor FTC 7008 (7½ips 4-track) (1965)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; «Musica 99» p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1965 p.343; April 1965 p.469; October 1979 p.712 [RO] ; September 1988 p. [AB]
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Opera - March 1965 p.215, p.217 [HDR]
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Fanfare - Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 p.232 [JS]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.197-203 [TE]
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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1964 Vol.14 No.12 pp.74-75 [CLO]: March 1965 Vol.15 No.3 p.131 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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American Record Guide - February 1965 Vol.31 No.6 pp.561-563 [PLM]: July 1965 Vol.31 No.11 pp.1106-1107 (open reel tape) [RJ]
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Conductor Renato Fasano - 1963?(STU)
Orchestra - Colleguium Musicum Italicum
Chorus - Coro Polifonico di Roma
Orfeo - Shirley Verrett
Euridice - Anna Moffo
Amor - Judith Raskin
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Black Disc; - RCA RL 42 256; RCA RE 5539-41 {3LPS} (UK) (1966)ª; RCA SER 5539-41 {3LPS} (UK) (1966)ª;; RCA LSC-6169 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette; - RCA Victor GK 87896 (1991)ª
Compact Disc; - RCA Victor GD 87896 {2CDS} (1991)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Orfeo ed Euridice by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.25; CELLETTI p.280: Marinelli p.23; Opera on CD (1) p.12 (2) p.15 (3) p.16; MET p.156; MET(VID) p.89; PENGUIN p.109; Opernwelt 7/Juli 1995 S.14; Répertoire No.99 février 1997 p.10; Gramophone September 1997 p.28; Diapason No.464 novembre 1999 pp.74-77
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1966 p.174 [AR]; January 1967 p.354 [DST]; May 1972 p.1936 [AB]; January 1991 p.1409 [SS]
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Opera - February 1967 p.156 [AJ]
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Diapason - No.111 1966 p.24 [JG]; No.182 1973 p.29 (mention)
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Comments:- Berlioz's version revised by Saint-Saens and re-translated into Italian
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Conductor Berislav Klobucar - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Violetta Valery - Anna Moffo
Flora Bervoix - Gundula Janowitz
Annina - Dagmar Hermann
Alfredo Germont - Giuseppe Zampieri
Giorgio Germont - Ettore Bastianini
Gastone - Ermanno Lorenzi
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Compact Disc - Melodram MEL CDM 27510 {2CDS}
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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (27 October 1964)
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1964(LI-Moffo)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Violetta Valery - Anna Moffo
Flora Bervoix - Romana Righetti
Annina - Limbania Leoni
Alfredo Germont - Renato Cioni
Giorgio Germont - Mario Sereni
Gastone - Giorgio Loretti
Dottore Grenvil - Nicola Zaccaria
Barone Douphol - Alfredo Giacomotti
Marchese d'Obigny - Silvio Maionica
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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.506 (+Anna Moffo - recital) {2CDS} (1999)ª; Arkadia «Karajan Edition» CDKAR 230 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1306 {2CDS} (2002}ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16
Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala in which Anna Moffo replaced the indisposed Mirella Freni (22 December 1964; see OPERA February 1965 p.126)
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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 Anton Guadagno - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Rodolfo - Daniele Barioni
Schaunard - William Beck
Marcello - Ercole Bertolino
Colline - Norman Scott
Mimi - Anna Moffo
Musetta - Janet Pavek
Benoit - Gerhard Pechner
Alcindoro - Gerhard Pechner
Parpignol - Robert Puleo
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00174
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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (12 January 1965). The cast listed above is that given by Frank Hamilton in his online chronology of opera performances in Philadelphia (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000
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Conductor Richard Karp - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Lucia - Anna Moffo
Edgardo - John Craig
Enrico - Anselmo Colzani
Raimondo - Richard Cross
Arturo - Aldo Marra
Alisa - Ruth Carron
Normanno - Charles May
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Compact Disc - live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}
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Recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera February 1959 p.86; HARRIS p.150; Opera on Record p.184; CELLETTI p.223; MARINELLI p.114; Opera on CD (1) p.34 (2) p.39 (3) p.43; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.55 p.110, No.233 p.114; MET p.113; MET(VID) p.64; PENGUIN p.78; Opéra International janvier 1995 No.187 p.19, juillet- aoüt 1997 No.215 p.10; Opera on Video p.57; GIUDICI p.190 (2) p.312; Répertoire No.107 novembre 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia.
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Conductor Juan Emilio Martini - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Violetta Valery - Anna Moffo
Flora Bervoix - Carmen de la Mata
Annina - Raquel Zipris
Alfredo Germont - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta
Giorgio Germont - Ettore Bastianini
Gastone - Ernesto Gasco
Dottore Grenvil - Juan Zanin
Barone Douphol - Bruno Tomaselli
Marchese d'Obigny - Ricardo Yost
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 3071; Opera Depot OD 10011-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (25 May 1965). The cast listed above is that given in the website of the Teatro Colón (http:www.operas-colon.com.ar). The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1965(STU)
Orchestra - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Chorus - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus
Lucia - Anna Moffo
Edgardo - Carlo Bergonzi
Enrico - Mario Sereni
Raimondo - Ezio Flagello
Arturo - Pierre Duval
Alisa - Corinna Vozza
Normanno - Vittorio Pandano
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM-6170 (USA) (1966)ª;; RCA Victor LSC-6170 (USA) (1966)ª; RCA Victor RE 5550-2 (UK) (1967)ª;; RCA Victor SER 5550-2 (UK) (1967)ª
Compact Disc; - RCA Victor GD 86504 {2CDS} (UK) (1988)ª; *Lyrica LRC 010 142 {2CDS}; RCA BVCC 8867-8 {2CDS} (Japan) (1995)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera February 1959 p.86; HARRIS p.150; Opera on Record p.184; CELLETTI p.223; MARINELLI p.114; Opera on CD (1) p.34 (2) p.39 (3) p.43; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.55 p.110, No.233 p.114; MET p.113; MET(VID) p.64; PENGUIN p.78; Opéra International janvier 1995 No.187 p.19, juillet- aoüt 1997 No.215 p.10; Opera on Video p.57; GIUDICI p.190 (2) p.312; Répertoire No.107 novembre 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1967 p.382; September 1988 p. [JBS]
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Opera - March 1967 pp.249-250 [AB]
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Diapason - No.115 1967 p.22
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Comments:- ADVERT: ARG March 1966 INSIDE BACK COVER
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1965(STU)
Orchestra - RCA Italiana Orchestra
Chorus - RCA Italiana Chorus
Luisa - Anna Moffo
Rodolfo - Carlo Bergonzi
Miller - Cornell MacNeil
Walter - Giorgio Tozzi
Federica - Shirley Verrett
Wurm - Ezio Flagello
Laura - Gabriella Carturan
Contadino - Piero De Palma
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6168 {3LPS} (USA) (1965)ª; RCA Victor LSC 6168 {3LPS} (USA) (1965)ª; RCA RE 5534-5536 {3LPS} (UK) (1965)ª;; RCA SER 5534-5536 (UK) (1965)ª; *RCA SER 5713-5715 (UK) (1975)ª
Compact Disc; - RCA Victor GD 86646 {2CDS} (1988)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.160; Opera on Record 2 p.129; CELLETTI p.930; Opera on CD (1) p.48 (2) p.55 (3) p.60; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.151 p.78; MET p.579; MET(VID) p.363; PENGUIN p.486; Opera Quarterly Vol.10 No.3 1994 p.195; GIUDICI p.897 (2) p.1450; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.1 p.326; Orpheus August-September 2001 S.86; Opéra International octobre 2001 No.261 p.20; Gramophone July 2003 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1966 p.509 [AP]; July 1966 p.49 [DST] March 1975 p.1701 [AB]; October 1988 p. [JBS]
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Opera - May 1966 p.386 [HDR]
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American Record Guide - October 1965 Vol.32 No.2 pp.119-120, p.124 [PLM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.84-85 [CLO]
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Audio & Record Review - April 1966 p.44 [CW]
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1966(STU)
Orchestra - RCA Italiana
Chorus - RCA Italiana
Magda de Civry - Anna Moffo
Ruggero Lastouc - Daniele Barioni
Ramblado Fernandez - Mario Sereni
Lisette - Graziella Sciutti
Prunier - Piero De Palma
Yvette - Sylvia Brigham-Dimiziani
Bianca - Virginia De Notarisefani
Suzy - Franca Mattiucci
Perichaud - Mario Basiola jnr.
Gobin - Fernando Iacopucci
Crebillon - Robert Amis El Hage
Georgette - Sylvia Brigham-Dimiziani
Gabriella - Virginia De Notarisefani
Lolette - Franca Mattiucci
Rabonier - Robert Amis El Hage
Uno Studente - Fernando Iacopucci
Maggiordomo - Robert Amis El Hage
Un uomo che fischia - Alessandro Alessandroni
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Black Disc; - RCA RE 5559-5560 {2LPS} (UK) (1967)ª; RCA SER 5559-5560 {2LPS} (UK) (1967)ª; RCA DPS 2055 {2LPS} (UK) (1974)ª; RCA Victor LM 7048 {2LPS} (USA) (1967)ª; RCA Victor LSC 7048 {2LPS} (USA) (1967)ª
Compact Disc; - RCA Victor «Gold Seal» 60459-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Lyrica LRC 010 82 {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La rondine by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.110; CELLETTI p.625; MET p.441; PENGUIN p.311; GIUDICI p.641, (2) p. 1051; The Opera Quarterly Vol.16 No.3 Summer 2000 p.517
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1967 p.339; January 1968 p.366; December 1974 p.1211 [JBS]; September 1990 p. [MEO]
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Opera - February 1968 p.136 [HDR]
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Opera News - September 9 1967 p.30
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Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Elvira - Anna Moffo
Arturo Talbot - Pierre Duval
Sir Riccardo Forth - Manuel Ausensi
Sir Giorgio - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Enrichetta di Francia - Bonnie Lueders
Sir Bruno Robertson - Natale De Lazzari
Lord Gualtiero Valton - William MacCully
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Compact Disc - Encore Grand Tier ENGT 5/93 {2CDS}
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Recordings of I puritani by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera June 1960 p.387; August 1960 p.585; September 1960 p.653; HARRIS p.220; Opera on Record 2 p.121; CELLETTI p.63; Opera on CD (1) p.39 (2) p.45 (3) p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.96 p.106; MET p.29; PENGUIN p.12; GIUDICI p.40 (2) p.74; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Opéra International No.253 janvier 2001 p.10
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - May 1994 p.49
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Orpheus - Mai 1994 S.61
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American Record Guide - July-August 1994 Vol.57 No.4 p.72
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (1 December 1967; see OPERA March 1968 p.229)
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Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Connecticut Opera Association
Chorus - Connecticut Opera Association
Roméo - Franco Corelli
Juliette - Anna Moffo
Gertrude - Rosalind Hupp
Frère Laurence - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Capulet - Ted Lambrinos
Tybalt - Paul Franke
Le Prince - Dmitri Nabokov
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera; (2003)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.246; Opera on Record 2 p.195; CELLETTI p.298; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.41p.84; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1993 No.171 p.34; MET p.172; MET(VID) p.94; PENGUIN p.116; Opera on Video p.134; GIUDICI p.278
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Bushnell Memorial Auditorium, Hartford, Connecticut (15 December 1967). The cast members listed above are those given in «Anna Moffo - Una Carriera Italo-Americana» by Mario G. Genesi p.429. The assignment of the roles may be incorrect. The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue (January 2003).
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Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1968(FI)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Violetta Valery - Anna Moffo
Flora Bervoix - Mafalda Micheluzzi
Annina - Gianna Lollini
Alfredo Germont - Franco Bonisolli
Giorgio Germont - Gino Bechi
Gastone - Glauco Scarlini
Dottore Grenvil - Afro Poli
Barone Douphol - Arturo La Porta
Marchese d'Obigny - Maurizio Piacente
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Laser Disc - Sony SRLM 975-6 (Japanese NTSC)
DVD (Video) - VAI DVD 4223
VHS Video Cassette - VAI 69069 (NTSC); Rank Video Library 75070070 (PAL)
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Recordings of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 2003 p.86 [AB]
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Opera - October 1967 p.851
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American Record Guide - May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 p.213 [RVL]
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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2003 p.64 [BI]
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Comments:- Video recording of a film directed by Mario Lanfranchi.
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Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1968(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Marie - Anna Moffo
Tonio - Renato Cioni
Sulplice - Walter Alberti
La Maquise - Jolanda Gardino
Hortensius - Carlo Badioli
Caporale - Andrea Mineo
Un Paysan - Gabriele De Julis
La Duchesse - Ada Finelli
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Compact Disc - Archivi dell Teatro dell'Opera No.6
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Recordings of La Fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.219; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.179 p.78; MET p.122; MET(VID) p.72; PENGUIN p.78; GIUDICI p.210 (2) p.350; Opéra International décembre 1997 No.219 pp.19-21
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opéra International - avril 1996 No.201 p.60
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Rome Opera (January 1968, see OPERA April 1968p.320)
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Conductor Carlo Franci - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Lucia - Anna Moffo
Edgardo - Nicolai Gedda
Enrico - Renato Bruson
Raimondo - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Arturo - Charles Anthony
Alisa - Carlotta Ordassy
Normanno - Rod MacWherter
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Compact Disc - Bensar OL 2169 (BRO 124001) {2CDRS} Premiere Opera (Italy) (unnumbered) {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera February 1959 p.86; HARRIS p.150; Opera on Record p.184; CELLETTI p.223; MARINELLI p.114; Opera on CD (1) p.34 (2) p.39 (3) p.43; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.55 p.110, No.233 p.114; MET p.113; MET(VID) p.64; PENGUIN p.78; Opéra International janvier 1995 No.187 p.19, juillet- aoüt 1997 No.215 p.10; Opera on Video p.57; GIUDICI p.190 (2) p.312; Répertoire No.107 novembre 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (1 February 1969). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» and those issued by Premiere Opera (Italy) are (were?) listed on the website http://stores.ebay.com/premiereopera (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera
Cio Cio San - Anna Moffo
Pinkerton - Giuseppe Campora
Sharpless - Enzo Sordello
Suzuki - Huguette Tourangeau
Kate Pinkerton - Virginia d' Ambrosio
Goro - Mariano Caruso
Il principe Yamadori - James Morris
Lo zio Bonzo - Joseph Fair
Il commissario imperiale - Harry Dworchak
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers MAD 197001 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performancr in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (31 March 1970). The cast listed above is that given in Frank Hamilton's online chronology of opera performances in Philadelphia (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). 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 Lorin Maazel - 1970(STU)
Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Carmen - Anna Moffo
Don José - Franco Corelli
Micaëla - Helen Donath
Escamillo - Piero Cappuccilli
Frasquita - Arleen Auger (Augér)
Mercédès - Jane Berbié
Le Dancaïre - Jean-Christophe Benoit
Le Remendado - Karl-Ernst Mercker
Moralès - Barry McDaniel
Zuninga - José van Dam
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Black Disc - Ariola-Eurodisc XG 80489R; Cetra LPS 3276 {3LPS}
Compact Disc - BMG-RCA 74321 25279-2 {2CDS}
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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1977 p.216, p.221 [JBS]
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Opera Now - May 1995 p.65
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Comments:- ADVERT: GRAMOPHONE February 1995 p.34
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Conductor Bert Grund - 1971(FI)
Orchestra - Graunke Symphony Orchestra & The Zigeuner Orchestra
Chorus - Peter Cornhisen Choir & The Rosi Singers
Leopold Maria - Karl Schönböck
Edwin Ronald - René Kollo
Komtesse Stasi - Dagmar Koller
Graf Boni Káncsiánu - Sándor Németh
Feri von Kerekes - Lászlo Mensáros
Sylva Varescu - Anna Moffo
Baron Eugen von Rohnsdorff - Peter Huszti
Miska - Zoltan Latinovic
Fürstin Marie-Luise - Iren Psota
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Black Disc; - Eurodisc 85 130; RCA «Red Seal» RL 25167 {1LP} (UK) (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - Sony/BMG «Eurodisc» 88697188312 {1CD} (2007)ª
DVD (Video) - Dreamlife Classics DLVC 1121 (Japan) (2004)ª; DG 073 4206 (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Csárdásfürstin by Imre (Emmerich) Kálmán are surveyed in the following publications:-
Orpheus März 1982 S.224
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1979 p.110 (audio) [AML]
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Opera - May 2007 p.618 (DVD) [GL]
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International Record Review - February 2007 p.25 (DVD) [RP]
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Opéra Magazine - No.18 mai 2007 p.79 (DVD) [EP]
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Comments:- Video recording of a television film and audio recording of its soundtrack. It is performed with a «a new version of the text» and «new instrumentation».
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Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1971(FI)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Lucia - Anna Moffo
Edgardo - Lajos Kozma
Enrico - Giulio Fioravanti
Raimondo - Paolo Washington
Arturo - Pietro di Vietri
Alisa - Anna Maria Segatori
Normanno - Glauco Scarlini
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Black Disc - Ariola Eurodisc XF 859178
Compact Disc; - Denon COCO 9954-5 {2CDS} (Japan) (1992)ª
DVD (Video) - Video Artists International VAI DVD 4211 (2002)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Video Artists International VAI OP-1 (NTSC) Video Artists International VAI 29000 (NTSC)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera February 1959 p.86; HARRIS p.150; Opera on Record p.184; CELLETTI p.223; MARINELLI p.114; Opera on CD (1) p.34 (2) p.39 (3) p.43; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.55 p.110, No.233 p.114; MET p.113; MET(VID) p.64; PENGUIN p.78; Opéra International janvier 1995 No.187 p.19, juillet- aoüt 1997 No.215 p.10; Opera on Video p.57; GIUDICI p.190 (2) p.312; Répertoire No.107 novembre 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - December 2002 pp.99-100 [JY]
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Orpheus - Februar 1973 S.51 (audio) [SH]; Heft 11+12 November+Dezember 2003 S.78-S.79 (DVD) [IW]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.3 No.2 Summer 1985 pp.137-139 [ALS]
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Opéra International - juillet/aoüt 1996 No.204 p.59 (video); No.278 avril 2003 pp.68-69 (DVD) [SS]
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Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.134 (DVD) (mention) [MP]
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American Record Guide - January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.243-244 (DVD) [RVL]
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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2003 p.63 (DVD) [TP]
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Comments:- Video recording of a television film (and audio recording of its soundtrack) directed by Mario Lanfranchi
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Conductor Kurt Eichhorn - 1971(STU)
Orchestra - Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus - Tölzer Singerknaben
Peter - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Gertrud - Charlotte Berthold
Hänsel - Anna Moffo
Gretel - Helen Donath
Die Knusperhexe - Christa Ludwig
Sandmännchen - Arleen Auger (Augér)
Taumännchen - Lucia Popp
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Black Disc; - Eurodisc 85340 {2LPS}; RCA Victor «Red Seal» ARL 2 0637 {2LPS} (1974)ª
Compact Disc; - Eurodisc 610 266-232 {2CDS}; Eurodisc GD 69294 {2CDS} BMG-RCA 74321 25281-2 {2CDS} (1995)ª;; Denon COCO 7422-3 {2CDS} (Japan) (1991)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Orpheus Juni/Juli 1973 S.63; Opera on Record 2 p.282; CELLETTI p.338; Opera on CD (1) p.101 (2) p.112 (3) p.126; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.104 p.100; Der Opernführer No.3 p.98; MET p.184; MET(VID) p.104; PENGUIN p.162; Opera on Video p.168; GIUDICI p.304 (2) p.528; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.16; Classic CD Christmas 1999 pp.44-47; Gramophone December 2002 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1974 p.1208 [LS]; April 1975 p.1780 [JBS]; January 1986 p.960, p.965 [AML]
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Opera Now - May 1995 p.65
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Fanfare - Vol.23 No.2 November/December 1999 pp.283-284 [JM]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 pp.120-122 [MK]
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Opéra International - juillet/aoüt 1995 No.193 p.72
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Diapason - No.415 mai 1995 p.106
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.167 p.118
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American Record Guide - November/December 1999 Vol.62 No.6 p.145 (mention) [LM]
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Stereophile - November 1999 (Vol.22 No.11) p.165 [RL]
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Répertoire - No.80 mai 1995 p.49
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - septiembre-noviembre 1995 p.61
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Conductor Kurt Eichhorn - 1972(RA)
Orchestra - Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Iphigenie - Anna Moffo
Agamemnon - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Clytemnestra - Trudeliese Schmidt
Achille - Ludovic Spiess
Calchas - Thomas Stewart
Arcas - Bernd Weikl
Diane - Arleen Auger (Augér)
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Black Disc - Eurodisc 80608 {2LPS}; Eurodisc AB XF 86271 {2LPS} RCA «Red Seal» ARL 2 1104 {2LPS}
Compact Disc - BMG RCA Classics 74321 32236-2 {2CDS}
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Recordings of Iphigénie en Aulide by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.67; CELLETTI p.277; Opera on CD (1) p.13 (2) p.17 (3) p.18; PENGUIN p.107; GIUDICI p.262 (2) p.444; Répertoire No.99 février 1997 p.11; Opéra Magazine No.28 avril 2008 p.32
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1976 p.1046 [SS]
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Orpheus - Januar 1993 S.65 [GA]
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Répertoire - No.90 avril 1996 p.38
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno X - N.95 - Marzo 1996 p.77
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.20 junio-agosto 1996 p.62 [MH]
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Comments:- A recording of Wagner's version of 1847
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Conductor Peter Maag - 1973(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tamino - Luigi Alva
Papageno - Donald Gramm
Königin der Nacht - Rita Shane
Sprecher - Morley Meredith
Pamina - Anna Moffo
Sarastro - Jerome Hines
Monostatos - Paul Franke
Papagena - Loretta Di Franco
1er Geharnischter - Charles Anthony
2er Geharnischter - Richard Best
Erste Dame - Mary Ellen Pracht
Zweite Dame - Marcia Baldwin
Dritte Dame - Jean Kraft
Erster Knabe - Betsy Norden
Zweiter Knabe - Christine Weidinger
Dritter Knabe - Cynthia Munzer
Erster Priester - Robert Schmorr
Zweiter Priester - Gene Boucher
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera (Italy) (unnumbered) (2008)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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 December 1973). This performance was broadcast and then rebroadcast by Sirius Metropolitan Opera Radio. The CDRs issued by Premiere Opera (Italy) are (were?) listed on the website http://stores.ebay.com/premiereopera (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Antonio de Almeida - 1974(SE)
Orchestra - New Philharmonia Orchestra
Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Eléazar - Richard Tucker
Rachel - Martina Arroyo
Léopold - Juan Sabaté
La Princesse Eudoxie - Anna Moffo
Cardinal de Brogni - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Ruggiero - Leslie Fyson
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Black Disc; - *RCA ARL1-0447 {1LP} (1974)ª
Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1252-1 {1CDR} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La Juive by Fromental Halévy are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.305; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.100 p.112; PENGUIN p.120; GIUDICI p.282 (2) p.474; The Opera Quarterly Vol,29 No.3 Summer 2003 pp.565-575
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1974 p.256 [AB]
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Conductor Julius Rudel - 1974(STU)
Orchestra - New Philharmonia Orchestra
Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Thaïs - Anna Moffo
Athanaël - Gabriel Bacquier
Nicias - José Carreras
Palémon - Justino Díaz
Crobyle - Patricia Clark
Myrtale - Antonia Butler
Albine - Elizabeth Bainbridge
La Charmeuse - Jessica Cash
Servant - Leslie Fyson
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Black Disc; - *RCA Victor ARL3 0842 {3LPS} (1975)ª; *RCA Victor ARD3 0842 {3 quadrophonic LPS} (1975)ª
Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2551-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Thaïs by Jules Massenet are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.234; CELLETTI p.403; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.109 p.96; MET p.243; GIUDICI p.367 (2) p.642; Orpheus Oktober 2000 S.53-S.55
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1975 p.2013 [EG]; September 1975 p.430 [SIR]; October 1975 p.584 [JBS]
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Comments:- There is an article on the quadrophonic recording in GRAMOPHONE, May 1975 p.1946 and there is an advertisment on pages 1981-82 of the same issue. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated March 2007.
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Conductor Franz Allers - 1974?(FI)
Orchestra - Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
Chorus - Chor des Süddeutschen Rundfunks
Pâris - René Kollo
Ménélas - Josef Meinrad
Agamemnon - Hans Krämer
Calchas - Ivan Rebroff
Achille - Harald Serafin
Ajax I - Dieter Ballmann
Ajax II - Hans-Jürgen Ballmann
Hélène - Anna Moffo
Pandora - Karin Meier
Medusa - Urda Meier
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Black Disc - Philips 6623 117 (+Der Zarewitsch - Mattes -excerpts) {2LPS} VEB Deutsche Schallplatten 845194 {1LP}
Compact Cassette - Philips 7585 352 (+Der Zarewitsch - excerpts)
Compact Disc - Philips 420 662-2 {1CD}
DVD (Video) - Dreamlife Classics DLVC 1120 (Japan) (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.156; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.42
Comments:- Video recording of a television film and the audio recording of its soundtrack.
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Conductor Nello Santi - 1976(STU)
Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Fiora - Anna Moffo
Avito - Plácido Domingo
Manfredo - Pablo Elvira
Archibaldo - Cesare Siepi
Flamino - Ryland Davies
Un'ancella - Alison MacGregor
Una giovanetta - Elaine Tomkinson
Un giovane - Alan Byers
Una vecchia - Elizabeth Bainbridge
Offstage Voice - Michael Sanderson
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Black Disc - *RCA ARL2-1945 {2LPS} (USA); RCA «Red Seal» RL 01945 {2LPS} (UK)
Compact Disc; - BMG RCA 74321 50166-2 {2CDS} (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of L' Amore dei tre re by Italo Montemezzi are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.427; MET p.256; GIUDICI p.387 (2) p.671
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1977 p.692 [AB]; January 1978 p.1233 [JBS]; May 1998 p.86 [MEO]
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Opera News - December 1998 p.91 [LAJ]
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Fanfare - September 1976 Vol.1 No.1 p.36 [RN]
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Orpheus - August/September 1998 S.87 [IW]
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Opéra International - mai 1998 No.224 p.58 [SS]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.187 p.139 [ES]
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American Record Guide - January/February 1999 Vol.62 No.1 p.149 [LM]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.106 enero 1998 p.62 [PL]
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Répertoire - No.111 mars 1998 p.48 [LC]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XII - N.117 - marzo 1998 p.90 [EG}
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Das Opernglas - Februar 1998 S.72 [JMW]
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Conductor Kurt Eichhorn - 1977(SE)
Orchestra - Münchner Rundfunk
Chorus - Bayerischer Rundfunk
Galathee - Anna Moffo
Pygmalion - René Kollo
Ganymed - Rose Wagemann
Mydas - Ferry Gruber
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Black Disc; - *RCA «Red Seal» RL 25108 {1LP} (1977)ª
Compact Disc; - Eurodisc 258376 {1CD} (1991)ª; Sony/BMG «Eurodisc» 88697188372 {1CD} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1978 p.1478 [AML] ; July 1978 p.168 [JBS]
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The Blackwell Guide to the Musical Theatre on Record by Kurt Gänzl - p.106
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L'opera (Milano) - - Anno V - N.49 - Settembre 1991 p.105
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Abbreviations
(STU), "Studio" Recording
(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts
(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source
(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source
(LI), "Live" Recording
(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts
(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance
(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance
(RA), A Radio Performance
(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance
(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast
(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance
(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film
(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film
CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988
EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994
GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)
HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973
MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982
MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993
MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997
More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999
NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli
PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993
Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española