(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1938(RA) - Turandot by Giacomo Puccini - Franco Ghione*
2 1954(LI) - Mazeppa by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky - Ionel Perlea*
3 1956(RA) - Iris by Pietro Mascagni - Angelo Questa*
4 1957(LI) - fanciulla del west (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Vincenzo Bellezza*
5 1957(RA) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Emidio Tieri*
6 1959(LI) - Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea - Mario Rossi*
7 1959(LI) - Francesca da Rimini by Riccardo Zandonai - Gianandrea Gavazzeni*
8 1960(FI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Fulvio Vernizzi*
9 1960(LI) - tabarro (Il) by Giacomo Puccini - Ugo Rápalo*
10 1960(RA) - guerra (La) by Renzo Rossellini - Massimo Freccia*
11 1961(LI) - Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini - Nicola Rescigno***
12 1962(LE) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Oliviero De Fabritiis*
13 1963(LI) - Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea - Oliviero De Fabritiis*
14 1963(LI) - Celestina (La) by Flavio Testi - Gianandrea Gavazzeni*
15 1963(LI) - Iris by Pietro Mascagni - Fulvio Vernizzi*
16 1963(RA) - Werther by Jules Massenet - Mario Rossi*
17 1964(LI) - Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea - Francesco Molinari-..*
18 1964(LI) - Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini - Fulvio Vernizzi*
19 1964(LI) - Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli*
20 1964(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli*
21 1965(LI) - Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea - Fulvio Vernizzi*
22 1965(LI) - fanciulla del west (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Arturo Basile*
23 1965(RA) - Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea - Oliviero De Fabritiis*
24 1966(LI) - fanciulla del west (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Fernando Previtali*
25 1966(LI) - Orfeide (L') by Gian Francesco Malipiero - Hermann Scherchen*
26 1967(LI) - fanciulla del west (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Oliviero De Fabri..*
27 1967(LI) - Médée [Medea] by Luigi Cherubini - Nicola Rescigno*
28 1969(LI) - Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea - Carlo Moresco*
29 1969(LI) - Fedora by Umberto Giordano - Nicola Rescigno*
30 1969(LI) - Fedora by Umberto Giordano - Napoleone Annovazzi*
31 1969(LI) - quattro rusteghi (I) by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari - Ettore Gracis*
32 1969(SE) - Francesca da Rimini by Riccardo Zandonai - Nicola Rescigno*
33 1969(STU) - Fedora by Umberto Giordano - Lamberto Gardelli*
34 1970(LI) - Médée [Medea] by Luigi Cherubini - Fulvio Vernizzi*
35 1970(LI) - tabarro (Il) by Giacomo Puccini - Gaetano Delogu*
36 1970(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Alfredo Silipigni*
37 1970(LI) - Voix humaine (La) by Francis Poulenc - Nicola Rescigno***
38 1970(LI) - Voix humaine (La) by Francis Poulenc - Nicola Rescigno*
39 1970(LI;Oliviero) - Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini - Nello Santi*
40 1971(LC) - Médée [Medea] by Luigi Cherubini - Nicola Rescigno*
41 1971(LI) - Confessione by Sandro Fuga - Gianfranco Rivoli*
42 1971(LI) - Fedora by Umberto Giordano - Ferruccio Scaglia*
43 1971(RA) - Risurrezione by Franco Alfano - Elio Boncompagni*
44 1972(LI) - Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea - Michelangelo Veltri*
45 1972(LI) - Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini - Michelangelo Veltri*
46 1972(LI) - Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito - Nello Santi*
47 1972(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Ino Savini*
48 1972(LI) - Wally (La) by Alfredo Catalani - Ferruccio Scaglia*
49 1972(RA) - Filomela e l'infatuato by Gian Francesco Malipiero - Ettore Gracis*
50 1973(LE) - promessi sposi (I) by Errico Petrella - Carlo Farina*
51 1973(LI) - Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea - Alfredo Silipigni*
52 1974(LI) - Jenufa by Leos Janácek - Jerzy Semkow*
53 1975(LE) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli*
54 1975(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Jan Behr*
55 1976(LI) - cappello di paglia di Firenze (Il) by Nino Rota - Elio Boncompagni*
56 1976(LI) - Queen of Spades (The) by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky - Guido Ajmone-Marsan*
57 1979(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - James Conlon*
58 1979(LI) - Voix humaine (La) by Francis Poulenc - Reynald Giovaninetti***
59 1993(SE) - Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea - Carmelina Gandolfo-..*
*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Franco Ghione - 1938(RA)
Orchestra - EIAR Torino
Chorus - EIAR Torino
La principessa Turandot - Gina Cigna
Calaf - Francesco Merli
Liù - Magda Olivero
Ping - Afro Poli
Pang - Adelio Zagonora
Pong - Gino Del Signore
Timur - Luciano Neroni
L'imperatore Altoum - Armando Giannotti
Un mandarino - Giuseppe Bravura
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Black Disc - Cetra CB 20046-20061 {16x78s}; Cetra CC 2066-2081 {16x78s} Parlophone R 20410-20425 {16x78s}; Parlophone SW 8039-8054 {16x78s;AC} Odeon O 8416-8431S {16x78s}; Parlophone P26/27 {16x78s} (USA) Cetra-Soria N.1206 {3LPS} (USA); Cetra LPS 3206 (electronic stereo) {3LPS} Everest 427/3 {3LPS}; Everest S427/3 (electronic stereo) {3LPS} Turnabout THS 65049/65050 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Nuova Era HMT 9002-9003 {2CDS}; Fonit Cetra CD0 28 {2CDS);; Phonographe PH 5053-5054 {2CDS}; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 794 {2CDS}; Arkadia 78016 {2CDS}; Naxos «Historical» 8.110193-94 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Warner Fonit 50504671223-2-1 {2CDS} (2004)ª
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Recordings of Turandot by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.114; Opera on Record p.618; CELLETTI p.655; Opera on CD (1) p.111 (2) p.122 (3) p.137 MET p.454; MET(VID) p.252; PENGUIN p.320; L'Avant Scéne Opéra No.33 p.97, No.220 p.98; Opera on Video p.187; GIUDICI p.652 (2) p.1073; Répertoire No.97 décembre 1996 p.16; International Opera Collector Spring 1997 No.3 p.40; Opera Quarterly Vo.13 No.4 Summer 1997 p.77; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Diapason No.559 juin 2008 p.78; Gramophone July 2008 p.52
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1938 p.293 [HFVL]; March 1992 p.134; July 1996 p.34; March 2003 p.89 [PO'C]
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Opera - January 1996 p.21
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Opera Now - July/August 1996 p.107; March/April 1998 p.99 [GH]
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Fanfare - Vol. 18 No.5 May/June 1995 p.297
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Orpheus - Mai 1995 S.61; Heft 9+10 September+Oktober 2003 S.81 [DN]
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Opéra International - mai 1995 No.191 p.69
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Diapason - No.509 décembre 2003 p.131 [VA]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.164 p.167
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Opernwelt - Januar 1/1996 S.55
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Classical Express - Issue No.75 May 1996 p.4: Issue No.81 December 1996 p.4
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American Record Guide - July/August 1997 Vol.60 No.4 p.239
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Répertoire - No.80 mai 1995 p.79
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.16 junio-agosto 1995 p.59
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Musica (Milano) - No.99 Anno 20 Agosto-Settembre 1996 p.125
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno X - N.101 ottobre 1996 p.84: Anno XIX N.193 aprile 2005 p.89 [MG]
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CLASSICAL disCDigest - Vol.5 No.2 Issue 16 p.52
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.59 avril 2003 p.84 [TF]
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Comments:- Recorded between 4 and 15 September 1938. The recording takes thirty one 12inch 78 sides. On the Cetra and Parlophone discs the thirty second side is used for arecording of the «Inno a Roma» whereas on the Odeon discs it is blank. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel
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Conductor Ionel Perlea - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Mazeppa - Ettore Bastianini
Mariya - Magda Olivero
Kochubey - Boris Christoff
Liubov - Mariana Radev
Andrei - David Poleri
Orlik - Jorge (Giorgio) Algorta
Iskra - Fausto Flamini
Drunken Cossack - Piero De Palma
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Black Disc - Rococo RR 1016 (+Iris - excerpts) {3LPS) Estro Armonico EA 046 {3LPS}; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 43 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Melodram CDM 27070 {2CDS} (1989)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66309 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Cantus Classics 500651 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 5028 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Mazeppa by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.155; GIUDICI p.128 (2) p.209; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.109; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63 (corrected in issue for September/October 2003 p.287).
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1978 p.1166 [JW]
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Fanfare - Vol.5 No.3 January/February 1982 p.192 [DCS]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.8 No.2 Summer 1991 pp.186-188 [DWW]
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The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.102 [JG]
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Comments:- Recorded at a performance in Florence (6 June 1954)
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Conductor Angelo Questa - 1956(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Iris - Magda Olivero
Osaka - Salvatore Puma
Kyoto - Saturno Meletti
Il Cieco - Giulio Neri
Un Merciavolo - Salvatore De Tommaso
Un Cenciaivolo - Mario Carlin
Una guècha (Dhia) - Amalia Olivia
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Black Disc; - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 29; Estro Armonico EA 030 {3LPS}; Fonit Cetra «Archivo RAI» LAR 23 {3LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDAR 2023 {2CDS} (1995)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Iris by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.392; PENGUIN p.199; GIUDICI p.353 (2) p.616
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Now - July 1995 p.55
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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.5 May/June 1995 p.256
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Orpheus - März 1995 S.62
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Diapason - No.422 janvier 1996 p.105
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The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.94 [JG]
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Répertoire - No.81 juin 1995 p.46
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American Record Guide - May/June 1995 Vol.58 No.3 p.136
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Comments:- Recording of a broadcast on 12 September 1956. The Fonit Cetra LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE August 1982 p.238
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Conductor Vincenzo Bellezza - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Opera di Roma
Chorus - Opera di Roma
Minnie - Magda Olivero
Dick Johnson - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
Jack Rance - Giangiacomo Guelfi
Nick - Adelio Zagonora
Ashby - Giulio Tomei
Jake Wallace - Alfredo Colella
Billy Jackrabbit - Piero (Pietro) Passarotti
José Castro - Gino Conti
Wowkle - Corinna Vozza
Sonora - Arturo La Porta
Trin - Salvatore De Tommaso
Sid - Virgilio Ascorro
Bello - Giuseppe Forgione
Harry - Paolo Caroli
Jim Larkens - Enzo Titta
Un postiglione - Marco Rogani
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 552 {2LPS} (1971)ª
Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 179 (highlights) {1LP} (1995)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.106; Opera on Record 3 p.221; CELLETTIp.600; Opera on CD (1) p.109 (2) p.120 (3) p.135; MET p.438; MET(VID) p.245; PENGUIN p.301; The Absolute Sound Issue 69 Summer 1993 p.123; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.165 p.116; GIUDICI p.634 (2) p.1045
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Juli 1995 S.59
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.84 enero 1996 p.61
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The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.96 [JG]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Rome Opera (30 March 1957. See OPERA July 1957 p.447)(See Classic Express No.64, May 1995 p. 2)
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Conductor Emidio Tieri - 1957(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Floria Tosca - Magda Olivero
Mario Cavaradossi - Eugenio Fernandi
Il barone Scarpia - Scipio Colombo
Il Sagristano - Vito de Taranto
Cesare Angelotti - Giovanni Amodeo
Spoletta - Piero De Palma
Sciarrone - Sergio Liviabella
Un pastore - Giovanni Bianchini
Un carceriere - Giuseppe Albano
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Black Disc; - Discocorp «Reference Recordings» RR 514 {2CDS} (1979)ª; Movimiento Musica 02.004 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Andromeda ANDRCD 5104 {2CDS} (2007)ª; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6159-6120 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.31 No.2 November/December 2007 p.224 [BR]
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Orpheus - Januar + Februar 2008 S.59 [DN]
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The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.99 [JG]
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American Record Guide - November/December 2007 Vol.70 No.6 p.266 [MM]
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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2007 p.98 [JTH]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.106 diciembre 2007 p.93 [LB]
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Comments:- Recorded on 31 October 1957 and broadcast on 14 November 1957
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Conductor Mario Rossi - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Adriana Lecouvreur - Magda Olivero
Maurizio - Franco Corelli
Principe di Bouillon - Antonio Cassinelli
Principessa di Bouillon - Giulietta Simionato
Michonnet - Ettore Bastianini
Quinault - Augusto Frati
Poisson - Renato Ercolani
Mlle. Jouvenot - Rossana Zerbini
Mlle. Dangeville - Anna Di Stasio
L'Abate di Chazeuil - Mariano Caruso
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 497 {2LPS} (1970)ª; Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 47 {3LPS}; Replica RPL 2054-6 {3LPS}; Historical Operatic Performance Edition HOPE 246; Morgan MOR 5901 {3LPS}; Fonit Cetra «Documents»;; DOC 19 {3LPS} ;; Melodram MEL 043 {3LPS}; Discocorp «I Grandi Interpreti» IGI 294 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Melodram CDM 27009 {2CDS}; Phoenix PX 502.2 {2CDS} Hardy Classic HCA 6007-2 (+video with Olivero) {2CDS} (1999)ª; House of Opera CDBB 178 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers ADR 195901 {2CDRS}; Opera d'Oro «Grand Tier» 7037 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.15; Opera on Record 2 p.292; CELLETTI p.160; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.155p.126; MET p.82; MET(VID) p.41; PENGUIN p.60; Opera on Video p.214; GIUDICI p.134 (2) p.221; Opéra Internatonal novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.6 No.2 November/December 1982 pp.124-126 [ADC]: Vol.31 No.5 May/June 2008 pp.120-121 [LRB]
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Orpheus - Oktober 1999 S.54-55 [GH]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 pp.153-154 (audio) [EG]
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Opéra International - novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61 [SS]
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Classical Express - September 1995 p.1: Issue No.116 November 1999 p.7 [JP]
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The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 p.91
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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2003 p.96 [PO'C]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - Mo.84 enero 1996 p.39
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII N.134 novembre 1999 p.110 [GL]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Teatro di San Carlo (28 November 1959). See OPERA March 1960 p.216. The conductor is stated to be Michele Lauro in the review in CLASSIC RECORD COLLECTOR. Mario Rossi is given in «Il teatro di San Carlo - La Cronologia 1737-1987» p.712. 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 Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Francesca - Magda Olivero
Samaritana - Pinuccia Perotti
Ostasio - Enrico Campi
Giovanni lo Sciancato (Gianciotto) - Giampiero Malaspina
Paolo il Bello - Mario Del Monaco
Malatestino dall'Occhio - Piero De Palma
Biancofiore - Lydia Marimpietri
Garsenda - Edda Vincenzi
Altichiara - Biancamaria Casoni
Adonella - Anna Maria Rota
Smaragdi - Gabriella Carturan
Ser Toldo Berardengo - Angelo Mercuriali
Il balestriere - Athos Cesarini
Prisoner - Rinaldo Pelizzoni
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Black Disc - Bismark Beane MRF 114 {3LPS}; Estro Armonico EA 041 {3LPS} Replica RPL 2451-53 {2LPS}
Compact Cassette - Pantheon Music (Legends) XLNC-132
Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 186-2 {2CDS} Celestial Audio CA 227 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2004)ª; Myto 2 MCD 051 303 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Francesca da Rimini by Riccardo Zandonai are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1181; MET p.752; MET(VID) p.455; PENGUIN p.572; GIUDICI p.1182 (2) p.1847
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - March 2 1996 p.39
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Orpheus - August/September 1995 p.84
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Opéra International - septembre 1998 No.227 p.59 [SS]
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American Record Guide - July/August 1995 Vol.58 No.4 p.233
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The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.103 [JG]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.82 julio-agosto 2005 p.91 [JS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (4 June 1959; see OPERA, August 1959, p.532 for a review of a performance in which Giangiacomo Guelfi sang the role ofGiovanni lo Sciannto)
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Conductor Fulvio Vernizzi - 1960(FI)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Floria Tosca - Magda Olivero
Mario Cavaradossi - Alvino Misciano
Il barone Scarpia - Giulio Fioravanti
Il Sagristano - Carlo Badioli
Cesare Angelotti - Giovanni Foiani
Spoletta - Athos Cesarini
Sciarrone - Arrigo Cattelani
Un pastore - Rino Rontani
Un carceriere - Renzo Gonzales
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Compact Disc - Melodram MEL 27025
DVD (Video) - Hardy Classic Video HCD 4011 (2004)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Legato Classics LCV 016 (NTSC); Bel Canto Society BCS #685 (NTSC & PAL)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1998 p.110 (video) [AB]; March 2005 pp.100-101 (DVD) [JBS]
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Opera Now - May/June 1997 p.88 (video)
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Opera News - December 28 1996 p.52 (video)
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Orpheus - August-September 1997 S.83 (video); 11+12 November+Dezember 2004 S.76 (DVD) [IW]
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Opéra International - No.293 septembre 2004 p.92 (DVD) [CC]
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Diapason - No.517 septembre 2004 p.142 (DVD) [MP]
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The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.100 (audio) [JG]
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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1997 No.5 p.99 (video) [TP]
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International Record Review - February 2005 p.82 (DVD) [IJ]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.71 junio 2004 pp.92-93 (DVD) [MC]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.183 maggio 2004 (DVD) pp.104-105 [GL]
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Comments:- Recording of a television film (and its soundtrack) (March 1960)
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Conductor Ugo Rápalo - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Michele - Giuseppe Gismondo
Luigi - Silvano Verlinghieri
Il Talpa - Enzo Felicitati
Giorgetta - Magda Olivero
La Frugola - Jole de Maria
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers TAB 196001 {1CDR} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il tabarro by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.110; Opera on Record 2 p.314; CELLETTI p.630; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.444; MET(VID) p.249; PENGUIN p.313; Opera on Video p.185; GIUDICI p.642 (2) p.1056; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli. According to «Magda Olivero - Una Voce per tre Generazioni» there was a performance on 21 May 1960. The CDR issued by «The Opera Lovers» is listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the date of the performance recorded is given as 20 May 1960.
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Conductor Massimo Freccia - 1960(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Marta - Magda Olivero
Maria - Nicoletta Panni
Erik - Giancinto Prandelli
Marco - Silvio Spaccesi
Prete - Renato Cesari
Postino - Renato Cesari
Donna 1 - Agata Rubeo
Donna 2 - Angela Rocco
Uomo 1 - Walter Alberti
Uomo 2 - Ottavio Taddei
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Black Disc - Impressario Editions IE 3003 {1LP}
Compact Disc; - Eklipse EKR P-7 {1CD} (1995)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.101 [JG]
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Comments:- Recorded on 8 October 1960 and broadcast on 7 January 1961. The LP issued by Impresario Editions is advertized in GRAMOPHONE August 1984 p.285.
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Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Cio Cio San - Magda Olivero
Pinkerton - Renato Cioni
Sharpless - Mario Zanasi
Suzuki - Fernanda Cadoni
Kate Pinkerton - Anna Maria Borrelli
Goro - Mariano Caruso
Il principe Yamadori - Mario Ciofi
Lo zio Bonzo - Aldo Giannini
Il commissario imperiale - Mario Carles
L'ufficiale del Registro - Luigi Paolillo
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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 273
Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances GOP 731 (1979)ª; Hardy Classic HCA 6016 {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 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:-
Opéra International - novembre 1997 No.218 p.52 [SS]
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The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.99 [LG]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Naples (26 December 1961)
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Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1962(LE)
Orchestra - Arena di Verona
Chorus - Arena di Verona
Floria Tosca - Magda Olivero
Mario Cavaradossi - Flaviano Labò
Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi
Spoletta - Piero De Palma
Sciarrone - Virgilio Carbonari
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Compact Disc; - Mitridate «Ponto» PO 1007 (+complete recording cond. Conlon 1979 +highlights cond. Behr 1975) {3CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - Dezember 2002 S.56 [IW]
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Comments:- Recording of part of a perfromance at Verona.
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Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Adriana Lecouvreur - Magda Olivero
Maurizio - Juan Oncina
Principe di Bouillon - Enrico Campi
Principessa di Bouillon - Adriana Lazzarini
Michonnet - Sesto Bruscantini
Quinault - Augusto Frati
Poisson - Vittorio Pandano
Mlle. Jouvenot - Elena Barcis
Mlle. Dangeville - Anna Di Stasio
L'Abate di Chazeuil - Piero De Palma
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Black Disc - Discocorp MLG 72 (highlights) {1LP}
Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 186 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 5999
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.15; Opera on Record 2 p.292; CELLETTI p.160; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.155p.126; MET p.82; MET(VID) p.41; PENGUIN p.60; Opera on Video p.214; GIUDICI p.134 (2) p.221; Opéra Internatonal novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Edinburgh Festival (27 August 1963; see OPERA Festival Issue 1963 p.42). Flaviano Labò was announced to sing Maurizio, but was replaced at short notice by Juan Oncina. This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated August 22 1963 p.26, p.31). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»
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Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Celestina - Fedora Barbieri
Melibea - Magda Olivero
Alisa - Maria Teresa Mandalari
Pleberio - Lino Puglisi
Lucrezia - Rena Garazioti
Calisto - Mirto Picchi
Parmeno - Agostino Lazzari
Sempronio - Piero Guelfi
Tristano - Gianfranco Manganotti
Elicia - Cesy Broggini
Areusa - Mafalda Masini
Centurione - Antonio Zerbini
Frate - Mario Frosini
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1554
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (May or June 1963). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The details of the cast listed above are those given by Carlo Marinelli in ODE (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). See also «Magda Olivero - Una Voce per tre Generazioni» by Vincenzo Quattrocchi pp.84-85.
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Conductor Fulvio Vernizzi - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Netherlands Radio Chorus
Iris - Magda Olivero
Osaka - Luigi Ottolini
Kyoto - Renato Capecchi
Il Cieco - Plinio Clabassi
Un Merciavolo - Fred Bongers
Un Cenciaivolo - Fred Bongers
Una guècha (Dhia) - Jennie Veeninga
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Black Disc - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 152 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - *Verona 27014/15 {2CDS} Great Opera Performance G.O.P. 708 CD {2CDS}; Gala GL 100710 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1391 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1397-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª
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Recordings of Iris by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.392; PENGUIN p.199; GIUDICI p.353 (2) p.616
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Diapason - No.503 mai 2003 pp.125-126 [MP]
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The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.94 [JG]
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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Concetgebouw (12 October 1963)
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Conductor Mario Rossi - 1963(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Werther - Agostino Lazzari
Charlotte - Magda Olivero
Sophie - Nicoletta Panni
Albert - Saturno Meletti
Le Bailli - Carlo Badioli
Johann - Gerardo Benedetti
Schmidt - Gino Pasquale
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Black Disc - RR 513; IGI 513
Compact Disc - Melodram 27065
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Recordings of Werther by Jules Massenet are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.495; CELLETTI p.405; Opera on CD (1) p.95 (2) p.105 (3) p.119; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.61 p.104; MET p.239; PENGUIN p.207; Répertoire No.89 mars 1996 p.13; GIUDICI p.362 (2) p.634; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.69 No.3 p.66; International Opera Collector Autumn 1997 No.5 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.95 [JG]
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Comments:- Recording of a broadcast on 12 June 1963
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
Chorus - Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
Adriana Lecouvreur - Magda Olivero
Maurizio - Angelo Loforese
Principe di Bouillon - Guilhermo Damiano
Principessa di Bouillon - Adriana Lazzarini
Michonnet - Paulo Fortes
Quinault - Sergio Napoli
Poisson - Victor Prochet
Mlle. Jouvenot - Loretta Lecce
Mlle. Dangeville - Maria Helena Mucelli
L'Abate di Chazeuil - Nino Crimi
Un maggiordomo - Heraldo De Marco
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1448
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Recordings of Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.15; Opera on Record 2 p.292; CELLETTI p.160; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.155p.126; MET p.82; MET(VID) p.41; PENGUIN p.60; Opera on Video p.214; GIUDICI p.134 (2) p.221; Opéra Internatonal novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro (July 1964; see OPERA October 1964 p.675). 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 singers listed above are those given in «Memórias Glórias de um Teatro» by Edgard de Brito Chaves Jr. p.380. I may have assigned some of the minor roles incorrectly.
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Conductor Fulvio Vernizzi - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Omroep Amsterdam
Chorus - Groot Omroep Amsterdam
Manon Lescaut - Magda Olivero
Des Grieux - Umberto Borso
Lescaut - Fernandino Lidonni
Geronte - Giovanni Foiani
Edmondo - Mario Carlin
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Black Disc - BJR 119 {1LP}; Great Operatic Performances GFC 19/20 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Eklipse EKRP 6 {2CDS}; Bella Voce BLV 107221 {2CDS};; House of Opera CDBB 435 {2CDRS} (2003)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:-
Orpheus - Juli 1995 S.58
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Opéra International - juin 1998 No.225 p.52 [SS]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.184 p.113 [JC-1]
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The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.98 [JG]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.16 junio-agosto 1995 p.60
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Comments:- Recording of a (concert?) performance in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (31 October 1964). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro
Chorus - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro
Mefistofele - Cesare Siepi
Faust - Flaviano Labò
Margherita - Magda Olivero
Elena - Rita Orlandi Malaspina
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1066; Premiere Opera Ltd CDNO 1862-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.181; Opera on Record 3 p.183; CELLETTI p.121; Opera on CD (1) p.97 (2) p.108 (3) p.121; MET p.62; MET(VID) p.22; PENGUIN p.33; Opera on Video p.163; GIUDICI p.89 (2) p.139; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.238 p.74
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro (3 July 1964 see OPERA September 1964 pp.618-619). The cast also included Nino Crimi, Gloria Queiroz. See «Magda Olivero - Una Voce per Tre Generazioni» p.197. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The performance is attributed here incorrectly to Teatro Colón. The CDRS issued by Premiere are included in their «2005 FALL NEW RELEASES» (correctly attributed).
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro
Chorus - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro
Floria Tosca - Magda Olivero
Mario Cavaradossi - Flaviano Labò
Il barone Scarpia - Giangiacomo Guelfi
Il Sagristano - Guilhermo Damiano
Cesare Angelotti - Nicola Zaccaria
Spoletta - Nino Crimi
Sciarrone - Amilton Moreira
Un carceriere - Antonio Lembo
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1888-2 {2CDRS} (+excerpts from; performance in July 1962 cond. Fabritiis) (2005)ª; The Opera Lovers TOS 196401 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro (14 July 1964). The CDRS issued by Premiere are included in their «2005 FALL NEW RELEASES» and those issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Fulvio Vernizzi - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Netherlands Radio Orchestra
Chorus - Netherlands Radio Chorus
Adriana Lecouvreur - Magda Olivero
Maurizio - Fernando Ferrari
Principe di Bouillon - Franco Ventriglia
Principessa di Bouillon - Mimi Aarden
Michonnet - Renato Capecchi
Quinault - Max von Egmond
Poisson - Simon van der Geest
Mlle. Jouvenot - Elisabeth Lugt
Mlle. Dangeville - Else de Graaf
L'Abate di Chazeuil - Mario Carlin
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Compact Disc; - Verona 27077/78 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1502-2 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.15; Opera on Record 2 p.292; CELLETTI p.160; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.155p.126; MET p.82; MET(VID) p.41; PENGUIN p.60; Opera on Video p.214; GIUDICI p.134 (2) p.221; Opéra Internatonal novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Monthly - December 1991 p.41 [WHW]
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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance (6 November 1965; see OPERA February 1966 p.145)
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Conductor Arturo Basile - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Verdi di Trieste
Chorus - Teatro Verdi di Trieste
Minnie - Magda Olivero
Dick Johnson - Gastone Limarilli
Jack Rance - Lino Puglisi
Nick - Mario Carlin
Ashby - Enzo Viaro
Jake Wallace - Vito Susca
Billy Jackrabbit - Mario Frosini
José Castro - Mario Frosini
Wowkle - Bruna Ronchini
Sonora - Claudio Giombi
Trin - Raimondo Botteghelli
Sid - Bruno Ferlatti
Bello - Eno Mocchiutti
Harry - Giuseppe Botta
Joe - Gino Sarri
Happy - Lucio Rolli
Jim Larkens - Augusto Frati
Un postiglione - Nicolò Macillis
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Black Disc - Morgan MOR 6501
Compact Disc - Nuova Era 2324-2325 {2CDS}
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Recordings of La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.106; Opera on Record 3 p.221; CELLETTIp.600; Opera on CD (1) p.109 (2) p.120 (3) p.135; MET p.438; MET(VID) p.245; PENGUIN p.301; The Absolute Sound Issue 69 Summer 1993 p.123; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.165 p.116; GIUDICI p.634 (2) p.1045
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.97 [JG]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Trieste (6 March 1965)
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Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1965(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Adriana Lecouvreur - Magda Olivero
Maurizio - Juan Oncina
Principe di Bouillon - Enrico Campi
Principessa di Bouillon - Anna Maria Rota
Michonnet - Mario Basiola jnr.
Quinault - Saturno Meletti
Poisson - Walter Brunelli
Mlle. Jouvenot - Olga Santini
Mlle. Dangeville - Ada Finelli
L'Abate di Chazeuil - Fernandino Jacopucci
Un maggiordomo - Aronne Ceroni
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Black Disc - Edizione Lirica EL 008 {3LPS}
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Recordings of Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.15; Opera on Record 2 p.292; CELLETTI p.160; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.155p.126; MET p.82; MET(VID) p.41; PENGUIN p.60; Opera on Video p.214; GIUDICI p.134 (2) p.221; Opéra Internatonal novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61
Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 22 December 1965
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Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Torino
Chorus - Teatro Regio di Torino
Minnie - Magda Olivero
Dick Johnson - Gastone Limarilli
Jack Rance - Anselmo Colzani
Nick - Mario Carlin
Ashby - Enrico Campi
Jake Wallace - Maurizio Mazzieri
Billy Jackrabbit - Alfredo Pistone
José Castro - Pier Luigi Latinucci
Wowkle - Giuse Gerbino
Sonora - Guido Mazzini
Trin - Armando Benzi
Sid - Alberto Albertini
Bello - Emilio Savoldi
Harry - Gaspare Pace
Joe - Rinaldo Secco
Happy - Bruno Tessari
Jim Larkens - Guido Fabbris
Un postiglione - Luigi Palchetti
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Black Disc - Bismark Beane MRF 112 {2LPS}
Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 2834
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Recordings of La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.106; Opera on Record 3 p.221; CELLETTIp.600; Opera on CD (1) p.109 (2) p.120 (3) p.135; MET p.438; MET(VID) p.245; PENGUIN p.301; The Absolute Sound Issue 69 Summer 1993 p.123; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.165 p.116; GIUDICI p.634 (2) p.1045
Comments:- Recording of a performance at Turin (5 May 1966; see OPERA August 1966 p.632). The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Hermann Scherchen - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Orfeo - Alvino Misciano
Brighella - Giorgio Giorgetti
Arlecchino - Mario Carlin
Doctor Balanzon - Renato Capecchi
Drunken man - Renato Capecchi
Captain Spaventa - Paolo PedanI
Pantalon - Claudio Giombi
Tartaglia - Enzo Guagni
Pulcinella - Mario Ferrara
Ballad singer - Alberto Rinaldi
Nerone - Alberto Rinaldi
Old Mother - Magda Olivero
Lover - Dino Formichini
Bell-ringer - Gino Orlandini
Lamp-lighter - Manlio Micheli
Knight - Ottavio Taddei
Drinks-seller - Valiano Natali
Agrippina - Antonietta Daviso
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Compact Disc - TAHRA TAH 190/1
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This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1997 p.98
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Fanfare - Vol.20 No.5 May/June 1997 p.187
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Orpheus - Februar 1998 S.63 [GH]
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Diapason - No.431 novembre 1996 p.110
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International Opera Collector - Summer 1997 No.4 p.89
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.204 novembre 1996 p.100
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Répertoire - No.101 april 1997 p.49
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro della Pergola, Florence (7 June 1966)
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Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia
Chorus - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Minnie - Magda Olivero
Dick Johnson - Daniele Barioni
Jack Rance - Giangiacomo Guelfi
Nick - Mario Guggia
Ashby - Angelo Nosotti
Jake Wallace - Alessandro Maddalena
Billy Jackrabbit - Uberto Scaglione
José Castro - Franco Federici
Wowkle - Anna Lia Bazzani
Sonora - Giuseppe Zecchillo
Trin - Vittorio Pandano
Sid - Bruno Tessari
Bello - Bruno Grella
Harry - Augusto Pedroni
Joe - Mario Carlin
Happy - Gianni Socci
Jim Larkens - Francesco Signor
Un postiglione - Augusto Veronese
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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 933 83 {2CDS} (1993)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 744-2 {2CDRS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.106; Opera on Record 3 p.221; CELLETTIp.600; Opera on CD (1) p.109 (2) p.120 (3) p.135; MET p.438; MET(VID) p.245; PENGUIN p.301; The Absolute Sound Issue 69 Summer 1993 p.123; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.165 p.116; GIUDICI p.634 (2) p.1045
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.97 [JG]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in La Fenice (20 February 1967). A recording of this performance was also published by «Mondo Musica» but incorrectly labelled as being from 1966 (See letter by H.Fogel in FANFARE Vol.22 No.4 March/April 1999 p.429)
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Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Dallas Civic Opera
Chorus - Dallas Civic Opera
Medea - Magda Olivero
Glauce - Graziella Sciutti
Neris - Biancamaria Casoni
Giasone - Bruno Prevedi
Creonte - Nicola Zaccaria
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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 258 {2LPS} (1979)ª; Mauro R. Fuguette MRF C-03
Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 755 {2CDS} ; live-rare-opera un-numbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Médée [Medea] by Luigi Cherubini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.30; CELLETTI p.146; MET p.79; PENGUIN p.59; GIUDICI p.119 (2) p.196
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.90
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Dallas Civic Opera (4 November 1967; see OPERAFebruary 1968 p.142)
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Conductor Carlo Moresco - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - Connecticut Opera Association
Chorus - Connecticut Opera Association
Adriana Lecouvreur - Magda Olivero
Maurizio - Pedro Lavirgen
Principe di Bouillon - Irwin Densen
Principessa di Bouillon - Mignon Dunn
Michonnet - John Modenos
Quinault - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Poisson - Robert Schmorr
Mlle. Dangeville - Rosalind Hupp
L'Abate di Chazeuil - Paul Franke
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 185 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 284
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.15; Opera on Record 2 p.292; CELLETTI p.160; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.155p.126; MET p.82; MET(VID) p.41; PENGUIN p.60; Opera on Video p.214; GIUDICI p.134 (2) p.221; Opéra Internatonal novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Bushnell Memorial Auditorium, Hartford, USA (18 October 1969; see OPERA February 1970 p.128, p.145). This performance is listed in «Magda Olvero - Una Voce per tre generazioni» where the conductor is given as Carlo Moresco (as listed above). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22» where the conductor is given as «Silipigni» while in mr. tape's catalogue «Guadagno» is given.
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Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - Dallas Civic Opera
Chorus - Dallas Civic Opera
La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Magda Olivero
Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - Bruno Prevedi
De Siriex - Julian Patrick
La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Gilda Cruz-Romo
Gretch - Italo Tajo
Cirillo - Nicola Zaccaria
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Compact Disc - Music & Arts CD-671 (+La voix humaine) {2CDS)
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Recordings of Fedora by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.270; PENGUIN p.102; GIUDICI p.245 (2) p.414; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.20
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.93 [JG]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Dallas Civic Opera (29 November 1969; see OPERA March 1970 p.216)
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Conductor Napoleone Annovazzi - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro del Giglio di Lucca
Chorus - Teatro del Giglio di Lucca
La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Magda Olivero
Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - Giuseppe di Stefano
De Siriex - Guido Mazzini
Lorek - Andrea Mineo
La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Giovanna di Rocco
Boroff - Plinio Clabassi
Gretch - Dino Di Stasio
Cirillo - Plinio Clabassi
Desiré - Augusto Pedroni
Il piccolo Savoiardo - Carla Mari
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Black Disc - Estro Armonico EA 407 {2LPS}
Compact Disc - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 119; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 717; Opera d'Oro OPD 1260 {2CDS}
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Recordings of Fedora by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.270; PENGUIN p.102; GIUDICI p.245 (2) p.414; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.20
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 p.93 [JG]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Lucca (16 September 1969)
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Conductor Ettore Gracis - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Torino
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Torino
Lunardo - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Margarita - Fedora Barbieri
Lucieta - Mariella Adani
Maurizio - Alfredo Mariotti
Marina - Edda Vincenzi
Filipeto - Agostino Lazzari
Simon - Alessandro Maddalena
Canciano - Renato Cesari
Siora Felice - Magda Olivero
Conte Riccardo Arcolai - Mario Carlin
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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.553 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1385 {2CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of I quattro rusteghi by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1178; GIUDICI p.1178 (2) p.1845
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.27 No.3 January/February 2004 pp.234-235 [GJ]
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Orpheus - Februar 2000 S.64 [MK]
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Diapason - No.498 décembre 2002 p.126 [MP]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance given on 21 December 1969
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Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1969(SE)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Monte Carlo
Francesca - Magda Olivero
Giovanni lo Sciancato (Gianciotto) - Virgilio Carbonari
Paolo il Bello - Mario Del Monaco
Biancofiore - Annamaria Gasparini
Il balestriere - Athos Cesarini
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Black Disc; - Decca SET 422 {1LP} (1970)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca 433 033-2 (+ Fedora) {2CDS} (1992)ª; Decca 475 762-2 (+ Fedora) {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Francesca da Rimini by Riccardo Zandonai are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1181; MET p.752; MET(VID) p.455; PENGUIN p.572; GIUDICI p.1182 (2) p.1847
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1970 p.1174; April 1970 p.1572
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The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 p.84 [JG]
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International Record Review - June 2006 pp.27-28 [JTH]
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Comments:- Studio recording of part of the Opera. The recording on the Decca CD is a «fill-up» on the recording of Fedora (1969)
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Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1969(STU)
Orchestra - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo
Chorus - L'Opera de Monte Carlo
La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Magda Olivero
Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - Mario Del Monaco
De Siriex - Tito Gobbi
Lorek - Leonardo Monreale
Nicola - Leonardo Monreale
La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Lucia Cappellino
Boroff - Virgilio Carbonari
Gretch - Silvio Maionica
Il Barone Rouvel - Piero De Palma
Cirillo - Peter Binder
Dmitri - Kiri Te Kanawa
Desiré - Ricardo Cassinelli
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Black Disc; - Decca SET 435-436 {2LPS} (1970)ª
Compact Disc; - *Decca 433 033-2 (+Francesca da Rimini - excerpts) {2CDS} (1992)ª; *Decca 475 762-2 (+Francesca da Rimini - excerpts) {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Fedora by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.270; PENGUIN p.102; GIUDICI p.245 (2) p.414; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.20
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1970 p.1473; July 1970 p.148; March 1992 p.110
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International Record Review - June 2006 pp.27-28 [JTH]
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Conductor Fulvio Vernizzi - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Omroeporkest
Chorus - Grout Omroepkoor
Medea - Magda Olivero
Glauce - Nelly van der Speek
Neris - Marie Luise Gilles
Giasone - Mirto Picchi
Creonte - Henk Smit
Prima Ancella - Geraldine Hackett-Jones
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1617-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; Fiori FI 1021 (downloadable MP3 file - 320 KBps).
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Médée [Medea] by Luigi Cherubini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.30; CELLETTI p.146; MET p.79; PENGUIN p.59; GIUDICI p.119 (2) p.196
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (20 June 1970). See OPERA Festival Issue 1970 p.116. 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 Gaetano Delogu - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Michele - Giulio Fioravanti
Luigi - Aldo Bottion
Giorgetta - Magda Olivero
La Frugola - Flora Rafanelli
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Black Disc - Bismark Beane MRF 129
Compact Disc; - Legato CLassics LCD 174-1 {1CD}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 145-1 {1CDR} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il tabarro by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.110; Opera on Record 2 p.314; CELLETTI p.630; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.444; MET(VID) p.249; PENGUIN p.313; Opera on Video p.185; GIUDICI p.642 (2) p.1056; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - No.181 juin 1994 p.73
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American Record Guide - Vol.57 No.3 May-June 1994 p.125
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The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.99 [JG]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Teatro Communale in Florence (16 December 1970. See OPERA March 1971 p.213). The cast also includes Augusto Frati and Dino Formichini. The CDR issued by Premiere was advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001».
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Conductor Alfredo Silipigni - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - New Jersey Opera
Chorus - New Jersey Opera
Floria Tosca - Magda Olivero
Mario Cavaradossi - Sergio Di Amorim
Il barone Scarpia - Vern Shinall
Il Sagristano - Paul Plishka
Cesare Angelotti - Konstantin Moskalenko
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Compact Disc; - *House of Opera - Tosca - CD-ROM (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance at Newark (7 November 1970)
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Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia
Elle - Magda Olivero
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Black Disc - Morgan MOR 7004
Compact Disc; - Mondo Musica MFOH 10607 {1CD} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La Voix humaine by Francis Poulenc are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.578; MET p.384; MET(VID) p.216; PENGUIN p.289; l'opera (Milano) Supplemento al N.129 maggio 1999 p.50
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opéra International - juin 2000 No.247 p.73 [SS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in La Fenice (3 May 1970)
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Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Dallas Civic Opera
Elle - Magda Olivero
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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 280 (+arias) {1LP} (1979)ª
Compact Disc - Music & Arts 671 (+Fedora) {2CDS)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La Voix humaine by Francis Poulenc are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.578; MET p.384; MET(VID) p.216; PENGUIN p.289; l'opera (Milano) Supplemento al N.129 maggio 1999 p.50
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.95 [JG]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Dallas Civic Opera (28 November 1970; see OPERA March 1971 p.237)
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Conductor Nello Santi - 1970(LI;Oliviero)
Orchestra - Verona Arena
Chorus - Verona Arena
Manon Lescaut - Magda Olivero
Des Grieux - Plácido Domingo
Lescaut - Giulio Fioravanti
Geronte - Alfredo Mariotti
Edmondo - Ermanno Lorenzi
Una voce sola - Rina Pallini
L'oste - Franco Federici
Il maestro di ballo - Franco Ricciardi
Un sergente degli arcieri - Gianfranco Casarini
Lampionaio - Ottorino Begali
Un comandante di Marina - Carlo Del Bosco
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Compact Disc; - foyer 2-CF 2033 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 927-2 {2CDRS}; House of Opera CDBB 434 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1436 {2CDS} (2005)ª; live-rare-opera un-numbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} (2005)ª; Opera d'Oro «Grand Tier» OPD 7050 {2CDS} (2008)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 publication:-
Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.105 noviembre 2007 p.91, p.92 [LB]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Verona Arena (30 July 1970). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22». A recording of the performance on 25 July 1970 is also listed (CDBB 433). This performance is reviewed in OPERA, Festival Issue 1970 p.14.
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Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1971(LC)
Orchestra - Teatro Sociale di Mantova
Chorus - Teatro Sociale di Mantova
Medea - Magda Olivero
Glauce - Elena Baggiore
Neris - Gloria Foglizzo
Giasone - Angelo Loforese
Creonte - Loris Gambelli
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Compact Disc - MYTO 911.36
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Recordings of Médée [Medea] by Luigi Cherubini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.30; CELLETTI p.146; MET p.79; PENGUIN p.59; GIUDICI p.119 (2) p.196
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.90
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Comments:- Recorded at performances at Mantua (January 1971; see OPERA May 1971 p.440)
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Conductor Gianfranco Rivoli - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Torino
Il recitante - Magda Olivero
Solomon - Franco Ghitti
Maurizio - Mario Basiola jnr.
Antonio - Gino Orlandini
L'ufficiale - Giuliano Ferrein
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03524
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Nuovo di Torino (7 May 1971, mentioned in OPERA September 1971 p.818). See also «Magda Olivero - Una Voce per Tre Generazioni» p.117, p.206, p.229. It is not stated who sings the role of Maria. The assignment of the other roles as given above may be incorrect.
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Conductor Ferruccio Scaglia - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra dell'Angelicum di Milano
Chorus - Coro dell'Angelicum di Milano
La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Magda Olivero
Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - Giuseppe Giacomini
De Siriex - Mario D' Anna
La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Elena Baggiore
Il Barone Rouvel - Angelo Mercuriali
Dmitri - Pietro di Vietri
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Compact Disc; - Bella Voce BLV 107 205 (+Olivero recital) {2CDS} ; House of Opera CDBB 282 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Fedora by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.270; PENGUIN p.102; GIUDICI p.245 (2) p.414; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.20
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Sociale, Como (February 1971). The cast also included Paolo Badoer, Guido Pasella, Marghereta Benetti, Pietro Di Vietri, Bruno Grella. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»
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Conductor Elio Boncompagni - 1971(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Katiusha Mikailovna - Magda Olivero
Prince Dimitri Nekludoff - Giuseppe Gismondo
Simonson - Antonio Boyer
Matrena Pavlovna - Anna Di Stasio
Sofia Ivanova - Fernanda Cadoni
Anna - Nucci Condò
La Korableva - Vera Magrini
Fedia - Patrizia Pace
Un capo guardino - Marco Stefanoni
La gobba - Maria Grazia Allegri
Vera - Fernanda Cadoni
Fenitchka - Wanda Dimita
La rossa - Maja Sunara
Kritzloff - Egidio Casolari
Un impiegato della stazione - Andrea Petrassi
Un guardino - Andrea Petrassi
Un ufficiale - Giuseppe Scalco
Il cosacco - Vito Susca
Primo contadino - Egidio Casolari
Secondo contadino - Marco Stefanoni
Una vecchia serva - Maja Sunara
Una donna - Giuseppina Milardi
Un mugiko - Vito Susca
Prima detenuta - Maria Grazia Allegri
Seconda detenuta - Giuseppina Milardi
Terza detenuta - Luciana Palombi
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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 237 {2LPS} Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 124 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - *Standing Room Only SRO 839-2 {2CDS} ; Gala GL 100.716 (+highlights - Francesca da Rimini - Gavazzeni) {2CDS} (2003)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1399 {2CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Risurrezione by Franco Alfano are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opéra International No.281 juillet-aoüt 2003 pp.23-26
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1993 p.110; April 2004 p.95 [PO'C]
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Orpheus - Juni 1993 S.61; Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.83 [KC]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.10 No.4 1994 p.136
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Opéra International - No.170 juin 1993 p.72
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Diapason - No.503 mai 2003 p.125 [MF]
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The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.88
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Comments:- Recording of a broadcast on 30 January 1973. This is the date given in «50 anni di opera lirica alla Rai 1931-1980» p.207 and in the review in the OPERA QUARTERLY, but according to «Magda Oliviero - Una Voce per Tre Generazioni» pp.117-118, p.206 the recording was made on 22 October 1971.
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Conductor Michelangelo Veltri - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Orquesta Sinfónica
Chorus - Coro
Adriana Lecouvreur - Magda Olivero
Maurizio - Plácido Domingo
Principe di Bouillon - Eftimios Michalopoulos
Principessa di Bouillon - Aurora Cipriani
Michonnet - Vincenzo Sardinero
L'Abate di Chazeuil - Bernard Fitch
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 183 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.15; Opera on Record 2 p.292; CELLETTI p.160; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.155p.126; MET p.82; MET(VID) p.41; PENGUIN p.60; Opera on Video p.214; GIUDICI p.134 (2) p.221; Opéra Internatonal novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Municipal, Caracas, Venezuela (28 May 1972). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22» where the date of the performance is given as 28 March 1972. However, the date is given as 28 May 1972 in both «Magda Olivero - Una Voce per tre generazioni» p.207 and «My First Forty Years» p.196.
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Conductor Michelangelo Veltri - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Teresa Carreno (Caracas)
Chorus - Teatro Teresa Carreno (Caracas)
Manon Lescaut - Magda Olivero
Des Grieux - Richard Tucker
Lescaut - Vincenzo Sardinero
Geronte - Eugene Green
Edmondo - Bernard Fitch
Una voce sola - Aurora Cipriani
L'oste - Alfredo Izquierdo
Il maestro di ballo - Bernard Fitch
Un sergente degli arcieri - Boris Serdoz
Lampionaio - Bernard Fitch
Un comandante di Marina - José Montenegro
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Black Disc - Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 130 {2LPS} Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 354 {2LPS}
Compact Disc - Legato Classics LCD 113-2 {2CDS}; Rodolphe RPC 32901.01 {2CDS}
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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:-
Fanfare - Vol.5 No.4 March/April 1982 p.221 [ADC]
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ARSC Journal - 1987 Vol.19 No.2-3 p.141 [CPGP]
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The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.99 [JG]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Caracas (2 June 1972)
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Conductor Nello Santi - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Arena «Sferisterio» di Macerata
Chorus - Arena «Sferisterio» di Macerata
Mefistofele - Cesare Siepi
Faust - Giorgio Merighi
Margherita - Magda Olivero
Elena - Linda Vajna
Martha - Luciana Palombi
Wagner - Athos Cesarini
Pantalis - Ann Sorace
Nereo - Mario Ferrara
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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 229 {3LPS}
Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 8782 {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.181; Opera on Record 3 p.183; CELLETTI p.121; Opera on CD (1) p.97 (2) p.108 (3) p.121; MET p.62; MET(VID) p.22; PENGUIN p.33; Opera on Video p.163; GIUDICI p.89 (2) p.139; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.238 p.74
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Macerata «Sferisterio» (8 July 1972; see OPERANovember 1972 p.984)
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Conductor Ino Savini - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Floria Tosca - Magda Olivero
Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe Giacomini
Il barone Scarpia - Aldo Protti
Il Sagristano - Sergio Pezzetti
Cesare Angelotti - Alfonso Marchica
Spoletta - Aronne Ceroni
Sciarrone - Tiziano Tomassone
Un pastore - Luca Visani
Un carceriere - Enzo Vecchi
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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni GAO 166-167 {2CDS}; Arkadia 607-2 {1CD} (highlights); Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2613-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.3 January/February 1995 p.232: No.4 March/April 1995 p.235
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Orpheus - November 1994 S.63
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Opéra International - juin 1997 No.214 p.54
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American Record Guide - March/April 1995 Vol.58 No.2 p.145
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The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.100 [JG]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Faenza (9 March 1972). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated 21 May 2007.
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Conductor Ferruccio Scaglia - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Gaetano Donizetti di Bergamo
Chorus - Teatro Gaetano Donizetti di Bergamo
Wally - Magda Olivero
Hagenbach - Amedeo Zambon
Gellner - Silvano Carroli
Stromminger - Nicola Zaccaria
Walter - Ida Farina
Il Pedone - Giovanni Foiani
Afra - Laura Zannini
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Black Disc - Morgan MOR 7210 {3LPS}; Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 102 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - foyer CF 2055 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1456 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Opera Depot OD 10239-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La Wally by Alfredo Catalani are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.137; Opéra International avril 1993 p.30; GIUDICI p.114 (2) p.180
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.30 No.5 May/June 2007 pp.85-86 [BR]
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Orpheus - März + April 2007 S.58 [GH]
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The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.9
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Bergamo (9 October 1972). The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Ettore Gracis - 1972(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Filomela - Magda Olivero
Il principe d'argento - Maurizio Frusoni
Lo schiavo - Maurizio Frusoni
L'infatuato - Claudio Desderi
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03435
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Comments:- According to «Magda Olivero - Una Voce per tre Generazione» p.208 this recording was made on 16 December 1972 and according to «50 Anni di Opera Lirica alla RAI 1931-1980» p.206 it was broadcast on 19 October 1973.
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Conductor Carlo Farina - 1973(LE)
Orchestra - Orchestra Filarmonica di Sanremo
Lucia - Magda Olivero
Agnese - Adriana Stamenova
Don Abbondio - Dmitri Nabokov
Don Rodrigo - Antonio Salvadori
Renzo - Giuseppe Campora
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Black Disc; - Voce 53 (highlights) {1LP} (1982)ª
Compact Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 744 CD-2 {2CDS}
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This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol.6 No.2 November/December 1982 p.196 [JM]
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Comments:- The Voce LP was advertized in GRAMOPHONE July 1982 p.172
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Conductor Alfredo Silipigni - 1973(LI)
Orchestra - New Jersey Opera
Chorus - New Jersey Opera
Adriana Lecouvreur - Magda Olivero
Maurizio - Plácido Domingo
Principe di Bouillon - John Ostendorf
Principessa di Bouillon - Maria Luisa (Bordin) Nave
Michonnet - Enzo Sordello
Quinault - Richard Kuelling
Poisson - Efren Puig
Mlle. Jouvenot - Etienne Weicker
Mlle. Dangeville - Barbara Conrad
L'Abate di Chazeuil - Nico Castel
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Black Disc - PLC 1001-2
Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 140-2 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 157-2 {2CDRS} (2001)ª
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Recordings of Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.15; Opera on Record 2 p.292; CELLETTI p.160; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.155p.126; MET p.82; MET(VID) p.41; PENGUIN p.60; Opera on Video p.214; GIUDICI p.134 (2) p.221; Opéra Internatonal novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Symphony Hall Theater Newark (4 November 1973). The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001».
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Conductor Jerzy Semkow - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Grandmother Buryjovka - Bruna Baglioni
Laca - Robleto Merolla
Steva - Renato Cioni
Kostelnicka - Magda Olivero
Jenufa - Grace Bumbry
Mill Foreman - Carlo Meliciani
Mayor - Nicola Zaccaria
Mayor's Wife - Adriana Camani
Karolka - Rosemarie De Rive
Herdswoman - Luciana Rezzadore
Barena - Silvana Zanolli
Jano - Shepherd - Yeda Valtriani
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Black Disc - Morgan 3MOR 7401 {3LPS}; Legendary Recordings LR 208-3 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 961.142 {2CDS} (1996)ª
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Recordings of Jenufa by Leos Janácek are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.327; CELLETTI p.344; Opera on CD (1) p.103 (2) p.114 (3) p.127; L'Avant Scène No.102 p.102, mise à jour mars 2003; MET p.192; PENGUIN p.167
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Classical Express - Issue 78 September 1996 p.7
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American Record Guide - January/February 1997 Vol.60 No.1 p.124
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.92 octubre 1996 p.54
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (2 April 1974, see OPERA September 1974 p.787)
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Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1975(LE)
Orchestra - Teatro Margherita di Genova
Chorus - Teatro Margherita di Genova
Floria Tosca - Magda Olivero
Mario Cavaradossi - Gianfranco Cecchele
Il barone Scarpia - Aldo Protti
Il Sagristano - Giorgio Giorgetti
Cesare Angelotti - Ubaldo Carosi
Spoletta - Piero De Palma
Sciarrone - Gino Calò
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Compact Disc - Gala 100823 {1CD}
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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - Dezember 2000 S.72 (mention) [GH]
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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance in the Teatro Margherita, Genoa (June 1975; see OPERA September 1975 p.879 )
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Conductor Jan Behr - 1975(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Floria Tosca - Magda Olivero
Mario Cavaradossi - James King
Il barone Scarpia - Ingvar Wixell
Il Sagristano - Richard Best
Cesare Angelotti - Edmond Karlsrud
Spoletta - Charles Anthony
Sciarrone - Russell Christopher
Un pastore - Paul Offenkrantz
Un carceriere - Arthur Thompson
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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 205 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Mitridate «Ponto» PO 1007 (highlights as filler to performance conducted by Conlon - 1979) {3CDS} (2002)ª; Omega Opera Archive 1299
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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - Dezember 2002 S.56 [IW]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (3 April 1975, Olivero's debut in this theater). The conductor is sometimes incorrectly given as Conlon. 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 Elio Boncompagni - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie (Bruxelles)
Chorus - Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie (Bruxelles)
Fadinard - Eduardo Giménez
Nonacourt - Gianni Socci
La Baronessa di Champigny - Magda Olivero
Elena - Mariella Devia
Beaupertuis - Federico Davià
Anaide - Dolores Crivellarc
Emilio - Manuel González
Lo Zio Vezinet - Augusto Pedroni
La Modista - Katarina Moeser
Un Caporale delle Guardie - Hartmut Schmiedner
Felice - Jean-Jacques Schreurs
Il Visconte di Rosalba - Hartmut Schmiedner
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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.547 (+La Voix humaine - Olivero SF 1979) {2CDS} (1999)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1420 {2CDS} (2005)ª
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Recordings of Il cappello di paglia di Firenze by Nino Rota are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.732
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol.29 No.2 November/December 2005 p.249 [HF]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Monnaie (6 March 1976)
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Conductor Guido Ajmone-Marsan - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - Spoleto Festival Orchestra
Chorus - The Westminster Choir
Hermann - Jack (Jacques) Trussel
Lisa - Patricia Craig
Countess - Magda Olivero
Count Tomsky - Andrea Kouloumbis
Prince Yeletsky - Alberto Rinaldi
Pauline - Wilma Borelli
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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2003-2 {2CDRS}
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Recordings of The Queen of Spades by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.268; CELLETTI p.158; Opera on CD (1) p.92 (2) p.102 (3) p.113; MET p.557; MET(VID) p.338; Opera on Video p.159; GIUDICI p.129 (2) p.214; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.119/120, mise à jour septembre 2004; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Nuovo, Spoleto (2 July 1976). The cast also includes Rosetta Arena, Yordi Ramiro. See L'Avant Scène Opéra «Mise à jour du numéro 119/120 p.26; «Magda Olivero - Una Voce per tre Generazioni» by Vincenzo Quattrocchi p.212.
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Conductor James Conlon - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Floria Tosca - Magda Olivero
Mario Cavaradossi - Luciano Pavarotti
Il barone Scarpia - Cornell MacNeil
Il Sagristano - Italo Tajo
Cesare Angelotti - John Cheek
Spoletta - Andrea Velis
Sciarrone - Russell Christopher
Un pastore - Scott Rigby
Un carceriere - Philip Booth
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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 312-2 {2LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - Mitridate «Ponto» PO 1007 (+excerpts cond. de Fabritiis; +highlights cond. Behr) {3CDS} (2002)ª
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Recordings of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Dezember 2002 S.56 [IW]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.66 diciembre 2003 p.86 [MC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Metropolitan Opera in Dallas (11 May 1979)
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Conductor Reynald Giovaninetti - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Elle - Magda Olivero
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Compact Disc; - *John Wegner - San Francisco Opera - The Adler Years - 3 - SFO 03 (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)ª; Gala GL 100.547 (+Il cappello di paglio di Firenze - Boncompagni - 1976) {2CDS}
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Recordings of La Voix humaine by Francis Poulenc are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.578; MET p.384; MET(VID) p.216; PENGUIN p.289; l'opera (Milano) Supplemento al N.129 maggio 1999 p.50
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (19 October 1979)
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Conductor Carmelina Gandolfo-(Piano) - 1993(SE)
Orchestra - NONE
Adriana Lecouvreur - Magda Olivero
Maurizio - Alberto Cupido
Principessa di Bouillon - Marta Moretto
Michonnet - Orazio Mori
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Compact Disc - Bongiovanni GB 2512-2 {2CDS}
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Recordings of Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.15; Opera on Record 2 p.292; CELLETTI p.160; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.155p.126; MET p.82; MET(VID) p.41; PENGUIN p.60; Opera on Video p.214; GIUDICI p.134 (2) p.221; Opéra Internatonal novembre 2000 No.251 pp.60-61
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Now - February 1995 p.53
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Opéra International - No.183 September 1994 p.70
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The Record Collector - Vol.40 No.2 April, May, June 1995 p.137: Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.84 [JG]
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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