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Lohengrin - Giancinto Prandelli

Elsa - Renata Tebaldi

Ortrud - Elena Nicolai

Friedrich von Telramund - Giuseppe Modesti

König Heinrich - Giulio Neri

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3787 (1995)ª; House of Opera ALD 3787

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2016-2 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12

Comments:- Recording of the soundtrack of a feature film directed by Max Calandri. The roles were sung by the singers listed above and acted by Antonio Casinelli (Lohengrin), Jacqueline Plessis (Elsa), Inga Borg (Ortrud), Attilo Ortolani (Telramund). Giulio Neri both sang and acted the Role of the King. This information comes from «Encylopedia of Opera on Screen» by Ken Wlaschin p.385. I thank Mr. Maurizio Romiro for drawing my attention to this recording.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Victor de Sabata - 1949(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Andrea Chénier - Mario Del Monaco

Carlo Gérard - Paolo Silveri

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Silvana Zanolli

La Contessa di Coigny - Ebe Ticozzi

Madelon - Fedora Barbieri

Roucher - Giuseppe Modesti

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Carmelo Maugeri

Fouquier Tinville - Eraldo Coda

Un Incredible - Mariano Caruso

Pietro Fléville - Attilio Barbesi

L'abate - Giuseppe Nessi

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Black Disc; - Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 42 {1LP} (1982)ª

Compact Disc; - Myto 1 MCD 906.34 (+La Bohème - excerpts) {1CD} (1990)ª; Myto «Historical» H047 {1CD} (+La Bohème - excerpts) (2000)ª

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Musica (Milano) - N.28 Anno 7 marzo 1983 p.91 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at La Scala (March 1949). All of the singers listed above may not take part in these excerpts. The Fonit Cetra LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1982 p.529

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Giulio Cesare in Egitto by George Frideric Handel performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert Albert - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Giulio Cesare - Cesare Siepi

Cleopatra - Renata Tebaldi

Cornelia - Elena Nicolai

Sesto - Gino Sinimberghi

Tolomeo - Antonio Cassinelli

Achilla - Fernanda Piccini

Curio - Gerardo Gaudioso

Nireno - Gerardo Gaudioso

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 372 {2LPS} (1966)ª; Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 378 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0024 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Giulio Cesare in Egitto by George Frideric Handel are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record 2 p.32; CELLETTI p.312; Opera on CD (1) p.8 (2) p.11 (3) p.12; L'Avant Scène Opéra Vol.97 p.98; MET p.176; MET(VID) p.98; PENGUIN p.133; GIUDICI p.286 (2) p.486; Opera News July 1996 p.32; American Record Guide January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.65-66; The Gramophone May 2005 p.36

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Grande, Pompeii (6 July 1950)

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Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner performed in Italian and German

Conductor Karl Böhm - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Tannhäuser - Hans Beirer

Elisabeth - Renata Tebaldi

Wolfram von Eschenbach - Carlo Tagliabue

Venus - Livia Pery

Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen - Boris Christoff

Walther von der Vogelweide - Petre Munteanu

Biterolf - Augosto Romani

Heinrich der Schreiber - Gianni Avolanti

Reinmar von Zweter - Iginio Riccò

Hirt - Gilda Martini Rossi

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 201 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 834-1 (highlights) {1CD} ;; Hardy Classic HCA 6004-2 {3CDS} (1999)ª

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Recordings of Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.59; HARRIS p.268; Opera on Record p.346; CELLETTI p.1143; Opera on CD (1) p.62 (2) p.69 (3) p.78; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.63-64 p.186, mise à jour mars 2004; MET p.677; MET(VID) p.420; PENGUIN p.547; Stereophile July 1990 p.160; Wagner News Issue No.97 p.18; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March/April 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1068 (2) p.1717; Orpheus August + September 2002 S.81

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.23 No.1 September/October 1999 p.375 [WY]

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Orpheus - Juni 1999 S.54; Februar 2000 S.65-S.66 [GH]

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Opéra International - No.252 décembre 2000 pp.73-74 [SS]

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Classical Express - Issue No.121 April 2000 p.4 [SJT]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII Supplemento al N.129 maggio 1999 p.72 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Naples (12 March 1950). Beirer sings in German and the rest of the cast in Italian. The singer of the role of Tannhäuser is given by HRE to be Max Lorenz (incorrectly).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1950(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Rodolfo - Giancinto Prandelli

Schaunard - Fernando Corena

Marcello - Giovanni Inghilleri

Colline - Raffaele Ariè

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Benoit - Melchiorre Luise

Alcindoro - Melchiorre Luise

Parpignol - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2622/2623 {2LPS} (1951)ª; Decca «Ace of Clubs» ACL 121-122 {2LPS} (1961)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 531-532 (1967)ª; London LLP 462-463 {2LPS} (1952)ª; Richmond RS 62001 {2LPS} (1963)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 440 233-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Pearl GEMS 0165 (+Tebaldi recital) {2CDS} (2002)ª; Decca 473 045-2 (Tebaldi - Puccini Edition) {12CDS} (2002)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110252-53 (+excerpts - Cellini) {2CDS} (2003)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1952 pp.185-186 [LS]; May 1961 p.600 [EG]; May 1967 pp.604-605 [EG]

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Opera - February 1952 p.109; July 1967 p.591; October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.3 January/February 2004 pp.176-177 [JK]

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Diapason - No.400 janvier 1994 p.140; No.494 juillet-aoüt 2002 p.126 [JC]

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American Record Guide - January 1952 Vol.18. No.5 p.162 [PHR]: February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.466 (mention) [HG]: September/October 2002 Vol.65 No.5 p.241 [LM]:November/December 2003 Vol.66 No.6 p.160 [VAL]

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High Fidelity Magazine - July 1963 Vol.13 No.7 p.60 [CLO]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1951 p.11

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BBC Music Magazine - March 1994 p.84

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Classic CD - March 1994 p.63

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International Record Review - August 2002 pp.74-75 [JTH]: October 2003 pp.28-29 [MVA]

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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.100-101 [JTH]

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Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.88: No.159 juillet/aoüt 2002 p.113 (mention)

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.53 septiembre 2002 p.84 [BD]: No.63 septiembre 2003 p.85 [VJ]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2003 No.161 pp.54-55 [SV]

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1951(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro

Chorus - Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro

Violetta Valery - Renata Tebaldi

Alfredo Germont - Giuseppe Campora

Giorgio Germont - Paolo Silveri

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution ALD 1604-S (1989)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

Comments:- Recording of part of a performance in the Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro (24 August 1951). According to «Memórias Glórias de um Teatro» by Edgard de Brito Chaves Jr. p.362, the cast also included Anna? Maria Canali, Lisandro Sergenti, Antonio Lembo.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Andrea Chénier - Mario Filippeschi

Carlo Gérard - Carlo Tagliabue

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Maria Bertasi

La Contessa di Coigny - Edmea Limberti

Madelon - Anna Maria Anelli

Roucher - Augosto Romani

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Carlo Badioli

Un Incredible - Luciano Della Pegola

Pietro Fléville - Gerardo Gaudioso

L'abate - Gianni Avolanti

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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 232-2 {2CDRS}

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (January 1951). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their online catalogue.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Rodolfo - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi

Schaunard - Saturno Meletti

Marcello - Tito Gobbi

Colline - Giulio Neri

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Elda Ribetti

Benoit - Carlo Badioli

Alcindoro - Carlo Badioli

Parpignol - Gianni Avolanti

Sergente dei doganieri - Silvio Santarelli

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

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

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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Opéra International - janvier 1995 No.187 p.68

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

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

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

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Victor de Sabata - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Falstaff - Mariano Stabile

Fenton - Cesare Valletti

Ford - Paolo Silveri

Dr. Cajus - Mariano Caruso

Bardolfo - Giuseppe Nessi

Pistola - Silvio Maionica

Alice Ford - Renata Tebaldi

Nannetta - Alda Noni

Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali

Mistress Quickly - Cloe Elmo

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 111 {2LPS} (1972)ª; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 14/3 {3LPS}; Turnabout Historical Series THS G 5114/5; {2LPS} (USA); Discocorp «I Grandi Interpreti» IGI 288 {3LPS} (1979)ª; foyer FO 1039 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01007

Compact Disc; - Nuova Era 2220-2221 {2CDS}; Memories HR 4500-4501 {2CDS} Opera d'Oro OPD 1214 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Urania «Archivo Storico» URN 22.176 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Opera d'Oro «Grand Tier» OPD 7041 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera - August 1993 p.1005

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Opera Now - August 1993 p.50

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Fanfare - Vol.2 No.1 September/October 1978 p.120 [KH]; Vol.17 No.2 November/December 1993 p.431 [MM]; Vol.31 No.2 November/December 2007 pp.275-277 [JM]

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Orpheus - Oktober 2001 S.56 [GH]

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VERDI DAL VIVO - p.94

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Opernwelt - September 9/1992 S.64

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (5 or 7 June 1951). The CDs issued by Urania are advertized in ORPHEUS Mai 2001 S.73 where the recording date is givenas 26 May 1951.

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Fernand Cortez by Gaspare Spontini performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Fernand Cortez - Gino Penno

Montézuma - Italo Tajo

Télasco - Aldo Protti

Amazily - Renata Tebaldi

Alvar - Piero De Palma

Morales - Afro Poli

Le grand-prêtre - Antonio Cassinelli

Spanish Prisoner 1 - Augosto Romani

Spanish Prisoner 2 - Gerardo Gaudioso

Sailor - Gianni Avolanti

A Mexican officer - Luigi Paolillo

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 369 {2LPS} (1966)ª; Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 286-2 {2LPS} (1979)ª

Compact Disc; - Hardy Classic HCA 6008 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 111-2 {2CDRS} (2001)ª;; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6441/42 (+Tebaldi recital) {2CDS} (2004)ª

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This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Februar 2000 S.65-S.66 [GH]; September+Oktober 2005 S.61 [DN]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol 22 No.1 Winter 2006 (published February 2007) pp.187-189 [GJ]

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Classical Express - Issue No.121 April 2000 p.4 [SJT]

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American Record Guide - July/August 2005 Vol.68 No.4 pp.266-267 [CHP]

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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 in the Teatro San Carlo, Naples (15 December 1951; see OPERA February 1952 p.102). The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001». Fernand Cortez is «Die vergessene Oper» in ORPHEUS März-April 2006 S.10

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Giovanna d'Arco by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Giovanna - Renata Tebaldi

Carlo VII - Gino Penno

Giacono - Ugo Savarese

Delil - Luciano della Pergola

Talbot - Iginio Riccò

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Compact Disc - Legato Classics LCD 193-2 (+La Traviata - excerpts +Adriana Lecouvreur - excerpts) {2CDS}

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Recordings of Giovanna d'Arco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.924; GIUDICI p.876 (2) p.1424; MET(VID) p.353. Opéra International No.267 avril 2002 p.68

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - March 2 1996 p.39

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Orpheus - März 1996 S.60

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.14 No.2 Winter 1997/98 p.164 [RP2]

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American Record Guide - January/February 1996 Vol.59 No.1 p.244

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Teatro San Carlo (15 March 1951)

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Giovanna d'Arco by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alfredo Simonetto - 1951(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Giovanna - Renata Tebaldi

Carlo VII - Carlo Bergonzi

Giacono - Rolando Panerai

Delil - Giulio Scarinci

Talbot - Antonio Massaria

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 125 {2LPS} (1958)ª; Morgan 3 MOR 5102 {3LPS}; foyer FO 1040

Compact Disc; - Pantheon 6610-11 {2CDS}; foyer 2CF 2019 {2CDS}; Melodram CDM 27012 {2CDS}; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6363/64 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2742 {2CDRS}

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Recordings of Giovanna d'Arco by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.924; GIUDICI p.876 (2) p.1424; MET(VID) p.353. Opéra International No.267 avril 2002 p.68

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Diapason - No.494 juillet-aoüt 2002 pp.126-127 [JC]

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Répertoire - No.156 avril 2002 p.87 [PD]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.52 julio-agosto 2002 p.94 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 26 May 1951 (See the «EJS Discography» p.41. The CDs issued on the IDIS label are reviewed in the «Online Musik Magazin:-

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1951(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Cio Cio San - Renata Tebaldi

Pinkerton - Giuseppe Campora

Sharpless - Giovanni Inghilleri

Suzuki - Nell Rankin

Kate Pinkerton - Gianna Diozzi

Goro - Piero De Palma

Il principe Yamadori - Melchiorre Luise

Lo zio Bonzo - Fernando Corena

Il commissario imperiale - Michele Calvino

L'ufficiale del Registro - Luigi Pizzeri

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2638-2640 {3LPS} (1952)ª; Decca «Ace of Clubs» ACL 59-61 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 528-530 {3LPS} (1967)ª; London LLPA-8 {3LPS} (1952)ª; Richmond RS 63001 {3LPS} (1963)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 440 230-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Pearl GEMS 0172 (+Tebaldi recital) {2CDS} (2002)ª; Decca 473 045-2 (Tebaldi - Puccini Edition) {12CDS} (2002)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110254-55 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1952 p.208 [AR]; August 1967 p.125 [EG]; December 2003 p.105 [AB]

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Opera - June 1952 p.369; November 1967 pp.927-928 [AB]; October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]

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Orpheus - Juli+August 2004 S.65 [IW]

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Diapason - No.400 janvier 1994 p.140

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American Record Guide - February 1952 Vol.18 No.6 p.172 [PHR]: February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.466 (mention) [HG]: November/December 2002 Vol.65 No.6 p.257 [LM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - July 1963 Vol.13 No.7 p.60 [CLO]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - February 1952 p.11

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BBC Music Magazine - March 1994 p.84

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International Record Review - February 2004 p.30 [JTH]

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Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.88

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2003 No.161 pp.54-55 [SV]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.182 aprile 2004 pp.108-109 [GL]

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Comments:- There is a reference to this recording in a letter to the editor of GRAMOPHONE (June 1975 p.23)

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Adriana Lecouvreur - Renata Tebaldi

Maurizio - Gianni Poggi

Principe di Bouillon - Augosto Romani

Principessa di Bouillon - Maria Benedetti

Michonnet - Giuseppe Taddei

Quinault - Gerardo Gaudioso

Poisson - Giorgio Landi

Mlle. Jouvenot - Anna Maria Borrelli

Mlle. Dangeville - Edmea Limberti

L'Abate di Chazeuil - Piero De Palma

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3712 (1995)ª; House of Opera ALD 3712; Custom Opera A140 (2000)ª

Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 193 {2CDS};; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1090-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Encore CD 119-2 {2CDRS} (2005)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 Teatro di San Carlo, Naples (December 1952). The year given in Premiere's «2004 CD Catalog» is 1953 and the recording issued by them may be of another performance. According to «Tebaldi - The Voice of an Angel» p.223 there were performances on 26, 28, 31 December 1952 and on 4 January 1953. The CDRs issued on the Encore label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Victor de Sabata - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Falstaff - Mariano Stabile

Fenton - Cesare Valletti

Ford - Paolo Silveri

Dr. Cajus - Mariano Caruso

Bardolfo - Giuseppe Nessi

Pistola - Italo Tajo

Alice Ford - Renata Tebaldi

Nannetta - Rosanna Carteri

Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali

Mistress Quickly - Cloe Elmo

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Black Disc - Estro Armonico EA 017 {3LPS}; foyer FO 1039 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Music & Arts CD 1104 (+excerpts - Serafin + excerpts from Otello, Aida - de Sabata) {4CDS} (2002)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 June 1952). Music & Arts give the date as 26 May 1952.

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Otello - Ramón Vinay

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - Gino Bechi

Cassio - Piero De Palma

Rodrigo - Gianni Avolanti

Lodovico - Augosto Romani

Montano - Antonio Piccillo

Emilia - Vittoria Garofalo

Un Araldo - Gerardo Gaudioso

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Black Disc - Edizione Lirica EL 009 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni GB 1183/84-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 2004 p.75 [AB]

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International Record Review - June 2004 p.77 [PO'C]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (13 December 1952; OPERA February 1953 pp.98-99). PO'C writes in his review of the CDs issued by Bongiovanni «The sound quality is distressingly uneven, at times unlistenable to.»

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Le Siège de Corinthe [L'assedio di Corinto] by Gioacchino Rossini performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Pamira - Renata Tebaldi

Néoclès - Miriam Pirazzini

Maometto - Mario Petri

Cléomène - Mirto Picchi

Hiéros (Jero) - Raffaele Ariè

Omar - Augosto Romani

Ismène - Anna Maria Borrelli

Adastro - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 353 {2LPS} (1966)ª; Historic Recording Enterprises HRE 298-2 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - Live Opera Heaven CAS 290

Compact Disc; - Hardy Classic HCA 6001-2 {2CDS} (1998)ª

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Recordings of Le Siège de Corinthe [L'assedio di Corinto] by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.742; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.81 p.90; Opéra International décembre 1992 p.26; GIUDICI p.747 (2) p.1230

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - April 1999 S.61 [MB]

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Opéra International - novembre 2000 No.251 pp.66-67 [SS]

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

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L'opera (Milano) - n.123 novembre 1998 supplemento p.24 [GL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.33 mayo-junio 1999 p.94 [MC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Naples (2 January 1952, mentioned in OPERA March 1952 p.170). The Compact cassette issued by Live Opera Heaven is listed in their List dated «5/2000» where its sound is described as «FAIR-Decent as best».

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Violetta Valery - Renata Tebaldi

Flora Bervoix - Pina Angelici

Annina - Anna De Santis

Alfredo Germont - Giuseppe Campora

Giorgio Germont - Giuseppe Taddei

Gastone - Piero De Palma

Dottore Grenvil - Antonio Piccillo

Barone Douphol - Gerardo Gaudioso

Marchese d'Obigny - Umberto Frisaldi

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution ALD 3784 (1995)ª

Compact Disc; - Hardy Classic HCA 6015-2 {2CDS} (2001)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:-

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.102 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples (17 January 1952; mentioned in OPERA April 1952 p.234)

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1952(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Violetta Valery - Renata Tebaldi

Flora Bervoix - Liliana Pellegrino

Annina - Luisa Magenta

Alfredo Germont - Giancinto Prandelli

Giorgio Germont - Gino Orlandini

Gastone - Gino Del Signore

Dottore Grenvil - Christiano Dalamangas

Barone Douphol - Nunzio Gallo

Marchese d'Obigny - Angelo Caroli

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Black Disc - Stradivarius STR 1001/2 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman 02375

Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO SRO 810-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 110-2 {2CDRS} (2001)ª;; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6367/8 {2CDS} (2002)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Juni 2002 S.57 [IW]

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Diapason - No.494 juillet-aoüt 2002 p.127 [JC]

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International Record Review - June 2002 p.82. p.84 [JTH]

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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.100-101 [JTH]

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American Record Guide - September/October 2002 Vol.65 No.5 p.244 [KM]

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Répertoire - No.159 juillet/aoüt 2002 p.113 (mention)

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.164 settembre 2002 p.126 [GL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.55 noviembre 2002 p.87 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 28 May 1952. The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000, where the recording is incorrectly attributed to a performance at La Scala. The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001».

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1952(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Aida - Renata Tebaldi

Radamès - Mario Del Monaco

Amneris - Ebe Stignani

Amonasro - Aldo Protti

Ramphis - Dario Caselli

Il Re di Egitto - Fernando Corena

Una Sacerdotessa - Suzanne Danco

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2735-2737 {3LPS} (1952)ª; Decca «Ace of Clubs» ACL 172-174 {3LPS} (1962)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 516-518 {3LPS} (1967)ª; Decca D47D3 {3LPS} (1978)ª; London LLA-13 {3LPS} (1952)ª; London A 4308 {3LPS}; Richmmond RS 63002 {3LPS} (1963)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 440 239-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Pearl GEMS 0191 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110129-30 {2CDS} (2002)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1952 pp.173-174 [LS]; December 1962 pp.310-311 [EG]; April 1967 pp.545-546 [PHW]; May 1978 p.1930 [AB]; October 1978 p.646 [JBS]; December 2003 p.105 [AB]

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Opera - July 1967 p.591

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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.5 May/June 2004 pp.220-211 [JM]

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Orpheus - Juli+August 2004 S.66 [IW]

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Diapason - No.401 février 1994 p.149

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American Record Guide - November 1952 Vol.19 No.3 p.71 [PHR]: February 1963 Vol.29No.6 p.466 (mention) [HG]: September/October 2003 Vol.66 No.5 p.265 [MM]: March/April 2004 Vol.67 No.2 p.261 [RVL]

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1963 Vol.13 No.2 p.91 [CLO]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1952 p.18

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BBC Music Magazine - March 1994 p.84

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Classic CD - March 1994 p.63

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International Record Review - October 2003 pp.28-29 [MVA]: February 2004 p.30 (mention) [JTH]

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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.65 mai-juin 1954 p.307 [GE]

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Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.88

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.64 octubre 2003 pp.84-85 [MC]

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1952(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe Campora

Il barone Scarpia - Enzo Mascherini

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Dario Caselli

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Antonio Sacchetti

Un pastore - Gianfranco Volante

Un carceriere - Antonio Sacchetti

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2730-2731 {2LPS} (1952)ª; Decca «Ace of Clubs» ACL 154-155 {2LPS}; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 533-534 {2LPS}; Decca «Eclipse» ECS 206-207 {2LPS} London LL 660-661 {2LPS} (1952)ª; Richmond RS 62002 {2LPS} (1963)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 440 236-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Decca 473 045-2 (Tebaldi - Puccini Edition) {12CDS} (2002)ª; Andromeda 813 880 {2CDS}; Cantus Classics 500 339 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Pearl GEMS 0199 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1952 p.143 [AR]; December 1952 pp.172-173 [AR]; April 1962 pp.518-519 [EG]; June 1968 p.74 [PHW]; December 2003 p.105 [AB]

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Opera - May 1953 pp.303-304 [H]

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Diapason - No.400 janvier 1994 p.140

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1952 p.17

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American Record Guide - January 1953 Vol.19 No.5 p.144 [PHR]: February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.466 (mention) [HG]

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High Fidelity Magazine - July 1963 Vol.13 No.7 p.60 [CLO]

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Classic CD - March 1994 p.63

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International Record Review - February 2004 p.30 [JTH]

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Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.88

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2003 No.161 pp.54-55 [SV]

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Morelli - 1953(FI)

Orchestra - RAI

Chorus - RAI

Aida - Renata Tebaldi

Radamès - Giuseppe Campora

Amneris - Ebe Stignani

Amonasro - Gino Bechi

Ramphis - Giulio Neri

Il Re di Egitto - Endico Formichi

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DVD (Video) - Qualiton (Etcetera) 616 (2006)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Bel Canto Society #553

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.30 No.3 January/February 2007 p.320 [JC]

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American Record Guide - January/February 2007 Vol.70 No.1 p.248 [RVL]

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Comments:- Video recording of a film directed by Clemente Fracassi. The roles of Aida, Amneris, Radames, Amonasro, Ramphis, and the King are acted by Sophia Loren, Lois Maxwell, Luciano della Marras, Afro Poli, Antonio Cassinelli, and Endico Formichi. The film is reviewed in L'Avant Scène Opéra No.98 (Cinéma No.360) p.72.

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Aida - Renata Tebaldi

Radamès - Gino Penno

Amneris - Ebe Stignani

Amonasro - Ugo Savarese

Ramphis - Giulio Neri

Il Re di Egitto - Iginio Riccò

Una Sacerdotessa - Anna Perosi

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc - Edizione Lirica EL 006 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 109-2 {2CDRS} (2001)ª; House of Opera CDWW 947 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at Naples (March 1953; see OPERA June 1953 p.356). The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001» and those issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003.

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Cecilia by Licinio Refice performed in Italian

Conductor Licinio Refice - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

L'angelo - Pina Ulisse

Cecilia - Renata Tebaldi

Valeriano - Alvino Misciano

Il vescovo Urbano - Giulio Neri

Amachio - Rolando Panerai

La cieca - Elisabetta Fusco

Un liberto - Piero De Palma

Uno schiavo - Gerardo Gaudioso

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Compact Cassette; - *Lyric Distribution Inc. ALD 1715 (1989)ª

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (January 1953; see OPERA March 1953 p.169). The assignment of the singers to the roles given above may be incorrect.

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Silvio Maionica

Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi

Don Carlo - Aldo Protti

Don Alvaro - Mario Del Monaco

Preziosilla - Fedora Barbieri

Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi

Curra - Angela Vercelli

Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi

Mastro Trabuco - Piero De Palma

Un Chirurgo - Walter Finessi

Un Alcalde - Giorgio Giorgetti

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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 4/3 {3LPS} Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 62 {3LPS} Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 1001 (+Medea +Ernani +La Dame de Pique + concert) {14LPS}; Vox Turnabout THS 65117/9 {3LPS} Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 125 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette; - House of Opera CAS 485 (2000)ª

Compact Disc; - foyer 3-CF-2005 {3CDS}; House of Opera #485 {3CDS} (2000)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0126 {3CDS} (2003)ª; Celestial Audio CA 233 {3CDRS} (Australia) (2004)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.227-232 [DH]

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Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.53 [SS]

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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.63 septiembre 2003 pp.86-87 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (14 June 1953). See OPERA September 1953 p.551. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues in their website in June 2004.

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La Wally by Alfredo Catalani performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Wally - Renata Tebaldi

Hagenbach - Mario Del Monaco

Gellner - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Stromminger - Giorgio Tozzi

Walter - Renata Scotto

Il Pedone - Melchiorre Luise

Afra - Jolanda Gardino

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 382-2 {2LPS} (1982)ª

Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1765 (1989)ª; House of Opera ALD 1765; Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03389

Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 177-2 {2CDS} Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 754 {2CDS}; Hommage 7001831 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 7322 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6401/02 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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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:-

(The) Gramophone - November (published September) 2003 p.114 (mention) [AB]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.13 No.3 Spring 1997 p.195

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Classica Répertoire - No.73 juin 2005 p.106 (mention) (AT)

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1953, see OPERA February 1954pp.77-80). The HRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE June 1982 p.82

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Basile - 1953(STU)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Andrea Chénier - José Soler

Carlo Gérard - Ugo Savarese

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Ines Marietti

La Contessa di Coigny - Irma Colasanti

Madelon - Irma Colasanti

Roucher - Giuliano Ferrein

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Pier Luigi Latinucci

Fouquier Tinville - Giuliano Ferrein

Un Incredible - Armando Benzi

Pietro Fléville - Alberto Albertini

L'abate - Tommaso Soley

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Black Disc - Cetra LPC 1244; D.G.G. 18243-45 LPM; Cetra C 1224 {3LPS} (USA); Cetra LPO-2 2047

Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDO 24 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Warner Fonit 8573 87486-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera - December 1994 p.1391

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Opera News - November 1995 p.48

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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.3 January/February 1995 p.164

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Orpheus - April 2002 S.57 [GH]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.164 p.165

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American Record Guide - January 1954 Vol.20 No.5 p.152 [JN]

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High Fidelity Magazine - April 1954 Vol.4 No.2 pp.45-46 [JH]

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Opernwelt - 1/Januar 1996 S.55

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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2002 pp.100-101 [JTH]

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Répertoire - No.73 October 1994 p.92

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.160 aprile 2002 p.108 [GL]

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Comments:- Recorded 25 May - 2 June 1953. A disc of excerpts from this recording is reviewed in THE GRAMOPHONE June 1961 p.24

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1953(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

La principessa Turandot - Inge Borkh

Calaf - Mario Del Monaco

Liù - Renata Tebaldi

Ping - Fernando Corena

Pang - Mario Carlin

Pong - Renato Ercolani

Timur - Nicola Zaccaria

L'imperatore Altoum - Gaetano Fanelli

Un mandarino - Ezio Giordano

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5128-5130 {3LPS} (1955)ª; Decca SXL 2078-2080 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 622-624 {3LPS}; London XLLA 36 {3LPS} (1956)ª;; London OSA 1308

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 433 761-2; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 868-2 (France);; Double Decca 452 964-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Decca 473 045-2 (Tebaldi - Puccini Edition) {12CDS} (2002)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 1955 p.281 [PHW]; April 1956 p.409 [DST]; April 1959 p.530; November 1972 p.967; August 1993 p.82 [AB]; April 1999 p.38 [IM] (the conductor is incorrectly stated to be Serafin)

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Opera - March 1956 p.177; July 1959 p.466

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Opera Now - August 1993 p.49

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Orpheus - April/Mai 1973 S.30 [SH]

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Opéra International - No.170 juin 1993 p.72

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Diapason - juin 1993 p.154

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1955 p.18

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Gramophone Record Review - December 1955 p.89: April 1959 p.455 [DH]

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American Record Guide - March 1956 Vol.22 No.7 p.106 [RHR]

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Records and Recordings - April 1959 p.17 [FGB]

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Répertoire - No.60 July-August 1993 p.61: No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.100 [VJ]: No.33 mayo-junio 1999 p.94 [JR]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2003 No.161 pp.54-55 [SV]

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1954(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro

Chorus - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro

Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi

Don Carlo - Paolo Silveri

Don Alvaro - Gino Penno

Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato

Fra Melitone - Guilhermo Damiano

Padre Guardiano - Giulio Neri

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1215

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

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

Comments:- Recording of part of a performance in the Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro (2 September 1954). The partial cast listed above is that given in «Tebaldi - The Voice of an Angel» p.226. 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 source is stated to be «Good to Very Good private acetates».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Ugo Rápalo - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Rodolfo - Gianni Poggi

Schaunard - Alberto Albertini

Marcello - Manuel Ausensi

Colline - Giulio Neri

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Ornella Rovero

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3737 (1995)ª; House of Opera ALD 3737

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1167-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo, Barcelona (11 November 1954). The cast listed above is that given in «Tebaldi - The Voice of a Angel» p.226. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - November 1995» and the CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Compact Disc Releases Winter 2004».

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi

Don Carlo - Antonio Manca-Serra

Don Alvaro - Gino Penno

Preziosilla - Miriam Pirazzini

Fra Melitone - Saturno Meletti

Padre Guardiano - Giulio Neri

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 845-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Opera Depot OD 10241-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli. See OPERA April 1954 p.233 . The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Lohengrin by Richard Wagner performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Lohengrin - Gino Penno

Elsa - Renata Tebaldi

Ortrud - Elena Nicolai

Friedrich von Telramund - Giangiacomo Guelfi

König Heinrich - Giulio Neri

Der Heerrufer des Königs - Enzo Viaro

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 395-3 {3LPS} (1979)ª

Compact Disc; - Hardy Classic HCA 6010-2 {3CDS} (1999)ª

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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Februar 2000 S.65-S.66 [GH]

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Opéra International - No.252 décembre 2000 pp.73-74 [SS]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII N.135 dicembre 1999 p.106 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo (26 December 1954). This is mentioned in OPERA March 1955 p.178 and the HRE recording is advertized in GRAMOPHONE January 1980 p.1165

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Ionel Perlea - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Figaro - Italo Tajo

Susanna - Alda Noni

Conte Almaviva - Scipio Colombo

Contessa Almaviva - Renata Tebaldi

Cherubino - Giulietta Simionato

Marcellina - Giuliana Raimondi

Bartolo - Christiano Dalamangas

Basilio - Piero De Palma

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman Live Opera 03328 (highlights)

Compact Disc; - Hardy Classic HCA 6017 (+Deh vieni - Tebaldi) {2CDS} (2005)ª

Open Reel Tape - Mr. Tape 8428 (highlights)

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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 publication:-

American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.293 [RVL]

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Comments:- Recording of most of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (24 February 1954). The last few minutes of Acts 2 and 4 are missing from the CDs issued by Hardy Classic.

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - Leonard Warren

Cassio - Giuseppe Zampieri

Lodovico - Giorgio Tozzi

Emilia - Anna Maria Canali

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Black Disc; - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 74 {3LPS} (1979)ª

Compact Disc - Melodram CDM 270101

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - August 1994 p.34

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Opéra International - No.179 avril 1994 p.82

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American Record Guide - Vol.56 No.5 September-October 1993 p.214 [DA]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (see OPERA March 1954 p. 168)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro

Chorus - Teatro Municipal de Rio de Janeiro

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Il barone Scarpia - Giuseppe Taddei

Il Sagristano - Guilhermo Damiano

Cesare Angelotti - Giuseppe Modesti

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Compact Disc; - *House of Opera - Tosca - CD-ROM (2000)ª; House of Opera CDBB 499 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Walhall Eternity Series WLCD 0117 {2CDS} (2005)ª; The Opera Lovers TOS 195401 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.86 diciembre 2005 p.88 [JM]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro (21 September 1954).

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Violetta Valery - Renata Tebaldi

Flora Bervoix - Angela Vercelli

Annina - Rita Jorio

Alfredo Germont - Giancinto Prandelli

Giorgio Germont - Carlo Tagliabue

Gastone - Piero De Palma

Dottore Grenvil - Christiano Dalamangas

Barone Douphol - Arturo La Porta

Marchese d'Obigny - Gerardo Gaudioso

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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni GAO «Golden Age of Opera» 191-192 {2CDS}; Archipel ARPCD 0229 {2CDS} (2004)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:-

Opera News - December 9 1995 p.46

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno IX N.92 Dicembre 1995 p.81

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Arena Flegrea (mentioned in OPERA September 1954 p.570). According to the review in OPERA NEWS of the CDs issued by Bongiovanni their sound is very poor

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La Wally by Alfredo Catalani performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Wally - Renata Tebaldi

Hagenbach - Roberto Turrini

Gellner - Carlo Tagliabue

Stromminger - Antonio Cassinelli

Walter - Mafalda Micheluzzi

Afra - Amalia Pini

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3711 (1995)ª; House of Opera ALD 3711

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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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (7 February 1954).

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Manon Lescaut - Renata Tebaldi

Des Grieux - Mario Del Monaco

Lescaut - Mario Borriello

Geronte - Fernando Corena

Edmondo - Piero De Palma

Una voce sola - Luisa Ribacchi

L'oste - Antonio Sacchetti

Il maestro di ballo - Adelio Zagonora

Un sergente degli arcieri - Antonio Sacchetti

Lampionaio - Angelo Mercuriali

Un comandante di Marina - Dario Caselli

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2995-2997 {3LPS} (1955)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 607-608 {2LPS} (1971)ª; London LLA 28 {3LPS} (1955)ª;; London OSA 1317 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) «Grand Opera» 430 253-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 458 713-2 (France) (1997)ª; Decca 473 045-2 (Tebaldi - Puccini Edition) {12CDS} (2002)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66.318 {2CDS} (2004)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOS 90080 (7½ips 4-track) (1964)ª

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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 - February 1955 pp.410-411 [PHW]; April 1995 pp.471-472 [DST]; June 1971 p.79 [AB]; August 1991 p.78 [JBS]

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Opera - March 1955 p.181

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.157

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - January 1955 p.20

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Gramophone Record Review - February 1955 pp.202-203 [BJ]

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American Record Guide - April 1955 Vol.21 No.8 p.251: October 1964 Vol.31 No.2 p.159 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1955 Vol.5 No.2 p.55 [JH]: November 1964 Vol.14 No.11 p.138 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 p.76 (mention) [PT]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2003 No.161 pp.54-55 [SV]

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

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - Aldo Protti

Cassio - Piero De Palma

Rodrigo - Angelo Mercuriali

Lodovico - Fernando Corena

Montano - Pier Luigi Latinucci

Emilia - Luisa Ribacchi

Un Araldo - Dario Caselli

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5009-5011 {3LPS} (1955)ª; *Decca «Eclipse» ECS 732-734 {3LPS} (1975)ª; London LLA 24 {3LPS} (1955)ª;; Richmond RS 63004 {3LPS} (USA) (1963)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 440 245-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1955 p.367 [PHW]; April 1955 pp.470-471 [DST]; February 1975 p.1548 [AB]; May 1994 p.115 [AB]

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Opera - April 1955 p.260

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Opera Now - March 1994 p.55

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Diapason - No.401 février 1994 p.149

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American Record Guide - February 1955 Vol.21 No.6 p.182 [PHR]: May 1964 Vol.30 No.9 p.878 [HG]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1955 Vol.5 No.1 p.64 ii [JH]

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Gramophone Record Review - January 1955 p.152, p.157 [DH]

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BBC Music Magazine - March 1994 p.84

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Répertoire - No.66 February 1994 p.88

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Violetta Valery - Renata Tebaldi

Flora Bervoix - Angela Vercelli

Annina - Rina Cavallari

Alfredo Germont - Gianni Poggi

Giorgio Germont - Aldo Protti

Gastone - Piero De Palma

Dottore Grenvil - Ivan Sardi

Barone Douphol - Antonio Sacchetti

Marchese d'Obigny - Dario Caselli

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2992-2994 {3LPS} (195)ª; Decca «Ace of Clubs» ACL 232-234 {3LPS} (1964)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 522-524 {3LPS} (1967)ª; Decca «Eclipse» ECS 726-728 {3LPS} (1974)ª; London LLA 26 {3LPS} (1955)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 430 250-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 895-2 (France) {2CDS} (1997)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 - January 1955 pp.366-367 [PHW]; April 1955 p.471 [DST]; December 1964 p.295 [EG]; March 1967 p.492 [EG]; July 1974 p.264, p.269 [AB]; August 1991 p.78 [JBS]

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Opera - February 1955 p.122

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Gramophone Record Review - January 1955 p.152, p.157 [DH]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1955 Vol.5 No.1 p.64 v [JH]

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American Record Guide - April 1955 Vol.21 No.8 p.251, p.253

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Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1955(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - Tito Gobbi

Cassio - Mariano Caruso

Rodrigo - Valiano Natali

Lodovico - Giulio Neri

Emilia - Rina Corsi

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 582

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

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

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Silvio Maionica

Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi

Don Carlo - Aldo Protti

Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano

Preziosilla - Martha Pérez

Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi

Curra - Giuse Gerbino

Padre Guardiano - Giuseppe Modesti

Mastro Trabuco - Giuseppe Zampieri

Un Chirurgo - Eraldo Coda

Un Alcalde - Antonio Zerbini

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Black Disc - CLS «Unforgettable Performances» MD-TP 01/019/020 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Andromeda ANDRCD 5068 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Juni 1979 S.145 [IB2]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (26 April 1955). A recording is listed in the online catalogue of The Omega Opera Archive (572) which appears to be of this performance, but which is attributed to «RAI 1954».

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - Leonard Warren

Cassio - Paul Franke

Rodrigo - James McCracken

Lodovico - Luben Vichey

Montano - Osie Hawkins

Emilia - Martha Lipton

Un Araldo - Arthur Budney

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 394 (& 400); The Opera Lovers 195502 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (12 March 1955). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see 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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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Richard Tucker

Il barone Scarpia - Leonard Warren

Il Sagristano - Salvatore Baccaloni

Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot

Spoletta - Alessio De Paolis

Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky

Un pastore - Peter Mark

Un carceriere - Calvin Marsh

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Black Disc - Readers Digest Productions RDIS 132.9/10 {2LPS} Paragon DSV 52003 (+Tosca excerpts - Callas - Mitropoulos) {3LPS}

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - mai 1983 No.59 pp.53-54 [SS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 December 1955). More details are givenin «The Complete Discography of Dimitri Mitropoulos» by S.A. Arfanis pp.109-110.The «filler» on side 6 of the Paragon LPs is a recording of an abridged version of Act 2 of Tosca with Maria Callas and George London conducted by Mitropoulos from the «Ed Sullivan Show». This recording was also issued on Voce 13 and GFC 008/9

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Ferruccio Tagliavini

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Howell Glynne

Cesare Angelotti - Michael Langdon

Spoletta - David Tree

Sciarrone - Ronald Lewis

Un pastore - Noreen Berry

Un carceriere - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies

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

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

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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

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

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

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Silvio Maionica

Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi

Don Carlo - Ettore Bastianini

Don Alvaro - Mario Del Monaco

Preziosilla - Giulietta Simionato

Fra Melitone - Fernando Corena

Curra - Gabriella Carturan

Padre Guardiano - Cesare Siepi

Mastro Trabuco - Piero De Palma

Un Chirurgo - Eraldo Coda

Un Alcalde - Ezio Giordano

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5131-5134 {3LPS} (1955)ª; Decca SXL 2069-2072 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 597-599 {3LPS} (1970)ª; London XLLA 37 {4LPS} (1956)ª; London OSA 1405 {4LPS} (1959)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 421 598-2 {3CDS} (1989)ª; Decca «Originals» 475 8681 {3CDS} (2007)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOV 90009 (4-track 7½ips) (1961)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1955 pp.282-283 [PHW]; April 1956 p.410 [DST]; September 1959 p.134 [PHW]; October 1970 pp.665-666 [EG]; January 1989 p.1210 [RO]

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Opera - March 1956 p.175; November 1959 p.750

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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.4 March/April 2008 pp.272-273 [JM]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1955 p.20

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Gramophone Record Review - January 1956 p.154 [DH]: July 1959 p.648 [DH]

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American Record Guide - March 1956 Vol.22 No.7 p.107 [PHR]: March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.203-204 [MM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1959 Vol.9 No.3 p.71 [DJ]: March 1961 Vol.11 No.3 p.92 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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Records and Recordings - August 1959 p.17 [FGB]

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Comments:- Recorded in July 1955.

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Paolo Washington

Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi

Don Carlo - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Don Alvaro - Giuseppe di Stefano

Preziosilla - Fedora Barbieri

Fra Melitone - Melchiorre Luise

Curra - Luciana Boni

Padre Guardiano - Giulio Neri

Mastro Trabuco - Sergio Tedesco

Un Chirurgo - Mario Frosini

Un Alcalde - Giorgio Giorgetti

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Black Disc; - *Paragon DSV 52005 {3LPS} (1980)ª

Compact Disc; - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 3103 {3CDS} ;; Myto 3 CD 062 H114 (+higlights - cond.Mitropoulos - 1953) {3CDS} (2006)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.30 No.1 September/October 2006 pp.265-266 [JM]

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American Record Guide - July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 p.214 [MM]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.91 junio 2006 p.86 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Communale, Florence (8 June 1956; see OPERA August 1956 p.475)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Richard Tucker

Il barone Scarpia - Leonard Warren

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot

Spoletta - Alessio De Paolis

Sciarrone - George Cehanovsky

Un pastore - Peter Mark

Un carceriere - Calvin Marsh

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Black Disc - Metroplitan Opera Guild 10 {2LPS} Melodram MEL 097 {2LPS}; Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 7 {2LPS} Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 143 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 044 297 (+La traviata - highlights with Tebaldi) {2CDS} (2004)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9001 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.80 mayo 2005 p.87 [VJ]: No.91 junio 2006 p.86 [JV]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 January 1956). More details are given in «The Complete Discography of Dimitri Mitropoulos» by S.A. Arfanis pp.109-110,according to which the date given on the LPs issued by Fonit-Cetra is incorrect.

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Violetta Valery - Renata Tebaldi

Flora Bervoix - Elvira Galassi

Annina - Liliana Poli

Alfredo Germont - Nicola Filacuridi

Giorgio Germont - Ugo Savarese

Gastone - Angelo Rossi

Dottore Grenvil - Paolo Washington

Barone Douphol - Alessandro Maddalena

Marchese d'Obigny - Mario Frosini

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Black Disc - Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 73 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution ALD 2227 (1991)ª

Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers TRA 195601 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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

The Gramophone April 1957 p.402; High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.52; HARRIS p.278; Opera on Record p.240; CELLETTI p.1022; Opera on CD (1) p.51 (2) p.57 (3) p.64; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.51 p.136,mise à jour p.2 (mars 2000); MET p.606; MET(VID) p.376; PENGUIN p.503; The Absolute Sound Issue 96 p.168; Opera Now June 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.935 (2) p.1511; «Musica 99» p.70; Répertoire No.96 novembre 1996 p.88; Classic CD June 1997 p.52; Gramophone August 1999 p.22, October 1999 p.6 (letter); Opéra International No.255 mars 2001 p.14; CD Compact No.163 marzo 2003 p.16

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale (10 May 1956; see OPERA July 1956 p.412). The Cetra LPs are listed in the mise a jour to L'Avant Scène OpéraNo.51 - mars 2000 (p.6), but I have been unable to find further information. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca. Here the recording is described as abridged.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Andrea Chénier - Mario Del Monaco

Carlo Gérard - Ettore Bastianini

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Fiorenza Cossotto

La Contessa di Coigny - Maria Teresa Mandalari

Madelon - Amelia Guidi

Roucher - Silvio Maionica

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Fernando Corena

Fouquier Tinville - Vico Polotto

Un Incredible - Mariano Caruso

Pietro Fléville - Dino Mantovani

L'abate - Angelo Mercuriali

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5411-5412 {2LPS} (1957)ª; Decca SXL 2208-2210 {3LPS} (1960)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 600-601 {2LPS} (1970)ª; London A 4332 {3LPS} (1958)ª;; London OSA 1303 {3LPS} (1958)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 425 407-2 {2CDS} ; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 841-2 {2CDS} (France) (1997)ª; London POCL 3836-7 {2CDS} (Japan) (1995)ª

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1958 p.325 [AP]; July 1960 p.78 [AP] November 1970 p.862

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Opera - February 1958 p.122; September 1960 p.638

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1957 p.21

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Gramophone Record Review - January 1958 p.243 [SG]

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American Record Guide - July 1958 Vol.24 No.11 p.458 [PLM]

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High Fidelity Magazine - July 1958 Vol.8 No.7 p.48 [DJ]: December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.56 [DJ]

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Records and Recordings - June 1960 p.24 [FGB]

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Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Grand Théâtre de Genève

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Manrico - Mario Del Monaco

Azucena - Giulietta Simionato

Leonora - Renata Tebaldi

Conte di Luna - Ugo Savarese

Ferrando - Giorgio Tozzi

Ines - Luisa Maragliano

Ruiz - Athos Cesarini

Un vecchio zingaro - Antonio Balbi

Un messo - Athos Cesarini

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5260-5262 {3LPS} (1956)ª; Decca SXL 2129-2131 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 614-616 {3LPS} (1971)ª; *Decca 411 874-1 {2LPS};; London XLLA 50 {3LPS} (1957)ª;; London OSA 1304 {3LPS} (1959)ª; London «Jubilee» LJ 42009 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Decca 411 874-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª; Double Decca 448 743-2; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 458 728-2 (France) (1997)ª; Decca 470 589-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª

Open Reel Tape - London LOR 90005 (4-track 7½ips)

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1956 p.222 [PHW]; August 1959 pp.101-102 [PHW]; November 1971 p.902, p.905 [AB]; September 1989 p.543 [AB]; December 2002 p.100 (mention) [PO'C]

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Opera - December 1956 p.757; November 1959 p.750

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.203-209 [RB]

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1957 Vol.7 No.2 p.77 [MDS]: January 1959 Vol.9 No.1 p.62 [DJ]: March 1961 Vol.11 No.3 p.92 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - March 1961 Vol.27 No.7 p.611 (open reel tape) [PCP]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - October 1956 p.14: August 1959 p.19

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Gramophone Record Review - November 1956 pp.36-37 [DH]: July 1959 p.649 [DH]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.95 enero 1997 p.49

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Records and Recordings - August 1959 p.11 [FGB]

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International Record Review - April 2003 pp.24-25 (mention) [MVA]

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Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 p.76 (mention) [PT]

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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Violetta Valery - Renata Tebaldi

Flora Bervoix - Helen Vanni

Annina - Emilia Cundari

Alfredo Germont - Giuseppe Campora

Giorgio Germont - Leonard Warren

Gastone - Alessio De Paolis

Dottore Grenvil - Clifford Harvuot

Barone Douphol - Calvin Marsh

Marchese d'Obigny - George Cehanovsky

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 013 {2LPS} (1980)ª

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 391 (& 397); Past Masters PM 135/2 {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 MET (6 April 1957). See «Sign-off for the Old Met» by Paul Jackson p.183. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The recording issued on the «Past Masters» label is listed on the website of «Rare Opera» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Santuzza - Renata Tebaldi

Turiddu - Jussi Björling

Alfio - Ettore Bastianini

Lola - Lucia Danieli

Lucia - Rina Corsi

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6059 (+recital by Björling) {2LPS} (USA) (1958)ª; RCA Victor LSC 6059 (+recital by Björling) {2LPS} (USA) (1959)ª; RCA RB 16087-2 (+recital by Björling) {2LPS} (UK) (1958)ª; RCA SB 2021-2 (+recital by Björling) (UK) (1959)ª; London OSA 12101 (+recital by Björling) {2LPS} Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 634-5 (+recital by Björling) {2LPS} (1974)ª

Compact Disc; - *Decca 425 985-2 {1CD}; Decca «Opera Gala» 458 224-2 {1CD} (1998)ª

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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1958 p.235 [HCS]; April 1959 p.530 [PHW]; April 1974 p.1902, p.1909 [RO]; February 1999 p.36 (mention) [IM]

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Opera - May 1959 p.326

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Fanfare - Vol.1 No.2 November 1977 p.78 [KH]

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American Record Guide - November 1958 Vol.25 No.3 p.185 [FS]

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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.60 [DJ]: November 1962 Vol.12 No.11 p.53

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Gramophone Record Review - April 1959 p.453 [HL]

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Records and Recordings - April 1959 p.15 [FGB]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.31 enero-febrero 1999 p.82 [JV]

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Adriana Lecouvreur - Renata Tebaldi

Maurizio - Nicola Filacuridi

Principe di Bouillon - Antonio Sacchetti

Principessa di Bouillon - Miriam Pirazzini

Michonnet - Renato Capecchi

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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 210-2 {2CDRS}

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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:- There year of the performance on the CDRs issued by Premiere is given in their catalogue as 1961 and one of the cast members is given as «Taddei». I have been unable to find any reference to such a performance in either the «The Voice of an Angel» or in «Il Teatro di San Carlo - La Cronolgia 1737-1987». On the basis of the rest of the cast given by Premiere the performance recorded seems to be that on 22 February 1958. The partial cast listed above is for this performance.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor NOT KNOWN - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Andrea Chénier - Richard Tucker

Carlo Gérard - Ettore Bastianini

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Guadalupe Salazarno

La Contessa di Coigny - Gilda Cossio

Madelon - Aurora Woodrow

Roucher - Gilberto Cerda

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Humberto Pazos

Fouquier Tinville - Pedro Garnica

Un Incredible - Luiz Muzio

L'abate - José Sosa

Schmidt - Salvatore Palafox

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 350 {3LPS}

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palacio de la Bellas Artes, Mexico City. This performance is not listed in the chronology in «Tebaldi - The Voice of an Angel»

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Falstaff - Tito Gobbi

Fenton - Alvino Misciano

Ford - Cornell MacNeil

Dr. Cajus - Mariano Caruso

Bardolfo - Luigi Vellucci

Pistola - Kenneth Smith

Alice Ford - Renata Tebaldi

Nannetta - Anna Moffo

Meg Page - Anna Maria Canali

Mistress Quickly - Giulietta Simionato

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

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

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

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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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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Jorge (Giorgio) Algorta

Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi

Don Carlo - Ettore Bastianini

Don Alvaro - Franco Corelli

Preziosilla - Oralia Domínguez

Fra Melitone - Renato Capecchi

Curra - Anna Di Stasio

Padre Guardiano - Boris Christoff

Mastro Trabuco - Mariano Caruso

Un Chirurgo - Gianni Bardi

Un Alcalde - Giuseppe Forgione

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 206 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Melodram IMS 370102 {3CDS} Bongiovanni «Golden Age of Opera» 151/52/53 {3CDS} Hardy Classic HCA 6014 {3CDS}

DVD (Video) - Hardy Classic Video HCD 4002 (2001)ª

VHS Video Cassette - *Legato Classics LCV 001(NTSC); Hardy Classic Video HCV 1001(PAL); Bel Canto Society #666 (NTSC & PAL)

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 2002 p.103 (DVD) [AB]

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Opera - February 1997 p.159

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Opera Now - May/June 1997 p.89

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Opera News - April 16 1994 p.42; October 1994 p.50

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Fanfare - Vol.23 No.6 July/August 2002 p.207 (DVD) [CW]; Vol.26 No.1 September/ October 2002 p.286 (correction) [CW]

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Orpheus - Juni 1993 S.60; November 2002 S.95 (DVD) [GH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol 19 No.2 Spring 2003 pp.290-293 (DVD) [RP]

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Opéra International - juin 1995 No.192 p.61; novembre 1995 No.196 p.57; No.264 janvier 2002 pp.62-63 (DVD) [SS]

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Diapason - No.501 mars 2003 p.112 (DVD) [MP]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.164 p.170; No.175 p.124 (video)

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American Record Guide - Vol.56 No.5 September-October 1993 p.213: September/ October 2001 Vol.64 No.5 p.302 (audio) [RVL]: March/April 2002 Vol.65 No.2 p.247 (DVD) [RVL]

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Classical Express - No.78 September 1996 p.7

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International Opera Collector - Spring 1997 No.3 p.99: Autumn 1997 No.5 p.99 [TP]

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The Perfect Vision - May/June 1999 Issue 24 p.80 (video) [GS]

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BBC Music Magazine - December 2002 p.102 (DVD) [CC]

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Musica (Milano) - No.95 Anno 20 dicembre 1995-gennaio 1996 p.124

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.22 diciembre 1996 - febrero 1997 p.87

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.122 [GL]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Teatro di San Carlo (15 March 1958)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Angelo Questa - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Cio Cio San - Renata Tebaldi

Pinkerton - Gianni Raimondi

Sharpless - Giuseppe Valdengo

Suzuki - Anna Di Stasio

Kate Pinkerton - Tina Quagliarella

Goro - Mariano Caruso

Il principe Yamadori - Vito Susca

Lo zio Bonzo - Giovanni Amodeo

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Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 825-2 {2CDS} ;; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 209-2 (& 631-2) {2CDRS}; Encore CD 108-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Oktober 1993 S.57

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Arena Flegrea (see OPERA November 1958 p.729). The CDRs issued on the Encore label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1958(LI)-Brussels

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Il barone Scarpia - Ettore Bastianini

Il Sagristano - Carlo Badioli

Cesare Angelotti - Nicola Zaccaria

Spoletta - Rinaldo Pelizzoni

Sciarrone - Giuseppe Morresi

Un pastore - Antonio Negri

Un carceriere - Franco Piva

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Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 209-2 {2CDS}; Legato Classics LCD 157-2 ;; (highlights as filler) {2CDS}; Encore CD 126-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª; Premiere Opera (Italy) (unnumbered)

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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 - Oktober 1997 S.58 [GH]

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

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

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Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the company of La Scala at the Brussels World Fair (20 June 1958; mentioned in OPERA, August 1958 p.517). See «Tebaldi -The Voice of an Angel» p.106. According to the text Cavaradossi was sung by Giuseppe Zampieri and Scarpia by Tito Gobbi, but the Chronology Section (p.234) gives Di Stefano and Bastianini. The cast given above is that was listed on the La Scala web-site. The CDRs issued on the Encore label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» and those issued by Premiere Opera (Italy) are listed on their website (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1958(LI;20/12/58)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - Leonard Warren

Cassio - Paul Franke

Rodrigo - Charles Anthony

Lodovico - Nicola Moscona

Montano - Clifford Harvuot

Emilia - Martha Lipton

Un Araldo - Calvin Marsh

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 309

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (20 December 1950). 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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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1958(RE)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Manon Lescaut - Renata Tebaldi

Des Grieux - Eugenio Fernandi

Lescaut - Guido Mazzini

Geronte - Franco Calabrese

Edmondo - Florindo Andreolli

Una voce sola - Fiorenza Cossotto

L'oste - Christiano Dalamangas

Il maestro di ballo - Angelo Mercuriali

Un sergente degli arcieri - Christiano Dalamangas

Lampionaio - Angelo Mercuriali

Un comandante di Marina - Arrigo Cattelani

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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

Comments:- Recording of part of a performance broadcast on 31 May 1958. It is not certain that all the singers listed above appear in extracts on the LP issued by Longanesi Editori.

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Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(SE)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Mefistofele - Cesare Siepi

Faust - Giuseppe di Stefano

Margherita - Renata Tebaldi

Martha - Lucia Danieli

Wagner - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc - Decca SET 558 {1LP}; London OS 26274 {1LP}

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1973 p.1358 [EG]; April 1973 p.1834 [DST]

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Comments:- It is said (e.g. Opera on Record 3 p.188) that Decca started to record this opera with di Stefano and replaced him with Del Monaco and that this disc comes from the aborted recording. Some scenes appear to have come from the set with Del Monaco

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Rodolfo - Carlo Bergonzi

Schaunard - Renato Cesari

Marcello - Ettore Bastianini

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Gianna D' Angelo

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Fernando Corena

Parpignol - Piero De Palma

Sergente dei doganieri - Attilio D' Orazi

Un doganiere - Giorgio Onesti

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5542-5543 {2LPS} (1959)ª;; Decca SXL 2170-2171 {2LPS} (1959)ª; Decca D5D2 {2LPS} (1976)ª; *Decca 411 868-1 {2LPS} (1985)ª;; London A 4236 {2LPS} (1960)ª;; London OSA 1208 {2LPS} (1960)ª; London «Jubilee» JL 42002; Vivante London KIJC 9194/9195

Compact Cassette; - Decca K5K 22; Decca 411 868-4 (1985)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 411 868-2 {2CDS} (1985)ª; Decca «Grand Opera» 425 534-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Double Decca 448 725-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 458 710-2 {2CDS} (France) (1997)ª; Decca «The Compact Opera Collection» 470 431-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOS 90014 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1959 p.300; April 1960 p.510 (mention) [DST]; August 1976 p.332 [EG]; November 1977 p.900 [AB]; February 1985 p. [AB]; December 1985 p. [EG]; February 1990 p. [MEO]; January 1997 p.100 [MEO]

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Opera - January 1960 p.53; October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.161

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1959 p.15

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High Fidelity Magazine - January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.72 [CLO]: May 1962 Vol.12 No.5 p.105 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - April 1960 Vol.26 No.8 p.628 [PLM]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.95 enero 1997 p.49

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Records and Recordings - November 1959 p.18 [FGB]

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The Absolute Sound - June/July 2001 Issue 130 p.73 [RB]

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Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 p.76 (mention)

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Comments:- See ICRC Autumn Edition 1997 No.10 pp.58-60

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La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Capuana - 1958(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Minnie - Renata Tebaldi

Dick Johnson - Mario Del Monaco

Jack Rance - Cornell MacNeil

Nick - Piero De Palma

Ashby - Silvio Maionica

Jake Wallace - Giorgio Tozzi

Billy Jackrabbit - Dario Caselli

Wowkle - Biancamaria Casoni

Sonora - Giorgio Giorgetti

Trin - Enzo Guagni

Sid - Virgilio Carbonari

Bello - Ezio Peruzzi

Harry - Mario Carlin

Joe - Angelo Mercuriali

Happy - Michele Cazzato (Casato)

Jim Larkens - Giuseppe Morresi

Un postiglione - Athos Cesarini

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5463-5465 {3LPS} (1958)ª; Decca SXL 2039-2041 {3LPS} (1958)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 594-596 {3LPS} (1970)ª; London A 4338 {3LPS} (1959)ª;; London OSA 1306 {3LPS} (1959)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 421 595-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 460 170-2 {2CDS} (France) (1998)ª; Decca 473 045-2 (Tebaldi - Puccini Edition) {12CDS} (2002)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOG 90041 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)ª

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Recordings of La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.106; Opera on Record 3 p.221; CELLETTIp.600; Opera on CD (1) p.109 (2) p.120 (3) p.135; MET p.438; MET(VID) p.245; PENGUIN p.301; The Absolute Sound Issue 69 Summer 1993 p.123; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.165 p.116; GIUDICI p.634 (2) p.1045

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1958 p.315; January 1959 p.346; July 1970 p.215; January 1989 p. [EG]

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Opera - January 1959 p.54; September 1970 p.852

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Orpheus - Oktober/November 1973 S.60 [CK]

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Diapason - No.454 décembre 1998 p.70 (mention) [MP]

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Gramophone Record Review - December 1958 p.124 [DH]

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1959 Vol.9 No.2 p.66 [DJ]: August 1962 Vol.12 No.8 p.104 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - May 1959 Vol.25 No.9 p.622 [PHR]: June 1962 Vol.28 No.10 p.822 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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Répertoire - No.120 janvier 1999 p.53 [LC]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2003 No.161 pp.54-55 [SV]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Cio Cio San - Renata Tebaldi

Pinkerton - Carlo Bergonzi

Sharpless - Enzo Sordello

Suzuki - Fiorenza Cossotto

Kate Pinkerton - Lidia Nerozzi

Goro - Angelo Mercuriali

Il principe Yamadori - Michele Cazzato (Casato)

Lo zio Bonzo - Paolo Washington

Il commissario imperiale - Virgilio Carbonari

Yakusidè - Oscar Nanni

L'ufficiale del Registro - Oscar Nanni

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5468-5470 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca SXL 2054-2056 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca D4D3 {3LPS}; *Decca 411 634-1 {3LPS} (1986)ª; London OSA 1406 {4LPS} (1959)ª

Compact Cassette; - Decca 411 634-4 (1986)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 411 634-2 {2CDS} (1986)ª; Decca(London) «Grand Opera» 425 531-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 874-2 {2CDS} (France) (1997)ª; «Double Decca» 452 594-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Decca «The Compact Opera Collection» 470 577-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOL 90013 (7½ips) (highlights); London LOR 90010 (4-track 7½ips) (1960)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1959 p.415; August 1976 p.332 [EG]; July 1986 p. [EG] March 1990 p. [MEO]; September 1997 p.116,[MEO]; April 1999 p.36 [IM]

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Opera - February 1959 p.123

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Orpheus - August-September 1997 S.76

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Gramophone Record Review - January 1959 p.209 [JC]: February 1959 p.292 [DH]

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Records and Recordings - February 1959 p.22 [FGB]

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.402

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High Fidelity Magazine - 1959 Vol.9 No.7 p.53 [RD]: May 1960 Vol.10 No.5 p.106 (open reel tape) [RDD]: October 1960 Vol.10 No.10 p.116 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - August 1959 Vol.25 No.12 p.853 [PLM]: May 1960 Vol.26 No.9p.763(open reel tape) [PCP]: September 1960 Vol.27 No.1 p.84 (open reel tape) [PCP]

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Classical Express - Issue No.89 August 1997 p.2

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Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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Comments:- See «Putting the Record Straight» by John Culshaw pp.183-186

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Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Mefistofele - Cesare Siepi

Faust - Mario Del Monaco

Margherita - Renata Tebaldi

Elena - Floriana Cavalli

Martha - Lucia Danieli

Wagner - Piero De Palma

Pantalis - Lucia Danieli

Nereo - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5487-5489 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca SXL 2094-2096 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 591-593 {3LPS} (1970)ª; London A 4339 {3LPS} (1959)ª;; London OSA 1307 {3LPS} (1959)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 440 054-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 458 704-2 (France) {2CDS} (1997)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66389 {2CDS} (2008)ª

Open Reel Tape - London LOR 90011 (4-track 7½ips)

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - June 1959 pp.21-22 [PHW]; July 1970 p.215 [AB]; April 1994 p.97 [MEO]

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Opera - June 1959 p.391

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Opera Now - March 1994 p.55

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Orpheus - Mai 1994 S.61

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Records and Recordings - May 1959 p.23 [FGB]

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Gramophone Record Review - June 1959 p.595 [DH]

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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1959 Vol.9 No.12 p.87 [CLO]: February 1961 Vol.11 No.2 p.91 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - January 1960 Vol.26 No.5 p.348 [PLM]: April 1961 Vol.27 No.8 p.672 (open reel tape) [PCP]: September/October 1994 Vol.57 No.5 p.105

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BBC Music Magazine - March 1994 p.83

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Répertoire - No.67 March 1994 p.30: No.108 décembre 1997 p.76 (mention) [PT]

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 98 p.156

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Angelo Questa - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Rodolfo - Giuseppe Gismondo

Schaunard - Saturno Meletti

Marcello - Giuseppe Taddei

Colline - Fernando Corena

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Bruna Rizzoli

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1636 (1989)ª; House of Opera ALD 1636

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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 Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (April 1959). The partial cast listed above is that given in «Tebaldi - The Voice of an Angel» p.236 and in «Il Teatro di San Carlo - La Cronologia 1737-1987» by Carlo Marinelli Rosconi p.706. A singer named «Rizzieri» is listed in Lyrics's «New Listings -April/May 1989» and in HOO's online catalogue.

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Manon Lescaut - Renata Tebaldi

Des Grieux - Richard Tucker

Lescaut - Frank Guarrera

Geronte - Fernando Corena

Edmondo - Charles Anthony

Una voce sola - Helen Vanni

L'oste - George Cehanovsky

Il maestro di ballo - Alessio De Paolis

Un sergente degli arcieri - Calvin Marsh

Lampionaio - Robert Nagy

Un comandante di Marina - Osie Hawkins

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 226

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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

Comments:- This appears to be a recording of the performance at the MET on 17 January 1959 which was broadcast. See OPERA March 1959 p.213. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Mario Parenti - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra del Comitato Estate Livornese

Chorus - Teatro Gran Guardia Livorno

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli

Il barone Scarpia - Anselmo Colzani

Il Sagristano - Pier Luigi Latinucci

Cesare Angelotti - Gino Belloni

Spoletta - Cesare Masini-Sperti

Sciarrone - Enzo Venchi

Un pastore - Lola Pedretti

Un carceriere - Enzo Venchi

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Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 171-2 (+La forza del destino - highlights) {2CDS}; fonè 93 F 15 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 467-2 {2CDRS} House of Opera CDBB 496 (2003)ª; The Opera Lovers TOS 195902 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - No.178 mars 1994 p.78

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro La Gran Guardia di Livorno (Leghorn). This is mentioned in OPERA January 1960 p.42. The date given in «Corelli - A Man, A Voice» p.245, p.295 is 21 October 1959, but in «Tebaldi - The Voice of an Angel» p.237 the dates 21, 23 September are listed for performances with this cast. The date given in Premiere's catalogue is «4/15/58». The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated «03/12/22» where the conductor is given as Molinari-Pradelli. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Spanish

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1959(LI)-Milan

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Virgilio Carbonari

Cesare Angelotti - Nicola Zaccaria

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Giuseppe Morresi

Un pastore - Antonio Negri

Un carceriere - Franco Piva

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Black Disc - CLS AMDRL 22818 {2LPS}

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

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

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - August 1980 S.585 [ES2]

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

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Aida by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1959(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Singerverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien

Aida - Renata Tebaldi

Radamès - Carlo Bergonzi

Amneris - Giulietta Simionato

Amonasro - Cornell MacNeil

Ramphis - Arnold Van Mill

Il Re di Egitto - Fernando Corena

Una Sacerdotessa - Eugenia Ratti

Un Messaggero - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5539-5541 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca SXL 2167-2169 {3LPS} (reissued by VIVANTE LONDON 1997) (1959)ª; *Decca 414 087-1 {3LPS} (1989)ª; London A 4345 {3LPS} (1960)ª;; London OSA-1313 {3LPS} (1960)ª

Compact Cassette; - Decca K2A20 (1976)ª;; Decca 414 087-4 (1989)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) «Grand Opera» 414 087-2 {3CDS} (1989)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 458 725-2 (France) (1997)ª; Decca «Legends» 460 978-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Decca 000830402 {2CDS} (USA) (2007)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOR 90015 (7½ips 4-track) (1960)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1959 p.303; April 1960 p.509 [DST]; October 1962 p.189; August 1976 p.341 [IM]; January 1989 p. [AB]

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Opera - March 1960 p.222

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HiFi News & Record Review - January 1998 p.99 (Vivante LP reissue) [JMH]

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Fanfare - Vol 23 No.3 January/February 2000 p.157 [RT]; Vol.31 No.1 September/ October 2007 pp.232-233 [JM]

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1959 p.16

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1960 Vol.10 No.2 p.53 [RD]: August 1960 Vol.10 No.8 p.80 (tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - March 1960 Vol.26 No.7 p.543 [CJL]: November 1960 Vol.27 No.3 p.250 (open reel tape): January/February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.182 [LM]

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Records and Recordings - December 1959 p.17 [FGB]

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 60 July/August 1989 p.129: Issue 61 September/October 1989 p.130

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Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 p.76 (mention) [PT]

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Comments:- For an adverse comment on the sound of this recording by Christopher Raeburn see OPERA, August 1996 p.874 See also Herbert von Karajan - A Life in Music by Richard Osborne pp.444-445; Putting the Record Straight by John Culshaw pp.223- 227. This recording was made in September 1959, not in 1958 as is sometimes stated.

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1959(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Mario Del Monaco

Il barone Scarpia - George London

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Silvio Maionica

Spoletta - Piero De Palma

Sciarrone - Giovanni Morese

Un pastore - Ernesto Palerini

Un carceriere - Giovanni Morese

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5554-5555 {2LPS} (1960)ª; Decca SXL 2180-2181 {2LPS} (1960)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 612-613 {2LPS}; Decca 411 871-1 {2LPS} (1985)ª; London OSA 1210 {2LPS} (1960)ª; King(CISCO) KIJC-92L {2LPS}; London KUC 9101/02 {2LPS} (Japan)

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 411 871-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Decca «Rouge Opera» 455 871-2 (France) (1997)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOS 90020 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)ª

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1960 pp.426-427 [PHW]; April 1960 p.510 [DST]; September 1971 p.514; February 1985 p. [AB]; August 1991 p. [JBS]

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Opera - March 1960 p.222

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Orpheus - Mai/Juni 1973 S.62 [CK]

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American Record Guide - April 1960 Vol.26 No.8 p.628 [CJL]

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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1960 Vol.10 No.5 p.72 [CLO]: May 1962 Vol.12 No.5 p.105 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 97 p.134

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Records and Recordings - January 1960 p.17 [FGB]

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Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1960(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Andrea Chénier - Franco Corelli

Carlo Gérard - Ugo Savarese

Madeleine di Coigny - Gigliola Frazzoni

La mulatta Bersi - Edda Vincenzi

La Contessa di Coigny - Aurora Cattelani

Madelon - Fiorenza Cossotto

Roucher - Paolo Montarsolo

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Virgilio Carbonari

Fouquier Tinville - Silvio Maionica

Un Incredible - Piero De Palma

L'abate - Angelo Mercuriali

Dumas - Giuseppe Morresi

Schmidt - Franco Piva

Il maestro di casa - Carlo Forti

Il Romanziero - Dino Mantovani

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of excerpts of Acts 1,2,3 from a performance at the Teatro alla Scala. The partial cast listed by Handelman in his calalog dated November 2000 is Frazzoni, Corelli, and Bastianini and the date is given as 20 January 1960. However, according to the archive that used to be on the La Scala website (http://www.lascala.com) Tebaldi, not Frazzoni sang on this date. Frazzoni sang in the performances on 24, 28, and 31 January, but in these performanes Gérard was sung by Ugo Savarese, not Ettore Bastianini. The cast listed above is that for 24, 31 January. On the 28 January Roucher was sung by Silvio Maionica and Fouquier Tinville by Vittorio Tatozzi.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Lovro von Matacic - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Andrea Chénier - Franco Corelli

Carlo Gérard - Ettore Bastianini

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Margarethe Sjöstedt

La Contessa di Coigny - Elisabeth Höngen

Madelon - Hilde Konetzni

Roucher - Edmund Hurshell

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Alois Pernerstorfer

Fouquier Tinville - Ludwig Welter

Un Incredible - Renato Ercolani

Pietro Fléville - Kostas Paskalis

L'abate - Fritz Sperlbauer

Dumas - Franz Bierbach

Schmidt - Endré Koréh

Il maestro di casa - Harald Pröglhoff

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Black Disc - Giusepper di Stefano Records GDS 3002 {3LPS - 5 sides}

Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra «Fortissimo» CDE 3003 {2CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 50021 {2CDS} Opera d'Oro OPD 1303 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 5009 (+Il trovatore +La fanciulla del west +Tosca) {8CDS} (2002)ª; Orfeo C 682 0621 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 2007 p.98 [JBS]

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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.2 November/December 1994 p.236; Vol.30 No.5 May/June 2007 pp.345-346 [HF]; Vol.30 No.6 July/August 2007 pp.126-127 [JM]

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Orpheus - Dezember 1994 S.60; Juni 1998 S.57 [GH]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.164 p.165

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Classical Express - Issue 99 June 1998 p.6 [NL]

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American Record Guide - May/June 1999 Vol.62 No.3 p.124 [RVL]

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International Classical Record Collector - Spring 2000 No.20 pp.102-103 [JTH]

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International Record Review - February 2007 p.68 [JTH]

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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2007 pp.95-96 [JTH]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.95 [LB]: No.99 abril 2007 p.90 [PN]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XXI N.213 febbraio 2007 pp.68-69 [GL]

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Classica Répertoire - No.90 mars 2007 p.100 [AT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (26 June 1960)

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Fedora by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Lovro von Matacic - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Renata Tebaldi

Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - Giuseppe di Stefano

De Siriex - Tito Gobbi

Lorek - Kay Charles Graves

Nicola - Robert Smith

La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Jeanette Scovotti

Boroff - Bernard Izzo

Gretch - Franco Ventriglia

Il Barone Rouvel - Robert Schmorr

Cirillo - Chester Watson

Dmitri - Susan Winchester

Desiré - Mariano Caruso

Il piccolo Savoiardo - Kay Griffel

Sergio - Jeffrey Wolfe

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

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 1151

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Recordings of Fedora by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

CELLETTI p.270; PENGUIN p.102; GIUDICI p.245 (2) p.414; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.20

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

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La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Il Marchese di Calatrava - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Leonora di Vargas - Renata Tebaldi

Don Carlo - Richard Tucker

Don Alvaro - Mario Sereni

Preziosilla - Mignon Dunn

Fra Melitone - Salvatore Baccaloni

Curra - Carlotta Ordassy

Padre Guardiano - Jerome Hines

Mastro Trabuco - Alessio De Paolis

Un Chirurgo - Roald Reitan

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Compact Disc - Omega Opeora Archive 225 (& 351)

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (12 March 1960). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1960(LI;26/3/60;Tucker - Tebaldi)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Richard Tucker

Carlo Gérard - Ettore Bastianini

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Margaret Roggero

La Contessa di Coigny - Martha Lipton

Madelon - Belen Amparan

Roucher - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Ezio Flagello

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Alessio De Paolis

Pietro Fléville - George Cehanovsky

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

Dumas - Osie Hawkins

Schmidt - Calvin Marsh

Il maestro di casa - Lloyd Strang

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 224 (& 753); The Opera Lovers AND 195801 {2CDRS}

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (26 March 1960). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.365-367. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La Wally by Alfredo Catalani performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Basile - 1960(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Wally - Renata Tebaldi

Hagenbach - Giancinto Prandelli

Gellner - Dino Dondi

Stromminger - Silvio Maionica

Walter - Pinuccia Perotti

Il Pedone - Dmitri Lopatto

Afra - Jolanda Gardino

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 202 {2LPS} (1961)ª; Movimento Musica 03.011 {3LPS}; Fonit Cetra LAR 21 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDC 7 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1249 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Membran HOM 7001831 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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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:-

Diapason - No 529 octobre 2005 p.136 (mention) [JC]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.167 p.116

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Comments:- Broadcast 29 October 1960. The cast and conductor listed above are those given in «50 anni di opera lirica alla Rai 1931-1980» by Giorgio Gualerzi and Carlo Marinelli Roscioni p.161. The conductor is sometimes stated incorrectly to be Serafin.

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Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauß II performed in German

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1960(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Eisenstein - Waldemar Kmentt

Rosalinde - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Alfred - Giuseppe Zampieri

Blind - Peter Klein

Falke - Walter Berry

Adele - Erika Köth

Orlofsky - Regina Resnik

Frank - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)

Frosch - Erich Kunz

Ida - Hedwig Schubert

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 201-203 {3LPS} (1960)ª;; Decca SET 201-203 {3LPS} (1960)ª; Decca LXT 6015-6016 (No Gala) {2LPS} (1962)ª; Decca SXL 6015-6016 (No Gala) {2LPS} (1962)ª; Decca D247D3 {3LPS} (1982)ª; London OSA 1319 {3LPS} (1961)ª

Compact Cassette; - Decca K58K22; Decca K247K32 (1982)ª

Compact Disc; - *Decca(London) 421 046-2 {2CDS} (1987)ª; Decca 475 8319 {2CDS} (2007)ª; Decca 000830202 {2CDS} (USA) (2007)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOR 90030 (4-track 7½ips) (1961)ª

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Recordings of Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauß II are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.532; Opera on CD (1) p.81 (2) p.90 (3) p.101; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.49 p.146, mise à jour décembre 1999 p.2; MET p.504; MET(VID) p.301 PENGUIN p.398; Opera on Video p.137; Classic CD December 1995 p.42 GIUDICI p.788, (2) p.1300

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1960 pp.288-289 [PHW]; January 1961 p.377 [DST]; December 1962 p.310; November 1982 p.628 [AML], p.644 [JB]; December 1982 p.775 [SIR]; December 1987 p. [AB]

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Opera - January 1961 p.48

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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.1 September/October 2007 pp.214-215 [DLK]

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Gramophone Record Review - December 1960 p.101 [NDM]

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American Record Guide - January 1961 Vol.27 No.5 p.364 [HG]: April 1961 Vol.27 No.8 p.673 (open reel tape): September/October 2007 Vol.70 No.5 p.171 [RVL]

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High Fidelity Magazine - January 1961 Vol.11 No.1 p.75 [CLO]: May 1961 Vol.11 No.5 p.2 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.510

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The Absolute Sound - September 2007 Issue 174 p.145 [DD]

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Comments:- Included with this recording is a Gala Ball scene in which the following sing: Renata Tebaldi, Fernando Corena, Birgit Nilsson, Mario del Monaco, Teresa Berganza, Joan Sutherland, Leontyne Price, Giulitta Simionato, Ettore Bastianini, Ljuba Welitsch. Their photographs are in the advertisment which faces p.288 of THE GRAMOPHONE, February 1960. See also HIGH FIDELITY November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.58; «Putting the Record Straight» by John Culshaw pp.231-232.

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Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1960(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

La principessa Turandot - Birgit Nilsson

Calaf - Jussi Björling

Liù - Renata Tebaldi

Ping - Mario Sereni

Pang - Piero De Palma

Pong - Tommaso Frascati

Timur - Giorgio Tozzi

L'imperatore Altoum - Alessio De Paolis

Un mandarino - Leonardo Monreale

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6149 {3LPS} (USA) (1960)ª; RCA Victor LSC 6149 {3LPS} (USA) (1960)ª; RCA RE 25020-25022 {3LPS} (UK) (1961)ª; RCA SER 4520-4522 (UK) {3LPS} (1961)ª; RCA SER 5643-5645 {3LPS} (UK) (1972)ª;; *RCA AGL3-3970

Compact Cassette - RCA R8S6149/1-2 (8-track cartridge)

Compact Disc; - RCA «Red Seal» RD 85932-2 {2CDS} (1961)ª; BMG-RCA «Living Stereo» 09026-62687-2

Open Reel Tape - RCA Victor FTC 8001 (4-track 7½ips) (USA)

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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 - April 1961 p.542; July 1961 p.62; November 1972 p.967 [AB]; July 1974 p.274 [WAC]; September 1987 p. [EG]

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Opera - June 1961 p.406

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American Record Guide - September 1960 Vol.27 No.1 p.16 [PLM]: April 1961 Vol.27 No.8 p.672 (open reel tape) [RJ]: January/February 1997 Vol.60 No.1 p.154

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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1960 Vol.10 No.10 p.67 [CLO]: May 1961 Vol.11 No.5 p.82 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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Classic CD - May 1997 p.84

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Classical Express - Issue No.86 May 1997 p.4

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The Absolute Sound - March 2007 Issue 170 p.115 [HP]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.98 abril 1997 p.40 (mention)

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.109 - giungo 1997 p.90

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Capuana - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - NHK Italian Opera Chorus - Fujiwara Opera Chorus - Tokyo Choraliers

Andrea Chénier - Mario Del Monaco

Carlo Gérard - Aldo Protti

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Anna Di Stasio

La Contessa di Coigny - Amalia Pini

Madelon - Amalia Pini

Roucher - Silvano Pagliuca

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Arturo La Porta

Fouquier Tinville - Giorgio Onesti

Un Incredible - Renato Cesari

Pietro Fléville - Arturo La Porta

Dumas - Silvano Pagliuca

Schmidt - Giorgio Onesti

Il maestro di casa - Silvano Pagliuca

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Black Disc - Seven Seas K25C 317-319 {3LPS} (Japan); Melodram 453 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 214-2 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1199 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Encore DVD 2007 (2005)ª

Laser Disc; - King 873L16 (Japanese NTSC); King KILM 110 (Japanese NTSC) (1993)ª

DVD (Video) - NHK Video KIBM 1014 (Japan) (2002)ª; VAI DVD 4419 (2007)ª

VHS Video Cassette - VAI Video 69083 (NTSC)

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - March/April 1986 Vol.9 No.4 p.162 [HF]

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Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.58 (audio); April 1997 S.57 (audio); 7+8 Juli-August 2007 S.63 (DVD) [GH]

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Diapason - No.554 S janvier 2008 p.113 (DVD) [MP]

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American Record Guide - Vol.56 No.5 September-October 1993 p.275 (video): November/December 2007 Vol.70 No.6 pp.275-276 (DVD) [RVL]

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Classical Express - Issue No.82 January 1997 p.6 (audio)

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

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.105 noviembre 2007 p.82 (DVD) [PMH]

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

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Comments:- Audio and video recordings of performances in the Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo. According to the archive section of the operajaponic website there were 3 performances in Tokyo (28 September, 1, 5 October 1961) and one in Osaka (28 October 1961) and the role of Gerard was shared by Giangiacomo Guelfi and Aldo Protti. According to «Aldo Protti - Un Baritono fatto così» p.143 Protti sang in the performances on October 1 and 28, so presumably Guelfi sang in the other two. Consistent with this the recording on the CDs issued by Opera d'Oro (according to their online catalogue) is of a performance on 1 October 1961 and the role of Gerard is sung by Protti. On the other hand, according to Masatoshi Nozaki (Opera Disc Collection 2nd edition p.397) in the performance on the laser disc issued by King Video and the CD issued by Legato Gerard is sung by Guelfi. According to the review of the LPs issued by Melodram in FANFARE the recording on these discs comes from two performances and Guelfi sings in Acts 1-3 and Protti in Act 4. The DVDR issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here Aldo Protti is listed as a performer. The recordings issued by VAI are of the performance on 1 October 1961.

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Fedora by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Basile - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

La Principessa Fedora Romanoff - Renata Tebaldi

Il Conte Loris Ipanoff - Giuseppe di Stefano

De Siriex - Mario Sereni

Lorek - Mario Ciofi

Nicola - Genaro Ciocca

La Contessa Olga Sokarev - Sofia Mezzetti

Boroff - Mario Frosini

Gretch - Giovanni Amedeo

Il Barone Rouvel - Mariano Caruso

Cirillo - Enrico Campi

Dmitri - Vittorio Buccini

Desiré - Mariano Caruso

Il piccolo Savoiardo - Pina Esca

Boleslao Lazinski - Gerardo Garofolo

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 392-2 {2LPS} (1982)ª; Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 40 {2LPS}; Movimento Musica MM 02.011 {2LPS}

Compact Disc - *Legato Classics LCD 158-2 (+duets - Di Stefano & Tebaldi) {2CDS} Arkadia HP 608.2

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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:-

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.6 July/August 1995 p.189

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Orpheus - November 1994 S.63

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.4 p.131

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American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 p.65 [DA]: March/April 1995 Vol.58 No.2 p.107

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Répertoire - No.76 janvier 1995 p.45

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Comments:- Recording of a performance given in Teatro di San Carlo (14 December 1961, see OPERA March 1962 p.186. The HRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE October 1982 p.484 and the Movimento Musica LPs in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Verchi - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Simon Boccanegra - Frank Guarrera

Jacopo Fiesco - Giorgio Tozzi

Amelia Grimaldi - Renata Tebaldi

Gabriele Adorno - Richard Tucker

Paolo Albiani - Ezio Flagello

Pietro - Norman Scott

Un'ancella - Athena Vicos

Un capitano dei balestrieri - Robert Nagy

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 355; Myto 2 MCD 052 308 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.87 enero-febrero 2006 p.84 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (18 February 1961). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Patanè - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Württembergische Staatsoper

Chorus - Württembergische Staatsoper

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Eugene (Gene) Tobin

Il barone Scarpia - George London

Il Sagristano - Heinz Cramer

Cesare Angelotti - Gustav Grefe

Spoletta - Hubert Buchta

Sciarrone - Siegfried Fischer-Sandt

Un pastore - Claudia Hellmann

Un carceriere - Wilhelm Bauer

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DVD (Video) - Video Artists International VAI DVD 4217 (2002)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Video Artists International VAI 69216(NTSC) Video Artists International VAI 201-944-0099(PAL)

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 2003 p.89 (DVD) [EG]

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Opera - January 1995 p.120

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Opera Now - December 1994 p.51

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Opera News - April 1 1995 p.52

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.12 No.2 Winter 1995/96 p.127

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Opéra International - janvier 1996 No.198 p.45; No.273 novembre 2002 pp.64-65 [SS]

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American Record Guide - July/August 1995 Vol.58 No.4 p.281: January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 p.244 [RVL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.37 enero-febrerp 2000 p.108 [LB]

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Comments:- Video recording of a performance at Stuttgart (see Opera Aug 1961 p.521)

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Basile - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Tokyo Broadcasting Chorus - NHK Italian Opera Chorus - Fujiwara Opera Chorus

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Gianni Poggi

Il barone Scarpia - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Il Sagristano - Arturo La Porta

Cesare Angelotti - Silvano Pagliuca

Spoletta - Antonio Pirino

Sciarrone - Giorgio Onesti

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Black Disc - Seven Seas K25C 313-314 {2LPS} (Japan)

Compact Disc - Seven Seas K33Y 105-6 {2CDS} (Japan)

Laser Disc - *King Video 534L 11-2 (Japanese NTSC)

DVD (Video) - NHK Video KIBM 1013 (Japan) (2002)ª; Video Artists International DVDVAI 4416 (2007)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 - November + Dezember 2007 S.70 (DVD) [GH]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.106 diciembre 2007 p.84 (DVD) [PN]

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Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance in Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo (22 October 1961). See OPERA, April 1962 p.262

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La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Basile - 1961(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Minnie - Renata Tebaldi

Dick Johnson - Daniele Barioni

Jack Rance - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Nick - Piero De Palma

Ashby - Carlo Cava

Jake Wallace - Silvio Maionica

Billy Jackrabbit - Giorgio Onesti

José Castro - Bruno Cioni

Wowkle - Lola Pedretti

Sonora - Mario Borriello

Trin - Athos Cesarini

Sid - Attilio Barbesi

Bello - Giovanni Ciavola

Harry - Angelo Mercuriali

Joe - Virginio Assandri

Happy - Egidio Casolari

Jim Larkens - Giuseppe Morresi

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Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1242 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1484-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.106; Opera on Record 3 p.221; CELLETTIp.600; Opera on CD (1) p.109 (2) p.120 (3) p.135; MET p.438; MET(VID) p.245; PENGUIN p.301; The Absolute Sound Issue 69 Summer 1993 p.123; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.165 p.116; GIUDICI p.634 (2) p.1045

Comments:- According to Calvin M. Goodwin (OPERA L Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:21:08 EDT) the sound of the Opera d'Oro CDs «is clean and undoctored»

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Capuana - 1961(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Adriana Lecouvreur - Renata Tebaldi

Maurizio - Mario Del Monaco

Principe di Bouillon - Silvio Maionica

Principessa di Bouillon - Giulietta Simionato

Michonnet - Giulio Fioravanti

Quinault - Giovanni Foiani

Poisson - Angelo Mercuriali

Mlle. Jouvenot - Dora Carral

Mlle. Dangeville - Fernanda Cadoni

L'Abate di Chazeuil - Franco Ricciardi

Un maggiordomo - Angelo Mercuriali

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 221-223 {3LPS} (1962)ª;; Decca SET 221-223 {3LPS} (1962)ª; London A 4359 {3LPS} (1962)ª;; London OSA 1331 {3LPS} (1962)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 430 256-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 832-2 (France) (1997)ª; London POCL 3933-4 {2CDS} (Japan) (1995)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOG 90043 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1962 p.416; July 1962 p.42; August 1991 p. [JBS]

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Opera - May 1962 p.327

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.69 [CLO]: September 1962 Vol.12 No.9 p.115 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - May 1962 Vol.28 No.9 p.726 [PLM]: September 1962 Vol.29 No.1 p.52 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 61 September/October 1989 p.119

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Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1961(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper - Wiener Kinderchor

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - Aldo Protti

Cassio - Nello Romanato

Rodrigo - Athos Cesarini

Lodovico - Fernando Corena

Montano - Tom Krause

Emilia - Ana Raquel Satra

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 209-211 {3LPS} (1961)ª; Decca SET 209-211 {3LPS} (1961)ª; Decca D55D3 {3LPS}; *Decca 411 618-1; London A 4352 {3LPS} (1961)ª;; London OSA 1324 {3LPS} (1961)ª; London «Jubilee» LJ 411 618-1 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette; - Decca K2A21 (1976)ª;; Decca 411 618-4

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 411 618-2 {2CDS} (1987)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 901-2 (France) {2CDS} (1997)ª; Decca «Originals» 475 9984 {2CDS} (2008)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOR 90038 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1961 p.219; January 1962 p.341; August 1976 p.341 [IM];August 1977 p.340 [AB]; December 1977 p.1164 [SIR]; October 1978 p.646 [JBS]; March 1987 p.1329 [AB]

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Opera - January 1962 p.50

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

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

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American Record Guide - November 1961 Vol.28 No.3 p.180 [CJL]: July 1962 Vol.28 No.11 p.903 (open reel tape) [RJ]

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 61 September/October 1989 p.130

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Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Basile - 1962(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Parma

Chorus - Teatro Regio di Parma

Rodolfo - Renato Cioni

Schaunard - Otello Borgonovo

Marcello - Enzo Sordello

Colline - Giorgio Tadeo

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Silvana Zanolli

Benoit - Gino Calò

Alcindoro - Gino Calò

Parpignol - Virginio Assandri

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Compact Disc - Ombra 7002 {1CD}; Omega Opera Archive 814 {1CDR}

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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 part of a performance in the Teatro Regio, Parma (10 January 1962). It is probable that all the characters listed above do not appear on the Ombra CD nor on the Omega CDR. The Ombra CD is listed on Renata Tebaldi's web-site and the catalogue of Parsifal Distribution (Summer Issue No.5 1998) p.3 where it is referred to as «The Parma Farewell». 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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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Mario Rossi - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Falstaff - Tito Gobbi

Fenton - Agostino Lazzari

Ford - Renato Capecchi

Dr. Cajus - Vittorio Pandano

Bardolfo - Renato Ercolani

Pistola - Enrico Campi

Alice Ford - Renata Tebaldi

Nannetta - Mirella Freni

Meg Page - Fernanda Cadoni

Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri

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

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

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

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

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples (1 December 1962; mentioned in OPERA March 1963 p.187). The cast listed above is that given in OPERA, but some sources give Anna Maria Rota as singing the role of Meg. The Movimento Musica LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian and German

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Otello - Hans Beirer

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - William Dooley

Cassio - Mario Ferrara

Rodrigo - Karl-Ernst Mercker

Lodovico - Ivan Sardi

Montano - Pecca Salomaa

Emilia - Sieglinde Wagner

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 739 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

Laser Disc; - BMG BVLO 129/130 (Japanese NTSC) (1995)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Legato Classics LCV-004 (NTSC); Parnassus S+G 24 (NTSC)

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - February 3 1996 p.46

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Opéra International - septembre 1996 No.205 p.66

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Deutsche Oper, Berlin (1 September 1962). The chorus sings in German.The VHS cassette issued by Parnassus is listed in their online catalogue S+G 24. 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». Here the three principal singers (Beirer, Tebaldi, Dooley) and the conductor (Patanè) are listed but the performance is attributed to Wien 1962. Patanè did conduct Otello at the Vienna State Opera in 1962, but with a quite different cast. I have therefore assumed that the recording on HOO's CDRs is from Berlin and is possibly the soundtrack of the video recording.

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Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1962(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Gianni Schicchi - Fernando Corena

Lauretta - Renata Tebaldi

Zita - Lucia Danieli

Rinuccio - Agostino Lazzari

Gherardo - Renato Ercolani

Nella - Dora Carral

Gherardino - Antoine de Ninno

Betto di Signa - Giovanni Foiani

Simone - Paolo Washington

Marco - Silvio Maionica

Ciesca - Miti Truccato Pace

Spinelloccio - Giuseppe Morresi

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 236-238 (Trittico) {3LPS} (1962)ª; Decca SET 236-238 (Trittico) {3LPS} (1962)ª; London A 4153 {1LP} (1962)ª;; London OSA 1153 {1LP} (1962)ª; London A 4364 (Trittico) {3LPS} (1962)ª;; London OSA 1364 (Trittico) {3LPS} (1962)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 411 665-2 (Trittico) {3CDS} (1991)ª; London POCL 3959-61 (Trittico) {3CDS} (Japan) (1995)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOL 90052/54 (Trittico) (7½ips 4-track) (1963)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1962 p.303; April 1963 p.458; February 1991 p. [MEO]

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Opera - March 1963 p.192 [HDR]

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American Record Guide - February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.420 [PLM] : June 1963 Vol.29 No.10 p.822 [CJL] (open reel tape)

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American Record Guide - February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.420 [PLM]: June 1963 Vol.29 No.10 p.822 [CJL] (open reel tape)

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1963 Vol.13 No.2 p.84 [CLO]: May 1963 Vol.13 No.5 p.94 [RDD]

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Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1962(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Suor Angelica - Renata Tebaldi

La Zia Principessa - Giulietta Simionato

La Badessa - Lucia Danieli

La Zelatrice - Miti Truccato Pace

La Maestra delle novizie - Anna Di Stasio

Suor Genovieffa - Dora Carral

Suor Osmina - Yeda Valtriani

Suor Dolcina - Giuliana Tavolaccini

La Sorella Infermiera - Anna Di Stasio

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 236-238 (Trittico) {3LPS} (1962)ª; Decca SET 236-238 (Trittico) {3LPS} (1962)ª; London A 4152 {1LP} (1962)ª;; London OSA 1152 {1LP} (1962)ª; London A 4364 (Trittico) {3LPS} (1962)ª;; London OSA 1364 (Trittico) {3LPS} (1962)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 411 665-2 (Trittico) {3CDS} (1991)ª; London POCL 3959-61 (Trittico) {3CDS} (Japan) (1991)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOL 90052/54 (Trittico) (7½ips 4-track) (1963)ª

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Recordings of Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.112; Opera on Record 2 p.318; CELLETTIp.627; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.447; MET(VID) p.240; PENGUIN p.318; Opera on Video p.185; GIUDICI p.646; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1962 p.303; April 1963 p.45; February 1991 p. [MEO]

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Opera - March 1963 p.192 [HDR]

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American Record Guide - February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.420 [PLM] : June 1963 Vol.29 No.10 p.822 [CJL] (open reel tape)

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American Record Guide - February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.420 [PLM]: June 1963 Vol.29 No.10 p.822 [CJL] (open reel tape)

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1963 Vol.13 No.2 p.84 [CLO]: *HIF May 1963 Vol.13 No.5 p.94 [RDD]

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Il tabarro by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1962(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Michele - Robert Merrill

Luigi - Mario Del Monaco

Il Tinca - Renato Ercolani

Il Talpa - Silvio Maionica

Giorgetta - Renata Tebaldi

La Frugola - Lucia Danieli

Venditore di canzonette - Piero De Palma

Due amanti - Gianfranco Manganotti

- Dora Carral

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 236-238 (Trittico) (1962)ª; Decca SET 236-238 (Trittico) (1962)ª; Decca SXL 6122 {1LP}; Decca «Grand Opera» 411 665-1 (Trittico) {3LPS}; London A 4151 {1LP} (1962)ª;; London OSA 1151 {1LP} (1962)ª; London A 4364 (Trittico) (3LPS) (1962)ª;; London OSA 1364 (Trittico) {3LPS} (1962)ª

Compact Cassette - Decca «Grand Opera» 411 665-3 (Trittico)

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 411 665-2 (Trittico) {3CDS} (1991)ª; London POCL 3959-61 (Trittico) {3CDS} (Japan) (1995)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOL 90052/54 (Trittico) (7½ips - 4-track) (1963)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1962 p.303 [EG]; April 1963 p.458; February 1991 p.[MEO]

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Opera - March 1963 p.192 [HDR]

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American Record Guide - February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.420 [PLM] June 1963 Vol.29 No.10 p.822 [CJL] (open reel tape)

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American Record Guide - February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.420 [PLM]June 1963 Vol.29 No.10 p.822 [CJL] (open reel tape)

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1963 Vol.13 No.2 p.84 [CLO]: May 1963 Vol.13 No.5 p.94 [RDD] (open reel tape)

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Comments:- A recording of «Scorri, fiume eterno» is included as an appendix with the LP setof «Il trittico»

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Silvio Varviso - 1963(LI:9/2/63 - Tebaldi)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Adriana Lecouvreur - Renata Tebaldi

Maurizio - Franco Corelli

Principe di Bouillon - William Wilderman

Principessa di Bouillon - Biserka Cvejic

Michonnet - Anselmo Colzani

Quinault - Norman Scott

Poisson - Andrea Velis

Mlle. Jouvenot - Laurel Hurley

Mlle. Dangeville - Helen Vanni

L'Abate di Chazeuil - Paul Franke

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Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 742 {2CDS}; Living Stage LS 1100 {2CDS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers ADR 196301 {2CDRS}

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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:-

Opéra International - No.183 septembre 1994 p.70

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.75 noviembre 2004 p.80 [VJ]

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Classica Répertoire - No.75 septembre 2005 p.106 (mention) [AT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET. This is probably the performance on 9 February 1963 which was broadcast. See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.501-502. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Sándor Kónya

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Frank Guarrera

Colline - Jerome Hines

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Laurel Hurley

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Lorenzo Alvary

Parpignol - Emil Filip

Sergente dei doganieri - Valentina Streinikova

Un doganiere - Edward Ghazal

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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100 727 (+Konya recital) {2CDS} (2004)ª; *Bensar OL 31464 (+Konya recital) {2CDRS} (2004)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2004 S.65-S.66 [WD]

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Comments:- Recording of the performance at the MET (14 March 1964). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.».

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Lyric Opera of Philadelphia

Chorus - Lyric Opera of Philadelphia

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Giuseppe di Stefano

Il barone Scarpia - Louis Quilico

Il Sagristano - Gerhard Pechner

Spoletta - Robert Schmorr

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Compact Disc; - *House of Opera - Tosca - CD-ROM (2000)ª; House of Opera CD 452 {2CDRS}

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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 Academy of Music, Philadelphia (15 December 1964; see OPERA March 1965 p.184 )

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

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

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli

Il barone Scarpia - Tito Gobbi

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Justino Díaz

Spoletta - Mariano Caruso

Sciarrone - William Walker

Un pastore - Stuart Fischer

Un carceriere - Russell Christopher

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1165

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (22 March 1964). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The recording is described as «Clear but distant in-house recording».

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Andrea Chénier - Richard Tucker

Carlo Gérard - Ettore Bastianini

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Annemarie Bessel

La Contessa di Coigny - Sona Cervená

Madelon - Claramae Turner

Roucher - Richard Fredricks

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Joshua Hecht

Fouquier Tinville - Adib Fazah

Un Incredible - Howard Fried

Pietro Fléville - John West

L'abate - William Whitesides

Dumas - Pietro Menci

Schmidt - David Giosso

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1094-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (September 1965). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Latest releases on Compact Disc for Autumn 2003».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Franco Corelli

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Frank Guarrera

Colline - Jerome Hines

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Anneliese Rothenberger

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Lorenzo Alvary

Parpignol - Emil Filip

Sergente dei doganieri - Edward Ghazal

Un doganiere - John Trehy

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Black Disc - Magnificent Editions ME 101 {2LPS}

Compact Disc - Bongiovanni «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 107-108 {2CDS}

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (14 December 1965). The LPs issued by «Magnificent Editions» is listed in Parnassus's online catalogue P279

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Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Lyric Opera of Chicago

Chorus - Lyric Opera of Chicago

Mefistofele - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Faust - Alfredo Kraus

Margherita - Renata Tebaldi

Elena - Elena Souliotis

Martha - Mary McKenzie

Wagner - Piero De Palma

Pantalis - Margaret Roggero

Nereo - Herbert Krauss

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 333-3 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Ornamenti FE 101-2 {2CDS}; Living Stage LS 1030 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.1 September/October 1994 p.150

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.65 noviembre 2003 p.80 [TF]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Lyric Opera of Chicago (October 1965). See OPERA January 1966 p.52. Ornamenti label the CDs as being of a recording in San Francisco 1965. This appears to be incorrect.

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Kurt Adler - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Otello - Jon Vickers

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - Robert Merrill

Cassio - Paul Franke

Rodrigo - Charles Anthony

Lodovico - Justino Díaz

Montano - Clifford Harvuot

Emilia - Joann Grillo

Un Araldo - Russell Christopher

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 883 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Metropolitan Opera in Atlanta, Georgia (7 May 1965).

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Simon Boccanegra - Anselmo Colzani

Jacopo Fiesco - Jerome Hines

Amelia Grimaldi - Renata Tebaldi

Gabriele Adorno - George Shirley

Paolo Albiani - Justino Díaz

Pietro - Norman Scott

Un'ancella - Nadyne Brewer

Un capitano dei balestrieri - Robert Nagy

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1649 (& 1415 & 3585 & 3381) ;; Living Stage LS 1119 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Diapason - No.535 avril 2006 p.106 [MP]

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Classica Répertoire - No.72 mai 2005 p.104 [AT]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (30 January 1965). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).

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

Conductor Georg Solti - 1965(STU)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Don Carlo - Carlo Bergonzi

Filippo II - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Rodrigo - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Il Grande Inquisitore - Martti Talvela

Un Frate - Vincenzo Bello

Elisabetta di Valois - Renata Tebaldi

La principessa Eboli - Grace Bumbry

Tebaldo - Jeannette Sinclair

Il Conte di Lerma - Kenneth MacDonald

Un Araldo Reale - John Wakefield

Una voce dal cielo - Joan Carlyle

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Black Disc; - *Decca MET 305-308 {4LPS} (1966)ª; Decca SET 305-308 {4LPS} (1966)ª; London A-4432 {4LPS) (1966)ª;; London OSA-1432 {4LPS} (1966)ª

Compact Cassette; - Decca K128K43 (1979)ª

Compact Disc; - *Decca 421 114-2 {3CDS} (1988)ª; Lyrica LRC 01077-01079 (Italy) (Decca 455 437/8/9-2) (1997)ª

Open Reel Tape - London LOV 90116 (7½ips 4-track) (USA)

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1966 p.404; April 1966 p.483; July 1979 [IM] December 1998 p. [JBS]

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Opera - April 1966 pp.300-301 [HDR]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.232-238 [WH]

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Audio & Record Review - February 1966 p.26 [CW]

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American Record Guide - Vol.32 No.8 April 1966 p.680 [PLM]

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Comments:- Recording of a five act version.

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Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Andrea Chénier - Franco Corelli

Carlo Gérard - Anselmo Colzani

Madeleine di Coigny - Renata Tebaldi

La mulatta Bersi - Nedda Casei

La Contessa di Coigny - Gladys Kriese

Madelon - Mignon Dunn

Roucher - William Walker

Il sanculotto Mathieu - Raymond Michalski

Fouquier Tinville - Norman Scott

Un Incredible - Andrea Velis

Pietro Fléville - Gene Boucher

L'abate - Gabor Carelli

Dumas - Russell Christopher

Schmidt - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Il maestro di casa - Lloyd Strang

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 972 Myto 2 MCD 042 293 (+highlights - Tosca - Adler) {2CDS} (2004)ª; Bensar OL 2566 (BRO 121060) {2CDRS}

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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - No.298 février 2005 p.76 (mention)

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.73 septiembre 2004 p.84 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (5 February 1966). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Vincent La Selva - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Boston Opera

Chorus - Boston Opera

Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo

Schaunard - John Darrenkamp

Marcello - Peter Glossop

Colline - Boris Carmeli

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Benoit - Gimi Beni

Alcindoro - Gimi Beni

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 131-2 {2CDRS} (2001)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at Boston (May 1966). The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Silvio Varviso - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Rodolfo - Franco Tagliavini

Schaunard - Seymour Schwartzman

Marcello - Franco Iglesias

Colline - Joseph Fair

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Maria Candida

Benoit - Lawrence Davidson

Alcindoro - Lawrence Davidson

Parpignol - Walter Knetlar

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3952 (1996)ª; House of Opera ALD 3952

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 3930

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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 (March 1966). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - July 1996» and those issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - The Lyric Opera of Philadelphia

Chorus - The Lyric Opera of Philadelphia

La Gioconda - Renata Tebaldi

Enzo - Franco Corelli

Barnaba - Anselmo Colzani

Laura - Mignon Dunn

Alvise - Joshua Hecht

La Cieca - Aurora Woodrow

Zuàne - John Darrenkamp

Un Pilota - Aldo Marra

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Compact Disc; - On Stage 4718 {2CDS} Bel Canto Society #5015 (highlights + complete performance 1964) House of Opera CDBB 372 (2003)ª

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Recordings of La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.137; Opera on Record 3 p.192; CELLETTI p.572; GIUDICI (2) p.935; Opera on CD (1) p.84 (2) p.92 (3) p.103; MET p.374; MET(VID) p.212; PENGUIN p.285; Opera Now May 1993 p.36; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.232 p.88

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November (published September) 2003 p.114 (mention) [AB]

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Orpheus - März 2001 S.60 [GH]

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International Record Review - July/August 2003 p.26 (mention) [JTH]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance by the Philadelphia Lyric Opera (October 1966; see OPERA March 1967 p.212). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to HOO's website in December 2003 (12-22-2003).

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Gioconda - Renata Tebaldi

Enzo - Franco Corelli

Barnaba - Cornell MacNeil

Laura - Biserka Cvejic

Alvise - Cesare Siepi

La Cieca - Mignon Dunn

Zuàne - Russell Christopher

Un Cantore - Paul De Paola

Isèpo - Robert Schmorr

Un Pilota - Nicola Barbusci

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Black Disc - Stradivarius STR 1023-5 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1176 The Opera Lovers GIOC 196601 {3CDRS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.137; Opera on Record 3 p.192; CELLETTI p.572; GIUDICI (2) p.935; Opera on CD (1) p.84 (2) p.92 (3) p.103; MET p.374; MET(VID) p.212; PENGUIN p.285; Opera Now May 1993 p.36; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.232 p.88

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (22 September 1966; see OPERA November 1966 p. 844). The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). According to Omega the recording they issued is of the performance om 22 October 1966 in which the role of Alvise was sung by Bonaldo Giaiotti. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - American Opera Society

Chorus - American Opera Society

Mefistofele - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Faust - Carlo Bergonzi

Margherita - Renata Tebaldi

Elena - Renata Tebaldi

Martha - Dorothy Cole

Wagner - Frederick David Mayer

Pantalis - Dorothy Cole

Nereo - Paul Solem

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Black Disc - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 4 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Standing Room Only SRO 824-2 (+recital by Tebaldi) {2LPS}

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Dezember 1993 S.59; Mai 1994 S.61

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Opéra International - No.179 avril 1994 p.69

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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in New York (25 January 1966; see OPERA March1966 p.221)

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Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - American Opera Society

Chorus - American Opera Society

Mefistofele - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Faust - Carlo Bergonzi

Margherita - Renata Tebaldi

Elena - Renata Tebaldi

Martha - Dorothy Cole

Wagner - Frederick David Mayer

Pantalis - Dorothy Cole

Nereo - Paul Solem

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Black Disc - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 4 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Standing Room Only SRO 824-2 (+recital by Tebaldi) {2LPS}

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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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Dezember 1993 S.59; Mai 1994 S.61

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Opéra International - No.179 avril 1994 p.69

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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in New York (25 January 1966; see OPERA March1966 p.221)

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Parma

Chorus - Teatro Regio di Parma

Otello - Mario Del Monaco

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - Tito Gobbi

Cassio - Ottavio Garaventa

Lodovico - Plinio Clabassi

Emilia - Anna Di Stasio

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 773 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the company of the Teatro Regio di Parma in the Place des Arts, Montreal (21 June 1966). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

La Gioconda - Renata Tebaldi

Enzo - Renato Cioni

Barnaba - Anselmo Colzani

Laura - Franca Mattiucci

Alvise - Paolo Washington

La Cieca - Margherita Rochow-Costa

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 398-2 {2CDRS}; Encore CD 131-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.137; Opera on Record 3 p.192; CELLETTI p.572; GIUDICI (2) p.935; Opera on CD (1) p.84 (2) p.92 (3) p.103; MET p.374; MET(VID) p.212; PENGUIN p.285; Opera Now May 1993 p.36; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.232 p.88

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples (December 1967; see OPERA April 1968 pp.315-316). The CDRs issued on the Encore label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Otello - Jon Vickers

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - Louis Quilico

Cassio - Perry Price

Rodrigo - Natale De Lazzari

Lodovico - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Montano - John Darrenkamp

Emilia - Rita De Carlo

Un Araldo - Walter Knetlar

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera 581 {2CDRS} and CDBB 884 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1298-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Philadelphia Lyric Opera in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (8 December 1967; see OPERA March 1968 pp.229-230). The cast listed above is as given in Frank Hamilton's «Partial Performance Chronology 1975-2000» (click link below) . The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their «New CD Releases April/May 2004».

http://frankhamilton.org/ph

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera - St. Francis de Sales Boy's Choir

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Gianni Raimondi

Il barone Scarpia - Gabriel Bacquier

Il Sagristano - J.B. Davis

Cesare Angelotti - Joseph Fair

Spoletta - Howard Fried

Sciarrone - David Hicks

Un carceriere - Robert Falk

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1168-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

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

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.97; HARRIS p.271; Opera on Record p.591; CELLETTI p.632; MARINELLI p.362; Opera on CD (1) p.107 (2) p.118 (3) p.133; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.11 p.106, No.11 (revised edition) p.110; MET p.411MET(VID) p.232; PENGUIN p.314; Répertoire No.63 novembre 1993 p.14; Opera on Video p.178; GIUDICI p.600 (2) p.996; Classic CD July 1996 p.50; Orpheus Januar 2000 S.12; Opéra International No.242 Janvier 2000 p.10; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (17 January 1967). The cast listed above is that given on the website whose URL is given below. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their list «Premiere Opera Compact Disc Releases Winter 2004».

http://www.frankhamilton.org/ph

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1967(LI;15/4/67)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Gioconda - Renata Tebaldi

Enzo - Barry Morell

Barnaba - Cornell MacNeil

Laura - Rosalind Elias

Alvise - Cesare Siepi

La Cieca - Ruza Baldani

Zuàne - Russell Christopher

Un Cantore - Paul De Paola

Isèpo - Robert Schmorr

Un Pilota - Nicola Barbusci

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1574

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Recordings of La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.137; Opera on Record 3 p.192; CELLETTI p.572; GIUDICI (2) p.935; Opera on CD (1) p.84 (2) p.92 (3) p.103; MET p.374; MET(VID) p.212; PENGUIN p.285; Opera Now May 1993 p.36; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.232 p.88

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 April 1967). According to the «MET Annals» there were two performers for the role of «Un Cantore» Paul De Paola, as listed above, and William Mellow. Louis Sgarro is listed as singing «A Monk». 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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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1967(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

La Gioconda - Renata Tebaldi

Enzo - Carlo Bergonzi

Barnaba - Robert Merrill

Laura - Marilyn Horne

Alvise - Nicola Ghiuselev

La Cieca - Oralia Domínguez

Zuàne - Silvio Maionica

Isèpo - Piero De Palma

Un Pilota - Silvio Maionica

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Black Disc; - Decca MET 364-346 {3LPS} (1968)ª; Decca SET 364-366 {3LPS} (1968)ª; Decca LXT 5400-5402 {3LPS}; Decca SXL 225-227 {3LPS} ;; London A 4388 {3LPS}; London OSA 1388 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Decca «Grand Opera» 430 042-2 {3CDS}

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Recordings of La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.137; Opera on Record 3 p.192; CELLETTI p.572; GIUDICI (2) p.935; Opera on CD (1) p.84 (2) p.92 (3) p.103; MET p.374; MET(VID) p.212; PENGUIN p.285; Opera Now May 1993 p.36; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.232 p.88

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1968 p.550; July 1968 p.139

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Adriana Lecouvreur - Renata Tebaldi

Maurizio - Franco Corelli

Principe di Bouillon - Morley Meredith

Principessa di Bouillon - Irene Dalis

Michonnet - Anselmo Colzani

Quinault - Paul Plishka

Poisson - Robert Schmorr

Mlle. Jouvenot - Colette Boky

Mlle. Dangeville - Nedda Casei

L'Abate di Chazeuil - Paul Franke

Un maggiordomo - Edward Ghazal

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 2192

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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 MET (16 September 1968). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house».

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

La Gioconda - Renata Tebaldi

Enzo - Gianfranco Cecchele

Barnaba - Anselmo Colzani

Laura - Franca Mattiucci

Alvise - Paolo Washington

La Cieca - Delia Lago

Zuàne - Arturo La Porta

Isèpo - Arturo La Porta

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Compact Disc; - Hardy Classic HCA 6003-2 {2CDS} (1998)ª

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Recordings of La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.137; Opera on Record 3 p.192; CELLETTI p.572; GIUDICI (2) p.935; Opera on CD (1) p.84 (2) p.92 (3) p.103; MET p.374; MET(VID) p.212; PENGUIN p.285; Opera Now May 1993 p.36; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.232 p.88

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - April 1999 S.61 [MB]

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

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII N.126 febbraio 1999 p.80 [GL]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.33 mayo-junio 1999 p.92 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo (3 January 1968). The performance on 26 December 1967 is reviewed in OPERA April 1968 pp.315-316

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La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

La Gioconda - Renata Tebaldi

Enzo - Carlo Bergonzi

Barnaba - Cornell MacNeil

Laura - Fiorenza Cossotto

Alvise - Bonaldo Giaiotti

La Cieca - Mignon Dunn

Zuàne - Russell Christopher

Un Cantore - Paul De Paola

Isèpo - Robert Schmorr

Un Pilota - Nicola Barbusci

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Black Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 37 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 716 {2CDS}

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Recordings of La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.137; Opera on Record 3 p.192; CELLETTI p.572; GIUDICI (2) p.935; Opera on CD (1) p.84 (2) p.92 (3) p.103; MET p.374; MET(VID) p.212; PENGUIN p.285; Opera Now May 1993 p.36; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.232 p.88

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (2 March 1968)

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Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra

Chorus - Chorus

Manon Lescaut - Renata Tebaldi

Des Grieux - Plácido Domingo

Lescaut - Enzo Sordello

Geronte - Irwin Densen

Edmondo - Ernesto Gasco

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 544-2 {2CDRS}; House of Opera CDBB 438 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

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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:-

Orpheus - Heft 9+10 September+Oktober 2003 S.83 [GH]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Bushnell Memorial, Hartford, USA (15 February 1968). The year is given incorrectly as 1966 in Premiere's catalogue. The cast also includes William Beck. 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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La Wally by Alfredo Catalani performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - American Opera Society

Chorus - American Opera Society

Wally - Renata Tebaldi

Hagenbach - Carlo Bergonzi

Gellner - Peter Glossop

Stromminger - Andzehj Saciuk

Walter - Isabel Penagos

Il Pedone - Fernando Corena

Afra - Deborah Kieffer

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Black Disc - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 17 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1226 (1987)ª; House of Opera ALD 1226

Compact Disc - INTA'GLIO INCD 7642

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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:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.13 No.3 Spring 1997 p.195

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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance (6 March 1968, see OPERA June 1968 p.468)

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La Wally by Alfredo Catalani performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1968(STU)

Orchestra - Opéra de Monte Carlo

Chorus - Coro Lirico di Torino

Wally - Renata Tebaldi

Hagenbach - Mario Del Monaco

Gellner - Piero Cappuccilli

Stromminger - Justino Díaz

Walter - Lydia Marimpietri

Il Pedone - Alfredo Mariotti

Afra - Stefania Malagù

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Black Disc; - Decca SET 394-396 {3LPS} (1969)ª;; London OSA 1392 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - *Decca(London) «Grand Opera» 425 417-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 460 152-2 {2CDS} (France) (1998)ª; Double Decca 460 744-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Decca «Originals» 475 8667 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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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:-

(The) Gramophone - June 1969 p.70; October 1969 p.537; February 1990 p.1519 [MEO] April 1999 p.36 [IM]

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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.4 March/April 2008 pp.114-115 [HF]

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Orpheus - Mai 1999 S.58 [GH]

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Diapason - No.454 décembre 1998 p.70 (mention) [MP]

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.132

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BBC Music Magazine - June 1999 p.81 (mention) [CO]

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American Record Guide - March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.79-80 [CHP]

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Répertoire - No.120 janvier 1999 p.53 [LC]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.33 mayo-junio 1999 p.89 [LB]

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Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Adriana Lecouvreur - Renata Tebaldi

Maurizio - Franco Corelli

Principe di Bouillon - Morley Meredith

Principessa di Bouillon - Irene Dalis

Michonnet - Anselmo Colzani

Quinault - Paul Plishka

Poisson - Robert Schmorr

Mlle. Jouvenot - Colette Boky

Mlle. Dangeville - Marcia Baldwin

L'Abate di Chazeuil - Paul Franke

Un maggiordomo - Edward Ghazal

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 367 (& 373 & 2724 & 3557) ; Bensar BRO 121049 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; Celestial Audio CV 087 {1xAudio-DVDR} (Australia) (2007)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 at the MET (19 April 1969). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.». The DVDR issued by Celestial Audio is listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Rodolfo - Franco Corelli

Schaunard - Seymour Schwartzman

Marcello - Frank Guarrera

Colline - Jerome Hines

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Maria Candida

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2058 (1990)ª; House of Opera ALD 2058

Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 821-2 {2CDS} ;; House of Opera CDBB 372 (2003)ª

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

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

Comments:- This recording is stated in the Standing Room Only, Lyric and HOO catalogues to be of a performance in Philadelphia on 2 December 1969. However, although Tebaldi and Corelli are listed in «Tebaldi - The Voice of an Angel» p.252, «Corelli - A Man, A Voice» p.266 and Frank Hamilton's website «Franco Corelli - Discography of Opera Performances» as performing La bohème in Philadelphia on this date the rest of the cast given in all 3 publications is quite different. Premiere has issued CDRs which are claimed to be of the performance on 2 December 1969 and the partial cast given corresponds to the cast listed by Frank Hamilton. This recording is listed separately. I have been unable to find any performance of of La bohème with the partial cast given by Lyric, SRO, and HOO (and above). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - November/December 1990» and the CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to HOO's website in December 2003 (12-22-2003)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Rodolfo - Franco Corelli

Schaunard - Alan Wagner

Marcello - John Darrenkamp

Colline - Joseph Fair

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Nancy Stokes

Parpignol - Natale De Lazzari

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2579-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (2 December 1969). The cast listed is that given in Frank Hamilton's website «Franco Corelli - Discography of Opera Performances» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases from Premiere Opera - April 2007». A recording has been issued by Lyric Distribution, SRO, and HOO which is also stated to be of a performance in Phladelphia with Tebaldi and Corelli on 2 December 1969, but with the rest of the cast different from that given above. This is listed separately.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Richard Tucker

Schaunard - Gene Boucher

Marcello - William Walker

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Clarice Carson

Benoit - Paul Plishka

Alcindoro - Fernando Corena

Parpignol - Lou Marcella

Sergente dei doganieri - Peter Sliker

Un doganiere - John Trehy

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1122 (& 1290)

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (24 January 1970). 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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La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Jan Behr - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Minnie - Renata Tebaldi

Dick Johnson - Sándor Kónya

Jack Rance - Anselmo Colzani

Nick - Paul Franke

Ashby - Paul Plishka

Jake Wallace - John Macurdy

Billy Jackrabbit - Edmond Karlsrud

José Castro - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Wowkle - Frederica Von Stade

Sonora - Clifford Harvuot

Trin - Gabor Carelli

Sid - Robert Goodloe

Bello - Richard Best

Harry - Robert Schmorr

Joe - Andrea Velis

Happy - Andrij Dobriansky

Jim Larkens - Raymond Gibbs

Un postiglione - Frank D' Elia

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Compact Disc; - Bella Voce BLV 107246 (+Madama Butterfly - Schick - highlights) {2CDS} (2001)ª

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Recordings of La fanciulla del west by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.106; Opera on Record 3 p.221; CELLETTIp.600; Opera on CD (1) p.109 (2) p.120 (3) p.135; MET p.438; MET(VID) p.245; PENGUIN p.301; The Absolute Sound Issue 69 Summer 1993 p.123; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.165 p.116; GIUDICI p.634 (2) p.1045

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Mai 2001 S.74 [GH]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (14 March 1970)

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Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Cleveland Orchestra

Chorus - Chorus

Simon Boccanegra - Cornell MacNeil

Jacopo Fiesco - Ezio Flagello

Amelia Grimaldi - Renata Tebaldi

Gabriele Adorno - Richard Tucker

Paolo Albiani - Franco Iglesias

Pietro - Ara Berberian

Un'ancella - Penelope Jensen

Un capitano dei balestrieri - Rod MacWherter

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Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 189-2 {2CDS} (1995)ª

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

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

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - October 1995 p.46

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Orpheus - August/September 1995 p.84

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American Record Guide - May/June 1995 Vol.58 No.3 p.190

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Classical Express - No.64 May 1995 p.3

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Comments:- This recording was attributed by Legato to being of a performance given by the Miami Opera, but according to the chronology in «Tebaldi - The Voice of an Angel» p.251, the partial cast listed by Legato was the same as that of a concert performance of Simon Boccanegra given in the Cleveland Public Auditorium on 13 December 1969. That this is the correct attribution is confirmed by a post by Calvin M. Goodwin on Opera-L:-

http://listserv.cuny.edu/Scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0611a&L=opera-l&D=0&T=0&P=2021

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Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1970(LI:Tebaldi)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Floria Tosca - Renata Tebaldi

Mario Cavaradossi - Sándor Kónya

Il barone Scarpia - Cornell MacNeil

Il Sagristano - Fernando Corena

Cesare Angelotti - Clifford Harvuot

Spoletta - Robert Schmorr

Sciarrone - Gene Boucher

Un pastore - Kris Kalfayan

Un carceriere - Edmond Karlsrud

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Compact Disc - On Stage OS 4710 {2CDS}; The Opera Lovers TOS 197001 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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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:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.35 septiembre-octubre 1999 p.95 [SG]

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Comments:- The «On Stage» CDs are labeled as being a recording of a performance in Philadelphia in 1966. However, according to the performance chronology in «Tebaldi - The Voice of an Angel» the only time that Tebaldi, Konya, MacNeil, and Corena sang in Tosca together under Molinari-Pradelli was at the MET between December 31 1969 and January 10 1970 (loc.cit. p.251). The performance on January 10 1970 was broadcast and the recording is presumably of this performance. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca. Here the performance recorded is attributed to the MET on 10 January 1970.

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Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1970(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Riccardo - Luciano Pavarotti

Renato - Sherrill Milnes

Amelia - Renata Tebaldi

Ulrica - Regina Resnik

Oscar - Helen Donath

Silvano - José van Dam

Samuele - Leonardo Monreale

Tom - Nicola Christou

Un Giudice - Pier Francesco Poli

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Black Disc; - Decca SET 484-486 {3LPS} (1971)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 440 042-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 460 176-2 {2CDS} (France) (1998)ª; Double Decca 460 752-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª

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Recordings of Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; Opera on Record p.258; CELLETTI p.839; Opera on CD (1) p.54 (2) p.61 (3) p.68; MET p.625; MET(VID) p.389; PENGUIN p.467; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.32 p.110: No.237 p.82; GIUDICI p.966 (2) p.1555; BBC Music Magazine September 1999 p.56; Opéra International No.257 mai 2001 p.20; The Gramophone August 2006 p.48

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1971 p.1666; May 1994 p.115 [AB]

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Opera Now - March 1994 p.52

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Orpheus - Mai 1994 S.60

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Opéra International - No. 178 mars 1994 p.72

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Diapason - No. 402 mars 1994 p.178; No.454 décembre 1998 p.70 (mention) [MP]

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American Record Guide - September/October 1994 p.215

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Répertoire - No. 68 avril 1994 p.79: No.120 janvier 1999 p.53 [LC]

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Otello - Jon Vickers

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - Peter Glossop

Cassio - John Stewart

Rodrigo - Sidney Johnson

Lodovico - Claude Corbeil

Montano - Harry Dworchak

Emilia - Rita De Carlo

Un Araldo - Fernando Diani

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1471-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (5 January 1971). The cast listed above is as given in Frank Hamilton's «Performance Chronology 1975-2004» (click link below). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases July-August 2004»

http://frankhamilton.org/ph

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Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor Christoph von Dohnányi - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Falstaff - Tito Gobbi

Fenton - Luigi Alva

Ford - Kostas Paskalis

Dr. Cajus - Paul Franke

Bardolfo - Andrea Velis

Pistola - Richard Best

Alice Ford - Renata Tebaldi

Nannetta - Roberta Peters

Meg Page - Joann Grillo

Mistress Quickly - Regina Resnik

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1749

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

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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (1 April 1972). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Otello by Giuseppe Verdi performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Otello - James McCracken

Desdemona - Renata Tebaldi

Iago - Sherrill Milnes

Cassio - William Lewis

Rodrigo - Andrea Velis

Lodovico - James Morris

Montano - Robert Goodloe

Emilia - Jean Kraft

Un Araldo - Raymond Gibbs

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1298

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

High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 January 1973). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The recording is described as «Excellent in-house».

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Abbreviations

(STU), "Studio" Recording

(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts

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

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

(LI), "Live" Recording

(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts

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

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

(RA), A Radio Performance

(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance

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

(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

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