(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1946(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Cesare Sodero*
2 1947(RE) - Gioconda (La) by Amilcare Ponchielli - Gaetano Merola*
3 1948(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Fritz Busch*
4 1949(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Ionel Perlea*
5 1950(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Fritz Reiner*
6 1950(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
7 1950(SE) - Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Fritz Busch*
8 1951(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
9 1951(LI;22/12/51) - Fledermaus (Die) by Johann Strauß II - Eugene Ormandy*
10 1952(LI) - Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Fritz Stiedry*
11 1952(STU) - Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Fritz Stiedry*
12 1952(STU) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Wilhelm Furtwängler*
13 1953(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*
14 1953(LI) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - Fritz Stiedry*
15 1953(LI) - Rake's Progress (The) by Igor Stravinsky - Fritz Reiner*
16 1953(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
17 1953(STU) - Rake's Progress (The) by Igor Stravinsky - Igor Stravinsky*
18 1954(LI) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - Fritz Stiedry*
19 1954(LI) - Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Fritz Stiedry*
20 1954(LI) - Norma by Vincenzo Bellini - Fausto Cleva*
21 1954(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
22 1955(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*
23 1955(LI) - Arabella by Richard Strauss - Rudolf Kempe*
24 1955(LI) - Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Fritz Stiedry*
25 1955(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Kurt Adler*
26 1955(LI) - Salome by Richard Strauss - Dimitri Mitropoulos*
27 1955(LI) - Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner - Rudolf Kempe*
28 1955(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Rudolf Kempe*
29 1956(LE) - Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens - Herbert Sandberg*
30 1956(LI) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - Dimitri Mitropoulos*
31 1957(LI) - Rheingold (Das) by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
32 1957(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Dimitri Mitropoulos*
33 1957(LI;23/2/57-Stella) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*
34 1957(SE) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Dimitri Mitropoulos*
35 1958(LI) - Elektra by Richard Strauss - Dimitri Mitropoulos*
36 1958(LI) - Fledermaus (Die) by Johann Strauß II - Erich Leinsdorf*
37 1958(LI) - Salome by Richard Strauss - Dimitri Mitropoulos*
38 1958(LI) - Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens - Thomas Beecham*
39 1958(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
40 1958(LI) - Troyens (Les) by Hector Berlioz - Rafael Kubelik*
41 1959(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*
42 1962(LI) - Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy - Ernest Ansermet*
43 1965(LI) - Arabella by Richard Strauss - Georges Prêtre*
44 1965(LI) - Vanessa by Samuel Barber - William Steinberg*
45 1967(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - William Smith*
*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1946(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Aida - Stella Roman
Radamès - Set Svanholm
Amneris - Blanche Thebom
Amonasro - Leonard Warren
Ramphis - Nicola Moscona
Il Re di Egitto - Philip Kinsman
Una Sacerdotessa - Thelma Votipka
Un Messaggero - Lodovico Oliviero
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 289; Bensar OL 122846 (BRO 124186) {2CDRS} (2004)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 the MET (28 December 1946). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Gaetano Merola - 1947(RE)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
La Gioconda - Stella Roman
Enzo - Kurt Baum
Barnaba - Leonard Warren
Laura - Blanche Thebom
La Cieca - Margaret Harshaw
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 321 (+Otello - excerpts) {1LP} (1965)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 some of the excerpts broadcast on 19 October 1947
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Conductor Fritz Busch - 1948(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tristan - Lauritz Melchior
Isolde - Helen Traubel
Brangaene - Blanche Thebom
Marke - Dezsö Ernster
Kurwenal - Herbert Janssen
Melot - Emery Darcy
Hirt - Leslie Chabay
Steuerman - Philip Kinsman
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - John Garris
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 659
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (11 December 1948). 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 source is described as «Private acetates, some occaisional waver in orch. All voices very clear and forward. Exc Performance by Traubel»
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Conductor Ionel Perlea - 1949(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tristan - Lauritz Melchior
Isolde - Helen Traubel
Brangaene - Blanche Thebom
Marke - Mihály Székely
Kurwenal - Herbert Janssen
Melot - Emery Darcy
Hirt - Peter Klein
Steuerman - Philip Kinsman
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Leslie Chabay
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 321; Archipel ARPCD 0183-3 {3CDS}
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (17 December 1949). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tristan - Ramón Vinay
Isolde - Helen Traubel
Brangaene - Blanche Thebom
Marke - Sven Nilsson
Kurwenal - Paul Schöffler
Melot - Hugh Thompson
Hirt - Leslie Chabay
Steuerman - Lawrence Davidson
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Thomas Hayward
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0175 {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.98 marzo 2007 p.96 [XC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (9 December 1950).
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Max Lorenz
Sieglinde - Rose Bampton
Hunding - Emanuel List
Brünhilde - Helen Traubel
Wotan - Herbert Janssen
Fricka - Blanche Thebom
Gerhilde - Thelma Votipka
Ortlinde - Irene Jessner
Waltraute - Jeanne Palmer
Schwertleite - Jean Madeira
Helmwige - Maxine Stellman
Siegrune - Hertha Glaz
Grimgerde - Claramae Turner
Roßweiße - Lucielle Browning
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 908
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (18 March 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». The source is described as «Poor to Good private home acetates. Wow in Act 3 discs».
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Conductor Fritz Busch - 1950(SE)
Orchestra - Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra
Fiordiligi - Sena Jurinac
Dorabella - Blanche Thebom
Despina - Alda Noni
Ferrando - Richard Lewis
Guglielmo - Erich Kunz
Don Alfonso - Mario Borriello
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Black Disc - HMV DB 21115-20 {6x78s) (+HMV DA 1986*); EMI SH 397 RCA Victor LM 1126 {1LP}; World Record Club SH 397 {1LP}
Compact Disc - Testament SBT 1040 {1CD}
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Recordings of Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.128: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.132-136; Opera June 1968 p.451; Opera on Record p.86; CELLETTI p.451; Opera on CD (1) p.20 (2) p.24 (3) p.26; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.131-32 p.74; MET p.315;MET(VID) p.176; PENGUIN p.226; Stereophile Vol.14 No.8 August 1991 p.174; Classic CD April 1996 p.32; GIUDICI p.476 (2) p.804; BBC Music Magazine May 1997p.51; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.57-58
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1950 p.91; December 1950 p.147; March 1951 p.230; June 1951 p.12; July 1951 p.36; October 1951 p.105; January 1953 p.204; June 1994 p.132
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Opera Now - August/September 1995 p.54
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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.2 November/December 1994 p.310:No.4 March/April 1995 p.18
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Orpheus - Oktober 1994 S.67
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Opéra International - No.183 septembre 1994 p.82
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Diapason - No.407 septembre 1994 p.150
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American Record Guide - May 1951 Vol.17 No.9 p.317 [JN]
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ARSC Journal - 1982 Vol.XIV No.1 p.59 [PLM]
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Répertoire - No.72 September 1994 p.57
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Comments:- Recorded July 1950; *The original excerpts, conducted by Busch, did not include any of Despina's music. Her two arias were recorded later by Noni under Walter Susskind (DA 1986) and are included on the CD but not on the LP. See «Glyndebourne Recorded» by Paul Campion and Rosy Runciman, pp.48-53
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Günther Treptow
Sieglinde - Astrid Varnay
Hunding - Lubomir Vichegonov
Brünhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Wotan - Ferdinand Frantz
Fricka - Blanche Thebom
Gerhilde - Thelma Votipka
Ortlinde - Irene Jessner
Waltraute - Jeanne Palmer
Schwertleite - Jean Madeira
Helmwige - Regina Resnik
Siegrune - Hertha Glaz
Grimgerde - Martha Lipton
Roßweiße - Lucielle Browning
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Compact Disc; - Gebhardt JGCD 0038-12 (cycle) {12CDS} (2001)ª
Open Reel Tape - Immortal Performances Recorded Music Society (Also available on compact cassette)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - Awards Issue 2001 p.115, p.117 [AB]
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Opéra International - No.300 mai 2005 p.83 [FL-2]
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International Record Review - January 2002 pp.77-78 [MVA]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - septiembre 2002 No.157 p.46 (mention) [LT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 p.85 [MC]
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Classica Répertoire - No.73 juin 2005 p.107 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (3 February 1951). See «Signing-Off for the Old Met» pp.37-40.
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Conductor Eugene Ormandy - 1951(LI;22/12/51)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Eisenstein - Charles Kullman
Rosalinde - Regina Resnik
Alfred - Brian Sullivan
Blind - Paul Franke
Falke - John Brownlee
Adele - Patrice Munsel
Orlofsky - Blanche Thebom
Frank - Clifford Harvuot
Frosch - Jack Mann
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 826
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (22 December 1951). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Fiordiligi - Eleanor Steber
Dorabella - Blanche Thebom
Despina - Patrice Munsel
Ferrando - Richard Tucker
Guglielmo - Frank Guarrera
Don Alfonso - John Brownlee
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1287
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Recordings of Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.128: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.132-136; Opera June 1968 p.451; Opera on Record p.86; CELLETTI p.451; Opera on CD (1) p.20 (2) p.24 (3) p.26; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.131-32 p.74; MET p.315;MET(VID) p.176; PENGUIN p.226; Stereophile Vol.14 No.8 August 1991 p.174; Classic CD April 1996 p.32; GIUDICI p.476 (2) p.804; BBC Music Magazine May 1997p.51; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.57-58
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (12 January 1952). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(STU)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera Association
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera Association
Fiordiligi - Eleanor Steber
Dorabella - Blanche Thebom
Despina - Roberta Peters
Ferrando - Richard Tucker
Guglielmo - Frank Guarrera
Don Alfonso - Lorenzo Alvary
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Black Disc; - Columbia SL-122 {3LPS} (USA) (1952)ª; Columbia «Odyssey» Y 3-32 670 (USA)
Compact Disc; - Sony «Classical Masterworks» MH2K 60652 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Cantus Classics 500 340 {2CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.128: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.132-136; Opera June 1968 p.451; Opera on Record p.86; CELLETTI p.451; Opera on CD (1) p.20 (2) p.24 (3) p.26; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.131-32 p.74; MET p.315;MET(VID) p.176; PENGUIN p.226; Stereophile Vol.14 No.8 August 1991 p.174; Classic CD April 1996 p.32; GIUDICI p.476 (2) p.804; BBC Music Magazine May 1997p.51; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.57-58
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - January 1999 p.78
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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.4 March/April 1999 pp.287-288 [MHF]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.16 No.4 Autumn 2000 pp.673-677 [ETG]
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Opéra International - novembre 1998 No.229 p.57 [AF]
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American Record Guide - November 1952 Vol.19 No.3 p.73 [PHR]: March/April 1999 Vol.62 No.2 p.180 [KM]
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Classical Express - Issue 104 November 1998 p.4 [PA]
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International Opera Collector - Winter 1998 No.10 p.107 [MO]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII - N.125 gennaio 1999 p.90 [GL]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.31 enero-febrero 1999 p.83 [JS]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.118 febrero 1999 p.44 [JD]
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Das Opernglas - Februar 1999 S.71 [NE]
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Comments:- Recording of an abridged English version
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1952(STU)
Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra
Chorus - Covent Garden
Tristan - Ludwig Suthaus
Isolde - Kirsten Flagstad
Brangaene - Blanche Thebom
Marke - Josef Greindl
Kurwenal - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Melot - Edgar Evans
Hirt - Rudolf Schock
Steuerman - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Rudolf Schock
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Black Disc; - *HMV ALP 1030-1035 {6LPS} (1953)ª; HMV «Everyman Opera Series» HQM 1001-1005 {5LPS} (1965)ª; EMI EX 290684-3 {5LPS} (1986)ª; RCA Victor LM 6700 {5LPS}; La Voix de son Maître FALP 221-226 {6LPS} (1954)ª; HMV RLS 684 {5LPS}; Angel 3588 E/L {5LPS}; Melodiya D 22869 {5LPS}
Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 29064-9 (1986)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47322-8 {4CDS} (1986)ª; EMI CDS 5 56254-2 {4CDS}; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» CMS 5 67621-2;; {4CDS} (2001)ª; Angel CDC-47321 {4CDS} EMI TOCE 8448/51 {4CDS} (Japan); EMI TOCE 9548-61 {4CDS} (Japan) (1997)ª; Regis Records RRC 4004 {4CDS} (2004)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110321-24 {4CDS} (2004)ª; EMI Classics «Historical» 585 8732 {4CDS} (2004)ª; Membran 221921 {4CDS} (2004)ª; Membran 223061 {4CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1953 pp.245-246 [AR]; April 1953 p.477 [DST]; January 1966 p.334 [DST]; May 1986 p.1462 [RO]; August 2004 p.77 [AB]
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Opera - June 1953 pp.361-363 [ES]: February 1966 p.128 [ET]; February 2004 p.152 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.25 No.3 January/February 2002 p.243 [WY]; Vol.28 No.1 September/ October 2004 pp.216-217 [HF]
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Diapason - No.485 octobre 2001 p.152 (mention) [TS]
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American Record Guide - November 1953 Vol.20 No.3 p.76 [CJL]: March/April 2002 Vol.65 No.2 pp.234-235 [JPM]: September/October 2004 Vol.67 No.5 p.270 [JPM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - April 1955 Vol.5 No.2 pp.83-84 [JH]
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Gramophone Record Review - October 1957 p.1009 [MO]
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International Opera Collector - Summer 1997 No.4 p.56
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Audio & Record Review - October 1965 p.20 [WSM]: November 1965 p.64 (letter)
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Wagner News - Issue No.150 June 2002 pp.19-22 [PBD]
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International Record Review - December 2004 p.42 [MT]
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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.65 mai-juin 1954 p.307 [CR]
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.590
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Classica Répertoire - No.63 juin 2004 p.118 [PF]: No.64 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.125 [AT]
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Comments:- Recorded in the Kingsway Hall, London (10-22 June 1952). See «The Daily Telegraph Arts & Books» Saturday December 20 1997 p.A11
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Aida - Zinka Milanov
Radamès - Mario Del Monaco
Amneris - Blanche Thebom
Amonasro - George London
Ramphis - Jerome Hines
Il Re di Egitto - Luben Vichey
Una Sacerdotessa - Lucine Amara
Un Messaggero - Thomas Hayward
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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni GB 1173/74-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0031 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.78 [IW]
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Musica (Milano) - N.144 marzo 2003 p.24 (mention)
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.66 diciembre 2003 p.88 [JS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (24 January 1953; see «Sign off for the Old Met» pp.171-173)
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - George London
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Brian Sullivan
Marina - Blanche Thebom
Pimen - Norman Scott
Varlaam - Salvatore Baccaloni
Shuisky - Andrew McKinley
Missail - Thomas Hayward
Rangoni - Sigurd Björling
Fyodor - Mildred Miller
Xenia - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Hostess - Martha Lipton
Simpleton - Paul Franke
Tchelkalov - Clifford Harvuot
Nurse - Jean Madeira
Nikitich - Lawrence Davidson
Mityukha - Algerd Brazis
Lavitsky - Osie Hawkins
Cherniovsky - Lawrence Davidson
Frontier Guard - Osie Hawkins
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 250
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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (28 March 1953). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». It is described as coming from «Private Acetates» with «Very good sound».
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Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Anne Trulove - Hilde Güden (Gueden)
Baba - Blanche Thebom
Tom Rakewell - Eugene Conley
Nick Shadow - Mack Harrell
Trulove - Norman Scott
Sellem - Paul Franke
Keeper - Lawrence Davidson
Mother Goose - Martha Lipton
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Compact Disc - Datum DAT 90003 {2CDS}; Bensar OL 21453 (BRO 124004) {2CDRS}
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Recordings of The Rake's Progress by Igor Stravinsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.349; CELLETTI p.803; Opera on CD (1) p.131 (2) p.143 (3) p.162; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.145 p.124; MET p.548; PENGUIN p.426; GIUDICI p.853(2) p.1386; Gramophone January 2000 p.32; American Record Guide May/June 2001 Vol.64 No.3 p.67
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (14 February 1953). The CDs issued on the Datum label are advertized in MUSICA 96 p.54 and the CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tristan - Set Svanholm
Isolde - Helen Traubel
Brangaene - Blanche Thebom
Marke - Hans Hotter
Kurwenal - Paul Schöffler
Melot - Emery Darcy
Hirt - Dieter Franke
Steuerman - Algerd Brazis
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Thomas Hayward
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 323 (& 815)
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (21 March 1953). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.72-74. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Igor Stravinsky - 1953(STU)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera Association
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera Association
Anne Trulove - Hilde Güden (Gueden)
Baba - Blanche Thebom
Tom Rakewell - Eugene Conley
Nick Shadow - Mack Harrell
Trulove - Norman Scott
Sellem - Paul Franke
Keeper - Lawrence Davidson
Mother Goose - Martha Lipton
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Black Disc; - Columbia SL 125 {3LPS} (USA) (1953)ª; Philips ABL 3055-3057 {3LPS} (UK) (1955)ª; Philips A 01181-83 {3LPS} (Germany)
Compact Disc; - Naxos «Historical» 8.111266-67 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of The Rake's Progress by Igor Stravinsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.349; CELLETTI p.803; Opera on CD (1) p.131 (2) p.143 (3) p.162; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.145 p.124; MET p.548; PENGUIN p.426; GIUDICI p.853(2) p.1386; Gramophone January 2000 p.32; American Record Guide May/June 2001 Vol.64 No.3 p.67
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1955 p.66 [AP]
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Opera - October 1955 p.670
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Fanfare - Vol.20 No.5 May/June 1997 p.4, p.8 (letter)
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Diapason - No.554 S janvier 2008 p.111 [PEB]
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The Gramophone Shop Inc Record Supplement - November 1953 Vol.16 No.11 p.6
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American Record Guide - December 1953 Vol.20 No.4 p.115 [CJL]
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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1954 Vol.4 No.1 p.60 [JH]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - August 1955 p.12
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Gramophone Record Review - September p.635 [HS]
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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1997 No.5 p.38 [PP]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.107 enero-febrero 2008 p.92 [MB]
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - Cesare Siepi
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Giulio Gari
Marina - Blanche Thebom
Pimen - Norman Scott
Varlaam - Salvatore Baccaloni
Shuisky - Charles Kullman
Missail - Thomas Hayward
Rangoni - Clifford Harvuot
Fyodor - Mildred Miller
Xenia - Genevieve Warner
Hostess - Martha Lipton
Simpleton - Paul Franke
Tchelkalov - Arthur Budney
Nurse - Jean Madeira
Nikitich - Lawrence Davidson
Mityukha - Algerd Brazis
Lavitsky - Osie Hawkins
Cherniovsky - Lawrence Davidson
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 740
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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (27 February 1954). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Fiordiligi - Eleanor Steber
Dorabella - Blanche Thebom
Despina - Patrice Munsel
Ferrando - Richard Tucker
Guglielmo - Frank Guarrera
Don Alfonso - John Brownlee
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 979
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Recordings of Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.128: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.132-136; Opera June 1968 p.451; Opera on Record p.86; CELLETTI p.451; Opera on CD (1) p.20 (2) p.24 (3) p.26; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.131-32 p.74; MET p.315;MET(VID) p.176; PENGUIN p.226; Stereophile Vol.14 No.8 August 1991 p.174; Classic CD April 1996 p.32; GIUDICI p.476 (2) p.804; BBC Music Magazine May 1997p.51; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.57-58
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (10 April 1954). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Norma - Zinka Milanov
Adalgisa - Blanche Thebom
Pollione - Gino Penno
Oroveso - Cesare Siepi
Clotilde - Maria Leone
Flavio - Paul Franke
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 005 {3LPS) (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 352; Bensar OL 32754 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Norma by Vincenzo Bellini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera January 1958 p.12; Opera on Record p.154; CELLETTI p.50; Opera on CD (1) p.40 (2) p.46 (3) p.51; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.29 p.106: No.236 p.76; MET p.21; MET(VID) p.10; PENGUIN p.10; Orpheus No.13 1994 Festival p.22; GIUDICI p.31 (2) p.57; Diapason No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.48; Répertoire No.112 avril 1998 p.86; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.66-70; Donizetti Society Newsletter June 2000 pp.21-23; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83; Gramophone January 2002 p.28; Classica Répertoire No.94 juillet-aoüt 2007 p.66
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.1 Spring 1990 pp.164-166 [WA2]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (27 March 1954; see OPERA June 1954 pp.353-354; «Sign-Off For The Old Met» pp.154-155). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Set Svanholm
Sieglinde - Astrid Varnay
Hunding - Hans Hotter
Brünhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Wotan - Ferdinand Frantz
Fricka - Blanche Thebom
Gerhilde - Thelma Votipka
Ortlinde - Heidi Krall
Waltraute - Mariquita Moll
Schwertleite - Jean Madeira
Helmwige - Lucine Amara
Siegrune - Hertha Glaz
Grimgerde - Martha Lipton
Roßweiße - Sandra Warfield
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1055 (& 760) Adonis 54001 (Act 1 +Parsifal - Stiedry 1954) {4CDS}
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.190 p.179 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of of a performance at the MET (13 February 1954; see «Sign-Off for the Old MET» p.80). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Aida - Zinka Milanov
Radamès - Kurt Baum
Amneris - Blanche Thebom
Amonasro - Robert Merrill
Ramphis - Giorgio Tozzi
Il Re di Egitto - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Una Sacerdotessa - Shakeh Vartenissian
Un Messaggero - James McCracken
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1179
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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 performace at the MET (31 December 1955). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The source is described as a «Fair to Good AM Aircheck».
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Arabella - Eleanor Steber
Zdenka - Hilde Güden (Gueden)
Mandryka - George London
Waldner - Ralph Herbert
Adelaide - Blanche Thebom
Fiakermilli - Roberta Peters
Matteo - Brian Sullivan
Elemer - Gabor Carelli
Dominik - Clifford Harvuot
Lamoral - Lawrence Davidson
Kartenaufschlägerin - Thelma Votipka
Welko - Benjamin Wilkes
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Compact Disc; - Voce Della Luna VL 2014-3; Andromeda ANDRCD 5013 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Arabella by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.272; CELLETTI p.775; Opera on CD (1) p.123 (2) p.135 (3) p.151; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.170 p.96; MET p.543; MET(VID) p.322; PENGUIN p.405; BBC Music Magazine June 1995 p.43; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.89; Opera on Video p.210; GIUDICI p.844; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.554-561; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.64
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 2006 p.79 [AB]
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Orpheus - März 1998 S.59 [DN]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.176 p.106
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Classical Express - Issue No.81 December 1996 p.4
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.63
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Classica Répertoire - No.75 septembre 2005 p.AT (mention) [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (26 February 1955) given in a English translation by John Gutman.
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Fiordiligi - Eleanor Steber
Dorabella - Blanche Thebom
Despina - Patrice Munsel
Ferrando - Cesare Valletti
Guglielmo - Frank Guarrera
Don Alfonso - Lorenzo Alvary
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1190 (& 1049); Andromeda ANDRCD 9020 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.128: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.132-136; Opera June 1968 p.451; Opera on Record p.86; CELLETTI p.451; Opera on CD (1) p.20 (2) p.24 (3) p.26; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.131-32 p.74; MET p.315;MET(VID) p.176; PENGUIN p.226; Stereophile Vol.14 No.8 August 1991 p.174; Classic CD April 1996 p.32; GIUDICI p.476 (2) p.804; BBC Music Magazine May 1997p.51; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.57-58
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (17 December 1955). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Kurt Adler - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Don Carlo - Richard Tucker
Filippo II - Jerome Hines
Rodrigo - Ettore Bastianini
Il Grande Inquisitore - Nicola Moscona
Un Frate - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Elisabetta di Valois - Eleanor Steber
La principessa Eboli - Blanche Thebom
Tebaldo - Vilma Georgiou
Il Conte di Lerma - Charles Anthony
Un Araldo Reale - James McCracken
Una voce dal cielo - Shakeh Vartenissian
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Black Disc - Estro Armonico EA 43 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 946.116 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 5018 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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:-
Opera Quarterly - Mai 1995 S.62
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Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.61
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Répertoire - No.79 avril 1995 p.78
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Classica Répertoire - No.75 septembre 2005 p.AT (mention) [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (5 March 1955)
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Salome - Christel Goltz
Jochanaan - Paul Schöffler
Herodes - Ramón Vinay
Herodias - Blanche Thebom
Narraboth - Brian Sullivan
Ein Page - Mildred Miller
Erster Nazarener - Nicola Moscona
Zweiter Nazarener - Calvin Marsh
Erster Soldat - Norman Scott
Zweiter Soldat - Lorenzo Alvary
Ein Cappadocier - Osie Hawkins
Ein Sklave - Vilma Georgiou
Erster Jude - Gabor Carelli
Zweiter Jude - James McCracken
Dritter Jude - Alessio De Paolis
Vierter Jude - Paul Franke
Fünfter Jude - Gerhard Pechner
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Black Disc - Historical Operatic Performances Edition HOPE 238 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 281; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0143 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Salome by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera July 1957 p.420; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.795; Opera on CD (1) p.117 (2) p.128 (3) p.143; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.47-48 p.184, mise à jour novembre 2001; No.240 p.92; MET p.514; MET(VID) p.304; PENGUIN p.421; Répertoire No.73 octobre 1994 p.13; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.195; GIUDICI p.796; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.16; Opéra International novembre 1999 No.240 pp.60-61; The Gramophone February 2005 p.36; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.62; Gramophone May 2008 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 2006 p.79 [AB]
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Opernwelt - August 8/1955 S.56 (mention)
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Classica Répertoire - No.79 février 2006 p.104 (mention) [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 January 1955). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tannhäuser - Ramón Vinay
Elisabeth - Astrid Varnay
Wolfram von Eschenbach - George London
Venus - Blanche Thebom
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen - Jerome Hines
Walther von der Vogelweide - Giulio Gari
Biterolf - Clifford Harvuot
Heinrich der Schreiber - Paul Franke
Reinmar von Zweter - Norman Scott
Hirt - Heidi Krall
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Black Disc - Raritas OPR 409; Melodram MEL 038 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Adonis 3CD 55002 {3CDS} (1999)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0095 {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.59; HARRIS p.268; Opera on Record p.346; CELLETTI p.1143; Opera on CD (1) p.62 (2) p.69 (3) p.78; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.63-64 p.186, mise à jour mars 2004; MET p.677; MET(VID) p.420; PENGUIN p.547; Stereophile July 1990 p.160; Wagner News Issue No.97 p.18; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March/April 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1068 (2) p.1717; Orpheus August + September 2002 S.81
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Classical Express - Issue No.118 January 2000 p.5 [MT]
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Wagner News - Issue No.145 June 2001 pp.21-23 [PDB]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.82 julio-agosto 2005 p.90 [JR]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (29 January 1955). The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE January 1983 p.849
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tristan - Set Svanholm
Isolde - Astrid Varnay
Brangaene - Blanche Thebom
Marke - Jerome Hines
Kurwenal - Josef Metternich
Melot - James McCracken
Hirt - Paul Franke
Steuerman - Calvin Marsh
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Albert Da Costa
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 700 (& 4626 & 465) ;; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0135 {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Nov.+Dez. 2005 S.55-S.56 [SS]
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Classica Répertoire - No.77 novembre 2005 p.105 [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (19 March 1955). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Herbert Sandberg - 1956(LE)
Orchestra - Royal Swedish Opera
Chorus - Royal Swedish Opera
Samson - Set Svanholm
Dalila - Blanche Thebom
Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Sigurd Björling
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Compact Disc; - Caprice CAP 22054 (+Les Troyens - excerpts) {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - September+Oktober 2004 S.57 [GH]
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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2005 p.102 [JTH]
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The Record Collector - Vol.50 No,1 March 2005 pp.47-49 [MS]
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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm (September 1956).
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Boris - George London
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Giulio Gari
Marina - Blanche Thebom
Pimen - Giorgio Tozzi
Varlaam - Lorenzo Alvary
Shuisky - Charles Kullman
Missail - Thomas Hayward
Rangoni - Clifford Harvuot
Fyodor - Mildred Miller
Xenia - Laurel Hurley
Hostess - Martha Lipton
Simpleton - Charles Anthony
Tchelkalov - Arthur Budney
Nurse - Sandra Warfield
Nikitich - Lawrence Davidson
Mityukha - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Frontier Guard - Osie Hawkins
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 256
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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (10 March 1956). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Wotan - Hermann Uhde
Fricka - Blanche Thebom
Loge - Ramón Vinay
Mime - Norman Kelley
Alberich - Lawrence Davidson
Freia - Mariquita Moll
Froh - James McCracken
Donner - Arthur Budney
Erda - Jean Madeira
Fasolt - Kurt Böhme
Fafner - Dezsö Ernster
Woglinde - Heidi Krall
Wellgunde - Rosalind Elias
Floßhilde - Sandra Warfield
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 709 (& 476); The Opera Lovers RHE 195701 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2007)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 232 {2CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.132; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1126; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.6/7 p.146, No.227 p.116; MET p.706; MET(VID) p.433; PENGUIN p.535; Diapason No.145 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (26 January 1957). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Ramón Vinay
Sieglinde - Marianne Schech
Hunding - Kurt Böhme
Brünhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Wotan - Otto Edelmann
Fricka - Blanche Thebom
Gerhilde - Carlotta Ordassy
Ortlinde - Heidi Krall
Waltraute - Mariquita Moll
Schwertleite - Belen Amparan
Helmwige - Gloria Lind
Siegrune - Rosalind Elias
Grimgerde - Martha Lipton
Roßweiße - Sandra Warfield
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 004 (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - Living Stage LS 1058 (+highlights from studio recording) {3CDS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers WAL 195701 {3CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.70 mayo 2004 p.88 [MCP]
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Classica Répertoire - No.75 septembre 2005 p.106 [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (2 February 1957). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1957(LI;23/2/57-Stella)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Aida - Antonietta Stella
Radamès - Kurt Baum
Amneris - Blanche Thebom
Amonasro - George London
Ramphis - Giorgio Tozzi
Il Re di Egitto - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Una Sacerdotessa - Helen Vanni
Un Messaggero - James McCracken
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1461; Bensar OL 22357 (BRO 125520) {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (23 February 1957). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(SE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Ramón Vinay
Sieglinde - Marianne Schech
Hunding - Norman Scott
Brünhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Wotan - Hermann Uhde
Fricka - Blanche Thebom
Gerhilde - Carlotta Ordassy
Ortlinde - Heidi Krall
Waltraute - Mariquita Moll
Schwertleite - Belen Amparan
Helmwige - Gloria Lind
Siegrune - Rosalind Elias
Grimgerde - Martha Lipton
Roßweiße - Sandra Warfield
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Black Disc; - Metropolitan Opera Record Club MO 728 {2LPS} (1958)ª
Compact Disc; - Living Stage LS 1058 (+live performance conducted by Mitropoulos) {3CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- The LPs issued by the Metropolitan Opera Record Club are advertized in OPERA NEWS, February 3 1958 (back cover) and in HIGH FIDELITY, March 1958 p.27. According to «The Complete Discography of Dimitri Mitropoulos» by S.A. Arfanis p.155 this recording was made on 11, 14 February and 6 March 1957. It is not clear if all the excerpts from the LPs are included on the Gala CDs.
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Elektra - Inge Borkh
Chrysothemis - Frances Yeend
Clytemnestra - Blanche Thebom
Aegisth - David Lloyd
Orest - Giorgio Tozzi
Der Pfleger des Orest - Thomas Fisher
1. Magd - Margery Mayer
2. Magd - Lizabeth Pritchett
3. Magd - Evelyn Sachs
4. Magd - June Kelly
5. Magd - Marjorie McClung
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Compact Disc; - Arkadia CDMP 459.3 (+Salome) {3CDS} (1993)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - December 1994 p.1384
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Opéra International - No.170 juin 1993 p.82
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Diapason - No.397 octobre 1993 p.186
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.155 p.155
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Répertoire - No.60 juillet-aoüt 1993 p.98
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Eisenstein - Theodor Uppman
Rosalinde - Hilde Güden (Gueden)
Alfred - Cesare Valletti
Blind - Paul Franke
Falke - Frank Guarrera
Adele - Roberta Peters
Orlofsky - Blanche Thebom
Frank - Clifford Harvuot
Frosch - Jack Gilford
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 350; Bensar OL 121358 (BRO 125573) {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauß II are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.532; Opera on CD (1) p.81 (2) p.90 (3) p.101; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.49 p.146, mise à jour décembre 1999 p.2; MET p.504; MET(VID) p.301 PENGUIN p.398; Opera on Video p.137; Classic CD December 1995 p.42 GIUDICI p.788, (2) p.1300
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (13 December 1958). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Salome - Inge Borkh
Jochanaan - Mack Harrell
Herodes - Ramón Vinay
Herodias - Blanche Thebom
Narraboth - Giulio Gari
Ein Page - Margaret Roggero
Erster Nazarener - William Wilderman
Zweiter Nazarener - Calvin Marsh
Erster Soldat - Norman Scott
Zweiter Soldat - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Ein Cappadocier - Osie Hawkins
Ein Sklave - Mildred Allen
Erster Jude - Gabor Carelli
Zweiter Jude - Robert Nagy
Dritter Jude - Alessio De Paolis
Vierter Jude - Paul Franke
Fünfter Jude - Lawrence Davidson
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Black Disc; - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 82 {2LPS} (1979)ª
Compact Disc - Arkadia CDMP 459.3 (+Elektra) {3CDS}; Omega Opera Archive 1317
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Salome by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera July 1957 p.420; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.795; Opera on CD (1) p.117 (2) p.128 (3) p.143; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.47-48 p.184, mise à jour novembre 2001; No.240 p.92; MET p.514; MET(VID) p.304; PENGUIN p.421; Répertoire No.73 octobre 1994 p.13; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.195; GIUDICI p.796; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.16; Opéra International novembre 1999 No.240 pp.60-61; The Gramophone February 2005 p.36; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.62; Gramophone May 2008 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - December 1994 p.1384
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Opéra International - No.170 juin 1993 p.82
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Diapason - No.397 octobre 1993 p.186
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.155 p.155
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Répertoire - No.62 juillet-aoüt 1993 p.68
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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 February 1958). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Thomas Beecham - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón - Buenos Aires
Chorus - Teatro Colón - Buenos Aires
Samson - Ramón Vinay
Dalila - Blanche Thebom
Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Giuseppe Taddei
Abimélech - Fernando Corena
Le Vieillard Hébreu - Giuseppe Modesti
Le messager philistin - Alvaro Bandini
Premier philistin - Carlos Giusti
Deuxième philistin - Guerrino Boschetti
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 449 (+Vinay - recital) {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 103 «Sir Thomas Beecham» {1xCD-ROM} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (1 August 1958, seeOPERA October 1958 p.655). It is sometimes incorrectly stated that this perfor-mance took place in Mexico City
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tristan - Ramón Vinay
Isolde - Margaret Harshaw
Brangaene - Blanche Thebom
Marke - Otto Edelmann
Kurwenal - Walter Cassel
Melot - Calvin Marsh
Hirt - Paul Franke
Steuerman - Osie Hawkins
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Robert Nagy
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 365 (&371); Bensar OL 3158 (BRO 122735) {3CDRS} (2004)ª; The Opera Lovers TRI 195801 {3CDRS} (Canada) (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Wagner News - No.167 April 2005 p.19 [ARB]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (1 March 1958). 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.» and those issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Rafael Kubelik - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Enée - Jon Vickers
Chorèbe - Jess Walters
Panthée - Forbes Robinson
Narbal - Joseph Rouleau
Ascagne - Joan Carlyle
Cassandre - Amy Shuard
Didon - Blanche Thebom
Anna - Lauris Elms
Hylas - Dermot Troy
Priam - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies
Hécube - Noreen Berry
Iopas - Robert Thomas
Helenus - Edgar Evans
Un chef grec - Robert Allman
Un soldat troyen - Ronald Lewis
1re sentinelle - Ronald Lewis
2e sentinelle - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies
L'Ombre d'Hector - Joseph Rouleau
Le spectre de Cassandre - Kathleen Dunkerley
Le spectre d'Priam - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies
Le spectre de Chorèbe - Jess Walters
Mercure - Kenneth Barlow
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1181; Charles Handelman - Live Opera (unnumbered) (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.302; Opera on Record p.158; CELLETTI p.90; Opera on CD (1) p.41 (2) p.47 (3) p.52; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.128-129 p.160; MET p.41; MET(VID) p.14; PENGUIN p.21; GIUDICI p.55 (2) p.95; Opéra International No.276 février 2003 p.18; Orpheus Heft 3+4 März+April 2003 S.66; The Opera Quarterly Vol.19 No.3 Summer 2003 pp.446-485; American Record Guide Vol.70 No.3 pp.64-65
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (17 July 1958; see Radio Times Issue dated July 13-19 1958). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. 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 Charles Handelman are listed in the supplement to his CD catalogue dated Spring 2004.
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Don Carlo - Giulio Gari
Filippo II - Jerome Hines
Rodrigo - Robert Merrill
Il Grande Inquisitore - Hermann Uhde
Un Frate - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Elisabetta di Valois - Leonie Rysanek
La principessa Eboli - Blanche Thebom
Tebaldo - Madelaine Chambers
Il Conte di Lerma - Robert Nagy
Un Araldo Reale - William Olvis
Una voce dal cielo - Martina Arroyo
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 001 {3LPS} (1980)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (4 April 1959)
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Conductor Ernest Ansermet - 1962(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Pelléas - Nicolai Gedda
Mélisande - Anna Moffo
Golaud - George London
Arkel - Jerome Hines
Geneviève - Blanche Thebom
Yniold - Teresa Stratas
Médecin - Clifford Harvuot
Le berger - William Walker
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1065;; Academy Records WH Live Opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.84, p.90; Opera on Record p.629; CELLETTI p.176; MARINELLI p.426; Opera on CD (1) p.113 (2) p.124 (3) p.139; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.9 p.104 (Supplément avril 1998); MET p.88; MET(VID) p.49; PENGUIN p.65; Operaon Video p.189; GIUDICI p.147 (2) p.247; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; Répertoire No.106 octobre 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Summer 1999 No.12 p.30; Gramophone May 2002 p.38
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (29 December 1962). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.402-403. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Arabella - Lisa Della Casa
Zdenka - Anneliese Rothenberger
Mandryka - William Dooley
Waldner - Donald Gramm
Adelaide - Blanche Thebom
Fiakermilli - Jeanette Scovotti
Matteo - Barry Morell
Elemer - Charles Anthony
Dominik - Robert Goodloe
Lamoral - Norman Scott
Kartenaufschlägerin - Lynn Owen
Welko - Joseph Folmer
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1296 (& 1058)
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Recordings of Arabella by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.272; CELLETTI p.775; Opera on CD (1) p.123 (2) p.135 (3) p.151; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.170 p.96; MET p.543; MET(VID) p.322; PENGUIN p.405; BBC Music Magazine June 1995 p.43; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.89; Opera on Video p.210; GIUDICI p.844; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.554-561; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.64
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET given in an English translation by John Gutman (18 December 1965). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor William Steinberg - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Vanessa - Mary Costa
Erika - Rosalind Elias
Old Baroness - Blanche Thebom
Anatol - John Alexander
Old Doctor - Giorgio Tozzi
Nicholas - Russell Christopher
Footman - Arthur Graham
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1471 (& 1231)
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Recordings of Vanessa by Samuel Barber are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.25; MET p.3; PENGUIN p.3
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (3 April 1965). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor William Smith - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company
Chorus - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company
Tristan - Ernst Gruber
Isolde - Hanne-Lore Kuhse
Brangaene - Blanche Thebom
Marke - Irwin Densen
Kurwenal - Ramón Vinay
Melot - Walter Knetlar
Hirt - Herbert Kraus
Steuerman - Herbert Kraus
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Herbert Kraus
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Compact Disc; - Mitridate «Ponto» PO 1076 {3CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - 1+2 Januar+Februar 2005 S.59 [SS]
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American Record Guide - May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.193-194 [SDC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (25 January 1967).
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
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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