(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1951(LI) - Wolf-Ferrari Manno - RAI Milano*
2 1957(LI) - Vernizzi Fulvio - RAI Torino*
3 1969(LI) - Gavazzeni Gianandrea - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*
4 1971(STU) - Gardelli Lamberto - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
5 1972(LI) - Queler Eve - Opera Orchestra of New York*
6 1973(LI) - Cillario Carlo Felice - Teatro Regio di Parma*
7 1976(LI) - Gardelli Lamberto - Covent Garden*
8 1976(LI) - Veltri Michelangelo - Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao*
9 1979(LI) - Arena Maurizio - San Diego Opera*
10 1983(STU) - Gardelli Lamberto - Hungarian State Opera*
11 1984(LI) - Gavazzeni Gianandrea - Teatro alla Scala***
12 1986(LI) - Queler Eve - Opera Orchestra of New York*
13 1987(LI) - Campori Angelo - Teatro São Carlos, Lisboa*
14 1993(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera**
15 1995(LI) - Arena Maurizio - Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana*
16 1996(STU) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*
17 1999(LI) - Santi Nello - Opernhaus Zürich*
18 2001(LC) - Severini Tiziano - Orchestra I Pommeriggi Musicali di Milano*
19 2001(LI) - Carella Giuliano - L'Opéra de Marseille*
20 2005(LI) - Abbado Claudio - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*
21 2005(LI) - Bonynge Richard - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)**
22 2008(LI) - Morandi Pier Giorgio - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Manno Wolf-Ferrari - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Giselda - Maria Vitale
Oronte - Gustavo Gallo
Pagano - Mario Petri
Arvino - Aldo Bertocci
Viclinda - Miriam Pirazzini
Pirro - Mario Frosini
Acciano - Renato Pasquali
Sofia - Renata Broilo
Priore della città di Milano - Bruno Franchi
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Black Disc; - Cetra LPC 1217 1-3; Cetra-Soria 1217 {3LPS} ;; Fonit Cetra LPO 2069 {3LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDON 41 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Mondo Musica MMO 91108 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1961 p.492
Opera - March 1961 p.194
Orpheus - Februar 1996 S.58
Diapason - No.431 novembre 1996 p.139
American Record Guide - August 1951 Vol.17 No.12 p.419 [PHR]
High Fidelity Magazine - January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.47 [CLO]
Gramophone Record Review - March 1961 p.263 [DH]
Classical Express - Issue No.72 February 1996 p.6
Répertoire - No.93 juillet-aoüt 1996 p.68
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.21 septiembre-noviembre 1996 p.68: No.50 marzo-abril 2002 p.92 [JV]
Comments:- The Fonit Cetra LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE March 1982 p.1271
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Conductor Fulvio Vernizzi - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Giselda - Magda László
Oronte - Raffaele Lagares
Pagano - Plinio Clabassi
Arvino - Aldo Bertocci
Viclinda - Lucilla Udovich
Pirro - Ivan Sardi
Acciano - Franco Ventriglia
Sofia - Luisella Ciaffi Ricagno
Priore della città di Milano - Alfredo Nobile
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0208 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Classic Record Collector - Winter 2007 p.98 [JTH]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance broadcast on 6 October 1957. The cast listed above is that given in «50 anni di opera lirica alla Rai 1931-1980» by Giorgio Gualerzi and Carlo Marinelli Roscioni p.146. The date given in Gebhard's online catalogue is 14 June 1957. This may be the day that the recording was made
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Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Giselda - Renata Scotto
Oronte - Luciano Pavarotti
Pagano - Ruggero Raimondi
Arvino - Umberto Grilli
Viclinda - Anna Di Stasio
Pirro - Mario Rinaudo
Acciano - Alfredo Colella
Sofia - Sofia Mezzetti
Priore della città di Milano - Fernandino Jacopucci
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 503 {2LPS} (1970)ª; Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 48 {2LPS}; Robin Hood Records RHR 519 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - *Legato Classics LCD-148-2 (+La Traviata -highlights) {2CDS} (1989)ª; Butterfly BMCD 008 {2CDS}; Memories HR 4337-38 {2CDS}; Verona 27061/2 {2CDS} Frequenz CD 043-509 {2CDS} (1995)ª;; Opera d'Oro OPD 1182 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 5005 (+La boheme +La Fille du regiment +Manon) {8CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.167 p.122
American Record Guide - January/February 1990 Vol.53 No.1 p.100 [CHP]
ARSC Journal - Vol.21 No.2 Fall 1990 p.303 [SGA]
Répertoire - No.77 février 1995 p.76
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Rome Opera (2O November 1969). See OPERA, March 1970 p.251
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Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1971(STU)
Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Ambrosian Singers
Giselda - Cristina Deutekom
Oronte - Plácido Domingo
Pagano - Ruggero Raimondi
Arvino - Jerome Lo Monaco
Viclinda - Desdemona Malvisi
Pirro - Stafford Dean
Acciano - Clifford Grant
Sofia - Montserrat Aparici
Priore della città di Milano - Keith Erwen
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Black Disc; - *Philips 6703 032 {3LPS} (1972)ª
Compact Disc; - Philips 422 420-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª; Philips UCCP 3031/32 {2CDS} (Japan) (2001)ª; Philips 475 8700 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1972 p.1931; July 1972 p.171; November 1989 p. [JBS]
Fanfare - Vol.31 No.3 January/February 2008 pp.272-274 [JM]
Orpheus - Juni/Juli 1973 S.58 [CK]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.171-174 [KP]
Classical Express - Issue 92 November 1997 p.3 [RB]
American Record Guide - January/February 2008 Vol.71 No.1 pp.174-176 [RVL]
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Conductor Eve Queler - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Opera Orchestra of New York
Chorus - Sarah Lawrence College Chorus
Giselda - Renata Scotto
Oronte - José Carreras
Pagano - Paul Plishka
Arvino - Franco Marini
Viclinda - Annette Parker
Pirro - Will Roy
Sofia - Yoshi Itoh
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Black Disc - BJR S 132 (highlights) {1LP}
Compact Disc; - foyer 2-CF 2051 {2CDS}; Disky COCD 12 {2CDS} Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1757-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in New York (7 December 1972). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Latest Releases from Premiere Opera - May 2005».
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Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1973(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Parma
Chorus - Teatro Regio di Parma
Giselda - Renata Scotto
Oronte - José Carreras
Pagano - Maurizio Mazzieri
Arvino - Bernardino Trotta
Viclinda - Anna Maria Borelli
Pirro - Franco Federici
Acciano - Bruno Grella
Sofia - Rina Pallini
Priore della città di Milano - Mario Carlin
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 6521
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Regio di Parma (28 December 1973; see OPERA March 1974 p.251). The cast listed above is that given in «Teatro Regio di Città di Parma - Cronologia degli Spettacoli Lirici 1929/1979» p.213.
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Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Giselda - Sylvia Sass
Oronte - José Carreras
Pagano - Nicola Ghiuselev
Arvino - Ezio Di Cesare
Viclinda - Elizabeth Connell
Pirro - Michael Langdon
Acciano - Robert Lloyd
Sofia - Heather Begg
Priore della città di Milano - John Dobson
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Black Disc - Historic Recording Enterprises HRE V 804-3 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03513
Compact Disc - Standing Room Only SRO 829-2 {2CDS}; Celestial Audio CA 042 {2CDRS} (Australia)
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (9 June 1976). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times issue dated 5-11 June 1976 p.44). The performance on 28 May 1976 is reviewed in OPERA July 1976 p.675
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Conductor Michelangelo Veltri - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao
Chorus - Coro de la Asociación Bilbaina de Amigos de la Opera (ABAO}
Giselda - Cristina Deutekom
Oronte - José Carreras
Pagano - Matteo Manuguerra
Arvino - Luis Lima
Pirro - Juan (Joan) Pons
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2412 {2CDRS}; The Opera Lovers LOM 197602 {2CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
Comments:- Recording of a performance in Bilbao (31 March 1976).
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Conductor Maurizio Arena - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - San Diego Opera
Chorus - San Diego Opera
Giselda - Cristina Deutekom
Oronte - Carlo Bergonzi
Pagano - Paul Plishka
Arvino - Rico Serbo
Viclinda - Lynn Martindale-Schafer
Pirro - Carlos Chausson
Acciano - J Patrick Raftery
Sofia - Leslie Richards
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Compact Disc; - *House of Opera - The Operas of Verdi - Volume 1 - The Early Years {1xCD-ROM} (2001)ª; House of Opera CDWW 1088 {2CDRS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the San Diego Opera (30 June 1979), reviewed in OPERA November 1979 pp.1079-1080.
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Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1983(STU)
Orchestra - Hungarian State Opera
Chorus - Hungarian Radio & TV Chorus
Giselda - Sylvia Sass
Oronte - Giorgio Lamberti (Casellato-Lamberti)
Pagano - Kolos Kováts
Arvino - Ezio Di Cesare
Viclinda - Zsuzsa Misura
Pirro - Peter Janosi
Acciano - József Gregor
Sofia - Klári Jász
Priore della città di Milano - Ferenc Gerdesits
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Black Disc - Hungaroton SLPD 12498-500 {3LPS}
Compact Disc - *Hungaroton HCD 12498-500-2; Hungaroton 772 234
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1985 p. [AB]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.171-174 [KP]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.167 p.122
American Record Guide - September 1984 Vol.47 No.6 p.44 [RVL]
Répertoire - No.83 septembre 1995 p.104
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Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1984(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Giselda - Ghena Dimitrova
Oronte - José Carreras
Pagano - Silvano Carroli
Arvino - Carlo Bini
Viclinda - Luisa Vannini
Pirro - Luigi Roni
Acciano - Giovanni Foiani
Sofia - Laura Bocca
Priore della città di Milano - Gianfranco Manganotti
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 904-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª
DVD (Video) - Warner Music Vision 0927 44927 1 (2004)ª; Kultur D 2036 (2005)ª; *mdv music & movies 024 (2006)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Castle Vision CVI 2027 (PAL); HBO/Canon TVE/TXE 3399 (NTSC) (USA)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - January 2005 pp.106-108 (DVD) [GH]
Fanfare - Vol.28 No.5 May/June 2005 pp.295-296 (DVD) [RT]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.142-163 [RL]
Opéra International - No.297 janvier 2005 p.89 (DVD) [JC]
Diapason - No.522 février 2005 p.114 (DVD) [MP]
International Record Review - February 2005 p.83 (DVD) [IJ]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.75 noviembre 2004 pp.78-79 (DVD) [PMH]
Comments:- *Recorded at La Scala (April 1984; see OPERA August 1984 pp.863-864). The CDs issued by Premiere are listed in their «New Compact Disk Releases» dated 14 February 2003. Premiere has also issued another set, CDNO 649-2, attributed to a performance in Milan on 24 April 1986, but I Lombardi was not performed at La Scala on that date. The partial cast listing given by Premiere corresponds to that for the performance on 24 April 1984. See «La Scala 67-92 - Cronologia - Opere, Balletti, Concerti» p.130.
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Conductor Eve Queler - 1986(LI)
Orchestra - Opera Orchestra of New York
Chorus - Schola Cantorum of New York
Giselda - Aprile Millo
Oronte - Carlo Bergonzi
Pagano - Paul Plishka
Arvino - Dino Di Domenico
Viclinda - Rita Mazurowski
Pirro - Peter Loehle
Acciano - Kevin Maynor
Sofia - Frances Ginsberg
Priore della città di Milano - Robert Guarino
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Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 105 (excerpts) {1CD}; The Opera Lovers LOM 198601 {2CDRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance given in the Carnegie Hall (19 January 1986; see OPERA March 1986 p.283). The cast listed above is that given in the website of OONY (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Angelo Campori - 1987(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro São Carlos, Lisboa
Chorus - Teatro São Carlos, Lisboa
Giselda - Silvia Mosca
Oronte - Carlo Bergonzi
Pagano - Michele Pertusi
Arvino - Andrea Trabucchi
Viclinda - Elizette Bayan
Pirro - Carlos Fonesca
Acciano - Costa Countinho
Sofia - Manuela Castani
Priore della città di Milano - Antonio Silva
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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 644-2 {2CDRS}
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Sao Carlos, Lisbon (27 November 1987; see OPERA August 1988 p.980).
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Conductor James Levine - 1993(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Giselda - Lauren Flanigan
Oronte - Luciano Pavarotti
Pagano - Samuel Ramey
Arvino - Bruno Beccaria
Viclinda - Inmaculada Egido
Pirro - Hao Jiang Tian
Acciano - Jeffrey Wells
Sofia - Jane Shaulis
Priore della città di Milano - Anthony Laciura
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DVD (Video) - The Opera Lovers DVDLOM 199301 (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance at the MET (21 December 1993). The DVD-R issued by «The Opera Lovers» is listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Maurizio Arena - 1995(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana
Chorus - Coro dell'Associazione Culturale M.A.S.T.E.R. di Piacenza
Giselda - Carmela Apollonio
Oronte - Antonio Lotti
Pagano - Alfredo Zanazzo
Arvino - Donato Tota
Viclinda - Elena Lo Forte
Pirro - Antonio Marani
Acciano - Davide Baronchelli
Sofia - Ivana Turchese Colavito
Priore della città di Milano - Stefano Montanari
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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 4108 (1996)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Municipale di Piacenza (7 December 1995). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera '96 Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.204. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric Distribution Incorporated are listed in «New Audio Cassette Listing - July 1996».
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Conductor James Levine - 1996(STU)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Giselda - June Anderson
Oronte - Luciano Pavarotti
Pagano - Samuel Ramey
Arvino - Richard Leech
Viclinda - Patricia Racette
Pirro - Ildebrando d' Arcangelo
Acciano - Yanni Yannissis
Sofia - Jane Shaulis
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Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 455 287-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1997 p. [RTF]; January 1998 p.48 [JBS]
Opera - October 1997 p.1260 [AB]
Opera News - January 17 1998 p.36 [FPD]
Orpheus - Dezember 1997 S.53 [GH]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.17 No.1 Winter 2001 p.144 [GJ]
Opéra International - novembre 1997 No.218 p.59 [SS]
Diapason - No.443 décembre 1997 p.111 [JC]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.181-182 p.215 [ES]
Classic CD - November 1997 p.86 [TB]
BBC Music Magazine - November 1997 p.78 [JA]
International Opera Collector - Winter 1997 No.6 p.89 [AP]
American Record Guide - January/February 1998 Vol.61 No.1 p.191 [LM]
Répertoire - No.107 novembre 1997 p.60 [PT]
Le Monde de la Musique - No.215 novembre p.96 [GG]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI novembre 1997 p.82 [NS]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.105 diciembre 1997 p.61 [JS]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - diciembre 1997 - febrero 1998 No.26 p.86 [MC]
Comments:- See «The Daily Telegraph Arts & Books» Saturday September 27 1997 p.A11
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Conductor Nello Santi - 1999(LI)
Orchestra - Opernhaus Zürich
Chorus - Opernhaus Zürich
Giselda - Yelena Prokina
Oronte - Vincenzo La Scola
Pagano - Carlo Colombara
Arvino - Boiko Zvetanov
Viclinda - Margaret Chalker
Pirro - Cheyne Davidson
Sofia - Judith Schmid
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CD 662 {2CDRS} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Opernhaus, Zürich (20 June 1999; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL septembre 1999 No.238 p.54; OPERA January 2000 p.100). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed in «New Releases March 2001»
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Conductor Tiziano Severini - 2001(LC)
Orchestra - Orchestra I Pommeriggi Musicali di Milano
Chorus - Coro del Circuito Lirico Lombardo
Giselda - Dimitra Theodossiou
Oronte - Massimo Giordano
Pagano - Giorgio Surjan
Arvino - Francesco Piccoli
Viclinda - Graziella Merrino
Pirro - Pietro Vultaggio
Acciano - Valentino Salvini
Sofia - Elena Bertocchi
Priore della città di Milano - Sergio Rocchi
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Compact Disc; - Dynamic CDS 390/1-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - February 2003 p.230 [RL]
Orpheus - Heft 1+2 Januar 2003 S.74 [IW]
Diapason - No.500 février 2003 pp.102-103 [MP]
International Record Review - March 2003 p.55 [JTH]
Répertoire - No.164 janvier 2003 p.85 [PT]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.167 dicembre 2002 pp.109 [GL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.58 marzo 2003 p.85 [JS]
Le Monde de la Musique - No.272 janvier 2003 pp.93-94 [CFD]
Comments:- Recorded at performances in the Teatro Ponchielli di Cremona (16, 18 November 2001)
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Conductor Giuliano Carella - 2001(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Marseille
Chorus - L'Opéra de Marseille
Giselda - Kathleen Cassello
Oronte - Miroslav Dvorsky
Pagano - Giacomo Prestia
Arvino - Marc Laho
Viclinda - Martine Surais
Pirro - Franco De Grandis
Acciano - Marco Spotti
Sofia - Valérie Millot
Priore della città di Milano - Wilfried Tissot
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Compact Disc - House of Opera CDWW 1087 {2CDRS}
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Marseille Opera (23 March 2001). The performance on 31 March 2001 is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.257 mai 2001 pp.38-39. The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003.
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Conductor Claudio Abbado - 2005(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Giselda - Dimitra Theodossiou
Oronte - Ramón Vargas
Pagano - Erwin Schrott
Arvino - Massimiliano Pisapia
Viclinda - Katia Pellegrino
Pirro - Marco Spotti
Acciano - Cesare Lana
Sofia - Daniela Schillaci
Priore della città di Milano - Enrico Cossutta
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Compact Disc; - live-rare-opera (unnumbered) {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (September 2005). The CDs issued by live-rare-opera are (were?) listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Richard Bonynge - 2005(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Giselda - Amparo Navarro
Oronte - Massimiliano Pisapia
Pagano - Elia Todisco
Arvino - Gustavo López Manzitti
Viclinda - Katia Escalera
Pirro - Carlos Esquivel
Acciano - Ariel Cazes
Sofia - María Luján Mirabelli
Priore della città di Milano - Gabriel Renaud
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 7014 (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
Comments:- *This video recording appears to be of a performance in Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires on 24 April 2005 and the cast listed above is as given on the website of the Teatro Colón (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The DVD issued by Premiere is included in their list of new DVD releases - August 2009 (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Pier Giorgio Morandi - 2008(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Giselda - Dimitra Theodossiou
Oronte - Fabio Sartori
Pagano - Ruggero Raimondi
Arvino - Tito Beltran
Viclinda - Maria Cioppi
Pirro - Enrico Giuseppe Iori
Acciano - Antonio de Gobbi
Sofia - Adelina Scarabelli
Priore della città di Milano - Luca Casalin
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3949-3 {3CDRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of I Lombardi by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.147; CELLETTI p.927; MET(VID) p.348; PENGUIN p.485; GIUDICI p.865 (2) p.1410; Opéra International No.67 février 1984 p.19; Orpheus März 2001 S.53
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (20 May 2008). The cast and conductor listed above are those given in «Opera 2008 - Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.177. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases» October 2009.
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