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Étienne Marcel

Henry VIII

Phryné

La Princesse jaune

Samson et Dalila

 

Étienne Marcel

* Montpellier, Opéra Berlioz - Le Corum

Concert performance : Monday 11 July 1994

Broadcast : France Musiques, live

 

Alain Fondary

Michèle Lagrange

Daniel Galvez-Vallejo

Franck Ferrari

Lucile Vignon

Philippe Fourcade

Antoine Garcin

Alexandra Papadjiakou

Wojtek Smilek

Franck Bard

Jean-Luc Maurette

– Étienne Marcel

– Béatrix

– Robert de Loris

– Eustache

– Le Dauphin Charles

– Jehan Maillard

– Robert de Clermont

– Marguerite

– L'Évêque

– Hôtelier / Sentinelle / Héraut

– Denis / Pierre

 

Chœurs des Opéras du Rhin et de Montpellier

Solistes de Montpellier-Moscou, Orchestre philharmonique de Montpellier

conducted by Hubert Soudant

 

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Henry VIII

* Barcelona, Gran Teatre del Liceu

Performance : Thursday 17 January 2002

 

Simon Estes (Acts I-II) / Robert Bork (Acts III-IV)

Charles Workman

Paolo Pecchioli

Claude Pia

Hans Voschezang

Celestino Varela

Montserrat Caballé

Nomeda Kazlaus

Begona Alberdi

– Henry VIII

– Don Gomez de Feria

– Cardinal Campeggio

– Comte de Surrey

– Duc de Norfolk

– Thomas Cranmer

– Catherine d'Aragon

– Anne Boleyn

– Lady Clarence

 

Orquesra Sinfónica y Coro del Gran Teatre del Liceu

conducted by José Collado

 

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Phryné

* Paris

Performance :  1961

Shortened version for "French Lyric Drama" broadcast

 

Andrée Esposito

Nadine Sautereau

Louis Musy

Rémy Corazza

Jacques Mars

– Phryné

– Lampito

– Dicéphile

– Nicias

– Agoragine

 

Chœurs et Orchestre de l'ORTF

conducted by Eugène Bigot

 

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La Princesse jaune

* Chandos, 1996

Recording location : Lugano, Auditorio della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana

Recording date : Saturday 13 January 1996

 

Maria Costanza Nocentini

Carlo Allemano

– Léna

– Kornélis

 

Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana

conducted by Francis Travis

 

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Samson et Dalila

Detroit, 28 May 1965

Legato Classic, 1973

Philips, 1989

Berlin, 04 February 2002

Milano, 17 February 2002

New York, 23 September 2002

Salzburg, 11 August 2003

New York, 05 March 2005

New York, 25 February 2006

   

* Detroit

Performance : Friday 28 May 1965

Download : rapidshare.de, Monday 10 April 2006

 

Jon Vickers

Giulietta Simionato

Norman Mittelman

Justino Diaz

John Macurdy

Robert Nagy

Gabor Carelli

Robert Goodloe

– Samson

– Dalila

– Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon

– Abimelech

– Un vieil Hébreu

– Le messager philistin

– Le premier Philistin

– Le second Philistin

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

conducted by Fausto Cleva

 

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* Legato Classic, 1973           camera_2.gif

Recording location : London, Royal Festival Hall

Recording date : Sunday 03 June 1973

Excerpts

 

Plácido Domingo

Shirley Verrett

Robert Massard

– Samson

– Dalila

– Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon

 

New Philharmonia Orchestra

conducted by Georges Prêtre

 

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* Philips, 1989           camera_2.gif

Recording location : München

Recording date : February 1989

 

José Carreras

Agnes Baltsa

Jonathan Summers

Simon Estes

Paata Burchuladze

Robert Swensen

Donald George Smith

Urban Malmberg

– Samson

– Dalila

– Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon

– Abimelech

– Un vieil Hébreu

– Le messager philistin

– Le premier Philistin

– Le second Philistin

 

Chor und Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

conducted by Sir Colin Davis

 

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* Berlin, Philharmonie

Concert performance : Monday 04 February 2002

Broadcast : France Musiques, Friday 08 February 2002

Extract : Act II

 

Plácido Domingo

Olga Borodina

Sergei Leiferkus

– Samson

– Dalila

– Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon

 

Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester

conducted by Kent Nagano

 

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* Milano, Teatro degli Arcimboldi

Performance : Sunday 17 February 2002

Broadcast : France Musiques, Saturday 20 July 2002

 

Plácido Domingo

Olga Borodina

Jean-Philippe Lafont

Ildar Abdrasakov

Bonaldo Giaiotti

Rosario La Spina

Alfredo Nigro

Dejan Vatchkov

– Samson

– Dalila

– Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon

– Abimelech

– Un vieil Hébreu

– Le messager philistin

– Le premier Philistin

– Le second Philistin

 

Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

conducted by Gary Bertini

 

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* New York, Met

Performance : Monday 23 September 2002

"In House Recording"

Extract : Act II

 

Plácido Domingo

Olga Borodina

Sergei Leiferkus

– Samson

– Dalila

– Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon

 

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

conducted by James Levine

 

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* Salzburg, Großes Festspielhaus

Concert performance : Monday 11 August 2003

 

Plácido Domingo

Olga Borodina

Sergei Leiferkus

Orlin Anastassov

Chester Patton

Roberto Iuliano

John Nuzzo

Evert Sooster

– Samson

– Dalila

– Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon

– Abimelech

– Un vieil Hébreu

– Le messager philistin

– Le premier Philistin

– Le second Philistin

 

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor

Orchestre du Kirov de Saint-Pétersbourg

conducted by Valery Gergiev

 

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* New York, Met

Performance : Saturday 05 March 2005

Broadcast : France Musiques, live

 

José Cura

Denyce Graves

Jean-Philippe Lafont

James Courtney

Robert Lloyd

Tony Stevenson

Bernard Fitch

Richard Hobson

– Samson

– Dalila

– Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon

– Abimelech

– Un vieil Hébreu

– Le messager philistin

– Le premier Philistin

– Le second Philistin

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

conducted by Bertrand de Billy

 

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* New York, Met

Performance : Saturday 25 February 2006

Webcast : KUAF, live

 

Clifton Forbis

Olga Borodina

Jean-Philippe Lafont

James Courtney

Kwangchul Youn

Eduardo Valdes

Bernard Fitch

Brian Davis

– Samson

– Dalila

– Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon

– Abimelech

– Un vieil Hébreu

– Le messager philistin

– Le premier Philistin

– Le second Philistin

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

conducted by Emmanuel Villaume

 

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