Recording location : New York, Met
Recording date : Saturday 19 February 1949, live
Excerpts
Ljuba Welitsch Frederick Jagel Margaret Harshaw Frank Guarrera Jerome Hines |
– Aida – Radames – Amneris – Amonasro – Ramfis |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Emil Cooper
Recording location : New York, Met
Recording date : Saturday 11 March 1950, live
Excerpts from Act II
Ljuba Welitsch Margaret Harshaw |
– Aida – Amneris |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Emil Cooper
* San Francisco, War Memorial Opera House
Performance : Friday 30 September 1960
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Leonie Rysanek Jon Vickers Irene Dalis Robert Weede Giorgio Tozzi Andrew Foldi Janis Martin Gilbert Russell |
– Aida – Radames – Amneris – Amonasro – Ramfis – Il Re – Una sacerdotessa – Un messagiero |
San Frnacisco Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Recording location : Roma, Teatro dell'Opera
Recording date : 1962
Leontyne Price Jon Vickers Rita Gorr Robert Merrill Giorgio Tozzi Plinio Clabassi Mietta Sighele Franco Ricciardi |
– Aida – Radames – Amneris – Amonasro – Ramfis – Il Re – Una sacerdotessa – Un messagiero |
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
conducted by Sir Georg Solti
Performance : Saturday 24 July 1976
Broadcast : France Musique, Monday 22 January 2001
Extract : Act IV
Gilda Cruz-Romo Peter Gougalov Grace Bumbry Agostino Ferrin |
– Aida – Radames – Amneris – Ramfis |
Orchestra e Coro Lirico di Torino
conducted by Thomas Schippers
Recording location : New York, Manhattan Center
Recording date : 18-26 May 1990
Aprile Millo Dolora Zajick James Morris Terry Cook Hei-Kyung Hong Charles Anthony |
– Aida – Radames – Amneris – Amonasro – Ramfis – Il Re – Una sacerdotessa – Un messagiero |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by James Levine
Recording location : Wien, Musikverein
Recording date : January - April 2001
Cristina Gallardo-Domas Vincenzo La Scola Olga Borodina Matti Salminen Laszlo Polgar Dorothea Röschmann Kurt Streit |
– Aida – Radames – Amneris – Amonasro – Ramfis – Il Re – Una sacerdotessa – Un messagiero |
Arnold Schönberg Chor
Wiener Philharmoniker
conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Performance : Saturday 27 January 2001
Deborah Voigt Luciano Pavarotti Olga Borodina Mark Delavan Gennady Bezzubenkov Hao Jiang Tian Marjorie Elinor Dix Ronald Naldi |
– Aida – Radames – Amneris – Amonasro – Ramfis – Il Re – Una sacerdotessa – Un messagiero |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by James Levine
Performance : Tuesday 10 July 2001
Broadcast : France Musique, live
Manon Feubel Vladimir Galouzine Dolora Zajick Carlo Guelfi Giacomo Prestia Giorgio Giuseppini Anne-Marguerite Werster Laurent Koehl |
– Aida – Radames – Amneris – Amonasro – Ramfis – Il Re – Una sacerdotessa – Un messagiero |
Chœurs des Opéra de région
Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France
conducted by Eliahu Inbal
Performance : Friday 15 October 2004
Broadcast : Radio Classique, Sunday 05 December 2004
Norma Fantini Marco Berti Ildiko Komlosi Mark S. Doss Orlin Anastassov Giudo Jentjens Michaela Remor André Grégoire |
– Aida – Radames – Amneris – Amonasro – Ramfis – Il Re – Una sacerdotessa – Un messagiero |
Chœurs et Orchestre symphonique de la Monnaie
conducted by Kazushi Ono
Performance : Saturday 18 February 2006
Webcast : KUAF, live
Andrea Gruber Johan Botha Olga Borodina Juan Pons Kwangchul Youn Hao Jiang Tian Jennifer Check Ronald Naldi |
– Aida – Radames – Amneris – Amonasro – Ramfis – Il Re – Una sacerdotessa – Un messagiero |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by James Conlon
Recording location : Firenze, Teatro Verdi
Recording date : 11-22 December 1997
Neil Shicoff Carol Vaness Anthony Michaels-Moore Robeto Scandiuzzi Julian Gavin Sergio Spina Marina Comparato |
– Aroldo – Mina – Egberto – Briano – Godvino – Enrico – Elena |
Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
conducted by Fabio Luisi
Recording location : Studio Abanella, Milano
Recording date : June-July 1989
Ernesto Gavazzi Cheryl Studer Giorgio Zancanaro Neil Shicoff Giorgio Surian |
– Attila – Uldino – Odabella – Ezio – Foresto – Leone |
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
conducted by Riccardo Muti
Performance : Saturday 02 December 2000
Michael Sommese Andrea Gruber Anthony Michaels-Moore Martin Thompson Maris Vipulis |
– Attila – Uldino – Odabella – Ezio – Foresto – Leone |
Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Renato Palumbo
Performance : Saturday 29 September 2001
Mihajlo Arsenski Maria Guleghina Carlo Guelfi Franco Farina Igor Matioukhine |
– Attila – Uldino – Odabella – Ezio – Foresto – Leone |
Chœur et Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
conducted by Pinchas Steinberg
Recording location : Mexico City, Palacio de las Bellas Artes
Recording date : Tuesday 02 August 1960, live
Giuseppe di Stefano Manuel Ausensi Margherita Roberti Oralia Dominguez Ana Sa Earp Francisco Alonso Giovanni Foiani Alberto Herrera |
– Riccardo – Renato – Amelia – Ulrica – Oscar – Samuel – Tom – Silvano |
Coro e Orchestra del Palacio de las Bellas Artes
conducted by Renato Cellini
Recording location : Kingsway Hall, London
Recording date : May-June 1982 & May 1983
Luciano Pavarotti Renato Bruson Margaret Price Christa Ludwig Kathleen Battle Robert Lloyd Malcolm King Peter Weber Alexander Oliver Peter Hall |
– Riccardo – Renato – Amelia – Ulrica – Oscar – Samuel – Tom – Silvano – Un giudice – Un servo di Amelia |
London Opera Chorus, Royal College of Music Junior Department Chorus
National Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Sir Georg Solti
Performance : April 1992
Broadcast : France Musique, Wednesday 27 May 1992
Luciano Pavarotti Alexandru Agache Aprile Millo Susan Shafer Nuccia Focile Terry Cook Henry Runey Desmond Byrne Robert Dumé Enzo la Selva |
– Riccardo – Renato – Amelia – Ulrica – Oscar – Samuel – Tom – Silvano – Un giudice – Un servo di Amelia |
Chœur et Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
conducted by Myung-Whun Chung
Performance : Saturday 10 February 2001
Broadcast : France Musiques, live
Franco Farina Alexandru Agache Michele Crider Elena Zaremba Youngok Shin Paul Plishka Julien Robbins Mel Ulrich Bernard Fitch |
– Riccardo – Renato – Amelia – Ulrica – Oscar – Samuel – Tom – Silvano – Un giudice |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Plácido Domingo
* London, Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Performance : Monday 25 April 2005
Broadcast : France Musiques, Thursday 04 August 2005
Marcelo Alvarez Karita Mattila Elisabetta Fiorillo Camilla Tilling Giovan Battista Parodi Matthew Rose Jared Holt Andrew Kennedy |
– Riccardo – Renato – Amelia – Ulrica – Oscar – Samuel – Tom – Silvano – Un giudice |
Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Antonio Pappano
Recording location : London Opera Centre
Recording date : June-July 1965
Carlo Bergonzi Renata Tebladi Grace Bumbry Nicolai Ghiaurov Martti Talvela Joan Carlyle Tugomir Franc Jeannette Sinclair Kenneth MacDonald John Wakefield |
– Don Carlo – Elisabetta di Valois – La principessa Eboli – Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa – Filippo II – Il Grande Inquisitore – Una voce del cielo – Un frate – Teblado – In Conte di Lerma – Un araldo reale |
Royal Opera House Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
conducted by Sir Georg Solti
Recording location : C.T.C. Studio, Milano
Recording date : January 1983 and June 1984
Sung in French
Katia Ricciarelli Lucia Valentini Terrani Leo Nucci Ruggero Raimondi Nicolai Ghiaurov Arleen Auger Nikita Storojev Ann Murray Tibere Raffalli Antonio Savastano Alessandro Corbelli Aldo Bramante Serge Fontaine Bruno Grella Paolo Mazzotta Giuseppe Morresi Silvestro Sammaritano |
– Don Carlos – Elisabeth de Valois – La princesse Eboli – Rodrigue, Marquis de Posa – Philippe II – Le Grand Inquisiteur – Une Voix d'en haut – Un moine – Thibault – Le Conte de Lerme – Un héraut royal – Un bûcheron – Premier député Flamand – Deuxième député Flamand – Troisième député Flamand – Quatrième député Flamand – Cinquième député Flamand – Sixième député Flamand |
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
conducted by Claudio Abbado
Performance : Sunday 01 July 2001
"In House Recording"
Sergei Larin Marina Mescheriakova Nadja Michael Roberto Frontali Ferruccio Furlanetto Askar Abdrazakov Yolanda Auyanet Carlo di Cristoforo Oriana Kurteshi Nicola Pamio Alessandro Cosentino Franco Boscolo Enrico fibrini Alberto Noli Andrea Piccinni Silvestro Sammaritano Andrea Snarski |
– Don Carlo – Elisabetta di Valois – La principessa Eboli – Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa – Filippo II – Il Grande Inquisitore – Una voce del cielo – Un frate – Teblado – In Conte di Lerma – Un araldo reale – Primo deputato fiammingo – Secondo deputato fiammingo – Terzo deputato fiammingo – Quarto deputato fiammingo – Quinto deputato fiammingo – Sesto deputato fiammingo |
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Carlo Felice
conducted by Mark Elder
Performance : Tuesday 14 August 2001
Broadcast : France Musiques, live
Sergei Larin Hasmik Papian Giovanna Casolla Roberto Frontali Roberto Scandiuzzi Willard White Marie Devellereau Wojtek Smilek Alexise Yerna Gérard Théruel Yves Saelens Philippe Georges Arnaud Marzorati Jean-Louis Serre Jean Vendassi Patrick Vilet Maurice Xiberras |
– Don Carlo – Elisabetta di Valois – La principessa Eboli – Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa – Filippo II – Il Grande Inquisitore – Una voce del cielo – Un frate – Teblado – In Conte di Lerma – Un araldo reale – Primo deputato fiammingo – Secondo deputato fiammingo – Terzo deputato fiammingo – Quarto deputato fiammingo – Quinto deputato fiammingo – Sesto deputato fiammingo |
Chœurs des Opéras de région
Orchestre national de France
conducted by Pinchas Steinberg
Performance : Saturday 12 January 2002
Broadcast : France Musiques, live
Richard Margison Veronica Villaroel Dolora Zajick Dmitri Hvorostovsky Paata Burchuladze Jennifer Check Daniel Sumegi Theodora Hanslowe Christopher Schaldenbrand Ronald Naldi |
– Don Carlo – Elisabetta di Valois – La principessa Eboli – Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa – Filippo II – Il Grande Inquisitore – Una voce del cielo – Un frate – Teblado – In Conte di Lerma – Un araldo reale |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Valery Gergiev
Performance : Tuesday 08 October 2002
Broadcast : France Musiques, Wednesday 30 April 2002 (Hector)
Octavio Arevalo Olga Guryakova Irina Mishura Victor Torres Gidon Saks Askar Abdrazakov Brigitte Fournier Wojtek Smilek Anne-Catherine Gillet Alain Gabriel |
– Don Carlo – Elisabetta di Valois – La principessa Eboli – Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa – Filippo II – Il Grande Inquisitore – Una voce del cielo – Un frate – Teblado – In Conte di Lerma |
Chœur Orpheus de Sofia, Chœur du Grand Théâtre de Genève
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
conducted by Evelino Pido
Performance : Saturday 19 March 2005
Broadcast : France Musiques, live
Richard Margison Sondra Radvanovsky Violeta Urmana Dwayne Croft Ferruccio Furlanetto Olga Makarina Vitalij Kowaljow Sandra Lopez Brian Davis Dimitri Pittas |
– Don Carlo – Elisabetta di Valois – La principessa Eboli – Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa – Filippo II – Il Grande Inquisitore – Una voce del cielo – Un frate – Teblado – In Conte di Lerma – Un araldo reale |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Fabio Luisi
Recording location : New York, Met
Recording date : Monday 15 March 1965, live
Excerpts
Franco Corelli Cornell MacNeil Cesare Siepi Leontyne Price Carlotta Ordassy Charles Anthony Russell Christopher |
– Ernani – Don Carlo – Don Ruy – Elvira – Giovanna – Don Riccardo – Jago |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Thomas Schippers
Recording location : New York, Met
Recording date : Saturday 10 April 1965, live
Franco Corelli Mario Sereni Cesare Siepi Leontyne Price Carlotta Ordassy Charles Anthony Russell Christopher |
– Ernani – Don Carlo – Don Ruy – Elvira – Giovanna – Don Riccardo – Jago |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Thomas Schippers
Recording location : Roma, RCA Italiana Studio
Recording date : 1963
Geraint Evans Ilva Ligabue Robert Merrill Giulietta Simionato Rosalind Elias Mirella Freni Alfredo Kraus Piero de Palma Giovanni Foiani John Lanigan |
– Sir John Falstaff – Alice Ford – John Ford – Mistress Quickly – Meg Page – Nannetta – Fenton – Bardolfo – Pistola – Dr. Caius |
RCA Italiana Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Georg Solti
Recording location : Los Angeles, Opera
Recording date : ⓟ 1982, live
Renato Bruson Katia Ricciarelli Leo Nucci Lucia Valentini Terrani Brenda Boozer Barbara Hendricks Dalmacio Gonzalez Francis Egerton William Wildermann Michael Sells |
– Sir John Falstaff – Alice Ford – John Ford – Mistress Quickly – Meg Page – Nannetta – Fenton – Bardolfo – Pistola – Dr. Caius |
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini
* Aix-en-Provence, Théâtre de l'Archevêché
Performance : Friday 13 July 2001
Broadcast : France Musique, live
Willard White Geraldine McGreevy Marcus Jupiter Nora Gubisch Charlotte Hellekant Miah Persson Yann Beuron Santiago Sanchez Jerico Paolo Battaglia Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke |
– Sir John Falstaff – Alice Ford – John Ford – Mistress Quickly – Meg Page – Nannetta – Fenton – Bardolfo – Pistola – Dr. Caius |
Chœur de l'Académie Européenne de Musique du Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
Orchestre de Paris
conducted by Enrique Mazzola
Performance : Saturday 06 April 2002
Bryn Terfel Marina Mescheriakova Dwayne Croft Stephanie Blythe Susanne Mentzer Camilla Tilling Gregory Turay Jean-Paul Fouchécourt Raymond Aceto Jonathan Welch |
– Sir John Falstaff – Alice Ford – John Ford – Mistress Quickly – Meg Page – Nannetta – Fenton – Bardolfo – Pistola – Dr. Caius |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by James Levine
* Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Performance : Tuesday 11 June 2002
Broadcast : Radio Classique, Sunday 15 September 2002
Willard White Geraldine McGreevy Nicolas Rivenq Nora Gubisch Charlotte Hellekant Miah Persson Yann Beuron Enrico Facini Paolo Battaglia Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke |
– Sir John Falstaff – Alice Ford – John Ford – Mistress Quickly – Meg Page – Nannetta – Fenton – Bardolfo – Pistola – Dr. Caius |
Chœur de l'Académie Européenne de Musique du Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
Orchestre de Paris
conducted by Enrique Mazzola
* Matsumoto, Nagano-ken Matsumoto Bunka Kaikan
Performance : Monday 01 September 2003
Broadcast : Radio Classique, Sunday 14 March 2004
Paolo Gavanelli Daniela Dessi Roberto Servile Bernadette Manca di Nissa Debora Beronesi Maria Fausta Gallamini Gregory Turay Jean-Paul Fouchécourt Giovanni Furlanetto Paolo Barbacini |
– Sir John Falstaff – Alice Ford – John Ford – Mistress Quickly – Meg Page – Nannetta – Fenton – Bardolfo – Pistola – Dr. Caius |
Tokyo Opera Singers
Saito Kinen Orchestra
conducted by Seiji Ozawa
Performance : Saturday 26 November 2005
Webcast : Sveriges Radio P2, live
Anders Lorentzson Carolina Sandgren Åke Zetterström Susanne Resmark Pia Svorono Henriikka Gröndahl Peter Lodahl Ingemar Anderson Peter Loguin Iwar Bergkwist |
– Sir John Falstaff – Alice Ford – John Ford – Mistress Quickly – Meg Page – Nannetta – Fenton – Bardolfo – Pistola – Dr. Caius |
Göteborgsoperans kör och orkester
conducted by Anthony Bramall
Performance : Tuesday 20 December 2005
Webcast : RSR Espace 2, Saturday 04 March 2006
Ambrogio Maestri Krassimira Stoyanova Boaz Daniel Jane Henschel Nadia Krasteva Ileana Tonca Saimir Pirgu Herwig Pecoraro Alfred Sramek Arnold Bezuyen |
– Sir John Falstaff – Alice Ford – John Ford – Mistress Quickly – Meg Page – Nannetta – Fenton – Bardolfo – Pistola – Dr. Caius |
Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
conducted by Daniele Gatti
Recording location : Watford, Town Hall
Recording date : September 1985
John Tomlinson Rosalind Plowright Renato Bruson José Carreras Agnes Baltsa Paata Burchuladze Juan Pons Jean Rigby Richard van Allan Mark Curtis Petteri Salomaa |
– Il Marchese di Calatrava – Donna Leonora – Don Carlo di Vargas – Don Alvaro – Preziosilla – Il Padre Guardiano – Fra Melitone – Curra – Un alcade – Mastro Trabuco – Un chirurgo |
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli
Recording location : St Petersburg, Mariinsky Theatre
Recording date : December 1995
Askar Abdrazakov Galina Gorchakova Nikolai Putilin Gegam Grigorian Olga Borodina Mikhail Kit Georgy Zastavny Lia Shevtzova Gennady Bezzubenkov Nicolai Gassiev Yuri Laptev |
– Il Marchese di Calatrava – Donna Leonora – Don Carlo di Vargas – Don Alvaro – Preziosilla – Il Padre Guardiano – Fra Melitone – Curra – Un alcade – Mastro Trabuco – Un chirurgo |
Kirov Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Valery Gergiev
Performance : Saturday 11 March 2006
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John Cheek Deborah Voigt Mark Delavan Salvatore Licitra Ildiko Komlosi Juan Pons Edyta Kulczak Andrew Gangestad Tony Stevenson Sebastian Catana |
– Il Marchese di Calatrava – Donna Leonora – Don Carlo di Vargas – Don Alvaro – Preziosilla – Il Padre Guardiano – Fra Melitone – Curra – Un alcade – Mastro Trabuco – Un chirurgo |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Gianandrea Noseda
* Milano, Teatro alla Scala
Performance : Thursday 06 September 2001
Broadcast : France Musiques, Saturday 24 August 2002
Fabio Capitanucci Alfonso Antoniozzi Doina Dimitru Natalia Gavrilan Massimo Giordano Piero Terranova |
– Il Cavaliere di Belfiore – Il Barone di Kelbar – La Marchesa del Poggio – Giulietta di Kelbar – Edoardo di Sanval – Il Signor La Rocca |
Coro As.Li.Co. Asociazione Lirica e Concertistica - Milano
Orchestra delle Accademie del Teatro alla Scala e della Fondazione Arturo Toscanini
conducted by Corrado Rovaris
* Saint-Denis, Basilique
Concert performance : Wednesday 04 July 2001
Broadcast : France Musiques, Thursday 05 July 2001
Denia Mazzola Dennis O'Neill Franco Vassallo Nicolas Testé Carlo Guido |
– Giovanna d'Arco – Carlo VII – Giacomo – Talbot – Delil |
Chœur de Radio France
Orchestre national de France
conducted by Marco Guidarini
I Lombardi alla prima crociata
Recording location : London
Recording date : July 1971
Jerome Lo Monaco Ruggero Raimondi Desedemona Malvisi Cristina Deutekom Stafford Dean Keith Erwen Clifford Grant Montserrat Aparici |
– Arvino – Pagano – Viclinda – Giselda – Pirro – Priore – Acciano – Oronte – Sofia |
Ambrosian Singers
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Lamberto Gardelli
Recording location : Manhattan Center Studios, New York
Recording date : 25 May-01 June and 24-25 September 1996
Richard Leech Patricia Racette June Anderson Ildebrando d'Arcangelo Anthony Dean Griffey Yanni Yannissis Luciano Pavarotti Jane Shaulis |
– Arvino – Pagano – Viclinda – Giselda – Pirro – Priore – Acciano – Oronte – Sofia |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by James Levine
Performance : Saturday 10 November 2001
"In House Recording"
Sondra Radvanovsky Martin Thompson Nikolai Putilin Wendy White Paul Plishka Hao Jiang Tian Maria Zifchak |
– Luisa – Rodolfo – Miller – Federica – Wurm – Il Conte di Walter – Laura |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by James Levine
Performance : Saturday 25 March 2006
Broadcast : France Musique, live
Karen Slack Eduardo Villa Carlos Alvarez Irina Mishura Stephen West James Morris Tamara Rumford David Lowe |
– Luisa – Rodolfo – Miller – Federica – Wurm – Il Conte di Walter – Laura – Un contadino |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Maurizio Benini
Recording location : Milano, Teatro alla Scala
Recording date : Sunday 07 December 1952, live
Enzo Mascherini Maria Callas Italo Tajo Gino Penno Luciano della Pergola Angela Vercelli Dario Caselli Attilio Barbesi Mario tommasini Ivo Vinco |
– Macbeth – Lady Macbeth – Banco – Macduff – Malcolm – Una dama – Un dottore – Un servo – Un assassino – Un araldo |
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
conducted by Victor de Sabata
Recording location : Manhattan Center, New York
Recording date : February 1959
Leonard Warren Leonie Rysanek Jerome Hines Carlo Bergonzi William Olvis Carlotta Ordassy Garhard Pechner Harold Sternberg Osie Hawkins Calvin Marsh Emilia Cundari Midred Allen |
– Macbeth – Lady Macbeth – Banco – Macduff – Malcolm – Una dama – Un dottore – Un servo – Un assassino – Prima apparizione – Seconda apparizione – Terza apparizione |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
Recording location : Roma, Teatro dell'Opera
Recording date : Sunday 03 December 1972, live
Boris Christoff Gianni Raimondi Renato Bruson Ilva Ligabue Gian Paolo Corradi Giovanni Foiani Mario Talba |
– Massimiliano – Carlo – Francesco – Amalia – Arminio – Moser – Rolla |
Coro e Orchestra dell' Opera di Roma
conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Recording location : unknown
Recording date : (P) 1978
Matteo Manuguerra Renata Scotto Nicolai Ghiaurov Elena Obraztsova Veriano Luchetti Robert Lloyd Anne Edwards Kenneth Collins |
– Nabucco – Abigaille – Zaccaria – Fenena – Ismaele – Il Gran Sacerdote – Anna – Abdallo |
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Riccardo Muti
Performance : Saturday 24 March 2001
Juan Pons Maria Guleghina Marianna Tarasova Francisco Casanova Stephen Morscheck Alexandra Deshorties Rafael Suarez |
– Nabucco – Abigaille – Zaccaria – Fenena – Ismaele – Il Gran Sacerdote – Anna – Abdallo |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by James Levine
Recording location : Wien
Recording date : 1944 (excerpts)
Torsten Ralf Hilde Konetzni Elena Nikolaidi |
– Otello – Desdemona – Emilia |
Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
conducted by Karl Böhm
Recording location : Roma, Teatro dell'Opera
Recording date : 18 July - 08 August 1960
Jon Vickers Leonie Rysanek Tito Gobbi Florindo Andreolli Mario Carlin Ferruccio Mazzoli Franco Calabrese Robert Kerns Myriam Pirazzini |
– Otello – Desdemona – Iago – Cassio – Roderigo – Lodovico – Montano – Un araldo – Emilia |
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
conducted by Tullio Serafin
Recording location : Sofiensaal, Wien
Recording date : May 1961
Mario del Monaco Renata Tebaldi Aldo Protti Nello Romanato Athos Cesarini Fernando Corena Tom Krause Libero Arbace Ana Raquel Satre |
– Otello – Desdemona – Iago – Cassio – Roderigo – Lodovico – Montano – Un araldo – Emilia |
Wiener Knabenchor, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker
conducted by Herbert von Karajan
Recording location : Chicago (IL), Orchestra Hall and New York (NY), Carnegie Hall
Recording date : Monday 08 and Friday 12 April, Tuesday 16 and Friday 19 April 1991
Luciano Pavarotti Kiri Te Kanawa Leo Nucci Anthony Rolfe Johnson John Keyes Dimitri Kavrakos Alan Opie Richard Cohn Elzbieta Ardam |
– Otello – Desdemona – Iago – Cassio – Roderigo – Lodovico – Montano – Un araldo – Emilia |
Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Georg Solti
Performance : Thursday 29 March 2001
Broadcast : France Musiques, live
Jose Cura Karita Mattila Anthony Michaels-Moore Cesare Catani Mirko Guadagnini Egils Sillins Juha Kotilainen Enkelejda Shkosa |
– Otello – Desdemona – Iago – Cassio – Roderigo – Lodovico – Montano / Un araldo – Emilia |
Chœurs, Maîtrise et Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France
conducted by Myung-Whun Chung
Performance : Friday 07 December 2001
Broadcast : France Musiques, live
Barbara Frittoli Leo Nucci Cesare Catani Antonello Cerone Giovani Parodi Cesare Lana Ernesto Panariello Rossana Rinaldi |
– Otello – Desdemona – Iago – Cassio – Roderigo – Lodovico – Montano – Un araldo – Emilia |
Cori di voci bianche del Teatro alla Scala e del Conservatorio G. Verdi di Milano
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
conducted by Riccardo Muti
Performance : Monday 23 September 2002
"In House Recording"
Extract : Act IV
Renée Fleming Juan Pons Gregory Turay Paul Plishka Frederick Burchinal Jane Bunnell |
– Otello – Desdemona – Iago – Cassio – Lodovico – Montano – Emilia |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by James Levine
Performance : Saturday 22 March 2003
Broadcast : France Musiques, live
Vladimir Galouzine Barbara Frittoli Nikolai Putilin Raymond Very Bernard Fitch Robert Lloyd Anoosha Golesorkhi Charles Edwin Taylor Jane Bunnell |
– Otello – Desdemona – Iago – Cassio – Roderigo – Lodovico – Montano – Un araldo – Emilia |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Valery Gergiev
Performance : Saturday 20 March 2004
Broadcast : Radio Classique, Sunday 28 March 2004
Vladimir Galouzine Barbara Frittoli Jean-Philippe Lafont Jonas Kaufmann Sergio Bertocchi Giovanni Battista Parodi Christophe Fel Elena Cassian |
– Otello – Desdemona – Iago – Cassio – Roderigo – Lodovico – Montano – Emilia |
Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine
Chœur d'enfants, Chœur et Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
conducted by James Conlon
Performance : Thursday 17 February 2005
Broadcast : Radio Classique, Sunday 13 March 2005
Vladimir Galouzine Soile Isokoski Carlos Alvarez Gordon Gietz Sergio Bertocchi Riccardo Zanellato René Schirrer Ekaterina Gubanova |
– Otello – Desdemona – Iago – Cassio – Roderigo – Lodovico – Montano – Emilia |
Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine
Chœur d'enfants, Chœur et Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
conducted by Valery Gergiev
* Barcelona, Gran Teatre del Liceu
Performance : Saturday 18 February 2006
Webcast : Radio Clasica, live
José Cura Krassimira Stoyanova Lado Atanelli Vittorio Grigolo Vicenç Esteve Madrid Giorgio Giuseppini Francisco Santiago Ketevan Kemoklidze Roberto Accurso |
– Otello – Desdemona – Iago – Cassio – Roderigo – Lodovico – Montano – Emilia – Un araldo |
Orquesta Sinfonica y Coro del Tran Teatre del Liceu
conducted by Antoni Ros-Marba
Recording location : Milano, Teatro alla Scala
Recording date : July 1964
Renata Scotto Carlo Bergonzi Piero di Palma Ivo Vinco Fiorenza Cossotto Mirella Fiorentini Alfredo Giacomotti Catarina Alda Lorenzo Testi Virgilio Carbonari Catarina Alda Giuseppe Morresi |
– Rigoletto – Gilda – Il Duca di Mantova – Borsa Matteo – Sparafucile – Maddalena – Giovanna – Il Conte di Ceprano – La Contessa – Il Conte di Monterone – Marullo – Paggio della Duchessa – Usciere di corte |
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
conducted by Rafael Kubelik
Recording location : unknown
Recording date : ⓟ 1980
Piero Cappuccilli Ileana Cotrubas Walter Gullino Nicolai Ghiaurov Elena Obraztsova Hanna Schwarz Dirk Sagemüller Olive Fredricks Kurt Moll Luigi de Corato Audrey Michael Anton Scharinger |
– Rigoletto – Gilda – Il Duca di Mantova – Borsa Matteo – Sparafucile – Maddalena – Giovanna – Il Conte di Ceprano – La Contessa – Il Conte di Monterone – Marullo – Paggio della Duchessa – Usciere di corte |
Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker
conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini
Performance : Saturday 19 July 1980
Extracts : Acts II and III
Broadcast : France Musiques, Monday 22 January 2001 (Act II)
Tuesday 23 January 2001 (Act III)
Renato Bruson Barbara Hendricks Alfredo Kraus Bernard van der Meersch Agostino Ferrin Stefania Toczyska Fernand Dumont Ulrik Cold Frédéric Vassar Sonia Nigoghossian |
– Rigoletto – Gilda – Il Duca di Mantova – Borsa Matteo – Sparafucile – Maddalena – Il Conte di Ceprano – Il Conte di Monterone – Marullo – Paggio della Duchessa |
London Chorus Society
Orchestre national de France
conducted by Lamberto Gardelli
Recording location : Bologna, Teatro Comunale
Recording date : June 1988
Leo Nucci June Anderson Luciano Pavarotti Piero de Palma Nicolai Ghiaurov Shirley Verrett Vitalba Mosca Carlo de Bortoli Anna Caterina Antonacci Natale de Carolis Roberto Scaltriti Marilena Laurenza Orazio Mori |
– Rigoletto – Gilda – Il Duca di Mantova – Borsa Matteo – Sparafucile – Maddalena – Giovanna – Il Conte di Ceprano – La Contessa – Il Conte di Monterone – Marullo – Paggio della Duchessa – Usciere di corte |
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
conducted by Riccardo Chailly
Performance : Saturday 28 July 2001
Broadcast : France Musiques, live
Carlo Guelfi Norah Amsellem Marcelo Alvarez Leonard Pezzino Paata Burchuladze Béatrice Uria-Monzon Nicolas Testé Michelle Canniccioni Franck Ferrari Martine Mahé Franck Leguérinel Alexise Yerna |
– Rigoletto – Gilda – Il Duca di Mantova – Borsa Matteo – Sparafucile – Maddalena – Il Conte di Ceprano – La Contessa di Ceprano – Il Conte di Monterone – Giovanna – Marullo – Paggio della Duchessa |
Chœurs des Opéras de Région
Orchestre national de France
conducted by Marco Guidarini
Performance : Saturday 09 March 2002
Juan Pons Ruth Ann Swenson Marcelo Alvarez Michael Forest Robert Lloyd Denyce Graves Alfred Walker Reveka Mavrovitis James Courtney Diane Elias Rodion Pogossov Alexandra Newland Joseph Pariso |
– Rigoletto – Gilda – Il Duca di Mantova – Borsa Matteo – Sparafucile – Maddalena – Il Conte di Ceprano – La Contessa di Ceprano – Il Conte di Monterone – Giovanna – Marullo – Paggio della Duchessa – Usciere di corte |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Marco Guidarini
Performance : Saturday 17 December 2005
Broadcast : France Musique, live
Carlo Guelfi Anna Netrebko Rolando Villazon Eduardo Valdes Eric Halfvarson Nancy Fabiola Herrera John Shelhart Yvonne Gonzales Redman James Courtney Kathryn Day Brian Davis Patricia Steiner Joseph Pariso |
– Rigoletto – Gilda – Il Duca di Mantova – Borsa Matteo – Sparafucile – Maddalena – Il Conte di Ceprano – La Contessa di Ceprano – Il Conte di Monterone – Giovanna – Marullo – Paggio della Duchessa – Usciere di corte |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Asher Fisch
Paris, 11 and 16 May 2006
Recording location : Wien, Staatsoper
Recording date : Thursday 22 March 1984, live
Renato Bruson Ruggiero Raimondi Konstantin Sfiris Katia Ricciarelli Veriano Luchetti Felice Schivai Ewald Aichberger Anna Gonda |
– Simon Boccanegra – Iacopo Fiesco – Pietro – Amelia – Gabriele Adorno – Paolo Albiani – Un Capitano – Un'ancella d'Amelia |
Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
conducted by Claudio Abbado
* Firenze, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Performance : Sunday 16 June 2002
Broadcast : France Musiques, Saturday 29 June 2002
Carlo Guelfi Julian Konstantinov Andrea Concetti Karita Mattila Vincenzo La Scola Lucio Gallo Enrico Cossutta Katia Pellegrino |
– Simon Boccanegra – Iacopo Fiesco – Pietro – Amelia – Gabriele Adorno – Paolo Albiani – Un Capitano – Un'ancella d'Amelia |
Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
conducted by Claudio Abbado
Performances : Thursday 11 and Tuesday 16 May 2006
Broadcast : France Musique, Saturday 20 May 2006
Carlos Alvarez Ferruccio Furlanetto Nicolas Testé Ana Maria Martinez Stefano Secco Franck Ferrari Jason Bridge |
– Simon Boccanegra – Iacopo Fiesco – Pietro – Amelia – Gabriele Adorno – Paolo Albiani – Un Araldo |
Chœurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
conducted by Sylvain Cambreling
Recording location : RCA Italiana Studios, Roma
Recording date : June 1967
Montserrat Caballé Carlo Bergonzi Sherrill Milnes Dorothy Krebill Nancy Stokes Fernando Iacopucci Gene Boucher Thomas Jamerson Harold Enns Camillo Sforza Franco Ruta Flavio Tasin |
– Violetta Valéry – Alfredo Germont – Giorgio Germont – Flora Bervoix – Annina – Gaston de Letorières – Barone Douphol – Marchese d'Obigny – Dottore Grenvil – Giuseppe – Commissionario – Un servo |
RCA Italiana Opera Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Georges Prêtre
Recording location : Milano, Teatro alla Scala
Recording date : Sunday 29 and Tuesday 31 March, Thursday 02 and Tuesday 07 April 1992, live
Tiziana Fabbricini Roberto Alagna Paolo Coni Nicoletta Curiel Antonella Trevisan Enrico Cossutta Orazio Mori Enzo Capuano Francesco Musinu Ernesto Gavazzi Silvestro Sammaritano Ernesto Panariello |
– Violetta Valéry – Alfredo Germont – Giorgio Germont – Flora Bervoix – Annina – Gaston de Letorières – Barone Douphol – Marchese d'Obigny – Dottore Grenvil – Giuseppe – Commissionario – Un servo |
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
conducted by Riccardo Muti
Recording location : Jugendstiltheater, Wien
Recording date : August 1996
Carmen Gurban Sergei Komov Georg Tichy Jozefina Puczova Gabriella Bessenyei Petre Ghilea Stefan Zelei Christian Rudik Janusz Monarcha |
– Violetta Valéry – Alfredo Germont – Giorgio Germont – Flora Bervoix – Annina – Gaston de Letorières / Giuseppe / Un servo – Barone Douphol – Marchese d'Obigny / Commissionario – Dottore Grenvil |
Romanian National Opera Choir Cluj
Europa Symphony
conducted by Wolfgang Gröhs
Performance : Saturday 30 December 2000
Broadcast : France Musiques, live
Ruth Ann Swenson Marcelo Alvarez Dwayne Croft Mary Ann McCormick Diane Elias Tony Stevenson Michael Devlin David Evitts Vaclovas Daunoras Dennis Williams Robert Maher |
– Violetta Valéry – Alfredo Germont – Giorgio Germont – Flora Bervoix – Annina – Gaston de Letorières – Barone Douphol – Marchese d'Obigny – Dottore Grenvil – Giuseppe – Commissionario |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Jun Märkl
Performance : Saturday 22 December 2001
Broadcast : France Musiques, live
June Anderson Frank Lopardo Anthony Michaels-Moore Mary Ann McCormick Diane Elias Eduardo Valdes Michael Devlin Thomas Hammons LeRoy Lehr Dennis Williams Richard Pearson |
– Violetta Valéry – Alfredo Germont – Giorgio Germont – Flora Bervoix – Annina – Gaston de Letorières – Barone Douphol – Marchese d'Obigny – Dottore Grenvil – Giuseppe – Commissionario |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Maurizio Benini
Performance : Saturday 06 March 2004
Broadcast : France Musiques, live
Renée Fleming Ramon Vargas Dmitri Hvorostovsky Edyta Kulczak Diane Elias Eduardo Valdes Michael Devlin Thomas Hammons Vaclovas Daunoras Marty Singleton Joseph Pariso |
– Violetta Valéry – Alfredo Germont – Giorgio Germont – Flora Bervoix – Annina – Gaston de Letorières – Barone Douphol – Marchese d'Obigny – Dottore Grenvil – Giuseppe – Commissionario |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Valery Gergiev
* Aix-en-Provence, Théâtre de l'Archevêché
Performance : Wednesday 14 July 2004
Broadcast : France Musiques, live
Mireille Delunsch Rolando Villazon Zeljko Lucic Marina Prudenskaja Geneviève Kaemmerlen Olivier Hernandez Enrico Marabelli Jozsef Dene Janne Sundqvist |
– Violetta Valéry – Alfredo Germont – Giorgio Germont – Flora Bervoix – Annina – Gaston de Letorières – Barone Douphol – Marchese d'Obigny – Dottore Grenvil |
EuropaChorAkademie
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
conducted by Daniel Harding
Performance : Friday 18 November 2005
Webcast : Rai Tre, live
Norah Amsellem James Valenti Dalibor Jenis Sara Allegretta Lei Ma Cristiano Cremonini Claudio Sgura Mattia Denti Lorenzo Muzzi Ugo Rosati Giuseppe Nicodemo Marco Danieli |
– Violetta Valéry – Alfredo Germont – Giorgio Germont – Flora Bervoix – Annina – Gaston de Letorières – Barone Douphol – Marchese d'Obigny – Dottore Grenvil – Giuseppe – Commissionario – Un servo |
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
conducted by Daniele Gatti
Performance : Saturday 11 February 2006
Webcast : Musiq3, live
Angela Gheorghiu Jonas Kaufmann Anthony Michaels-Moore Leann Pantaleo Diane Elias Eduardo Valdes John Hancock Earle Patriarco LeRoy Lehr Marty Singleton Jason Hendrix Richard Pearson |
– Violetta Valéry – Alfredo Germont – Giorgio Germont – Flora Bervoix – Annina – Gaston de Letorières – Barone Douphol – Marchese d'Obigny – Dottore Grenvil – Giuseppe – Commissionario – Un servo |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Marco Armiliato
Recording location : Firenze, Teatro Comunale
Recording date : Monday 18 June to Monday 02 July 1990
Antonella Banaudi Shirley Verrett Luciano Pavarotti Leo Nucci Barbara Frittoli Francesco Ellero d'Artegna Piero de Palma Roberto Scaltriti Enrico Facini |
– Leonora – Azucena – Manrico – Il Conte di Luna – Ines – Ferrando – Ruiz – Uno vecchio zingaro – Un messo |
Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
conducted by Zubin Mehta
Recording location : Manhattan Center Studios, New York
Recording date : 06-18 May 1991
Aprile Millo Dolora Zajick Vladimir Chernov Sondra Kelly James Morris Anthony Laciura Glenn Bater Tim Wilson |
– Leonora – Azucena – Manrico – Il Conte di Luna – Ines – Ferrando – Ruiz – Uno vecchio zingaro – Un messo |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by James Levine
Recording location : Milano, Teatro alla Scala
Recording date : 07, 10, 13, 19 and 22 December 2000
Barbara Frittoli Violetta Urmana Salvatore Licitra Leo Nucci Tizziana Tramonti Giorgio Giuseppini Ernesto Gavazzi Ernesto Panariello Francesco Biasi |
– Leonora – Azucena – Manrico – Il Conte di Luna – Ines – Ferrando – Ruiz – Uno vecchio zingaro – Un messo |
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
conducted by Riccardo Muti
Performance : Tuesday 19 December 2000
Broadcast : France Musiques, live
Barbara Frittoli Violetta Urmana Salvatore Licitra Leo Nucci Tizziana Tramonti Giorgio Giuseppini Ernesto Gavazzi Ernesto Panariello Francesco Biasi |
– Leonora – Azucena – Manrico – Il Conte di Luna – Ines – Ferrando – Ruiz – Uno vecchio zingaro – Un messo |
Coro e Ochestra del Teatro alla Scala
conducted by Riccardo Muti
Performance : Saturday 13 January 2001
Marina Mescheriakova Dolora Zajick Neil Shicoff Roberto Frontali Jane Shaulis Dimitri Kavrakos Ronald Naldi Roger Andrews Jeffrey Mosher |
– Leonora – Azucena – Manrico – Il Conte di Luna – Ines – Ferrando – Ruiz – Un vecchio zingaro – Un messo |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Carlo Rizzi
Performance : Saturday 14 December 2002
Broadcast : France Musiques, live
Sondra Radvanovsky Elena Zaremba Francisco Casanova Carlos Alvarez Diane Ellias Willard White Eduardo Valdes John Shelhart David Lowe |
– Leonora – Azucena – Manrico – Il Conte di Luna – Ines – Ferrando – Ruiz – Un vecchio zingaro – Un messo |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Frédéric Chaslin
Performance : Saturday 13 May 2006
Webcast : Sveriges Radio P2, live
Hillevi Martinpelto Marianne Eklöf Badri Maisuradze Karl-Magnus Fredriksson Ingela Berglund John Erik Eleby Carl Unander-Scharin Björn Blomqvist |
– Leonora – Azucena – Manrico – Il Conte di Luna – Ines – Ferrando – Ruiz – Un vecchio zingaro |
Kungliga Operans Kör
Kungliga Hovkapellet
conducted by Christian Badea
Performance : Friday 27 June 2003
Broadcast : France Musique, Saturday 05 July 2003
Nelly Miricioiu Marcello Giordano Anthony Michaels-Moore Ferruccio Furlanetto Louise Callinan Jean-Luc Maurette Luca Lombardo Mihajlo Arsenski Josep Miquel Ribot Nicolas Courjal Christophe Fel Philippe Madrange |
– Hélène – Henri – Guy de Monfort – Jean Procida – Ninetta – Mainfroid – Danieli – Thibault – Le sire de Béthune – Le comte de Vaudemont – Robert – Un soldat français |
Chœurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
conducted by James Conlon
Recording location : Firenze, Teatro Comunale
Recording date : Saturday 13 May 1978, live
Renata Scotto Veriano Luchetti Renato Bruson Ruggiero Raimondi Nella Verri Gianpaolo Corradi Graziano Polidori Carlo del Bosco Gianfranco Manganotti Giorgio Giorgietti Carlo Novelli |
– Elena – Arrigo – Guido Monforte – Giovanni da Procida – Ninetta – Danieli – Il Sire di Bethune – Il Conte Vaudemont – Tebaldo – Roberto – Manfredo |
Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
conducted by Riccardo Muti
Recording location : Milano, Teatro alla Scala
Recording date : December 1989 and January 1990, live
Cheryl Studer Chris Merritt Giorgio Zancanaro Ferruccio Furlanetto Gloria Banditelli Ernesto Gavazzi Enzo Capuano Francesco Musinu Paolo Barbacini Marco Chingari Ferrero Poggi |
– Elena – Arrigo – Guido Monforte – Giovanni da Procida – Ninetta – Danieli – Il Sire di Bethune – Il Conte Vaudemont – Tebaldo – Roberto – Manfredo |
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
conducted by Riccardo Muti
Performance : Saturday 11 December 2004
Broadcast : France Musiques, Saturday 08 January 2005
Sondra Radvanovsky Francesco Casanova Leo Nucci Jane Bunnell Ronald Naldi Peter Volpe Andrew Gangestad Eduardo Valdes Sebastian Catana Tony Stevenson |
– Elena – Arrigo – Guido Monforte – Giovanni da Procida – Ninetta – Danieli – Il Sire di Bethune – Il Conte Vaudemont – Tebaldo – Roberto – Manfredo |
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Frédéric Chaslin