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Aida

 

Myto, 1949

Myto, 1950

San Francisco, 30 September 1960

Decca, 1962

Orange, 24 July 1976

Sony, 1990

Teldec, 2001

New York, 27 January 2001

Orange, 10 July 2001

Bruxelles, 15 October 2004

New York, 08 February 2006

 

* Myto, 1949           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* Myto, 1950           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* 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

 

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* Decca, 1962           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* Orange, Théâtre antique

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

 

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* Sony, 1990           camera_2.gif

Recording location : New York, Manhattan Center

Recording date : 18-26 May 1990

  

Aprile Millo

Plácido Domingo

Dolora Zajick

James Morris

Samuel Ramey

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

 

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* Teldec, 2001           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Wien, Musikverein

Recording date : January - April 2001

  

Cristina Gallardo-Domas

Vincenzo La Scola

Olga Borodina

Thomas Hampson

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

 

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* New York, Met

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

 

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* Orange, Théâtre antique

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

 

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* Bruxelles, La Monnaie

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

 

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* New York, Met

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

 

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Aroldo

* Philips, 1997           camera_2.gif

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

 

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Attila

EMI, 1989

Chicago, 02 December 2000

Paris, 29 September 2001

  

* EMI, 1989           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Studio Abanella, Milano

Recording date : June-July 1989

  

Samuel Ramey

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

 

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* Chicago, Lyric Opera

Performance : Saturday 02 December 2000

  

Samuel Ramey

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

 

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* Paris, Opéra Bastille

Performance : Saturday 29 September 2001

  

Samuel Ramey

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

 

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Un Ballo in maschera

GDS, 1960

Decca, 1983

Paris, April 1992

New York, 10 February 2001

London, 25 April 2005

  

* GDS, 1960           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* Decca, 1983           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* Paris, Opéra Bastille

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

 

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* New York, Met

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

 

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* London, Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Performance : Monday 25 April 2005

Broadcast : France Musiques, Thursday 04 August 2005

 

Marcelo Alvarez

Thomas Hampson

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

 

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Don Carlo

Decca, 1965

DG, 1984

Genova, 01 July 2001

Orange, 14 August 2001

New York, 12 January 2002

Genève, 08 October 2002

New York, 19 March 2005

  

* Decca, 1965           camera_2.gif

Recording location : London Opera Centre

Recording date : June-July 1965

  

Carlo Bergonzi

Renata Tebladi

Grace Bumbry

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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

 

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* DG, 1984           camera_2.gif

Recording location : C.T.C. Studio, Milano

Recording date : January 1983 and June 1984

Sung in French

  

Plácido Domingo

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

 

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* Genova, Teatro Carlo Felice

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

 

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* Orange, Théâtre antique

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

 

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* New York, Met

Performance : Saturday 12 January 2002

Broadcast : France Musiques, live

  

Richard Margison

Veronica Villaroel

Dolora Zajick

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Samuel Ramey

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

 

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* Genève, Grand Théâtre

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

 

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* New York, Met

Performance : Saturday 19 March 2005

Broadcast : France Musiques, live

  

Richard Margison

Sondra Radvanovsky

Violeta Urmana

Dwayne Croft

Ferruccio Furlanetto

Samuel Ramey

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

 

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Ernani

Myto, March 1965

Myto, April 1965

 

* Myto, March 1965           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* Myto, April 1965           camera_2.gif

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

 

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Falstaff

Decca, 1963

DG, 1982

Aix-en-Provence, 13 July 2001

New York, 06 March 2002

Paris, 11 June 2002

Matsumoto, 01 September 2003

Göteborg, 26 November 2005

Wien, 20 December 2005

    

* Decca, 1963           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* DG, 1982           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* 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

 

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* New York, Met

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

 

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* 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

 

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* 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

 

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* Göteborg, Stora scene

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

 

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* Wien, Staatsoper

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

 

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La Forza del destino

DG, 1985

Philips, 1995

New York, 11 March 2006

 

* DG, 1985           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* Philips, 1995           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* New York, Met

Performance : Saturday 11 March 2006

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John Cheek

Deborah Voigt

Mark Delavan

Salvatore Licitra

Ildiko Komlosi

Samuel Ramey

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

 

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Un Giorno di regno

* 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

 

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Giovanna d'Arco

* 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

 

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I Lombardi alla prima crociata

Philips, 1971

Decca, 1996

 

* Philips, 1971           camera_2.gif

Recording location : London

Recording date : July 1971

  

Jerome Lo Monaco

Ruggero Raimondi

Desedemona Malvisi

Cristina Deutekom

Stafford Dean

Keith Erwen

Clifford Grant

Plácido Domingo

Montserrat Aparici

– Arvino

– Pagano

– Viclinda

– Giselda

– Pirro

– Priore

– Acciano

– Oronte

– Sofia

 

Ambrosian Singers

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

conducted by Lamberto Gardelli

 

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* Decca, 1996           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Manhattan Center Studios, New York

Recording date : 25 May-01 June and 24-25 September 1996

  

Richard Leech

Samuel Ramey

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

 

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Luisa Miller

New York, 10 November 2001

New York, 25 March 2006

 

* New York, Met

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

 

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* New York, Met

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

 

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Macbeth

EMI, 1952

RCA, 1959

 

* EMI, 1952           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* RCA, 1959           camera_2.gif

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

 

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I Masnadieri

* Myto, 1972           camera_2.gif

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

 

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Nabucco

EMI, 1978

New York, 24 March 2001

 

* EMI, 1978           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* New York, Met

Performance : Saturday 24 March 2001

  

Juan Pons

Maria Guleghina

Samuel Ramey

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

 

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Otello

Myto, 1944

RCA Victor, 1960

Decca, 1961

Decca, 1991

Paris, 29 March 2001

Milano, 07 December 2001

New York, 23 September 2002

New York, 22 March 2003

Paris, 20 March 2004

Paris, 17 February 2005

Barcelona, 18 February 2006

 

* Myto, 1944           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* RCA Victor, 1960           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* Decca, 1961           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* Decca, 1991           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet

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

 

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* Milano, Teatro alla Scala

Performance : Friday 07 December 2001

Broadcast : France Musiques, live

  

Plácido Domingo

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

 

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* New York, Met

Performance : Monday 23 September 2002

"In House Recording"

Extract : Act IV

  

Plácido Domingo

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

 

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* New York, Met

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

 

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* Paris, Opéra Bastille

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

 

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* Paris, Opéra Bastille

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

 

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* 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

 

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Rigoletto

DG, 1964

DG, 1980

Orange, 19 July 1980

Decca, 1988

Orange, 28 July 2001

New York, 09 March 2002

New York, 17 December 2005

  

* DG, 1964           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Milano, Teatro alla Scala

Recording date : July 1964

  

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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

 

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* DG, 1980           camera_2.gif

Recording location : unknown

Recording date : ⓟ 1980

  

Piero Cappuccilli

Ileana Cotrubas

Plácido Domingo

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

 

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* Orange, Théâtre Antique

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

 

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* Decca, 1988           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* Orange, Théâtre Antique

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

 

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* New York, Met

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

 

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* New York, Met

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

 

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Simon Boccanegra

RCA, 1984

Firenze, 16 June 2002

Paris, 11 and 16 May 2006

 

* RCA, 1984           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* 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

 

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* Paris, Opéra Bastille

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

 

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La Traviata

RCA, 1967

Sony, 1992

Arte Nova, 1996

New York, 30 December 2000

New York, 22 December 2001

New York, 06 March 2004

Aix-en-Provence, 14 July 2004

Bologna, 18 November 2005

New York, 11 February 2006

  

* RCA, 1967           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* Sony, 1992           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* Arte Nova, 1996           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* New York, Met

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

 

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* New York, Met

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

 

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* New York, Met

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

 

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* 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

 

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* Bologna, Teatro Comunale

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

 

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* New York, Met

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

 

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Il Trovatore

Decca, 1990

Sony, 1991

Sony, 2000

Milano, 19 December 2000

New York, 13 January 2001

New York, 14 December 2002

Stockholm, 13 May 2006

    

* Decca, 1990           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* Sony, 1991           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Manhattan Center Studios, New York

Recording date : 06-18 May 1991

 

Aprile Millo

Dolora Zajick

Plácido Domingo

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

 

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* Sony, 2000           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* Milano, Teatro alla Scala

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

 

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* New York, Met

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

 

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* New York, Met

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

 

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* Stockholm, Kungliga Operan

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

 

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Les Vêpres siciliennes

* Paris, Opéra Bastille

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

 

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I Vespri Siciliani

Gala, 1978

EMI, 1990

New York, 11 December 2004

 

* Gala, 1978           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* EMI, 1990           camera_2.gif

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

 

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* New York, Met

Performance : Saturday 11 December 2004

Broadcast : France Musiques, Saturday 08 January 2005

 

Sondra Radvanovsky

Francesco Casanova

Leo Nucci

Samuel Ramey

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

 

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