Opera Recordings

Samuel Barber

Vanessa. An opera in three acts (Revised Version) Vanessa: Ellen Chickering (soprano) Erika: Andrea Matthews (soprano) The Old Baroness: Marion Dry (contralto) Anatol: Ray Bauwens (tenor) The Old Doctor: Richard Conrad (tenor) Nicholas: Philip Lima (baritone)  Ukrainian National Capella "Dumka" National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine/Gil Rose. Naxos.

Bellini


Norma. Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, John Alexander. LSO & Chorus/Richard Bonynge. Decca.


Berlioz


Les Troyens. LSO/Colin Davis. LSO Live. 4 CD's.

Britten


Peter Grimes. Glenn Winslade, Janice Watson, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Jill Grove, James Rutherford, Jonathan Lemalu. LSO/Colin Davis. LSO Live.
 
The Turn of the Screw. Philip Langridge, Felicity Lott, etc. Brindisi Quartet. Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble/Steuart Bedford. Naxos.


At The Boar's Head. The Wandering Scholar. Langridge, Tomlinson, Palmer, Burrowes, etc. EMI.


Charpentier


Louise. Vallin, Georges Thill, etc. 1935 Columbia recording. Naxos Historical. 8110225.

Collections

Brava Berganza. Teresa Berganza (mezz), etc. DG 477 5489.

Arias. Guiseppe Di Stefano (ten), etc. Regis RRC 1202.

Hanson

Merry Mount. Schwartz, Seattle So, Choir. Naxos American Opera Classics.

Humperdinck


Hansel und Gretel. Sadler's Wells Company/Mario Bernardi. Paired with Wagner: Siegfried Idyll. Sinfonia of London/Colin Davis. CfP.


Lehar


Das Land des Lacheins. Die lusitge Witwe. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Emmy Loose, Nicolai Gedda, Erich Kunz. EMI. This Merry Widow recording has also been reissued on the Regis label.


Leoncavallo


Pagliacci. Victoria de los Angeles, Jussi Bjorling, Leonard Warren, Robert Merrill. RCA Victor Orchestra/Renato Cellini. Naxos Historical.

Lully

Phaiton.. Minkowski, Louvre Musicians. Crook, Gens. Warner Apex.

Mozart


Le nozze di Figaro. Mirella Freni, Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Ingvar Wixell, Jesse Norman, Yvonne Minton, Robert Tear. Colin Davis. Philips Trio.
 
Le nozze di Figaro. Willi Domgraf-Fassbender, Luise Helletsgruber, etc. Busch/Glynebourne. Naxos Historical.

Le nozze di Figaro. Jochum. Benno Kusche. Sena Jurinac. Walhall.

Don Giovanni. Soloists. Vienna RSO/Bertrand de Billy. Arte Nova. *

Don Giovanni. Raisa, Leider, Rethberg, Elisabeth Schumann, Tauber, Rimini, Chaliapin. Naxos Historical. *

Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail. Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists. Monteverdi Choir. Archiv. *

Offenbach


La Perichole. Regine Crespin, Alain Vanzo, Jules Bastin. Strasbourg Philharmonic/Alain Lombard. Apex.
 
La Belle Helene. Coupled with Chabrier: L'Etoile. Paris Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra/Rene Leibowitz. Paris Opera-Comique Chorus and Orchestra/Roger Desormiere. Regis.


Puccini


Madama Butterfly. Miriam Gauci, Yordi Ramiro. Slovak State Phil. Chorus, Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra. Rahbari. Naxos.
 
Madame Butterfly. Toti Dal Monte, Vittoria Palombini, Benjamino Gigli, Adelio Zagonara, Mario Basiola, Gino Conti, Ernesto Dominici. Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Oliviero De Fabritis. Naxos Historical.

La Boheme, plus extra tracks. Albanese, Gigli, Menotti, Poli, Baronti, etc. Oliveri (cond). Naxos Historical. *

Tosca (1900) Maria Callas (Tosca), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Cavaradossi), Tito Gobbi (Scarpia), Franco Calabrese (Angelotti), Angelo Mercuriali (Spoletta), Melchiorre Luise (Sacristan), Dario Caselli (Sciarrone/Gaoler), Alvaro Cordova (Shepherd),  Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Milan/Victor De Sabata Recorded 10th-14th, 16th and 18th-21st August 1953 in the Teatro alla Scala, Milan. Naxos Historical. *

Smetana

The Bartered Bride. Prague NOC Choir and Orchestra/Ostrcil. Naxos.*

R Strauss

Four Last Songs. Opera scenes and arias. Lisa Della Cassa (sop), etc. Regis. RRC 1192.

Der Rosenkavalier. Maria Reining, Sena Jurinac, Hilde Gueden. Vienna PO/Erich Kleiber. Naxos Historical.*

Stravinsky


Oedipus rex. Soloists. Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Colin Davis. CfP.


Verdi


Falstaff. Michele Pertusi, Carlos Alvarez, Bulent Bezduz, Alasdair Elliott, Peter Hoare, Darren Jeffrey, Ana Ibarra, Maria Jose Moreno, Jane Henschel, Marina Domashenko. LSO. Colin Davis. LSO Live.
 
Falstaff. Mariano Stabile, Paolo Silveri, Cesare Valletti, Renata Tebaldi. La Scala Chorus and Orchestra/de Sabata. Music and Arts.
 
Otello. Herva Nelli, Ramon Vinay, Giuseppe Valdengo. NBC SO/Toscanini. Guild Historical.


Wagner


Lohengrin. Jess Thomas, Elisabeth Grummer, Christa Ludwig, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Vienna PO. Rudolf Kempe. EMI.
 
Der Ring des Nibelungen. John Tomlinson, Anne Evans, Siegfried Jerusalem. Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra. Daniel Barenboim. Teldec.

The Ring. Dresden State Opera. Janowski. RCA Red Seal. *

The Ring. Vernay, Hotter,Windgassen. Bayreuth Festival Opera. Krauss. Archipel. *

Tristan und Isolde. Fritz Uhl, Birgit Nilssohn, Regina Resnik, Arnold Van Mill, Tom Krause. Vienna Phil. George Solti. Decca.
 
Tristan und Isolde. Kirsten Flagstad. Reiner. Naxos Historical.
 
Tristan und Isolde. Naxos Historical. 8110200-02. (different from the above).
 
Die Mastersinger von Nurnberg. Bernd Weikl, Ben Heppner, Cheryl Studer, Kurt Moll. Bavarian State Orchestra. Sawallisch. EMI.
 
Siegfried. Lauritz Melchior, Kirsten Flagstad, Friedrich Schorr, Kerstin Thorborg. Metropolitan Opera/Artur Bodanzky. Naxos Historical.
 
Parsifal. Jess Thomas, Hans Hotter, Irene Dalis, George London. Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra. Knappersbusch. Philips.

Weber

Der Freischutz. Jochum, Bavarian RSO. Waechter, Seefried, Streich. DG.

Weill


The Eternal Road (highlights). Berlin RSO/Gerard Schwartz. Naxos.

Vivaldi

Griselda. Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon. Naxos. *

Weinberger


Svanda the Bagpiper. Naxos.