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This is a different performance from the one that I have already posted, though the cast is almost the same . That was a studio recording, while this is an in-house recording of the live performance from the Met, November 27, 1965.
Adina - Mirela Freni
Nemorino - Nicolai Gedda
Belcore - Mario Sereni
Dr. Dulcamara - Fernando Corena
Gianetta - Joy Clements
Metropolitan Opera House orchestra and chorus
Conductor Thomas Schippers
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Der Graf - Klaus Hirte
Die Gräfin - Gizela Litz
Louise - Kari Lovaas
Hannchen - Lisa Otto
Der alte Baron Reinthal - Dieter Miserre
Der junge Baron Reinthal - Nicolai Gedda
Johann - Walter Berry
Orchestra Der Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen
Conductor Otmar Suitner
Recorded in January 1975
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Annina
Nicolai Gedda - Duke
Emmy Loose - Ciboletta
Erich Kunz - Caramello
Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra London,
Conductor Otto Ackerman
Recorded in London, May 1954
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Faust - Nicolai Gedda
Marguerite - Victoria De Los Angeles
Siebel - Liliane Berton
Marthe - Rita Gorr
Méphistophéles - Boris Christoff
Valentin - Ernest Blanc
Wagner - Victor Autran
Orchestra and Chorus of Théatre National de l'Opéra
Chorus leader René Duclos
Conductor André Cluytens
Recorded in Paris, October 1958
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Live performance from Salle Pleyel in Paris, December 1984
Time: The 15th century
Place: The mountains of southern France
Scene 1
Iolanta has been blind from birth, but no one has ever told her. In a beautiful garden on the king's estate, her friends bring flowers and sing to her.
Scene 2
After announcing the king's arrival, Alméric is warned by Bertrand not to speak of light with Iolanta or to reveal that Iolanta's father is the king. She is betrothed to Robert, who is also unaware of her misfortune. The king arrives with a physician who states Iolanta can be cured, but only if she is told and desires to see. The king refuses the treatment, fearing for Iolanta's happiness.
Scene 3
Wishing to avoid the marriage, Robert and Vaudémont escape to the garden where they encounter Iolanta. Robert, convinced she is a sorceress, leaves to prepare his troops. Vaudémont stays and discovers her blindness. They fall in love, after he explains light and color to her.
Scene 4
The couple is discovered. Vaudémont pledges his love, whether Iolanta is blind or not. The king threatens to kill Vaudémont if the physician's treatment fails. Robert returns, having fallen in love with another. The king cancels the wedding contract, and gives Iolanta to Vaudémont. The treatment works and Iolanta can see!
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Performers: José Van Dam (Bass), Mignon Dunn (Mezzo Soprano), Éliane Lublin (Soprano),
Christiane Château (Soprano), Sonia Nigoghossian (Soprano), Marie Bertola (Soprano),
Martine Surais (Alto), Claude Vierne (Soprano), Carla Rutili (Alto),
Mireille Laurent (), Elya Weismann (Soprano), Maria Mella (Alto),
Martyn Hill (Tenor), Jacques Mars (Baritone), Jean-Jacques Doumene (Bass),
René Massis (Baritone), Nicolai Gedda (Tenor), Pierre-Yves Lemaigat (),
Robert Tallec (Baritone), Tibere Raffalli (Baritone), Guy De Kehrig (Tenor),
Jean-Marie Frémeau (Baritone), Beverly Sills (Soprano), Guy Gabelle (Baritone)
Conductor: Julius Rudel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Opera Chorus, Paris Opera Orchestra, Maitrise de la Resurrection Chorus
Recorded in Paris, June 1977
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Hanna Glawari - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Graf Danilo Danilowitsch - Erich Kunz
Camille de Rosillon - Nicolai Gedda
Valencienne - Emmy Loose
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, London, November 1952
Conductor Otto Ackerman
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Recorded in London, July 1962
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Hanna Glawari - Anneliese Rothenberger
Graf Danilo Danilowitsch - Nicolai Gedda
Valencienne - Erika Köth
Camille de Rosillon - Robert Ilosfalvy
Chor der Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorleitung Eolfgang Schubert
Simfonie-Orchester Grunke
Dirigent Willy Mattes
Recording from 1967.
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Gedda, Watts, Loyd
Conductor Sir Adrian Boult.
Recorded in London, July 1975
Elgar's friend Jaeger (Enigma 's "Nimrod") asserted that The Dream of Gerontius was not a work that could be appreciated after one hearing. Well said, but the loving dedication of Boult's recording (made in 1975, and the conductor's valedictory choral recording) has tremendously persuasive powers. There was a time when this recording competed with versions led by Malcolm Sargent and John Barbirolli; neither of those seem to be in the catalogue at the moment, and among the "old classics," only Benjamin Britten's version still is around. Boult's soloists are jewels. Gerontius is sung operatically (but with subtlety and grace) by Gedda, whose faint accent provides an unexpected touch of exoticism. Perhaps this recording's finest moment is when Gerontius's soul is granted a lightning-flash glimpse of the Almighty; "Take me away," he exclaims, "and in the lowest deep / There let me be." No one I've heard captures that moment's agony and ecstasy as well as Gedda, and certainly not with such tonal beauty. Watts is a formidable angel, but she shows great compassion. As the Priest (and later, the Angel of the Agony), Robert Lloyd's dark bass scores more points, and his two arias also are highlights of this recording. Boult conducts like a convert, inspiring the choirs and the orchestra to spiritual heights. His conducting is not the most dramatic, but it is the most alluring, "sacred" as it is.
The Dream of Gerontius is not an easy work – it's like Strauss's Death and Transfiguration, but with the scale and flavor of Parsifal – but eventually every devotee of choral music needs to come to term with it. Boult's recording is an excellent opportunity.
1999, Raymond Tuttle.
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King Louis VI bass ............................ Siegfried Vogel
Adolar, Count of Nevers and Rethel tenor ...... Nicolai Gedda
Lysiart, Count of For�and Beaujolais bass ... Tom Krause
Euryanthe of Savoy soprano .................... Jessye Norman
Eglantine of Puiset soprano ................... Rita Hunter
Rudolf tenor .................................. Harald Neukirch
Bertha soprano ................................ Renate Krahmer
Leipziger Rundfunkchor
Chorus master: Horst Neumann
Staatskapelle Dresden
Marek Janowski, conductor
Recorded: June & July 1974, Lukaskirche, Dresden
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Recorded in Vienna, February 1966
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Eugen Onegin - Sherrill Milnes
Tatjana - Teresa Zylis-Gara
Lenski - Nicolai Gedda
Olga - Isola Jones
Gremin- Martti Talvela
Larina - Jean Kraft
Filipevna - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
Trinquet - Andrea Velis
Captain - Richard Best
Zaretski - Andrij Dobrianski
Metropolitan Opera House
Conductor James Levine
In house recording on October 20, 1977
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Recording of the ORF of the concert of the Music Festival Carintischer Sommer Ossiach - Villach (Osoje - Beljak) on July 15, 1990.
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Live performance from MET, October 17, 1972
Amina - Renata Scotto
Elvino - Nicolai Gedda
Il Conte Rodolfo - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Lisa - Colette Boky
Alessio - Giorgio Tozzi
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario
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Live performance from La Scala, Milan, May 13, 1974
Carmen - Fiorenza Cossotto
Don José - Nicolai Gedda
Micaela - Adriana Maliponte
Escamillo - José Van Dam
Conductor - Georges Prêtre
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