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Metropolitan Opera House
April 8, 1967 Matinee Broadcast
Rigoletto - Cornell MacNeil
Gilda - Roberta Peters
Duke of Mantua - Nicolai Gedda
Maddalena - Belén Amparan
Sparafucile - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Monterone - Raymond Michalski
Borsa - Gabor Carelli
Marullo - Robert Goodloe
Count Ceprano - Gene Boucher
Countess Ceprano - Lilian Sukis
Giovanna - Carlotta Ordassy
Page - Loretta Di Franco
Guard - Lloyd Strang
Conductor Lamberto Gardelli
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Recital in Memphis, Tennessee, March 7, 1972
Accompanist was Marshall Williamson
1. Non t'accostare all'urna, Schubert
2. Guarda che bianca luna, Schubert
3. Da quel semblante appresi, Schubert
4. Mio ben ricordati, Schubert
5. Der Jünglung an der Quelle, Schubert
6. Rastlose Liebe, Schubert
7. Ganymed, Schubert
8. Du hast die Ruh, Schubert
9. Die Liebe hat gelogen, Schubert
10. Der Schiffer, Schubert
11. Freundliche Vision, R. Strauss
12. Mit deinen blauen Augen, R. Strauss
13. Cäcilie, R. Strauss
14. Heimliche Aufforderung, R. Strauss
15.Die Nacht, R. Strauss
16. Wie sollten wir Geheim sie halten, R, Strauss
17. Breit' über mein Haupt, R. Strauss
18. Allerseelen, R. Strauss
19. Der Pokal, R. Strauss
20. Encore: Una furtiva lagrima, Donizzetti
21. Encore: Je crois entendre encore, Bizet
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Recital in Salzburg, August 18, 1959
The accompanist was Erik Werba
1. O Nuit Deesse du mystere (Piccini)
2. Vezzosette e care pupilette (Falconieri)
3. Notte (Respighi)
4. Bella porta di rubini (Respighi)
5. Stornellatrice (Respighi)
6. La strada bianca (Pratella)
7. La procession (Franck)
8. Beau Soir fur Violine und Harfe (Debussy)
9. Mandoline (Debussy)
10. Nell op.18 No.1 (Faure)
11. Fleur jetee op.39 No.2 (Faure)
12. Barcarolle (Glinka)
13. O du herziges trautes Magdelein (Glinka)
14. So bald vergessen op.28 No.4 (Tchaikovsky)
15. Don Juan's Serenade op.38 No.1 (Tchaikovsky)
16. Die Nymphe op.56 No.1 (Rimsky-Korsakov)
17. Die Tanne und die Palme op.3 No.1 (Rimsky-Korsakov)
18. Hier ist es schon op.21 No.7 (Rachmaninov)
19. Und du mein Feld op.4 No.5 (Rachmaninov).
20. Der Ziegenbock (Mussorgsky)
21. Das Sternlein (Mussorgsky)
22. Das Lied von der Armut op.79 No.7 (Shostakovich)
23. Encore - Vzglyani: pod otdalyonnim svodom - from Aleko
(Rachmaninov)
24. Encore - Einsam klingt das kleine Glockchen (Trad)
25. Encore - Schneesturm (Trad)
26. Encore - Nacht und Traume D827 (Schubert)
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Grande messe des morts (Requiem), op. 5
Recorded in Köln, 26. 8. 1956,
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Hamburger und Kölner Rundfunk Chor
Kölner Rundfunk - Sinfonie-Orchester
Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos
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Another Faust from the Met
Metropolitan Opera House
December 30, 1972 Matinee Broadcast
Faust - Nicolai Gedda
Marguerite - Colette Boky
Méphistophéles - John Macurdy
Valentin - Matteo Manuguerra
Siebel - Judith Forst
Marthe - Shirley Love
Wagner - Louis Sgarro
Dance - Skiles Fairlie
Dance - Patricia Heyes
Dance - Tania Karina
Dance - Naomi Marritt
Dance - William Breedlove
Dance - Jacques Cesbron
Dance - Donald Mahler
Conductor Roberto Benzi
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Recorded in London, July 1971
Sheila Armstrong - soprano
Janet Baker - mezzo-soprano
Nicolai Gedda - tenor
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - baritone
John Alldis choir
English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Daniel Barenboim
Live performance from Carnegie Hall, April 16, 1963.
The cast is the same as in the performance two days later in Philadelphia
Elvira - Joan Sutherland
Arturo - Nicolai Gedda
Riccardo - Ernest Blanc
Giorgio - Justino Diaz
Conductor Richard Bonynge
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Another live performance of Faust.
Met, January 4, 1958
Faust - Nicolai Gedda
Marguerite - Hilde Güden
Méphistophéles - Jerome Hines
Valentin - Robert Merrill
Siebel - Margaret Roggero
Marthe - Thelma Votipka
Wagner - Calvin Marsh
Dance - Audrey Keane
Conductor Jean Morel
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Live performance from Naples, 3. 4. 1971. The main cast is almost identical as in the performance in Florence from the same year.
Elvira Christina Deutecom
Arturo Talbot - Nicolai Gedda
Sir Riccardo Forth - Sesto Bruscantini
Sir Giorgio - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Conductor Mario Rossi
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Recorded in Munich, April 1970
Leutnant Niki - Nicolai Gedda
Prinzessin Helene - Anneliese Rothenberger
Leutnant Montschi - Willi Brokmeier
Friederike von Insterburg - Brigitte Fassbaender
Joachim XIII - Anton Reimer
Graf Lothar - Wolfgang Anheißer
Wendolin - Wolfgang Anheißer
Franzi Steingruber - Edda Moser
Die Tchinellen Fifi - Ina Peters
Orchestra - Sinfonie-Orchester Graunke
Chorus - Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper
Conductor Willy Mattes
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Live performance from Stockholm, December 30, 1975
Tosca - Berit Lindholm
Scarpia - Rolf Jupither
Cavaradossi - Nicolai Gedda
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Live concert performance in Vienna, October 8, 1954
Giulietta Simionato - Carmen
Nicolai Gedda - Don José
Hilde Gueden - Micaëla
Michel Roux - Escamillo
Graziella Sciutti - Frasquita
Mario Carlin - Le Dancaire
Luisa Ribacchi - Mercédès
Enzo Sordello - Morales
Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna State Conservatory Children's Choir
Conductor Herbert von Karajan
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I owe also this recording to the generosity of Bob.
Metropolitan Opera House
April 13, 1968 Matinee Broadcast
Roméo - Nicolai Gedda
Juliette - Mirella Freni
Frere Laurent - John Macurdy
Stéphano - Marcia Baldwin
Mercutio - John Reardon
Benvolio - Robert Schmorr
Gertrude - Shirley Love
Capulet - Raymond Michalski
Tybalt - Charles Anthony
Pâris - Gene Boucher
Grégorio - Lorenzo Alvary
Duke of Verona - Norman Scott
Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
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Many thanks to Bob again.
Recorded in Munich, September 1973
Synopsis
Abu Hassan, a favourite of the Caliph of Bagdad, is heavily in debt. In order to reverse his fortunes he devises a plan to send his wife to the Caliph's wife, Zobeide, to announce his (Hassan's) death, for which she will receive 50 pieces of gold and a piece of brocade. After Fatima has set off, creditors enter Abu Hassan's house to collect money but are tricked and pacified with words which Omar, the richest creditor, is made to believe Fatima has spoken, so Omar agrees to pay all the creditors.
Fatima returns with the presents from Zobeide and Abu Hassan prepares to visit the Caliph to try a similar story about his wife in order to get out of him. While he is out, Omar reappears and demands a kiss from Fatima, but the husband returns. Omar hides in an adjoining room, and the husband and wife enjoy his fear of being discovered.
Now Mesrur, a messenger from the Caliph appears, to see if Fatima really is dead, as both the Caliph and his wife want to know who it was who died, and if both, who died first. Mesrur, seeing Fatima lying on the divan, her husband in apparent distress at her side, runs back to let the Caliph know. He has only just gone, when Zobeide's nurse runs in on a similar errand; this time it is Hassan who feigns death, while Fatima is all tears and lamenting.
Finally the Caliph and his wife are announced. Hassan and Fatima throw themselves on the divan, covering themselves, as if dead. The Caliph now offers 1,000 gold pieces to anyone who will tell him, which of them died first. Hassan revives and throws himself at the Caliph's feet, saying: "It was me - I died first!", asks for a pardon, as well as the gold. Fatima does likewise, and the Caliph pardons them both. Omar, having paid off Hassan's debts in the hope of winning Fatima's heart, is sent away in disgrace.
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Live performance from the Festival de Montreux, September 24th, 1959
Faust - Nicolai Gedda
Marguerite - Regine Crespin
Mephistopheles - Ernest Blanc
Brander - Louis Morin
Choeurs et Orchestre Nationale de RTF
Conductor Igor Markevitch
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This was another contribution by Bob. Thank you, Bob.
Romeo – Nicolai Gedda, Tenor
Juliette – Rosanna Carteri, Soprano
Gertrude (Juliet’s Nurse) – Christiane Gayraud, Mezzo
Mercutio – Michelle Dens, baritone
Frere Laurent – Joseph Rouleau, bass
Orchestre du Theatre National de l'Opera, Paris
Conductor Alain Lombard
Recorded in Paris, September 1964
Recital from 1999. No other data are known.
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