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001) Martha, 1969
002) Hoffmann 1960
003) Rigoletto, 1967
004) Faust, Colon 1971
005) Evening bells, 1963
006) Prophete, live 1970
007) Grafin Mariza, 1973
008) Wiener Blut, 1970
009) Rahmaninov, 1970
010) Cellini, live 1966
011) Russian arias, 1969
012) Sonnambula, Met 1963
013) Elisir, 1966
014) I vespri, Met 1974
015) Prodana nevesta, Met1978
016) Recital Salzburg, 1961
017) Swedish duets 1983
018) Recital Leningrad, 1980
018) Recital Moscow 1, 1980
020) Les pecheurs, 1960
021) Faust, Paris 1975
022) Liederabend Hannover 1964
023)Entfuhrung, Aix-en-Provence
024) Fra Diavolo, 1984
025) La Boheme 1962
026) Graf von Luxemburg 1968
027) Boris Godunov 1976
028) Carmen 1959
029) Orphee... Aix 1955
030) Manon 1970
031) Huguenots, Vienna 1970
032) Guillaume Tell 1972
033) Early arias
034) Great moments
035) Donizetti, Bellini duets
036) First 10 years
037) I Capuleti e i Montecchi 19
038) Dame blanche, Hilversum 196
039) Gedda sings Lehar
040) Zigeunerbaron 1969
041) Don Giovanni 1965
042) Lady Macbeth from..., 1978
043) Werther Carnegie Hall 1965
044) Barbier von Bagdad 1956
045) Carmen 1964
046) Favorite encores 1964
047) Palestrina 1973
048) Oedipus Rex, Rome 1952
049) Pikovaja dama, Met 1972
050) Capriccio 1957
051) Idomeneo 1971
052) Turco in Italia 1954
053) Don Giovanni, Met 1967
054) Der Zarewitsch 1968
055) Land das Lachelns 1952
056) Barbiere di Siviglia 1974
057) Messiah 1964
058) Tosca, Boston 1971
059) Pelleas et. Mel. Met 1962
060) Cosi fan tutte 1974
061) Verdi Requiem 1963
062) Lakme Carnegie Hall 1981
063) I puritani 1971
064) Puritani Philadelphia 1963
065) Puritani Florence 1970
066) Vanessa 1958
067) Die Fledermaus 1955
068) Carmen 1964
069) Don Giovanni, Aix 1956
070) Faure 1982
071) Life for the Tsar 1957
072) Zauberflote 1964
073) Lucia, Met 1977
074) Iphigenie en Tauride 1961
075) Alceste 1982
076) Paganini 1977
077) Csardasfurstin 1973
078) Szenen aus Faust 1981
079) Boris Godunov 1953
080) Cendrillon 1978
081) North.&Russ. songs 1971
082) Platee Aix-en-P. 1956
083) Bettelstudent 1973
084) Giuditta 1984
085) Bach Mass 1967
086) Betrogene Kadi 1975
087) First recital 1953
088) Zar & Zimmermann 1966
089) La damnation, Rome 1969
090) Rosenkavalier 1956
091) Wunder der Heliane 1992
092) La traviata 1971
093) Padmavati 1983
094) Ballo, Vienna 1975
095) Thais 1976
096) Oedipe 1989
097) Devin du village 1956
098) Lohengrin Stockholm 1966
099) Gustav Wasa 1992
100) Satie 1969
101) Kalanus 1986
102) Undine 1966
103) Traviata Covent Garden 1972
104) Traviata, Vienna 1971
105) Christus am Olberge 1970
106) Tell, Florence 1972
107) Carmen, La Scala 1974
108) Orfeo ed E., Edinburgh 1067
109) Sonnambula, Met 1972
110) Gedda&Slovenski oktet
111) Onegin, Met 1977
112) Entfuhrung 1966
113) Euryanthe 1974
114) Gerontius 1975
115) Lustige Witwe 1967
116) Lustige Witwe 1962
117) Lustige Witwe 1952
118) Louise 1977
119) Iolanta, Paris 1984
120) Faust 1958
121) Recital Zurich 1998
122) Nacht in Venedig 1854
123) Candide 1989
124) Opernprobe 1975
125) Elisir, Met 1965
126) La damnation 1973
127) Werther 1968
128) Mireille, Aix 1954
129) Verdi Requiem Vienna 1954
130) Verdi Requiem, NY 1972
131) Benvenuto Cellini 1972
132) Recital Vienna 1984
133) Last savage Met 1964
134) Cantata BWV Rome 1969
135) Recital Leningrad 1980
136) Zauberflote video 1970
137) Elijah 1968
138) Recital 1970
139) Zauberflote, Rome 1953
140) Ballo video Stockholm 1985
141) Les introuvables
142) War and Peace 1986
143) Don Giovanni, Met 1971
144) Lady Macbeth video 1992
145) La damnation 1969
146) Rigoletto, Stockholm 1959
147) Onegin, Met 1979
148) Onegin, Florence 1980
149) Moscow 1980 video
150) Budapest 1984 video
151) Faust 1953
152) Monte Carlo 1984 video
153) Les Troyens, Rome 1971
154) Recital with Moore video
155) Ballo, Covent Garden 1977
156) Manon San Francisco 1971
157) Oeduipus Rex Stockholm 1991
158) Elisir, Vienna 1973
159) Manon, Met 1959
160) Recital Amsterdam 1982
161) Beethoven's songs 1969
161a) Beethoven's songs
162) Arias and songs
163) Ciboulette 1982
164) Zigeunerbaron, Met 1959
165) Interview Da capo 1989
166) Matthaus Passion 1961
167) Pecheurs Carnegie Hall 1974
168) Documentary video 1968
169) Persephone 1955
170) Lelio 1974
171) Lehar and Kalman
172) Oberon Carnegie Hall 1978
173) Met 25. anniversary 1982
174) Pushkin's poems 1987
175) Wiener Blut 1954
176) La Boheme Munich 1975
177) Alceste, Met 1961
178) Faust, Met 1969
179) Zauberflote, Met 1970
180) Rosenkavalier Met 1969
181) Cellini Carnegie Hall 1983
182) Orfeo ed. E., Aix 1955
183) Manon, Met 1963
184) Boris Godunov Met 1963
185) Lucia, Met1969
186) Hoffmann, Met 1959
187) Traviata, Met 1964
188) Man who disappeared 1984
189) Forza del destino 1964
190) Postillon 1965
191) Don Carlos 1973
192) Freischutz 1969
193) Matthaus Passion 1969
194) Dalibor Carnegie Hall 1977
195) Gedda Icon-85th bithday
196) Rinaldo, Milan 1983
197) P. m. solenelle 1984
198) Schule Salzburg 1957
199) Lakme 1961
200) Evocations 1986
201) Missa solemnis 1958
202) Recital Vienna 2001
203) Concert Munich 1969
204) Fra Diavolo, SF 1968
205) La clemenza di Tito 1955
206) La damnation 1959
207) Alceste 1962
208) Champagner operette
209) Budapest concert 1984
210) Liszt's songs 1986
211) Faust, Met 1966
212) Paradies und Peri 1973
213) Tosca 1988
214) Cosi fan tutte Aix 1955
215) Recital 1999
216) Idomeneo, Rome 1971
217) Romeo et Juliette 1964
218) La damnation Montreux 1959
219) Abu Hassan 1973
220) Romeo&Juliette Met 1968
221) Carmen, Vienna 1954
222) Tosca, Stockholm 1975
223) Ein Walzertraum 1970
224) Puritani Naples 1971
225) Faust Met 1958
226) Puritani Carnegie Hall 63
227) Mozart Requiem 1971
228) Faust Met 72
229) Berlioz Grande messe
230) Recit. Salzburg 1959
231) Recit. Memphis 1972
231) The very best
232) The very best
233) Rigoletto Met 1967
234) Onegin Boston 1976
235) Three Requiems
236) Die Schone Helena
237) Onegin English 1992
238) Russian lith. chant
239) Orthodox chants
240) Russian songs 1980
241) Candide video 1989
242) Gala concert Munich
243) Butterfly 1955
244) Zigeunerbaron 1954
245) Onegin 1988
246) Swedish songs 1980
247) Fledermaus 1972
248) Beethoven's 9. Symph
249) B. Godunov 87 audio
250) B. Godunov 87 video
251) Hoffmann Met 1970
252) Recital London 1973
253) Bach Magnificat
254) Land des Lächeln 67
255) Schauspieldirector
256) Mesplé& Gedda duos
257) Hugo Wolf
258) Robert Stolz
259) Zwillingsbrüder 1975
260) French connection
261) Beethoven 9th, 1973
262) Kienzl Evangelimann
263) Berlioz Romeo et J.
264) Strauss Venedig 1967
265) Cellini live 1964
266) Salzburg 1971
267) Onegin Met 1978 live
268) Operetta duets 1972
269) Hoffmann live 1971
270) Russian romances '60
271) Mozart Krönungsmesse
272) Bach B minor Mass
273) Entführung Met 1979
274) Beethoven Missa 1959
275) Mozart Requiem live
276) Poulenc Melodies
277) Pelléas et Mélis. 71
278) Don Giovanni live 62
279) Schubert rec. Rome74
280) Russian hymns&chants
281) Arias&songs
284) Manon, Colon 1970
285) Viennese delights
286) Orphée Gluck live 75
287) L'enfance du Christ
288) Zauberflöte Met 1958
289) Iphigenie Taur. 1956
290) Cosi fan tutte 1959
291) Zauberflote Scala55
292) Butterfly German
293) Bruckner 9th symph.
293) G. Tell highlights
294) Sjögren songs
295) Verdi Requiem 1979
296) Entführung 1968
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NICOLAI GEDDA IN OPERAS AND RECITALS
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
235) Requiems by Mozart, Schumann, Cherubini
Topic: 235) Three Requiems

 
REQUIEMS OF MOZART, SCHUMANN AND CHERUBINI

 

Mozart. Requiem KV 626


01.Requiem aeternam
02.Dies irae
03.Tuba miraum
04.Rex tremendae majestatis
05.Recordare
06.Confutatis maledectis
07.Lacrimosa
08.Domine Jesu
09.Hostias
10.Sanctus
11.Benedictus
12.Agnus Dei


Helen Donath, Christa Ludwig,
Robert Tear, Robert Lloyd,

Philharmonia Chorus
Norbert Balatsch

Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini

Recorded: 1979

 

Schumann. Requiem op.148


1.Requiem aeternam
2.Te decet hymnus
3.Dies irae
4.Liber scriptus proferetur
5.Qui Mariam absolvist
6.Domine Jesu Christe
7.Hostias
8.Sanctus
9.Benedictus

Helen Donath, Doris Soffel,
Nicolai Gedda, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,

Chor des Stadtischen Musikvereins zu Dusseldorf
Harmut Schmidt

Dusseldorfer Symphoniker
Bernhard Klee

Recorded: 1984

 

Cherubini. Requiem


05.Introitus et Kyrie
06.Graduale
07.Dies irae
08.Offertorium
09.Sanctus
10.Pie Jesu
11.Agnus Dei


The Ambrosian Singers
John McCarthy

New Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti

Recorded: 1975

  

 

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Sunday, 27 February 2011
234) Pjotr Iljic Cajkovski Eugen Onegin - live performance
Topic: 234) Onegin Boston 1976

 

CAJKOVSKI  EUGEN ONEGIN  BOSTON  1976

 


 

 


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Sunday, 9 January 2011
233) Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto - live performance
Mood:  flirty
Topic: 233) Rigoletto Met 1967


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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Tuesday, 7 December 2010
232) The very best of Nicolai Gedda
Topic: 232) The very best

 

THE VERY BEST OF NICOLAI GEDDA>/font>

 

 



 

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Wednesday, 24 November 2010
231) Recital in Memphis, Tennessee - live performance
Topic: 231) Recit. Memphis 1972

 

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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Tuesday, 23 November 2010
230) Recital in Salzburg 1959 - live performance
Topic: 230) Recit. Salzburg 1959

 

 

 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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Friday, 12 November 2010
229) Hector Berlioz Grande messe des morts - live performance
Topic: 229) Berlioz Grande messe

 

Hector Berlioz  Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem)

 

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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Saturday, 2 October 2010
228) Charles Gounod Faust - live performance
Topic: 228) Faust Met 72

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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Friday, 17 September 2010
227) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem
Topic: 227) Mozart Requiem 1971

 

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

 

 

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Tuesday, 7 September 2010
226) Vincenzo Bellini I puritani - live performance
Topic: 226) Puritani Carnegie Hall 63

 

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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Monday, 6 September 2010
225) Charles Gounod Faust - live performance
Topic: 225) Faust Met 1958

 

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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Sunday, 15 August 2010
224) Vincenzo Bellini I puritani - live performance
Topic: 224) Puritani Naples 1971

 

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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Thursday, 29 July 2010
223) Oscar Straus Ein Walzertraum
Topic: 223) Ein Walzertraum 1970


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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Monday, 19 July 2010
222) Giacomo Puccini Tosca - live performance, Stockholm 1975
Topic: 222) Tosca, Stockholm 1975



Live performance from Stockholm, December 30, 1975

 

Tosca - Berit Lindholm

Scarpia - Rolf Jupither

Cavaradossi - Nicolai Gedda

 

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Monday, 12 July 2010
221) George Bizet Carmen - live performance, Vienna 1954
Topic: 221) Carmen, Vienna 1954

 



 
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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Thursday, 8 July 2010
220) Charles Gounod Romeo et Juliette - live performance, MET 1968
Mood:  sad
Topic: 220) Romeo&Juliette Met 1968


 

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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Saturday, 3 July 2010
219) Carl Maria von Weber Abu Hassan
Topic: 219) Abu Hassan 1973


 

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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Thursday, 1 July 2010
218) Hector Berlioz La Damnation de Faust - live performance, Montreux 1959
Topic: 218) La damnation Montreux 1959


 

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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Monday, 28 June 2010
217) Charles Gounod Romeo et Juliette - highlights - recording from 1964
Topic: 217) Romeo et Juliette 1964


 

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

 

 
 

 

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Sunday, 27 June 2010
216) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Idomeneo, re di Creta - live performance, Rome 1971
Topic: 216) Idomeneo, Rome 1971


 

 


 


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Updated: Monday, 17 October 2011 6:19 PM MEST
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