Recorded in July 1992.

Onegin - Thomas Hampson

Tatjana - Kiri Te Kanawa

Lenski - Neil Rosenshein

Olga Patricia Bardon

Gremin - John Connell

Monsieur Triquet - Nicolai Gedda

Madame Larina - Linda Finnic

Filipevna - Elizabeth Bainbridge

A captain/Zaretski - Richard Van Allen

Orchestra and chorus of Welsh National Opera

Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras

Password is 'airfreedom'

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Mood:  celebratory

Recorded in Munich, July 1979.

Paris - Nicolai Gedda

Helena - Anneliese Rothenberger

Menelaus - Ferry Gruber

Agamemnon - Klaus Hirte

Orestes - Brigitte Fassbaender

Kalchas - Benno Kusche

Achilles - Norbert Orth

Ajax I - Martin Finke

Ajax II - Friedrich Lenz

Philokomus - Gerd W. Dieberitz

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

MUncher Rundfunkorchester

Conductor Willy Mattes

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

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Mood:  flirty

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

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

 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

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

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

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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

Mood:  sad

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

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.

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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