Giacomo PUCCINI

La Bohème

Edgar

Gianni Schicchi

The Girl of the Golden West

Madame Butterfly

Manon Lescaut

La Rondine

Tosca

Turandot

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La Bohème

Philips, 1957

EMI, 1995

Paris, 24 November 2001

New York, 16 February 2002

New York, 08 March 2003

Genève, 20 December 2003

Orange, 02 August 2005

Paris, 25 October 2005

  

* Philips, 1957           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Napoli

Recording date : June 1957

 

Gianni Poggi

Antonietta Stella

Guido Mazzini

Melchiorre Luise

Giuseppe Modesti

Renato Capecchi

Giorgio Onesti

Bruna Rizzoli

Piero de Palma

Gerardo Gaudioso

Aldo Terrosi

– Rodolfo

– Mimi

– Schaunard

– Benoît

– Colline

– Marcello

– Alcindoro

– Musetta

– Parpignol

– Primo doganiere

– Secondo doganiere

 

Coro e Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

 

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* EMI, 1995           camera_2.gif

Recording location : No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Recording date : August 1995

 

Roberto Alagna

Leontina Vaduva

Simon Keenlyside

Enrico Fissore

Samuel Ramey

Thomas Hampson

Ruth Ann Swenson

Philip Sheffield

Jeffrey Carl

Paul Parfitt

– Rodolfo

– Mimi

– Schaunard

– Benoît / Alcindoro

– Colline

– Marcello

– Musetta

– Parpignol

– Sergente dei doganieri

– Doganiere

 

London Voices, Boys from The London Oratory School

Philharmonia Orchestra

conducted by Antonio Pappano

 

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* Paris, Opéra Bastille

Performance : Saturday 24 November 2001

Broadcast : France Musiques, live

 

Roberto Alagna

Angela Gheorghiu

Stéphane Degout

Michel Trempont

Erwin Schrott

Ludovic Tézier

Christian Jean

Elena Evseeva

– Rodolfo

– Mimi

– Schaunard

– Benoît

– Colline

– Marcello

– Alcindoro

– Musetta

 

Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine

Chœur d'enfants, Chœurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

conducted by Daniel Oren

 

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* New York, Met

Performance : Saturday 16 February 2002

 

Ramon Vargas

Chritina Gallardo-Domas

Mark Oswald

Thomas Hammons

John Relyea

Bruno Caproni

Ainhoa Arteta

Meredith Derr

Richard Pearson

Robert Maher

– Rodolfo

– Mimi

– Schaunard

– Benoît / Alcindoro

– Colline

– Marcello

– Musetta

– Parpignol

– Sergente dei doganieri

– Un doganiere

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

conducted by Maro Armiliato

 

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* New York, Met

Performance : Saturday 08 March 2003

Broadcast : France Musiques, live

 

Ramon Vargas

Elena Evseeva

Earle Patriarco

Paul Plishka

Richard Bernstein

Vassily Gerello

Ainhoa Arteta

Meredith Derr

Joseph Pariso

Robert Maher

– Rodolfo

– Mimi

– Schaunard

– Benoît / Alcindoro

– Colline

– Marcello

– Musetta

– Parpignol

– Sergente dei doganieri

– Un doganiere

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

conducted by Marcello Viotti

 

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* Genève, Grand théâtre

Performance : Saturday 20 December 2003

Broadcast : France Musiques, Wednesday 02 February 2005 (Programme Hector)

 

Vincente Ombuena

Mary Mills

Olivier Lallouette

Bernard van der Meersch

Alexander Vassiliev

Luca Grassi

Valérie Millot

Guy Bonfiglio

– Rodolfo

– Mimi

– Schaunard

– Benoît

– Colline

– Marcello

– Musetta

– Alcindoro

 

Maîtrise du Conservatoire Populaire de Genève, Chœurs du Grand Théâtre

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

conducted by Louis Langrée

 

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* Orange, Théâtre antique

Performance : Tuesday 02 August 2005

Broadcast : France Musiques, live

 

Roberto Alagna

Angela Gheorghiu

Nicolas Testé

Lionel Peintre

Orlin Anastassov

Franck Ferrari

Annamaria dell'Oste

Michel Trempont

Jean-Pierre Lautré

– Rodolfo

– Mimi

– Schaunard

– Benoît

– Colline

– Marcello

– Musetta

– Alcindoro

– Parpignol

 

Maîtrise des Bouches du Rhône, Chœurs des Opéras de Région

Orchestre national de France

conducted by Jesus Lopez-Cobos

 

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* Paris, Opéra Bastille

Performance : Tuesday 25 October 2005

Broadcast : France Musiques, Saturday 12 November 2005

 

Rolando Villazon

Angela Marambio

José Fardilha

Jean-Philippe Marlière

Alexander Vinogradov

Franck Ferrari

Elena Semenova

Pascal Meslé

– Rodolfo

– Mimi

– Schaunard

– Benoît / Alcindoro

– Colline

– Marcello

– Musetta

– Parpignol

 

Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine, Chœurs d'enfants de l'Opéra national de Paris

Chœurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

conducted by Daniel Oren

 

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Edgar

* Naïve, 2002           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Paris, Radio France, Salle Olivier Messiaen

Recording date : Saturday 07 December 2002

 

Julia Varady

Mary Ann McCormick

Carl Tanner

Dalibor Jenis

Carlo Cigni

– Fidelia

– Tigrana

– Edgar

– Frank

– Gualtiero

 

Chœur et Maîtrise de Radio France

Orchestre national de France

conducted by Yoel Levi

 

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La Fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West)

DG, 1977

London, 24 September 2005

 

* DG, 1977           camera_2.gif

Recording location : London, Watford Town Hall

Recording date : June 1977

 

Carol Neblett

Plácido Domingo

Sherrill Milnes

Francis Egerton

Robert Lloyd

Jonathan Summers

John Dobson

Malcolm Rivers

Tom McDonnell

Paul Crook

Robin Leggate

William Elvin

Malcolm King

Paul Hudson

Anne Wilkens

Gwynne Howell

Eric Garrett

Handel Owen

– Minnie

– Dick Johnson (Ramerrez)

– Jack Rance

– Nick

– Ashby

– Sonora

– Trin

– Sid

– Bello

– Harry

– Joe

– Happy

– Larkens

– Billy Jackrabbit

– Wowkle

– Jake Wallace

– José Castro

– Un postiglione

 

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

conducted by Zubin Mehta

 

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* London, Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Performance : Saturday 24 September 2005

Webcast : Deutschlandradio Kultur, 26 November 2005

 

Andrea Gruber

José Cura

Mark Delavan

Francis Egerton

Robert Lloyd

Mark Stone

Hubert Francis

Adrian Clarke

Grant Doyle

Robert Murray

Harry Nicoll

Jared Holt

Graeme Broadbent

Graeme Danby

Clare Shearer

Jonathan Lemalu

Jeremy White

Lee Hickenbottom

– Minnie

– Dick Johnson (Ramerrez)

– Jack Rance

– Nick

– Ashby

– Sonora

– Trin

– Sid

– Bello

– Harry

– Joe

– Happy

– Larkens

– Billy Jackrabbit

– Wowkle

– Jake Wallace

– José Castro

– Un postiglione

 

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

conducted by Antonio Pappano

 

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Gianni Schicchi

Philips, 1956

Paris, 04 April 2004

 

* Philips, 1956           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Napoli

Recording date : September 1956

 

Renato Capecchi

Bruna Rizzoli

Vittoria Palombini

Agostino Lazzari

Piero de Palma

Ornella Rovero

Nino Tarallo

Plinio Clabassi

Giuseppe Modesti

Arturo La Porta

Maria Minetto

Ferruccio Mazzoli

Giorgio Onesti

Gerardo Gaudioso

– Gianni Schicchi

– Lauretta

– Zita

– Rinuccio

– Gherardo

– Nella

– Gherardino

– Betto di Signa

– Simone

– Marco

– La Ciesca

– Maestro Spinelloccio / Ser Amantio di Nicolao

– Pinellino

– Guccio

 

Coro e Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

 

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* Paris, Palais Garnier

Performance : Sunday 04 April 2004

Broadcast : France Musiques, Saturday 01 May 2004

 

Alessandro Corbelli

Patrizia Ciofi

Elena Zilio

Roberto Sacca

Jean-Paul Fouchécourt

Jeannette Fischer

Alain Vernhes

Donato di Stefano

José Fardilha

Tiziana Tramonti

Orazio Mori

Roberto Accurso

Josep Miquel Ribot

Armando Noguera

– Gianni Schicchi

– Lauretta

– Zita

– Rinuccio

– Gherardo

– Nella

– Betto di Signa

– Simone

– Marco

– La Ciesca

– Maestro Spinelloccio

– Ser Amantio di Nicolao

– Pinellino

– Guccio

 

Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

conducted by Seiji Ozawa

 

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Madame Butterfly

* Decca, 1958           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Accademia Santa Cecilia, Roma

Recording date : 1958

 

Renata Tebaldi

Carlo Bergonzi

Fiorenza Cossotto

Enzo Sardello

Angelo Mercuriali

Paolo Washington

Lidia Nerozzi

Michele Cazzato

Virgilio Carbonari

Oscar Nanni

– Madame Butterfly

– F. B. Pinkerton

– Suzuki

– Sharpless

– Goro

– Lo zio Bonzo

– Kate Pinkerton

– Il Principe Yamadori

– Il Commissario Imperiale

– Yakuside

 

Coro e Orchestra dell' Accademia di Santa Cecilia

conducted by Tulio Serafin

 

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Manon Lescaut

München, 23 January 2002

Wien, 04 June 2005

 

* München, Nationaltheater

Performance : Wednesday 23 January 2002

Broadcast : France Musiques, Saturday 02 March 2002

 

Kallen Esperian

Paolo Gavanelli

Sergei Larin

Karl Helm

Francesco Petrozzi

Gerhard Auer

Ulrich Reß

Helena Jungwirth

Kevin Conners

Rüdiger Trebes

– Manon Lescaut

– Lescaut

– Des Grieux

– Geronte

– Edmondo

– L'oste

– Il maestro di ballo

– Un musico

– Lampionaio

– Commandante / Il sergente

 

Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper

Das Bayerische Staatsorchester

conducted by Fabio Luisi

 

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* Wien, Staatsoper

Performance : Saturday 04 June 2005

Broadcast : France Musique, Wednesday 10 May 2006

 

Barbara Haveman

Boaz Daniel

Neil Shicoff

Wolfgang Bankl

Saimir Pirgu

Marcus Pelz

Johannes Wiedecke

– Manon Lescaut / Un musico

– Lescaut

– Des Grieux

– Geronte / Commandante

– Edmondo / Il maestro di ballo / Lampionaio

– L'oste

– Il sergente

 

Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

conducted by Seiji Ozawa

 

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La Rondine

EMI, 1996

Paris, 04 July 2005

 

* EMI, 1996           camera_2.gif

Recording location : No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Recording date : August 1996

 

Angela Gheorghiu

Roberto Alagna

William Matteuzzi

Inva Mula

Alberto Rinaldi

Patrizia Biccire

Patrizia Ciofi

Monica Bacelli

Toby Spence

Riccardo Simonetti

Enrico Fissore

Gareth Roberts

Andrew Busher

– Magda

– Ruggero

– Prunier / Un uomo che fischia

– Lisette

– Rambaldo

– Yvette / Georgette

– Bianca / Gabriella / Una voce interno

– Suzy / Lolette

– Gobin

– Périchaud

– Crébillon / Rabonier / Maggiordomo

– Un giovane

– Uno studente

 

London Voices

London Symphony Orchestra

conducted by Antonio Pappano

 

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* Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet

Performance : Monday 04 July 2005

Broadcast : France Musiques, Saturday 23 July 2005

 

Inva Mula

Giuseppe Filianoti

Marius Brenciu

Annamaria dell'Oste

Alberto Rinaldi

Oriana Kurteshi

Nicole Fournié

Elsa Maurus

Jean-Pierre Lautré

Frédéric Caton

Thierry Félix

Thierry Vincent

– Magda

– Ruggero

– Prunier

– Lisette

– Rambaldo

– Yvette

– Bianca

– Suzy

– Gobin

– Périchaud

– Crébillon

– Maggiordomo

 

Chœurs du Théâtre du Capitole

Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

conducted by Marco Armiliato

 

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Tosca

Decca, 1959

New York, 19 January 2002

Wien, 31.05.2003

 

* Decca, 1959           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Roma

Recording date : 1959

 

Renata Tebaldi

Mario del Monaco

George London

Silvio Maionica

Fernando Corena

Piero de Palma

Giovanni Morese

Ernesto Palmerini

– Floria Tosca

– Mario Cavaradossi

– Il Barone Scarpia

– Cesare Angelotti

– Un sagrestano

– Spoletta

– Sciarrone / Un Carceriere

– Un pastore

 

Coro e Orchestra dell' Accademia di Santa Cecilia

conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

 

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* New York,  Met

Performance : Saturday 19 January 2002

Broadcast : France Musiques, live

 

Catherine Malfitano

Franco Farina

James Morris

Richard Bernstein

Bruno Pola

Anthony Laciura

Richard Vernon

Vaclovas Daunoras

George Cook

– Floria Tosca

– Mario Cavaradossi

– Il Barone Scarpia

– Cesare Angelotti

– Un sagrestano

– Spoletta

– Sciarrone

– Un Carceriere

– Un pastore

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

conducted by Daniel Oren

 

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* Wien, Staatsoper

Performance :Saturday 31 May 2003

Broadcast : France Musiques, Wednesday 28 April 2004, "Hector"

 

Inès Salazar

Neil Shicoff

Franz Grundheber

Boaz Daniel

Alfred Sramek

Benedikt Kobel

In-Sung Sim

Günter Groissböck

– Floria Tosca

– Mario Cavaradossi

– Il Barone Scarpia

– Cesare Angelotti

– Un sagrestano

– Spoletta

– Sciarrone

– Un Carceriere

 

Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

conducted by Seiji Ozawa

 

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Turandot

Decca, 1955

Salzburg, 15 August 2002

 

* Decca, 1955           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Accademia Santa Cecilia, Roma

Recording date : July 1955

 

Inge Borkh

Gaetano Fanelli

Nicola Zaccaria

Mario del Monaco

Renata Tebaldi

Fernando Corena

Mario Carlin

Renato Ercolani

Ezio Giordano

– Turandot

– Altoum

– Timur

– Calaf

– Liù

– Ping

– Pang

– Pong

– Un Mandarino

 

Coro e Orchestra dell' Accademia di Santa Cecilia

conducted by Alberto Erede

 

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* Salzburg, Großes Festspielhaus

Performance : Thursday 15 August 2002

Broadcast : France Musiques, Wednesday 28 August 2002

 

Gabriele Schnaut

Robert Tear

Paata Burchuladze

Johan Botha

Cristina Gallardo-Domas

Boaz Daniel

Vicente Ombuena

Steve Davislim

Robert Bork

– Turandot

– Altoum

– Timur

– Calaf

– Liù

– Ping

– Pang

– Pong

– Un Mandarino

 

Tölzer Knabenchor, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor

Wiener Philharmoniker

conducted by Valery Gergiev

 

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Le Villi

* Naïve, 2002           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Paris, Radio France, Salle Olivier Messiaen

Recording date : Friday 06 December 2002

 

Mélanie Diener

Aquiles Machado

Ludovic Tézier

Sylvie David

– Anna

– Roberto

– Guglielmo

– Récitante

 

Chœur et Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France

conducted by Marco Guidarini

 

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