Floyd - Susannah (James Conlon, 1999)

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Susannah - Renée Fleming

Sam Polk - Jerry Hadley

Rev. Olin Blitch - Samuel Ramey

Little Bat McLean - John McVeigh

Elder McLean - James Courtney

Mrs. McLean - Joyce Castle

Elder Gleaton - Jerold Siena

Mrs. Gleaton - Jane Dutton

Elder Hayes - Jonathan Welch

Mrs. Hayes - Jennifer Welch

Elder Ott - LeRoy Lehr

Mrs. Ott - Jane Shaulis

Square Dance Caller - Howard Richman

First Man - Ross Crolius

Second Man - Kenneth Young

Conductor - James Conlon

Metropolitan Opera House

April 3, 1999 Matinee Broadcast

Gluck - Iphigenie in Aulis (Kurt Eichhorn, 1972)

* 

Complete recording in German

Iphigénie - Anna Moffo

Clytemnestre - Trudeliese Schmidt

Agamemnon - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Achille - Ludovic Spiess

Calchas - Thomas Stewart

Archas - Bernd Weikl

Diane - Arleen Auger

Officier - Nicolaus Hillebrand

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Münchner Rundfunkorchester

Kurt Eichhorn, 1972

Músorgski - Boris Godunov (Hartmut Haenchen, 2012)

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Boris Godunov: Günther Groissböck (bas)

Xenia: Alina Yarovaya (sopraan)

Fjodor: Alexandra Kadurina (mezzosopraan)

Grigori, de ‘valse Dmitri’: Michael König (tenor)

Pimen: Dmitri Ulyanov (bas)

Prinses Marina Mnisjek: Béatrice Uria-Monzon (sopraan)

Vorst Vasili Ivanovitsj Sjoejski: Stefan Margita (tenor)

Andrei Sjtsjelkalov: Yuri Nechaev (bariton)

Varlaam: Anatoli Kotcherga (bas)

Missail: John Easterlin (tenor)

Rangoni: Evgeny Nikitin (bas)

Herbergierster: Pilar Vázquez (mezzosopraan)

Joerodivi, heilige dwaas: Andrei Popov (tenor)

Voedster van Xenia: Margarita Nekrasova (alt)

Nikitisj: Károli Szmerédy (bas)

Mitjoecha: Fernando Radó (bas)

Bojaar: Antonio Lozano (tenor)

Kroestsjov: Tmoeu Bibiloni (tenor)

Lavitski: Ángel rodriguez (bas)

Tsjernikovski: Rodrigo Álvarez (bas)

Pequeños cantores de la JORCAM, Intermezzo Koor

Symfonieorkest van Madrid

Dirigent: Hartmut Haenchen

Teatro Real, Madrid

October 13, 2012

Abert - Ekkehard (Peter Falk, 1999)

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Johann Joseph Abert - Ekkehard

World Premiere Recording

Jonas Kaufmann - Ekkehard

Nyla van Inden - Hadwig

Susanne Kelling - Praxedis

Jorg Hempel - Montfort

Mihoko Fujimura - Forest Woman

Alfred Reiter - Watzmann

Henryk Böhm - Spazzo

Christian Gerhaher - Rudimann

Peter Falk, Conductor

SWR Radio Orchestra Kaiserslautern

Stuttgarter Choristen

1999

Rachmaninov - Francesca da Rimini (Neeme Jarvi, 2001)

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Glass - Akhnaten (Dennis Russell Davies, 1987)

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Paul Esswood (Contratenor - Akhnaten)

Melinda Liebermann (Soprano - Rainha Tye)

Milagro Vargas (Contralto - Nefertiti)

Helmut Holzapfel (Tenor - Alto Sacerdote de Amon)

Tero Hannula (Barítono - Horemhab)

Cornelius Hauptmann (Bass - Aye)

Victoria Schneider (Soprano - Bekhetaten)

Lynne Wilhelm-Koniger (Soprano - Meretaten)

Maria Koupilova-Ticha (Soprano - Maketaten)

Geraldine Rose (Contralto - Neferneferuaten)

Angelika Schwarz (Contralto - Sotopenre)

David Warrilow (Narrador - Escriba)

Christina Wachtler (Contralto - Ankhesenpaaten)

Dennis Russell Davies

Stuttgart State Opera Chorus

1987 CBS Inc.

Barber - Antony and Cleopatra (Christian Badea, 1984)

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Samuel Barber: Antony and Cleopatra

Composition Date: 1966

Jeffrey Wells, bass-baritone, "Antony"

Esther Hinds, soprano, "Cleopatra"

Eric Halfvarson, bass-baritone, "Enobarbus"

Jane Bunnell, mezzo-soprano, "Iras"

Robert Grayson, tenor, "Caesar"

Spoleto Festival Orchestra & Westminster Choir

Christian Badea, Conductor

Spoleto 1984

Rimsky-Kórsakov - Tsarskaya Nevesta (Fouat Mansourov, 1973)

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Nikolái Rimski-Kórsakov - Tsarskaya Nevesta (The Tsar’s Bride)

Marfa: Galina Vishnevskaya

Lykov: Vladimir Atlantov

Sobakin: Evgeny Nesterenko

Lyubasha: Irina Arkipova

Gryaznoy: Vladimir Vailatis

Dr. Bromelius: Andrei Sokolov

Domna Saburova: Eleonora Andreyev

Bolshoi Theater Orchestra & Chorus

Fouat Mansourov, conductor

Moscow 1973

Korngold - Die tote Stadt (Erich Leinsdorf, 1975)

*

Paul: René Kollo

Marietta / Marie: Carol Neblett

Frank: Banjamin Luxon

Brigitta: Rose Wagemann

Fritz: Hermann Prey

Juliette: Gabriele Fuchs

Lucienne: Patricia Clark

Gaston / Victorin: Anton de Ridder

Graf Albert: Willi Brokmeier

Erich Leinsdorf

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Tölzer Knabenchor

Münchner Rundfunkorchester

1975

Suppé - Boccaccio (Marc Piollet, 2003)

*

Complete operetta

This is the only recording that has the title role sung by a mezzosoprano, as intended by Suppé.

Recorded: 27 December 2003, Volksoper Wien

Weber - Abu Hassan (Leopold Ludwig, 1944)

*

Fatime - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Abu Hassan - Erich Witte

Omar - Michael Bohnen

Berliner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester und Chor

Leopold Ludwig, 1944

Richard Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier (Edo de Waart, 2009)

*

Marschallin: Renée Fleming

Octavian: Susan Graham

Sophie: Miah Persson

A Singer: Ramón Vargas

Faninal: Hans-Joachim Ketelsen

Baron Ochs: Kristinn Sigmundsson

Metropolitan Opera,  Chorus and Orchestra

Edo de Waart, Broadcast 13 Oct 2009

Beethoven - Fidelio (Wilhelm Furtwängler, 1953)

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Leonore - Martha Mödl
Florestan - Wolfgang Windgassen
Pizarro - Otto Edelmann
Rocco - Gottlob Frick
Marzelline - Sena Jurinac
Jaquino - Rudolf Schock
Fernando - Alfred Poell
Erster Gefangene - Alwin Hendriks
Zweiter Gefangene - Franz Bierbach

Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
1953(STU)