Vincenzo Bellini

	I Puritani Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano Ch & O Teatro alla Scala, Milan/Tullio Serafin rec. 1953 8.110259-60 Reviews by Robert McKechnie and Robert Farr
	Norma Maria Callas, Mario Filippeschi Ch & O La Scala/Tullio Serafin (+ excerpts from other recordings of Norma) rec. 1927-54 8.110325-27 Reviews by Robert Hugill, Robert Farr and Göran Forsling
	La Sonnambula Maria Callas, Nicola Zaccaria Ch & O La Scala/Antonio Votto rec. 8.111284-85 Reviews by Ralph Moore and Göran Forsling

Georges Bizet

Carmen Solange Michel, Raoul Jobin, Michel Dens Opéra-Comique Ch & O, Paris/André Cluytens rec. 1950 8.110238-39 Review by Richard Lee-Van den Daele

Arrigo Boito

Mefistofele Nazzareno de Angelis, Mafalda Favero Ch & O La Scala, Milan/Lorenzo Molajoli (+ Rossini & Verdi excerpts) rec. 1927 8.110273-74 Review by Colin Clarke

Gustav Charpentier

Louise (excerpts) Ninon Vallin, Georges Thill Le Choeurs Raugel and Orchestra Paris/ Eugène Bigot rec. 1935 8.110225 Reviews by Robert Hugill and Jonathan Woolf

Leo Delibes

Lakmé Mado Robin, Agnès Disney Opéra-Comique, Paris Ch & O/Georges Sebastian rec. 1952 8.111235-36 Review by Göran Forsling

Gaetano Donizetti

	Lucia Di Lammermoor Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Ch & O/Tullio Serafin rec. 1953 8.110131-32 Reviews by Arthur Baker and Robert Hugill
	Lucia di Lammermoor Lina Pagliughi, Giovanni Malipiero, Giuseppe Manacchini Italian Broadcasting Authority Ch & O/Ugo Tansini rec. 1939 8.110150-51 Review by Frank Cadenhead

George Gershwin

	Porgy and Bess Selections from early recordings rec. 1935-45 8.110219-20 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	Porgy and Bess Lawrence Winters, Camilla Williams Orchestra and J. Rosamond Johnson Ch/Lehman Engel rec. 1951 8.110287-88 Reviews by Jonathan Woolf and Robert Farr

Umberto Giordano

Porgy and Bess Maria Caniglia, Beniamino Gigli, Giuseppe Taddei Ch & O La Scala, Milan/Olivero de Fabritiis rec. 1941 8.110275-76 Review by Robert Hugill

Mikhail Glinka

Ivan Susanin Maxim Mikhailov, Natalia Spiller Bolshoi Theatre Ch & O/Alexander Melik-Pashayev rec. 1947/50 8.111078-80 Review by Jonathan Woolf

Charles Gounod

	Romeo et Juliette Eide Norena, Charles Hackett Metropolitan Opera Ch & O/Louis Hasselmans rec. 1935 8.110140-41 Reviews by Robert Hugill and Robert Farr
	Faust (w/arias & song by Björling) Jussi Björling, Cesare Siepi, Dorothy Kirsten Metropolitan Opera Ch & O/Fausto Cleva rec. 1949-52 8.111083-85 Review by Göran Forsling
	Faust Georges Noré, Roger Rico Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham rec. 1947-48 8.110117-18 Reviews by Jonathan Woolf and Roy Brewer

Engelbert Humperdinck

Hänsel und Gretel Elisabeth Grümmer, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Philharmonia O/Herbert von Karajan rec. 1953 (+ 1928-37 excerpts from Hänsel und Gretel) 8.110897-98 Review by John Quinn

Ruggero Leoncavallo

Pagliacci Jussi Björling, Victoria de los Angeles The Columbus Boychoir, The Robert Shaw Chorale. RCA Victor Orchestra/Renato Cellini rec. 1953 8.110258 Review by Robert Farr

Pietro Mascagni

	Cavalleria rusticana Zinka Milanov, Jussi Björling The Robert Shaw Chorale. RCA Victor Orchestra/Renato Cellini rec. 1953 8.110261 Reviews by Göran Forsling and Robert Farr
	Cavalleria Rusticana Beniamino Gigli, Lina Bruna Rasa O & Ch La Scala, Milan/Pietro Mascagni rec. 1940 8.110714-15 Review by Göran Forsling

Jules Massenet

	Werther George Thill, Charlotte Ninon Paris Opera Ch & O/Elie Cohen rec. 1931 8.11061-62 Review by Ian Lace
	Manon Germaine Féraldy Opéra-Comique, Paris Ch & O/Elie Cohen rec. 1928-29 8.110203-04 Reviews by Jonathan Woolf and Richard Lee-Van den Daele
	Manon Victoria de los Angeles, Henri Legay Ch & O Théâtre National de l’Opéra Comique/Pierre Monteux rec. 1955 8.111268-70 Reviews by Robert Hugill and Ralph Moore

Gian Carlo Menotti

	The Saint of Bleecker Street, The Unicorn, the Gorgon & the Manticore rec. 1955/7 8.111360-61 Review by John Sheppard
	Amahl and the Night Visitors, Sebastian 8.111364 Review by William Hedley
	The medium, The telephone rec. 1946/7 8.111370 Review by Göran Forsling
	Maria Golovin, Violin concerto rec. 1954/8 8.111376/7 Review by Rob Barnett
	The Consul, Amelia Patricia Neway, Margherita Carosio Ch & O La Scala Milan/Nino Sanzogno rec. 1950/4 8.112023-4 Reviews by Göran Forsling and Robert Hugill

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

	Die Zauberflöte Helge Roswaenge, Tiana Lemnitz, Gerhard Hüsch, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham rec. 1937/8 8.110127-28 Review by Tony Duggan
	Don Giovanni John Brownlee, Ina Souez, Luise Helletsgruber Glyndebourne Festival Ch & O/Fritz Busch rec. 1936 8.110135-37 Review by Roy Brewer
	Cosi fan tutte Ina Souez, Luise Helletsgruber, Heddle Nash Glyndebourne Festival Ch & O/Fritz Busch rec. 1934-35 8.110280-81 Reviews by Paul Shoemaker and Colin Clarke

Modest Mussorgsky

	Boris Godunov Boris Christoff, Eugenia Zareska, Kim Borg Russian Ch Paris, French Ntl Radio O/Issay Dobrowen rec. 1952 8.110242-44 Reviews by Colin Clarke and Robert Farr
	Khovanshchina Boris Freidkov, Ivan Nechayev Kirov Ch & O, Leningrad/Boris Khaikin rec. 1946 8.111124-26 Reviews by Göran Forsling and Christopher Howell

Amilcare Ponchielli

	La Gioconda (w/arias by Arangi-Lombardi) Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Ebe Stignani, Camilla Rota La Scala, Milan Ch & O/Lorenzo Molajoli rec. 1926-1933 8.110112-14 Review by Gwyn Parry-Jones
	La Gioconda Maria Callas Turin RSO and Cetra Chorus/Antonio Votto (+ Bellini & Wagner excerpts) rec. 1952 8.110302-04 Review by Robert Farr

Giacomo Puccini - see separate page

Henry Purcell

Dido & Aeneas Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Kirsten Flagstad Mermaid Singers and O/Geraint Jones rec. 1948-52 8.111264 Review by Jonathan Woolf

Gioachino Rossini

Il Turco in Italia Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda Ch & O Teatro alla Scala, Milan/Gianandrea Gavazzeni rec. 1953 8.111028-29 Review by Robert J Farr

Bedrich Smetana

The Bartered Bride Jan Konstantin, Marie Pixová, Ada Nordenová National Opera Company, Prague Ch & O/Otakar Ostrcil rec. 1933 8.110098-99 Review by Frank Cadenhead

Johann Strauss II (see Operetta)

Richard Strauss

	Der Rosenkavalier Lotte Lehman, Elisabeth Schumann Vienna PO/Robert Heger rec. 1933 8.110191-92 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	Der Rosenkavalier Eleanor Steber, Erna Berger, Risë Stevens Metropolitan Opera Ch & O/Fritz Reiner rec. 1949 8.110277-79 Review by Christopher Howell
	Der Rosenkavalier Maria Reining, Sena Jurinac Vienna PO/Erich Kleiber rec. 1954 8.111011-13 Review by Gregor Tassie
	Salome Christel Goltz, Julius Patzak Vienna PO/Clement Krauss rec. 1954 8.111014-15 Review by Gregor Tassie

Igor Stravinsky

The Rake’s Progress Hilde Gueden, Blanche Thebom, Eugene Conley Metropolitan Opera Ch & O/Igor Stravinsky rec. 1953 8.111266-67 Reviews by Ewan McCormick and Göran Forsling

Giuseppe Verdi - see separate page

Richard Wagner - see separate page

 

 

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