Giuseppe VERDI

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ATTILA

Attila: Samuel Ramey
Odabella: Cheryl Studer
Foresto: Neil Shicoff.
Ezio: Giorgio Zancanaro
Uldino: Ernesto Gavazzi
Leone: Giorgio Surian

Coro & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Chorus Master: Giulio Bertola
Répétiteurs: Robert Kettelson & Gabriele Pisani
Conductor: Riccardo Muti

Producer: David Groves
Balance Engineer: Michael Sheady
Editors: David Bell & Matthew Cocker
Production Assistant: Anne Armes
Recording: June & July 1989, Studio Abanella, Milan

EMI CDS 7 49952-2 (2) (1989)     
CD1 69'23" CD2 39'50"

Allor... che i forti corrono.
"Opera Goes to War: Martial Arias & Duets, Marches & Ballet Music."
EMI CDM 7 63733 2 (1990) (72'48")
Also in "Opera Assist - 
Help Rebuild Venice's La Fenice Opera House."
EMI Classics 56133-2 (04/1996) (77'23")

Da te questo or m'è concesso
Cheryl Studer: A Portrait
EMI Classics 5 55350 2 (05/1995) (75'17")

OTELLO

Otello: Plácido Domingo
Desdemona: Cheryl Studer
Jago: Sergei Leiferkus
Emilia: Denyce Graves
Cassio: Ramón Vargas
Roderigo: Michael Schade
Lodovico: Ildebrando d'Arcangelo
Montano: Giacomo Prestia
A herald: Philippe Duminy

Orchestre et Choeur de l'Opéra Bastille
Chorus Master and Musical Assistance: Denis Dubois
Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine/Choeur d'enfants de l'Opéra de Paris
Chorus Master: Francis Bardot
Italian Language Coach: Tina Ruta
Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung

Recording: Paris, Opéra Bastille, Salle Gounod, May 1993
Executive Producer: Pål Christian Moe
Recording Producer: Lennart Dehn
Balance Engineer: Helmut Berk
Recording Engineers: Hans-Rudolf Müller, Reinhard Lagemann

DG 439 805-2 (2) (10/1994)     
CD1 63'20" CD2 68'37"

Highlights: DG 445 867-2 (08/95)

Già nella notte densa (Act I)
In "Domingo Duets"
DG 447 270-2 (07/1996) (73'20")

RIGOLETTO

Il Duca di Mantova: Luciano Pavarotti
Rigoletto: Vladimir Chernov
Gilda: Cheryl Studer
Sparafucile: Roberto Scandiuzzi
Maddalena: Denyce Graves
Giovanna: Jane Shaulis
Il Conte di Monterone: Ildebrando d'Arcangelo
Marullo: Dwayne Croft
Borsa Mateo: Paul Groves
Il Conte di Ceprano: Yannis Yannissis
La Contessa: Heidi Grant Murphy
Usciere di corte: Robert Maher
Paggio della Duchessa: Elyssa Lindner

The Metropolitan Orchestra and Chorus
Chorus Master: Raymond Hughes
Musical Assistance: Jane Bakken Klaviter
Conductor: James Levine

Recording: New York, Manhattan Center, June 1993
Executive Producer: Pål Christian Moe
Recording Producer: Arend Prohmann
Balance Engineer: Wolfgang Mitlehner
Recording Engineers: Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Jobst Eberhardt
Editing: Wolfgang Mitlehner

DG 447 064-2 (2) (07/1998)     
CD1 53'36" CD2 61'28"

LA TRAVIATA

Violetta Valery: Cheryl Studer
Flora Bervoix: Wendy White
Annina: Sondra Kelly
Alfredo Germont: Luciano Pavarotti
Giorgio Germont: Juan Pons
Gastone: Anthony Laciura
Baron Douphol: Bruno Pola.
Marquis d'Obigny: Jeffrey Wells
Doctor Grenvil: Julien Robbins
Giuseppe: John Hanriot
Flora's servant: Ross Crolius
A messenger: Mitchell Sendrowitz

Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Conductor: James Levine

Recording: New York, Manhattan Center, June 1991
Executive Producer: Pål Christian Moe
Recording Producer: Wolfgang Stengel
Balance Engineer: Wolfgang Mitlehner
Editing: Jürgen Bulgrin, Rainer Hebborn

DG 435 797-2 (2) (11/1992)     
CD1 70'18" CD2 51'54"

Highlights: DG 437 726-2 (12/1993 Can.) (65'21")   

Libiamo ne' lieti calici, Act I
In "Mad About Italian Opera"
DG 445 774-2 (1994) (77'14")
Also in "Mad About Movies - The Sequel"
DG 445 773-2 (09/1994) (76')
Also in "Maestro of the Met: James Levine and Friends"
DG 449 229-2 (2) (09/1995 USA - 07/1996 Canada)
(Total playing time: 120')

Sempre libera, Act I
In "Mad about Sopranos" "The Greatest Stars. The Greatest Music"
DG 439 153-2/4 (12/1993) (75'11")
Also in In "Mad About Italian Opera"
DG 445 774-2 (09/1994) (77'14")
Also in "Mad About Mad About"
DG 445 900-2 (2) (09/1004) (142')

Amami, Alfredo, Act II. scene I
In "Mad About Movies"
DG 439 514-2 (08/1993) (70')

Parigi, o cara, noi lasceremo, Act III
In "Mad About Italian Opera"
DG 445 774-2 (09/1994) (77'14")
Also in "Maestro of the Met: James Levine and Friends"
DG 449 229-2 (2) (09/1995 USA - 07/1996 Canada) 
(Total playing time: 120')

I VESPRI SICILIANI

Elena: Cheryl Studer
Arrigo: Chris Merritt
Monforte: Giorgio Zancanaro
Procida: Ferrucio Furlanetto
Ninetta: Gloria Banditelli
Danieli: Ernesto Gavazzi
Bethune: Enzo Capuano
Vaudemont: Francesco Musinu
Tebaldo: Paolo Barbacini
Roberto: Marco Chingari
Manfredo: Ferrero Poggi

Orchestra & Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Chorus Master: Julio Bertola
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Live recording: Teatro alla Scala, Milan
December 1989-January 1990
Producer: David Groves
Balance Engineer: Michael Sheady
Technical Engineer: Graham Kirkby
Assistant Engineer: Alex Marcou
Production Assistant: Anne Armes
Editors: David Bell, Matthew Cocker, Peter Mew

EMI CDS 7 54043-2 (3) (10/1990)     
CD1 68'37" CD2 62'53" CD3 67'35"

Mercè, dilette amiche
Cheryl Studer: A Portrait
EMI Classics 5 55350 2 (05/1995) (75'17")

REQUIEM MASS

Cheryl Studer, soprano
Dolora Zajic, mezzo
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
Samuel Ramey, bass

Coro & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Chorus Master: Giulio Bertola.
Conductor: Riccardo Muti

Producer: David Groves
Executive Producer: Peter Alward
Balance Engineer: John Kurlander
Editor: David Bell
Live recording: Teatro alla Scala
Friday, 26 June & Monday, 29 June 1987

EMI CDS 7 49390-1/2/4 (2) (1987)     
CD1 48'38" CD2 39'16"

Libera me
Cheryl Studer: A Portrait
EMI Classics 5 55350 2 (05/1995) (75'17")

REQUIEM MASS

QUATTRO PEZZI SACRI

Cheryl Studer, soprano
Marjana Lipovsek, mezzo
José Carreras, tenor
Ruggero Raimondi, bass

Concert Chorus of the Vienna State Opera
Chorus Master: Norbert Balatsch
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Claudio Abbado

Producer: Christopher Alder
Balance Engineers: Rainer Maillard/Ulrich Vette (Requiem)
Ulrich Vette (Pezzi)
Recording Engineers: Jobst Eberhardt, Reinhard Lagemann
Editing: Stephan Flock (Requiem), Jörg Ritter (Pezzi)
Recording: Musikverein, Grosser Saal, Vienna
Pezzi: October 1991. Requiem (live recording): November 1991

DG 435 884-2 (2) (09/1993)     
CD1 57'30" CD2 69'11"

COLORATURA ARIAS

Giuseppe VERDI
La traviata: E strano ... Follie! ... Sempre libera  (Atto I).
Il trovatore: Timor di me? ... D'amor sull'ali rosee  (Atto IV)

With:
Vincenzo BELLINI
La sonnambula: Ah, non credea mirarti . . . 
Ah, non giunge  (Atto II)
Norma: Casta Diva (Atto I)

Gaetano DONIZETTI
Lucia di Lammermoor: Regnava nel silenzio ... 
Quando rapito in estasi  (Atto I).
Lucrezia Borgia: Tranquillo ei posa ... Com'è bello!  (Prologo)

Gioacchino ROSSINI
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa  (Atto I)
Semiramide: Bel raggio lusinghier  (Atto I)

Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Conductor: Gabriele Ferro

Recording: Studio 1, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich, April 1989
Producer: Wolfram Graul

Balance Engineer: Gerhard von Knobelsdorff
Executive Producer: Peter Alward
Editor: Uta von Reeken

EMI CDC 7 49961-2 (09/1990) (56'27") (nla)

Giuseppe VERDI
La traviata: E strano ... Follie! ... Sempre libera  (Atto I)
In "A Night at the Opera", Disc #4
EMI Canada RCZ 68859 2 (5) (1995)

COVENT GARDEN GALA CONCERT

Otello: Già nella notte densa. (Act I) 
Desdemona: Cheryl Studer. Otello: Plácido Domingo

La traviata: Libiamo, ne' lieti calici. (Brindisi, Act I)
Violetta: Cheryl Studer. Alfredo: Plácido Domingo
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra, Conductor: John Barker

With
Johann STRAUSS II
Die Fledermaus: Klänge der Heimat

And:
Giacomo MEYERBEER
L'Africaine: Pays merveilleux . . .  Ô Paradis (Acte IV)
Vasco de Gama: Plácido Domingo.
Federico MORENO TORROBA
La Chulapona: Romanza - Noche madrileña.
Plácido Domingo. (Off-stage voice: Juliet Oppenheimer)
Giacomo PUCCINI
La Bohème: In un coupé . . . O Mimì, tu più non torni (Atto IV)
Rodolfo: Plácido Domingo. Marcello: Thomas Allen.
La fanciulla del West: Ch'ella mi creda (Atto III)
Dick Johnson: Plácido Domingo.
Reveriano SOUTULLO & Juan VERT
El último romántico: Noche de amor.
Plácido Domingo.
Giuseppe VERDI
Macbeth: O figli . . . Ah, la paterna mano (Atto IV, Scena 1)
Macduff: Plácido Domingo.
Aida: L'abborita rivale a me sfuggia (Atto IV, Scena 1)
Amneris: Eva Randovà. Radamès: Plácido Domingo.
Otello: Niun mi tema (Atto IV)
Otello: Plácido Domingo.

Producer: Peter Alward.
Balance Engineer: David Flower.
Recorded live from Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Tuesday 28 June and Wednesday 6 July 1988.

EMI CDC 7 49811 2 (1989) (55'44")


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