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

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

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

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
	Victoria de los Angeles, Henri Legay Ch & O Théâtre National de l’Opéra Comique/Pierre Monteux rec. 1955 8.111268-70 Review by 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

Amilcare Ponchielli

	La Giaconda (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 Giaconda Maria Callas Turin RSO and Cetra Chorus/Antonio Votto (+ Bellini & Wagner excerpts) rec. 1952 8.110302-04 Review by Robert Farr

Giacomo Puccini

	La Bohème Licia Albanese, Beniamino Gigli La Scala Ch & O/Umberto Berrettoni rec. 1938 8.110072-73 Review by Roy Brewer
	Tosca Maria Caniglia, Beniamino Gigli, Armando Borgioli Teatro Reale dell’Opera, Rome Ch & O/Oliviero de Fabritiis rec. 1938 8.110096-97 Review by Tony Haywood
	Madame Butterfly Toti Dal Monte, Beniamino Gigli Royal Opera House, Rome Ch & O/Oliviero de Fabritiis rec. 1939 8.110183-84 Review by Uwe Schneider
	Turandot Armando Gianotti, Gina Cigna E.I.A.R. Turin Ch & O/Franco Ghione rec. 1938 8.110193-94 Review by Robert Hugill
	Madame Butterfly Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Campora Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome Ch & O/Alberto Erede rec. 1951 8.110254-55 Review by Colin Clarke
	Tosca Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano Ch & O Teatro alla Scala, Milan/Victor de Sabata rec. 1953 8.110256-57 Review by Robert J Farr

Henry Purcell

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

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

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

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

	Aida Renata Tebaldi, Mario Del Monaco Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome Ch & O/Alberto Erede rec. 1952 8.110129-30 Reviews by Christopher Howell, Robert Farr and Colin Clarke
	Aida Maria Caniglia, Beniamino Gigli, Italo Tajo Opera House, Rome Ch & O/Tulio Serafin rec. 1946 8.110156-57 Review by Robert Farr
	Il Trovatore Bianca Scacciati, Enrico Molinari, Giuseppe Zinetti La Scala, Milan Ch & O/Lorenzo Molajoli rec. 1930 8.110162-63 Review by Christopher Fifield
	Falstaff Giacomo Rimini, Pia Tassinari La Scala Milan Ch & O/Lorenzo Molajoli rec. 1932 8.110198-99 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	La Forza del Destino Maria Caniglia, Galliano Masini EIAR, Turin Ch & SO/Gino Marinuzzi rec. 1941 8.110206-07 Review by Calvin Goodwin
	Il trovatore Jussi Björling, Zinka Milanov Robert Shaw Ch, RCA Victor O/Renato Cellini rec. 1952 8.110240-41 Reviews by Robert Farr and Tony Haywood
	La Traviata Maria Callas, Francesco Albanese Radio SO Italiana, Turin/Gabriele Santini rec. 1953 8.110300-01 Review by Robert Farr
	Otello Giovanni Martinelli, Elizabeth Rethberg, Lawrence Tibbett Metropolitan Opera Ch & O/Ettore Panizza rec. 1938 8.111018-19 Reviews by John Quinn and Göran Forsling
	La Traviata Antonietta Stella, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, La Scala, Milan Ch & O/Tullio Serafin rec. 1955 8.111272-73 Review by Göran Forsling
	Un ballo in maschera Giuseppe Di Stefano, Maria Callas, Toti Gobbi Ch & O La Scala, Milan/Antonino Votto rec. 1956 8.111278-79 Review by Göran Forsling
	Il Trovatore Giuseppe Di Stefano, Maria Callas, Ch & O La Scala, Milan/Herbert von Karajan rec. 1956 8.111280-81 Reviews by Ewan McCormick and Göran Forsling
	Otello Ramón Vinay, Herva Nelli NBC SO & Ch/Arturo Toscanini rec. 1947 8.111320-21 Review by Ewan McCormick

Richard Wagner

	Die Walküre Astrid Varnay, Alexander Kipnis Metropolitan Opera Ch & O/Erich Leinsdorf rec. 1941 8.110058-60 Review by Tony Duggan
	Tristan and Isolde Lauritz Melchior, Kirsten Flagstad London PO/Fritz Reiner rec. 1936 8.110068-70 Review by Tony Duggan
	Siegfried (highlights) Lauritz Melchior, Heinrich Tessmer, Florence Easton Vienna State Opera O/Karl Alwin; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden O/Robert Heger rec. 1929-32 8.110091-92 Reviews by Colin Clarke and Robert Hugill
	Tannhäuser Sigismund Pilinszk, Maria Müller Bayreuth Festival Ch & O/Karl Elmendorff rec. 1930 8.110094-95 Review by Robert Farr
	Tristan and Isolde Nanny Larsen-Todsen, Gunnar Graarud Bayreuth Festival Ch & O/Karl Elmendorff rec. 1928 8.110200-02 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	Parsifal Wolfgang Windgassen, Martha Modl, George London Bayreuth Festival Ch & O/Hans Knappertsbusch rec. 1951 8.110221-24 Reviews by Robert Farr, Tony Haywood and Jonathan Woolf
	Lohengrin Lauritz Melchior, Astrid Varnay Metropolitan Opera Ch & O/Erich Leinsdorf rec. 1943 8.110235 Review by Göran Forsling
	Die Walküre (Acts I & II) Lauritz Melchior, Hans Hotter, Lotte Lehmann Vienna PO/Bruno Walter rec. 1935-38 8.110250-51 Reviews by Robert Farr and Jonathan Woolf
	Lohengrin Wolfgang Windgassen, Eleanor Steber Bayreuth Festival Ch & O/Joseph Keilberth rec. 1953 8.110308-10 Reviews by Colin Clarke and Göran Forsling
	Tristan und Isolde Ludwig Suthaus, Kirsten Flagstad, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Ch, Philharmonia O/Wilhelm Furtwängler. rec. 1952 8.110321-24 Review by Robert Farr
	The Ring Cycle Artur Bodanzky, Erich Leinsdorf rec. 1936-41 8.501106 Review by Jonathan Woolf

 

 

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