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Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Carmen
Libretto by Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy, after Mérimée
Carmen.... Grace Bumbry
Don José.... Jon Vickers
Micaëla.... Mirella Freni
Frasquita.... Eliane Lublin
Mercédès.... Viorica Cortez
Escamillo.... Kostas Paskalis
Moralès.... Claude Meloni
Zuniga.... Bernard Gontcharenko
Dialogue: Thamilla Mesbach Carmen, Dominique Arden Micaëla, Catherine Rethi Mercédès, André Batisse Don José, Dominique Santarelli Escamillo
Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois
Chorus master: Abbé Delsinne
Chœurs du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris
Chorus master: Jean Laforge
Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
July 1969, January and February 1970

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Les Troyens
Libretto by Berlioz, after Virgil's "Aeneid"
Cassandre, Didon.... Régine Crespin
Enée.... Guy Chauvet
Ascagne.... Jane Berbié
Narbal, Mercure.... Marie-Luce Bellary
Iopas.... Gérard Dunan
Panthée.... Lucien Vernet
Fanfare du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris
Director: Roger Fayeulle
Chœurs du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris
Chorus master: Jean Laforge
Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris
Georges Prêtre

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Norma
Libretto by Felice Romani
Norma.... Jane Eaglen
Adalgisa.... Eva Mei
Pollione.... Vincenzo La Scola
Oroveso.... Dimitri Kavrakos
Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus master: Marco Balderi
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Riccard Muti
Recorded live at Ravenna Festival

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
I puritani
Libretto by Carlo Pepoli
Elvira.... Montserrat Caballé
Arturo.... Alfredo Krauss
Riccardo.... Matteo Manuguerra
Enrichetta.... Julia Hamari
Giorgio.... Agostino Ferrin
Gualtiero.... Stefan Elenkov
Bruno.... Dennis O'Neill
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Chorus master: John McCarthy
Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Fidelio
Libretto by Josef Sonnleithner and Friedrich Treitschke, after Bouilly
Leonore.... Helga Dernesch
Florestan.... Jon Vickers
Rocco.... Karl Ridderbusch
Don Pizarro.... Zoltan Kélémen
Don Fernando.... José van Dam
Marzelline.... Helen Donath
Jaquino.... Horst R. Laubenthal
First Prisoner.... Werner Hollweg
Second Prisoner.... Siegfried Rudolf Frese
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Chorus master: Walter Hagen-Groll
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan

August Enna (1860-1949*)
op. 12 Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne (opera 1897)
The Little Match Girl, Opera in one act
Text after Hans Christian Andersen, Danish by Ove Rode
Henriette Bonde-Hansen, Soprano (Marie, a poor girl)
Gitta-Maria Sjöberg, Soprano (A Lady)
Sokkelund Sangkor (Morten Schuldt-Jensen)
Danmarks Radio Pigekor (Kirsten Milthers)
The Danish Radio Sinfonietta
Roman Zeilinger
Recording: November 1998, January 2000

* このCPO盤のケースと解説書では、エナの生没年がこのように明記されているのですが、実際には1859年に生まれ1939年に没しているようです。

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
The Thieving Magpie
Melodramma in two acts
Libretto by Giovanni Gherardini after "La Pie vouleuse," by J.M.T. Badouin and Louis-Charles Caigniez
English translation by Jeremy Sams
Fabrizio Vingradito, a rich farmer.... Jeremy White, bass
Lucia, his wife.... Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano
Giannetto, their son, a soldier.... Barry Banks, tenor
Ninetta, a servant in their house.... Majella Cullagh, soprano
Fernando Villabella, Ninetta's father, a soldier.... Russell Smythe, soprano
Gottardo, the village mayor.... Christopher Purves, baritone
Pippo, a young pesant, in Fabrizio's service.... Nerys Jones, mezzo-soprano
Isacco, a pedlar.... John Graham-Hall, tenor
Antonio, the jailer.... Stuart Kale, tenor
Giorgio, the mayor's servant.... Toby Stafford-Allen, baritone
Ernesto, friend of Fernando, a soldier.... Nicholas Garrett, bass
Judge.... Darren Jeffery, baritone
Judge.... Philip Tebb, bass
Clerk.... Daniel Slater
Magpie.... Prunella Scales
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Philharmonia Orchestra
Assitant conductors: Gareth Hancock and Philip Walsh
David Parry
Recording venue: Blackheath Halls, London: 21-23 & 27-28 September 2002

Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
Prodaná nevěsta ("The Bartered Bride")
Cominc opera in three acts
Libretto by Karel Sabina, English version by Kit Hesketh-Harvey
Krušina, Mařenčin otec, a farmer.... Neal Davies
Ludmila, Mařenčina matka, his wife.... Yvonne Howard
Mařenka, dcera Krušinových, their daughter.... Susan Gritton
Toby Mícha, Jeníkův a Vaškův, a smallholder.... Geoffrey Moses
Háta, Vaškova matka, his wife.... Diana Montague
Vašek, Míchův syn z druhého manželství, their son.... Timothy Robinson
Jeník, prvorozený Míchův syn, Toby Mícha's son from his first marriage.... Paul Charles Clarke
Kecal, vesnický dohazovač, a village marriage-broker.... Peter Rose
Ringmaster.... Robin Leggate
Esmeralda, circus artist.... Yvette Bonner
Indian, circus artist.... Kit Hesketh-Harvey
Two boys.... Louis Hill, Ravi Shar
Philharmonia Orchestra
The Royal Opera Chorus
Sir Charles Mackerras
Gareth Hancok, assistant conductor
The two boys (Act III) are members of the New London Children's Choir
(Music Director: Ronald Corp)
Recording venue: Blackheath Halls, London; 15-21 & 23 December 2004  

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Die Walküre - Act 3
Brünnhilde.... Astrid Varnay
Sieglinde.... Leonie Rysanek
Wotan.... Sigurd Björling
Gerhilde.... Brünnhild Friedland
Helmwige.... Lieselotte Thomamüller
Waltraute.... Elfriede Wild
Schwertleite.... Ruth Siewert
Ortlinde.... Eleanor Lausch
Siegrune.... Hertha Töpper
Grimgerde.... Ira Malaniuk
Rossweise.... Hanna Ludwig
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele 1951
Recorded live: 12.VIII.1951, Festspielehaus, Bayreuth

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Die Zauberflöte
Opera in two acts
Libretto: Emanuel Schikaneder
Arias and ensembles only
Tamino.... Anton Dermota
Pamina.... Irmgard Seefried
Papageno.... Erich Kunz
Queen of Night.... Wilma Lipp
Sarastro.... Ludwig Weber
Speaker.... George London
First Lady.... Sene Jurinac
Second Lady.... Friedl Riegler
Third Lady.... Else Schürhoff
Papagena.... Emmy Loose
Monostatos.... Peter Klein
First Armed Man.... Erich Majkut
Second Armed Man.... Ljbomir Pantscheff
First Priest.... Erich Majkut
Second Priest.... Harald Pröglhöf
First Boy.... Hermine Steinmassl
Second Boy.... Eleonore Dörpinghans
Third Boy.... Annelies Stükl
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien
Wiener Philharmoniker
Recorded: XI.1950, Brahmssaal, Vienna