Thread: The Talk Classical Most Recommended Opera CDs Project

Probably this is my opera of operas.... with Gergiev conducting.

Passing on Pique Dame -- and since I probably won't be able to get to my computer for a couple of days, I'm going to pass on Mignon as well.

Rostropovich

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3 votes for Gergiev (mamascarlatti, notreally, TxllxT)
1 vote for Rostropovich (pollux)


Conductor Valery Gergiev - 1992(STU)
Orchestra - Kirov Theatre
Chorus - Kirov Theatre
Hermann - Gegam Grigorian
Lisa - Maria Guleghina
Countess - Irina Arkhipova
Count Tomsky - Nikolai Putilin
Prince Yeletsky - Vladimir Chernov
Pauline - Olga Borodina
Chekalinsky - Vladimir Solodovnikov
Surin - Sergei Alexashkin
Chaplitsky - Evgeni Boitsov
Major-domo - Nikolai Gassiev
Narumov - Gennadi Bezzubenkov
Governess - Ludmila Filatova
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Compact Disc; - Philips 438 141-2 {3CDS} (1993)ª


Conductor Mstislav Rostropovich - 1976(STU)
Orchestra - Orchestre National de France (Paris)
Chorus - Choeur Tchaikovsky - Maitrise de Radio France
Hermann - Peter Gugalov
Lisa - Galina Vishnevskaya
Countess - Regina Resnik
Count Tomsky - Dan Jordachescu
Prince Yeletsky - Bernd Weikl
Pauline - Hanna Schwarz
Chekalinsky - Fausto Tenzi
Surin - Dimiter (Dimitar) Petkov
Chaplitsky - Heinz Kruse
Major-domo - Heinz Kruse
Narumov - Rudolf Alexander Sutey
Governess - Eva Dobrowska
Chloe - Lucia Popp
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Black Disc - DG 2740 176 {4LPS}; DG 2711 019 {4LPS} (USA)
Compact Disc; - DG 463 679-2 {3CDS} (2003)ª

Mignon by Ambroise Thomas

Pass.

Pass on Mignon

Pass

Originally Posted by sospiro

Pass on Mignon

No votes for Mignon.

Next: Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini

Pass.

Pass on Suor Angelica

Three versions among my CDs, all highly enjoyable, with a slight preference for the voice of Lucia Popp (Patané conducting)

The Maazel gets my vote.

A young sweeet voiced Ricciarelli, nice contrast with Cossotto.

Scotto and Tebaldi also please me here

1 vote for Bartoletti (DarkAngel)
1 vote for Maazel (MAuer)
1 vote for Patane (TxllxT)


Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1973(STU)
Orchestra - Santa Cecilia
Chorus - Santa Cecilia
Suor Angelica - Katia Ricciarelli
La Zia Principessa - Fiorenza Cossotto
La Badessa - Maria Grazia Allegri
La Zelatrice - Anna Di Stasio
La Maestra delle novizie - Maria Grazia Allegri
Suor Genovieffa - Rosanna Lippi
Suor Osmina - Margherita Benetti
Suor Dolcina - Miwako Matsumoto
La Sorella Infermiera - Anna Di Stasio
La Cercatrice 1 - Margherita Benetti
La Cercatrice 2 - Anna Di Stasio
Una novizia - Rosanna Lippi
La conversa 1 - Miwako Matsumoto
La conversa 2 - Maria Grazia Allegri
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Black Disc; - RCA SER 5673 {1LP} (UK) (1974)ª;; RCA RL 12712 {1LP} (UK) (1979)ª; RCA VLS 32626 {1LP} (Italy)
Compact Disc; - RCA «Red Seal» 88697431022 {1CD} (2008)ª


Conductor Lorin Maazel - 1976(STU)
Orchestra - New Philharmonia Orchestra
Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Desborough School Choir
Suor Angelica - Renata Scotto
La Zia Principessa - Marilyn Horne
La Badessa - Patricia Payne
La Zelatrice - Gillian Knight
La Maestra delle novizie - Ann Howard
Suor Genovieffa - Ileana Cotrubas
Suor Osmina - Doreen Cryer
Suor Dolcina - Margaret Cable
La Sorella Infermiera - Elizabeth Bainbridge
La Cercatrice 1 - Shirley Minty
La Cercatrice 2 - Gloria Jennings
Una novizia - Della Jones
La conversa 1 - Ursula Connors
La conversa 2 - Amy Gunson
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Black Disc - Columbia M 34505 {1LP} (USA); CBS «Masterworks» {1LP} 76570 (UK); CBS «Masterworks» 79312 (Trittico) {3LPS) (UK)
Compact Disc - Columbia M3K 35912 (Trittico) {3CDS} (USA); *CBS M3K 79312 (Trittico) {3CDS} (UK)


Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1987(STU)
Orchestra - Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Suor Angelica - Lucia Popp
La Zia Principessa - Marjana Lipovsek
La Badessa - Marga Schiml
La Zelatrice - Diane Jennings
La Maestra delle novizie - Birgit Calm
Suor Genovieffa - Gabriella Ferroni
Suor Osmina - Gabriella Ferroni
Suor Dolcina - Mechthild Georg
La Sorella Infermiera - Valerie Errante
La Cercatrice 1 - Ellen van Lier
La Cercatrice 2 - Karin Hautermann
La conversa 1 - Monika Schmitt
La conversa 2 - Adelheid Schiller
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Compact Disc - Eurodisc 258 405 {1CD}; Eurodisc 7806-2-RC {1CD} Eurodisc GD 69043 (Trittico) {3CDS}; RCA 40575-2

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