The German magazine on classical music, crossover and jazz I use to buy
(SCALA) gives the following recommendations for the beginner in opera in
Italian (without Mozart and Verdi which will be treated in the magazine's
next editions). Any suggestions on this? Anything missing? Recording tips
wrong or right?
Operas in Italian and Recordings you must have:
1) "L'Incoronazione di Poppea" by Monteverdi(Soederstroem,Donath,Esswood
and Berberian with Harnancourt 1974) [WHAT ABOUT ORFEO?]
2) "Orlando Furioso" by Vivaldi (Horne with Scimone 1977)
3) "Alcina" by Haendel (Sutherland and Berganza with Bonynge 1962,
follow-up: Fleming, Graham, Kuhlmann and Dessay with Christie 1999)
4) "Giulio Cesare" by Haendel (Larmore and Schlick with Jacobs 1991,
follow-up: Baker and Masterson with Mackerras)
5) "Orlando" by Haendel (Bowman and Robbin with Hogwood 1991)
6) "Ariodante" by Haendel (Hunt with McGegan 1995)
7) "Il Matrimonio Segreto" by Cimarosa (Davies, Varady, Auger and Hamari
with Barenboim 1975/76)
8) "LItaliana in Algeri" by Rossini (Larmore, Gimenez and del Carlo
with Lopez-Cobos 1998, follow-ups: Horne with Scimone and Abbado)
9) "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" by Rossini (Callas, Gobbi and Alva with
Galliera 1957, follow-ups: Bruscantini and de los Angeles with Gui,
Berganza with Varviso, Horne with Chailly, Valletti with Leinsdorf,
Larmore, Gimenez, Haagegard and Corbelli with Lopez-Cobos, Baltsa,
Araiza, Allan, Lloyd with Marriner) [WHERE IS PREY WITH ABBADO?]
10) "La Cenerentola" by Rossini (Bartoli, Matteuzzi, Dara and Corbelli
with Chailly 1993, follow-up: Dara with Ferro, Bruscantini with Gui,
Berganza with Abbado)
11) "Armida" by Rossini (Merritt, Ford, Matteuzzi and Gasdia with
Scimone, follow-up: Callas 1952)
12) "Semiramide" by Rossini (Sutherland and Horne with Bonynge 1965 -
66, follow-up: Lopardo and Ramey with Marin 1993)
13) "La Sonnambula" by Bellini (Callas and Valletti with Bernstein 1955,
follow-up: Sutherland and Pavarotti with Bonynge)
14) "Norma" by Bellini (Callas and del Monaco with Votto 1955/56,
follow-up: Sutherland and Horne with Bonynge 1964)
15) "Don Pasquale" by Donizetti (Poli, Schipa with Sabanjo 1932,
follow-ups: Bruscantini with Rossi and Abbbado)
16) "Lucia di Lammermoor" by Donizetti (Callas with von Karajan 1955,
follow-ups: Callas with Serafin 1953, Sutherland and Pavarotti with
Bonynge 1971)
17) "Mefistofele" by Boito (Treigle, Caballe and Domingo with Rudel
1973, follow-up: Ramey with Patane)
18) "La Gioconda" by Ponchielli (Milanov, Tucker and Warren with Cooper
1946, follow-up: Callas and Poggi 1952)
19) "Cavalleria Rusticana" by Mascagni (Bergonzi and Cossotto with von
Karajan 1965, follow-up: Callas and di Stefano with Serafin, Bjoerling
with Cellini 1953, Scotto and Domingo with Levine 1978)
20) "I Pagliacci" by Leoncavallo (de los Angeles, Merrill, Bjoerling and
Warren with Cellini 1953)
21) "Andrea Chenier" by Giordano (Gigli, Bechi and Caniglia with de
Fabritiis 1931, follow-up: Milanov, del Monaco and Warren with Cleva,
Scotto, Domingo and Milnes with Levine)
22) "Manon Lescaut" by Puccini (Albanese and Bjoerling with Perlea 1954,
follow-up: Albanese and Bjoerling with Mitropoulos)
23) "La Boheme" by Puccini (de los Angeles and Bjoerling with Beecham
1956, follow-ups: Albanese and Gigli with Berettoni 1938, Toscanini
live, Gigli and Pavarotti with von Karajan, Callas with Votto 1956,
Freni and Gedda with Schippers 1963)
24) "Tosca" by Puccini (Callas, Gobbi and di Stefano with de Sabata
1953, follow-ups: Domingo with Levine 1980, Tebaldi with Erede 1952,
Price with von Karajan 1962, Nilsson with Maazel 1966)
25) "Madama Butterfly" by Puccini (Scotto, Bergonzi and Panerai with
Barbirolli 1966, follow-ups: dal Monte and Gigli with de Fabritiis 1939,
Freni and Pavarotti with von Karajan 1974)
Robert Peters
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