Great Performances: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1955-1997

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"Works Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (1959) Joan Sutherland (Lucia); Joao Gibin (Edgardo); John Shaw (Enrico); Joseph Rouleau (Rondo); Kenneth Macdonald (Arturo); Margreta Elkins (Alisa); Robert Bowman (Normanno); The Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra; Tulio Serafin Gluck: Alceste (1981) Robert Tear (Admète); Janet Baker (Alceste); John Shirley-Quirk (Le Grand Prêtre / Un Dieu infernal); Maldwyn Davies (Evandre); Philip Gelling (Le Héraut / Le Dieu Apollon); Jonathan Summers (Le Dieu Hercule); Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House; Charles Mackerras Mozart: Cosí fan tutte (1981) Kiri Te Kanawa (Fiordiligi); Agnes Baltsa (Dorabella); Daniela Mazzucato (Despina); Stuart Burrowes (Ferrando); Thomas Allen (Guglielmo); Richard Van Allen (Don Alfonso); The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Colin Davis Mozart: Don Giovanni (1962) Cesare Siepi (Don Giovanni); Geraint Evans (Leporello); Leyla Gencer (Donna Anna); Sena Jurinac (Donna Elvira); Mirella Freni (Zerlina); Richard Lewis (Don Ottavio); David Ward (Il Commendatore); Robert Savoie (Masetto); The Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra; Georg Solti Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1957) Victoria de los Angeles (Madama Butterfly); John Lanigan (Pinkerton); Barbara Howitt (Suzuki); Geraint Evans (Sharpless); David Tree (Goro); Michael Langdon (Il Bonzo); Joyce Livingstone (Kate Pinkerton); The Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra; Rudolf Kempe Puccini: Tosca (1957) Zinka Milanov (Floria Tosca); Franco Corelli (Mario Cavaradossi); Gian Giacomo Guelfi (Il barone pia); Michael Langdon (Cesare Angelotti); David Tree (Spoletta); Forbes Robinson (Il sagrestano); Ronald Lewis (Sciarrone); Rhydderch Davies (Un carciere); The Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra; Alexander Gibson Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (1995) Anna Tomowa-Sintow (The Marschallin); Kurt Moll (Baron Ochs); Ann Murray (Octavian); Barbara Bonney (Sophie); The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Andrew Davies Verdi: Don Carlo (1958) Boris Christoff (Filippo II); Jon Vickers (Don Carlo); Tito Gobbi (Rodrigo); Michael Langdon (Il Grande Inquisitore); Joseph Rouleau (Un frate); Gré Brouwenstijn (Elisabetta di Valois); Fedora Barbieri (La Principessa Eboli); Jeannette Sinclair (Tebaldo); The Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra; Carlo Maria Giulini Verdi: Otello (1955) Ramon Vinay (Otello); Gré Brouwenstijn (Desdemona); Otakar Kraus (Iago); John Lanigan (Cassio); Noreen Berry (Emilia); Raymon; The Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra; Rafael Kubelikvd Nilsson (Roderigo); Marian Nowakowski (Lodovico); Michael Langdon (Montano)); The Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra; Rafael Kubelik Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (1962) Jon Vickers (Gustavo III); Ettore Bastianini (Renato); Amy Shuard (Amelia); Regina Resnik (Ulrica); Joan Carlyle (O); Victor Godfrey (Cristiano); Michael Langdon (Horn); David Kelly (Ribbing); The Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra; Edward Downes Wagner: Parsifal (1971) Norman Bailey (Amfortas); Michael Langdon (Titurel); Louis Hendrikx (Gurnemanz); Jon Vickers (Parsifal); Donald McIntyre (Klingsor); Amy Shuard (Kundry); Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House; Reginald Goodall Press Reviews "Rarely has the Royal Opera House seen quite so historic an occasion as the overnight emergence of Joan Sutherland as a superstar in February 1959 ... compelling listening..." (The Penguin Guide - Lucia di Lammermoor) Production Company: The Royal Opera Disc Information Catalogue Number: OACD9024D Sound: 16bit 44.1k stereo Label: Opus Arte"