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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 772, 7 May 1954, Page 21

Kis MaSIEAS VOc Opera Recordings His MASTERS VOICe E1/19/9 each DECCA 33V/3 RPM: LONG PLAYING RECORDS LXT 2618-20 MANON (Massenet ) (3 Records Complete Fecord ng with the following cast: Manon Soprano ) Janine Micheau; Pousette Soprano Claudine Collart; Chevalier des Grieux (Tenor Libero de Luca; Lescaut Baritone Roger Bourdin; Comte des Grieux Bass Julien Giovannetti; De Bretigny Baritone) , Guy Godin; Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera Comique, Paris, conducted by Albert Wolff LXT 2651-6 PARSIFAL Wagner (6 Records ) Complete recor ding made during the actual performance at the Bayreuth Festival Theatre, 1951, with the following cast: Gurnemanz Bass ) Lud- wig Weber; Amfortas Baritone George London; Parsifal Tenor Wolf- gang Windgassen; Klingsor Baritone Herman Uhde; Kundry Soprano Martha Modl: Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch. LXT 2659-64 MEISTERSINGER VON NURNBERG Wagner ) (6 Records ) Complete recording with the fellowing cast: Hans Sachs Bass-Baritone ) Paul Schoeffler; Pogner Bass Otto Edelmann; Vogelgesang Tenor Hugo Meyer Welfing; Beckmesser (Baritone Karl Donch; Von Stolzing (Tenor Gunther Treptow; David (Tenor Anton Dermota; Eva Soprano Hilde Gueden; Magdalene Soprano ) Else Schurhoff; Vienna State Opera Chorus and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch: LXT 2711-4 PELLEAS ET MELISANDE ( Debussy (4 Records Complete recording; with the following cast: Pelleas Baritone Pierre Mollet; Colaud Baritone Heinz Rehfuss; Arkel Bass Andre Vessieres; Melisande Soprano ) = Suzanne Danco; Genevieve (Mezzo Soprano ) , Helene Bouvier; Orchestre de Ia Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet LXT 2735 to 2737 AIDA Verdi (3 Records ) Cast: The King of Egypt; Fernando Corena Bass Ammeris, Ebe Stignani (Mezzo Soprano Aida, Renata Tebaldi Soprano ) ; Radames; Mario del Monaco Tenor ) Amonasro, Aldo Protti Baritone ) Ramphis, Dario Caselli Bass ) ; A Messenger Piero di Palma ( Tenor ) with the Chorus and, Orchestra of L Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome , conducted by Alberto Erede LXT 2738-40 LAKME (Delibes (3 Records ) Complete recording with the fcllowing cast: Lakme Soprano ) Mado Robin; Gerald (Tenor Libero de Luca; Nilakantha (Baritone Jean Borthayre; Frederic Baritone ) , Jacques Jansen: Mallika Contralto) , Agnes Disney; Chorus and Orchestra of the Opera-Comique; Paris, conducted by Georges Sebastian. E1/19/9 each HIS MASTER'S VOICE 331/3 RPM RECORDS ALP 1022-24 IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA Rossini Complete, The Cast: N. Monti (Tenor Victoria de los Angeles Soprano N. Rossi 3 Records Lemeni Bass Anna Maria Canali (Mezzo Soprano M Luise Baritone G Bechi Baritone ) , E Benatti Bass ) , and Milan Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Tullio Serafin. ALP 1030-35 TRISTAN UND ISOLDE Wagner (6 Records ) Cast: Isolde, Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano Tristan, Ludwig Suthaus (Tenor ) Brangaene, Blanche Thebom Mezzo- -Soprano King Mark, Josef Greindl (Bass Kurwenal, Dietrich Fischer Dieskau Baritone D ; Seeman Sailor ) Rudolf Schock (Tenor ) Hirt Shepherd Rudolf Schock Tenor ) Melot Edgar Evans Tenor Steuermann Steersman Rhoderick Davies (Bari- tone and the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden sung in German ALP 1067-8 L'ELISIR D'AMORE Donizetti Romani , with Margherita Carosio as (2 Records ) "Adina Adina, Margherita Carosio Soprano ) ; Nemorino, Nicola Monti (Tenor Belcore. Tito Gobbi Baritone Dulcamara , Melchiorre Luise (Bass Giannette Loretta di Lelio ( Soprano ) ; with Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera House. Rome, conducted by Gabriele Santini. E1/19/9 each COLUMBIA 33V3 RPM: 81/19/9 each 33CX 1005-6 DIE WALKURE, ACT 3 ONLY Wagner (2 Records ) Record 1 Side 1 Scenes 1 and 2 , Part 1; Side 4 Scene 3 (concl Record 2 Side 2 Scene 2 concl. ) and Scene 3 , Part 1; Side 3, Scene 3 (Part 2 Cast includes: Astrid Varnas; Sigurd Bjorling, Leonie Rysanek and other famous Bayreuth artists; with the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan_ 33CX 1007-9 LE NOZZE DI FIGARO Mozart (3 Records ) G. London Bass Baritone ) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Soprano ) , S Jurinac ( Soprano U Seefried Soprano E Kunz Baritone E Majrut (Tenor M. Rus (Bass W Felden Bass ) , E Hongen (Contralto ) R Schwaiger (Soprano ) A Felbermayer Soprano H. Czeska Soprano and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera Chorus con- ducted by Herbert von Karajan_ 33CX 1013-15 DIE ZAUBERFLOTE Mozart Sung in German (3 Records ) Wilma Lipp Soprano Anton Dermota Tenor Sena Jurinac Soprano ) Friedl Riegler Soprano Else Schurhof Mezzo -Soprano ) Erich Kunz ( Baritone Peter Klein Tenor Irmgard Seefried Soprano Hermine Steinmass] Soprano ) , Eleonore Dorpinghans (Mezzo -Soprano Annelies Stuckl Contralto ) Erich Maikut Tenor Harald Proglhoffe Bass Luwig Weber Bass George London Bass Baritone Emmy Loose Soprano ) Ljubonir Pantscheff (Bass ) ; with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde conducted by Herbert von Karajan LISTEN IN TO AM.V_ TUNE TIME"' 1ZB Every Wednesday 10.15 p.m.-10.30 p.m. 2ZB Every Saturday 10.15 p.mn.-10.30 p.m. 3ZB Every Friday 10.0 p.m.-10.15 pam: 4ZB Every Saturday 7.45 p.ma 8.0 p.m. CLENDISC FOR ALL RECORDS 4/6 Bottle. Records are available through your Local Dealer. 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