Discography - Live Operas 3
Rossellini, Renzo (1908 - 1982)
L'Avventuriero
Date : February 02, 1968
Location : Monte Carlo, Grande Theatre
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Irene), Valeria Mariconda (Veronica), Stefania Malagù (Anna), Nicola Rossi Lemeni (Vittorio), Plinio Clabassi (Father Confessor), Antonio Boyer (Angelo), Domenico Trimarchi (Barak), Stefania Malagù (La Regina madre).
Conductor : Edouard Van Remoortel
Rossini, Gioacchino (1792 - 1868)
Otello
Date : June 19, 1960
Location : Roma, RAI (Radio Audizione Italiana) Studios
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Desdemona), Agostino Lazzari (Otello), Herbert Handt (Rodrigo), Giuseppe Baratti (Jago),
Anna Reynolds (Emilia), Franco Ventriglia (Elmiro Barbarigo).
Conductor : Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Date : August 25, 1965
Location : Pesaro, Teatro Rossini
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Desdemona), Agostino Lazzari (Otello), Pietro Bottazzo (Rodrigo), Angelo Mori (Jago),
Franco Ventriglia (Elmiro Barbarigo).
Conductor : Carlo Franci
Date : October 24, 1966
Location : Berlin, Deutsches Oper
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Desdemona), Agostino Lazzari (Otello), Pietro Bottazzo (Rodrigo), Giuseppe Baratti (Jago),
Anna Reynolds (Emilia), Franco Ventriglia (Elmiro Barbarigo).
Conductor : Carlo Franci
Date : June 25 & July 02, 1968
Location : New York, Metropolitan Opera (Rome Opera Production on Tour)
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Desdemona), Aldo Bottion (Otello), Pietro Bottazzo (Rodrigo), Gastone Limarilli (Jago),
Carlo Cava (Elmiro Barbarigo).
Conductor : Carlo Franci
Zelmira
Date : April 10, 1965
Location : Napoli, Teatro San Carlo
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Zelmira), Gastone Limarilli (Antenore), Nicola Tagger (Ilo), Paolo Washington (Polidoro),
Anna Maria Rota (Emma), Guido Mazzini (Leucippo).
Conductor : Carlo Franci
Rubinstein, Anton (1829 - 1894)
Il Demone
Date : January 25, 1972
Location : Milano, RAI (Radio Audizione Italiana) Studios
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Tamara), Agostino Lazzari (Il principe di Sinodal), Nicola Rossi Lemeni (Il Demone) ,
Mario Rinaudo (Gudal), Guerrando Rigiri (Il vecchio servo), Genia Las (L'aja di Tamara)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr IIyich (1840 - 1893)
Evgenij Onegin
Date : January 28, 1965
Location : Roma, Teatro dell’Opera
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Tat'iana), Nicola Rossi Lemeni (Evgenij Onegin), Vera Magrini (Larina),
Franco Tagliavini (Vladimir Lenskij), Anna Maria Rota (Ol'ga), Lucia Danieli (Njanja Filiè'evna), Plinio Clabassi (Príncipe Gremin), Alfredo Colella (Capitano), Enzo Viaro (Zareckij),
Sergio Tedesco (Triquet), Pasquale Setale (Guillot)
Conductor : Lorin Maazel
La Dama Di Picche
Date : October 22, 1978
Location :Genova, Teatro Margherita
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Countess), M. Sighele (unknown), C. Gonzales (unknown), P. Gougalov (unknown), A. Rinaldi (unknown), G. Boyagian (unknown),
Conductor : Y. Ahronovitch
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813 - 1901)
Aïda
Date : October 11, 1965
Location : Montréal, Place des Arts
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Aïda), Lilian Chookasian (Amneris), Jon Vickers (Radamès),
Joseph Rouleau (Ramfis), Victor Braun (Amonasro), Napoleon Bisson (Il re d'Egitto)
Conductor : Zubin Mehta
Date : April 01, 1967
Location : New Orleans, Municipal Auditorium
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Aïda), Mignon Dunn (Amneris), Richard Cassilly (Radamès),
Nicola Moscona (Ramfis), Roberto Allman (Amonasro), George Mayer (Il re d'Egitto),
Donald Marshall (Un messaggero)
Conductor : Knud Andersson
Date : May 18, 1969
Location : Napoli, Teatro San Carlo
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Aïda), Grace Bumbry (Amneris), Gianfranco Cecchele (Radamès),
Nicholai Ghiuselev (Ramfis), Giangiacomo Guelfi (Amonasro), Enrico Campi (Il re d'Egitto), Fernando Jacopucci (Un messaggero), Eva Ruta (Una sacerdotessa)
Conductor : Fernando Previtali
Date : October 10, 1969
Location : Geneve, Grand Theatre
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Aïda), Carol Smith (Amneris), Guy Chauvet (Radamès),
Jose Van Dam (Ramfis), Seymour Schwartzman (Amonasro), Enrico Campi (Il re d'Egitto)
Conductor : Nello Santi
Date : August 14, 1970
Location : Roma, Terme di Caracalla
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Aïda), Mirella Parutto (Amneris), Amedeo Zambon (Radamès),
Mario Rinaudo (Ramfis), Walter Monachesi (Amonasro)
Conductor : Carlo Franci
Date : May 27, 1972
Location : Palermo, Teatro Massimo
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Aïda), Fiorenza Cossotto (Amneris), Pedro Lavirgen (Radamès),
Ivo Vinco (Ramfis), Luigi Montefusco (Amonasro)
Conductor : Fernando Previtali
Date : July 31, 1974
Location : Roma, Terme di Caracalla
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Aïda), Laura Didier-Gambardella (Amneris), Renato Francesconi (Radamès),
Mario Rinaudo (Ramfis), Antonio Boyer (Amonasro)
Conductor : Nino Bonavolontà
Alzira
Date : March 16, 1967
Location : Roma, Teatro dell’Opera
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Alzira), Gianfranco Cecchele (Zamoro), Cornell MacNeil (Gusmano), Carlo Cava (Alvaro), Saverio Porzano (Ovando), Mario Rinaudo (Ataliba), Bianca Bortoluzzi (Zuma), Sergio Tedeschi (Otumbo)
Conductor : Franco Capuana
Otello
Date : December 15, 1962
Location : Roma, Teatro dell'Opera
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Desdemona), James McCracken (Otello), Nino Mazziotti (Roderigo), Tito Gobbi (Jago),
Carlo Cossutta (Cassio), Franco Pugliese (Lodovico), Arturo la Porta (Montàno), Nino Mandolesi (Un araldo), Anna Maria Canali (Emilia).
Conductor : Tulio Serafin
Date : June 00, 1964 - highlights only
Location : Dublin, Gaiety Theatre
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Desdemona), Piero Ferraro (unknown), C. Bardelli (unknown), B. Cavanagh (unknown),
P. Ring (unknown), L. Gambetti (unknown).
Conductor : Paul Tiboris
Date : January 00, 1968 - highlights only
Location : Bari, Teatro Petruzzelli
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Desdemona), Mario Del Monaco (Otello), Licinio Montefusco (Jago),
E. Lorenzi (unknown), R. Botteghelli (unknown).
Conductor : Nico Verchi
Rigoletto
Date : February 26, 1955
Location : Milano, RAI (Radio Audizione Italiana) Auditorium
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Gilda), Carlo Zampighi (Il duca di Mantova), Aldo Protti (Rigoletto), Luisa Ribacchi (Maddalena), Nicola Zaccaria (Sparafucile), Vittorio Tatozzi (Il conte di Monterone), Gino Del Signore (Matteo Borsa), Carlo Forti (La contessa di Ceprano),
Marisa Guerra (Giovanna), Dario Caselli (Il cavaliere Marullo), Carlo Forti (Il conte di Ceprano), Arrigo Cattelani (Usciere di corte), Luisa Mandelli (Paggio della duchessa)
Conductor : Nino Sanzogno
La Traviata
Date : August 11, 1956
Location : Napoli, Arena
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Violetta Valéry), Gianni Raimondi (Alfredo Germont), Ugo Savarese (Giorgio Germont), Anna Dabandi (Flora Bervoix), Dante Mascitti (Il barone Douphol), Gerardo Gaudioso (Il dottor Grenvil), Anna Maria Borrelli (Annina), Piero Filippi (Gastone di Letorières), Aldo Terrosi (Il marchese d’Obigny)
Conductor : Angelo Questa
Date : February 22, 1959
Location : Catania, Teatro Bellini
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Violetta Valéry), Alvino Misciano (Alfredo Germont), Gino Bechi (Giorgio Germont), Arrigo Cattelani (unknown)
Conductor : Gabriele Santini
Date : January 13, 1960
Location : London, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Violetta Valéry), William McAlpine (Alfredo Germont), Jess Walters (Giorgio Germont), Marie Collier (Flora Bervoix), Forbes Robinson (Il barone Douphol), Michael Langdon (Il dottor Grenvil), Lea Roberts (Annina), Keith Raggett (Gastone di Letorières), Ronald Lewis (Il marchese d’Obigny), David Tree (Giuseppe), Charles Morris (Un domestico di Flora)
Conductor : Nello Santi
Date : January 21, 1961
Location : Napoli, Teatro San Carlo
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Violetta Valéry), Alfredo Kraus (Alfredo Germont), Mario Sereni (Giorgio Germont)
Conductor : Fernando Previtali
Date : September 28, 1963
Location : Roma, RAI (Radio Audizione Italiana) Foro Italico
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Violetta Valéry), Luigi Infantino (Alfredo Germont), Antonio Boyer (Giorgio Germont),
Nelly Pucci (Flora Bervoix), Giorgio Ornesti (Il barone Douphol), Alfredo Colella (Il dottor Grenvil), Vittoria Palombini (Annina), Tommasso Frascati (Gastone di Letorières), Andrea Mineo (Il marchese d’Obigny)
Conductor : Mario Rossi
Date : March 13 1965 - Act I/ III only
Location : Trieste, Teatro Verdi
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Violetta Valéry), Michele Molese (Alfredo Germont), Giulio Fioravanti (Giorgio Germont)
Conductor : Antonio Guarnieri
Date : November 12, 1966
Location : New York, Metropolitan Opera
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Violetta Valéry), Bruno Prevedi (Alfredo Germont), Robert Merrill (Giorgio Germont), Marcia Baldwin (Flora Bervoix), Ron Bottcher (Il barone Douphol), Louis Sgarro (Il dottor Grenvil), Karan Armstrong (Annina), Charles Anthony (Gastone di Letorières), Karl Weber (Il marchese d’Obigny),
Lou Marcella (Giuseppe), Peter Sliker (Giardiniere), Harald Pröglhöf (Un commissionario)
Conductor : Georges Prêtre
Date : November 18, 1966
Location : New York, Metropolitan Opera
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Violetta Valéry), Bruno Prevedi (Alfredo Germont), Robert Merrill (Giorgio Germont), Marcia Baldwin (Flora Bervoix), Ron Bottcher (Il barone Douphol), Louis Sgarro (Il dottor Grenvil), Karan Armstrong (Annina), Charles Anthony (Gastone di Letorières), Karl Weber (Il marchese d’Obigny), Lou Marcella (Giuseppe), Peter Sliker (Giardiniere), Harald Pröglhöf (Un commissionario)
Conductor : Georges Prêtre
Date : May 04, 1967
Location : Vancouver, Queen Elisabeth Theatre
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Violetta Valéry), Michele Molese (Alfredo Germont), Victor Braun (Giorgio Germont), S. Marks (unknown), S. Henrikson (unknown)
Conductor : Mario Bernardi
Date : May 10, 1970
Location : Torino, Teatro Nuovo
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Violetta Valéry), Ottavio Garaventa (Alfredo Germont), Attilio d'Orazi (Giorgio Germont), Giuse Gerbino (Flora Bervoix), Alberto Albertini (Il barone Douphol), Maurizio Mazzieri (Il dottor Grenvil), Marisa Zotti (Annina), Mario Carlin (Gastone di Letorières), Emilio Salvoldi (Il marchese d’Obigny),Sergio Rupiani (Giuseppe), Pierluigi Latinucci (Giardiniere), Giuliano Ferrein (Un commissionario)
Conductor : Aldo Ceccato
Date : April 05, 1972
Location : Roma, Teatro dell’Opera
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Violetta Valéry), Renato Cioni (Alfredo Germont), Giulio Fioravanti (Giorgio Germont)
Conductor : Danilo Belardinelli
I Vespri Siciliani
Date : August 23, 1967
Location : Newport, Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Summer Tour)
Artists : Virginia Zeani (La duchessa Elena), Eugenio Fernandi (Arrigo), Kostas Paskalis (Guido di Monforte), Bonaldo Giaiotti (Giovanni da Procida), Louis Sgarro (Il sire di Bethune), Joann Grillo (Ninetta), Robert Nagy (Danieli), Paul Franke (Tebaldo), Paul Plishka (Roberto)
Conductor : Francesco Molinari- Pradelli
Wagner, Richard (1813 - 1883)
Der Fliegende Holländer
Date : March 23, 1970 - sung in Italian
Location : Roma, Teatro dell’Opera
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Senta), Antonio Boyer (Der Holländer), Nicola Rossi Lemeni (Daland),
Giorgio Casellato Lamberti (Erik), Anna di Stasio (Mary)
Conductor : Francesco Cristofoli
Lohengrin
Date : April 00, 1966 - sung in Italian
Location : Palermo, Teatro Massimo
Artists : Virginia Zeani (Elsa von Brabant ), Franco Tagliavini (Lohengrin), Rena Garazioti (Ortrud),
Nicola Rossi Lemeni (Heinrich der Vogler), Aldo Protti (Friedrich von Telramund), Rosa Bianca di Bella (unknown)
Conductor : P. Strauss
Zafred, Mario (1922 - 1987)
Wallenstein
Date : November 24, 1970
Location : Trieste, Teatro Verdi
Artists : Virginia Zeani (La contessa Terzky), Ruggero Bondino (Max Piccolomini), Nicola Rossi Lemeni (Wallenstein),
Antonio Boyer (unknown), Plinio Clabassi (unknown), Anna Maria Rota (unknown)
Conductor : Oliviero de Fabritiis