Thomas Schippers (1930–1977)

`La Boheme`: Che gelida manina (Rodolfo)`. Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI, Rome, July 17, 1969

1970.

RCA Italiana Orchestra and Chorus. Leonora di Vargas - Leontyne Price, Il Marchese di Calatrava - Giovanni Foiani, Don Carlo - Robert Merrill, Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker, Preziosilla - Shirley Verrett, Fra Melitone - Ezio Flagello, Curra - Corinna Vozza, Padre Guardiano - Giorgio Tozzi, Mastro Trabuco - Piero De Palma, Un Chirurgo - Mario Rinaudo, Un Alcalde - Rolf Bottcher. Studio recording made in July-August 1964, at the RCA Italiana Studios, Rome.

Rec. 11-14 May 1957.

Recorded in 1965, New York.

Conductor - Thomas Schippers. Orchestra - RCA Italiana. Chorus - RCA Italiana. Ernani - Carlo Bergonzi. Elvira - Leontyne Price. Carlo - Mario Sereni. Silva - Ezio Flagello. Riccardo - Fernando Iacopucci. Iago - Hartje Mueller. Giovanna - Julia Hamari. Studio recording, 1967.

Rodolfo - Nicolai Gedda, Schaunard - Mario Basiola jnr., Marcello - Mario Sereni, Colline - Ferruccio Mazzoli, Mimi - Mirella Freni, Musetta - Mariella Adani, Benoit - Carlo Badioli, Alcindoro - Paolo Montarsolo, Parpignol - Vittorio Pandano. September 24-26, 1962 & July 27-August 1, 1963, Rome.

Conde Almamiva - Enrico Di Giuseppe; Basilio - Giorgio Tozzi; Bartolo - Fernando Corena. New York, Met, 1971, live

1976.

Pamira - Beverly Sills; Néoclès - Shirley Verrett; Maometto - Justino Díaz; Cléomène - Harry Theyard; Hiéros (Jero) - Gwynne Howell; Omar - Robert Lloyd; Ismène - Delia Wallis; Adastro - Gaetano Scano. Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra – Thomas Schippers, 1974, studio.

1965

Il Sire di Bethume - Giovanni Antonini, Il Conte Vaudemont - Giovanni Gusmeroli, Arrigo - Gianfranco Cecchele, Giovanni da Procida - Bonaldo Giaiotti, Ninetta - Cristina Anghelakova (Angelakova), Danieli - Bruno Sebastian, Tebaldo - Carlo Gaifa, Roberto - Federico Davià, Manfredo - Tommaso Frascati. 1970

In it. yaz. Olga - Nicoletta Panni, Cloud - Ruggero Bondino, Tokmakov - Lorenzo Gaetani, Matuta - Aldo Bertocci, Stesha - Lidia Neruzzi, Prince Vyazemsky - Enzo Gonzalez, Vlasevna - Genia Las, Bomelius - Alfredo Colella. Recording - March 18, 1969 (live)

Rec. 1962

Beverly Wolf, Tito del Bianco, Justin Diaz Choir `Camerata Singers` Conductor 1965

Legendary archive recording. The opening night of the new Metropolitan Opera House, New york, september 16th, 1966. Barber`s opera was specially composed for the event, featuring Leontyne Price as Cleopatra, Justino Diaz as Antony, Jess Thomas as Ceasar. the Conductor was Thomas Schippers. This rare radio archive recording is in several parts: 1. Radio presenter introducing the Conductor. 2. American National Anthem. 3. Speech marking the opening of the new Opera House. 4. The opera IN FULL.

Concert performance of Act 1. RARITY!

1965, New York.

John Sorel – Gianluigi Colmagro; Magda Sorel – Virginia Zeani; La madre – Giovanna Fioroni; Il poliziotto – Carlo Zardo; La segretaria – Joy Davidson; Mr. Kofner – Graziano Del Vivo; La straniera – Bibiana Goldenthal; Anna Gomez – Giuliana Matteini; Vera Boronel – Teresa Rocchino; Il prestigiatore – Nico Castel; Assan – Giorgio Giorgetti. The American Conservatory Orchestra – Thomas Schippers. Rec. 5 luglio 1972, Spoleto.

1965, New York.

`The Flying Dutchman`, Act 2, Senta and Dutchman Duet, 1960

Recorded: April 24, 1970, Napoli.

(Act I): Surta è la notte; Ernani! Ernani, involami; Tutto sprezzo che d`Ernani.

Recorded in USA, 1970s.

Milan, La Scala. June 18, 1962 (live). Teresa Stratas (Queen Isabella), Juliet Simionato (Queen of the Pyrenees), Gustavo Halley (Columbus), Roger Brown (Alcides). The oratorio was completed by Ernesto Halffter (1905-1989), the first edition of his work, 1961 (the final one appeared in 1976)

Amelia d`Egmont - Ivana Tosini, Marcello di Bruges - Renato Cioni, Il duca d`Alba - Louis Quilico, Carlos - Enzo Tei, , Daniele - Franco Ventriglia, Sandoval - Wladimiro Ganzarolli. Trieste Philarmonic Orchestra. Chorus of the Verdi Theater of Trieste. June 1959.

New York Premiere. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra – Thomas Schippers. New York, Carnegie Hall, 12-11-1975

Instrumental Ensemble – Thomas Schippers. 1958

1963 - Regina Resnik (Carmen), Mario del Monaco (Jose), Joan Sutherland (Micaela), Tom Krause (Escamillo), Georgette Spanellys (Frasquitta), Yvonne Minton (Mercedes) - Geneva Grand Theatre Chorus

Annina – Virginia Copeland; Don Marco – Leon Lishner; Michele – David Poleri; Assunta – Catherine Akos; Maria Corona – Maria Marlo; Desideria – Gloria Lane; Salvatore – David Aiken; Carmela – Maria di Gerlando; A young man – Richard Cassilly; A young woman – Elisabeth Carron; 1rst guest – Keith Kaldenberg; 2nd guest – John Reardon; Concettina – Lucy Becque; Maria`s son – Ernesto Gonzales; Bartender – Russell Goodwin. Thomas Schippers, conductor. Broadway Theater, New York. World premiere, Decemb

(Act II): Son giunta! Grazie, o Dio!; Madre, madre, pietosa Vergine; La Vergine degli angeli.

1953

Recorded: June 15, 1969 (live).

Recorded: February 2, 1965, New York.

Aida - Leontyne Price, Radamès - Carlo Bergonzi, Amneris - Grace Bumbry, Amonasro - Robert Merrill, Ramphis - Jerome Hines, Il Re di Egitto - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro, Una Sacerdotessa - Lilian Sukis, Un Messaggero - Robert Nagy. Recorded: February 25, 1967, New York.

Recorded: November 19, 1959, New York (live).

Live - 31 January 1959 - Metropolitan Opera, New York - with Walter Cassel, Margaret Harshaw, Mario Sereni - Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Macbeth - Giuseppe Taddei, Lady Macbeth - Birgit Nilsson, Banco - Giovanni Foiani, Macduff - Bruno Prevedi, Malcolm - Piero de Palma. Choir and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia. 1965.

Live - 15 January 1972 - Metropolitan Opera New York - with Ezio Flagello, Robert Goodloe, Benno Kusche, Donald Gramm, Loren Driscoll, Shirley Love - Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera

Live - 3 March 1969 - Rome - Virginia Zeani (Manon), Richard Tucker (Des Grieux), Walter Alberti (Lescaut), Mario Rinaudo (Ravoire), Ermanno Lorenz (Edmondo) - Rome Opera Chorus - Please note that this performance is slightly over recorded.

Camerata Singers.

18 February 1961

1972.

May 1976 - New York

May 1976 - New York

May 1976 - New York - Dance Of The Seven Veils From `Salome`, Op. 54

July/August 1974 - Overture