Black Disc; - E.J. Smith �The Golden Age of Opera� EJS 307 {2LPS} (1964)�; Robin Hood Records RHR 503 (+Leyla Gencer in Anna Bolena - excerpts) {3LPS}; foyer FO 1042 {3LPS}; Fonit Cetra �Documents� DOC 65 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2143 (1991)�
Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers ROB 196801 {2CDS}
�(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (November 1968). The cast and conductor listed above are those given in �El Gran Teatro del Liceo� by Roger Alier y Aixalà and Francesc X. Mata p.319. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are listed in �New Listings - January/February 1991�.
Compact Disc; - DG 289 465 964-2 (issued in a set with Maria Stuarda & Anna Bolena{7CDS} and separately {2CDS}) (USA) (2001)�; DG �Westminster Legacy� 471 224-2 {2CDS} (UK) (2001)�; DG �Westminster Legacy� 471 227-2 (Set - The Three Queens) {7CDS} (UK) (2001)�
�(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1970 p.1464, p.1473 [AP]; July 1970 p.148 [DST]; October 2001 p.97 [JBS]
Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3214-2 {2CDRS} (2009)�
�(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the New York City Opera (18 October 1970). The cast listed above is that given in �The New York City Opera - An American Adventure� by Martin L. Sokol pp.390-391. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in �Premiere Opera New Releases� January 2009. Premiere also list in their catalogue a recording attributed to the performance on 15 October 1970 with the same cast (CDNO 3385-2). See �Premiere Opera New CD Releases� April 2009.
Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 374 {3LPS} (1982)�
Compact Disc; - Melodram Connaisseur 27 01 17 {2CDS} ; *House of Opera �Collection of Beverly Sills Operas� {1xCD-ROM} (2002)�; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2672 {2CDRS} Celestial Audio CA 242 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2004)�; House of Opera CDBB 232 {2CDRS} (2003)�
�(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opéra International - mars 1995 No.189 p.71
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the New York City Opera (24 October 1970; see OPERA December 1970 p.1118; �My First Forty Years� p.72). The HRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1982 p.529, the CDs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues on their website in June 2004 and the CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 �03/12/22�.
Compact Disc; - Mondo Musica MFOH 10161 {2CDS} (1998)�
�(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Oktober 1998 S.55 [IW]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.16 No.3 Summer 2000 pp.505-508 [RP]
Classical Express - Issue 101 August 1998 p.4 [RB]
L'opera (Milano) - Supplemento al n.119 maggio 1998 p.28 [GL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.94 [LB]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in La Fenice. According to �Il Teatro Fenice - Cronoglia Degli Spettacoli 1938-1991� pp.274-277 the cast listed by �Mondo Musica�, as given above, only performed together on 24 February 1972, butaccording to Sergio Segalini (OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL novembre 1998 No.229 p.52) this cast listing is incorrect and the recording is of the same performance as on the G.O.P. CDs which has a separate entry
Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 764-2 {2CDS} Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1173-2 {2CDRS} (2004)�; Myto 2 MCD 053.312 {2CDS} (2005)�
�(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - August/September 1995 p.84
Opéra International - mars 1997 No.211 p.17, p.59
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.86 diciembre 2005 p.85 [LB]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in La Fenice (see OPERA, August 1972 p.744). According to �Il Teatro Fenice - Cronoglia Degli Spettacoli 1938-1991� pp.274-277 the cast listed by G.O.P. and Myto performed together on 10, 17, 19 February 1972
Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2742-2 {2CDRS} (2007)�
�(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the New York City Opera (29 September 1974). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in �Premiere Opera New Releases� September 2007.
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - June 1993 p.53
Orpheus - December 1993 p.63; Januar + Februar 2004 S.74 [GH]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.12 No.2 Winter 1995/96 p.125 [LG]; Vol.14 No.3 Spring 1998 p.95 [LG]
Opéra International - No.179 avril 1994 p.65; No.263 décembre 2001 pp.66-7 (DVD) [SS]
Diapason - No.502 avril 2003 p.130 [MP]
American Record Guide - March/April 2002 Vol.65 No.2 p.246 (DVD) [RVL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.37 enero-febrero 2000 p.108 [MC]
Comments:- *Video of a telecast of a performance at the Wolf Trap Festival. One high note that Beverly Sills missed is interpolated from another source (see Opera-L - Roy D Sun, 2 Feb 2003 27.08:15 -0500)
Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 231-3 (+Maria Stuarda - highlights) {3LPS} (1982)�
Compact Disc - Standing Room Only SRO 510-2 {2CDS}; Gala GL 100.528 (+Highlights with Gencer)
�(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - November 1999 S.93-94 [GH]
Classical Express - Issue No.117 December 1999 p.7 [SJT]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Aix-en-Provence Festival (August 1977, see OPERA Festival Issue 1977 p.68). See also �Casta Diva� pp.219-220, p.385. The performance on this recording is different from that on the video recording. TheHRE LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1982 p.529
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
Comments:- Video recording of a performance at the Aix-en-Provence Festival (July 1977; seeOpera Festival Issue 1977 p.68). This video recording presumably is derived from the broadcast on French television of the dress rehearsal. The audio recording is of the performance on August 2 1977 with different singers in the roles of Sara and Nottingham (See �Casta Diva� pp.219-220, p.386)
Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02621
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance given in the Hamburg State Opera (5 January 1978; mentioned in �Montserrat Caballé - Casta Diva� p.224, OPERA July 1978 p.711). The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.
Compact Disc - live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (26 October 1979). The cast listed above is that given in the San Francisco Opera Performance Archive (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDWW 431 {2CDRS} (2003)�
�(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (November 1987; see OPERA February 1988 p.224; OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL janvier 1998 No.110 pp.63-64). The Compact Cassetes issued by Legato are listed in �New Listings - January 1998� the CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue for a short time in March 2003
Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1014-2 {2CDRS} (2003)�; Omega Opera Archive 3961; The Opera Lovers ROB 198801 {2CDRS} (2008)�
�(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro dell' Opera di Roma. Roberto Deveraux was performed with Raina Kabaivanska and conducted by Julius Rudel on 1, 5, 7, 10 April 1988. On 1 April the role of Sara was sung by Carmen Gonzales (as listed above), but in the other performances it was sung by Cristina Anghelakova (see �Opera '88 - Annuario EDT dell'Opera Lirica in Italia� p.284). It is not known who sings this role in the recordings on the CDRs issued by Premiere which are listed in their list entitled �FALL 2003 PREMIERE OPERA COMPACT DISC RELEASES�. The conductor is listed in the online catalogue of the Omega Opera Archive as �Perlea�. Ionel Perlea died in 1970. The CDRs issued by �The Opera Lovers� are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the date of the performance recorded is given as 1 April 1988.
Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2143 (1991)�
DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6028 (2007)�
�(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Gran Teatro del Liceo, Barcelona (November 1990; see OPERA February 1990 pp.226-227). The cast listed above is that given in �El Gran Teatro del Liceo� by Roger Alier i Aixalà and Fracesc X. Mata pp.541. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are listed in �New Listings - January/February 1991� and the DVD issued by Premiere is included in the list of New Releases that was published on their website in January 2007.
Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3723 (1995)�
�(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova (February 1993). The cast and conductor listed above are those given in �Opera '93 - Annuario EDT dell'Opera Lirica in Italia� p.71. The compact cassettes issued by Lyric are listed in �Operatic Audio Cassettes - New Listings - November 1995�. Here the date of the performance recorded is given as 26 February 1993. However, according to the Annuario the first performance of the series of performances was on 28 February 1993. It is possibe that the recording is of the �prova generale�.
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.20 No.1 Winter 2004 pp.116-121 [NR]
Comments:- *This appears to be a video recording of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli in May or June 1998. The cast listed above is that given by Image Entertainment. This is identical to the cast given in �Opera '98 - Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia� p.179 except that here the singer of the role of Sir Gualtiero Raleigh is given as Davide Baronchelli.
Compact Disc; - Adelaide Negri CD (unnumbered) {2CDS}; New Ornamenti NOM 408 {2CDS} (2005)�
�(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Xirgu, Buenos Aires (March 2000; see OPERA August 2000 pp.954-955). Details of the CDs issued by Adelaida Negri can be found on
DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5670 (2006)�
�(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (September 2002). The cast listed above is that given in �Die Wiener Staatsoper - Jahrbuch 2003� S.249. The DVD issued by Premiere is included in their list of new releases added to their catalogue on 31 March 2006.
Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1408-2 {2CDRS} (2004)�
�(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (19 January 2004; see ORPHEUS März+April 2004 S.35; OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.288 mars 2004 pp.54-55; OPERA May 2004 pp.571-572). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in �Premiere Opera New CD Releases late July-August 2004�.
DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 2204 (2006)�; DG 073 4185 (2006)�; DG 6725 (2006)�
�(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - November 2006 pp.73-74 [JM]
Diapason - No 539 S septembre 2006 p.143 [MP]
American Record Guide - November/December 2006 Vol.69 No.6 pp.290-291 [KM]
Opéra Magazine - No.11 octobre 2006 p.83 [JC]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.94 octubre 2006 p.80 [JMP]
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (May 2005). The DVD-R issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of �berkshire record outlet inc.� (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the conductor is given as �Peter Jonas�!. According to the review in Diapason �Que dire d'autre de cette soirée, si ce n'est qu'elle est une insulte à Donizetti�.
Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 603 {2CDRS} (2007)�
�(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (September 2006). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed on their website as �WHAT'S NEW; Second Quarter 2007� (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3328-2 {2CDRS} (2009)�
�(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.247; GIUDICI p.204, (2) p.340
Comments:- *Recording of a performance by the Dallas Opera (31 January 2009). The CDRS issued by Premiere are included in their list of new CD releases - April 2009. I thank Dirk Heinrich for providing me with information that enabled me to correct an earlier version of this entry.
(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source
(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source
(LI), "Live" Recording
(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts
(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance
(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance
(RA), A Radio Performance
(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance
(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast
(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance
(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film
(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film
CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988
EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994
GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)
HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973
MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982
MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993
MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997
More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999
NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli
PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993
Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
OperaDiscography