67) Vincenzo Bellini I puritani - live performance 1970

Live performance from 1970


LORD ARTURO TALBO - NICOLAI GEDDA
ELVIRA - CRISTINA DEUTEKOM
SIR RICCARDO FORTH - SESTO BRUSCANTINI
SIR GIORGIO - AGOSTINO FERRIN
ENRICHETTA DI FRANCIA - FLORA RAFANELLI
LORD GUALTIERO VALTON - GRAZIANO DEL VIVO
SIR BRUNO ROBERTSON - VALIANO NATALI


ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS OF MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO


CONDUCTOR RICCARDO MUTI


FIRENZE, TEATRO COMUNALE, 20 DICEMBRE 1970

66) Vincenzo Bellini I puritani - live performance 1963

Live performance from Philadelphia, April 18 1963

Conductor: Richard Bonynge


Company: American Opera Society

Elvira - Joan Sutherland
Arturo - Nicolai Gedda
Riccardo - Ernest Blanc
Giorgio - Justino Diaz
Enrichetta - Betty Allen
Gualtiero - Raymond Michalski



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65) Vincenzo Bellini I puritani

Recording from 1973


Lord Gualtiero Valton - Richard van Allen
Sir Giorgio - Paul Plishka
Lord Arturo Talbot - Nicolai Gedda
Elvira - Beverly Sills
Sir Riccardo Forth - Louis Quilico
Sir Bruno Roberton - Riccardo Cassinelli
Enrichetta di Francia - Heather Begg

Ambrosian opera chorus
London philharmonic orchestra

Conductor Julius Rudel





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64) Leo Delibes Lakmé - live performance

Live performance from Carnegie Hall, April 13, 1981


Lakmé - Mariella Devia

Gerald – Nicolai Gedda

Nilakantha – Paul Plishka

Mallika – Emily Golden

Frederick – Lawrence Cooper

Miss Bentson – Carolyne James

Ellen – Maria Spacagna

Rose –Michele Boucher

Hadji – Norman Large



Conductor - Eve Queler







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63) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Cosi fan tutte

Fiordiligi - Montserrat Caballé
Dorabella - Janet Baker
Guglielmo - Wladimiro Ganzarolli
Ferrando - Nicolai Gedda
Despina - Ileana Cotrubas
Don Alfonso - Richard Van Allan

Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Douglas Robinson, chorus master

Sir Colin Davis, conductor

Recording date and location: May 1974, Watford Town Hall, London







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62) Claude Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande - live performance

Live performance from MET on December 27, 1962


Anna Moffo, Nicolai Gedda, George London, Jerome Hines

Conductor Ernest Ansermet





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61) Giacomo Puccini Tosca - live performance

Live performance from Boston Symphony Hall, April 1972

Tosca - Marilyn Niska

Cavaradossi - Nicolai Gedda

Scarpia - Donald Gramm



Conductor Sarah Caldwell



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60) Giuseppe Verdi Requiem

Recording from 1963

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano
Christa Ludwig mezzosoprano
Nicolai Gedda tenor
Nicolai Ghiaurov bass

Philharmonia orchestra & chorus

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini


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59) Georg Friedrich Händel Messiah

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Grace Hoffmann
Nicolai Gedda
Jerome Hines

Conductor Otto Klemperer

Recorded in London, September 1964





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58) Gabriel Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande, Masques et bergamasques, Shylock

Pelléas Et Mélisande, Op. 80
01 - Prélude
02 - Andantino Quasi Allegretto (La Fileuse)
03 - Sicilienne
04 - Mélisande's Song (Orch. Koechlin)
05 - Molto Adagio (Mort De Mélisande)

Masques Et Bergamasques, Op. 112
06 - Ouverture
07 - Pastorale
08 - Madrigal, Op. 35 (Armand Sylvestre) For Chorus And Orchestra
09 - "Les Plus Doux Chemin", Madrigal, Op. 87 No.1 (Armand Sylvestre) For Tenor And Orchestra
10 - Menuet
11 - Clair De Lune, Menuet, Op. 46 No.2 (Paul Verlaine) For Tenor And Orchestra
12 - Gavotte
13 - Pavane, Op. 50

Shylock, Op. 57
14 - Chanson For Tenor And Orchestra
15 - Entracte
16 - Madrigal For Tenor And Orchestra
17 - Epithalame
18 - Nocturne
19 - Final

Track 4 - Frederica Von Stade - Mezzo Soprano
Tracks 9, 11, 14, 16 - Nicolai Gedda - Tenor
Track 8 - Ensemble Vocal Alix Bourbon

Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse
Michel Plasson

Recording Date
13-19/6/1980






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57) Gioachino Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia

Rosina - Beverly Sills
Conte Almaviva - Nicolai Gedda
Figaro - Sherrill Milnes
Bartolo - Renato Capecchi
Basilio - Ruggero Raimondi
Berta - Fedora Barbieri
Ambrogio/Uficiale - Michael Rippon

London symphony orchestra

Conductor James Levine

Recorded in 1974





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56) Franz Lehar Das land des lächelns

Lisa - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Gustl - Erich Kunz
Prinz Sou-Chong - Nicolai Gedda
Mi - Emmy Loose
Tschang - Otakar Kraus

Philharmonia orchestra & Chorus

Conductor Otto Ackermann






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55) Franz Lehar Der Zarewitsch

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54) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni - live performance

Metropolitan Opera House
January 28, 1967 Matinee Broadcast


Don Giovanni - Cesare Siepi
Donna Anna - Joan Sutherland
Don Ottavio - Nicolai Gedda
Donna Elvira - Pilar Lorengar
Leporello - Ezio Flagello
Zerlina - Laurel Hurley
Masetto - Theodor Uppman
Commendatore - Bonaldo Giaiotti

Conductor Karl Böhm

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53) Giacomo Puccini Il Turco in Italia

Fiorilla, a young Napolitana ( soprano ) - Maria Callas
Selim, the Turk ( bass ) - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Narciso, her lover ( tenor ) - Nicolai Gedda
Geronio, her husband ( bass ) - Franco Calabrese
Zaida, a Turk ( mezzo-soprano ) - Jolanda Gardino
Albazar, a Turk ( tenor ) - Piero de Palma
Il Poeta, Prosdocimo, a poet ( baritone ) - Mariano Stabile

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Chorus master: Vittore Veneziani

Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor

Recorded: 31 Aug - 8 Sept 1954, Milano






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52) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Idomeneo

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51) Richard Strauss Capriccio

Countess Madeleine - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

The count - Eberhard Wächter

Flamand - Nicolai Gedda

Olivier - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

La Roche - Hans Hotter

Clairon - Christa Ludwig

Monsieur Taupe - Rudolf Christ

Italian singer - Anna Moffo

Italian tenor - Karl Schmitt-Walter



Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch, London 1957





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50) Pjotr Iljič Čajkovski Pikovaja dama (Queen of spades) - live performance

Live performance in MET, 1972

Lisa - Raina Kabaivanska
Gherman - Nicolai Gedda
Countess - Regina Resnik
Prince Yeletsky - William Walker
Count Tomsky - John Reardon
Chekalinsky - Paul Franke
Surin - Andrij Dobriansky
Paulina - Joann Grillo
Masha - Carlotta Ordassy
Master of Ceremonies - Gene Boucher
Chloé - Loretta Di Franco
Chaplitsky - Robert Schmorr
Narumov - Edmond Karlsrud
Dance - Naomi Marritt
Dance - Ivan Allen

Conductor Kazimierz Kord



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49) Igor Stravinski Oedipus Rex - live performance

Narrator - Arnoldo Foà

Oedipus - Nicolai Gedda

Jocasta - Magda Laszlo

Creo - Mario Petri

Tiresias - Nestore Catalani

Nuntio - Mario Petri

Pastor - Aldo Bertocci


Orchestra and Chorus Rome Rai

Conductor Herbert von Karajan

Chorus: Nino Antonellini


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48) Hans Pfitzner Palestrina

Approached as an essay in words and music on a particularly resonant historic moment, when music, church and international politics stood at the same crossroads, Palestrina is an inspiring and often inspired work. It has at its heart one of the most visionary scenes in all opera, the apparition to Palestrina of the ghosts of his musical ancestors, urging him to save the art of polyphony by composing a Mass that will confound counter-reformation zealotry; it is followed by a still more moving tableau in which the heavens open to reveal a choir of angels from whose dictation Palestrina writes the Missa Papae Marcelli. Judged by conventional operatic criteria, however, the work is awkward and gravely flawed. The main line of its plot is furthered hardly at all by the Second Act, which is a lengthy, albeit brilliantly dramatized, resume of ecclesiastical politics at the Council of Trent, in which the composer's name is mentioned briefly, almost in passing, twice. The proportions of the opera are ungainly, too (the acts last roughly 100, 75 and a bare 30 minutes respectively), and to make matters apparently worse, the music and the text seem at times to be out-of-phase.

Perhaps the most affecting scene in Act 3 is the reunion of Palestrina and Cardinal Borromeo. Moved to tears by literally heavenly music, the Prince of the Church (who had commissioned the Mass and imprisoned Palestrina when he failed to deliser it) throws himself at the composer's feet and begs his forgiveness. Pfitzner's orchestra, as Borromeo falls to his knees and as Palestrina gently raises and embraces him, says all that is in both men's hearts and says it most movingly, but the rather plain lines of dialogue between those two orchestral passages add very little to them. At other times plainness of dialogue is just what you feel you need: Pfitzner's orchestral writing is so richly eventful, his counterpoint so cunningly wrought (and yes, I suppose one must admit, at times so unremitting) that you long either for a moment or two of thinly accompanied simple recitative or for the words to get out of the music's way. And yet I would not have the libretto (Pfitzner's own) a line shorter. Complex though it is, it is of remarkable quality, full of incident and beautiful imagery; it would work well as a spoken play.

In the opera house this sense of a play and a sequence of orchestral meditations upon it being performed simultaneously could be a problem; so could the long and densely populated scenes that seem to come from another opera (called Borromeo, perhaps). But in a fine recorded performance it is easier to accept that this is, so to speak, an opera with footnotes and appendices. The great passages (apart from the apparition scenes they include the eloquent preludes to all three acts, the culminatory pages of Borromeo's and Palestrina's monologues in Act 1, two impressive addresses in Act 2 and the beautiful end of the opera as Palestrina, left alone, returns to his music) are in an odd sort of way justified by what only a severe critic would dismiss as the pages of finicking detail between them. They are no more tiresome than those quarts-d'heure in which Wagner's characters remind the audience of what has been happening so far, and once you have allowed them to set the nobler moments in context, you can always skip them on later hearings (DG have provided plentiful cuing bands).

You will probably not want to when even the minor character roles are as strongly cast as they are here. There is not a weak link among them, and primus though Gedda's stalwartly eloquent Palestrina and Fischer-Dieskau's grandly authoritative Borromeo are they are very much inter pares with the likes of Ridderbusch, Weikl, Steinbach and Nienstedt around. Donath is bright and touching as Palestrina's young son, Fassbaender an impulsively eager pupil. Some of the real urgency that all these singers bring to their parts must be due to the inspired choice of a conductor in whom passion and intellect are ideally balanced, it sounds as though this opera was very close to Kubelik's heart and head, and he directs with noble eloquence. The recording copes with Pfitzner's vast resources very well, with an excellent sense of a space having depth as well as breadth. The sound is a little bright at times (Donath's purity is slightly edged), but for the most part both clear and sumptuous. An exceptionally welcome CD reissue.

-- Michael Oliver, Gramophone [7/1989]


Nicolai Gedda, Karl Ridderbusch, Bernd Weikl, Herbert Steinbach, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Victor von Halem, John van Kesteren, Peter Meven, Hermann Prey, Friedrich Lenz, Adalbert Kraus, Franz Mazura, Helen Donath, Brigitte Fassbaender, Gerd Nienstedt; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Tölz Boys' Choir; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelík, conductor

Recorded in Munich, 1973




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47) Favourite encores

1. Funiculi-funicula (Denza)
2. Du bist die Welt für mich (Tauber)
3. Non ti scordar di me (de Curtis)
4. Granada (Lara)
5. Schlaf ein, mein Blondengelein (Perez)
6. Gute Nacht, mein holdes, süsses Mädchen (Meyer)
7. Tiritomba (Traditional)
8. Mamma (Bixio)
9. Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel (May)
10. La Danza (Rossini)
11. Berceuse (Godard)
12. Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame (Rotter)


Graunke Smphony Orchestra Munich 1964
Willy Mattes, conductor






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46) Johann Strauss II Wiener blut

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45) Giacomo Puccini Madama Butterfly

Recording from 1955



Butterfly - Maria Callas

Pinkerton - Nicolai Gedda

Sharpless - Mario Boriello

Suzuki - Lucia Danieli



La Scala Theater Orchestra, conductor Herbert von Karajan







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44) Peter Cornelius Der barbier von Bagdad

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43) Jules Massenet Werther - live performance

Werther - Nicolai Gedda

Charlotte - Rita Gorr

Albert - Theodor Uppman

Sophie - Ann Elgar

Bailiff - Joseph Tair

Johann - Daniel Ferro

Schmidt - Charles May


Conductor Robert Lawrence

Live performance in Carnegie Hall, November 14, 1965






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42) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Die Zauberflöte

Tamino, an Egyptian prince, tenor - Nicolai Gedda
Pamina, daughter of the Queen of the Night, soprano - Gundula Janowitz
Papageno, a birdcatcher, bass - Walter Berry
The Queen of the Night, soprano - Lucia Popp
Sarastro, high priest of Isis and Osiris, bass - Gottlob Frick
Sprecher (speaker), bass - Franz Crass
Erste Dame (First Lady), soprano - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Zweite Dame (Second Lady), mezzo-soprano - Christa Ludwig
Dritte Dame (Third Lady), contralto - Marga Höffgen
Papagena, soprano - Ruth-Margret Pütz
Monostatos, tenor - Gerhard Unger
Zwei Geharnischten (two armed men) - Karl Liebl,
- Franz Crass (bass)
Erster Priester (First Priest), bass - Gerhard Unger
Zwiter Priester (Second Priest), tenor - Franz Crass
Three Boys, trebles - Agnes Giebel (soprano),
- Anna Reynolds (soprano),
- Josephine Veasey (mezzo-soprano)

Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
Chorus master: Wilhelm Pitz

Otto Klemperer, conductor

Recorded: March & April 1964, Kingsway Hall, London





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41) Mihail Glinka A life for the tsar

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42) Dmitri Šostakovič Lady Macbeth from Mtsensk

Rostropovich's Lady Macbeth is truly one of the "Great Recordings of the Century". This first-ever and still best recording of Shostakovich's operatic masterpiece was a revelation when it appeared in 1979 (garnering numerous awards), and it remains just as gripping today. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk vividly relates the tale of Katerina, the sexually frustrated wife of the wealthy but impotent Zinovy. When Katerina's affair with the strapping young Sergey is discovered by her domineering father-in-law, Boris, she poisons him and later gets Sergey to kill her husband. The two eventually wind up in a Siberian prison, where Katerina commits suicide after Sergey rejects her for a younger woman.

Of course, the central attraction of this recording is Galina Vishnevskaya's electrifying portrayal of the title character, a mercilessly demanding role that ranges from delicate pianissimo singing to near shrieking hysteria. And Vishnevskaya encompasses it all: one moment she's completely vulnerable, singing in sweetly angelic tones, the next she's a haughty dominatrix, and next a conquered lover in post-coital bliss. That Vishnevskaya continuously pours out full tone in all these instances without permanently wrecking her voice seems little short of a miracle. She's ideally partnered by Nicolai Gedda, who sings with much passion as the cocksure Sergey, while Dimiter Petkov's Boris is a model of parental obstinacy. Then there's Rostropovich himself, who masterfully conducts Shostakovich's powerfully brilliant score as if born to the task.


EMI's latest remastering adds clarity and brilliance to the sound and brings the voices into bold relief (a marvelous thing in Vishnevskaya's case). However, the previous release (from 1990) had slightly more warmth and presence. But these differences are only noticeable on a direct A-B comparison, and if you have the old set, hang on to it; if not, you'll be enthralled by this handsome new presentation of this magnificent recording. [5/25/2002]

--Victor Carr Jr, ClassicsToday.com


Ekaterina - Galina Višnjevskaja
Sergej - Nicolai Gedda
Boris - Dimiter Petkov
Zinovij - Werner Krenn
Peasant - Robert Tear
Preast - Leonard Mroz
Teacher - Martin Hill
Sargent - Aage Haugland
An old convict - Alexander Malta


Recorded in London, April 1978


Ambrosian opera chorus
London philharmonic orchestra


Conductor Mstislav Rostropovič




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41) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni

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40) Johann Strauss II Der Zigeunerbaron

Graf Peter Homonay - Hermann Prey
Conte Carnero - Wolfgang Anheisser
Sándor Barinkay - Nicolai Gedda
Kálmán Szupán - Kurt Böhme
Arsena - Rita Streich
Mirabella - Gisela Litz
Ottokar - Willi Brokmeier
Czipra - Biserka Cvejić
Saffi - Grace Bumbry


Chorus and orchestra of the Bayerischen Staatsoper

Conductor Franz Allers





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39) Gedda sings Lehar

1. Das Land des Lächelns, operetta Dein ist mein ganzes Herz

2. Friederike, operetta O Mädchen, mein Mädchen

3. Frasquita, operetta Hab' ein blaues Himmelbett

4. Das Land des Lächelns, operetta Von Apfelblüten einen Kranz

5. Der Zarewitsch, operetta Wolga-Lied

6. Giuditta, operetta Du bist meine Sonne

7. Schön ist die Welt, operetta Schö ist die Welt (Bruder Leichtsinn so
werd' ich genannt)

8. Paganini, operetta Gern hab' ich die Frau'n geküßt

9. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta O Vaterland - Da geh' ich
zu Maxim

10. Giuditta, operetta Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert

11. Schön ist die Welt, operetta Liebste glaub' an mich

12. Das Land des Lächelns, operetta Immer nur Lächeln

13. Der Graf von Luxemburg, operetta Mein Ahnherr war der Luxemburg


Performed by Graunke Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Willy Mattes







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38) François-Adrien Boieldieu La dame blanche - live performance

Boieldieu was, for want of a better description, a bel-cantist; his vocal lines are decorated and at times virtuosic--particularly in his writing for tenor. But at the same time he is quintessentially French in melodic and harmonic temperament and tone; his music is graceful and has a certain regality and delicacy that is immensely appealing. This opera is based on a couple of stories by Sir Walter Scott involving a disguised Earl, a castle, and a ghost (the "white lady" of the title) believed to be haunting the castle. It's silly, but the music is definitely worth hearing, and this performance, taped live in 1964 (and in very good sound--it must have been broadcast) is excellent.
The production's star is the in-his-prime Nicolai Gedda, who sings the difficult music of George Brown (who turns out to be Julius, Earl of Avenell)--full of coloratura, octave leaps, high Cs, and much soft, sweet singing--as if it were easy. As Anna, whom the Earl eventually winds up marrying (and who has been roaming the castle as the ghost), Mimi Aarden exhibits a lovely soprano; her music often is accompanied by harp and has great charm. The conniving Gaveston, who wants the castle to himself, is baritone Henk Dreissen--perhaps not menacing, but a good singer. The rest of the cast is fine. This is a treat for certain tastes; light and delightful.
--Robert Levine


George Brown Tenor - Nicolai Gedda
Jenny Soprano - Sofia Van Sante
Gaveston Bass - Guus Hoekman
Anna Soprano - Erna Spoorenberg
Dickson Tenor - Frans Vroons
Marguerite - Mimě Aarden
McIrton - Henk Driessen

Chorus & Orchestra of Radio Hilversum
Jean Fournet, conductor

Live performance, Hilversum, 25 November 1964

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37) Vincenzo Bellini I Capuleti e i Montecchi

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36) First ten years

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35) Nicolai Gedda and Mirela Freni, Duets of Bellini and Donizetti

1. La Sonnambula, Prendi l'anel ti dono
2. La Sonnambula. Son geloso del zefiro errante
3. L'elisir d'amore, Prendi; prendi, per me sei libero [Rome - conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli ]
4. Don Pasquale, Povero Ernesto! ... Cercherò lontana terra
5. Don Pasquale, Tornami a dir che m'ami
6. Lucia di Lammermoor, Ah! Talor ... Verranno a te

London - 1967 - conductor Edward Downes




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34) Great moments of Nicolai Gedda

Disc 1
1. Eugen Onegin: Kuda, Kuda, Kuda vi Udalilis
2. Werther: Pourqui Me Réveller
3. Les Pécheurs des Perles: Je Crois Entrendre Encore
4. Manon: Instand Charmant-En Fermant Les Yeux
5. La Muette De Portici: Du Pauvre Seul Ami Fidele
6. Roméo et Juliette: L'amour, L'amour!
7. La Gioconda: Cielo E Mar!
8. Rigoletto: Ella mi Fu Rapita
9. Martha: Ach so fromm, Ach so Traut
10. L'elisier D'amore: Una Furtiva Lagrima
11. La Favorita: Favorita Del Re!
12. L'arlesiana: E La Solita Storia
13. Boris Godunow: Dimitri Tsaryévivh! Dimitri!
14. Tebyá, Tebyá Odnú, Marina
15. O, Tsaryévich, Umolyáyu - Vivát! Vivát!
16. Boris Godunow: Yezuit Lukávy Krépko Zhal Menyá
17. Die Mainacht: Kak Tikho, Kak Prokhladno
18. Le Postillon De Longjumeau: Vänner, Jag Sjunga..

Disc 2
19. Le Devine du Village: Je Vals Revoir ma Charmante
20. Orphée et Eurydice: Quel Nouveau Ciel
21. J'ai Perdu Mon Eurydice
22. Don Giovanni: Dalla Sua Pace
23. Il Mio Tesoro Intanto
24. Die Zauberflöte: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön
25. The Abduction From The Seraglio: Love, Only Love..
26. Oberon: Von Jugend auf schon im Kampfgefild
27. Vater! Hör' mich Fleh'n zu dir
28. Alessandro Stradella: Jungfrau Maria
29. Lohengrin: In fernem Land
30. Mein lieber Schwan
31. Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Horch, die Lerche
32. Die Königin von Saba: Magische Töne.. .

Disc 3
33. Benvenuto Cellini: Une Heure Encore.. .
34. Lakmé: Lakmé! Lakmé! Ah! Viens Dans La..
35. Werther: Un Autre Est Son Époux!
36. Le Roi D'ys: Puisqu'on ne Peut Pas Fléchir.. .
37. Les Hugenots: Beauté Divine Enchanteresse
38. Guillaume Tell: Asile Héréditaire - Amis, Amis..
39. La Sonnambula: Prendi! L'anel ti Dono
40. Son Geloso Del Zefiro Errante
41. Lucia Di Lammermoor: Ah! Talor Del Tuo Pensiero..
42. Tombe Degl'avi Miel - Fr Poco a Me Ricovero
43. Don Pasquale: Povero Ernestol - Cerchero Lontanaterra
44. Tornami a dir che m'ami
45. Granada
46. La Danza
47. Berceuse
48. Gute Nacht, mein Holdes, süßes Mädchen




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33) Gedda in Early arias

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32) Gioachino Rossini Guillaume Tell

Mathilde - Montserrat Caballe
Jemmy - Mady Mesple
Hedwige - Jocelyne Taillon
Tell - Gabriel Bacquier
Arnold - Nicolai Gedda
Gessler - Louis Hendrikx
Walter - Kolos Kovacs
Melchthal - Gwynne Howell
Pecheur - Charles Burles
Podolphe - Ricardo Cassinelli
Leuthold - Nicolas Christou
Chasseur - Leslie Fyson

Royal Philarmonic Orchestra
Conductor Lamberto Gardelli


Recorded in 1973





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31) Giacomo Mwyerbeer Les Huguenots - live performance

Marguerite de Valois - Rita Shane
Raoul de Nangis - Nicolai Gedda
Comte de Saint-Bris - Dimitri Petkov
Valentine - Enriqueta Tarres
Comte de Nevers -Pedro Farres
Urbain - Jeanette Scovotti
Cossé - Kurt Equiluz
Tavannes - Harald Neukirch
Thoré - Ewald Aichberger
de Retz - Jaroslav Stanjnc
Méru - Ladislav Ilavsky
Maurevert - Manfred Schenk
Marcel - Justino Diaz
Bois-Rosé - Ewald Aichberger
Deux Demoiselles - Waltrud Haas/Unni Rugtvedt
Archer - Manfred Schenk
Premier moine - Jaroslav Stanjc
Second moine - Ladislav Ilavsky
Troisième moine - Manfred Schenk

Orchestra & Chorus of the Austrian Radio
Gottfried Preinfalk Chorus Master

Ernst Märzendorfer Conductor

Recorded from live broadcast, February 17, 1971, Grosser Konzerthaussaal, Vienna






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30) Jules Massenet Manon

Manon - Beverly Sills
Chevalieur De Grieux - Nicolai Gedda
Lescaut - Gerard Susay
Comte De Grieux - Gabriel Bacquier
de Mortfontaine - Nico Castel
Bretigny - Michel Trempont
Rosette - Patricia Kern
Poussette - Michele Raynaud
Javotte -


Ambrosian Opera Chorus (Chorus Master: John McCarthy)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor Julius Rudel

Recorded in London, All Saints' Church, Tooting, 7/1970





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29) Christoph Willibald Gluck Orphée et Eurydice - live performance

Orphée - Nicolai Gedda
Eurydice - Janine Micheau
L'Amour - Liliane Berton

Conductor Louis de Froment

Live performance from the Festival in Aix-en-Provence, 1957


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28) Georges Bizet Carmen

Carmen - Victoria de los Angeles
Don Jose - Nicolai Gedda
Micaela - Janine Micheau
Escamillo - Ernest Blanc
Frasquita - Denise Monteil
Mercedes - Marcelle Croisier, Monique Linval


Chorus of Radiodiffusion Francaise
Orchestra National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise

Conductor sir Thomas Beecham

Recorded on 6 - 10 June 1958 and 1 - 6 September 1959, Salle Wagram, Paris






Act 1: DOWNLOAD
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