West Hill Radio Archive

Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Eyvind Laholm (Tristan), Enid Szántho (Brangäne) John Gurney (King Marke), Daniel Harris (Kurwenal, Melot) New York Philharmonic, John Barbirolli

Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch

Elisabeth Rethberg (Santuzza), Sidney Rayner (Turiddu), Carlo Morelli (Alfio), Irra Petina (Lola) & Anna Kaskas (Mama Lucia), Zinka Milanov (Santuzza), Richard Tucker (Turiddu), Clifford Harvuot (Alfio), Martha Lipton (Lola) & Jean Madeira (Mama Lucia) Gennaro Papi

Sviatoslov Richter (piano) Hungarian State Orchestra, János Ferencsik

Laurel Hurley, Lucine Amara, Brian Sullivan, Theodor Uppman, Roberta Peters, Jerome Hines, George London, Paul Francke Bruno Walter

Claudio Arrau (piano) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch, Pierre Monteux

Beverly Sills (Lucia), Alfredo Kraus (Edgardo), Gian-Pero Mastromei (Ashton) & José Nait (Arturo) Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Colón, Juan Emilio Martini

Bidu Sayão (Mimì), Armand Tokatyan (Rodolfo), Annamary Diskey (Musetta) Giuseppe de Luca (Marcello), George Cehanovsky (Schaunard), Ezio Pinza (Colline) Louis d'Angelo (Benoit, Alcindoro), Lodovico Oliviero (Parpignol), Ferruccio Tagliavini (Rodolfo), Mimi Benzell (Musetta), John Brownlee (Marcello) Hugh Thompson (Schaunard), Nicola Moscona (Colline), Salvatore Baccaloni (Benoit Metropolitan Opera, Gennaro Papi, Giuseppe Antonicelli

Jussi Björling (Don Carlo), Robert Merrill (Rodrigo), Fedora Barbieri (Eboli), Cesare Siepi (Filippo II), Jerome Hines (Il Grande Inquisitore), Delia Rigal (Elisabetta di Valois), Lucine Amara (Voce dal cielo), Lubomir Vichegonov (Un frate) Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, Fritz Stiedry

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

February 22, 1941 broadcast: Kirsten Flagstad (Leonore), René Maison (Florestan), Julius Huehn (Don Pizarro), Alexander Kipnis (Rocco), Marita Farell (Marzelline), Karl Laufkoetter (Jaquino), Herbert Janssen (Don Fernando). March 10, 1951 matinee broadcast: Kirsten Flagstad (Leonore), Set Svanholm (Florestan), Dezsö Ernster (Rocco), Paul Schöffler (Pizarro), Nadine Conner (Marzelline), Peter Klein (Jaquino), Jerome Hines (Fernando) Metropolitan Opera, Bruno Walter

Ezio Pinza (Don Giovanni), Rose Bampton (Donna Anna), Charles Kullman (Don Ottavio), Jarmila Novotná (Donna Elvira), Alexander Kipnis (Leporello), Norman Cordon (Il Commendatore), Mack Harrell (Masetto), Bidù Sayão (Zerlina), Ezio Pinza (Figaro), Bidù Sayão (Susanna), John Brownlee (Il Conte Almaviva), Eleanor Steber (La Contessa Almaviva), Jarmila Novotná (Cherubino), Irra Petina (Marcellina), Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo), Alessio De Paolis (Basilio), John Garris (Curzio), Louis d'Angelo (Antonio), Marita Farell (Barbarina) Metropolitan Opera, Bruno Walter

Juilliard String Quartet

Cesare Siepi (Don Giovanni), Eleanor Steber (Donna Anna), Jan Peerce (Don Ottavio), Lisa Della Casa (Donna Elvira), Fernando Corena (Leporello), Giorgio Tozzi (Il Commendatore), Theodor Uppmann (Masetto), Roberta Peters (Zerlina) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Karl Böhm

Jussi Björling (tenor), Eleanor Steber (soprano), Licia Albanese (soprano), Anna-Lisa Björling (soprano), Bidú Sayão (soprano), Renata Tebaldi (soprano)

Eugene List (piano), Josef Szigeti (violin) New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell

Stella Roman (Leonora), Leonard Warren (Il Conte di Luna), Margaret Harshaw (Azucena), Jussi Björling (Manrico), Giacomo Vaghi (Ferrando), Lodovico Oliviero (Ruiz), Inge Manski (Ines) & John Baker (gypsy) Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Emil Cooper

Claudio Arrau (piano), recorded 31st May 1962 in Cologne, recorded 9th March 1960 in Munich North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik, Massimo Pradella

Claudio Arrau (piano) Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, George Szell

Gregor Piatigorsky (cello), Artur Schnabel (piano), Artur Rubinstein (piano), Ralph Berkowitz (piano) Philadelphia Orchestra, N.Y. Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, CBS Symphony Orchestra, A. Hilsberg, F. Reiner, J. Barbirolli, A. Wallenstein, Paul Hindemith

Lauritz Melchior, Kirsten Flagstad, Friedrich Schorr, Karin Branzell, Ludwig Hofmann Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Artur Bodanzky

Ruth Posselt (violin) Allan Sly (piano) Florida State Chamber Orchestra, Harvard-Radcliff Orchestra, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky, Russell Stanger, Richard Burgin

Jussi Björling (tenor), Licia Albanese (Manon), Jussi Björling (Des Grieux), Frank Guarrera (Lescaut), Fernando Corena (Geronte), Thomas Hayward (Edmondo), George Cehanovsky (Innkeeper), James McCracken (Lamplighter), Bidú Sayão (Mimi), Jussi Björling (Rodolfo), Mimi Benzell (Musetta), Frank Valentino (Marcello), George Cehanovsky (Schaunard), Nicola Moscona (Colline), Salvatore Baccaloni (Benoit/Alcindoro), Anthony Marlowe (Parpignol) Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Giuseppe Antonicelli, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Jean Madeira (Carmen), Piero Miranda Ferrero (Don José), Giuseppe Taddei (Escamillo), Cesy Broggini (Micaëla), Consuelo Ramos (Frasquita), Noemi Souza (Mercédès), Giuseppe Modesti (Zuniga), Hector Barbieri (Moralès), Duilio de Matthaeis (Le Dancaïre), Virgilio Tavini (Le Remendado), Ramón Vinay (Samson), Blanche Thebom (Dalila), Giuseppe Taddei (High Priest of Dagon), Giuseppe Modesti (Old Hebrew), Fernando Corena (Abimelech), Alvaro Bandini (Philistine Messenger), Carlos Giusti (First Philistine), Guerrino Boschetti (Second Philistine) Sir Thomas Beecham

Alfredo Campoli (violin), Clifford Curzon (piano) New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell

Berl Senofsky (violin), Richard Lewis (tenor), Maureen Forrester (contralto), Morley Meredith (baritone), William Lincer (viola), John Corigliano & Leopold Rybb (violin) & Laszlo Varga (cello) New York Philharmonic, Westminster Choir, Sir John Barbirolli

Adele Addison (soprano), Nan Merriman (mezzo), Laurence Olivier (narrator), Irma Gonzales (soprano), Raoul Jobin (tenor), Nicola Moscona (bass) Boston Symphony Orchestra & New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein

Alexander Kipnis (Boris), Frank Miller (cello), Carleton Cooley (viola), Mischa Mischakoff (violin), Oscar Levant (piano), Bidú Sayão (soprano), Frank Miller (solo cello) NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner

Joseph de Pasquale (viola), Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer (piano), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Adele Addison (soprano) & Donald Graham (bass-baritone) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Radcliffe Choral Society, Radcliffe Choral Society & Harvard Glee Club, Charles Munch

Arnold Moss (speaker), Mariquita Moll (soprano), Betty Allen (mezzo soprano), Gerard Souzay (baritone), Lelia Gousseau (piano), E. Power Biggs (organ), Ruth Posselt (violin), Doriot Anthony (flute), Claudio Arrau (piano) Boston Symphony Orchestra, NEC Chorus, Charles Munch