Saturday, 26 November 2016

LYRIC OPERA CHICAGO 1954 - 1964

1954

DON GIOVANNI: Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Eleanor Steber, Léopold Simoneau, Irene Jordan, John Brownlee, Bidú Sayão, Lorenzo Alvary; c. Nicola Rescigno; 5 February 1954 (2 performances)

NORMA: Maria Callas, Mirto Picchi, Giulietta Simionato, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni; c. Nicola Rescigno; 1 November 1954 (2 performances)

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Giannini): Irene Jordan, Hugh Thompson, Gloria Lind, Lawrence White, Thomas Stewart, Donald Gramm; c. Nicola Rescigno; 3 November 1954 (2 performances)

LA BOHÈME: Rosanna Carteri, Giacinto Prandelli, Giangiacomo Guelfi, Gloria Lind, John Tyers, Lorenzo Alvary; Jonel Perlea; 6 November 1954 (2 performances)

IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Tito Gobbi, Giulietta Simionato, Léopold Simoneau, Carlo Badioli, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni; c. Nicola Rescigno; 6 November 1954 (2 performances)

LA TRAVIATA: Maria Callas, Léopold Simoneau, Tito Gobbi; c. Nicola Resigno; 8 November 1954 (2 performances)

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR: Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Giangiacomo Gulefi, Thomas Stewart; c. Nicola Rescigno; 15 November 1954 (2 performances)

CARMEN: Giulietta Simionato, Mirto Picchi, Irene Jordan, Giangiacomo Guelfi; c. Jonel Perlea; 16 November 1954 (2 performances)

TOSCA: Eleanor Steber, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi; c. Nicola Rescigno; 18 November 1954 (2 performances)


1955

I PURITANI: Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Ettore Bastianini, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni; 31 October 1955 (2 performances)

AIDA: Renata Tebaldi, Doro Antonioli, Astrid Varnay, Tito Gobbi, William Wildermann; c. Nicola Rescigno; 1 November 1955 (2 performances)

IL TROVATORE: Maria Callas, Jussi Björling, Ebe Stignani/Claramae Turner, Ettore Bastianini/Robert Weede, William Wildermann; c. Nicola Rescigno; 5 November 1955 (2 performances)

La bohème: Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Gloria Lind, Richard Torigi, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni; c. Tullio Serafin; 7 November 1955 (2 performances)

MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Robert Weede, Eunice Alberts; c. Nicola Rescigno; 11 November 1955 (3 performances)

RIGOLETTO: Tito Gobbi, Teresa Stich-Randall, Jussi Björling, Mignon Dunn, William Wildermann; c. Nicola Rescigno; 12 November 1955 (2 performances)

FAUST: Jussi Björling, Rosanna Carteri, Robert Weede, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni; c. Tullio Serafin (2 performances)

IL BALLO DELLE INGRATE: (Monteverdi): Ebe Stignani, Teresa Stich-Randall, Kenneth Smith; c. Nicola Rescigno; 16 November 1955 (2 performances)

IL TABARRO: Tito Gobbi, Gertrude Ribia, Carlo Bergonzi; 16 November 1955 (2 performances)

CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Ebe Stignani, Giuseppe di Stefano/Carlo Bergonzi, Cesare Bardelli, Mignon Dunn; 21 November 1955 (2

LORD BYRON’S LOVE LETTER (De Banfield): Gertrude Ribia, Astrid Varnay, Lloyd Harris; c. Nicola Rescigno; 21 November 1955 (2 performances)

L’ELISIR D’AMORE (Donizetti): Rosanna Carteri, Léopold Simoneau, Hugh Thompson, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni; c. Tullio Serafin; 22 November 1955 (2 performances) 

L’AMORE DI TRE RE (Montemezzi): Dorothy Kirsten, Carlo Bergonzi, Robert Weede, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni; c. Tullio Serafin; 28 November 1955

UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Anita Cerquetti, Jussi Björling, Peggy Bonini, Tito Gobbi, Claramae Turner; c. Nicola Rescigno; 29 November 1955 (2 performances)


1956

LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Eleanor Steber, Mario del Monaco, Tito Gobbi; c. Dimitri Mitropoulos; 10 October 1956 (2 performances)

ANDREA CHÉNIER: Mario del Monaco, Eleanor Steber, Tito Gobbi; c. Emerson Buckley; 16 October 1956 (2 performances)

SALOME: Inge Borkh, Alexander Welitsch, Martha Lipton, Ramon Vinay, John Alexander; c. Georg Solti; 17 October 1956 (2 performances)

DIE WALKÜRE: Birgit Nilsson, Ludwig Suthaus, Inge Borkh, Paul Schöffler, Claramae Turner, William Wildermann; c. Georg Solti; 20 October 1956 (2 performances)

Il trovatore: Jussi Björling, Herva Nelli/Gertrude Ribia, Ettore Bastianini, Claramae Turner, William Wildermann; 23 October 1956 (2 performances)

La traviata: Eleanor Steber, Léopold Simoneau, Ettore Bastianini; c. Bruno Bartoletti; 26 October 1956 (2 performances)

Don Giovanni: Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Eleanor Steber, Léopold Simoneau, Eva Likova/Gloria Lind, Fernando Corena, Dolores Wilson, Andrew Foldi; c. Georg Solti; 29 October 1956 (2 performances)

Tosca: Renata Tebaldi, Jussi Björling, Tito Gobbi; c/ Bruno Bartoletti/Leo Kopp; 30 October 1956 (3 performances)

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Renata Tebaldi, Richard Tucker, Giulietta Simionato, Ettore Bastianini, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Carlo Badioli; c. Georg Solti; 8 November 1956 (2 performances)

La bohème: Renata Tebaldi, Barry Morell/Jussi Björling, Dolores Wilson, Ettore Bastianini, Henri Noel, Miraslav Cangalovich; c. Bruno Bartoletti; 14 November 1956 (2 performances)


1957

OTELLO: Mario del Monaco, Renata Tebaldi/Anna Marie Koehn, Tito Gobbi; c. Tullio Serafin; 11 October 1957 (3 performances)

La bohème: Anna Moffo, Jussi Björling, Eva Likova, Aldo Protti, Henri Noel, Kenneth Smith; c. Gianandrea Gavazzeni; 16 October 1957 (2 performances)

MIGNON: Giulietta Simionato, Alvinio Misciano, Anna Moffo, Mariano Caruso, Rosalind Nadell; c. Gianandrea Gavazzeni; 19 October 1957 (2 performances)

MANON LESCAUT: Renata Tebaldi, Jussi Björling, Cornell MacNeil, Carlo Badioli; c. Tullio Serafin; 21 October 1957 (3 performances)

Cavalleria rusticana: Giulietta Simionato, Brian Sullivan, Rosalind Nadell, Cornell MacNeil; c. Leo Lopp; 23 October 1957 (2 performances)

PAGLIACCI: Eva Likova, Mario del Monaco, Tito Gobbi, Mariano Caruso, Cornell MacNeil; c. Bruno Bartoletti; 23 October 1957 (2 performances)

Andrea Chénier: Mario del Monaco, Renata Tebaldi, Tito Gobbi; c. Gianandrea Gavazzeni; 30 October 1957 (2 performances)

LA GIOCONDA: Eileen Farrell, Richard Tucker/Giuseppe di Stefano, Giulietta Simionato, Aldo Protti, William Wildermann; c. Tullio Serafin; 1 November 1957 (2 performances)

LE NOZZE DI FIGARO: Walter Berry, Anna Moffo, Tito Gobbi, Eleanor Steber, Giulietta Simionato; c. Georg Solti; 8 November 1957 (2 performances)

ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: Renata Tebaldi, Giulietta Simionato, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Carlo Badioli; c. Tullio Serafin; 13 November 1957 (2 performances)

Un ballo in maschera: Anita Cerquetti, Sylvia Stahlman, Claramae Turner, Jussi Björling, Aldo Protti; c. Georg Solti: 15 November 1957 (2 performances)

Tosca: Eleanor Steber, Giuseppe di Stefano/Jussi Björling, Tito Gobbi; c. Bruno Bartoletti; 20 November 1957 (2 performances)

DON CARLO: Anita Cerquetti, Nell Rankin, Brian Sullivan/Jussi Björling, Tito Gobbi, Boris Christoff, William Wildermann; c. Georg Solti; 22 November 1957 (3 performances)

Lucia di Lammermoor: Anna Moffo, Giuseppe di Stefano/Brian Sullivan, Aldo Protti, Mariano Caruso; c. Bruno Bartoletti; 23 November 1957 (2 performances)


1958

FALSTAFF: Tito Gobbi, Renata Tebaldi, Cornell MacNeil, Giulietta Simionato, Alvinio Misciano, Anna Moffo; c. Tullio Serafin; 10 October 1958 (2 performances)

Madama Butterfly: Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Cornell MacNeil, Anna Maria Canali; c. Kirill Kondrashin; 13 October 1958 (2 performances)

TURANDOT: Birgit Nilsson, Giuseppe di Stefano, Anna Moffo, William Wildermann; 18 October 1958; c. Tullio Serafin: (3 performances)

Il trovatore: Jussi Björling, Elinor Ross, Ettore Bastianini, Giulietta Simionato; c. Lee Schaenen; 20 October 1958 (3 performances)

GIANNI SCHICCHI: Tito Gobbi, Anna Moffo, Alvinio Misciano; c. Tullio Serafin; 25 October 1958 (3 performances)

Pagliacci: Giuseppe di Stefano, Eva Likova, Tito Gobbi, Cornell MacNeil; c. Tullio Serafin; 25 October 1958 (3 performances)

TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Birgit Nilsson, Karl Liebl, Grace Hoffman, Walter Cassel, William Wildermann; c. Artur Rodzinski; 1 November 1958 (3 performances)

La traviata: Eleanor Steber, Léopold Simoneau, Ettore Bastianini; c. Tullio Serafin; 5 November 1958 (3 performances)

Il barbiere di Siviglia: Tito Gobbi, Giulietta Simioniato, Alvinio Misciano, Fernando Corena, Paolo Montarsolo; c. Lee Schaenen; 12 November 1958 (2 performances)

Rigoletto: Tito Gobbi/Cornell MacNeil, Anna Moffo, Jussi Björling, Sophia Steffan, William Wildermann; c. Georges Sebastian; 15 November 1958 (2 performances)

BORIS GODUNOV: Boris Christoff, Mariano Caruso, William Wildermann, Brian Sullivan, Grace Hoffman, Marco Steffanoni; c. Georges Sebastian; 17 November 1958 (3 performances)

Aida: Leonie Rysanek, Jussi Björling, Giulietta Simionato, Tito Gobbi; c. Georges Sebastian; 24 November 1958 (3 performances)


1959

CARMEN (Bizet): Jean Madeita, Giuseppe di Stefano, Dorothy Warenskjold, Ernest Blanc; c. Lovro von Matačič; 12 October 1959 (4 performances)

LA CENERENTOLA (Rossini): Anna Maria Rota, Nicola Monti, Andrew Foldi, Donald Gramm, Fernando Corena; c. Gianandrea Gavazzeni; 14 October 1959 (3 performances)

SIMON BOCCANEGRA (Verdi): Tito Gobbi, Margherita Roberti, Ferruccio Mazzoli, Richard Tucker; c. Gianandrea Gavazzeni; 23 October 1959 (3 performances)

Turandot: Birgit Nilsson, Giuseppe di Stefano, Leontyne Price, Ferruccio Mazzoli; c. Gianandrea Gavazzeni; 28 October 1959 (2 performances)

JENŮFA: Gré Brouwenstijn, Richard Cassilly, Sylvia Fisher, Robert Charlebois; c. Lovro von Matačič; 2 November 1959 (2 performances)

Un ballo in maschera: Birgit Nilsson, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Irene Kramarich, Sylvia Stahlman; c. Bruno Bartoletti; 4 November 1959 (2 performances)

COSÌ FAN TUTTE (Mozart): Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Léopold Simoneau, Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry, Sylvia Stahlman, Fernando Corena; c. Josef Krips/ Lovro von Matačič; 9 November 1959 (3 performances)

DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER (Wagner): Tomislav Neralič, Birgit Nilsson, Josef Greindl, Eugene Tobin; c. Lovro von Matačič; 13 November 1959 (3 performances)

La Gioconda: Eileen Farrell, Richard Tucker, Irene Dalis, Giuseppe Taddei, Josef Greindl; c. Bruno Bartoletti; 18 November 1959 (3 performances)

THAÏS (Massenet): Leontyne Price, Léopold Simoneau, Michel Roux, Fernando Corena; c. Georges Prêtre; 23 November 1959 (3 performances)

1960

Don Carlo: Richard Tucker, Margherita Roberti, Tito Gobbi, Giulietta Simionato, Boris Christoff, Ferruccio Mazzoli; c. Antonino Votto; 14 October 1960 (3 performances)

Aida: Margherita Roberti/Leontyne Price, Carlo Bergonzi/Luigi Ottolini, Giulietta Simionato, Robert Merrill; c. Antonino Votto; 17 October 1960 (4 performances)

Le nozze di Figaro: Walter Berry, Rita Streich, Eberhard Waechter, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig; c. Josef Krips; 26 October 1960 (3 performances)

La bohème: Renata Scotto, Richard Tucker, Doris Yarick, Renato Cesari, Henri Noel, Ferruccio Mazzoli; c. Gianandrea Gavazzeni; 2 November 1960 (3 performances)

Carmen: Jean Madeira, Richard Cassilly/Giuseppe di Stefano, Renata Scotto, Robert Merrill; c. Lovro von Matačič; 4 November 1960 (3 performances)

Tosca: Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi; c. Gianandrea Gavazzeni; 11 November 1960 (3 performances)

Die Walküre: Birgit Nilsson, Jon Vickers, Gré Brouwenstijn, Hans Hotter, Christa Ludwig, William Wildermann; c. Lovro von Matačič; 21 November 1960 (1 performance)

FEDORA (Giordano): Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Jeanette Scovotti, Tito Gobbi; c. Lovro von Matačič; 23 November 1960 (2 performances)

Madama Butterfly: Leontyne Price, Richard Cassilly, Renato Cesari, Mildred Miller; c. Gianandrea Gavazzeni; 26 November 1960 (3 performances)

Simon Boccanegra: Tito Gobbi, Renata Tebaldi, Ferruccio Mazzoli, Richard Tucker; c. Gianandrea Gavazzeni; 30 November 1960 (2 performances)


1961

Lucia di Lammermoor: Joan Sutherland, Richard Tucker/Carlo Bergonzi, Mario Zanasi; c. Antonino Votto; 14 October 1961 (3 performances)

Andrea Chénier: Jon Vickers, Shakeh Vartenissian, Mario Zanasi; c. Antonino Votto; 20 October 1961 (3 performances)

MEFISTOFELE (Boito): Boris Christoff, Ilva Ligabue, Carlo Bergonzi; c. Antonino Votto; 21 October 1961 (3 performances)

La forza del destino: Eileen Farrell, Carlo Bergonzi/David Poleri, Giangiacomo Guelfi, Christa Ludwig, Boris Christoff, Renato Cesari; c. Carlo Felice Cillario; 30 October 1961 (3 performances)

Così fan tutte: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Léopold Simoneau, Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry, Sylvia Stahlman, Renato Cesari; c. Peter Maag; 1 November 1961 (2 performances)

Don Giovanni: Eberhard Waechter, Teresa Stich-Randall, Léopold Simoneau, Lisa Della Casa/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Walter Berry, Irmgard Seefried; c. Peter Maag; 6 November 1961 (3 performances)

FIDELIO (Beethoven): Birgit Nilsson, Jon Vickers, Hans Hotter, William Wildermann, Irmgard Seefried; c. Peter Maag; 13 November 1961 (3 performances)

Il barbiere di Siviglia: Sesto Bruscantini, Giulietta Simionato, Luigi Alva, Fernando Corena, Boris Christoff; c. Carlo Felice Cillario; 15 November 1961 (4 performances)

THE HARVEST (Vittorio Giannini): Marilyn Horne, William Wildermann, Geraint Evans, Richard Carl Knoll, Robert Schmorr, Jeff Wolfe; c. Vittorio Giannini; 25 November 1961 (4 performances)


1962

PRINCE IGOR (Borodin): Igor Gorin, Consuelo Rubio, David Poleri, Boris Christoff, Carol Smith; c. Oskar Danon; 12 October 1962 (4 performances)

La bohème: Consuelo Rubio/Mietta Sighele, Richard Tucker, Joan Marie Moynagh, Mario Zanasi, Renato Cesari, William Wildermann/Boris Christoff; 17 October 1962 (4 performances)

Tosca: Régine Crespin, Giuseppe Zampieri, Tito Gobbi; c. Carlo Felice Cillario; 26 October 1962 (3 performances)

L’elisir d’amore: Mariella Adani, Alfredo Kraus, Mario Zanasi, Fernando Corena; c. Carlo Felice Cillario; 31 October 1962 (3 performances)

Le nozze di Figaro: Renato Capecchi, Rita Streich, Tito Gobbi, Lisa Della Casa, Teresa Berganza; c. Peter Maag; 7 November 1962 (3 performances)

SAMSON ET DALILA: Hans Kaart, Rita Gorr, Gabriel Bacquier; c. Pierre Dervaux; 10 November 1962 (4 performances)

Rigoletto: Ettore Bastianini, Gianna D’Angelo, Richard Tucker, Carol Smith, William Wildermann; c. Pierre Dervaux; 17 November 1962 (4 performances)

ORFEO ED EURIDICE (Gluck): Gabriel Bacquier, Lisa Della Casa, Rita Streich; c. Pierre Dervaux; 24 November 1962 (3 performances)


1963

NABUCCO (Verdi): Tito Gobbi, Danica Mastilovic, Alfonso La Morena, Anna Maria Rota, Boris Christoff; c. Bruno Bartoletti; 4 October 1963 (4 performances)

Un ballo in maschera: Régine Crespin,  Richard Tucker/Jon Vickers,  Mario Zanasi, Grace  Bumbry, Lucille Kailer; c.  Pierre Dervaux; 5 October 1963 (4 performances)

Faust: Guy Chauvet, Andréa Guiot, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Robert Massard, Anna Maria Rota; c. Pierre Dervaux; 12 October 1963 (4 performances)

Fidelio: Régine Crespin, Jon Vickers/Sebastian Feiersinger, Boris Christoff, William Wildermann, Hanny Steffek; 23 October 1963 (4 performances)

Otello: Jon Vickers/Dimiter Uzunov, Sena Jurinac, Tito Gobbi; c. Bruno Bartoletti; 2 November 1963 (4 performances)

Il barbiere di Siviglia: Mario Zanasi, Teresa Berganza, Alfredo Kraus, Fernando Corena, Boris Christoff; c, Carlo Felice Cillario; 6 November 1963 (4 performances)

TANNHÄUSER (Wagner): Dimiter Uzunov, Régine Crespin, Raymond Wolansky, William Wildermann; c. Oskar Danon; 16 November 1963 (4 performances)

DON PASQUALE (Donizetti): Fernando Corena, Mariella Adani, Alfredo Kraus, Sesto Bruscantini; c. Carlo Felice Cillario; 20 November 1963 (4 performances)


1964

Il Trovatore: Franco Corelli, Ilva Ligabue, Mario Zanasi, Grace Bumbry, Ivo Vinco; c, Bruno Bartoletti; 9 October 1964 (4 performances)

LA FAVORITA (Donizetti): Fiorenza Cossotto, Alfredo Kraus, Ivo Vinco, Sesto Bruscantini; c. Carlo Felice Cillario; 12 October 1964 (4 performances)

Carmen: Grace Bumbry, Franco Corelli, Irma Gonzalez/Nicoletta Panni, Robert Massard; c. Pierre Dervaux; 23 October 1964 (5 performances)

Don Carlo: Richard Tucker, Leyla Gencer, Grace Bumbry/Fiorenza Cossotto, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bruno Marangoni; c. Bruno Bartoletti; 28 October 1964 (4 performances)

ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (Richard Strauss): Régine Crespin, Jean Cox, Reri Grist, Irmgard Seefried; c. Eugen Jochum; 6 November 1964 (4 performances)

La bohème: Renata Tebaldi, Renato Cioni, Luisa DeSett, Sesto Bruscantini, Renato Cesari, Bruno Marangoni; c. Pierre Dervaux; 8 November 1964 (4 performances)

La cenerentola: Teresa Berganza, Renato Cesari, Sesto Bruscantini, Renzo Casellato; c. Carlo Felice Cillario; 11 November 1964 (5 performances)

Don Giovanni: Nicolai Ghiaurov, Teresa Stich-Randall, Alfredo Kraus, Phyllis Curtin, Erich Kunz, Nicoletta Panni; c. Josef Krips; 16 November 1964 (54 performances)

Tosca: Régine Crespin, Richard Tucker, Tito Gobbi; c. Bruno Bartoletti; 27 November 1964 (4 performances)

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