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Articles by Fanfare Contributor C. -P. Gerald Parker

  ADVENT PROCESSION WITH CAROLS (Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa)

  MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ AND FRANCO CORELLI IN CONCERT,... (Montserrat Caballé)

  Alan Rinehart. Renaissance Masters and Latin Romantics (Alan Rinehart)

  Montserrat Caballé and José Carreras, Duet Album (Montserrat Caballé)

  ALFANO: Sakùntala (Casapietra)

  MOZART: Apollo et Hyacinthus. Excerpts... (Irma Keller)

  Alfredo Kraus and José Carreras. Alfredo Kraus... (Alfredo Kraus)

  MUSSORGSKY: Boris Godunov (Cesare Siepi)

  ALFREDO KRAUS. Alfredo Kraus Live Recital, Puerto... (Alfredo Kraus)

  MUSSORGSKY: Khovanschina (Nicolai Ghiaurov)

  ANNETTE HANSHAW (Annette Hanshaw)

  Neil Shicoff. Tenor Arias (Neil Shicoff)

  APRILE MILLO- RECITAL, SEPTEMBER 14, 1986 (Aprile Millo)

  OFFENBACH: Les contes d'Hoffmann (Nicolai Gedda)

  Ari Petros. Ari Petros Sings the Galli-Curci Rag (Ari Petros)

  OFFENBACH: Robinson Crusoe (sung and spoken... (John Brecknock)

  ARNE, THOMAS: Artaxerxes (Elizabeth Vaughan)

  Oliver Jones. Speak Low, Swing Hard (Oliver Jones)

  ARTURO BENEDITTI MICHELANGELI, VOLUMEXII (Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli)

  OMAGGIO A CARUSO. Memorial Concert of the 100th... (Mario del Monaco)

  AUBER, DANIEL FRANCOIS ESPRIT: Fra Diavolo (Rémy Corazza)

  PAISIELLO, GIOVANNI: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Dénes Gulyás)

  AUBER, DANIEL FRANCOIS ESPRIT; OFFENBACH (Sonia Nigoghossian)

  Paul Piché. Intégral (Paul Piché)

  BALFE: The Bohemian Girl (Leigh Munro)

  PETER ANDERS SONG RECITAL (Lieder by Wolf, Pfitzner,... (Peter Anders)

  BARTÓK: Bluebeard's Castle (Bernard Sonnersted)

  PETER DAWSON SINGS SONGS OF SEA AND EMPIRE (Peter Dawson)

  BARTÓK: For Children, Sz. 42 (Mary Kenedi)

  PFITZNER, HANS: Das Christelflein (Hanny Steffek)

  Beau Dommage. Beau Dommage: leurs plus grands... (Beau Dommage)

  Plume Latraverse with Offenbach. À Fond d'train (Scott Merritt)

  BELLINI, VINCENZO: Bianca e Fernando. I Puritani (Yasuko Hayashi)

  PONCHIELLI, AMILCARE: I Lituani. Excerpts from Il figliuol... (Ottavio Garaventa)

  BELLINI, VINCENZO: I Puritani (abridged) (Nicolai Ghiuselev)

  PONCHIELLI, AMILCARE: La Gioconda (Elena Suliotis)

  BELLINI, VINCENZO: La sonnambula (Ivo Vinco)

  PONCHIELLI, AMILCARE: La Gioconda (Montserrat Caballé)

  BELLINI, VINCENZO: Norma (Maria Callas)

  PRESENTING DIANA SOVIERO (Diana Soviero)

  BELLINI, VINCENZO: Norma (Maria Callas)

  PRESENTING FOUR OUTSTANDING AMERICAN TENORS OF... (Rockwell Blake)

  BIZET: Don Procopio. Djamileh. Le Docteur... (Jules Bastin)

  PRESENTING STEFKA EVSTATIEVA (Stefka Evstatieva)

  BIZET: Ivan IV (John Noble)

  PRESENTING THREE OUTSTANDING AMERICAN SOPRANOS... (June Anderson)

  BIZET: Les pêcheurs deperles (Mariella Devia)

  PRIMI TENORI (José Carreras)

  BLYSSID BE THE TYME. CAROLS FROM ST. JAMES' CATHEDRAL (Gentlemen & Boys of St. James Cathedral, Toronto)

  PUCCINI II, GIACOMO: La Bohème (complete and excerpts) (Manno Wolf-Ferrari)

  BOITO, ARRIGO: Mefistofele (Nicolai Ghiaurov)

  PUCCINI II, GIACOMO: La Fanciulla del West (Frazzoni)

  BOITO, ARRIGO: Mefistofele (Nicolai Ghiaurov)

  PUCCINI II, GIACOMO: Tosca (Magda Olivero)

  BOITO, ARRIGO: Nerone (Bruno Prevedi)

  PUCCINI II, GIACOMO: Tosca (Maria Callas)

  BOITO, ARRIGO: Nerone (Gavazzeni)

  PUCCINI II, GIACOMO: Tosca (Maria Callas)

  BORIS CHRISTOFF, LIVE RECORDINGS 1953-1980 (Boris Christoff)

  PUCCINI II, GIACOMO: Tosca (Virginia Zeani)

  BYRD, WILLIAM; SMITH, WILLIAM; DAVIES, H. WALFORD... (Cathedral Singers of Ottawa)

  PUCCINI II, GIACOMO: Tosca (Zinka Milanov)

  CANADIAN KEYBOARD INCREDIBLES (Willie Eckstein)

  PUCCINI II, GIACOMO: Tosca (Zinka Milanov)

  Carole Laure. Western Shadows (Carole Laure)

  PUCCINI II, GIACOMO; BIZET (Alfredo Simonetto)

  CHABRIER: Gwendoline (Ana Maria Miranda)

  PUCCINI II, GIACOMO; CILÈA; MASCAGNI, PIETRO... (Vernizzi)

  CHABRIER: L'Étoile. Fisch-ton-Kan (Anne-Marie Blanzat)

  PUCCINI II, GIACOMO; GOUNOD, CHARLES (Kiri Te Kanawa)

  CHABRIER: L'Étoile. Fisch-ton-Kan (Blanzet)

  RAMEAU, JEAN-PHILIPPE: Hippolyte et Aricie (Domingo)

  CHAUSSON; ROPARTZ, JOSEPH-GUY; NOUGUES (Siegmund Nimsgern)

  Renata Scotto and José Carreras. Great Operatic... (Renata Scotto)

  CHERUBINI, LUIGI: Medea (Italian version of Médée) (Rescigno)

  Renaud Séchan. Putain de camion (Renaud Séchan)

  CHERUBINI, LUIGI: Médée (sung in Italian as Medea) (Leonard Bernstein)

  RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: La Bella addormentata nel bosco (Emilia Ravaglia)

  CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: Songs (complete) (Alina Brychova)

  RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: La campana sommersa (Carlo Maillauro)

  CHRISTMAS MUSIC AND SUNDRIE SONGES (Men’s Voyces)

  RICCI, FEDERICO AND LUIGI: Crispino e la comare (Mario Chiappi)

  CILÈA; LEONCAVALLO, RUGGERO (Margherita Roberti)

  RICHARD TUCKER AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL, LIVE PERFORMANCE,... (Richard Tucker)

  CIMAROSA: Gli Orazii e i Curiazii (Diana Montague)

  RICHARD TUCKER IN RECITAL (Richard Tucker)

  Claude Dubois: Tel quel! (Dubois)

  ROSSELLINI: lino sguardo dal ponte (Rossi-Lemeni)

  COPLAND, AARON; HELM; MCBRIDE... (Aaron Copland)

  ROSSINI: Il barbiere di Siviglia (sung in... (Erich Kunz)

  DONIZETTI: Anna Bolena (Renata Scotto)

  ROSSINI: L'Assedio di Corinto (Italian version... (Renata Tebaldi)

  DONIZETTI: Beatrice di Tenda (Claudio Desden)

  ROSSINI: Semiramide (Caballé)

  DONIZETTI: Belisario (Mara Zampieri)

  ROSSINI: Semiramide (Montserrat Caballé)

  DONIZETTI: Fausta (Raina Kabaivanska)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Henri VIII (sung in English translation... (Sherrill Milnes)

  DONIZETTI: Fausta (Raina Kabaivanska)

  SALIERI: Falstaff (Gino Bechi)

  DONIZETTI: Il campanello (Giuseppe Taddei)

  SALIERI: Falstaff (Jószef Gregor)

  DONIZETTI: Il duca d'Alba (Caterina Mancini)

  SCHMIDT, FRANZ; SCHILLINGS (Gutstein)

  DONIZETTI: Il duca d'Alba... (Marina Krilovici)

  SCHMIDT, FRANZ; SCHILLINGS (Walter Berry)

  DONIZETTI: Il Pigmalione. Miserere (Doro Antonioli)

  SCHMIDT, FRANZ; VERDI, GIUSEPPE; VERDI, GIUSEPPE... (Max Proebstl)

  DONIZETTI: L'Esule diRoma (Katia Ricciarelli)

  SCHUBERT: Die Freunde von Salamanko, D. 326.... (Edith Mathis)

  DONIZETTI: La Favorite (sung in Italian as... (Vicente Sardinero)

  Scott Merritt. Serious Interference (Scott Merritt)

  DONIZETTI: La figlia del reggimento (Mirella Freni)

  SERGIU CELIBIDACHE, VOLUME V (Sergiu Celibidache)

  DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor (John Shaw)

  SIBELIUS: Works for Violin and Piano (Ruggiero Ricci)

  DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor (Renata Scotto)

  SMAREGLIA: Nozze istriane (Renata Mattioli)

  DONIZETTI: Maria Stuarda (Caballé)

  SPONTINI: Fernando Cortez (Renata Tebaldi)

  DONIZETTI: Parisina (Franco Ventriglia)

  SPONTINI: Olimpie (Hayashi)

  DONIZETTI: Roberto Devereux (Beverly Sills)

  STARMANIA (Music by Michel Berger; words by Luc... (Original Paris cast)

  DUKAS: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue (Berthe Montmart)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD: Arabetia (Kurt Moll)

  DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Armida (Montserrat Caballé)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD: Die Frau ohne Schatten (James King)

  ECKHARDT-GRAMATTÉ; BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN (Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD: Salome, Op. 54 (Jon Vickers)

  Ermanno Mauro. Tenor Arias, (Ermanno Mauro)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD; SCHUMANN (Shura Cherkassky)

  Experimental Creative Music Workshop. Small Potatoes... (Experimental Creative Music Workshop)

  THE WORLD OF GIUSEPPE VERDI, THE GREATEST BULGARIAN... (Ghena Dimitrova)

  Finjan. From Ship to Shore (Finjan)

  THOMAS, AMBROISE: Hamlet (Thomas Allen)

  FIRST LADIES OF OPERA, LIVE PERFORMANCES, 1966 (Birgit Nilsson)

  TORROBA: El poeta (Plácido Domingo)

  FLOTOW, FRIEDRICH VON: Alessandro Stradella (Werner Hollweg)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Aida (Stefania Toczyska)

  FLOYD: Susannah (Curtin)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Arias... (Renato Bruson)

  FLOYD: Susannah (Maralin Niska)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Attila (Nicolai Ghiaurov)

  FRANCK, CÉSAR; BEN-HAIM, PAUL; CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC... (Ofra Hamoy)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Don Carlo (four-act revision, sung... (Herbert von Karajan)

  FRANCO CORELLI SINGS DUETS WITH HIS FAVORITE LEADING... (Franco Corelli)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Don Carlos (four act revision,... (Eliahu Inbal)

  FRANCO CORELLI, THE GOLDEN YEARS, 1962-1966: Songs,... (Franco Corelli)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Don Carlos (original version, in... (Joseph-Alfred Pierre Rouleau)

  FRANCO CORELLI, “THE PRINCE OF TENORS“ (Franco Corelli)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Don Carlos (original version, in... (Matheson)

  Franco Corelli: The Definitive Franco Corelli... (Franco Corelli)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Don Carlos (sung in Italian as... (Stein)

  GALA OPERATIC CONCERT (Montserrat Caballé)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Ernani. Il trovatore (Plácido Domingo)

  GALA OPERATIC CONCERT, LIVE PERFORMANCE 1971 (Raina Kabaivanska)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Falstaff (Victor de Sabata)

  George Strait. If You Ain't Lovin; You Ain't Livin' (George Strait)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Giovanna d'Arco (Katia Ricciarelli)

  GIORDANO, UMBERTO: Andrea Chénier (Franco Corelli)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: I due Foscari (Renato Bruson)

  GIORDANO, UMBERTO: Andrea Chénier (Franco Corelli)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: I Lombardi alla prima crociata (Sylvia Sass)

  GIORDANO, UMBERTO: Andrea Chénier (Richard Tucker)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: I Masnadieri (Bonisolli)

  GIORDANO, UMBERTO: Fedora. Andrea Chénier (Napoleone Annovazzi)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Il Corsaro (Carlo Bergonzi)

  GIORDANO, UMBERTO: La Cena delle beffe (Amadeo Zambon)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Il Trovatore (Franco Corelli)

  GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO- RECITAL (Giuseppe di Stefano)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: La battaglia di Legnano (Leyla Gencer)

  GLUCK: Iphigénie en Tauride (sung in German... (Montserrat Caballé)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: La forza del destino (Cornell MacNeil)

  GLUCK: Paride ed Elena (Franco Bonisolli)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: La forza del destino (Herbert)

  GLUCK; MOZART (Giulietta Simionato)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: La forza del destino (Piero Cappuccilli)

  GOUNOD, CHARLES: Faust (Alfredo Kraus)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: La Traviata (Teresa Stratas)

  GOUNOD, CHARLES: Roméo et Juliette (George Meadows)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: La traviata (Tullio Serafin)

  GOUNOD, CHARLES: Sapho. Le médecin malgré lui (Katherine Ciesinski)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: La traviata. Il trovatore (Bruno Bartoletti)

  GREAT OPERATIC SCENES (Scotto)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: La traviata. La traviata (Herbert von Karajan)

  HALEVY: La Juive (Cesare Siepi)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Les Vêpres siciliennes (sung in... (Gianandrea Gavazzeni)

  HALEVY: La Juive (Gwynne)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Macbeth (Renato Bruson)

  HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Giulio Cesare (Cesare Siepi)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Macbeth (Sherrill Milnes)

  HERE FOLLOWETH THE ANTHEM- ANTHEMS FOR EVENSONG (Gentlemen & Boys of St. James Cathedral, Toronto)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Otello (James McCracken)

  HOWELLS, HERBERT: Choral Music (King)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Requiem (Gwyneth Jones)

  HUMPERDINCK: Die Heirat wider Wülen (Hans Hopf)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Requiem (complete) ; Excerpts (Victor de Sabata)

  Ileana Cotrubas and Placido Domingo. Joint Operatic... (Ileana Cotrubas)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Rigoletto (Francesco Molinari-Pradelli)

  Jacques Michel. Maudit que f m'aime! (Jacques Michel)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Rigoletto (Gianandrea Gavazzeni)

  James Dapogny's Chicago Jazz Band. Back in Illinois (James Dapogny’s Chicago Jazz Band)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Rigoletto... (Jan Peerce)

  JANE AUSTEN SONGS (Patricia Wright)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Simon Boccanegra (Giuseppe Patané)

  JOSÉ CARRERAS IN RECITAL, HIS RETURN TO THE U.S.,... (José Carreras)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Simon Boccanegra (Renato Bruson)

  JOSÉ CARRERAS, PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST- Early Recordings... (José Carreras)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Stiffelio. Aroldo (Peter Maag)

  JUSSI BJOERLING IN VIENNA, LIVE PERFORMANCES (Jussi Björling)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Un ballo in maschera (Antonietta Stella)

  KENNY NEAL FROM BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, AND HIS... (Kenny Neal)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE; HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC (Giuseppe Patané)

  Kenny Neal. Devil Child (Kenny Neal)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE; MOZART (Franco Bordoni)

  LA SCALA AT THE BOLSHOI, 1964 (La Scala O & Ch, Milan)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE; PERGOLESI (Claudio Abbado)

  LEONCAVALLO, RUGGERO; FRANCHETTI (Lynne Strow)

  VIRGINIA ZEANI AND FRANCO CORELLI [ET AL.] GALA... (O of the New Jersey State Op)

  LISZT: Die Legende von der heiligen Elisabeth (Maralin Niska)

  VOGLER, GEORG JOSEPH; MEYERBEER; WEBER, CARL MARIA VON (Laila Andersson)

  LISZT: Don Sanche (Jeffrey Talbot)

  WAGNER, RICHARD: Der fliegende Hollander (Extended... (Kirsten Flagstad)

  LUCIANO PAVAROTTI INTERPRETA (Luciano Pavarotti)

  WAGNER, RICHARD: Die Walküre (Set Svanholm)

  Maria Callas. Paris Concert, June 5, 1963 (Maria Callas)

  WAGNER, RICHARD: Lohengrin (Giulio Neri)

  MARIO DEL MONACO LIVE IN JAPAN (Mario del Monaco)

  WAGNER, RICHARD: Lohengrin (Josef Greindl)

  Mark Braun. Detroit Special (Marc Braun)

  WAGNER, RICHARD: Tannhäuser (Joseph Greindl)

  MASCAGNI, PIETRO: Guglielmo Ratcliff (Ferruccio Mazzoli)

  WAGNER, RICHARD: Tristan und Isolde (Bengt Rundgren)

  MASSENET, JULES: Chérubin. Le Portrait de Manon.... (Cynthia Buchan)

  WIREN; MARTINŮ (Louis Kaufman)

  MASSENET, JULES: Don Quichotte (sung in Italian... (Boris Christoff)

  WOLF-FERRARI, ERMANNO: I quattro rusteghi (Nicola Rossi-Lemeni)

  MASSENET, JULES: Manon (Mirella Freni)

  WOLF-FERRARI, ERMANNO; RESPIGHI, OTTORINO (Alda Noni)

  MASSENET, JULES: Manon (Montserrat Caballé)

  Zachary Richard. Zack-attack (Zachary Richard)

  MASSENET, JULES: Manon (Raina Kabaivanska)

  ZANDONAI: Conchita (Antonietta Stella)

  MEYERBEER: L'Africaine (sung in Italian as... (Ivo Vinco)

  ZANDONAI: I Cavalieri di Ekebù (Mirto Picchi)

  MEYERBEER: L'Africaine (sung in Italian as... (Malcolm Smith)

  Blender Mix

  MEYERBEER: L'Africaine (sung in Italian as... (Stella)

  Jack Jezioro et al. Smoky Mountain Hymns

  Michel Rivard (Michel Rivard)

  JAZZ AND HOT DANCE IN CANADA, 1916-1949

  MONTEVERDI: Vincoronazione di Poppea (Jones)

  La Compagnie Créole. Grands succès

  Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir. Highway to Heaven (Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir)

 

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