1950-1975
Compiled by Charles A. Hooey
Part 1: 1940-1949
LA SCALA, MILAN
11 January, 1950 + 4 I Puritani as Arturo w. Lina Pagliughi (Elena), Cesare Siepi (Giorgio), Paolo Silveri (Riccardo); cond. Franco Capuana.
* indicates Conley broadcasts that were recorded.
METROPOLITAN OPERA
(DEBUT) 25 January, 1950 Faust as Faust w. Jerome Hines (Méphistophélès), Eleanor Steber (Marguérite), Frank Guarrera (Valentin), Dennis Harbour (Wagner), Inge Manski (Siébel), Claramae Turner (Marthe); cond. Wilfred Pelletier.
9 February, 1950 Lucia di Lammermoor as Edgardo w. Patrice Munsel (Lucia), Frank Valentino (Ashton), Nicola Moscona (Raimondo), Felix Knight (Arturo), Maxine Stellman (Alisa), Paul Franke (Normanno); cond. Pietro Cimara.
MET/PHILADELPHIA
7 March, 1950 Faust as Faust w. Dorothy Kirsten (Marguérite), Italo Tajo (Méphistophélès), Frank Guarrera (Valentin), Anne Bollinger (Siébel), Claramae Turner (Marthe), Denis Harbour (Wagner); cond. Wilfrid Pelletier.
NEW ORLEANS OPERA
16, 18 March 1950 Manon as des Grieux w. Bidù Sayão (Manon), Daniel Duno (Lescaut), Norman Treigle (Comte des Grieux); cond. Walter Herbert.
NEW YORK CITY OPERA SPRING OPERA SEASON
1 April, 1950 Tosca as Cavaradossi w. Wilma Spence (Tosca), Walter Cassel (Scarpia), George Jongeyans (Angelotti), Edwin Dunning (Spoletta), Richard Wentworth (Sacristan), Arthur Newman (Sciarrone), Frances Bible (Shepherd), Walter Brandin (Jailer; cond. Jean Morel.
CARNEGIE HALL, NEW YORK
6, 7, *9 (or 12*) April, 1950 Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) EC w. Frances Yeend, Uta Graf, Camilla Williams, Martha Lipton, Louise Bernhart, Carlos Alexander, George London; cond. Leopold Stokowski with the New York Philharmonic, Schola Cantorum of New York, Westminster Choir & Boys Chorus of Public School No. 12. CD: Music & Arts CD 280
NEW YORK CITY OPERA
14 April, 1950 La Bohème as Rodolfo w. Ann Ayars (Mimi), John Tyers (Marcello), Dorothy MacNeil (Musetta), Arthur Newman (Schaunard), George Jongeyans (Colline), Richard Wentworth (Benoit), Edwin Dunning (Alcindoro), Nathaniel Sprinzena (Parpignol); cond. Thomas P. Martin.
16 April, 1950 MAT Madama Butterfly as Pinkerton w. Camilla Williams (Cio-Cio-San), Rosalind Nadell (Suzuki), John Tyers (Sharpless), Nathaniel Sprinzena (Goro), Arthur Newman (Yamadori), George Jongeyans (The Bonze), Edwin Dunning (Imperial Commissioner); cond. Thomas P. Martin
27 April, 1950 Don Giovanni as Don Ottavio w. James Pease (Don Giovanni), Virginia Haskins (Zerlina), Ellen Faull (Donna Anna), Eva Likova (Donna Elvira), George Jongeyans (Leporello), Desire Ligeti (Commendatore), Edwin Dunning (Masetto); cond. Laszlo Halasz.
LEWISOHN STADIUM, NY
4 June (?), 1950 Concert – EC w. Eleanor Steber, Jan Peerce
CINCINNATI “ZOO” FESTIVAL
4, 7 July, 1950 Madama Butterfly as Pinkerton w. Tomika Kanazawa (Cio-Cio-San), George Czaplicki (Sharpless); cond. Fausto Cleva.
ARENA DI VERONA
29 July, 6 August 1950 La Bohème as Rodolfo w. Rina Gigli (Mimi), Scipio Colombo (Marcello), Silvio Maionica (Colline), Maria Huder (Musetta); cond. Angelo Questa.
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
2 October, 1950 Lucia Di Lammermoor as Edgardo w. Lily Pons (Lucia), Francesco Valentino (Lord Henry), Cesare Curzi (Arturo), Desire Ligeti (Raimondo), Yvonne Chauveau (Alice), Hubert Norville (Normanno); cond. Paul Breisach.
17 (or 18), 22 October, 1950 The Barber of Seville as Almaviva w. Lily Pons (Rosina), Enzo Mascherini (Figaro), Salvatore Baccaloni (Bartolo), Italo Tajo (Basilio), Alessio De Paolis (Officer), George Cehanovsky (Fiorello), Claramae Turner (Berta), Colin Harvey (Ambrogio); cond. Nicolo Rescigno.
8 November, 1950 (in Los Angeles) – ditto
19 October, 1950 MAT Madama Butterfly (Student perf.) as Pinkerton w. Dorothy Kirsten (Cio-Cio-San), Frank Valentino (Sharpless), Herta Glaz (Suzuki), Alessio De Paolis (Goro), George Cehanovsky (Yamadori), Yi-Kwei Sze (Bonze), John Ford (Imperial Commissioner), Colin Harvey (Official Registrar); cond. Nicolo Rescigno.
26 October, 1950 ditto exc Alice Ostrowski (Suzuki)
Tour – fourteen performances, twelve in Los Angeles, one each in Sacramento & Fresno
METROPOLITAN OPERA
15 November, 1950 La Traviata as Alfredo w. Dorothy Kirsten (Violetta), Frank Guarrera (Germont), Lucielle Browning (Flora), Margaret Roggero (Annina), Alessio De Paulis (Gastone), Clifford Harvuot (Baron Douphol), Lawrence Davidson (Marquis d’Obigny) Osie Hawkins (Dr. Grenvil); cond. Alberto Erede.
26 December, 1950 ditto exc Licia Albanese (Violetta), Leonard Warren (Germont), George Cehanovsky (Baron Douphol), John Baker (Marquis d’Obigny), Clifford Harvuot (Dr. Grenvil)
17 November, 1950 Don Giovanni as Don Ottavio w. Paul Schoeffler (Don Giovanni), Ljuba Welitsch (Donna Anna), Eleanor Steber (Donna Elvira), Jerome Hines (Il Commendatore), Roberta Peters (Zerlina), Salvatore Baccaloni (Leporello), Hugh Thompson (Masetto); cond. Fritz Reiner.
20 November, 1950 ditto exc Paolo Silveri (Don Giovanni), Nadine Conner (Zerlina)
25 November, 1950 same as 17 November exc Paolo Silveri (Don Giovanni), Nicola Moscona (Il Commendatore), Regina Resnik (Donna Elvira), Nadine Conner (Zerlina), Lorenzo Alvary (Masetto)
5 December, 1950 same as 17 November exc Paolo Silveri (Don Giovanni), Nicola Moscona (Il Commendatore), Patrice Munsel (Zerlina), Virgilio Lazzari (Masetto)
23 December, 1950 same as 17 November exc Nicola Moscona (Il Commendatore), Regina Resnik (Donna Elvira), Lorenzo Alvary (Masetto)
*6 January, 1951 MAT same as 17 November, 1950 exc Paolo Silveri (Don Giovanni), Nicola Moscona (Il Commendatore), Regina Resnik (Donna Elvira), Nadine Conner (Zerlina), Lorenzo Alvary (Masetto)
4, 13 January, 24 March, 1951 Die Fledermaus as Alfred w. Marguerite Piazza (Rosalinda), Jarmila Novotna (Prince Orlofsky), Set Svanholm (Eisenstein), Patrice Munsel (Adele), John Brownlee (Dr. Falke), Hugh Thompson (Frank), Paul Franke (Dr. Blind), Jack Guilford (Frosch); cond. Tibor Kozma.
25 January, 1951 same as 4 January exc Ljuba Welitsch (Rosalinda), Charles Kullman (Eisenstein)
5 April, 1951 same as 4 January exc Regina Resnik (Rosalinda), Charles Kullman (Eisenstein)
7 April, 1951 same as 4 January, 1951 exc. Charles Kullman (Eisenstein)
7 January, 1951 AGM Maintenance and Welfare Fund Concert w. Conley, Kirsten, Munsel, Merrill, Votipka and others.
MET/NEW YORK
18 January, 1951 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Almaviva w. Erna Berger (Rosina), Lawrence Davidson (Dr. Bartolo), Giuseppe Valdengo (Figaro), Cesare Siepi (Don Basilio), George Cehanovsky (Fiorella), Herta Glaz (Berta), Alessio De Paolis (Official), Ludwig Burgstaller (Ambrogio); cond. Alberto Erede.
7 April, 1951 MAT same as 18 January exc Frank Guarrera (Figaro), Jean Madeira (Berta)
17 March, 1951 Faust as Faust w. Victoria de los Angeles (Marguérite), Jerome Hines (Méphistophélès), Frank Guarrera (Valentin), Osie Hawkins (Wagner), Margaret Roggero (Siébel), Thelma Votipka (Marthe); cond. Fausta Cleva.
20 March, 1951 Madama Butterfly as Pinkerton w. Victoria de los Angeles (Cio-Cio-San), Margaret Roggero (Suzuki), Giuseppe Valdengo (Sharpless), Alessio de Paolis (Goro), George Cehanovsky (Yamaguchi), Osie Hawkins (Bonze), Clifford Harvuot (Imperial Commissioner); cond Alberto Erede.
MET/BOSTON
11 April, 1951 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Almaviva w. Lily Pons (Rosina), Giuseppe Valdengo (Figaro), Salvatore Baccaloni (Dr. Bartolo); Cesare Siepi (Don Basilio), Jean Madeira (Berta), Clifford Harvuot (Fiorello), Alessio de Paolis (Sergeant), Ludwig Burgstaller (Ambrogio); cond. Alberto Erede.
14 April, 1951 MAT Madama Butterfly as Pinkerton w. Dorothy Kirsten (Cio-Cio-San), Giuseppe Valdengo (Sharpless), Lucielle Browning (Suzuki), Alessio De Paolis (Goro), George Cehanovsky (Yamadori), Lorenzo Alvary (Bonze), Clifford Harvuot (Imperial Commissioner); cond. Alberto Erede.
MET/CLEVELAND
17 April, 1951 La Traviata as Alfredo w. Dorothy Kirsten (Violetta), Leonard Warren (Germont), Thelma Votipka (Flora), Margaret Roggero (Annina), Alessio De Paolis (Gastone), George Cehanovsky (Baron Douphol), Lawrence Davidson (Marquis d’Obigny), Clifford Harvuot (Dr. Grenvil); cond. Alberto Erede.
19 April, 1951 Il Barbiere di Siviglia same as 11 April exc Herta Glaz (Berta), George Cehanovsky (Fiorello)
MET/ATLANTA
25 April, 1951 Il Barbiere di Siviglia same as 11 April exc Roberta Peters (Rosina), John Brownlee (Figaro), Jerome Hines (Don Basilio) George Cehanovsky (Fiorello)
MET/DALLAS
28 April, 1951 Madama Butterfly as Pinkerton w. Victoria de los Angeles (Cio-Cio-San), Frank Valentino (Sharpless), Herta Glaz (Suzuki), George Cehanovsky, Lorenzo Alvary, Lawrence Davidson; cond Alberto Erede.
MET/MINNEAPOLIS
4 May, 1951 Die Fledermaus as Alfred w. Regina Resnik (Rosalinda), Lois Hunt (Adele), Brian Sullivan (Eisenstein), Jarmila Novotna (Prince Orlofsky), John Brownlee (Dr. Falke), Hugh Thompson (Frank), Paul Franke (Dr. Blind), Jack Gilford (Frosch); cond. Eugene Ormandy.
MET/CHICAGO
12 May, 1951 Die Fledermaus as Alfred same as 4 May exc Charles Kullman (Eisenstein), Patrice Munsel (Adele); cond Tibor Kozma.
MET/ROCHESTER
14 May, 1951 Die Fledermaus – same as 12 May
May, 1951 Faust Columbia recording w. Eleanor Steber, Cesare Siepi, Frank Guarrera
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
25 September, 1951 Der Rosenkavalier as The Tenor w. Stella Roman (Marschallin), Lorenzo Alvary (Baron Ochs), Blanche Thebom (Octavian), Uta Graf (Sophie), Herta Glaz (Annina), Yvonne Chauveau (Marianne), Alessio de Paolis (Valzacchi), Ralph Herbert (von Faninal), Desire Ligeti (Commissioner); cond. Erich Leinsdorf.
29 September, 1951 Madama Butterfly as Pinkerton w. Dorothy Kirsten (Cio-Cio-San), Francesco Valentino (Sharpless), Herta Glaz (Suzuki), Alessio de Paolis (Goro), George Cehanovsky (Yamadori), Yi Kwei Sze (Bonze), Demy Trevor (Imperial Commissioner), Colin Harvey (Official Registrar); cond. Nicolo Rescigno.
27 (or 29) October, 1951 In Los Angeles – ditto exc Alice Ostrowsky (Suzuki)
11 October, 1951 La Traviata as Alfredo w. Lily Pons (Violetta), Giuseppe Valdengo (Germont), Alessio De Paolis (Gaston), George Cehanovsky (Baron Douphol), Yi-Kwei Sze (Marquis d’Obigny), Max Lorenzini (Major-domo), Desire Ligeti (Dr. Grenvil), Yvonne Chauveau (Flora), Eileen Baldwin (Annina); cond Gaetano Merola.
PHILADELPHIA CIVIC GRAND OPERA COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, ACADEMY OF MUSIC
18 October 1951 Rigoletto as the Duke w. Graciela Rivera (Gilda), Cesare Bardelli (Rigoletto), John Lawler (Sparafucile), Elinor Warren (Giovanna), David Aiken (Monterone). John Rossi (Borsa), Susan Yager (Contessa Ceprano), Maria Pasca (Giovanna), William van Zandt (Marullo), Howard Hoskins (Ceprano); cond. Giuseppe Bamboschek.
LA SCALA, MILAN (OPENING OF SEASON)
7 December, 1951 I Vespri Siciliani as Arrigo w. Maria Callas (Elena), Enzo Mascherini (Monforte) Boris Christoff (Giovanni da Procida) Giovanni Fabbri (Bethune), Louis Sgarro (Vaudemont), Mafalda Masini (Ninetta), Luciano della Pergola (Danieli), Vittorio Pandano (Tebaldo), Enrico Campi (Roberto), Gino del Signore (Manfedo); cond. Victor de Sabata.
9, 12, 16, 19 December 1951 – ditto
27 December 1951 – ditto exc Argeo Quadri, cond.
3 January 1952 – ditto exc Giuseppe Modesti (Procida), Argeo Quadri, cond.
TEATRO COMUNALE, FLORENCE
January, 1952 Don Giovanni as Don Ottavio w. Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Don Giovanni), Birgit Nilsson (Donna Anna), Gladys Kuchta (Donna Elvira), Rosanna Carteri (Zerlina), Enzo Viaro, Silvio Maionica; cond. Tullio Serafin. + ?
9, 11 January, 1952 I Puritani as Arturo w. Maria Callas (Elena), Carlo Tagliabue (Riccardo), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Giorgio), Silvio Maionica (Gualtiero), Alberto Lotti-Camici (Bruno), Grace Hoffmann (Enrichetta); cond. Tullio Serafin.
PHILADELPHIA CIVIC GRAND OPERA COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, ACADEMY OF MUSIC
7 February, 1952 La Bohème as Rodolfo w. Ann Ayars (Mimi), Cesare Bardelli (Marcello), Edwin Dunning (Schaunard), John Lawler (Colline), Vanna d’Oglio (Musetta), Andrew Canaile (Parpignol), Tom Brown (Un ragazzo); cond. Giuseppe Bamboschek.
MET/NEW YORK
19 February, 1952 MAT (Opera Guild student performance) La Traviata as Alfredo w. Delia Rigal (Violetta), Renato Capecchi (Germont), Paula Lenchner (Flora), Jean Madeira (Annina), Gabor Carelli (Gastone), Lawrence Davidson (Baron Douphol), Algerd Brazis (Marqus d’Obigny), Osie Hawkins (Dr. Grenvil); cond Fausta Cleva.
26 February, 1952 La Bohème as Rodolfo w. Bidu Sayão (Mimi), Giuseppe Valdengo (Marcello), George Cehanovsky (Schaunard), Brenda Lewis (Musetta), Cesare Siepi (Colline), Gerhard Pechner (Benoit), Alessio De Paolis (Alcindoro), Paul Franke (Parpignol); cond. Alberto Erede.
4 March, 1952 MAT Cavalleria Rusticana as Turiddu w. Regina Resnik (Santuzza), Mildred Miller (Lola), Clifford Harvuot (Alfio), Thelma Votipka (Mamma Lucia); cond. Ernesto Barbini/I Pagliacci.
14 March, 1952 Lucia di Lammermoor as Edgardo w. Graciella Rivera (Lucia), Thomas Hayward (Arturo), Giuseppe Valdengo (Ashton), Norman Scott (Raimondo), Paul Franke (Normanno), Thelma Votipka (Alisa); cond. Fausta Cleva.
MIAMI OPERA GUILD
Two performances of Die Fledermaus as Alfred
NEW ORLEANS OPERA
3, *5 April, 1952 Rigoletto as the Duke w. Leonard Warren (Rigoletto), Hilde Gueden (Gilda), William Wildermann (Sparafucile), Norman Treigle (Monterone), Marietta Muhs (Maddalena), John Patterson (Borsa), Warren Gadpaille (Marullo), Ernest Barnum (Count Ceprano), Elaine Weber (Countess Ceprano), Frances Vella (Page); cond. Walter Herbert. CDs: VAIA 1174-2
MET/ATLANTA
3 May, 1952 La Bohème as Rodolfo w. Dorothy Kirsten (Mimi), Frank Guarrera (Marcello), Hilde Gueden (Musetta), Clifford Harvuot (Schaunard), Cesare Siepi (Colline), Lawrence Davidson (Benoit), Paul Franke (Parpignol), Lorenzo Alvary (Alcindoro), Carlo Tomanelli (Sergeant); cond. Alberto Erede.
TEATRO COLON, BUENOS AIRES
20 May, **21 July 1952 Manon (Massenet) as Des Grieux w. Victoria de los Angeles (Manon), Felipe Romito (Lescaut), Haydee Vegazzi (Poussette), Jorge Danton (Comte Des Grieux), Consuelo Ramos (Javotte), Carmen Burello (Rosette), Nellie Rubens (Doncella), Tulio Gagliardo (Hotelkeeper), Duilio De Matthaeis (De Bretigny), Carlos Giusti (Guillot), Ramon A. Aguerrro (First Guard), Emilio Filip (Second Guard); cond./ Albert Wolff * * Highlights, CD
June-July 1952 Madama Butterfly as Pinkerton w. Victoria de los Angeles (Cio-Cio-San), Victor Damiani (Sharpless); cond. Ettore Panizza.
June -July, 1952 La Bohème as Rodolfo w. Helena Arizmendi (Mimi), Renato Cesari (Marcello), Juan Zanin
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
21 September, 1952 MAT Tosca as Cavaradossi w. Dorothy Kirsten (Tosca), Robert Weede (Scarpia), Alessio De Paolis (Spoletta), Salvatore Baccaloni (Sacristan), Desire Ligeti (Angelotti), George Cehanovsky (Sciarrone), Winther Andersen (Jailer), Dorothy Throndsen (Shepherd); cond. Fausto Cleva.
26 September, 1952 (Il Tabarro)/(Suor Angelica)/Gianni Schicchi as Rinuccio w. Italo Tajo (Gianni Schicchi), Dorothy Warenskjold (Lauretta), Claramae Turner (La Vecchia), Lorenzo Alvary (Simon), Alessio De Paolis (Gherardo), Yvonne Chauveau (Nella), Carmen Andreatta (Gherardino), George Cehanovsky (Betto), Jan Gbur (Marco), Thelma Votipka (La Ciesca), Allan Louw (Spinelloccio), Desire Ligeti (Amantio di Nicolao), Colin Harvey (Pinellino), Winther Andersen (Guccio) cond. Karl Kritz.
1 October, 1952 – ditto exc Naida Scarsella (Nella), Michael Kersnar (Gherardino)
4 October, 1952 La Traviata as Alfredo w. Lily Pons (Violetta), Robert Weede (Germont), Alessio de Paolis (Gastone), George Cehanovsky (Baron Douphol), Jan Gbur (Marquis D’Obigny), Desire Ligetti (Dr. Grenvil), Yvonne Chauveau (Flora), Eileen Baldwin (Annina), Max Lorenzini (Major-domo); cond. Pietro Cimara.
8 October 1952 MAT Cavalleria Rusticana as Turiddu w. Fedora Barbieri (Santuzza), Ralph Herbert (Alfio), Yvonne Chauveau (Lola), Thelma Votipka (Mamma Lucia); cond. Kurt Adler (followed by I Pagliacci).
15 October 1952 MAT – ditto exc Margaret Roggero (Lola)
19 October, 1952 MAT Don Giovanni as Don Ottavio w. Mary Curtis (later Curtis-Verna) (Donna Anna), Brenda Lewis (Donna Elvira), Bidu Sayão (Zerlina), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Don Giovanni), Italo Tajo (Leporello), Desire Ligeti (Commendatore), Ralph Herbert (Masetto); cond. Paul Breisach.
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA IN LOS ANGELES
26 October, 1952 MAT in Los Angeles La Traviata same as 4 October exc Francesco Valentino for Weede
26 October, 1952 La Traviata as Alfredo w. Lily Pons (Violetta), Frank Valentino (Germont), Yvonne Chauveau, Alessio de Paolis, Jan Gbur, Desire Ligeti; cond. Pietro Cimara.
31 October, 1952 Gianni Schicchi same as 1 October
1 November, 1952 MAT Rigoletto as the Duke w. Lily Pons (Gilda), Robert Weede (Rigoletto), Lorenzo Alvary (Sparafucile), Claramae Turner (Maddalena), Jan Gbur (Monterone), Alessio De Paolis (Borsa), George Cehanovsky (Marullo) Colin Harvey (Ceprano), Yvonne Chauveau (Contessa), Eileen Baldwin (Annina); cond. Pietro Cimara.
PHILADELPHIA CIVIC GRAND OPERA COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, ACADEMY OF MUSIC
4 December, 1952 Cavallera Rusticana as Turiddu w. Maria Gasi (Santuzza), Charles Lancaster (Alfio), Jean Schneck (Lola), Alice Engram ((Lucia); cond. Vernon Hammond.
PITTSBURGH OPERA
January, 1953 Manon as Des Grieux w. Licia Albanese (Manon)
CIVIC GRAND OPERA AT PHILDELPHIA ACADEMY
January, 1953 Cavalleria Rusticana as Turiddu w. Maria Gasi (Santuzza)/Leoni’s L’Oracolo.
BOB JONES UNIVERSITY, GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
January, 1953 Tosca as Cavaradossi w. Willa Stewart (Tosca), Martial Singher (Scarpia); cond. Dr. Karl Keefer, Dean of the School of Fine Arts.
28 January, 1953 Town Hall discussion of The Rake’s Progress with Conley, Gueden and Mack Harrell singing excerpts.
METROPOLITAN OPERA
7 January, 1953 La Bohème as Rodolfo w. Hilde Gueden (Mimi), Frank Guarrera (Marcello), Nicola Moscona (Colline), Regina Resnik (Musetta), Clifford Harvuot (Schaunard), Lawrence Davidson (Benoit), Paul Franke (Parpignol), Alessio de Paolis (Alcindoro, Algerd Brazis (Sergeant); cond. Alberto Erede.
24 January, 1953 ditto exc Licia Albanese (Mimi), Brenda Lewis (Musetta), Renato Capecchi (Marcello), George Cehanovsky (Schaunard)
*17 January, 1953 Madama Butterfly MAT as Pinkerton w. Licia Albanese (Cio-Cio-San), Frank Valentino (Sharpless), Margaret Roggero (Suzuki), Alessio de Paolis (Goro), George Cehanovsky (Yamadori), Osie Hawkins (Bonze), Algerd Brazis (Imperial Commissioner); cond. Fausto Cleva.
**14, 19 February, 14, 16 March 1953 The Rake’s Progress (Stravinsky) as Tom Rakewell w. Hilde Gueden (Anne), Mack Harrell (Nick Shadow), Martha Lipton (Mother Goose), Blanche Thebom (Baba the Turk), Norman Scott (Trulove), Paul Franke (Sellem), Lawrence Davidson (Keeper of the Madhouse). cond. Fritz Reiner.
** CD: Bensar OL21453
MET/PHILADELPHIA, ACADEMY OF MUSIC
24 February, 1953 The Rake’s Progress – ditto
MET/NEW YORK (Continued)
27 February, 1953 The Rake’s Progress same as 14 February exc Jean Madeira (Mother Goose & Baba)
4 March, 1953 ditto exc Jean Madeira (Baba)
22 February, 1953 Rigoletto as the Duke w. Paolo Silveri (Rigoletto), Genevieve Warner (Gilda), Jean Madeira (Maddalena), George Cehanovsky (Marullo), Gabor Carelli (Borsa), Jerome Hines Sparafucile), Thelma Votipka (Giovanna), Norman Scott (Monterone), Lawrence Davidson (Ceprano), Lucine Amara (Countess Ceprano), Paula Lenchner (Page), Carlo Tomanelli (Guard); cond. Alberto Erede.
*7 March, 1953 MAT ditto exc Leonard Warren (Rigoletto), Hilde Gueden (Gilda), Nicola Moscona (Sparafucile), Paulo Lenchner (Countess Ceprano)
13 March, 1953 La Traviata as Alfredo w. Licia Albanese (Violetta), Leonard Warren (Germont), Paula Lenchner (Flora), Margaret Roggero (Annina), Gabor Carelli (Gastone), George Cehanovsky (Douphol), Algerd Brazis (d’Obigny), Clifford Harvuot (Dr. Grenvil); cond. Alberto Erede.
18 March, 1953 ditto exc Osie Hawkins (Dr. Grenvil)
28 March, 1953 same as 13 March exc Osie Hawkins (Dr. Grenvil), Alessio De Paolis (Gastone) Salvatore Baccaloni (Benoit)
9 April, 1953 same as 13 March exc Lawrence Davidson (d’Obigny), Osie Hawkins (Dr. Grenvil)
14 March, 1953 Don Giovanni as Don Ottavio w. George London (Don Giovanni), Margaret Harshaw (Donna Anna), Regina Resnik (Donna Elvira), Roberta Peters (Zerlina), Salvatore Baccaloni (Leporello), Lawrence Davidson (Masetto), Deszo Ernster (Il Commendatore); cond. Fritz Reiner.
MET/BALTIMORE
25 March, 1953 La Bohème as Rodolfo w. Nadine Conner (Mimi), Robert Merrill (Marcello), Clifford Harvuot (Schaunard), Regina Resnik (Musetta), Lawrence Davidson (Benoit), Jerome Hines (Colline), Alessio de Paolis (Alcindoro), Paul Franke (Parpignol), Algerd Brazis (Sergeant); cond. Alberto Erede.
CARNEGIE HALL, NEW YORK
*28 March, 1953 Mass in D major, Op.123 (Missa Solemnis) (Beethoven) w. EC, Lois Marshall, Nan Merriman, Jerome Hines; cond. Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra and Robert Shaw Chorale. CD: RCA VICTOR 60272-2-RC
MET/NEW YORK
4 April, 1953 La Bohème as Rodolfo w. Licia Albanese (Mimi), Frank Guarrera (Marcello), Brenda Lewis (Musetta), George Cehanovsky (Schaunard), Cesare Siepi (Colline), Salvatore Baccaloni (Benoit), (Paul Franke (Parpignol), Alessio de Paolis (Alcindoro), Algerd Brazis (Sergeant); cond. Alberto Erede.
MET/CLEVELAND
13 April, 1953 Rigoletto as the Duke w. Lily Pons (Gilda), Robert Merrill (Rigoletto), Jerome Hines (Sparafucile), Jean Madeira (Maddalena), Clifford Harvuot (Marullo), Thelma Votipka (Giovanna), Norman Scott (Monterone), Paul Franke (Borsa), Lawrence Davidson (Ceprano), Paula Lenchner (Countess Ceprano), Margaret Roggero (Page), Algerd Brazis (Guard); cond. Alberto Erede.
17 April, 1953 Tosca as Cavaradossi w. Dorothy Kirsten (Tosca), Robert Weede (Scarpia), Clifford Harvuot (Angelotti), Lawrence Davidson (Sacristan), Alessio de Paolis (Spoletta), George Cehanovsky (Sciarrone), Algerd Brazis (Jailer), Margaret Roggero (Shepherd); cond. Fausto Cleva.
MET/BOSTON
22 April, 1953 Tosca same as 17 April exc George London (Scarpia), Salvatore Baccaloni (Sacristan)
25 April, 1953 MAT Madama Butterfly as Pinkerton w. Dorothy Kirsten (Cio-Cio-San), Frank Valentino (Sharpless), Mildred Miller (Suzuki), Alessio de Paolis (Goro), George Cehanovsky (Yamadori), Osie Hawkins (Bonze), Algerd Brazis (Imperial Commissioner); cond. Fausta Cleva.
MET/WASHINGTON
*27 April, 1953 La Bohème as Rodolfo w. Hilde Gueden (Mimi), Frank Guarrera (Marcello), Regina Resnik (Musetta), Cesare Siepi (Colline), Clifford Harvuot (Schaunard), Lawrence Davidson (Benoit), Paul Franke (Parpignol), Alessio De Paolis (Alcindoro)) Algerd Brazis (Sergeant); cond. Alberto Erede.
MET/DALLAS
8 May, 1953 Don Giovanni as Don Ottavio w. Cesare Siepi (Don Giovanni), Regina Resnik (Donna Anna), Delia Rigal (Donna Elvira), Norman Scott (Il Commendatore), Genevieve Warner (Zerlina); cond. Fritz Reiner.
MET/OKLAHOMA CITY
13 May, 1953 La Bohème as Rodolfo w. Nadine Conner (Mimi), Robert Merrill (Marcello), Norman Scott (Colline), Regina Resnik (Musetta), Lorenzo Alvary (Alcindoro), Lawrence Davidson (Benoit), Paul Franke (Parpignol), Algerd Brazis (Sergeant); cond. Alberto Erede.
MET/MINNEAPOLIS
17 May, 1953 Don Giovanni as Don Ottavio w. George London (Don Giovanni), Margaret Harshaw (Donna Anna), Regina Resnik (Donna Elvira), Roberta Peters (Zerlina), Deszo Ernster (Il Commendatore), Salvatore Baccaloni (Leporello), Lawrence Davidson (Masetto); cond. Fritz Reiner.
MET/TORONTO
29 May, 1953 Rigoletto as the Duke w. Hilde Gueden (Gilda), Leonard Warren (Rigoletto), Ljubomir Vichegonov (Sparafucile), Martha Lipton (Maddalena), Thelma Votipka, Paula Lenchner, Norman Scott (Monterone), Margaret Roggero, Clifford Harvuot, Paul Franke, Lawrence Davidson, Algerd Brazis; cond. Alberto Erede.
HAVANA, CUBA 1-12 June, 1953
Faust as Faust w. Ann Ayars (Marguérite), Cesare Siepi (Méphistophélès), Dora Carrall (Siébel); cond. Thomas Mayer
Lucia di Lammermoor as Edgardo w. Roberta Peters (Lucia), Cesare Bardelli (Enrico)
Madama Butterfly as Pinkerton w. Lydia Ibarrondo, Alessio de Paolis (Goro)
CINCINNATI SUMMER OPERA
30 June, 1953 Rigoletto as the Duke w. Robert Weede (Rigoletto), Barbara Gibson (Gilda), William Wildermann (Sparafucile); cond. Fausto Cleva.
14, 18 July, 1953 Madama Butterfly as Pinkerton w. Tomiko Kanazawa (Cio-Cio-San), Richard Torigi (Sharpless); Cond. Fausto Cleva.
MET/NEW YORK
21 November, *19 December 1953 MAT La Bohème as Rodolfo w. Hilde Gueden (Mimi), Robert Merrill (Marcello), Clifford Harvuot (Schaunard), Norman Scott (Colline), Jean Fenn (Musetta), Lawrence Davidson Benoit), James McCracken (Parpignol), Alessio de Paolis (Alcindoro), Algerd Brazis (Sergeant); cond. A. Erede.
25 November, 1953 ditto exc Frank Guarrera (Marcello)
30 November, 1953 same as 21 November exc Lucine Amara (Mimi), Frank Guarrera (Marcello)
28 November, 1953 MAT Rigoletto as the Duke w. Hilde Gueden (Gilda), Robert Merrill (Rigoletto), Ljubomir Vichegonov (Sparafucile), Jean Madeira (Maddalena), Thelma Votipka (Giovanna), Norman Scott (Monterone), Clifford Harvuot (Marullo), Paul Franke (Borsa), George Cehanovsky (Ceprano), Marie Leone (Countess Ceprano), Sandra Warfield (Page), Algerd Brazis (Guard); cond. Alberto Erede.
21 December, 1953 ditto exc Lawrence Davidson (Ceprano)
20 January, 1954 same as 28 November exc Leonard Warren (Rigoletto), Martha Lipton (Maddalena), George Cehanovsky (Marullo), Lawrence Davidson (Ceprano)
*5 December, 1953 MAT Faust as Faust w. Victoria de los Angeles (Marguérite), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Méphistophélès), Robert Merrill (Valentin), Mildred Miller (Siébel), Thelma Votipka (Marthe), Lawrence Davidson (Wagner); cond. Pierre Monteux.
9 December, 1953 ditto exc Jerome Hines (Méphistophélès), Frank Guarrera (Valentin)
28 December, 1953 same as 5 December exc Frank Guarrera (Valentin)
24 February, 1954 same as 5 December exc Nadine Conner (Marguérite), Jerome Hines (Méphistophélès), Frank Guarrera (Valentin)
11 December, 1953 La Traviata as Alfredo w. Licia Albanese (Violetta), Ettore Bastianini (Germont), Margaret Roggero (Flora), Maria Leone (Annina), Gabor Carelli (Gastone), George Cehanovsky (Douphol), Algerd Brazis (d’Obigny), Osie Hawkins (Dr. Grenvil); cond. Fausta Cleva.
MET/PHILADELPHIA, ACADEMY OF MUSIC
15 December 1953 Faust as Faust w. Victoria de los Angeles (Marguérite), Nicola Rossi- Lemeni (Méphistophélès), Robert Merrill (Valentin), Margaret Roggero (Siébel), Thelma Votipka (Marthe), Lawrence Davidson (Wagner); cond. Pierre Monteux.
MET/NEW YORK
24 December, 1953 La Bohème same as 21 November exc Nadine Conner (Mimi), Frank Valentino (Marcello)
15 January, 1954 same as 21 November exc Nadine Conner (Mimi), Nicola Moscona (Colline), Gerhard Pechner (Benoit)
26 January, 5 February, 1954 The Rake’s Progress as Tom Rakewell w. Hilde Gueden (Anne), Norman Scott (Trulove), Mack Harrell (Nick Shadow), Martha Lipton (Mother Goose), Blanche Thebom (Baba the Turk), Paul Franke (Sellem), Osie Hawkins (Keeper of the Madhouse); cond. Alberto Erede.
11 February 1954 La Traviata as Alfredo w. Licia Albanese (Violetta), Renato Capecchi (Germont), Margaret Roggero (Flora), Maria Leone (Annina), Gabor Carelli (Gastone), George Cehanovsky (Douphol), Algerd Brazis (d’Obigny), Osie Hawkins (Dr. Grenvil); cond. Fausto Cleva.
2 March, 1954 Don Giovanni as Don Ottavio w. George London (Don Giovanni), Margaret Harshaw (Donna Anna), Eleanor Steber (Donna Elvira), Hilde Gueden (Zerlina), Ljubomir Vichegonov (Il Commendatore), Fernando Corena (Leporello), Lawrence Davidson (Masetto); cond. Max Rudolf.
*13 March, 1954 MAT ditto exc Nadine Conner for Gueden CD: Walhall WLCD 0237
MET/CLEVELAND, Public Auditorium
21 April, 1954 Faust as Faust w. Victoria de los Angeles (Marguérite), Cesare Siepi (Méphistophélès), Robert Merrill (Valentin), Mildred Miller (Siébel), Thelma Votipka (Marthe), Lawrence Davidson (Wagner); cond. Kurt Adler.
MET/BOSTON, Boston Opera House
27 April, 1954 Faust same as 21 April exc. Jerome Hines for Siepi
MET/ATLANTA, Fox Theatre
4 May, 1954 Faust same as 21 April exc Hines for Siepi, Guarrera for Merrill
MET/BIRMINGHAM
6 May, 1954 La Bohème as Rodolfo w. Victoria de los Angeles (Mimi), Frank Guarrera (Marcello), Clifford Harvuot (Schaunard), Jerome Hines (Colline), Jean Fenn (Musetta), Lawrence Davidson (Benoit), Alessio de Paolis (Alcindoro), Frank d’Elia (Parpignol), Algerd Brazis (Sergeant); cond. Kurt Adler.
MET/ST. LOUIS, Kiel Auditorium
12 May, 1954 Faust same as 21 April exc Frank Guarrera for Merrill
MET/MINNEAPOLIS, Northrop Auditorium
16 May, 1954 Faust same as 21 April exc Hines for Siepi, Roggero for Miller
MET/BLOOMINGTON, University Auditorium
18 May, 1954 Faust same as 21 April exc Nadine Conner for De los Angeles, Hines for Siepi, Guarrera for Merrill
MET/CHICAGO
23 May, 1954 MAT Rigoletto as the Duke w. Roberta Peters (Gilda), Leonard Warren (Rigoletto), Ljubomir Vichegonov (Sparafucile), Jean Madeira (Maddalena), Lawrence Davidson (Ceprano), Maria Leone (Countess Ceprano), Thelma Votipka (Giovanna), Norman Scott (Monterone), Clifford Harvuot (Marullo), Paul Franke (Borsa), Sandra Warfield (Page), Algerd Brazis (Guard); cond. Alberto Erede.
MET/TORONTO
26 May, 1954 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Almaviva w. Roberta Peters (Rosina), Robert Merrill (Figaro), Salvatore Baccaloni (Dr. Bartolo), Jerome Hines (Don Basilio), Jean Madeira (Berta), George Cehanovsky (Fiorello), Alessio De Paolis (Sergeant), cond. Alberto Erede.
28 May, 1954 Faust exc Nadine Conner for De los Angeles, Hines for Siepi, Roggero for Miller
CINCINNATI “ZOO” FESTIVAL
29 June, 4 July, 1954 Tosca as Cavaradossi w. Dorothy Kirsten (Tosca), George Czaplicki (Scarpia), William Wilderman (Angelotti); cond. Fausto Cleva.
15, 17 July, 1954 Faust as Faust w. Nicola Moscona (Mépistophélès), Dorothy Warenskjold (Marguérite), Richard Torigi (Valentin); cond. Coppola
CONCERT AT LEWISOHN STADIUM, NEW YORK
30 July, 1954 Les Pecheurs de Perles (excerpts) as Nadir
NEW ORLEANS OPERA
7, 9 October, 1954 La Bohème as Rodolfo w. Lucine Amara (Mimi), Violetta Russell (Musetta), Cesare Bardelli (Marcello), Norman Scott (Colline); cond. Renato Cellini.
METROPOLITAN OPERA
13 November, 1954 Madama Butterfly as Pinkerton w. Licia Albanese (Cio-Cio-San), Frank Guarrera (Sharpless), Mildred Miller (Suzuki), Alessio de Paolis (Goro), George Cehanovsky (Yamadori), Norman Scott (Bonze); Calvin Marsh (Imperial Commissioner); cond. Alberto Erede.
19 November, 1954 ditto exc Lisa Della Casa (Cio-Cio-San), Frank Valentino (Sharpless)
27 November, 1954 MAT same as 13 November exc Victoria de los Angeles (Cio-Cio-San), Frank Valentino (Sharpless), Margaret Roggero (Suzuki)
1 December, 1954 same as 13 November exc Dorothy Kirsten (Cio-Cio-San), Paul Franke (Goro), Osie Hawkins (Bonze)
25 December, 1954 Tosca as Cavaradossi w. Licia Albanese (Violetta), George London (Scarpia), Lorenzo Alvary (Angelotti), Salvatore Baccaloni (Sacristan), Alessio de Paolis (Spoletta), Clifford Harvuot (Jailer), Margaret Roggero (Shepherd); cond. Fausta Cleva.
SAN ANTONIO OPERA
6 February, 1955 Lucia as Edgardo w. Lily Pons (Lucia), Ettore Bastianini (Enrico), William Wildermann (Raimondo), Leslie Chabay (Arturo); cond. Victor Alessandro & San Antonio Symphony.
MET/NEW YORK
18 February, 1955 MAT Faust as Faust w. Heidi Krall (Marguerite), Norman Scott (Méphistophélès), Clifford Harvuot (Valentin), Margaret Roggero (Siébel), Osie Hawkins (Wagner); cond. Kurt Adler.
21 February, 1955 Manon (Massenet) as Des Grieux w. Eleanor Steber (Manon), Jerome Hines (Comte des Grieux), Fernando Corena (Lescaut), Shakeh Vartenissian (Poussette), Margaret Roggero (Javotte), Rosalind Elias (Roswette), Alessio de Paolis (Guillot), George Cehanovsky (De Bretigny), Lawrence Davidson (Innkeeper), James McCracken & Calvin Marsh (Guards), May Savage (Servant); cond. Pierre Monteux.
4 March, 1955 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Almaviva w. Lily Pons (Rosina), Frank Guarrera (Figaro), Nicola Moscona (Don Basilio), Fernando Corena (Dr. Bartolo), Sandra Warfield (Berta), George Cehanovsky (Fiorello), Alessio de Paolis (Sergeant), cond. Alberto Erede.
19 March, 1955 ditto exc Robert Merrill (Figaro)
10 March, 1955 Don Giovanni as Don Ottavio w. Jerome Hines (Don Giovanni), Eleanor Steber (Donna Anna), Lucine Amara (Donna Elvira), Hilde Gueden (Zerlina), Ljubomir Vichey (Il Commendatore) Lorenzo Alvary (Leporello), Lawrence Davidson (Masetto); cond. Max Rudolf.
1 April, 1955 ditto exc Nadine Conner (Zerlina)
PHILADELPHIA CIVIC GRAND OPERA COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, ACADEMY OF MUSIC
17 March, 1955 Lucia di Lammermoor as Edgardo w. Dolores Wilson (Lucia), Cesare Bardelli (Enrico), Lorenzo Alvary/Giorgio Tozzi (Raimondo), John Rossi/Robert Barry (Arturo), John Rossi (Normanno); cond. Giuseppe Bamboschek.
MET/NEW YORK
26 March, 1955 MAT La Bohème as Rodolfo w. Licia Albanese (Mimi), Frank Guarrera (Marcello), Clifford Harvuot (Schaunard), Nicola Moscona (Colline), Jean Fenn (Musetta), Lawrence Davidson (Benoit), James McCracken (Parpignol), Alessio de Paolis (Alcindoro), Calvin Marsh (Sergeant); cond. Fausta Cleva.
MET/CLEVELAND
13 April, 1955 MAT Cavalleria Rusticana as Turiddu w. Herva Nelli (Santuzza), Herta Glaz (Lola), Frank Valentino (Alfio), Thelma Votipka (Mamma Lucia); cond. K. Adler.
MET/BOSTON
19 April, 1955 Tosca as Cavaradossi w. Licia Albanese (Tosca), Walter Cassel (Scarpia), Lorenzo Alvary (Angelotti), Fernando Corena (Sacristan), Alessio de Paolis (Spoletta), George Cehanovsky (Sciarrone), Calvin Marsh (Jailer), Rosalind Elias (Shepherd); cond. Fausto Cleva.
21 April, 1955 Faust as Faust w. Dorothy Kirsten (Marguérite), Jerome Hines (Méphistophélès), Frank Guarrera (Valentin), Rosalind Elias (Siébel), Thelma Votipka (Marthe), Lawrence Davidson (Wagner); cond. Kurt Adler.
MET/ATLANTA
30 April, 1955 MAT Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Almaviva w. Roberta Peters (Rosina), Robert Merrill (Rigoletto), Fernando Corena (Dr. Bartolo), Jerome Hines (Don Basilio), Thelma Votipka (Berta), George Cehanovsky (Fiorello), Alessio de Paolis (Sergeant); cond. Pietro Cimara.
MET/MEMPHIS
4 May, 1955 Il Barbiere di Siviglia same as 30 April exc Lily Pons (Rosina), Sandra Warfield (Berta)
MET/DALLAS
7 May, 1955 MAT Il Barbiere di Siviglia same as 30 April
MET/HOUSTON
9 May, 1955 La Traviata Alfredo w. Dorothy Kirsten (Violetta), Leonard Warren (Germont), Heidi Krall (Flora), Maria Leone (Annina), Paul Franke (Gastone), Lawrence Davidson (Douphol), Calvin Marsh (d’Obigny), Osie Hawkins (Dr. Grenvil); cond. Pietro Cimara.
MET/OKLAHOMA CITY
11 May, 1955 Cavalleria Rusticana as Turiddu w. Zinka Milanov (Santuzza), Frank Valentino (Alfio), Thelma Votipka (Mamma Lucia), Margaret Roggero (Lola); cond. Kurt Adler/I Pagliacci.
MET/DES MOINES
12 May, 1955 Madama Butterfly as Pinkerton w. Dorothy Kirsten (Cio-Cio-San), Frank Guarrera (Sharpless), Mildred Miller (Suzuki), Alessio de Paolis (Goro), Lawrence Davidson (Imperial Commissioner, Norman Scott (Bonze), George Cehanovsky (Yamadori); cond. Fausta Cleva.
MET/MINNEAPOLIS
14 May, 1955 Il Barbiere di Siviglia same as 30 April, 1955 exc Salvatore Baccaloni (Dr. Bartolo), Sandra Warfield (Berta)
MET/CHICAGO
21 May, 1955 Il Barbiere di Siviglia same as 30 April, 1955 exc Sandra Warfield (Berta)
MET/MONTREAL
1 June, 1955 La Traviata same as 9 May, 1955 exc Licia Albanese (Violetta), George Cehanovsky (Douphol), Clifford Harvuot (Dr. Grenvil)
CINCINNATI “ZOO” FESTIVAL
25 June, 1955 Tosca (Opening Night) as Cavaradossi w. Dorothy Kirsten, Cesare Bardelli (Scarpia), William Wilderman (Angelotti); cond. Fausto Cleva.
20 July, 1955 Faust as Faust w. Nicola Moscona (Méphistophélès), Eva Likova (Marguérite), Frank Guarrera (Valentin); cond. Carlo Moresco.
PUERTO RICO
July – ?
SAN FRANCISCO
? La Traviata concert version cond. Arthur Fiedler
PHILADELPHIA GRAND OPERA COMPANY, ACADEMY OF MUSIC, PHILADELPIA
13 October, 1955 Rigoletto as the Duke w. Lisa di Julio (Gilda), Frank Guarrera (Rigoletto), John Lawler (Sparafucile), Sandra Warfield (Maddalena), Betty Wolf (Giovanna/Countess Ceprano), Howard Hoskins (Monterone), Russell Scarfeo (Marullo), John Rossi (Borsa), Lee Cass (Ceprano); cond. Giuseppe Bamboschek.
TULSA OPERA
20, 22 October, 1955 Faust as Faust w. Maria Leone (Marguérite), William Wilderman (Méphistophélès), John Brownlee (Valentin)
MET/NEW YORK
17 November, 1955 Rigoletto as the Duke w. Roberta Peters (Gilda), Leonard Warren (Rigoletto), Giorgio Tozzi (Sparafucile), Rosalind Elias (Maddalena), Thelma Votipka (Giovanna), Norman Scott (Monterone), Clifford Harvuot (Marullo), Gabor Carelli (Borsa), Calvin Marsh (Ceprano), Heidi Krall (Countess Ceprano), Wilma Georgiou (Page), Louis Sgarro (Guard); cond. Fausta Cleva.
VOICE OF FIRESTONE BROADCAST
28 November, 1955 Eugene Conley and Nadine Conner
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA
25, 27 January, 1956 Madama Butterfly as Pinkerton w. Nancy Winford Blackburn (Cio-Cio-San), Guy Gardner (Sharpless); cond. Walter Herbert
MET/BIRMINGHAM
8 May, 1956 Rigoletto same as 17 November exc Thelma Votipka and Emilia Cundari for Krall and Georgiou
ROBIN HOOD DELL, PHILADELPHIA
28 June, 1956 Messa da Requiem (Verdi) w. EC, Frances Yeend, Regina Resnik, Nicola Moscona; Robin Hood Dell Orchestra & Singing City Choirs; cond. Erich Leinsdorf.
SAN ANTONIO GRAND OPERA FESTIVAL
Summer, 1956 Faust as Faust w. Dorothy Warenskjold (Marguérite), Nicola Moscona (Méphistophélès), Walter Cassel (Valentin), Frances Bible (Siébel).
CINCINNATI SUMMER OPEN AIR FESTIVAL
26, 29 July, 1956 Faust as Faust w. Eva Likova (Marguérite), Italo Tajo (Méphistophélès), Cesare Bardelli (Valentin); cond. Nicola Rescigno.
PHILADELPHIA GRAND OPERA COMPANY, ACADEMY OF MUSIC, PHILADELPHIA
30 November, 1956 Tosca as Cavaradossi w. Eleanor Steber (Tosca), Cesare Bardelli (Scarpia), John Lawler (Angelotti), Lloyd Harris (Sacristan), Virginio Assandri (Spoletta), Arthur Newman (Sciarrone), Virginia d’Ambrosia (Un pastore); cond. Giuseppe Bamboscheck.
NAPLES, SAN CARLO OPERA
15 December, 1956 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Almaviva w. Gianna d’Angelo (Rosina), Ettore Bastianini (Figaro), Marco Stefanoni (Basilio), Renato Capecchi (Bartolo), Amelia Pinto (Berta), Renato Ercolani (Officiale); cond. Armando la Rosa Parodi.
COSMOPOLITAN OPERA, SAN FRANCISCO, 22 Feb to 31 March 1957
Tosca as Cavaradossi w. Zinka Milanov (Tosca)
Rigoletto as the Duke w. Graciella Rivera, Giuseppe Valdengo
CARNEGIE HALL, NEW YORK, BENEFIT CONCERT FOR HAARLEM HOUSE
24 April, 1957 w. Eugene Conley, Leontyne Price & Cesare Siepi. EC: Verdi: Inno delle nazioni; cond Alfredo Antonini w. Collegiate Chorale & New York Philharmonic.
CINCINNATI SUMMER FESTIVAL AT THE ZOO
12, 14 July, 1957 Faust as Faust w. Nadine Conner (Marguérite), William Wilderman (Méphistophélès), Napoleon Bisson (Valentin), Thelma Votipka (Siébel); cond. Carlo Moresco.
19 July, 1957, Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Almaviva w. Maria Giovanni (Rosina), William Wilderman (Don Basilio), Lawrence Davidson (Bartolo), Cesare Bardelli (Figaro); cond. Carlo Moresco.
10th ANNUAL HOLLAND FESTIVAL, AMSTERDAM
15 June, 1957 The Rake’s Progress as Tom Rakewell w. Graziella Sciutti (Anne), Otakar Kraus (Nick Shadow), Mimi Aarden (Baba the Turk), Franz Vroons (Sellem); cond. Erich Leinsdorf.
GRAND OPERA FESTIVAL, SAN ANTONIO
Martha as Lionel w. Dorothy Warenskjold, Frances Bible, William Wilderman, Emile Renan
LOS ANGELES, GREEK THEATRE
21, 23, 24 August, 1957 La Traviata as Alfredo w. Nadine Conner (Violetta), Cesare Bardelli (Germont); cond. Tibor Kozma.
NEW ORLEANS OPERA
14, 16 November, 1957 Tosca as Cavaradossi, Dorothy Kirsten (Tosca), Walter Cassel (Scarpia), Betty Monette; cond Renato Cellini.
PHILADELPHIA GRAND OPERA COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, ACADEMY OF MUSIC
19 December, 1957 Rigoletto as the Duke w. Eva Likova (Gilda), Cornell MacNeil (Rigoletto), William Wildermann (Sparafucile), Edith Evans (Maddalena), Doris Okerson (Giovanna), Edward Doe (Monterone), Lloyd Harris (Marullo), John Rossi (Borsa), Walter Knetlar (Ceprano), Veronica Petrusky (Contessa Ceprano), Dolorores Sejda (paggio); cond. Giuseppe Bamboschek.
HARTFORD OPERA
8 February, 1958 Faust as Faust w. Eva Likova (Marguérite), George London (Méphistophélès)
CINCINNATI OPERA (Not Zoo Opera)
1 March, 1958 Carmen as Don José w. Nell Rankin (Carmen), Nadine Conner (Micaëla), Frank Guarrera (Escamillo); cond. Victor Alessandro.
SAN FRANCISCO COSMOPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY
11 March, 1958 Faust as Faust w. Ellen Faull (Marguérite), Jerome Hines (Méphistophélès), cond. Carlo Moresco.
CINCINNATI “ZOO” FESTIVAL
12 July, 1958 La Traviata as Alfredo w. Eleanor Steber (Violetta), Frank Valentino (Germont); cond. Coppola.
18, 20 July, 1958 Madama Butterfly as Pinkerton w. Dorothy Kirsten (Cio-Cio-San), Richard Torigi (Sharpless); cond. Carlo Moresco.
PHILADELPHIA GRAND OPERA COMPANY
28 November, 1958 La Traviata as Alfredo w. Leyla Gencer (Violetta), Cornell MacNeil (Germont), Veronica Petrusky (Flora), Robert Gregori (Douphol), Edward Doe (Dr. Grenvil), Doris Okerson (Annina), Andrea Velis (Gastone), Walter Knetlar (d’Obigny); cond. Giuseppe Bamboschek.
SAN FRANCISCO COSMOPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY
10 March, 1959 Rigoletto as the Duke w. Gianna d’Angelo (Gilda), Cornell MacNeil (Rigoletto), Margery MacKay (Maddalena), Norman Treigle (Sparafucile); cond. Carlo Moresco.
CHICAGO AUDITIONS OF THE AIR
Judges Eugene Conley and Delia Rigal award top prizes to Seymour Schwartzman and Linda Matousek.
GALA CONCERT “FAREWELL TO THE OLD MET”
16 April, 1966 – EC as an honored guest on stage
CINCINNATI SUMMER OPERA FAREWELL GALA
12 July, 1969 Conley sang ‘Recondita armonia’ from Tosca
ALICE TULLY HALL, NY recital with a pupil Maria Powell making her debut,
19 September, 1975 – songs and lieder by Strauss and Schubert and songs in English by Liza Lehmann, Russell, Kramer and Carpenter.
