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Articles by Fanfare Contributor John W. N. Francis

  100 YEARS OF GREAT ARTISTS AT THE MET. The Gatti-Casazza...

  OLIVE FREMSTAD- THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS (Olive Fremstad)

  100 YEARS OF GREAT ARTISTS AT THE MET. The Johnson...

  PAVAROTTI IN LONDON (Luciano Pavarotti)

  OPERA ON RECORD 2. Ed. by Alan Blyth. 399 pp. New York: Beaufort Books, 1984. $24.95

  PEERCE/ANDERSON/SEGOVIA (Jan Peerce)

  THE NEW YORK CITY OPERA : An American Adventure; with the Complete Annals. By Martin L. Sokol; annals compiled by George Louis Mayer (through 1979) and Martin L. Sokol (1980-1981). 562 pp. New York: Macmillan, 1982. $24.95

  PLISETSKAYA DANCES (Maya Plisetskaya)

  WAGNER REHEARSING THE “RING“: An Eye-Witness Account of the Stage Rehearsals of the First Bayreuth Festival. By Heinrich Porges, translated by Robert L. Jacobs. 158 pp. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1983, $29.95

  PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Romeo and Juliet (choreography... (Mikhail Lavrovsky)

  ADAM, ADOLPHE: Giselle (choreography by Petipä... (Natalia Bessmertnova)

  PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Romeo and Juliet (choreography... (Yuri Zhdanov)

  AN ELISABETH SÖDERSTRÖM RECITAL (Elisabeth Söderström)

  PUCCINI II, GIACOMO: La Bohème (Ileana Cotrubas)

  ARRIAGA, JUAN CRISÓSTOMO: Symphony in D. Los esclavos felices (English C O)

  PUCCINI II, GIACOMO: La Fanciulla del West (Carol Neblett)

  ARTUR RUBINSTEIN (Arthur Rubinstein)

  PUCCINI II, GIACOMO: Manon Lescaut (Kiri Te Kanawa)

  BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Suites for Solo Cello (Mstislav Rostropovich)

  PUCCINI II, GIACOMO: Turandot (Eva Martón)

  BALLERINA. KAREN KAIN (Karen Kain)

  RAFF, JOSEPH JOACHIM: Symphony No. 5 in E, Op. 177 (“Lenore“) (Berlin RSO)

  BALLERINA. LYNN SEYMOUR (Lynn Seymour)

  RAVEL: Jeux d'eau. Sonatine. Le Tombeau... (Jean-Yves Thibaudet)

  BARTÓK; KODÁLY (Elizabeth Suderburg)

  RAVEL; SAINT-SAËNS (Alfred Cortot)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra,... (Bronislaw Huberman)

  ROUSH; BACH, JOHANN CHRISTIAN; DEBUSSY (Ruth K. Inglefield)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra,... (Itzhak Perlman)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Samson et Dalila (Jon Vickers)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Sonatas (Glenn Gould)

  SCHNEITZHOEFFER: La Sylphide (choreography by Lacotte,... (Ghislaine Thesmar)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92 (Leningrad PO)

  SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD: Die Jakobsleiter, Erwartung, Op.... (Siegmund Nimsgern)

  BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN; WAGNER, RICHARD (Gundula Janowitz)

  SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in ft, D. 960. Moments... (Monique Deschaussées)

  BERG, ALBAN; SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD (Louis Krasner)

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 7 in E, D. 729 (completed... (Chmura)

  BIZET: Carmen (Ruza Baldani)

  SHCHEDRIN, RODION: Anna Karenina (choreography by... (Maya Plisetskaya)

  BOLLING, CLAUDE: Concerto for Classic Guitar and... (Ángel Romero)

  SHCHEDRIN, RODION: The Little Humpbacked Horse (choreography... (Vladimir Vasiliev)

  BOLSHOI BALLET (members of the Bolshoi Ballet)

  SMETANA: Má Vlast (Czech PO)

  Boris Christoff. Arias (Boris Christoff)

  SORABJI: Opus Clavicembalisticum (Madge)

  BRAHMS, JOHANNES: A German Requiem, Op. 45. Rhapsody... (Elisabeth Schwarzkopf)

  STARS OF THE RUSSIAN BALLET (members of the Bolshoi Ballet)

  BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90 (in... (Bracha Eden)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD: Music for Symphonic Brass... (Locke Brass Consort)

  BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Variations on a Theme by Haydn,... (Bracha Eden)

  STRAUSS, RICHARD; BRAHMS, JOHANNES; STRAUSS, RICHARD... (Edda Moser)

  BRITTEN: Peter Grimes (Jon Vickers)

  STRAVINSKY, IGOR: Oedipus Rex (Thomas Moser)

  BRITTEN: Peter Grimes (Vickers)

  STRAVINSKY, IGOR: The Nightingale. Pulcinella. Renard... (Op Society of Washington O & Ch)

  CARA MARIA (Maria Callas)

  STRAVINSKY, IGOR; TCHAIKOVSKY (Dag Achatz)

  CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: Concerto No. 1 in E minor for Piano... (Martha Argerich)

  SULLIVAN-MACKERRAS; SULLIVAN (Mackerras)

  CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: Polonaises (7) (Leonard Pennario)

  SULLIVAN: H.M.S. Pinafore (Frankie Howerd)

  DEBUSSY: La Mer. Iberia. Prelude à l'après-midi... (Arturo Toscanini)

  SULLIVAN: H.M.S. Pinafore (John Reed)

  DELIBES: Coppélia (choreography by Ana Garcia) (Ana Maria Castañon)

  SULLIVAN: Ruddigore (Keith Micheli)

  DONIZETTI: La Favorita (Palmira Vitali Marini)

  SULLIVAN: The Gondoliers (Francis Egerton)

  DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor (Joan Sutherland)

  SULLIVAN: The Mikado (William Conrad)

  DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Slavonic Dances for Orchestra,... (Czech PO)

  SULLIVAN: The Pirates of Penzance (Keith Micheli)

  DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op.... (Czech PO)

  SULLIVAN: The Pirates of Penzance (arranged... (George Rose)

  GILBERT AND SULLIVAN: Princess Ida. The Pirates of Penzance... (Muriel Dickson)

  SULLIVAN: The Yeomen of the Guard (David Hillman)

  GREAT SINGERS IN COPENHAGEN. Historical 1—1931-1939 (Denmarks RSO)

  TCHAIKOVSKY COMPETITION. VIOLIN AND PIANO (Viktoria Mullova)

  György Melis. Opera Arias (György Melis)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty (choreography by... (Maryse Egasse)

  HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Messiah (Judith Nelson)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake (choreography by Gorsky,... (Maya Plisetskaya)

  HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Symphonies (Berlin PO)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake (choreography by Grigorovich,... (Natalia Bessmertnova)

  HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Symphonies (Berlin PO)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake (choreography by K. Sergeyev) (Yelena Yevteyeva)

  HEIFETZ/PIATIGORSKY (Jascha Heifetz)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake (choreography by Petipä... (Natalia Makarova)

  HEINRICH REHKEMPER. Volume III (Heinrich Rehkemper)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker (choreography by... (Mikhail Baryshnikov)

  Heinrich Schlusnus. Liederalbum (Heinrich Schlusnus)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker (choreography by... (Vladimir Vasiliev)

  HOFMANN, JOSEF: THE COLUMBIA RECORDINGS, 1911-1919 (Hofmann)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: The Sleeping Beaury choreography... (Irina Kolpakova)

  HUMMEL, JOHANN NEPOMUK: Piano Music... (Mary Macdonald)

  THE ART OF DINU LIPATTI (Lipatti)

  HÉROLD-LANCHBERY: La Fille Mal Gardée (choreography... (Leslie Collier)

  THE BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. 90th Anniversary... (Bournemouth SO)

  I AM A DANCER (Rudolf Nureyev)

  THE MAKING OF LAKMÉ (Joan Sutherland)

  IBERT: Le Roi d'Yvetot (Louis Musy)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Aida (Maria Chiara)

  Jussi Bjoerüng: Operatic Duets with Robert Merrill.... (Jussi Björling)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Aida (Renata Tebaldi)

  KHACHATURIAN, ARAM: Spartacus (choreography by Yuri... (Vladimir Vasiliev)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Don Carlos (Plácido Domingo)

  LEO SLEZÁK, Volume IV (Leo Slezak)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Ernani (Plácido Domingo)

  LUCREZIA BORI, Volume 2 (Lucrezia Bori)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Falstaff (Renato Bruson)

  Mafalda Favero. Opera Arias (Mafalda Favero)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Il trovatore (Leyla Gencer)

  MAHLER, GUSTAV; BRAHMS, JOHANNES; MAHLER, GUSTAV... (Lucia Popp)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: La battaglia di Legnano (Antonietta Stella)

  MASSENET, JULES: LUCAS and GAUNT Manon (choreography... (Jennifer Penney)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: La Traviata (Lucia Evangelista)

  MAYA PLISETSKAYA IN CARMEN (Maya Plisetskaya)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: La Traviata (Teresa Stratas)

  MENDELSSOHN, FELIX; SPOHR, LOUIS (András Adorján)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Otello (Vladimir Atlantov)

  MOZART: Concertos for Piano and Orchestra (Clifford Curzon)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Rigoletto (Aldo Silvani)

  MOZART: Five Divertimentos in B♭ for Two... (Dieter Klöcker)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Rigoletto (Aldo Silvani)

  MOZART: Piano Concertos (Clifford Curzon)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Rigoletto (Cornell MacNeil)

  MOZART: Serenade No. 7 in D for Orchestra,... (Rudolf Koeckert)

  VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Rigoletto (Garbis Boyagian)

  MUSSORGSKY: Boris Godounov (Martti Talvela)

  VIDEO DICTIONARY OF CLASSICAL BALLET (Merrill Ashley)

  MUSSORGSKY: Songs... (Boris Christoff)

  VIVALDI, ANTONIO: Four Concertos, Op. 8, Nos. 1-4... (Lorin Maazel)

  NIELSEN, CARL: Symphonies (Grøndahl)

  VLADIMIR HOROWITZ IN LONDON (Vladimir Horowitz)

  NIELSEN, CARL; BUXTEHUDE (H. C. Andersen)

  WAGNER, RICHARD: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Flagstad)

  OFFENBACH: Les contes d'Hoffmann (Plácido Domingo)

  ZUMSTEEG: Die Entführung. Des Pfarrers Tochter... (Bernd Weikl)

 

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