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1. Bizet: Carmen (Metropolitan Opera) (2011)
performed by Alessio de Paolis (vocals), Clifford Harvuot (vocals), George Cehanovsky (vocals), Lucine Amara (vocals), Margaret Roggero (vocals), Nadine Conner (vocals), Osie Hawkins (vocals), Paolo Silveri (vocals), Richard Tucker (vocals), Risë Stevens (vocals)
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2. The Eleanor Steber Collection, Vol. 1: The Early Career, 1938-1951 (1994)
performed by Armand Tokatyan (tenor), Eleanor Steber (soprano), George Cehanovsky (vocals), Leonard Warren (vocals)
composed by Ambroise Thomas, Claude Debussy, Friedrich von Flotow, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Hamilton Harty, James A. Bland, Jules Massenet, Ruggero Leoncavallo -
3. Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (2011)
performed by George Cehanovsky (vocals), Giuseppe di Stefano (vocals), Giuseppe Valdengo (vocals), Herta Glaz (vocals), Jerome Hines (vocals), Lily Pons (vocals), Ludwig Burgstaller (vocals), Paul Franke (vocals), Salvatore Baccaloni (vocals)
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4. Puccini: Tosca (2011)
performed by Alan Fischer (vocals), Cornell MacNeil (vocals), Ezio Flagello (vocals), Franco Corelli (vocals), George Cehanovsky (vocals), Leontyne Price (vocals), Norman Scott (vocals), Paul Franke (vocals), Ronald Reitan (vocals)
composed by Giacomo PucciniThe Metropolitan Opera is to be commended for releasing recordings of its legendary Saturday afternoon broadcasts. The mono sound of this April 7, ... More
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5. Gounod: Roméo et Juliette (2011)
performed by Anthony Marlowe (vocals), Bidu Sayao (vocals), Claramae Turner (vocals), George Cehanovsky (vocals), John Brownlee (vocals), Jussi Björling (vocals), Kenneth Schon (vocals), Mimi Benzell (vocals), Nicola Moscona (vocals), Philip Kinsman (vocals)
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7. Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Metropolitan Opera)
performed by Alessio de Paolis (vocals), Calvin Marsh (vocals), Clifford Harvuot (vocals), George Cehanovsky (vocals), James McCracken (vocals), Lucine Amara (vocals), Martial Singher (vocals), Mildred Miller (vocals), Norman Scott (vocals), Paul Franke (vocals)
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8. Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (1989)
performed by George Cehanovsky (vocals), Jussi Björling (vocals), Leonard Warren (vocals), Paul Franke (vocals), Richard Wright (vocals), Robert Merrill (vocals), Victoria de Los Angeles (vocals), Columbus Boy Choir (boy's choir), Robert Shaw Chorale (choir, chorus)
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10. Georges Bizet: Carmen (1964)
performed by Alessio de Paolis (tenor), George Cehanovsky (baritone), Hugh Thompson (baritone), Jan Peerce (tenor), Licia Albanese (soprano), Margaret Roggero (mezzo-soprano), Osie Hawkins (bass), Paula Lenchner (soprano), Risë Stevens (mezzo-soprano)
composed by Georges Bizet -
11. Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (2003)
performed by George Cehanovsky (vocals), Jussi Björling (vocals), Leonard Warren (vocals), Paul Franke (vocals), Richard Wright (vocals), Robert Merrill (vocals), Victoria de Los Angeles (vocals), Columbus Boy Choir (boy's choir), Robert Shaw Chorale (choir, chorus)
composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo -
12. Prima Voce: Giuseppe di Stefano sings Verdi & Puccini (2009)
performed by Anna Maria Canali (mezzo-soprano), Antonietta Stella (soprano), Eugenia Ratti (soprano), Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano), George Cehanovsky (baritone), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Leonard Warren (baritone), Licia Albanese (soprano)
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14. Lebendige Vergangenheit: Armand Tokatyan (1998)
performed by Annamary Dickey (vocals), Armand Tokatyan (tenor), Eleanor Steber (vocals), George Cehanovsky (vocals), Jean Dickenson (vocals), Leonard Warren (vocals), Lucielle Browning (vocals), Norman Cordon (vocals), Pino Bontempi (vocals)
composed by Arturo Buzzi-Peccia, Charles Gounod, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet, Paolo Tosti, Umberto Giordano -
15. Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (2004)
performed by George Cehanovsky (vocals), Jussi Björling (vocals), Leonard Warren (vocals), Paul Franke (vocals), Richard Wright (vocals), Robert Merrill (vocals), Victoria de Los Angeles (vocals), Columbia Boy Choir (boy's choir), Robert Shaw Chorale (choir, chorus)
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17. Giuseppe di Stefano: Arias and Scenes
performed by George Cehanovsky (vocals), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Leonard Warren (vocals), Licia Albanese (vocals), Nicola Moscona (vocals), Patrice Munsel (vocals), RCA Victor Orchestra
composed by Ambroise Thomas, Cesare Andrea Bixio, Francesco Cilea, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet, Sicilian Traditional, Traditional -
18. Her First Recordings (1940) (1993)
performed by Annamary Dickey (vocals), Armand Tokatyan (vocals), Arthur Kent (vocals), Eleanor Steber (soprano), George Cehanovsky (vocals), Lorenzo Alvary (vocals), Lucielle Browning (vocals), Norman Cordon (vocals), Pino Bontempi (vocals), Raoul Jobin (vocals)
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19. Puccini: La Bohème (1991)
performed by Anne McKnight (soprano), Francesco Valentino (baritone), George Cehanovsky (baritone), Jan Peerce (tenor), Licia Albanese (soprano), Nicola Moscona (bass), Salvatore Baccaloni (bass), NBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (choir, chorus), NBC Symphony Orchestra
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20. Arturo Toscanini Collection, Volume 59: Giuseppe Verdi~Un Ballo In Maschera (1991)
performed by Claramae Turner (mezzo-soprano), George Cehanovsky (baritone), Herva Nelli (soprano), Jan Peerce (tenor), John Carmen Rossi (tenor), Nicola Moscona (bass), Norman Scott (bass), Robert Merrill (baritone), Virginia Haskins (soprano)
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21. Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
performed by Claramae Turner (vocals), George Cehanovsky (vocals), Jan Peerce (vocals), John Carmen Rossi (vocals), Nicola Moscona (vocals), Norman Scott (vocals), Robert Merrill (vocals), Virginia Haskins (vocals), Robert Shaw Chorale (choir, chorus)
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22. Puccini: Madame Butterfly (1998)
performed by Alessio de Paolis (tenor), Eleanor Steber (soprano), George Cehanovsky (baritone), Giuseppe Valdengo (baritone), Jean Madeira (mezzo-soprano), John Baker (bass), Melchiorre Luise (bass), Richard Tucker (tenor), Thelma Votipka (mezzo-soprano)
composed by Giacomo PucciniList of all editionsThis 1949 recording of Madama Butterfly made by Columbia features two of America's best-known, homegrown opera stars of the era, Eleanor Steber and ... More
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23. Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci (1998)
performed by George Cehanovsky (vocals), Jussi Björling (vocals), Leonard Warren (vocals), Paul Franke (vocals), Richard Wright (vocals), Robert Merrill (vocals), Victoria de Los Angeles (vocals), Columbus Boy Choir (choir, chorus), Robert Shaw Chorale (choir, chorus)
composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo -
24. Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème (2009)
performed by Bidu Sayao (soprano), Cesare Siepi (bass), George Cehanovsky (baritone), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Giuseppe Valdengo (baritone), Lawrence Davidson (bass), Lois Hunt (soprano), Lorenzo Alvary (bass), Paul Franke (tenor)
composed by Giacomo Puccini

