One of the best known of Marchner’s operas, Der Templer und die Jüdin is based on Walter Scott’s tale “Ivanhoe”. Recorded in 1951, and with a strong cast led by Kurt Equiluz and Leone Synak, with the Grosses Orchester der RAVAG today known as Radio Sinfonieorchester Wien (Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna) under the baton of Kurt Tenner. Marchner’s impact and influence far outstripped the number of operas he composed and Wagner counted him as one of his primary influences.

Berg: Wozzeck, Op. 7 (Sung in Italian) & Violin Concerto

Recorded on March 24, 1962, this recording of Donizetti’s Maria di Rohan stars Virginia Zeani as Maria. This work is recorded by the Orcestra e Coro del Teatro di San Carlo, conducted by Fernando Previtali. This release is a 2-disc set.

Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Live)

Rossini: Armida

Verismo heroines (Live)

Beethoven: Orchestral Works

Verdi: Falstaff (Live)

Donizetti: La favorita (Live)

Giordano: Andrea Chénier (Live)

Puccini: Manon Lescaut

Wagner: Die Walküre, Act I (Live)

Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70 (Live)

Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72

CARMEN: SIMIONATO-GEDDA-GÜDEN-

Verdi: Il trovatore

Verdi: La forza del destino (Recorded Live 1954)

Triple Feature.

Verdi: Aïda (Recorded Live 1960)

Maria Callas in Paris (Live)

Kienzl: Der Kuhreigen, Op. 85 [Recorded 1951]

Donizetti: Il Pigmalione (Recorded Live 1960)

Madama Butterfly (Recorded Live 1959)

The only Verdi recording in an otherwise admirable but unduly foreshortened discography due to his premature passing in 1956 at age 65, this 1951 I Vespri Siciliani – uncut and issued in very good sound – from Firenze, Italy, is one of the best recordings of this opera available. The cast, including leading baritone Enzo Mascherini (1910-81), a young Maria Callas near the very start of her career, and legendary bass Boris Cristoff, perform under the great conductor Kleiber (father of Carlos) conducting the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra and Chorus.

Wilhelm Furtwängler & the RAI Orchestra (Live)