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Iris
Recorded Performances

Table of Contents

  1. Iris (7/18)
  2. Apri la tua finestra (Serenata) (13/21)
  3. Danza delle guèchas (1/6)
  4. Ho fatto un triste sogno... S'era malata (1/1)
  5. In pure stille (1/2)
  6. Inno del sole (6/8)
  7. Inno del sole (Finale) (1/1)
  8. Io pingo (2/3)
  9. Iri Potpourri (1/1)
  10. Oh, come al tuo sottile corpo (1/2)
  11. Or dammi il braccio tuo (4/5)
  12. S'era malata la mia amica bambola (2/2)
  13. Un dì, ero piccina (10/13)

Total 50 performances / 83 references. References marked with a have been thoroughly verified against actual recordings.

1. Iris

69
September 6, 1956
Fonit Cetra LAR 23 Archivio RAI (3 LP)
Fonit Cetra/Emozioni CDAR 2023 (2 CD, ADD, Mono)
MRF MRF-29 (3 LP)
ALD 4170? ()
Iris: Magda Olivero
Osaka: Salvatore Puma
Kyoto: Saturno Meletti
Il Cieco: Giulio Neri
Una guècha: Amalia Oliva
Un cenciaiuolo: Mario Carlin
Un merciaiuolo: Salvatore De Tommaso
Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della Rai
Chorus: Coro di Torino della Rai
Chorus Master: Ruggero Maghini
Conductor: Angelo Questa
Place: Auditorium di Torino della Rai
Date: September 6, 1956
Studio: Live

70
December 26, 1956
Cetra Live Opera LO 15 (2 LP)
Historical Operatic Treasures ERR-133-2 (2 LP)
MRF MRF-29 (3 LP)
Movimento Musica 03-023 (3 LP)
Movimento Musica (2 CD, ADD)
Standing Room Only SRO-505-2 (2 CD, Mono)
Iris: Clara Petrella
Osaka: Giuseppe di Stefano
Kyoto: Saturno Meletti
Il Cieco: Boris Christoff
Una guècha: Aida Hovnanian
Un cenciaiuolo: Piero de Palma
Un merciaiuolo: Adelio Zagonaro
Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma
Chorus: Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma
Chorus Master:
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Place: Rome
Date: December 26, 1956
Studio: Live

71
February 7, 1960
The Golden Age of Opera EJS 195 (2 LP)
Iris: Clara Petrella
Osaka: Umberto Borso
Kyoto: Saturno Meletti
Il Cieco: Ivo Vinco
Una guècha: Aida Stefani
Un cenciaiuolo: Ottavio Taddei
Un merciaiuolo: Gianni Avolanti
Orchestra: Orchestra of the San Carlo Theatre, Naples
Chorus: Chorus of the San Carlo Theatre, Naples
Chorus Master:
Conductor: Gabriele Santini
Place: Napoli
Date: February 7, 1960
Studio: Live

72
December 10, 1963
Great Opera Performances 708 CD (2 CD)
MRF MRF-152 (3 LP)
Verona VER 27014/15 (2 CD, AAD)
Iris: Magda Olivero
Osaka: Luigi Ottolini
Kyoto: Renato Capecchi
Il Cieco: Plinio Clabassi
Una guècha [Dia]: Jennie Veeninga
Un cenciaiuolo/Un merciaiuolo: Fred Bonges
Orchestra: Orchestra del Concertbebouw [Netherlands Radio Orchestra]
Chorus: Coro del Concertbebouw
Chorus Master:
Conductor: Fulvio Vernizzi
Place: Amsterdam
Date: December 10, 1963
Studio: Live

507796
March 16, 1966
[Private] N/A (2 CD)
Iris: Magda Olivero
Il Cieco: Enrico Campi
Osaka: Giuseppe Gismondo
Kyoto: Mario Basiola Jr.
Dhia: Luciana Moneta
Una Guecha: Luciana Moneta
Un Cenciaiolo: Glauco Scarlini
Un Merciaiolo: Glauco Scarlini
Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Chorus: Chorus del Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
Place: Teatro Massimo, Palermo
Date: March 16, 1966
Studio: Live

73
1988
CBS M2K 45526 (2 CD, DDD, Stereo)
Iris: Ilona Tokody
Osaka: Plácido Domingo
Kyoto: Juan Pons
Il Cieco: Bonaldo Giaiotti
Una guècha [Dhia]: Gabriella Ferroni
Geisha: Conchita Antunano
Il cenciaiuolo: Sergio Tedesco
Un cenciaiuolo/Un merciaiuolo: Heinrich Weber
Orchestra: Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Chorus: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus Master: Hans-Peter Rauscher
Conductor: Giuseppe Patané
Place: Studio One, Bayerischer Rundfunk
Date: 1988
Studio: Studio

74
January 1996
BMG Ricordi 74321515442 (2 CD, Stereo)
Cetra? 89388 5442 2? (2 CD)
Iris: Daniela Dessì
Osaka: Josè Cura
Kyoto: Roberto Servile
Il Cieco: Nicolai Ghiaurov
Una guècha: Michiè Nakamaru
Un cenciaiuolo: Ezio di Cesare
Un merciaiuolo: Corrado Amici
Due cenciaiuoli: Fabrizio Menotta, Riccardo Coltellacci
Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera
Chorus: Coro del Teatro dell'Opera
Chorus Master: Marcello Seminara
Conductor: Gianluigi Gelmetti
Place: Roma
Date: January 1996
Studio: Live

2. Apri la tua finestra (Serenata)

502241
April 11, 1902
EMI CDH 7 61046 2 Great Recordings of the Century (1 CD, ADD, Mono)
Fenice TM02 (1 CD)
Naxos Historical 8.110703 Great Singers (1 CD, AAD, Mono)
Tenor: Enrico Caruso
Piano: Salvatore Cottone
Place: Grand Hôtel, Milano
Date: April 11, 1902
Studio: Studio
Notes: Gramophone and Typewriter Company, Ltd.G & T Mat. 1791 B, GC52368

501591
March 1906
Bongiovanni GB 1003-2 Il mito dell'opera (1 CD, ADD)
(1 CD, Mono)
Tenor: Piero Schiavazzi
Piano:
Date: March 1906
Studio: Studio
Notes: Fonotipia 39690/XPh 1729XPh 1728? (Incisioni storiche)

501819
October 1907
Bongiovanni GB 1026 (1 CD, ADD, Mono)
(1 CD, Mono)
Tenor: Elvino Ventura
Piano:
Date: October 1907
Studio: Studio
Notes: Odeon britannica 37010Fonotipia 62117/XPh 26821905? (Incisioni storiche)

503779
May 6, 1907
(1 CD, Mono)
Tenor: Giuseppe Anselmi
Piano:
Place: Milan
Date: May 6, 1907
Studio: Studio
Notes: Fonotipia 62184/XPh 26051908? (Incisioni storiche)

502004
April 1909
IRCC CD 812 (1 CD, ADD)
Tenor: Florencio Costantino
Date: April 1909
Studio: Studio
Notes: Columbia 4049A689

503786
1910-1914
(1 CD, Mono)
Tenor: Angelo Bendinelli
Date: 1910-1914
Studio: Studio
Notes: La Cigale 9272 (11240) (Incisioni storiche)Columbia 92711911? (Incisioni storiche)

501863
November 6, 1918
EMI 7-69987-2 (2 CD, ADD, Mono)
Naxos Historical 8.110262 (1 CD, ADD, Mono)
Tenor: Beniamino Gigli
Orchestra:
Conductor: Carlo Sabajno
Place: Milan
Date: November 6, 1918
Studio: Studio
Notes: HMV Mat. 20270b, 7-52109

502172
November 7, 1920
Nimbus Records NI 7858 Prima Voce (1 CD, ADD)
Symposium 1231 (1 CD, Mono)
Tenor: Fernando De Lucia
Place: Naples
Date: November 7, 1920
Studio: Studio
Notes: Phonotype C 2452

501526
1924
Pearl GEMM CD 9229 (1 CD, ADD)
Tenor: Aureliano Pertile
Date: 1924
Studio: Studio
Notes: Pathé 8703510385

503790
April 18, 1925
Fonotipia F 5543 (1 78, Mono)
(1 CD, Mono)
Tenor: Aureliano Pertile
Orchestra:
Date: April 18, 1925
Studio: Studio
Notes: Fonotipia 74943/XXPh 5561

509806
1927
Columbia D 12506 (1 78, Mono)
Tenor: Aureliano Pertile
Orchestra:
Conductor:
Place: Milan
Date: 1927
Studio: Studio
Notes: Columbia D 12506 / 70813

503816
1927
(1 CD, Mono)
Tenor: Alessandro Granda
Orchestra:
Conductor: Lorenzo Molajoli
Date: 1927
Studio: Studio
Notes: Columbia D12551 (B1331)Columbia CQ 7065

501929
September 25, 1929
EMI 3C 061-17169 M (1 LP)
(1 CD, Mono)
Tenor: Antonio Cortis
Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro all Scala
Conductor: Carlo Sabajno
Place: Milan
Date: September 25, 1929
Studio: Studio
Notes: HMV DA 1076/BM 1122-1

3. Danza delle guèchas

500843
October 1927
Columbia G-50238-D (1 78, Mono)
Fonoteca FT-96.11.15 (1 CD, AAD, Mono)
Naxos 8.110714-15 Naxos Historical / Great Opera Recordings (2 CD, ADD)
TIMAClub Tima 51/52 (2 LP, Mono)
VAI AUDIO VAIA 1113 (1 CD, ADD, Mono)
(1 CD, Mono)
Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Pietro Mascagni
Place: Berlin
Date: October 1927
Studio: Studio
Notes: Columbia G-50238-D (2-20399)Parlophone R-20049 (2-20399)Parlophon P 9170

4. Ho fatto un triste sogno... S'era malata

501984
1918
IRCC CD 812 (1 CD, ADD)
Soprano: Maria Farneti
Date: 1918
Studio: Studio
Notes: Fonotipia 69202

5. In pure stille

501997
April 16, 1915
IRCC CD 812 (1 CD, ADD)
(1 CD, Mono)
Soprano: Lucrezia Bori
Orchestra: Victor Orchestra
Conductor: W. B. Rogers
Date: April 16, 1915
Studio: Studio
Notes: Victor 87219B 15904-1 (US)

6. Inno del sole

500902
1927
Naxos 8.110714-15 Naxos Historical / Great Opera Recordings (2 CD, ADD)
VAI AUDIO VAIA 1113 (1 CD, ADD, Mono)
Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Pietro Mascagni
Place: Berlin
Date: 1927
Studio: Studio
Notes: 351 1/2 bi, 352/3 biPolydor 66580/583

503844
1939
(1 CD, Mono)
Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica dell'E.I.A.R. di Torino
Chorus: Coro dell'E.I.A.R. di Torino
Chorus Master: Achille Consoli
Conductor: Armando La Rosa Parodi
Date: 1939
Notes: Cetra CC2163

501923
1956
EMI 3C 061-17169 M (1 LP)
Orchestra: Orchestra Teatro di Roma
Chorus: Chorus Teatro di Roma
Conductor: G. Morelli
Chorus Master: G. Conca
Place: Rome
Date: 1956
Studio: Studio

503371
1962
Angel 3632 B/L (2 LP, Stereo)
Seraphim 7243 5 69589 2 0 Best-Loved (1 CD, ADD, Stereo)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Opera House, Rome
Chorus: Chorus of the Opera House, Rome
Chorus Master: Gianni Lazzari
Conductor: Gabriele Santini
Place: Opera House, Rome
Date: 1962
Studio: Studio

503287
October 22, 1983 (afternoon)
Pioneer Classics PC-94-046-D (1 DVD, Stereo)
Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Chorus: Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Conductor: David Stivender
Place: Metropolitan Opera, New York
Date: October 22, 1983 (afternoon)
Studio: Live

500092
October 6, 1995
Dynamic CDS 379 (1 CD, DDD, Stereo)
Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi di Trieste
Chorus: Coro del Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi di Trieste
Conductor: Tiziano Severini
Chorus Master: Ine Meisters
Place: Teatro Lirico "Giuseppe Verdi", Trieste, Italy
Date: October 6, 1995
Studio: Live

7. Inno del sole (Finale)

509903
?
HMV Victor 68908 (1 78, Mono)
Male Chorus: La Scala Chorus
Orchestra: La Scala Orchestra
Place: Milan?
Date: ?
Studio: Studio
Notes: HMV Victor 68908 BRecorded in Europe

8. Io pingo

502009
ca. 1910
IRCC CD 812 (1 CD, ADD)
Soprano: Linda Cannetti
Date: ca. 1910
Studio: Studio
Notes: Fonotipia 92734

501823
August 10, 1931
Bongiovanni GB 1026 (1 CD, ADD, Mono)
(1 CD, Mono)
Soprano: Maria Farneti
Orchestra:
Place: Milan
Date: August 10, 1931
Studio: Studio
Notes: Columbia GQX10326 WBX10781932? (Incisioni Storiche)

9. Iri Potpourri

507189
[Unknown Date]
S 1240 (1 Piano Roll)

10. Oh, come al tuo sottile corpo

502013
1909-1915
IRCC CD 812 (1 CD, ADD)
(1 CD, Mono)
Tenor: Giuseppe Armanini
Date: 1909-1915
Studio: Studio
Notes: Columbia E2488La Cigale popolare D1065 (42212)1911?

11. Or dammi il braccio tuo

503802
1905
(1 CD, Mono)
Tenor: Elvino Ventura
Date: 1905
Studio: Studio
Notes: Odeon britannica 37038

502022
1910-1915
IRCC CD 812 (1 CD, ADD)
(1 CD, Mono)
Tenor: Giuseppe Armanini
Date: 1910-1915
Studio: Studio
Notes: Columbia E2488La Cigale popolare D1065 (42214)1911?

510959
April 4, 1914
Grammofono DB-555 (1 78, Mono)
Tenor: Bernardo De Muro
Orchestra:
Place: Milan
Date: April 4, 1914
Studio: Studio

503840
1927
(1 CD, Mono)
Tenor: Alessandro Granda
Orchestra:
Conductor: Lorenzo Molajoli
Date: 1927
Studio: Studio
Notes: Columbia D12551 (B1389)Columbia GQ 7065

12. S'era malata la mia amica bambola

503775
September 1905
(1 CD, Mono)
Soprano: Fausta Labia
Piano:
Place: Milan
Date: September 1905
Studio: Studio
Notes: Fonotipia 39491/XPh 3391904? (Incisioni storiche)

503807
1930
(1 CD, Mono)
Soprano: Jovita Fuentes
Date: 1930
Studio: Studio
Notes: Parlophon P.8531.11927? (Incisioni storiche)

13. Un dì, ero piccina

502017
November 10, 1909
IRCC CD 812 (1 CD, ADD)
Soprano: Ester Mazzoleni
Date: November 10, 1909
Studio: Studio
Notes: Fonotipia 92543/XPh 4127-2

503796
March 23, 1915
(1 CD, Mono)
Soprano: Lucrezia Bori
Orchestra: Victor Orchestra
Conductor: W. B. Rogers
Date: March 23, 1915
Studio: Studio
Notes: Victrola 88524/C-15824-2

501617
August 10, 1931
Bongiovanni GB 1003-2 Il mito dell'opera (1 CD, ADD)
(1 CD, Mono)
Soprano: Maria Farneti
Orchestra:
Place: Milan
Date: August 10, 1931
Studio: Studio
Notes: Columbia GQX 10326/WBX 1079BX 1079 (WBX1075?)1932? (Incisioni Storiche)

501826
1933
Bongiovanni GB 1026 (1 CD, ADD, Mono)
(1 CD, Mono)
Soprano: Augusta Oltrabella
Orchestra:
Conductor: Franco Ghione
Date: 1933
Studio: Studio
Notes: Grammofono S10436 2239811936?Grammofono S 10467/2M-1413

503826
1940
Fenice TM02 (1 CD)
(1 CD, Mono)
Soprano: Rosetta Pampanini
Orchestra: E.I.A.R. Orchestra
Conductor: U. Tansini
Date: 1940
Studio: Studio
Notes: Cetra CB20157

503830
Around 1951
(1 CD, Mono)
Soprano: Adriana Guerrini
Orchestra: Rome RSO
Conductor: Giuseppe Morelli
Place: Rome
Date: Around 1951
Studio: Studio
Notes: Columbia GQX11190 CBX1608Columbia DX 16511941?

503835
May 6, 1953
(1 CD, Mono)
Soprano: Magda Olivero
Orchestra: RAI Orchestra
Conductor: Arturo Basile
Place: Turin
Date: May 6, 1953
Notes: Cetra AT 0321/53403

501198
December 11-13, 1974
Sony SMK 60524 (1 CD, ADD, Stereo)
Soprano: Renata Scotto
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Place: Rosslyn Chapel, London
Date: December 11-13, 1974

500939
December 1994
ANALEKTA fleur de lys FL 2 3037 (1 CD, DDD, Stereo)
Soprano: Diana Soviero
Orchestra: Orchestre de l'Opéra de Montréal
Conductor: Joseph Rescigno
Place: Sale Claude-Champagne, Montréal
Date: December 1994

500346
1999?
Actes Sud AT 34111 (2 CD, ADD, Stereo)
Soprano: Denia Mazzola-Gavazzeni
Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon
Conductor: Enrique Diemecke
Place: Montpellier?
Date: 1999?
Studio: Studio

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