The Makropulos Affair (opera) - Recordings

Recordings

Year Cast:
Emilia, Gregor,
Kolenatý, Vítek,
Kristina,
Jaroslav Prus,
Janek		 Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra		 Label
1959 Zdenka Hrncirova,
Beno Blachut,
Rudolf Asmus,
??,
Milada Musilová,
Theodor Srubar,
Rudolf Vonásek		 Jaroslav Vogel,
Prague National Theatre Chorus and Orchestra		 LP: Supraphon. Excerpts only: Act 1 fig. 102 to end; Act 2 fig. 9 to fig. 25; Act 3, fig. 112 to end.
1966 Libuse Prylova,
Ivo Žídek,
Karel Berman,
Rudolf Vonasek,
Helena Tattermuschová,
Přemysl Kočí,
Viktor Koci		 Bohumil Grégor,
Prague National Theatre Chorus and Orchestra		 LP and Audio CD:
Supraphon
1971 Marie Collier,
Gregory Dempsey,
Eric Shilling,
Francis Egerton,
Barbara Walker,
Raimund Herincx,
David Hillman		 Charles Mackerras,
Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus and Orchestra		 Audio CD: Oriel Music Society (Performed in English)
1976 Anja Silja,
William Lewis,
Joshua Hecht
Raymond Manton,
Pamela South,
Geraint Evans,
Neil Rosenheim		 Christoph von Dohnányi,
San Francisco Opera Chorus and Orchestra		 Live broadcast and Audio CD:
(Performed in English).
1978 Elisabeth Söderström,
Peter Dvorský,
Dalibor Jedlička,
Vladimír Krejčík,
Anna Czaková,
Václav Zítek,
Zdeněk Švehla		 Charles Mackerras,
Wiener Staatsopernchor (chorus master: Helmuth Froschauer), Wiener Philharmoniker		 LP and Audio CD:
Decca
1989 Stephanie Sundine,
Graham Clark,
Robert Orth,
Richard Margison,
Kathleen Brett,
Cornelius Opthof
Benoit Boutet		 Berislav Klobučar (conductor),
Canadian Opera Company
Lotfi Mansouri (stage director)		 VHS Video: Pickwick Video
1995 Anja Silja,
Kim Begley,
Andrew Shore,
Anthony Roden,
Manuela Kriscak,
Victor Braun,
Christopher Ventris
 Andrew Davis,
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Glyndebourne Festival
Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director)		 VHS & DVD:
Warner Music Vision
1996 Jessye Norman,
Graham Clark,
Donald McIntyre,
Ronald Naldi,
Marie Plette,
Håkan Hagegård,
William Burden		 David Robertson,
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra		 Audio CD:
Oriel Music Society (Performed in English)

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