NEIL SHICOFF RECORDINGS AND VIDEOS

DISCOGRAPHY

Bizet: Carmen

Philips 422 366-2
Recorded: Grand Auditorium de Radio France, Paris, 13-22 Jul 1988)
Opéra-Comique version, with spoken dialogue prepared by Janine Reiss

Carmen: Jessye Norman, soprano
Micaëla: Mirella Freni, soprano
Don José: Neil Shicoff, tenor
Escamillo: Simon Estes, bass
Zuniga: Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass
Frasquita: Ghyslaine Raphanel, soprano
Mercédès: Jean Rigby, mezzo-soprano
Le Dancaïre: François Le Roux, baritone
Le Remendado: Gérard Garino, tenor
Moralès: Nicolas Rivenq, baritone
Lillas Pastia: Pierre Sébastian
Le Guide: Serge Coorsan
Orchestre National de France et Choeurs de Radio France
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

Teldec 0630-13803-2
Recorded: St. Augustine's Church, London, Sep 1991

Lord Enrico Ashton: Alexandru Agache, baritone
Lucia: Edita Gruberova, soprano
Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood: Neil Shicoff, tenor
Lord Arturo Bucklaw: Bernard Lombardo, tenor
Raimondo Bidebent: Alastair Miles, bass
Alisa: Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano
Normanno: Francesco Piccoli, bass
London Symphony Orchestra and the Ambrosian Singers
Conductor: Richard Bonynge

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann

EMI CDS 7 49641
Recorded: Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Jun-Jul 1988
Fritz Oeser edition, with appendices [alternate arias/ensembles] from Choudens

Hoffmann: Neil Shicoff, tenor
Nicklausse/La Muse: Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano
Olympia: Luciana Serra, soprano
Antonia: Rosalind Plowright, soprano
Giulietta: Jessye Norman, soprano
Lindorf/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto: José van Dam, bass-baritone
Andrès/Chochenille/Frantz/Pitichinaccio: Robert Tear, tenor
La Mère de Antonia: Jocelyne Taillon, mezzo-soprano
Spalanzani: Alexander Oliver, tenor
Hermann: Marcel Vanaud, bass
Schlémil: Dale Duesing, baritone
Nathanaël: Thierry Dran, tenor
Luther/Crespel: Kurt Rydl, bass
Stella: Dinah Bryant
Voix de Basse: Stefan Dimitrov, bass
Symphonic Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra National du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels
Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling

Puccini: La Bohème

HRE 428-2 S

Mimì: Diane Soviero, soprano
Rodolfo: Neil Shicoff, tenor

Puccini: The Puccini Album: Great scenes from Tosca and Manon Lescaut

Philips 456 586-2
Recorded: Teatro Comunale, Florence, Nov 1997
Tracks: Recondita armonia; Vissi d'arte; Mario! Mario! Mario!; Non la sospiri la nostra casetta; Qual occhio al mondo può star; Act III Andante sostenuto; Io de' sospiri; Mario Cavaradossi? - A vuo; E lucevan le stelle; O dolci mani; Senti...l'ora è vicina; Come è lunga l'attesa; Presto, su! Mario

Scenes from Tosca
Floria Tosca: Galina Gorchakova, soprano
Mario Cavaradossi: Neil Shicoff, tenor
Il Sagrestano: Alessandro Calamai, bass
Sciarrone: Loris Bertolo
Spoletta: Vito Roberti, tenor
Un Pastore: Carlo Andrea Masciadri, treble
Scenes from Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut: Galina Gorchakova, soprano
Renato Des Grieux: Neil Shicoff, tenor
Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa

Puccini: Il Tabarro

EMI CD 5 56587 2 - disc 1
Recorded: Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, Hampstead, London, Jul 1997

Michele: Carlo Guelfi, baritone
Giorgetta: Maria Guleghina, soprano
Luigi: Neil Shicoff, tenor
Il Tinca: Riccardo Cassinelli, tenor
Il Talpa: Enrico Fissore, baritone
La Frugola: Elena Zilio, mezzo-soprano
Un Venditore di canzonette: Barry Banks, tenor
Due Amanti: Angela Gheorgiu, soprano; Roberto Alagna, tenor
Voce lontana di sopranino: Rosalind Waters, soprano
Voce lontana di tenorino: Daniel Hoadley, tenor
London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices
Conductor: Antonio Pappano

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

Philips 438 235-2
Recorded: Paris, Oct 1992

Larina: Sarah Walker, mezzo-soprano
Tatiana: Nuccia Focile, soprano
Olga: Olga Borodina, mezzo-soprano
Filipyevna: Irina Arkhipova, mezzo-soprano
Eugene Onegin: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Lensky: Neil Shicoff, tenor
Prince Gremin: Alexander Anisimov, bass
Triquet: Francis Egerton, tenor
A Captain: Hervé Hennequin, bass
Zaretsky: Sergei Zadvorny, bass
St. Petersburg Chamber Choir and Orchestre de Paris
Conductor: Semyon Bychkov

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

Deutsche Grammophon 423959-2
Recorded: Lukaskirche, Dresden, Jun 1987

Larina: Rosemarie Lang, mezzo-soprano
Tatiana: Mirella Freni, soprano
Olga: Anne Sophie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
Filipyevna: Ruthild Engert, mezzo-soprano
Eugene Onegin: Thomas Allen, baritone
Lensky: Neil Shicoff, tenor
Prince Gremin: Paata Burchuladze, bass
Triquet: Michel Sénéchal, tenor
A Captain: Jürgen Hartfiel, bass
Zaretsky: Gunter Emmerlich, bass
Staatskapelle Dresden and Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Conductor: James Levine

Verdi: Aroldo

Philips 462 512-2
Recorded:

Aroldo: Neil Shicoff, tenor
Mina: Carol Vaness, soprano
Egberto: Anthony Michaels-Moore, baritone
Briano: Roberto Scandiuzzi, bass
Godvino: Julian Gavin, tenor
Enrico: Sergio Spina, tenor
Elena: Marina Comparato, mezzo-soprano
Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Conductor: Fabio Luisi

Verdi: Attila

EMI CDS749952-2
Recorded: Albanella, Milan, Jun-Jul 1989

Attila: Samuel Ramey, bass
Odabella: Cheryl Studer, soprano
Foresto: Neil Shicoff, tenor
Ezio: Giorgio Zancanaro, baritone
Uldino: Ernesto Gavazzi, tenor
Leone: Giorgio Surian, baritone
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala
Conductor: Riccardo Muti

Verdi: Macbeth

Philips 412 133-2
Recorded: Berlin, Nov-Dec 1983

Lady Macbeth: Mara Zampieri, soprano
Macbeth: Renato Bruson, baritone
Banco: Robert Lloyd, bass
Dama: Lucia Aliberti, soprano
Macduff: Neil Shicoff, tenor
Malcolm: Claes H. Ahnsjö, tenor
Medico: Petteri Salomaa, bass
Servo e Sicario: Miomir Nikolic, bass
Aroldo ed Apparizione Uno: Andreas Schmidt, baritone
Apparizione Due ed Apparizione Tre: Ralph Leopold Neubert, soprano treble
Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli

Verdi: Rigoletto

Philips 412 592-2 -or- 462 158-2
Recorded: Rome, Sep 1984

Il Duca di Mantova: Neil Shicoff, tenor
Rigoletto: Renato Bruson, baritone
Gilda: Edita Gruberova, soprano
Sparafucile: Robert Lloyd, bass
Maddalena: Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo-soprano
Giovanna: Jean Rigby, mezzo-soprano
Monterone: Kurt Rydl, bass
Marullo: Armando Gabba, baritone
Borsa: William Matteuzzi, tenor
Ceprano ed Usciere: Geoffrey Moses, bass
Contessa di Ceprano e Paggio: Maria Grazia Pittavini
Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli

Verdi: La Traviata

Teldec 9031-76348-2
Recorded: Abbey Road Studios, London, Feb 1992

Violetta Valéry: Edita Gruberova
Flora Bervoix: Patricia Spence, mezzo-soprano
Annina: Monica Bacelli, mezzo-soprano
Alfredo Germont: Neil Shicoff, tenor
Giorgio Germont: Giorgio Zancanaro, baritone
Gastone, Visconte de Létorières: Kim Begley, tenor
Barone Douphol: Peter Sidhom, baritone
Marchese d'Obigny: David Barrell, baritone
Dottore Grenvil: Alastair Miles, bass
Giuseppe: Peter Bronder, tenor
Domestico di Flora: Fabrizio Visentin, bass
Commissionario: Nicholas Folwell, bass
London Symphony Orchestra and the Ambrosian Singers
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi

Verdi: Viva Verdi! A 100th Anniversary Celebration

London/Decca 2LH 467245

Aroldo: "Allora che gl'anni", with Carol Vaness, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Roberto Scandiuzzi
Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor: Fabio Luisi

Neil Shicoff Recital

HRE 394-1

VIDEOGRAPHY

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Metropolitan Opera Video
Recorded: Metropolitan Opera, 8 Jan 1988 | Telecast: 2 Mar 1988

Olympia: Gwendolyn Bradley
Antonia: Roberta Alexander
Giulietta: Tatiana Troyanos
Nicklausse/La Muse: Susan Quittmeyer
Hoffmann: Neil Shicoff
Lindorf/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto: James Morris, bass-baritone
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor: Charles Dutoit

Puccini: La Bohème

National Video Corporation 4509-99222-3 -or- Castle Vision CVI 2014
Recorded: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1982

Mimì: Ileana Cotrubas, soprano
Rodolfo: Neil Shicoff, tenor
Marcello: Thomas Allen, baritone
Musetta: Marilyn Zschau, soprano
Schaunard: John Rawnsley, baritone
Colline: Gwynne Howell, bass
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Royal Opera Chorus
Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli

Puccini: Opera Stories: La Bohème

National Video Corporation/Teldec Video
Same details as above, plus "narrated on location in Paris" by Charlton Heston

Verdi: La Traviata

National Video Corporation 4509-92409-3/Teldec Video
Recorded: Gran Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Dec 1992

Violetta Valéry: Edita Gruberova
Flora Bervoix: Mariana Pentcheva, mezzo-soprano
Annina: Antonella Trevisan, mezzo-soprano
Alfredo Germont: Neil Shicoff, tenor
Giorgio Germont: Giorgio Zancanaro, baritone
Gastone, Visconte de Létorières: Max-René Cosotti, tenor
Barone Douphol: Orazio Mori, baritone
Marchese d'Obigny: Paolo Maria Orecchia, baritone
Dottore Grenvil: Francesco Musinu, bass
Giuseppe: Paolo Zizich
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro La Fenice
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann Highlights

ORF, rights for TV broadcast only
Recorded: Wiener Staatsoper, 1996

Hoffmann: Neil Shicoff, tenor
Lindorf/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto: Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone
Olympia: Natalie Dessay, soprano
Nicklausse: Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzo-soprano
Antonia: Eliane Coelho, soprano
Orchestra and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper
Conductor: Jan Märkl

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin Highlights

ORF, rights for TV broadcast only
Recorded: Wiener Staatsoper, 1997

Eugene Onegin: Thomas Hampson, baritone
Tatiana: Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano
Lensky: Neil Shicoff, tenor
Prince Gremin: Roberto Scandiuzzi
Orchestra and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper
Conductor: Asher Fisch

Bizet: Jessye Norman Sings Carmen Philips Video

"A behind-the-scenes look at the recording of the world's most popular opera with one of the most popular singers of our time. The film includes interviews with Miss Norman and Seiji Ozawa, who conducts the French National Orchestra." The focus is definitely on Norman.

Carmen: Jessye Norman, soprano
Don José: Neil Shicoff, tenor
Escamillo: Simon Estes, bass
French National Orchestra
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa

Entritt Frei: Neil Shicoff

ORF, rights for TV broadcast only)

Great Tenor Performances

Warner Vision 0630-18626-3 (also released on DVD)

John Mark Ainsley: Dalla sua pace (Don Giovanni, Glyndebourne, 1995)
Roberto Alagna: Fontainebleau! (Don Carlo, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, 1996)
Roberto Alagna: Mon fils, reprenez votre épée (Don Carlo, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, 1996)
Giacomo Aragall: È lucevan le stelle (Tosca, Arena di Verona, 1984)
Giacomo Aragall: Recondita armonia (Tosca, Covent Garden, 1983)
Vladimir Atlantov: Niun mi tema (Otello, Arena di Verona, 1982)
Franco Bonisolli: Di quella pira" (Il Trovatore, Arena di Verona, 1985)
José Carreras: La mia letizia infondere (I Lombardi, La Scala, 1984)
José Carreras: Colpito qui m'avete (Andrea Chénier, La Scala, 1985)
Max-René Cosotti: Ecco, ridente in cielo (Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Glyndebourne, 1981)
Plácido Domingo: Ch'ella mi credo (La Fanciulla del West, (Covent Garden, 1982)
Plácido Domingo: Il était une fois à la cour d'Eisenach (Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Covent Garden, 1981)
Plácido Domingo: Tra voi belle (Manon Lescaut, Covent Garden, 1983)
Nicola Martinucci: Nessun Dorma (Turandot, Arena di Verona, 1983) [earlier release: Esultate! (Otello)]
Luciano Pavarotti: Celeste Aïda (Aïda, San Francisco Opera, 1981)
Neil Shicoff: Che gelida manina (La Bohème, Covent Garden, 1982)
Neil Shicoff: Lunge da lei per me non v'ha diletto! (La Traviata, La Fenice, 1992)
Jon Vickers: Vois ma misère, hélas! (Samson et Dalila, Covent Garden, 1981)

Opera Favorites by Puccini

Pioneer Entertainment
Scene from La Bohème (Covent Garden, 1982) with Ileana Cotrubas

NEIL SHICOFF AUDIO

Kuda, kuda, kuda vyi udalilis from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin

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