Label: PONTO 10011
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Gre Brouwenstijn; Johan van der Zalm; Gerard Holthaus; Annie Delorie; Siemen Jongsma; And Keman; Ghris Taverne; Gé Genemans
Koor en Orkest van de Nederlandsche Opera/Mario Cordone
Live recording: Amsterdam, Stadsschouwburg, April 16, 1953 - (2 CDs)

Label: PONTO 10031
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Plinio Clabassi; Antonio Manca Serra; Amadeo Berdini; Gre Brouwenstijn; Sesto Bruscantini; Graziella Sciutti; Wladimiro Badiali
Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI/Vittorio Gui
Live recording: Rome, January 27, 1952
BONUS TRACK – LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Fidelio (highlights, sung in German)
Gre Brouwenstijn; Wilhelm Ernest; Bruce Boyce; Nel Duval; Guus Hoekman; Rudolf Kat
Amsterdam, Stadsschouwburg, 1956/1969 (2 CDs)

Label: PONTO 1005
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INGE BORKH - RARITIES: CARL MARIA VON WEBER: Oberon - "Ozean, du Ungeheuer!"; RICHARD WAGNER: Das Rheingold - "Wotan! Gemahl! erwache!" (with: Heinz Rehfuss); R. Wagner - Gotterdammerung - "Starke Sceite schichtet mir dort"; GIUSEPPE VERDI: Aida - "Ich seh' dich wieder, meine Aida" (with: Hans Hopf); PIETRO MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana - "Regina coeli! Laßt uns preisen den Herm"; GIAN CARLO MENOTTI: The Consul - "To this we've come"; ANTONIN DVORAK: Zigeunermelodien, Op. 55 (Piano: Hans Altmann); GIUSEPPE VERDI: Macbeth (Excerpts) - Inge Borkh; Ernst Gutstein; Charles O'Neil; David Thaw; Theo Adam; Rosl Zapf; Ivan Rebroff; Chor und Orchester der Städtischen Bühnen Frankfurt am Main/Hans Löwlein; Live recording: Frankfurt, December 21, 1962. (2 CDs)
This is a real raritie-CD. Inge Borkh made relatively few studio recordings but most of those that she did made have become classics, also this CD with special attention for Verdi’s Macbeth. Lady Macbeth was an important role, and one witch she made a notable impression. Not only was she perfectly able to portray the character’s malevolent determination, but she also had the type of voice that Verdi is believed to have intended for the role.

Label: PONTO 1006
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RICHARD WAGNER: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - Karl Ridderbusch; Kurt Moll; Karl Terkal; Hans Helm; Peter van der Bilt; Raimund Wolansky; Horst Nitsche; Anton Wendler; Ewald Aichberger; Harald Proglhof; Alfred Sramek; Alois Pernerstorfer; James King; Heinz Zednik; Gundula Janowitz; Gertrude Jahn; Peter Wimberger; Orchester und Chor der Wiener Staatsoper/Christoph von Dohnanyi; Live recording: Wien, Wiener Staatsoper, October 21, 1975; BONUS: RICHARD WAGNER: Die Miestersinger von Nurnberg (Highlights) - Paul Schoffler; Gottlob Frick; Hans Beirer; Irmgard Seefried; Rosette Anday; Frederick Gunthrie; Orchester und Chor der Wiener Staatsoper/Fritz Reiner; Live recording: Vienna, November 14, 1955. (4 CDs)
This is a really star-performances with for example Kurt Moll, the Pogner on this recording, has commented that singing the character’s long address to The Mastersingers in Act One ‘is like climbing a mountain, more and more slowly, always in second gear, never at full steam because then you would certainly get worn out halfway. Another distinguished German bass who excelled in Wagner roles, Karel Ridderbusch sings Hans Sachs. Walther is performed by the American tenor James King. He regular presence at Bayreuth between 1965 and 1975. Gundula Janowitz (Eva) possesses a pure, creamy voice with a tightly focused tone that has enabled her to excel in may areas of the lyric and lieder repertoire.

Label: PONTO 1009
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GIUSEPPE VERDI: Luisa Miller - Bonaldo Giaotti; Franco Bonisolli; Christa Ludwig; Malcolm Smith; Giuseppe Taddei; Lilian Sukis; Milkana Nikolova; Horst Nitsche; Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper/Alberto Erede; Live recording: Vienna, January 23, 1974 (First Performance in Vienna). (2 CDs)

Label: PONTO 1010
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Medea - Tomislav Neralic; Stina-Britta Melander; Ludwig Suthaus; Inge Borkh; Sieglinde Wagner; Chor und Orchester/Vittorio Gui; Live recording: Berlin, Titania Palast, 1958; BONUS: RICHARD STRAUSS: Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) - Inge Borkh; Orchestre Symphonique de Vichy/Ferdinand Leitner. (2 CDs)

Label: PONTO 1011
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RICHARD WAGNER: Lohengrin - Nicolai Gedda, tenor; Aase Nordmo-Lovberg, soprano; Rolf Jupither, baritone; Bobro Ericson, mezzo; Bengt Rundgren (bass); Ingvar Wixell (baritone); Kungliga Teaterns kor und Hovkapellet/Silvio Varviso Live recording: Stockholm, January 29, 1966. (3 CD)
A memorable evening, because it is the only performance of the great Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda. Accompanied by an entirely Swedish cast, but sung in German. The only one not singing in this opera, though nevertheless noted, is the mezzo-soprano Bobro Ericson. The name should, of course, be Barbro Ericson. Our sincere apologies for this mistake.

Label: PONTO 1013
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RICHARD STRAUSS: Capriccio - Lisa Della Casa; Renaat Verbruggen; Chris Scheffer; Leo Katelaars; Guus Hoekman; Annie Woud; Dago Meybert; Henriette Mandel; HenkMeyer; Anton Eldering; Klein Omroepkoor Omroeporkest/Johannes den Hertog; Live recording: Hilversum, May 30, 1953. (2 CDs)

Label: PONTO 1015
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Die Frau Ohne Schatten - Heinrich Behsing; Annelies Kupper; Diana Eustrati; Gunther Ambrosius; Maria Madlen-Madsen; Joachim Stein; Christa Ludwig; Karl Kronenberg; Erna Schluter; Rolf Heide; Sanders Schier; Kathe Lindloff; Sinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks/Winfried Zillig, Live recording: 1950
First complete recording in splendid radio quality! Next to the great Strauss- and Wagner-Singers of the early fifties is the very young Christa Ludwig as the Voice of the Falcon, then at the beginning of a long and very distinguished career that would eventually encompass the roles of the Dyer's wife and even the Empress herself! Around her a German dream cast. (3 CDs)

Label: PONTO 1017
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CARL MARIA VON WEBER: Euranthe - Joan Sutherland; Marianne Schech; Frans Vroons; Otakar Kraus; Kurt Bohme; Chorus and Orchestra of the BBC, London/Fritz Stiedry; London, 1955. (2 CDs)
The famous radio broadcast, long looked after by collectors, now available in great sound. The young Joan Sutherland sings Euryanthe in glorious voice and exemplary diction - a role, she did not record in the studio. Special attention for de Dutch tenor Frans Vroons (1911-1983), who sings the role of Adolar. His recordings are collector-items.

Label: PONTO 1018
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BEDRICH SMETANA: Dalibor - Allan Monk; Nicolai Gedda; Harlan Foss; Paul Plishka; John Carpenter; teresa Kubiak; Nadia Sormova; Raymond Gniewek; Opera Orchestra New York and New York Choral Society/Eve Queler; Live recording: New York, Carnegie Hall, January 9, 1977. (2 CDs)
The concert performance on this recording was the only occasion on which Nicolai Gedda sang the role of Dalibor, he never performed on stage or recorded it commercially. Thanks to the enthusiasm, determination and courage of conductor Eve Queler. New York audiences have been able to hear performances of many fascinating operas outside the mainstream repertoire with first-rank soloists in concert performances of rarely-hard operas.

Label: PONTO 1019
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CHARLES GOUNOD: Mireille - Valerie Masterson; Luis Lima; Jane Berbie; Jules Bastin; Jean-Philippe Lafont; Diane Loeb; Pierre-Yves Le Maiget; Orchestre et Choeurs de la Suisse Romande/Sylvain Cambreling; Live recording: Geneve, Grand Theatre, September 16, 1981. (2 CDs)
This is a recording of the original five-act version, restored in 1939. The title role was sung by the English soprano Valerie Masterson. The French repertoire was an area in which she excelled and she was ideal for portraying Gounod’s Mireille. Vincent was sung by the Argentinean tenor Luis Lima, for most of the opera lovers famous for an other French role, that of Don José in Carmen.

Label: PONTO 1020
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RICHARD STRAUSS: Electra - Regina Resnik; Gladys Kuchta; Ingrid Bjoner; Helmut Melchert; Hans Sotin; Carl Schultz; Ursula Nettling; etc.; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester und Chor/Leopold Ludwig; Live recording: Hamburg, 1969; BONUS: Elektra - Inge Borkh; Siw Ericdotter; Martha Modl; Orchestra and Chorus of the Rome Opera House/Antal Dorati; Live recording: Rome, 1965. (2 CDs)
The Elektra of this Hamburg performance is the American soprano Gladys Kuchta the great dramatic soprano of the Berlin opera (1958-1975). Klytamnestra is one of the greatest role of the also American mezzo-soprano Regina Resnik. The Chrysothemis on this recording is the Norwegian soprano Ingrid Bjoner. In the eighties she performed the part of Elektra in Oslo and Copenhagen. The bonus tracks feature the Elektra of Inge Borkh and the Klytemnestra of Martha Mödl. Both singers had long and distinguished careers in which the operatic roles of Richard Strauss played an important part.

Label: PONTO 1022
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ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK: Hansel und Gretel - Elisabeth Grummer; Erika Koth; Res Fischer; Marianne Schech; Marcel Cordes; Ursula Kerp; Christa Degler; Hessischer Rundfunk/OttoMatzerath; Live recording: 1956; BONUS: Hansel und Gretel (Highlights) - Else Ruziczka; Tilly de Garmo; Maria Schulz-dornburg; Emma Basth; Eduard Kandl; Margarete Wagener; Orchester der Deutcher Oper, Berlin/Hermann Weigert; Live recording: Berlin, 1929. (2 CDs)
Hänsel und Gretel is truly a masterwork of the first rank with a combination of Wagnerian structure but naïve melodic style. It soon joined the repertoire of every lyric theatre in the German –speaking world, and had been translated into about 20 languages. Hänsel und Gretel occupies a startlingly individual place in musical history.

Label: PONTO 1028
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Julia Varady; Luciano Pavarotti; Sefania Toczyska; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Matti Salminen; Harald Stamm; Ruthild Engert; Volker Horn
Orchester und Chor der Deutschen Oper/Daniel Barenboim
Live recording: Berlin, March 22, 1982
This recording preserves the Aida of the distinguished soprano Julia Varady, who never recorded the role in a studio. She partnered on stage in Berlin with her famous husband Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) as Amonasro. Luciano Pavarotti, one of today's most popular tenors performs the role of Radames. (2 CDs)