The Metropolitan Opera Record Club

In the late 1950's, the Metropolitan Opera Record Club offered a series of recordings at reasonable prices. Most were abridged, some nearly enough to defy recognition. Some were translated into English, more or less successfully. All offered performances by artists who appeared regularly at the Met, though few had achieved "star" status and many were rarely recorded.

Opera   Conductor   Principal Artists  
Carmen Rudolf Elias, Baum, Amara, Cassel
Don Pasquale Kozma Baccaloni, Wilson, Anthony, Guarrera
Andrea Chénier Cleva Tucker, Curtis-Verna, Sereni
Hänsel und Gretel Kozma Hurley, Miller, Resnik
Pagliacci Cleva da Costa, Amara, Guarrera
Le nozze di Figaro Rudolf Tozzi, Conner, Singher, Amara, Miller
Die Zauberflöte Kozma Amara, Sullivan, Hines, Hurley, Uppman
Boris Godunov Mitropooulos Tozzi, da Costa, Amara, Scott
Les contes d'Hoffmann Morel Crain, Vanni, Hurley, Elias, Amara, Singher
La Perichole Morel Munsel, Ritchard, Uppman
La boheme Cleva Amara, Barioni, Krall, Valentino
Madama Butterfly Mitropoulos Kirsten, Barioni, Miller, Harvuot
Tosca Mitropoulos Kirsten, Barioni, Guarrera
Die Fledermaus Kozma Krall, Sullivan, Hurley, Brownlee, Miller
Eugene Onegin Mitropoulos Guarrera, Amara, Elias, Tucker, Tozzi
Aida Cleva Amara, da Costa, Elias, Guarrera
Rigoletto Cleva McFerrin, Hurley, Barioni
Il trovatore Rudolf Baum, Curtis-Verna, Elias, Guarrera
Die Walküre Mitropoulos Harshaw, Schech, Vinay, Uhde

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