1951/52

Monteverdi: L’Incoronazione di Poppea or Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda  (sources differ) 1951

Arnold Gamson.

Gluck: Le Cadi Dupé & Monteverdi: Il Combattimento di Tancredi e  Clorinda.  6.27.52 (In Ipwich, MA)

Shirlee Emmons, Rose Marie Jun, Iris Fribrock, Frederick Heyne, Orville White, Joseph Mordino; Arnold Gamson.

 

1952-53

Rousseau: Le Devin du Village & Purcell: The Witch of Endor   11.9.52

Laurel Hurley, Mariquita Moll, Donald Clark, Christopher O’Malley, Lawrence Avery; Arnold Gamson

Monteverdi: L’Incoronazione di Poppea   2.8.53

Gloria Lane, Sarah Fleming, Rosemary Carlos, Florence Kopleff, Laurel Hurley, Jon Crain, Robert Goss, Wilson Jones; Arnold Gamson

 

1953-54

Gluck: Paride ed Elena   1.15.54

Mariquita Moll, Laurel Hurley, Maria Leone, Paul Franke; Arnold Gamson

Rossini: La Gazza Ladra   3.10.54

Laurel Hurley, Ruth Kobart, Charles Anthony, Paul Ukema, Lee Cass, Salvatore Baccaloni; Arnold Gamson

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas & The Witch of Endor   4,12,54

Jennie Tourel, Sarah Fleming, Lucine Amara, Gloria Lane, James McCracken, Charles Anthony; Arnold Gamson

Monteverdi: L’Incoronazione di Poppea   6.11.54 (at Caramoor)

Gloria Lane, Mariquita Moll, Sarah Fleming, Laurel Hurley, Florence Kopleff, Hugh Thompson, William Olvis; Arnold Gamson

 

1954-55

Rossini: Otello  11.23.54

Jennie Tourel, Carol Brice, Thomas Hayward, Albert DaCosta, Thomas LoMonaco, Chester Watson; Arnold Gamson

Bellini: La Sonnambula   1.25.55

Laurel Hurley, Sarah Fleming, Charles Anthony, Cesare Siepi; Arnold Gamson

Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride   2.15.55

Lucine Amara, Léopold Simoneau, Hugh Thompson, Chester Watson; Arnold Gamson

Monteverdi: L’Incoronazione di Poppea   3.22.55

Mariquita Moll, Vilma Georgiu, Gloria Lane, Sarah Fleming, Paul Franke, James McCracken, Donald Gramm, Chester Watson; Arnold Gamson

 

1955-56

Cherubini: Medea 11.8.55

Eileen Farrell, Laurel Hurley, Martha Lipton, James McCracken, Norman Scott; Arnold Gamson

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas & Monteverdi: Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda   12.13.55

Elena Nikolaidi, Eileen Faull, Sandra Warfield, Paul Franke; Arnold Gamson

Bellini: I Puritani   1.10.56

Laurel Hurley, Rosalind Elias, Eugene Conley, Louis Quilico, Donald Gramm; Arnold Gamson

Offenbach: La Périchole   2.14.56

Jennie Tourel, Léopold Simoneau, Martial Singher; Arnold Gamson

 

1956-57

Handel: Giulio Cesare   10.9.56

Leontyne Price, Florence Kopleff, Russell Oberlin, Cesare Siepi, Ezio Flagello; Arnold Gamson

Cherubini: Medea   12.18.56

Eileen Farrell, Eva Likova, Martha Lipton, Jon Vickers; Miroslav Cangalovic, Arnold Gamson

Beethoven: Fidelio   11.20.56

Inge Borkh, Sarah Fleming, Jon Vickers, Paul Schöffler, Alexander Welitsch, Fernando Corena; Arnold Gamson

Poulenc: Les Mamelles de Tirésias & Falla: El Retablo de Maese Pedro   2.26.57

Denise Duval, Mignon Dunn, Martial Singher, Paul Franke, Loren Driscoll, Donald Gramm; Arnold Gamson

 

1957-58

Donizetti: Anna Bolena   10.6.57

Gloria Davy, Giulietta Simionato, Richard Cassilly, David Smith; Arnold Gamson

Gluck: Paride ed Elena   11.5.57

Mariquita Moll (replacing Phyllis Curtin), Laurel Hurley, Anita Cerquetti, David Poleri; Arnold Gamson

Rossini: Otello   12.10.57

Eileen Farrell, Martha Lipton, Thomas Haywood, Hugh Thompson, Loren Driscoll, Chester Watson; Arnold Gamson

Offenbach: La Grande-duchesse de Gérolstein   1.21.58

Jennie Tourel, Pierrette Alarie, Léopold Simoneau, Louis Quilico, Martial Singher; Arnold Gamson

Monteverdi: L’Incoronazione di Poppea   2.25.58

Leontyne Price, Mariquita Moll, Sarah Fleming, Judith Raskin, Florence Kopleff, Robert Rounseville, Ezio Flagello, Donald Gramm; Arnold Gamson

 

1958-59

Bellini: I Capuleti ed I Montecchi   10.14.58

Laurel Hurley, Giulietta Simionato, Richard Cassilly; Arnold Gamson

Rossini: Mosè in Egitto   12.2.58

Gloria Davy, Jennie Tourel, Jon Crain, Frank Poretta, Boris Christoff, Norman Scott; Arnold Gamson

Handel: Giulio Cesare   11.18.58

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Maureen Forrester, Russell Oberlin, Cesare Siepi, Ezio Flagello; Arnold Gamson

Handel: Giulio Cesare  (Philadelphia only) 12.18.58

Virginia Zeani, Elena Nikolaidi, David Cunningham, Cesare Siepi, Ezio Flagello; Arnold Gamson

Bellini: Il Pirata   1.27.59

Maria Callas, Pier Miranda Ferraro, Costantino Ego; Nicola Rescigno

Cherubini: Medea   3.10.59

Eileen Farrell, Judith Raskin, Claramae Turner, Richard Lewis, Morley Meredith; Arnold Gamson

 

1959-60

Donizetti: Il Duca d’Alba   10.20.59

Ivana Tosini, Renato Cioni, Louis Quilico, Wladimiro Ganzarolli; Thomas Schippers

Offenbach: La Grande-duchesse de Gérolstein   11.10.59

Jennie Tourel, Laurel Hurley, André Turp, Louis Quilico, Martial Singher, Stefan Schnabel; Arnold Gamson

Berlioz: Les Troyens   12.29.59 & 1.12.60

Eleanor Steber, Regina Resnik, Regina Sarfaty, Richard Cassilly, Martial Singher; Robert Lawrence (replacing Sir Thomas Beecham)

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice   1.30.60

Giulietta Simionato, Irma Gonzalez, Mildred Allen; Antonio de Almeida

Poulenc: La Voix Humaine & Les Mamelles de Tirésias   2.23.60

Denise Duval, Regina Sarfaty, Martial Singher, Donald Gramm, Loren Driscoll, Paul Franke; Georges Prêtre

 

1960-61

Handel: Hercules  12.3.60

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Richard Verreau, Walter Berry, Chester Ludgin; Nicola Rescigno

Monteverdi: L’Incoronazione di Poppea   1.10.61

Gloria Lane, Elinor Ross, Lee Venora, Regina Sarfaty, Jon Crain, Chester Watson, Loren Driscoll, Donald Gramm; Arnold Gamson

Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda   2.21.61

Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Richard Cassilly, Enzo Sordello; Nicola Rescigno

 

1961-62

Bellini: La Sonnambula   12.5.61

Joan Sutherland, Eileen di Tullio, Betty Allen, Renato Cioni, Ezio Flagello; Nicola Rescigno

Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride   1.9.62

Marilyn Horne (replacing Rita Gorr), Johanna Meier, Léopold Simoneau, Gabriel Bacquier, Morley Meredith; Edouard van Remoortel

Handel: Samson   2.6.62

Judith Raskin, Johanna Meier, Eileen di Tullio, Russell Oberlin, Jon Vickers, Norman Treigle, Chester Watson; Nicola Rescigno

Lehar: Die Lustige Witwe   3.13.62

Sari Barabas (replacing Elisabeth Schwarzkopf), Anneliese Rothenberger, Rudolf Schock, Nicolai Gedda, Paul Franke; Franz Allers

Rossini: La Cenerentola   4.10.62

Teresa Berganza, Charles Anthony, Fernando Corena, Ezio Flagello; Nicola Rescigno

 

1962-63

Stravinsky: The Rake\s Progress   11.20.62

Judith Raskin, Betty Allen, Marlena Kleinman, Alexander Young, John Reardon, Robert Oliver; Robert Craft

Rossini: L’Italiana in Algeri   12.11.62

Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Fernando Corena, Sesto Bruscantini, Justino Diaz; Thomas Schippers

Donizetti: Maria di Rohan   2.12.63

Ilva Ligabue, Betty Allen, John Alexander, Lino Puglisi, Justino Diaz; Bruno Bartoletti

Kalman: Gräfin Mariza   3.26.63

Hilde Gueden, John Reardon, Walter Slezak; Franz Allers

Bellini: I Puritani   4.16.63

Joan Sutherland, Nicolai Gedda, Ernest Blanc, Justino Diaz; Richard Bonynge

 

1963-64

Massenet: Hérodiade  12.10.63

Régine Crespin, Rita Gorr, Guy Chauvet, Robert Massard; Alain Lombard

Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites   1.14.64

Denise Duval. Andrea Guiot, Claramae Turner, Sylvia Stahlman, Betty Allen, Russell Christopher; Georges Prêtre

Rossini: Semiramide  2.18.64

Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Richard Cross, Walter Garringer, Spiro Malas; Richard Bonynge

Thomson: The Mother of Us All   3.31.64

Johanna Meier (replacing Elinor Ross), Betty Allen, Veronica Tyler, Enrico Di Giuseppe, Gino Beni, Thomas Paul; Robert La Marchina

Bellini: I Capuleti ed I Montecchi   4.28.64

Mary Costa, Giulietta Simionato, André Montal; Lamberto Gardelli

 

1964-65

Busoni: Doktor Faust   12.1.64

Ingrid Bjoner, George Shirley, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Malcolm Smith; Jascha Horenstein

Handel: Alcina   1.5.65

Joan Sutherland, Margreta Elkins, Laurel Hurley, Veronica Tyler, Monica Sinclair, André Montal, Spiro Malas; Richard Bonynge

Rossini: Il Turco in Italia   2.23.65

Judith Raskin, Betty Allen, Giuseppe Tadeo, Elfego Esparza, Jerold Siena, Sherrill Milnes; John Pritchard

Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide   3.23.65

Christa Ludwig, Betty Allen, Richard Cassilly, Walter Berry; Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia   4.20.65

Montserrat Caballé (replacing Marilyn Horne), Jane Berbié, Alain Vanzo, Kostas Paskalis; Jonel Perlea

 

1965-66

Donizetti: Roberto Devereux   12.16.65

Montserrat Caballé, Lili Chookasian, Juan Oncina, Walter Alberti; Carlo Felice Cillario

Britten: Billy Budd   1.4.66

Robert Kerns, Richard Lewis, Forbes Robinson; Georg Solti

Boito: Mefistofele   1.25.66

Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi (originally announced: Bernabé Martí), Nicolai Ghiaurov; Lamberto Gardelli

Verdi: Giovanna d’Arco  3.1.66

Teresa Stratas, Angelo Mori, Sherrill Milnes; Carlo Felice Cillario

Bellini: Il Pirata   4.25.66

Montserrat Caballé, Bernabé Martí, Licinio Montefusco; Gianfranco Rivoli

 

1966-67

Rossini: Mosè in Egitto   10.28.66

Rita Orlandi-Malaspina, Ruza Baldani, Luigi Ottolini, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Amin Feres; Lamberto Gardelli

Donizetti: Anna Bolena   11.15.66

Elena Souliotis, Marilyn Horne, Janet Baker, Placido Domingo (originally announced: Luciano Pavarotti), Carlo Cava; Henry Lewis

Cherubini: Medea   12.6.66

Gwyneth Jones, Jane Marsh, Regina Sarfaty, Aldo Bottion, Carlo Cava; Lamberto Gardelli

Handel: Giulio Cesare   3.21.67

Montserrat Caballé, Huguette Tourangeau, Frederick D. Mayor, Kostas Paskalis, Amin Feres; Arnold Gamson

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice   4.4.67

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Lucia Popp, Veronica Tyler, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Jonel Perlea

 

1967-68

Bellini: Norma   11.9.67

Elena Souliotis, Nancy Tatum, Gianfranco Cecchele, Luigi Roni; Carlo Felice Cillario

Donizetti: Maria Stuarda   12.6.67

Montserrat Caballé, Shirley Verrett, Edoardo Gimenez; Carlo Felice Cillario

Verdi: Alzira  1.17.68

Elinor Ross, Gianfranco Cecchele, Louis Quilico; Jonel Perlea

Haydn: Orfeo ed Euridice   2.7.68

Joan Sutherland, Nicolai Gedda, Spiro Malas; Richard Bonynge

Catalani: La Wally   3.13.68

Renata Tebaldi, Isabel Penagos, Carlo Bergonzi, Peter Glossop, Fernando Corena; Fausto Cleva

 

1968-69

Verdi: Nabucco   10.11.68

Elena Souliotis, Kostas Paskalis, Daniele Barioni, Luigi Roni; Carlo Felice Cillario

Bellini: La Straniera   3.26.69

Montserrat Caballé, Biancamaria Casoni, Amadeo Zambon, Vicente Sardinero; Anton Guadagno

D’Albert: Tiefland   4.9.69

Angeles Gulin, Kate Hurney, Ion Buzea, Edgar Keenon; Otto-Werner Mueller

Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots   5.14.69

Beverly Sills, Angeles Gulin, Kay Creed, Tony Poncet, Justino Diaz, Joshua Hecht, Thomas Jamerson; Reynald Giovaninetti

 

1969-70

Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment   2.13.70

Beverly Sills, Muriel Greenspon, Grayson Hirst, Fernando Corena; Roland Gagnon

Goldmark: Die Königin von Saba   3.26.70

Alpha Floyd, Teresa Kubiak, Kate Hurney, Arley Reece, Wolfgang Anheisser; Reynald Giovaninetti