Includes program notes in booklet (148 p.) in English, French and German.
Dépouillement
Luisa Miller -- Il trovatore -- I vespri siciliani -- La forza del destino -- Aida -- Otello.
Luisa Miller: Aprile Millo, soprano ; Wendy White, mezzo-soprano ; Florence Quivar, contralto ; Plácido Domingo, tenor ; Vladimir Chernov, baritone ; Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Paul Plishka, basses ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor.
Il trovatore: Leontyne Price, soprano ; Elizabeth Bainbridge, Fiorenza Cossotto, mezzo-sopranos ; Plácido Domingo, Ryland Davies, Neilson Taylor, tenors ; Sherrill Milnes, baritone ; Bonaldo Giaiotti, Stanley Riley, basses ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus, directed by John McCarthy ; Zubin Mehta, conductor.
I vespri siciliani: Martina Arroyo, soprano ; Plácido Domingo, tenor ; Sherrill Milnes, baritone ; Ruggero Raimondi, bass ; John Alldis Choir ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor.
La forza del destino: Leontyne Price, soprano ; Fiorenza Cossotto, mezzo-soprano ; Plácido Domingo, tenor ; Sherrill Milnes, baritone ; John Alldis Choir ; London Symphony Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor.
Aida: Leontyne Price, soprano ; Grace Bumbry, mezzo-soprano ; Plácido Domingo, Bruce Brewer, tenors ; Sherrill Milnes, baritone ; Ruggero Raimondi, Hans Sotin, basses ; John Alldis Choir ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor.
Otello: Plácido Domingo, tenor ; Renata Scotto, soprano ; Sherrill Milnes, baritone ; supporting soloists ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus and Boys Chorus ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor.
Note
Recorded May 2-18, 1991, at the Manhattan Center, New York City (Luisa Miller); recorded in Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Aug. 1969 (Il trovatore); recorded Aug. 1973, in Walthamstow Town Hall, London (I vespri siciliani); recorded July-Aug. 1976, in Walthamstow Town Hall, London (La forza del destino); recorded in July 1970, in Walthamstow Town Hall, London (Aida); recorded Aug. 1978, in Walthamstow Town Hall, London (Otello).
