Les Troyens (composed 1856-58) (review)

Aeneas: Jean Giraudeau	Mercury: [?] Frank
Cassandra/Dido: Marisa Ferrer	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Coroebus/Narbal: Charles Cambon	BBC Theatre Chorus
Ascanius: Irene Joachim/Maria Branèze	Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor
Pantheus: Charles-Paul	Live performance, 3 & 4 June 1947
Anna: Yvonne Corke	Malibran-Music (distributed by Qualiton
Iopas: Franz Vroons	Imports) cdrg 162 (3 CDs)
Hylas: Colin Cunningham
"Les Troyens à Carthage" only
Aeneas: Jean Giraudeau	Ascanius: Micheline Rolle
Dido: Arda Mandikian	Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du
Narbal: Xavier Depraz	Conservatoire de Paris
Anna: Jeannine Collard	Ensemble Vocal de Paris
Iopas: André Dran	Hermann Scherchen, conductor
Hylas: Bernard Gallet	Live performance, 29 May 1952
Pantheus: Gérard Abdoun	Tahra tah-143-44 (2 CDs)
Aeneas: Richard Cassilly	Ascanius: Frances Wyatt
Cassandra/Ghost of Cassandra: Eleanor Steber	Ghost of Hector/Priam/Ghost of Priam/Ghost of
Dido: Regina Resnik	Coroebus/Mercury: Chester Watson
Coroebus: Martial Singher	Orchestra and Chorus of the American Opera
Narbal: John Dennison	Society
Anna/Hecuba: Regina Sarfaty	Robert Lawrence, conductor
Iopas: William Lewis	Live performance, 29 December 1959 and
Hylas/Helenus: Glade Peterson	12 January 1960
Pantheus/Trojan soldier: Kenneth Smith	VAI Audio 1006-3 (3 CDs)
Aeneas: Mario Del Monaco	Ghost of Hector: Antonio Cassinelli
Cassandra: Nell Rankin	Priam: Ugo Novelli
Dido: Regina Resnik	Hecuba: Edith Martelli
Coroebus: Lino Puglisi	Trojan Soldier: Carlo Forti
Narbal: Nicola Zaccaria	Sentries: Giuseppe Morresi, Dario Caselli
Anna: Adriana Lazzarini	Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala
Iopas/Helenus: Regolo Romani	Rafael Kubelik, conductor
Hylas: Piero De Palma	Live performance, 5 May 1960
Pantheus: Agostino Ferrin	Sung in Italian
Ascanius: Fiorenza Cossotto	Myto (distributed by Qualiton) mcd-021.256 (3 CDs)
(Excerpts only)
Aeneas: Guy Chauvet	Ascanius: Jane Berbié
Cassandra/Dido: Régine Crespin	Orchestra and Chorus of the Théâtre National
Narbal/Mercury: Jean-Pierre Huteau	de l'Opéra de Paris
Anna: Marie-Luce Bellary	Georges Prêtre, conductor
Iopas: Gérard Dunan	Recorded January, February, and May 1965
Pantheus: Lucien Vernet	EMI Classics cdm-63480
Aeneas: Nicolai Gedda	Ghost of Hector: Federico Daviá
Cassandra: Marilyn Horne	Trojan soldier/Greek soldier 1: Renato Borgato
Dido: Shirley Verrett	Greek soldier 2/Sentry 1: Teodoro Rovetta
Coroebus/Ghost of Coroebus: Robert Massard	Sentry 2: Graziano del Vivo
Narbal: Boris Carmeli	Hecuba/Ghost of Cassandra: Rosina Cavicchioli
Anna: Giovanna Fiorini	Polyxena: Mina Milardi
Iopas/Helenus: Veriano Luchetti	Orchestra and Chorus of RAI, Rome
Hylas: Carlo Gaifá	Georges Prêtre, conductor
Pantheus: Robert Amis el Hage	Live performance, 30 May 1969
Ascanius/Ghost of Cassandra: Rosina Cavicchioli	Arkadia (distributed by Qualiton) cdmp-461-4
Priam/Ghost of Priam/Mercury: Plinio Clabassi	(4 CDs, coupled with La damnation of Faust)
Aeneas: Jon Vickers	Ghost of Hector (act 5)/Greek captain/Sentry 2:
Cassandra: Berit Lindholm	Dennis Wicks
Dido: Josephine Veasey	Ghost of Priam/Sentry 1: Raimund Herincx
Coroebus: Peter Glossop	Helenus: David Lennox
Narbal/Ghost of Hector (act 2): Roger Soyer	Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House,
Anna: Heather Begg	Covent Garden
Iopas: Ian Partridge	Wandsworth School Boys' Choir
Hylas: Ryland Davies	Colin Davis, conductor
Pantheus: Anthony Raffell	Recorded October 1969
Ascanius: Anne Howells	Philips (distributed by Universal Classics)
Priam/Trojan soldier/Mercury: Pierre Thau	416 432-2 (4 CDs)
Hecuba/Ghost of Cassandra: Elizabeth Bainbridge
Aeneas: Ronald Dowd	Sentry 2: Naymond Thomas
Cassandra: Maralin Niska	Helenus: Marshall Reiner
Coroebus: Louis Quilico	Trojan soldier: René Melville
Narbal/Mercury: Ronald Hedlund	Greek captain: Terrance Tobias
Anna: Eunice Alberts	Polyxena: Nalora Steel
Iopas/Hylas: Grayson Hirst	Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera Company
Pantheus/Narrator: Gimi Beni	of Boston
Ascanius: Cheryl Biggs	Sarah Caldwell, conductor
Priam/Ghost of Hector: Herbert Beattie	Live performance, 6 February 1972
Hecuba: Jan Curtis	Premiere Opera cdn-02174 (4 CDs)
Ghost of Priam/Sentry 1: Richard Christ
Aeneas: Guy Chauvet	Hecuba: Milkana Nikolova
Cassandra/Ghost of Cassandra: Helga Dernesch	Helenus: Ewald Aichberger
Dido: Christa Ludwig	Ghost of Hector: Tugomir Franc
Coroebus/Ghost of Coroebus: Wolfgang Schöne	Mercury: Georg Tichy
Narbal: Nicola Ghiuselev	Polyxena: Olga Warla
Anna: Margarita Lilowa...