This is a list of recordings of La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, an opéra bouffe (a form of operetta), in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach to an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The work was first performed in Paris on 12 April 1867.
The following recordings are in French unless otherwise indicated.
Recordings YearCast(Grand Duchess,Fritz, Prince Paul,General Boum, Wanda)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabelRecordings of La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk, accessed 20 June 20111958Eugenia ZareskaAndré DranJean MollienJohn RileyGisèle PrévetRené LeibowitzPasdeloup OrchestraChoeur Lyrique de ParisLP: UraniaCat: 5115CD: Preiser RecordsCat: 905911959Jennie TourelAndré TurpLouis QuilicoMartial SingherLaurel HurleyArnold GamsonAmerican Opera Society(recorded at Carnegie Hall in Nov)LP: Unique Opera RecordsCat: 2411966Suzanne LafayeJean AubertChristian HasseHenri BédexMichèle RaynaudJean-Claude HartemannMonthabor orchestra & chorusCD: AccordCat: 465 871-2March, Ivan & Alan Livesey, eds., with Edward Greenfield, Robert Layton, and Paul Czajkowski (2007). The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music, Revised 2008 Edition, pp 942–943. London: Penguin Books. 1967Éliane LublinRaymond AmadeChristos GrigoriouJean-Christophe BenoîtJean-Pierre MartyOrchestre de la Société des Concerts du ConservatoireLP: PathéCat: 1305681972Huguette TourangeauJohn WalkerRichard StilwellDonald GrammSusan BellingJohn CrosbyThe Santa Fe Opera orchestra & chorus(recorded on 22 July; sung in English)CD: EMICat: 7 63415-2. 1976Régine CrespinAlain VanzoCharles BurlesRobert MassardMady MespléMichel PlassonOrchestre national du Capitole de ToulouseChoeur du Capitole de ToulouseCD: SonyCat: SM2K 625831984Enriqueta TarrésAdolf DallapozzaJosef ProtschkaAlexander MaltaSaskia GerritsenPinchas SteinbergWDR Symphony Orchestra CologneWDR Rundfunkchor Köln(sung in German)CD: EMICat: 663731996Lucia Valentini TerraniCarlo AllemanoRichard PlazaEtienne LigotCarla Di CensoEmmanuel VillaumeOrchestra Internazionale d'Italia OperaBratislava Chamber chorusCD: DynamicCat: 173/1-22005Felicity LottYann BeuronÉric HuchetFrançois Le RouxSandrine PiauMarc MinkowskiLes Musiciens du Louvre(recorded at Théâtre du Châtelet in DecWorldCat Virgin Classics DVD 2005 accessed 2 October 2015.)CD: Virgin ClassicsCat: 0724354573422DVD: Virgin ClassicsCat: 0094631023996
References Notes
Cited sources Recordings of La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk, accessed 20 June 2011