Orchestra and Chorus of the Covent Garden Opera

CHERUBINI  Medea
Live recording, 30 June 1959, Royal Opera House, London
Producer and XR Remastering: Andrew Rose
Cover artwork based on a photograph of Maria Callas and Jon Vickers
as Medea and Giasone in the 1959 Royal Opera House production
Total duration: 2hr 14:22  

Recorded in 1952
Total duration: 4hr 16:25

VERDI Falstaff

Live performance, 1961
Total duration: 2hr 8:13

Geraint Evans  Sir John Falstaff
Robert Bowman  Bardolph
Michael Langdon  Pistol
Regina Resnik  Mistress Quickly
Mirella Freni  Anne Ford
Luigi Alva  Fenton

Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Covent Garden Orchestra
conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

Recorded live in London, 1961
Total duration: 2hr 34:04

WALTON Troilus and Cressida (original version)

Live recording, 1954
Total duration:  2hr 18:27  

Richard Lewis, Troilus
Magda Laszlo, Cressida
Frederick Dalberg, Calkas
Geraint Evans, Antenor
Peter Pears, Pandarus
Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor

R. STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier

Live broadcast performance, 1959
Total duration:  3hr 16:56

Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Kurt Böhme
Octavian - Sena Jurinac
Herr von Faninal - Ronald Lewis
Sophie, his daughter - Hanny Steffek

Covent Garden Opera Orchestra & Chorus   
conducted by Georg Solti