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Paul Franke


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American operatic tenor, born 23 December 1917 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and died 21 July 2011 in Queens, New York, United States.

ALBUMS


Busoni*, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, George Shirley, Malcolm Smith (10), Paul Franke, Ingrid Bjoner, American Opera Society Chorus & Orchestra*, Jascha Horenstein
Doktor Faust
2022, 38xFile, FLAC, 16-, Pristine Audio, Pristine Audio, ,
Romantic
Georges Bizet, Risë Stevens, Lucine Amara, Heidi Krall, Margaret Roggero, Mario del Monaco, Frank Guarrera, George Cehanovsky, Paul Franke, Norman Scott, Clifford Harvuot, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Kurt Herbert Adler, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Carmen
1989, ,
Opera
Giuseppe Verdi, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* And Chorus*, Fausto Cleva, Mario del Monaco, Victoria De Los Angeles, Leonard Warren, Paul Franke, Rosalind Elias, Charles Antony (2), Nicola Moscona, Clifford Harvuot, Calvin Marsh
Otello (Selezione)
1989, ,
Opera
Jacques Offenbach, Pierre Monteux, Richard Tucker (2), Martial Singher, Paul Franke, Clifford Harvuot, Norman Scott, Alessio De Paolis, George Cehanovsky, James McCracken, Calvin Marsh, Natalie Kelepovska, Roberta Peters, Risë Stevens, Lucine Amara, Mildred Miller, Sandra Warfield
Les Contes D'Hoffmann
1982, 3x Vinyl, ,
Opera
Giuseppe Verdi, Fritz Stiedry, Leonard Warren, Astrid Varnay, Mihály Székely, Richard Tucker (2), Giuseppe Valdengo, Lorenzo Alvary, Paul Franke, Maxine Stellman, Orchestra* e Coro del Teatro Metropolitan di New York*
Simon Boccanegra
1981, 3x Vinyl, ,
Opera
Giuseppe Verdi, Cornell MacNeil, Leonie Rysanek, Rosalind Elias, Eugenio Fernandi, Cesare Siepi, Paul Franke, Orchestra* E Coro Del Teatro Metropolitan Di New York*, Thomas Schippers
Nabucco
1981, ,
Romantic/Opera
Leoncavallo* - Jussi Bjoerling* • Victoria De Los Angeles • Leonard Warren • Paul Franke • Robert Merrill • The Robert Shaw Chorale & Columbus Boychoir* • Orchestra* Conducted By Renato Cellini
I Pagliacci / Arias By Jussi Bjoerling
1970
Lisa Della Casa, John Reardon (2) With Laurel Hurley, Charles K.L. Davis, Paul Franke, Howard Kahl And Paul Richards (5), The American Opera Society Orchestra* And Chorus*, Margaret Hillis, Franz Allers
The Merry Widow
1962, Vinyl, ,
Opera/Musical
Merrill* • Munsel* • Peerce* • Pinza* • Votipka* • Franke* - Donizetti*
Lucia Di Lammermoor
1959, 7", EP, Mono, RCA Italiana Red Seal, RCA Italiana
Offenbach*, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* And Chorus*, Jean Morel, Laurel Hurley, Rosalind Elias, Lucine Amara, Helen Vanni, Sandra Warfield, Jon Crain, Martial Singher, Charles Anthony (3), Paul Franke, Clifford Harvuot, Norman Scott, Jules Barbier, John Gutman
The Tales Of Hoffmann (Abridged)
1959, Vinyl, ,
Opera/Romantic
Verdi* - Zinka Milanov • Jussi Bjoerling* • Fedora Barbieri • Leonard Warren • Margaret Roggero • Paul Franke • Nicola Moscona • The Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw • RCA Victor Orchestra*, Renato Cellini
Il Trovatore (Highlights)
1955, Vinyl, ,
Opera/Romantic
Verdi* / Zinka Milanov, Fedora Barbieri, Jussi Bjoerling*, Paul Franke, Leonard Warren, George Cehanovsky, Nicola Moscona, Conjunto Coral Robert Shaw* Dir.: Robert Shaw, Orquesta RCA Victor* Director: Renato Cellini
Il Trovatore
1952
Georges Bizet, Rosalind Elias, Kurt Baum, Lucine Amara, Walter Cassel, Heidi Krall, Margaret Roggero, Clifford Harvout*, George Cehanovsky, Paul Franke, Max Rudolf
Carmen
LP, Mono, Book-Of-The Month Club, The Metropolitan Opera Record Club, ,
Opera
Zinka Milanov, Paul Franke
Arias From "Il Trovatore"
7", EP, RCA Victor
Giacomo Puccini, Renata Tebaldi, Anselmo Velis*, Paul Franke, Paul Plishka, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Jan Behr
La Fanciulla Del West
2xCD, Album, BellaVoce
Giacomo Puccini, Renata Tebaldi, Anselmo Velis*, Paul Franke, Paul Plishka, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Jan Behr
La Fanciulla Del West
2xCD, Not On Label
The Metropolitan Opera
Celebrating 125 Years • Historic Met Performances 1937–2005
2009, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, Ltd, RM, Gat, The Metropolitan Opera,
Opera/Classical/Romantic/Modern

APPEARANCES +


Dimitri Mitropoulos, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic
The Complete RCA And Columbia Album Collection
2022, 69xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, Sony Classical,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Neo-Classical/Modern/Opera
Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra
The Columbia Legacy
2021, 120xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, Sony Classical,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern
Various
Wagner At The Met (Legendary Performances From The Metropolitan Opera)
2013, 25xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, Sony Classical, ,
Opera/Romantic
Hans Hotter
The Wotan Of The Century At His Best
2013, 10xCD, Album, Mono, RM + Box, Comp, Documents, The Intense Media, ,
Opera/Romantic
Giuseppe Verdi
Verdi At The Met (Legendary Performances From The Metropolitan Opera)
2013, 20xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Sony Classical, ,
Opera/Romantic
Puccini*, Zinka Milanov, Jussi Björling, Leonard Warren, Orchestra* E Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Erich Leinsdorf
Tosca
2012, ,
Opera/Romantic
Verdi* - Cornell MacNeil, Leonie Rysanek, Cesare Siepi, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* And Chorus*, Thomas Schippers
Nabucco
2011
Richard Wagner, Karl Böhm, Otto Edelmann, Aase Nordmo Løvberg, Sebastian Feiersinger, Giorgio Tozzi
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
2010, 4xCD, Album, RM, Walhall, ,
Opera/Romantic
Stravinsky*, James Levine (2), Florence Quivar, Franz Mazura, William Lewis (2), Gianna Rolandi, Philip Creech, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* And Chorus*
Le Sacre Du Printemps - Le Rossignol - Oedipus Rex
2010, 3xCD, Album, The Metropolitan Opera, ,
Classical/Opera
Richard Wagner, Karl Böhm
Tristan Und Isolde, New York, 1960
2010, 3xCD, Mono, Golden Melodram, ,
Opera/Romantic
Verdi* / Montserrat Caballé, Sherrill Milnes, Nico Castel, Nicolai Gedda, Justino Diaz, James Levine
I Vespri Siciliani (March 9, 1974)
2008, ,
Opera
Wagner*
Tannhäuser - 4 Gesamtaufnahmen - Aufführungsmitschnitte
2007, 2xCDr, Comp, Mono, RM, MP, Cantus Classics, ,
Opera/Romantic
Gaetano Donizetti - L. Pons*, J. Peerce*, F. Valentino*, N. Moscona*, Fausto Cleva
Lucia Di Lammermoor
2007, 2x CD, ,
Opera/Romantic
Donizetti*, M. Callas*, G. Campora*, E. Sordello*, N. Moscona*, Fausto Cleva
Lucia Di Lammermoor
2007, 2x CD, ,
Opera
Jacques Offenbach - Pierre Monteux, Metropolitan Opera Chorus And Metropolitan Opera Orchestra*, Roberta Peters, Risë Stevens, Lucine Amara, Richard Tucker (2), Martial Singher
Les Contes D’Hoffmann
2006, 2xCD, Album, Mono, RM, 24 , Andromeda (3)
Richard Wagner - Rudolf Kempe
Tristan Und Isolde
2005, 3xCD, Album, Walhall, ,
Opera/Romantic
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser
2005, 3xCD, Mono, RM, Walhall Eternity Series
Bellini* - Zinka Milanov, Blanche Thebom, Gino Penno, Cesare Siepi
Norma (Metropolitan Opera: March 27, 1954)
2004, 2xCD, Album, Mono, Bensar Records, ,
Opera
Jussi Björling
The Very Best of Jussi Björling (Die Schönsten Aufnahmen ∙ Le Meilleur De)
2003, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, RM, EMI Classics, ,
Opera/Vocal/Romantic/Neo-Romantic
Various
WWW Site On A Disc - [Volume] 4
2003, CDr, CD-ROM, Comp, MP3, Premiere Opera, ,
Opera/Romantic
Giacomo Puccini, Pilar Lorengar, Sándor Kónya, Mario Sereni, George Schick, Chorus* And Orchestra Of The Metropolitan Opera*
Madama Butterfly - Giacomo Puccini
2002, 2xCD-ROM, Album, RP, BellaVoce, ,
Classical/Opera/Romantic
Richard Strauss, Metropolitan Opera*
Der Rosenkavalier: Metropolitan Opera Historic Broadcast - February 24, 1951
2000, 3xCD, Album, Mono, RE + Box, Album, The Metropolitan Opera, ,
Romantic/Opera
Astrid Varnay, Set Svanholm, George London (2), Hans Hotter, Fritz Stiedry
Parsifal
1998, 4x CD, ,
Opera
Various
Essential Operetta - Selections From The Merry Widow - Kismet - The Opera Ball - Show Boat - Song Of Norway And Many Others
1997, CD, ,
Operetta
Jussi Björling
O Paradiso, Great Opera Arias
1996, CD, Comp, RE, RCA Victor
Jussi Björling
O Paradiso - Great Opera Arias
1996, CD, Comp, RCA Victor Gold Seal
Giuseppe Verdi, Warren*, Varnay*, Tucker*, Valdengo*, Székely*, F.Stiedry*
Simon Boccanegra
1994, 2xCD-ROM, Album, Mono, RP, Myto Records, ,
Opera/Romantic/Classical
Puccini* - Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, Cornell MacNeil, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* and Chorus*, Kurt Adler*
Tosca
1992, 2x CD, ,
Romantic/Opera
G. Puccini* - G. Di Stefano*, L. Albanese*, H. Gueden*, F. Guarrera*, C. Siepi*, Orchestra* e coro del Teatro Metropolitan di New York* Direttore E. Erede*
La Boheme (Live 15/3/1952)
1983, 2xLP, Album, Mono, G.F.C., ,
Opera/Romantic
Mario del Monaco
Recital
1982, CD, ,
Opera/Romantic
Giuseppe Verdi
Otello
1981, LP, International Music Of Italy, ,
Opera
Giuseppe Verdi
Otello
1981, LP, International Music Of Italy, ,
Opera
Giuseppe Verdi
Otello
1981, LP, International Music Of Italy, ,
Opera
Richard Strauss, Fritz Reiner, Orchestra Del Teatro Metropolitan Di New York*
Salome
1981
Mozart* - Amara*, Sullivan*, Peters*, Hines*, Uppman*, Hurley*, Metropolitan Opera*, Bruno Walter
The Magic Flute
1981, 2x CD, ,
Classical/Opera
Giuseppe Verdi, Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Metropolitan Di New York* , Fausto Cleva, Mario Del Monaco, Leonard Warren, Renata Tebaldi
Otello
1980
Richard Strauss, Inge Borkh, Ramón Vinay, Mack Harrell, Blanche Thebom, Giulio Gari, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* And Chorus*, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Salome
1979, 2x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Opera
Bizet*, Risë Stevens, Mario del Monaco, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* And Chorus*, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Carmen
1977, 3x CD, ,
Opera
Gioacchino Rossini, L. Pons*, G. Valdengo*, G. Di Stefano*, S. Baccaloni*, J. Hines*, Orchestra* E Coro del Teatro Metropolitan*, Alberto Erede
Il Barbiere Di Siviglia
1976, ,
Opera
Verdi*
Great Men Of Music
1976, 4x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Romantic
Mozart*, Tibor Kozma Conducting Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* And Chorus*
Mozart The Magic Flute (Abridged)
1960
Offenbach*, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* And Chorus*, Jean Morel
The Tales Of Hoffmann Les Contes Des Hoffman
1959, ,
Opera/Romantic
Licia Albanese, Jan Peerce, Robert Merrill, RCA Victor Orkest* o.l.v. R. Cellini*
Bella Figlia Dell'Amore / Che Me Frena
1958, Vinyl, ,
Opera/Romantic
Offenbach*
La Périchole
1957, ,
Opera/Romantic
Leoncavallo* - Bjoerling* • De Los Angeles* • Merrill* • Warren* • Robert Shaw • Renato Cellini
I Pagliacci
1956
Verdi* - Zinka Milanov • Fedora Barbieri • Jussi Björling • Leonard Warren • Robert Shaw Chorale* • RCA Victor Orchestra* Conducted By Renato Cellini
Il Trovatore (Excerpts From The Complete Recording)
1956
Mussorgsky* - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* And Chorus*, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Boris Godunov (Abridged)
1956
Various
A Treasury Of Grand Opera In High Fidelity
1955
Mascagni* / Leoncavallo* - Bjoerling* • De Los Angeles* • Merrill* • Milanov* • Warren* • The Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw • RCA Victor Orchestra*, Renato Cellini
Cavalleria Rusticana / I Pagliacci (Highlights)
1955, ,
Opera/Romantic
Mascagni* / Leoncavallo*
Cavalleria Rusticana / I Pagliacci
1954, 3xLP, Album, Mono + Box, His Master's Voice, His Master's Voice, His Master's Voice
Bjoerling* And Merrill*
Bjoerling And Merrill Sing Operatic Duets From Don Carlo la Forza Destino Il Trovatore Otello
1953, 10", Comp, RCA Victor Red Seal, RCA Victor Red Seal
Donizetti* - Patrice Munsel / Jan Peerce / Robert Merrill / Ezio Pinza
Highlights From Lucia Di Lammermoor
1953
Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Pietro Mascagni, Jussi Björling, Victoria De Los Angeles, Robert Merrill, Zinka Milanov, Leonard Warren, Robert Shaw, Renato Cellini
I Pagliacci / Cavalleria Rusticana
1953, ,
Opera
Leoncavallo* / Mascagni* - Bjoerling* • De Los Angeles* • Merrill* • Milanov* • Warren* • Robert Shaw • Renato Cellini
Cavalleria Rusticana / I Pagliacci
1953
Igor Stravinsky
The Rake's Progress (Opera In Three Acts)
1953, ,
Opera/Modern
Verdi* / Zinka Milanov • Jussi Bjoerling* • Fedora Barbieri • Leonard Warren • The Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw • RCA Victor Orchestra*, Renato Cellini
Il Trovatore
1952
Johann Strauss*, Eugene Ormandy Conducting The Chorus* And Orchestra Of The Metropolitan Opera Association*
Fledermaus
1951
Victoria De Los Angeles With RCA Victor Orchestra* & The Robert Shaw Chorale Conducted By Renato Cellini
Excerpts From Leoncavallo - I Pagliacci
7", EP, His Master's Voice
Verdi*, Welitsch*, Harshaw*, Vinay*, Merrill*, Cooper*
Aida (Excerpts)
LP, Penzance Records
G. Puccini*, F. Corelli*, M. Caballé*, M. Niska*, D. Cossa*, J. Macurdy*, D. Holloway*, Orchestra* and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera* conducted by L. Seegerstam*
La Boheme - New York - February 16, 1974
2xLP, Album, G.F.C., ,
Opera
Various
Forever Opera (The Very Best Of 16 Great Operas)
2005, 16xCD, Comp, RM, Prism Leisure, ,
Opera/Romantic/Classical
Richard Strauss, Welitsch*, Jagel*, Kerstin Thorborg, Herbert Janssen
Salome
2xLP, Album + Box, MRF Records
Various
Manon Lescaut
LP, The Golden Age Of Opera, ,
Opera
Wagner*, Hines*, Hopf*, Pechner*, Hotter*, Harshaw*, Fritz Stiedry
Parsifal, New York 1952
3xCD, Archipel (4), ,
Opera/Romantic
Gaetano Donizetti
Lucia Di Lammermoor (Ausschnitte)
7", EP, Mono, RCA Red Seal, RCA
Mascagni* / Leoncavallo*
Cavalleria Rusticana / I Pagliacci
LP, Album, RCA Victor
Puccini* - Sayao*, Di Stefano*, Valdengo*, Cesare Siepi, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra And Chorus*, Fausto Cleva
La Bohème
,
Opera/Romantic
Leonard Warren, Astrid Varnay, Richard Tucker (2), Mihaly Szekely*, Guiseppe Valdengo*
Simon Boccanegra
Giuseppe Verdi / Gaëtano Donizetti*, Renato Cellini, Various, RCA-Victor-Orchester*
Bella Figlia Dell'amore / Chi Mi Frena In Tal Momento?
1958
Metropolitan Opera*
Metropolitan Opera Record Club (M.O.R.C.)
2000, CD-ROM, Comp, Unofficial, MP3, Audio Encyclopedia, ,
Classical/Romantic/Opera
Giacomo Puccini - J.Björling*, Sayão*, Valentino*, G.Antonicelli*
La Boheme
1991