European Radio regularly broadcast opera from across the continent in the 1930s and 1940s. Particularly important are 5 complete operas recorded at the 1937 Salzburg festival on Selenophone film, including three conducted by Toscanini. Some of the German broadcasts during World War II were recorded on tape in good sound. Broadcasts from Bayreuth and Covent Garden are listed on separate pages.

Salzburg

Aug 1, 1935 Don Giovanni (Act 1 first 25 mins - NBC shortwave broadcast) Pinza, Schone /Walter

Aug 8, 1936 Die Meistersinger, Act 1 incomplete (70 mins – NBC shortwave broadcast), Act 3 extracts (55 mins better sound) Nissen, Lehmann, Kullman, Sallaba /Toscanini

Aug 16, 1936 Fidelio, Act 1 incomplete (60 mins NBC shortwave broadcast) Lehmann, Pataky, Bissuti, /Toscanini

Aug 20, 1936 Falstaff Act 1 (NBC shortwave broadcast), Stabile, Somigli, Vasari, Biasini /Toscanini

July 26, 1937 Falstaff, Stabile, Biasini, Borgioli, Somigli /Toscanini (act 3 total 25mins in LOC - shortwave)

July 27, 1937 Falstaff, Stabile, Biasini, Borgioli, Somigli /Toscanini (act 2 total 55mins in LOC - shortwave)

July 30, 1937 Die Zauberflote, (Naxos) Kipnis, Roswaenge, Novotna, Osvath, /Toscanini

Aug 2, 1937 Don Giovanni, (EJS lp) Pinza, Lazzari, Rethberg, Borgioli /Walter

Aug 5, 1937 Die Meistersinger, (Andante) Nissen, Noort, Reining, /Toscanini

Aug 9, 1937 Falstaff, (Andante) Stabile, Biasini, Borgioli, Somigli /Toscanini

Aug 11, 1937 Le Nozze di Figaro, Pinza, Stabile, Rautawaara, Rhethy /Walter (overture and part of act 1 total 45mins in LOC - shortwave)

Aug 19, 1937 Le Nozze di Figaro, (Andante) Pinza, Stabile, Rautawaara, Rhethy /Walter

Aug 20, 1937 Die Meistersinger, Nissen, Noort, Reining, /Toscanini (part of act 3 total 30 mins in LOC - shortwave)

Aug 23, 1937 Falstaff, Stabile, Biasini, Borgioli, Somigli /Toscanini (part of act 3 total 15mins in LOC - shortwave)

Aug 28, 1937 Don Giovanni, Pinza, Lazzari, Rethberg, Borgioli /Walter (part of act 2 total 15mins in LOC - shortwave)

Aug 15, 1938 Don Giovanni, Pinza, Lazzari, Rethberg, Borgioli /Walter (total 30mins in LOC - shortwave)

August 21, 1939 Le Nozze di Figaro Reining, Pinza, Rethy, Stabile / Knappertsbusch (Act 3)

Aug 9, 1942 Arabella, Ursuleac, Reinmar, /Krauss

1942 Le Nozze di Figaro Hotter, Braun, Kunz/ Krauss (3 mins on Koch 22)

Aug 12, 1947 Arabella, Reining, Hotter, Della Casa /Bohm

Stuttgart

Nov 30, 1935 Flotow Martha Berger, Krauss, Wieter /Gorlich

May 28 1936 Lortzing Zar und Zimmermann Hann, Buchta, Gripekoven/Zimmermann.

October 18, 1936 Verdi Il Trovatore Rosvaenge , Reining , Nissen / Zimmermann

November 15, 1936Wagner Der Fliegende Hollander Nissen, Teschemacher,Weber,Ralf/Leonhardt

1936 Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor Callam, Krauss, Hann /Gorlich

1936 Mozart Don Giovanni Reining, Hammes, Patzak /Keilberth

Jan 24, 1937 Verdi Don Carlos Teschemacher, Karen, Hann/Gorlich

October 24 1937 Wagner Tannhauser Krauss, Eipperle,Karén, Schmitt-Walter/Leonhardt

December 1937 Faust Helge Rosvaenge, Teschemacher, Hann/ Keilberth.

Dec 1937 Mozart Zauberflote Manowarda, Ludwig, Eipperle/Keilberth

Jan. 23 1938 Puccini IL Tabarro Ahlersmeyer, Ranczak,Anders/ Krauss

Feb 20, 1938 Strauss Die Fledermaus Teschemacher, Anders, Mikorey /Gorlich

March 15 1938 Stuttgart Haendel -Rodelinda , Reich, Hüsch, Krauss/ Hagen

April 3, 1938 Die Walkure Reining, Krauss, Schluter / Leonhardt

April 24, 1938 Verdi Aida Teschemacher , Rosvaenge ,Hann / Keilberth

October 5 1938 Mozart Marriage of Figaro Schöffler , Cebotari , Ahlersmeyer,Teschemacher /Böhm.

Oct 19, 1938 Puccini Turandot Cebotari, Hauß,Eipperle/Keilberth

1948 Verdi Ernani Kupper. Bensing. Schmitt-Walter/Müller-Kray

1948 Debussy Pelleas et Melisande Windgassen, Wissman, Welitsch /Wetzeisberge

April 1, 1949 Offenbach, Tales of Hoffmann Husch, Bensing, Paul /Kray

 

Dresden

December 16, 1942 Bizet Carmen Höngen , Ralf , Herrmann Böhm.

Dec 1, 1943 Goetz: Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung Nilsson, Teschemacher,Frick/ Elmendorff,

1943 Mozart Don Giovanni Ahlersmeyer , Schech ,Hopf / Elmendorf, cond.

1943 Dvorak Der Jakobiner Ahlersmeyer, Teschemacher /Elmendorf

November 1944 Auber- Fr Diavolo , Hopf , Schellenberg , Schilp , Elmendorf.

June 10, 1944 Weber Der Freischutz Fehenberger, Böhme,Teschemacher/ Elmendorff,

Sept 21, 1944 Walkure (Act 1) Teschemacher, Lorenz, Boehme, /Elmendorff

1944 Verdi Luisa Miller Cebotari, Eipperle, Hopf, /Elmendorff

1944 Wolf – Der Corregidor Erb, Böhme, Frick/ Elmendorff,

May 20 1948 Strauss Salome Goltz, Herrmann, Aldenhoff/Keilberth.

1948 Dvorak Rusalka Trötschel , Schindler, Frick / Keilberth, cond.

Berlin

April 29 & May 22, 1928 Wagner Meistersinger Schorr, Hutt, List /Blech (recorded by HMV during live performances)

June 11 1935 Strauss Ariadne aux Naxos Ursuleac, Berger, Rosvaenge/Krauss

May 5 1936 Lortzing: Der Waffenschmied Bohnen, Spletter, Wocke/Schlemm

Aug 15, 1936 Weber Oberon Rosvaenge, Teschemacher /Rosbaud

December 20, 1936 Weber Der Freischutz Wittrisch, Husch, Lemnitz /Steiner

1936 Mozart, Abduction from the Seraglio Piliti, Erb, Streinz /Steiner

June 23, 1937 Verdi Aida Gigli, Cigna, Stignani,/ De Sabata

October 24 1937 Mozart, Die Entfurhrung aus dem serial Piltti,Erb, Beilke/ Steiner

1937 Puccini La Boheme Rosvaenge, Teschemacher /Steiner

March 6 1938 Gounod Faust Rosvaenge , Singenstreu , Bohnen / Steiner.

May 30, 1938 Rossini Barber of Seville Berger, Schmitt-Walter, Katona / Steiner

November 14, 1938 Verdi Ballo in Maschera Rosvaenge, Ranczak, Reinmar /Steiner

November 1938 Verdi Alzira Schwarzkopf, Glawitsch, Ingeborn /Steiner

1939 Donizetti Don Pasquale Kandl , Berger Schmitt-Walter / Steiner, cond.

July 1942 Puccini La Boheme Eipperle Anders, Fassbender /Steinkopf

November 10, 1942 Verdi Rigoletto Berger, Schlusnus, Rosvaenge /Heger

November 18 1942 Wagner Meistersinger Hann, Schlip, Kempf

November 21, 1942 Verdi Aida Rosvaenge, Hotter, Klose, /Rother

December 20, 1942 Verdi Otello Rosvaenge, Reining, Reinmar /Elmendorff

1942 Verdi Forza del destino Rosvaenge, Scheppa Schlusnus /Rother

1942 Mozart Nozze di Figaro Scharzkopf, Schoeffler, Kunz/ Bohm

1942 Wagner Lohengrin Muller, Volker, Klose, /Heger

1942 Wagner Rienzi Lorenz, KLose, Sheppan

April, 1943 Gounod Faust, Rosvaenge, Eipperle, Hann,/Rother

May 1943 Nicolai Die Lustigen weiber von Windsor Strienz, Hann, Beilke/Rother,

May 1943 Wagner Tristan und Isolde Buchner, Lorenz, KLose /Heger

1943 Leoncavallo Pagliacci Rosvaenge , Hann ,Scheppan /Rother, cond.

1943 Verdi Aida Rosvaenge Hotter, Klose, /Rother

1943 Verdi Il Trovatore Rosvaenge, Sheppan, Schmitt-Walter /Rother

1943 Verdi Otello Rosvaenge, Riening, Reinmar, /Elmendorf

April 25 1944 Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel Nissen, Schilp, Berger/Rother

October 1944 Puccini Tosca Ranczak . Rosvaenge ,Hann / Ludwig.

November 1944 Verdi Rigoletto Schlusnus ,Berger , Rosvaenge / Heger

1944 Flotow Martha Berger, Anders,Tegetthoff/ Rother

1944 Puccini La Boheme Cebotari, Anders,

1944 Wagner Gotterdammerung Lorenz, Hoffmann, Prohaska / Heger

1945 Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana Scheppan , Hopf ,Waldenau / Rother, cond.

1946 Offenbach, Tales of Hoffmann Anders , Streich , Prohaska / Rother, cond.

April 23/24, 1947 Tchaikovsky, Queen of Spades Berlin, Schock , Grümmer , Prohaska / Rother, cond.

October 3, 1947 Wagner, Tristan und Isolde (Act 2) Schluter, Suthaus, Klose / Furtwangler

Nov 18, 1948 Verdi Don Carlos Greverus, Greindl, Demuth /Fricsay

Dec 11, 1948 Verdi Don Carlos Greverus, Greindl, Demuth /Fricsay

1948 Kienzl Don Quixote Mohr, Wagner, Breedt, /Kuhn

November 8, 1949 Strauss, Fledermaus Anders, Streich, Schlemm /Fricsay

December 6, 1949 Wagner Tannhauser Buchner, Suthaus, Fischer-Dieskau, Ludwig

December 19, 1949 Mozart Abduction from the Seraglio Barabas, Dermota, Streich, /Fricsay

1949 Weber Euryanthe Reining, Berry, Rossi-Madjan /Zallinger

Frankfurt

1947 Offenbach, Tales of Hoffmann Schock, Metternich, Streich /Schroeder

May 1, 1948 Wagner Die Walkure Schluter, Frantz, Fendt /Zillig

1948 Rossini Barber of Seville Barbaras, Ambrosius, Fehringer /Schroeder

1949 Puccini Madama Butterfly Trotschel, Friederich, Gester /Schroeder

La Scala

April 27, 1934 Massenet Werther, Schipa, Pederzini DelMerlo /Ghione

Aug 15, 1939 Verdi – Otello – Act 1 Merli, Sanzio, Francheschi/Lucon

1942 Verdi Falstaff Stabile, Palombini, Nessi /Erede

May 11, 1946 Manon Lescaut Act 4 /Toscanini

April 14, 1948 Tristan (incomplete) Lorenz, Flagstad /De Sabata

1948 Mozart Nozze Di Figaro Schwarzkopf, Seefried /Karajan

March 6, 1949 Giodano Andrea Chenier Tebaldi, Del Monaco /De Sabata

Miscellaneous

May 22, 1938 Leipzig Meistersinger, Act 2 Manowarda, Lorenz, Teschemacher /Weisbach

September 5, 1938 Nurnberg Meistersinger 85 mins of extracts Bockelmann, Lemnitz, Laholm, /Furtwangler

1938 Leipzig Wagner Tristan Baumer, Sattler Hahn /Weissbach

Oct 10, 1938 RAI broadcast, Verdi - La forza del destino - Act 2 Scene 2 Cigna, Ghirardini Vaghi,/ De Fabritiis

April 9 1939 Leipzig Verdi Falstaff Hotter, Schellenberg ,Neumann-Knapp / Weisbach

August 5, 1939 Caracalla Baths, Rome, Verdi – Aida Act 1 extract Gigli, Pacetti, Stignani / de Fabritiis

November 29, 1940 Cosi fan Tutte Dermota, Kronenberg /Krauss (7 mins on Koch 21)

December 1940 Munich, Puccini La Boheme Eipperle , Fügel ,Kronenberg / Krauss, cond.

June 1942 München, Strauss Rosenkavalier Milinkovic, Ursuleac,Kern/ Krauss

November 9, 1942 Marseiles Bizet Carmen Cernay, Berthaud, Guillamat /Ingelbrecht

June 1944 Hamburg, Strauss Elektra Schlüter, Hammer , Kupper ,Hager /Jochum, cond.

October 1944 Hamburg Auber- Fr DiavoloSchock, Pease, Lipp /Schuchter

November 10, 1944 Lisbon Monteverdi Il Combattimento De los Angles, Torres, Pilar /Annovezzi

February 18, 1945 Lusanne Puccini Il Tabarro DiStefano

August 1946 Munich Strauss Capriccio Ursuleac, Hotter, /Kraus

October 5, 1946 Amsterdam Britten Rape of Lucretia Ferrier, Pears, Brannigan /Britten

1946 Hamburg Mozart Abduction from the Seraglio Berger, Ludwig, Wulf,

May 1947 Munich Wagner Walkure Schech, Schlemm, Hoffmann /Boelcke

June 15, 1947 Zurich Tristan act 1 extracts Lorenz, Flagstad

March 3, 1948 Naples, Wagner Tannhasuer, Tebaldi, Lorenz, Christoff /Bohm

AUgust 10, 1948 Munich Saint-Seans Samson Fischer, Fehenberger, Destal /Altman

April 1949 Cologne Parsifal Aldenhoff, Modl, Nilius, Greindl /Kraus

December 10, 1949 Munich Meistersinger Hotter, Treptow, Kupper /Jochum

December 16, 1949 Hamburg Tristan Lorenz Baumann, Klose, /Schmidt

1949 Cologne Strauss, Zigeunerbaron Jurinac, Anders, Hollweg/Marsz

1949 Hamburg, Strauss Daphne Anders, Fischer, Cunitz /Gruber

July 12, 1949 Naples Donizetti L'elisir d'amore Di Stefano, Carosio, Tajo /Ghione

August 29 1949 Strauss Rosenkavalier Reining, Novotna, Rosvaenge /Szell

December 20 , 1949 Naples Verdi Nabucco Callas, Bechi, Pini /Gui

December 31, 1949 Naples Berg Wozzeck Gobbi, Beirer, Danco, /Bohm