STATISTICS   (most counts current as of 1 September 2000)   Total Archive LPs: ca. 50-60,000 Complete Operas: ca.   8,591 (as of 13 May 2005) Classical Vocal Recital LPs: ca. 15,000 Choral LPs: ca.   8,000 Opera-Vocal related LPs: ca.   4,000 Opera-Vocal Books: ca.   3,000 Autographs on LPs & Books: ca.   8,000+ Videos and Film Items: ca.   1,000 Opera-Vocal Ephemera: Only God and U Haul know! The Complete Operas in The Durbeck Archive 1642  individual opera titles by 664 individual composers (Current as of 13 May 2005) There are ca. 593 filler entries gleaned from the 8508 Archive operas. It took ca. 25,000 hours to catalogue the complete operas in The Durbeck Archive (includes all data entry and additional research). The Archive occupies 815 linear feet of shelving on 103 feet of aisles. The Complete Operas - The Archive Top 25 Lists (indicated are the number of recordings in each category) The Composers The Operas 1.   Verdi, Giuseppe ........................... 1002 1.   TOSCA ........................................... 139 2.   Wagner, Richard .......................... 598 2.   LA TRAVIATA ................................ 125 3.   Puccini, Giacomo ......................... 551 3.   CARMEN ........................................ 113 4.   Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus ........ 506 4.   RIGOLETTO ................................... 115 5.   Donizetti, Gaetano ....................... 357 5.   AIDA ................................................ 109 6.   Rossini, Gioacchino ..................... 266 6.   DON GIOVANNI  ............................ 108 7.   Sullivan, Arthur .............................. 234 7.   LA BOHEME (Puccini) .................. 106 8.   Strauss, Richard ........................... 202 8.   LE NOZZE DI FIGARO .................. 97 9.   Bizet, Georges .............................. 159 9.   I PAGLIACCI .................................. 97 10. Bellini, Vincenzo ........................... 154 10.  IL TROVATORE ........................... 94 11. Offenbach, Jacques ..................... 141 11. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA ......... 92 12. Mascagni, Pietro .......................... 131 12. DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE ..................... 90 13. Massenet, Jules ........................... 123 13. FIDELIO .......................................... 87 14. Leoncavallo, Ruggiero ................. 110 14. MADAMA BUTTERFLY ................ 85 15. Gluck, Christoph ........................... 100 15. OTELLO (Verdi) ............................ 83 16. Tchaikovsky, Peter ....................... 98 16. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA ........... 81 17. Beethoven, Ludwig von ............... 93 17.  LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR .......... 71 18. Gounod, Charles .......................... 84 18. DIE WALKÜRE .............................. 70 19. Strauss Jr., Johann ...................... 83 19. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA ......... 70 20. Handel, George Frideric ............. 82 20. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE ................ 69 21. Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai ........... 82 21. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO .......... 63 22. Musorgsky, Modest ...................... 81 22. DIE MEISTERSINGER ................. 62 23. Giordano, Umberto ...................... 70 23. LOHENGRIN .................................. 61 24. Weber, Carl Maria von ................ 64 24. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG ............... 59 25. Lehar, Franz .................................. 63 25. FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER ......... 57 This table is current as of 13 May 2005 Most Autographed Album and Most Autographed Book in  The Durbeck Archive The Most Autographed Album in The Durbeck Archive:  GALA FAREWELL  (the last performance at the old Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, 16 April 1966), MRF 7,  3 LPs,  monaural. Autographed by:   Franco Corelli, Justino Diaz, Rosalind Elias, Frank Guarerra, Jerome Hines, Dorothy Kirsten, John Macurdy, Robert Merrill, Mildred Miller, Birgit Nilsson, Jan Peerce, Roberta Peters, Regina Resnik, Cesare Siepi, Blanche Thebom, Giorgio Tozzi, Theodore Uppman, Jon Vickers The Most Autographed Book in The Durbeck Archive:  Sokol, Martin L. THE NEW YORK CITY OPERA: An American Adventure. New York: Macmillan, 1981.  Autograhed by:   June Anderson, Shari Anderson, Kathleen Battle, Kenneth Bell, Ara Berberian, Frances Bible, Adelaide Bishop, John Cheek, Plácido Domingo, Nancy Dussault, Faith Esham, Joseph Evans, Carlisle Floyd, Maureen Forrester, Judith Forst, Harlan Foss, Glenys Fowles, Reri Grist, Frank Guarrera, Jerry Hadley, Robert Hale, Elizabeth Hines, Patricia Kern, Dorothy Kirsten, Brenda Lewis, Martha Lipton, John Macurdy, Spiro Malas, Sherrill Milnes, Carol Neblett, Louis Otey, Doug Perry, Mike Pollock, Ashley Putnam, Teresa Rácz, Sam Ramey, Julius Rudel, Carol Smith,  Richard Stilwell, Carol Vaness, Frederica Von Stade (and five others I cannot read and have forgotten who they are) The Durbeck Archive Complete Opera  Performance/Recording Dates Count by Year (LPs only - no 78s or CDs) This table shows the count of the number of operas which were recorded in each stated year.  The dates refer to the year of each recorded performance, not the year the LP was published and issued.  For example: in the year 1907, two complete operas were recorded (DIE FLEDERMAUS and I PAGLIACCI); in 1990, only three complete operas were recorded on LP (three Hungarian operas).  In between 1907 and 1990 a lot happened and as much as has been possible is documented in The Durbeck Archive.  Continuing ........................ to 1908 1908 3 1912 7 1919 1 1921 1 1923 2 1924 3 1926 2 1927 6 1928 13 1929 12 1930 28 1931 15 1932 7 1933 13 1934 12 1935 23 1936 23 1937 47 1938 33 1939 28 1940 27 1941 27 1942 25 1943 34 1944 42 1945 7 1946 26 1947 54 1948 27 1949 94 1950 199 1951 247 1952 212 1953 238 1954 239 1955 278 1956 229 1957 218 1958 219 1959 201 1960 206 1961 178 1962 195 1963 148 1964 175 1965 138 1966 129 1967 113 1968 135 1969 126 1970 147 1971 127 1972 127 1973 154 1974 145 1975 172 1975 172 1976 160 1977 169 1978 146 1979 144 1980 133 1981 121 1982 123 1983 95 1984 67 1985 73 1986 58 1987 44 1988 23 1989 7 1990 3                Notes: missing years means there are no Archive operas for those years "recorded" for this table means recorded and issued on LP any count listed above refers only to those operas in The Durbeck Archive when specific dates are not listed, © dates are used when available 231 opera sets do not list any date references at all  Website Purpose The Durbeck Archive The Gallery Discographies Wagner Discography Purchasing Policy An Archive Tour Site Map contact us for any reason