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Clifford Harvuot (10 September 1912, Norwood, Ohio — 22 July 1990, Suffern, New York) was an American operatic baritone, husband of cellist Nellis DeLay, and The Metropolitan Opera's principal soloist between 1947 and 1975.

Initially studying with his father, Clifford began formal vocal training at nineteen. He won the Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air annual singing competition in 1942, drafted by the US Army shortly afterward; he served in the Philippines during the Second World War. Clifford Harvuot debuted with The Metropolitan Opera in November 1947, singing the guard's role in Mozart's Die Zauberflote. Over the next twenty-eight years, he gave almost 1,3000 performances at MET in 57 different roles. In September 1966, Harvuot participated in the inaugural performance at The Metropolitan Opera House, singing as Rustic in Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra. His final stage appearance was in December 1975 with one of Clifford's most beloved characters, Angelotti in Puccini's Tosca.

ALBUMS


Giuseppe Verdi - Ramón Vinay, Licia Albanese, Leonard Warren, Martha Lipton, John Garris (2), Thomas Hayward, Nicola Moscona, Clifford Harvuot, Chorus* And Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York*, Fritz Busch
Otello
1999, ,
Opera/Romantic
Giacomo Puccini / Dorothy Kirsten - Daniele Barioni - Clifford Harvout* - Mildred Miller - Alessio De Paolis / The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* And Chorus*, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Madama Butterfly
1993, 2x CD Boxset, ,
Opera
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
Giacomo Puccini, Maria Callas, Franco Corelli, Tito Gobbi, Clifford Harvuot, Lawrence Davidson, Andrea Velis, Robert Goodloe, Fausto Cleva
Tosca
1985
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
Richard Tucker (2), Margaret Harshaw, Mildred Miller, Frank Guarrera, Thelma Votipka, Lucine Amara, giuseppe valdengo, Thomas Hayward, Clifford Harvuot, Fausto Cleva, Kurt Herbert Adler
Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci
1974
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
Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Richard Tucker (2), Lucine Amara, Giuseppe Valdengo, Thomas Hayward, Clifford Harvuot, The Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva, Kurt Adler*
I Pagliacci
1954
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

APPEARANCES +


Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra
The Columbia Legacy
2021, 120xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, Sony Classical,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern
Mascagni* / Leoncavallo* - Orchestra And Chorus Of The Metropolitan Opera Association*, Fausto Cleva
Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci
2018, 2x CD, ,
Opera
Puccini*, Tullio Serafin, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Mario Cordone, Lamberto Gardelli, Gabriele Santini (2), Erich Leinsdorf
Les Grands Opéras : Manon Lescaut - La Bohème - Tosca - Madame Butterfly - La Fanciulla Del West - Il Tabarro - Suor Angelica - Gianni Schicchi - Turandot
2017, 14xCD, Comp, RE, RM, Box, Diapason, ,
Opera
Giacomo Puccini, Licia Albanese, Carlo Bergonzi, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* and Chorus*, Thomas Schippers
La Bohème
2011, 2xCD, Mono, RE, RM, Sony Classical, ,
Opera
Richard Wagner, Karl Böhm, Otto Edelmann, Aase Nordmo Løvberg, Sebastian Feiersinger, Giorgio Tozzi
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
2010, 4xCD, Album, RM, Walhall, ,
Opera/Romantic
Modest Mussorgsky, George London (2), Giorgio Tozzi, Charles Kullman, Blanche Thebom, Giulio Gari, Dimitri Mitropoulos, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Boris Godunov
2010, 3xCD, Walhall, ,
Opera/Romantic
Richard Wagner, Fritz Reiner, Paul Schöffler, Victoria De Los Angeles, Hans Hopf, Josef Greindl
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg, New York, 1953
2009, 4xCD, Album, RM, Walhall Eternity Series, ,
Opera/Romantic
Τζουζέπε Βέρντι* - Warren*, Peters*, Tucker*
Ριγκολέτο (Κορυφαίες Στιγμές)
2007, CD, Comp, RE, Dig, Editorial Sol 90, ,
Opera
Wagner*
Tannhäuser - 4 Gesamtaufnahmen - Aufführungsmitschnitte
2007, 2xCDr, Comp, Mono, RM, MP, Cantus Classics, ,
Opera/Romantic
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
Tannhäuser
2005, 3xCD, Mono, RM, Walhall Eternity Series
Wagner*, Schöffler*, Hopf*, Janssen*, Metropolitan Orchestra And Choir*, Fritz Reiner
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, 1952
2002, 4xCD, Mono, Archipel (4), ,
Opera/Romantic
Various
Verdissimo (1813 - 1901)
2000, Box + 2xCD, Comp, RM + 2xCD, Comp, RM + 2xCD, Comp, History, History, History, History, History, History, History, History, History, History, History, ,
Romantic
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca
1997
Wagner*, Astrid Varnay, Ramón Vinay, New York Philharmonic Orchestra*, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Götterdämmerung : Complete Act III
1997, CD, ,
Opera/Romantic
Giacomo Puccini – Eleanor Steber • Jan Peerce • Richard Bonelli / Eugene Ormandy
Madama Butterfly (Hollywood Bowl, 1948)
1993, 2xCD, Album, Mono, RM, Eklipse
Puccini* - Callas*, Corelli*, Gobbi*, Orchestra* And Chorus Of The Metropolitan Opera*, Fausto Cleva
Tosca
1989, ,
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
Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto
1981, LP, International Music Of Italy
Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto
1981, LP, International Music Of Italy
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
Giacomo Puccini - Licia Albanese, Carlo Bergonzi, Thomas Schippers, Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Metropolitan Di New York*
La Bohème (Pagine Scelte) - Tosca (Pagine Scelte)
1981, 2xLP, Album, I Gioielli Della Lirica, I Gioielli Della Lirica, ,
Romantic/Opera
Giacomo Puccini - Licia Albanese, Carlo Bergonzi, Thomas Schippers, Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Metropolitan Di New York*
La Bohème (Pagine Scelte)
1981, ,
Romantic/Opera
Giuseppe Verdi, Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Metropolitan Di New York* , Fausto Cleva, Mario Del Monaco, Leonard Warren, Renata Tebaldi
Otello
1980
Bizet*, Risë Stevens, Mario del Monaco, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* And Chorus*, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Carmen
1977, 3x CD, ,
Opera
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, Vinyl, ,
Opera/Romantic
Saint-Saëns*, Risë Stevens - Mario Del Monaco, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus*, Fausto Cleva
Samson And Delilah (Abridged)
1959, Vinyl, ,
Romantic/Opera
Giacomo Puccini, Dorothy Kirsten, Daniele Barioni, Frank Guarrera, Dimitri Mitropoulos, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* And Chorus*
Tosca
1957, 2xLP, The Metropolitan Opera Record Club, The Metropolitan Opera Record Club, The Metropolitan Opera Record Club
Puccini* / Dimitri Mitropoulos With Dorothy Kirsten And Daniele Barioni
Madama Butterfly
1957, 2x Vinyl Autocoupled, ,
Romantic/Opera
Sigmund Romberg
The Student Prince
1957
Verdi* • Vinay* • Albanese* • Warren* • Busch*
Otello (1948)
1957
Johann Strauss* : Tibor Kozma, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* And Chorus*
Die Fledermaus
1956, LP, Mono, The Metropolitan Opera Record Club, ,
Opera
Dorothy Kirsten, Robert Rounseville
Franz Lehar's The Merry Widow
1953, Vinyl, ,
Operetta
Various
Porgy And Bess / Pagliacci
1951, 7", Promo, Columbia, ,
Opera
Johann Strauss*, Eugene Ormandy Conducting The Chorus* And Orchestra Of The Metropolitan Opera Association*
Fledermaus
1951
Leoncavallo* / Orchestra And Chorus Of The Metropolitan Opera Association*, Fausto Cleva
Pagliacci
1951
Giacomo Puccini
Famous Puccini Opera Highlights
5xLP, Comp + Box, I Gioielli Della Lirica, ,
Opera
Giacomo Puccini, Fausto Cleva, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus*
La Bohème
LP, Mono, The Metropolitan Opera Record Club, ,
Opera
Georges Bizet, Fedora Barbieri, Mario del Monaco, Hilde Güden, Frank Guarrera, Fritz Reiner
Carmen
2xCD, Album, Bongiovanni
Renata Tebaldi, Giacomo Puccini, Franco Corelli, Frank Guarrera, Jerome Hines, Fausto Cleva
La Bohéme
2xCD, The Golden Age Of Opera (2), ,
Opera/Operetta
Wagner* - Fritz Stiedry
Rheingold (Met 1950)
2xLP + Box, all, Unique Opera Records, ,
Romantic/Opera
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
Giuseppe Verdi, Chor Und Orchester Der Metropolitan Opera, New York*, Fausto Cleva
Rigoletto
2x Vinyl, ,
Opera
Dorothy Kirsten, Robert Rounseville
Franz Lehar's The Merry Widow
Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly
1989, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Metropolitan Opera Guild
Dorothy Kirsten, Robert Rounseville
The Student Prince
1953
Metropolitan Opera*
Metropolitan Opera Record Club (M.O.R.C.)
2000, CD-ROM, Comp, Unofficial, MP3, Audio Encyclopedia, ,
Classical/Romantic/Opera