Wikipedia / Turandot discography
Wikipedia / Turandot discography
This is a list of audio and video recordings (discography) of Giacomo Puccini's 1926 Italian opera Turandot. The first recorded extracts were made in Dresden in 1926 with Anne Roselle and Paul Schöffler and Fritz Busch conducting the Dresden Staatskapelle.
Audio recordings
Year | Cast(Turandot, Calaf,Liù, Timur) | Conductor,Opera house and orchestra | Label |
1938 | Gina Cigna,Francesco Merli,Magda Olivero,Luciano Neroni | Franco GhioneRAI National Symphony Orchestra and chorus | CD: Naxos Cat: 8.110193-94 |
1955 | Alberto EredeAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus | CD: DeccaCat: 452964 | |
1957 | Maria Callas,Eugenio Fernandi,Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,Nicola Zaccaria | Tullio SerafinTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | CD: EMI ClassicsCat: 56307 |
1958 | Birgit Nilsson,Giuseppe Di Stefano,Rosanna Carteri,Giuseppe Modesti | Antonio VottoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | CD: ALLEGROCat: OPD-1256 |
1959 | Erich LeinsdorfTeatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus | CD: RCA VictorCat: 09026626872 | |
1961 | Leopold StokowskiMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(1961 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording) | CD: Cantus Cat: CACD 5.01617 (released 2012) | |
1964 | Birgit Nilsson,Franco Corelli,Galina Vishnevskaya, Nicola Zaccaria | Gianandrea Gavazzeni Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | CD: The Opera LoversCat: TURA 196402 (1 CD) |
1965 | Birgit Nilsson,Franco Corelli,Renata Scotto,Bonaldo Giaiotti | Francesco Molinari-PradelliTeatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 077776932729 |
1970 | George Mircea, Maria Slatinaru, Octav Enigarescu, Valentin Teodorian, | Carol LitvinRomanian Radio Symphony orchestra Romanian Radio/TV chorus | CD: Vox Box Cat: 5160 |
1972 | Joan Sutherland,Luciano Pavarotti,Montserrat Caballé,Nicolai Ghiaurov | Zubin MehtaLondon Philharmonic OrchestraJohn Alldis ChoirWandsworth School Boys Choir | CD: Decca Cat: 414274 |
1977 | Montserrat Caballé,José Carreras,Mirella Freni, Paul Plishka | Alain LombardOrchestre philharmonique de StrasbourgRhine Opera chorus Maitrise de la Cathedrale de Strasbourg | CD: EMI ClassicsCat: 65293 |
1977 | Montserrat Caballé,Luciano Pavarotti,Leona Mitchell,Giorgio Tozzi | Riccardo ChaillySan Francisco Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Gala Cat: GL 100.534 |
1981 | Katia Ricciarelli,Plácido Domingo,Barbara Hendricks,Ruggero Raimondi | Herbert von KarajanVienna State Opera orchestra and chorus Vienna Sängerknaben | CD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 423855 |
1984 | Éva Marton,José Carreras,Katia Ricciarelli, Kurt Rydl | Lorin MaazelVienna Philharmonic Vienna State Opera chorus | CD: CBS MasterworksCat: M2J39160 |
1989 | Ghena Dimitrova,Nicola Martinucci,Cecilia Gasdia,Roberto Scandiuzzi | Daniel OrenOrchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale dell'Opera di Genova | CD: Nuova EraCat: 6786/87 |
2001 | Giovanna Casolla,Lando Bartolini,Masako Deguci,Felipe Bou | Alexander RahbariMalaga Philharmonic OrchestraChoral Society of Bilbao | CD: Naxos8.660089-90 |
2022 | Sondra RadvanovskyJonas KaufmannErmonela JahoMichele Pertusi | Antonio PappanoOrchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and chorus(Uses the original ending by Franco Alfano.) | CD: Warner Classics |
Video recordings
Year | Cast(Turandot, Calaf,Liù, Timur) | Conductor,Opera house and orchestra | Stage director | Label |
1958 | Lucilla Udovich,Franco Corelli,Renata Mattioli,Plinio Clabassi | Fernando Previtali,RAI Milan Orchestra & Chorus | DVD: VAICat: 4300DVD: Premiere OperaCat: 5413 | |
1969 | Birgit Nilsson,Gianfranco Cecchele, Gabriella Tucci,Boris Carmeli | Georges Prêtre, RAI National Symphony Orchestra & Chorus | DVD: Encore, Cat: 2116VHS: Legato Classics Cat: LCV 011VHS: Bel Canto Society Cat: 545 | |
1983 | , Arena di Verona Orchestra & Chorus | VHS: Castle VisionCat: CVI 2004 | ||
1983 | Éva Marton, José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, John-Paul Bogart | Lorin Maazel, Vienna State Opera Orchestra & Chorus | DVD: Arthaus Musik 109094Blu-ray: Arthaus Musik 109095 | |
1987 | Éva Marton,Plácido Domingo, Leona Mitchell,Paul Plishka | James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus | DVD: DGGCat: 00440 073 0589Streaming video:Met Opera on Demand | |
1994 | Éva Marton, Michael Sylvester, Lucia Mazzaria, Kevin Langan | Donald Runnicles,San Francisco Opera Orchestra & Orchestra(Set designer: David Hockney) | Peter McClintock | DVD: Arthaus Musik 100089 |
Giovanna Casolla, Sergej Larin, Barbara Frittoli, Carlo Colombara | Zubin MehtaMaggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorus | DVD: RCA Red Seal 74321-60917-2 | ||
2002 | Valery GergievVienna Philharmonic Tölzer Knabenchor Vienna State Opera chorus | DVD: TDK «Mediactive» Cat: DV-OPTURSF | ||
2008 | Maria Guleghina,Marco Berti,Alexia Voulgaridou,Alexander Tsymbalyuk | Zubin Mehta Valencian Community Orchestra | DVD: Unitel ClassicaCat: A9 3001747Blu-ray: C MajorCat: 700308 | |
2009 | Maria Guleghina, Marcello Giordani, Marina Poplavskaya, Samuel Ramey | Andris NelsonsMetropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus | Franco Zeffirelli | DVD: Decca 0743426 |
2015 | Nina Stemme, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Maria Agresta,Alexander Tsymbalyuk | Riccardo Chailly Teatro alla Scala(Completed by Luciano Berio) | DVD: Decca 0743937 Blu-ray: Decca 0743938 | |
2018 | Rebeka Lokar, Jorge de León, Erika Grimaldi, In-Sung Sim | Gianandrea Noseda Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio Torino | Stefano Poda | DVD: C Major 748108 Blu-ray: C Major 748204 |
2020 | Iréne Theorin,Gregory Kunde, Yolanda Auyanet,Andrea Mastroni | Nicola LuisottiTeatro Real orchestra and chorus | DVD:Bel Air Classiques Cat:BAC570 | |
2023 | Asmik Grigorian,Jonas Kaufmann,Kristina Mkhitaryan,Dan Paul Dumitrescu | Marco Armiliato,Vienna State Opera Orchestra & Chorus(Recorded live, 10 & 13 December, with the original ending by Franco Alfano.) |
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