Il trovatore discography

This is a partial discography of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore (The Troubadour) and Le trouvère (the revised version in French translation). At least 83 recordings exist of the opera as a whole, made between 1912 and 2011, although not all of them are absolutely complete. Of these, 45 are live audio recordings, 22 are studio audio recordings, and 16 are videos or movies. Il trovatore was first performed at the Teatro Apollo, Rome on 19 January 1853. Le trouvère was first presented on 12 January 1857.

Audio

Year Cast
(Manrico,
Leonora,
Azucena,
Di Luna,
Ferrando)		 Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra		 Label[1]
1930 Aureliano Pertile,
Maria Carena,
Irene Minghini-Cattaneo,
Apollo Granforte,
Bruno Carmassi		 Carlo Sabajno,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Milan		 Audio CD: Aura Music
Cat: LRC 11104-2
1930 Francesco Merli,
Bianca Scacciati,
Giuseppina Zinetti,
Enrico Molinari,
Corrado Zambelli		 Lorenzo Molajoli,
La Scala Chorus and Orchestra, Milan		 Audio CD: Naxos "Historical"
Cat: 8.110162-63
1951 Giacomo Lauri-Volpi,
Maria Callas,
Cloe Elmo,
Paolo Silveri,
Italo Tajo		 Tullio Serafin,
Teatro di San Carlo Orchestra and Chorus, Naples
(Recording of a performance in Naples, 27 January) 		Audio CD: Mondo Musica
Cat: MMO 91117
1952 Jussi Björling,
Zinka Milanov,
Fedora Barbieri,
Leonard Warren,
Nicola Moscona		 Renato Cellini,
RCA Victor Orchestra and the Robert Shaw Chorale		 Audio CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 6643
1953 Gino Penno,
Maria Callas,
Ebe Stignani,
Carlo Tagliabue,
Giuseppe Modesti		 Antonino Votto,
La Scala Chorus and Orchestra, Milan		 Audio CD: Urania
Cat: B000CS24UO
1956 Mario Del Monaco,
Renata Tebaldi,
Giulietta Simionato,
Ugo Savarese,
Giorgio Tozzi 		Alberto Erede,
Grand Théâtre de Genève Orchestra and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Chorus		 Audio CD: DECCA
Cat: 470 589-2
1956 Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Maria Callas,
Fedora Barbieri,
Rolando Panerai,
Nicola Zaccaria		 Herbert von Karajan,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Milan		 Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 56333 & 77365
1959 Richard Tucker,
Leontyne Price,
Rosalind Elias,
Leonard Warren,
Giorgio Tozzi		 Arturo Basile,
Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 60560-2-RG
1962 Franco Corelli,
Leontyne Price,
Giulietta Simionato,
Ettore Bastianini,
Nicola Zaccaria 		Herbert von Karajan,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera Chorus
(Live recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival on 31 July)		 Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 447659
1963 Carlo Bergonzi,
Antonietta Stella,
Fiorenza Cossotto,
Ettore Bastianini,
Ivo Vinco		 Tullio Serafin,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Milan 		Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 768402
1964 Carlo Bergonzi,
Gabriella Tucci,
Giulietta Simionato,
Piero Cappuccilli,
Ivo Vinco		 Gianandrea Gavazzeni,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Milan
(Live recording of a performance given in Moscow in September)		 Audio CD: Opera d'Oro
Cat: 7045
1964 Bruno Prevedi,
Gwyneth Jones,
Giulietta Simionato,
Peter Glossop,
Joseph Rouleau		 Carlo Maria Giulini,
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orchestra and Chorus
(Live recording of a performance given in London on November 26)		 Audio CD: Royal Opera House
Cat: ROHS011
1969 Plácido Domingo,
Leontyne Price,
Fiorenza Cossotto,
Sherrill Milnes,
Bonaldo Giaiotti		 Zubin Mehta,
New Philharmonia Orchestra, London		 Audio CD: RCA Red Seal
Cat: 74321-39504-2
1976 Luciano Pavarotti,
Joan Sutherland,
Marilyn Horne,
Ingvar Wixell,
Nicolai Ghiaurov		 Richard Bonynge,
National Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Opera Chorus		 Audio CD: Decca
Cat: 417137
1977 Franco Bonisolli,
Leontyne Price,
Elena Obraztsova,
Piero Cappuccilli,
Ruggero Raimondi		 Herbert von Karajan,
Berliner Philharmoniker and Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin		 Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: o.69311
1978 Plácido Domingo,
Raina Kabaivanska,
Fiorenza Cossotto,
Piero Cappuccilli,
José van Dam		 Herbert von Karajan,
Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Live recording of a performance on 1 May) 		Audio CD: RCA Red Seal
Cat: 74321 61951-2
1980 José Carreras,
Katia Ricciarelli,
Stefania Toczyska,
Yuri Mazurok,
Robert Lloyd		 Sir Colin Davis,
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Philips Classics
Cat: 446151
1984 Plácido Domingo,
Rosalind Plowright,
Brigitte Fassbaender,
Giorgio Zancanaro,
Yevgeny Nesterenko		 Carlo Maria Giulini,
Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 423858
1990 Luciano Pavarotti,
Antonella Banaudi,
Shirley Verrett,
Leo Nucci,
Francesco Ellero d'Artegna		 Zubin Mehta,
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra and Chorus
(Live recording of a performance of 7 June)		 Audio CD: Decca
Cat: 430694
1991 Plácido Domingo,
Aprile Millo,
Dolora Zajick,
Vladimir Chernov,
James Morris		 James Levine
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Sony
Cat: 48070
1999 Boiko Zvetanov,
Anda-Louise Bogza,
Graciela Alperyn,
Igor Morozov,
Vladimir Kubovcik		 Ivan Anguelov
Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava, National Opera Chorus
(Live recording of a performance of March)		 Audio CD: Arte Nova
Cat:
2000 Salvatore Licitra,
Barbara Frittoli,
Violeta Urmana,
Leo Nucci,
Giorgio Giuseppini		 Riccardo Muti,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Milan
(Live recording of performance(s) of 7 to 22 December)		 Audio CD: Sony
Cat: 89553
2001 Roberto Alagna,
Angela Gheorghiu,
Larissa Diadkova,
Thomas Hampson,
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo		 Antonio Pappano,
London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices		 Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 57360
2001 Andrea Bocelli,
Veronica Villarroel,
Elena Zaremba,
Carlo Guelfi,
Carlo Colombara
 Steven Mercurio,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Massimo Bellini, Cantania.		 Audio CD: Decca,
Cat: 475 366-2
2011Herbert Lippert,
Simone Kermes,
Yvonne Naef,
Miljenko Turk,
Josef Wagner		 Michael Hofstetter,
Orchestra of Ludwigsburg Schlossfestspiele		 Audio CD: Oehms Classics
Cat:OC951[2]

Video

Year Cast
(Manrico,
Leonora,
Azucena,
Di Luna,
Ferrando)		 Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra		 Label[1]
1957 Mario Del Monaco,
Leyla Gencer,
Fedora Barbieri,
Ettore Bastianini,
Plinio Clabassi 		Fernando Previtali,
RAI Milano Orchestra and Chorus 		DVD: Hardy Classics
1978 Plácido Domingo,
Raina Kabaivanska,
Fiorenza Cossotto,
Piero Cappuccilli,
José van Dam		 Herbert von Karajan,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera		 DVD: TDK
Cat: DV-CLOPIT
1983 Luciano Pavarotti,
Eva Marton,
Dolora Zajick,
Sherrill Milnes,
Jeffrey Wells		 James Levine,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus		 DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 0730029
1988 Kenneth Collins,
Joan Sutherland,
Lauris Elms,
Jonathan Summers,
Donald Shanks		 Richard Bonynge,
Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra and Australian Opera Chorus		 DVD: Image Entertainment
Cat: ID931ORADVD
2002José Cura,
Verónica Villarroel,
Yvonne Naef,
Dmitri Hvorostovsky,
Tomas Tomasson		 Carlo Rizzi,
Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra
(Stage director:Elijah Moshinsky)		 DVD:Opus Arte
Cat:OAMO6010D[3]
2010Marcelo Álvarez,
Teresa Romano,
Mzia Nioradze,
Claudio Sgura,
Deyan Vatchkov		 Yuri Temirkanov,
Teatro Regio di Parma orchestra and chorus		 DVD:C Major
Cat:723408[4]
2011 Marcelo Álvarez,
Sondra Radvanovsky,
Dolora Zajick,
Dmitri Hvorostovsky,
Stefan Kocán		 Marco Armiliato,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus		 DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 800165549-09

Audio: Le trouvère (1857 French version)

Year Cast
(Manrique,
Léonore,
Azucena,
Le Compte de Luna,
Fernand)		 Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra		 Label[1]
1912Charles Fontaine,
Jane Morlet,
Catherine Lapeyrette,
Jean Noté,
Robert Marvini		 François Ruhlmann
unknown?		 Audio CD: Aura Classics
Cat: AURC 1902
1962Tony Poncet,
Michèle Le Bris,
Elise Kahn,
Louis Quilico,
Bernard Gontcharenko		 Jean Fournet
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux,
 Black Disc: Philips,
Cat: 837 469 (one LP)
1998Warren Mok,
Iano Tamar,
Sylvie Brunet,
Nikola Mijailović,
Jae-Jun Lee		Marco Guidarini,
Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia and Bratislava Chamber Chorus
(Recording made at performances at the Festival della Valle d'Itria, August) 		Audio CD: Dynamic
Cat: CDS 225/1-2

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Recordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  2. ↑ "Trovatore Oehms". Naxos.com. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Trovatore Covent Garden". Naxos.com. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Trovatore Parma". Naxos.com. Retrieved 15 June 2014.

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