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 recordings
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 Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
CD: Aura Music Cat: LRC 11104-2
1930
Francesco Merli , Bianca Scacciati, Giuseppina Zinetti, Enrico Molinari,Corrado Zambelli
Lorenzo Molajoli Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
CD: Naxos 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
CD: Mondo Musica Cat: MMO 91117
1952
Jussi Björling ,Zinka Milanov ,Fedora Barbieri ,Leonard Warren ,Nicola Moscona
Renato Cellini RCA Victor Orchestra Robert Shaw Chorale
LP: RCA Victrola AVM2-0699 CD: RCA Victor Cat: 6643-2-RG
1953
Gino Penno , Maria Callas,Ebe Stignani ,Carlo Tagliabue ,Giuseppe Modesti
Antonino Votto Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
CD: Urania Cat: B000CS24UO
1956
Mario Del Monaco ,Renata Tebaldi ,Giulietta Simionato ,Ugo Savarese ,Giorgio Tozzi
Alberto Erede Grand Théâtre de Genève orchestraMaggio Musicale Fiorentino chorus
CD: Decca Cat: 411 874-2 & 470 589-2
1956
Giuseppe Di Stefano , Maria Callas, Fedora Barbieri,Rolando Panerai ,Nicola Zaccaria
Herbert von Karajan Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 56333 & 77365
1957
Kurt Baum ,Mary Curtis-Verna ,Rosalind Elias ,Frank Guarrera ,Norman Scott
Max Rudolf Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
LP: Book of the Month Club Cat: MO 726
1959
Richard Tucker ,Leontyne Price ,Rosalind Elias , Leonard Warren, Giorgio Tozzi
Arturo Basile Rome Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: RCA Victor Cat: 60560-2-RG
1962
Franco Corelli ,Leontyne Price , Giulietta Simionato,Ettore Bastianini , Nicola Zaccaria
Herbert von KarajanVienna Philharmonic Vienna State Opera chorus (Live recording during Salzburg Festival , 31 July 1962)
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 447659
1963
Carlo Bergonzi ,Antonietta Stella ,Fiorenza Cossotto , Ettore BastianiniIvo Vinco
Tullio Serafin Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 768402
1964
Franco Corelli,Gabriella Tucci , Giulietta Simionato,Robert Merrill , Ferruccio Mazzoli
Thomas Schippers Rome Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 763640 2
Carlo Bergonzi, Gabriella Tucci, Giulietta Simionato,Piero Cappuccilli , Ivo Vinco
Gianandrea Gavazzeni Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (Live recording during tour in Moscow, September 1964)
CD: Opera d'Oro Cat: 7045
Bruno Prevedi ,Gwyneth Jones , Giulietta Simionato,Peter Glossop ,Joseph Rouleau
Carlo Maria Giulini Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
CD: Royal Opera House Cat: ROHS011
1969
Plácido Domingo , Leontyne Price, Fiorenza Cossotto,Sherrill Milnes ,Bonaldo Giaiotti
Zubin Mehta Philharmonia Orchestra Ambrosian Singers
LP: RCA Red Seal Cat: LSC-6194 CD: RCA Red Seal Cat: 88883729262
1976
Luciano Pavarotti ,Joan Sutherland ,Marilyn Horne ,Ingvar Wixell ,Nicolai Ghiaurov
Richard Bonynge National Philharmonic Orchestra London Opera chorus
CD: Decca Cat: 417137
1977
Franco Bonisolli , Leontyne Price,Elena Obraztsova , Piero CappuccilliRuggero Raimondi
Herbert von KarajanBerlin Philharmonic Deutsche Oper Berlin chorus
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 7 69311 2
1978
Plácido Domingo,Raina Kabaivanska , Fiorenza Cossotto, Piero CappuccilliJosé van Dam
Herbert von Karajan Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: RCA Red Seal Records Cat: 74321 61951-2
1980
José Carreras ,Katia Ricciarelli ,Stefania Toczyska ,Yuri Mazurok ,Robert Lloyd
Colin Davis Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
CD: Philips Classics Cat: 446151
1984
Plácido Domingo,Rosalind Plowright ,Brigitte Fassbaender ,Giorgio Zancanaro ,Yevgeny Nesterenko
Carlo Maria GiuliniAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus
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 during the festival, 7 June 1990)
CD: Decca Cat: 430694
1991
Plácido Domingo,Aprile Millo ,Dolora Zajick ,Vladimir Chernov ,James Morris
James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
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
CD: Arte Nova Classics Cat: 74321 721102
2000
Salvatore Licitra ,Barbara Frittoli ,Violeta Urmana , Leo Nucci, Giorgio Giuseppini
Riccardo Muti Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
CD: Sony Cat: 89553
2001
Roberto Alagna ,Angela Gheorghiu ,Larissa Diadkova ,Thomas Hampson ,Ildebrando D'Arcangelo
Antonio Pappano London Symphony Orchestra London Voices
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 57360
Andrea Bocelli ,Verónica Villarroel ,Elena Zaremba , Carlo Guelfi,Carlo Colombara
Steven Mercurio Teatro Massimo Bellini orchestra and chorus
CD: Decca, Cat: 475 366-2
2011
Herbert Lippert ,Simone Kermes , Yvonne Naef, Miljenko Turk, Josef Wagner
Michael Hofstetter Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele orchestra and chorus
CD: Oehms Classics Cat: OC951[2]
Video recordings
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 Video Cat: HCD 4006
1978
Plácido Domingo, Raina Kabaivanska, Fiorenza Cossotto, Piero Cappuccilli, José van Dam
Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Vienna State Opera chorus
DVD: TDK Cat: DV-CLOPIT
1983
Kenneth Collins, Joan Sutherland,Lauris Elms ,Jonathan Summers ,Donald Shanks
Richard BonyngeOpera Australia Orchestra and chorus
DVD: Image Entertainment Cat: ID 9310 RADVD
1988
Luciano Pavarotti,Éva Marton , Dolora Zajick, Sherrill Milnes, Jeffrey Wells
James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: DG 073 002-9
2002
José Cura , Verónica Villarroel, Yvonne Naef,Dmitri Hvorostovsky , Tomas Tomasson
Carlo Rizzi Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus (Stage director:Elijah Moshinsky )
DVD: Opus Arte Cat:OAMO6010D[3]
2010
Marcelo 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
2015
Yonghoon Lee ,Anna Netrebko , Dolora Zajick, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Stefan Kocán
Marco Armiliato Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
Met Opera on Demand
2020
Yusif Eyvazov, Anna Netrekbo, Dolora Zajick,Luca Salsi , Riccardo Fassi
Pier Giorgio Morandi Orchestra and chorus of the Arena di Verona Festival Franco Zeffirelli , stage director
DVD: C major Cat:754704
Audio: Le trouvère (1857 French version)
Year
Cast (Manrique, Léonore, Azucena, Le Compte de Luna, Fernand)
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra
Label[1]
1912
Charles Fontaine, Jane Morlet, Catherine Lapeyrette, Jean Noté, Robert Marvini
François Ruhlmann Studio orchestra and chorus
LP: Pathé Cat: 1603-1621 CD: Aura Music Cat: LRC 1902
1962
Tony Poncet, Michèle Le Bris, Elise Kahn,Louis Quilico , Bernard Gontcharenko
Jean Fournet Orchestre Lamoureux
LP: Philips Cat: 837 469
1998
Warren Mok , Iano Tamar,Sylvie Brunet ,Nikola Mijailović , Jae-Jun Lee
Marco Guidarini Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia Bratislava Chamber Chorus (Live recording during Festival della Valle d'Itria , August 1998)
CD: Dynamic Cat: CDS 225/1-2
Video: Le trouvère (1857 French version)
Year
Cast (Manrique, Léonore, Azucena, Le Compte de Luna, Fernand)
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra
Label
2019
Giuseppe Gipali, Roberta Mantegna,Nino Surguladze , Franco Vassallo, Marco Spotti
Roberto Abbado ,Teatro Comunale di Bologna orchestra and chorus,Robert Wilson , stage director
DVD:Dynamic Cat:CDS7835[5]
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