La traviata discography
The following is a partial discography of the many audio[1] and video[2] recordings of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, La traviata. Based on the 1848 novel La dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, La traviata has been a staple of the operatic repertoire since its premiere on 6 March 1853 at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice.[3]
Audio recordings
Year | Cast (Violetta, Alfredo, Germont) |
Conductor, opera house and orchestra |
Label[4] |
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1912 | Jane Morlet, Maurizio Troselli, Henri Albers |
Emile Archainbaud, Opéra-Comique orchestra and chorus, Paris?? |
Marston Cat: MR 52043 |
1915 | Margherita Bevignani, Franco Tumminello, Ernesto Badini |
Carlo Sabajno, La Scala orchestra and chorus, Milan |
Mike Richter Cat: Audio Encyclopedia 301 |
1928 | Mercedes Capsir, Lionello Cecil, Carlo Galeffi |
Lorenzo Molajoli, La Scala orchestra and chorus, Milan |
Naxos Records Cat: No. 8.110110-11 |
1930 | Anna Rosza, Alessandro Ziliani, Luigi Borgonovi |
Carlo Sabajno, La Scala orchestra and chorus, Milan |
Opera d'Oro Cat: OPD 9002 |
1935 | Rosa Ponselle, Frederick Jagel, Lawrence Tibbett |
Ettore Panizza, Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (Recording of a performance at Met, 5 January 1935) |
Naxos Historical Cat: No. 8.110032-33 |
1946 | Licia Albanese, Jan Peerce, Robert Merrill |
Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra |
RCA Victor Cat: 60303 |
1946 | Adriana Guerrini, Luigi Infantino, Paolo Silveri |
Vincenzo Bellezza, Rome Opera orchestra and chorus |
Grammofono 2000 Cat: AB 78700/01[5] |
1949 | Eleanor Steber, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Robert Merrill |
Giuseppe Antonicelli, Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (Recording of a performance at Met, 1 January 1949) |
Naxos Historical Cat: No. 8.110115-16 |
1953 | Maria Callas, Francesco Albanese, Ugo Savarese |
Gabriele Santini, Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin, Coro Cetra |
Warner Classics Cat: 698772; Andromeda Cat: ANR 2504/05 |
1955 | Licia Albanese, Giacinto Prandelli, Ettore Bastianini |
Alberto Erede, Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (Recording of a performance at Met, 1 January 1955) |
Walhall Cat: WLCD0284 |
1955 | Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ettore Bastianini |
Carlo Maria Giulini, La Scala orchestra and chorus, Milan (Recording of a performance at La Scala, 28 May 1955) |
EMI Classics Cat: 66450 |
1955 | Antonietta Stella, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi |
Tullio Serafin, La Scala orchestra and chorus, Milan |
Naxos Historical Cat: 8.111272-3 |
1956 | Rosanna Carteri, Cesare Valletti, Leonard Warren |
Pierre Monteux, Rome Opera orchestra and chorus |
RCA Red Seal cat: 88875051922 |
1958 | Maria Callas, Alfredo Kraus, Mario Sereni |
Franco Ghione, San Carlos National Theatre orchestra and chorus, Lisbon (Recording of a performance in Lisbon, 27 March) |
EMI Classics Cat: 56330 |
1959 | Victoria de los Ángeles, Carlo del Monte, Mario Sereni |
Tullio Serafin, Rome Opera orchestra and chorus |
Warner Classics Cat:0724357382458 |
1960 | Anna Moffo, Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill |
Fernando Previtali, Rome Opera orchestra and chorus |
RCA Victor Cat: 68885 |
1962 | Joan Sutherland, Carlo Bergonzi, Robert Merrill |
John Pritchard, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorus |
Decca Cat: 717302 |
1962 | Renata Scotto, Gianni Raimondi, Ettore Bastianini |
Antonino Votto, La Scala orchestra and chorus |
Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 894002 |
1967 | Montserrat Caballé, Carlo Bergonzi, Sherrill Milnes |
Georges Prêtre, RCA Italiana Opera orchestra and chorus |
RCA Red Seal Cat: 88883727172 |
1968 | Virginia Zeani, Ion Buzea, Nicolae Herlea |
Jean Bobescu Romanian National Opera, Bucharest Orchestra and Chorus |
World of the Opera Cat: 5251 |
1968 | Pilar Lorengar, Giacomo Aragall, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau |
Lorin Maazel, Orchester und Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin |
Decca Cat: 443000 |
1971 | Beverly Sills, Nicolai Gedda, Rolando Panerai |
Aldo Ceccato, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir |
EMI Classics Cat: 69827 |
1973 | Mirella Freni, Franco Bonisolli, Sesto Bruscantini |
Lamberto Gardelli, Chor Staatsoper Berin, Staatskapelle Berlin |
ARTS Cat: 43031-2 |
1976 | Ileana Cotrubaș, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes |
Carlos Kleiber Bavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus |
Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 415132 |
1979 | Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Matteo Manuguerra |
Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra and London Opera Chorus |
Decca Cat: 430491 |
1980 | Renata Scotto, Alfredo Kraus, Renato Bruson |
Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra and the Ambrosian Opera Chorus |
EMI Classics Cat: 47538 |
1991 | Cheryl Studer, Luciano Pavarotti, Juan Pons |
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus |
Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 435797 |
1992 | Kiri Te Kanawa, Alfredo Kraus, Dmitri Hvorostovsky | Zubin Mehta, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorus |
Philips Cat: 438238 |
1994 | Angela Gheorghiu, Frank Lopardo, Leo Nucci |
Georg Solti, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden orchestra and chorus |
Decca Cat: 448119 |
2004 | Renée Fleming, Ramón Vargas, Dmitri Hvorostovsky |
Valery Gergiev, Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus |
The Metropolitan Opera Available on Rhapsody |
2005 | Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Thomas Hampson |
Carlo Rizzi, Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Chorus (Live recording) |
Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 52902 |
2012 | Emma Matthews, Gianluca Terranova, Jonathan Summers |
Brian Castles-Onion, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera Australia |
EPC Distribution Cat:OPOZ56031CD |
2019 | Marina Rebeka, Charles Castronovo, George Petean |
Michael Balke, Latvian Festival Orchestra |
Prima Classic Cat:PRIMA003 |
Video recordings
Year | Cast (Violetta, Alfredo, Germont) |
Conductor, opera house and orchestra |
Label[4] |
---|---|---|---|
1968 | Anna Moffo, Franco Bonisolli, Gino Bechi | Giuseppe Patanè, Rome Opera orchestra and chorus (Film directed by Mario Lanfranchi) | DVD: Video Artists International, Cat: VAI 4223 |
1983 | Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil |
James Levine Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (La traviata (1983 film) directed by Franco Zeffirelli) | DVD: Universal Studios, Cat: 0 2519-20326-2 2 |
1998 | Marie McLaughlin, Walter MacNeil, Brent Ellis |
Bernard Haitink, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus |
DVD:Arthaus Musik Cat:100112 |
1994 | Angela Gheorghiu, Frank Lopardo, Leo Nucci | Georg Solti, Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus (Live recording, December) | DVD: Decca Cat: 071 431-9 |
2004 | Patrizia Ciofi, Roberto Saccà, Dmitri Hvorostovsky | Lorin Maazel, Orchestra and chorus of La Fenice (Live recording from La Fenice on 18 November) | DVD: TDK Cat: DV-OPLTLF |
2005 | Norah Ansellem José Bros Renato Bruson | Jesús López-Cobos Madrid Symphony Orchestra and chorus (Live recording from the Teatro Real, March) | DVD: Opus Arte Cat: OA 934D |
2005 | Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Thomas Hampson |
Carlo Rizzi, Salzburg Festival, Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Chorus (Video recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival) |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon, Cat: 073 4189 Blu-ray: 073 4525 |
2005 | Eva Mei, Piotr Beczała, Thomas Hampson |
Franz Welser-Möst Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House (Live recording of performance from Zurich Opera House) |
DVD:Arthaus Musik Cat:101247 |
2006 | Renée Fleming, Rolando Villazón, Renato Bruson |
James Conlon, Orchestra and Chorus of the Los Angeles Opera (Video recording of a performance in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 17 September) |
DVD: Decca, Cat: B000W7Y6BA |
2007 | Angela Gheorghiu, Ramón Vargas, Roberto Frontali |
Lorin Maazel Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala (Video recording of a live performance from La Scala) |
DVD:Arthaus Musik Cat:101343 |
2008 | Kristiane Kaiser, Jean-François Borras, Georg Tichy |
Ernst Märzendorfer Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus (Video recording of a live performance at the Römersteinbruch St. Margarethen, 11 July 2008) |
DVD:EuroArts Cat:2057218 |
2009 | Cinzia Forte Saimir Pirgu Giovanni Meoni | Paolo Arrivabeni Opéra Royal de Wallonie Orchestra and Chorus (Live recording from the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, March) | DVD: Dynamic, Cat: 33642 |
2009 | Renée Fleming, Joseph Calleja, Thomas Hampson |
Antonio Pappano Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera (Video recording of a live performance from Covent Garden) |
DVD:Arthaus Musik Cat:OABD7076D |
2011 | Natalie Dessay, Charles Castronovo, Ludovic Tezier |
Louis Langrée, London Symphony Orchestra and Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (Live recording from Aix-en-Provence Festival, July) |
DVD: Virgin Classics DVD: 5099973079897 |
2011 | Marlis Petersen, Giuseppe Varano, James Rutherford |
Tecwyn Evans, Graz Opera Chorus, Graz Philharmonic Orchestra (Video recording of a live performance at the Graz Opera) |
DVD:Arthaus Musik Cat:108036 |
2018 | Diana Damrau, Juan Diego Flórez, Quinn Kelsey |
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera (Video recording of a live performance at The Met on 15 December) |
Met Opera on Demand |
2019 | Ermonela Jaho, Charles Castronovo, Plácido Domingo |
Antonello Manacorda Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden Richard Eyre, stage director |
DVD:Opus Arte Cat: OA1292D |
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References
Notes
- A much more comprehensive discography can be found at operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- For many other video recordings of La traviata, see the listings at Amazon.com and at IMDb.com.
- Cunningham, Lawrence S. and Reich, John J., Culture & Values, Volume II: A Survey of the Humanities, Cengage Learning, 2009, p. 437. ISBN 0-495-56926-7
- Recordings from operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- Previously issued in LP format as Columbia SL-103
Cited sources
- La traviata discography, part 1 (40 items), part 2 (7 items), Amazon.com
- Recorded Violettas in La traviata
Other sources
- Blyth, Alan, Opera on Record, Volume 1, Hutchinson, 1979, pp. 240–248. ISBN 0-09-139980-7
- Boyden, Matthew and Kimberly, Nick, "La Traviata: Recordings overview, The Rough Guide to Opera, Rough Guides, 2002, pp. 230–231. ISBN 1-85828-749-9
- Fawkes, Richard, Opera on Film, Duckworth, 2000. ISBN 0-7156-2943-3
- McCants, Clyde T., American Opera Singers and Their Recordings: Critical commentaries and discographies, McFarland, 2004. ISBN 0-7864-1952-0
- Rich, Alan, "A Triumphant Traviata: The Lisbon Legacy", New York, 8 December 1980, p. 100.
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