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]
1930Aureliano 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
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		 CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 6643
1953 Gino Penno,
Maria Callas,
Ebe Stignani,
Carlo Tagliabue,
Giuseppe Modesti		 Antonino Votto
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus		 CD: Urania
Cat: B000CS24UO
1956Mario Del Monaco,
Renata Tebaldi,
Giulietta Simionato,
Ugo Savarese,
Giorgio Tozzi		 Alberto Erede
Grand Théâtre de Genève orchestra
Maggio 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 Karajan
Vienna 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 Bastianini
Ivo 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		 CD: RCA Records
Cat: 74321 39504-2
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 Cappuccilli
Ruggero Raimondi		 Herbert von Karajan
Berlin Philharmonic
Deutsche Oper Berlin chorus		 CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 7 69311 2
1978 Plácido Domingo,
Raina Kabaivanska,
Fiorenza Cossotto,
Piero Cappuccilli
José 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 Giulini
Accademia 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
2011Herbert 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]
1957Mario Del Monaco,
Leyla Gencer,
Fedora Barbieri,
Ettore Bastianini,
Plinio Clabassi		Fernando Previtali
RAI Milano orchestra and chorus		DVD: Hardy Classics Video
Cat: HCD 4006
1978Plácido Domingo,
Raina Kabaivanska,
Fiorenza Cossotto,
Piero Cappuccilli,
José van Dam		Herbert von Karajan
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera chorus		 DVD: TDK
Cat: DV-CLOPIT
1983Kenneth Collins,
Joan Sutherland,
Lauris Elms,
Jonathan Summers,
Donald Shanks		 Richard Bonynge
Opera Australia Orchestra and chorus		 DVD: Image Entertainment
Cat: ID 9310 RADVD
1988Luciano Pavarotti,
Éva Marton,
Dolora Zajick,
Sherrill Milnes,
Jeffrey Wells		 James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus		 DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: DG 073 002-9
2002José 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]
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]
2011Marcelo Álvarez,
Sondra Radvanovsky,
Dolora Zajick,
Dmitri Hvorostovsky,
Stefan Kocán		 Marco Armiliato
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus		 DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 800165549-09
2015Yonghoon Lee,
Anna Netrebko,
Dolora Zajick,
Dmitri Hvorostovsky,
Stefan Kocán		 Marco Armiliato
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus		 Met Opera on Demand
2020Yusif 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]
1912Charles 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
1962Tony Poncet,
Michèle Le Bris,
Elise Kahn,
Louis Quilico,
Bernard Gontcharenko		 Jean Fournet
Orchestre Lamoureux		 LP: Philips
Cat: 837 469
1998Warren 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]

References

Notes

  1. 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.
  5. "Verdi: Le Trouvère". Presto Classical. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

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