Turandot discography

This is a partial discography of Turandot, an opera by Giacomo Puccini. The first performance was held at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 25 April 1926, conducted by Arturo Toscanini.

Audio recordings
Year Cast
(Turandot, Calaf,
Liù, Timur)		 Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra		 Label[1]
1938 Gina Cigna,
Francesco Merli,
Magda Olivero,
Luciano Neroni		 Franco Ghione
RAI National Symphony Orchestra and chorus		 CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.110193-94
1955 Inge Borkh,
Mario Del Monaco,
Renata Tebaldi,
Nicola Zaccaria		 Alberto Erede
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus		 CD: Decca
Cat: 452964
1957 Maria Callas,
Eugenio Fernandi,
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,
Nicola Zaccaria		 Tullio Serafin
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus		 CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 56307
1958 Birgit Nilsson,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Rosanna Carteri,
Giuseppe Modesti		 Antonio Votto
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus		 CD: ALLEGRO
Cat: OPD-1256
1959 Birgit Nilsson,
Jussi Björling,
Renata Tebaldi,
Giorgio Tozzi
 Erich Leinsdorf
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus		 CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 09026626872
1961 Birgit Nilsson,
Franco Corelli,
Anna Moffo,
Bonaldo Giaiotti
 Leopold Stokowski
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus		 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 Lovers
Cat: TURA 196402 (1 CD)
1965 Birgit Nilsson,
Franco Corelli,
Renata Scotto,
Bonaldo Giaiotti		 Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus		 CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 077776932729
1970 George Mircea,
Maria Slatinaru,
Octav Enigarescu,
Valentin Teodorian,		 Carol Litvin
Romanian Radio Symphony orchestra
Romanian Radio/TV chorus		 CD: Vox Box
Cat: 5160
1972 Joan Sutherland,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Montserrat Caballé,
Nicolai Ghiaurov		 Zubin Mehta
London Philharmonic Orchestra
John Alldis Choir
Wandsworth School Boys Choir		 CD: Decca
Cat: 414274
1977 Montserrat Caballé,
José Carreras,
Mirella Freni,
Paul Plishka		 Alain Lombard
Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg
Rhine Opera chorus
Maitrise de la Cathedrale de Strasbourg		 CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 65293
1977 Montserrat Caballé,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Leona Mitchell,
Giorgio Tozzi		 Riccardo Chailly
San Francisco Opera orchestra and chorus		 CD: Gala
Cat: GL 100.534
1981 Katia Ricciarelli,
Plácido Domingo,
Barbara Hendricks,
Ruggero Raimondi		 Herbert von Karajan
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus
Vienna Sängerknaben		 CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 423855
1984 Éva Marton,
José Carreras,
Katia Ricciarelli,
Kurt Rydl		 Lorin Maazel
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera chorus		 CD: CBS Masterworks
Cat: M2J39160
1989 Ghena Dimitrova,
Nicola Martinucci,
Cecilia Gasdia,
Roberto Scandiuzzi		 Daniel Oren
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale dell'Opera di Genova		 CD: Nuova Era
Cat: 6786/87

Video recordings
Year Cast
(Turandot, Calaf,
Liù, Timur)		 Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra		 Label[1]
1958Lucille Udovich,
Franco Corelli,
Renata Mattioli,
Plinio Clabassi		Fernando Previtali
RAI Milano orchestra and chorus		DVD: VAI
Cat: 4300
DVD: Premiere Opera
Cat: 5413
1969Birgit Nilsson,
Gianfranco Cecchele,
Gabriella Tucci,
Boris Carmeli		Georges Prêtre
RAI National Symphony Orchestra and chorus		DVD: Encore,
Cat: 2116
VHS: Legato Classics
Cat: LCV 011
VHS: Bel Canto Society
Cat: 545
1983Ghena Dimitrova,
Nicola Martinucci,
Cecilia Gasdia,
Ivo Vinco		Maurizio Arena
Arena di Verona orchestra and chorus		VHS: Castle Vision
Cat: CVI 2004
1988Éva Marton,
Plácido Domingo,
Leona Mitchell,
Paul Plishka		James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus		DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 00440 073 0589
1998Giovanna Casolla,
Sergej Larin,
Barbara Frittoli,
Carlo Colombara		Zubin Mehta
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorus		DVD: RCA Records
Cat: 787798 928658
2002Gabriele Schnaut,
Johan Botha,
Cristina Gallardo-Domâs,
Paata Burchuladze		Valery Gergiev
Vienna Philharmonic
Tölzer Knabenchor
Vienna State Opera chorus		 DVD: TDK «Mediactive»
Cat: DV-OPTURSF
2008Maria Guleghina,
Marco Berti,
Alexia Voulgaridou,
Alexander Tsymbalyuk		Zubin Mehta
Valencian Community Orchestra
(Stage director: Chen Kaige)		DVD: Unitel Classica
Cat: A9 3001747
Blu-ray: C Major
Cat: 700308[2]
2020Iréne Theorin,
Gregory Kunde,
Yolanda Auyanet,
Andrea Mastroni		 Nicola Luisotti
Teatro Real orchestra and chorus, Robert Wilson, stage director		 DVD:Bel Air Classiques
Cat:BAC570[3]

References
  1. Recordings of Turandot on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  2. “Blu-ray C-Major”. prestomusic.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020
  3. "Puccini: Turandot". Presto Classical. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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