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]
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		 LP: RCA Victor
Cat: LM-6003
CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 60303-2-RG
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
1954 Renata Tebaldi,
Angela Vercelli,
Gianni Poggi,
Aldo Protti,
Rina Cavallari,
Piero de Palma		 Francesco Molinari-Pradelli,
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome)		 Decca,
Disc 6 of Cat: 4781535,
Spars Code: DDD
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		 LP: RCA Victrola
cat: VIC-6004
CD: 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		 LP: RCA Victor
cat: LSC-6154

CD: RCA Victor
cat: 68885-2

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		 LP: RCA Red Seal
Cat: LSC-6180
CD: 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
1992Kiri 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
2012Emma Matthews,
Gianluca Terranova,
Jonathan Summers		 Brian Castles-Onion,
Chorus and Orchestra of Opera Australia
 EPC Distribution
Cat:OPOZ56031CD
2019Marina 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]
1968Anna Moffo,
Franco Bonisolli,
Gino Bechi		Giuseppe Patanè,
Rome Opera orchestra and chorus
(Film directed by Mario Lanfranchi)		DVD: VAI[6]
1981 Ileana Cotrubas,
Plácido Domingo,
Cornell MacNeil		 James Levine,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Performance of 28 March)		SD video:
Met Opera on Demand[7]
1982 Teresa Stratas,
Plácido Domingo,
Cornell MacNeil		 James Levine,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(La traviata (1983 film) directed by Franco Zeffirelli)		DVD: Universal;[8] DGG[9]
1988Marie McLaughlin,
Walter MacNeil,
Brent Ellis		 Bernard Haitink,
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus (Performance in September)		 DVD: Arthaus;[10] Kultur[11]
1994Angela Gheorghiu,
Frank Lopardo,
Leo Nucci		Georg Solti,
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
(Performance in December)		DVD: Decca
2004Patrizia Ciofi,
Roberto Saccà,
Dmitri Hvorostovsky		Lorin Maazel,
Orchestra and chorus of La Fenice
(Performance on 18 November)		DVD: TDK
2005Norah Ansellem
José Bros
Renato Bruson		Jesús López Cobos,
Madrid Symphony Orchestra and chorus
(Performance from the Teatro Real, March)		DVD: Opus Arte[12]
2005 Anna Netrebko,
Rolando Villazón,
Thomas Hampson		 Carlo Rizzi, Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Chorus (Performed in July at the Salzburg Festival; production: Willy Decker) DVD, Blu-ray: DGG[13]
2005 Eva Mei,
Piotr Beczała,
Thomas Hampson		 Franz Welser-Möst,
Chorus and Orchestra of the Zürich Opera House
(Performance from Zürich Opera House)		 DVD: Arthaus Musik[14]
2006 Renée Fleming,
Rolando Villazón,
Renato Bruson		 James Conlon,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Los Angeles Opera
(Performance in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on 17 September)		 DVD: Decca
2007Angela Gheorghiu,
Ramón Vargas,
Roberto Frontali		 Lorin Maazel,
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala
(Performance from La Scala)		 DVD: Arthaus Musik
2008Kristiane Kaiser,
Jean-François Borras,
Georg Tichy		 Ernst Märzendorfer,
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus (Performance at the Römersteinbruch St. Margarethen, 11 July)		 DVD: EuroArts
2009Cinzia Forte
Saimir Pirgu
Giovanni Meoni		 Paolo Arrivabeni,
Opéra Royal de Wallonie Orchestra and Chorus
(Performance in March)		DVD: Dynamic
2009Renée Fleming,
Joseph Calleja,
Thomas Hampson		 Antonio Pappano,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera
(Performance from Covent Garden)		 DVD: Arthaus Musik
2011 Natalie Dessay,
Charles Castronovo,
Ludovic Tezier		 Louis Langrée, London Symphony Orchestra and Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
(Performance from Aix-en-Provence Festival, July)		 DVD: Virgin Classics[15]
2011Marlis Petersen,
Giuseppe Varano,
James Rutherford		 Tecwyn Evans,
Graz Opera Chorus, Graz Philharmonic Orchestra
(Performance at the Graz Opera)		 DVD: Arthaus Musik
2012 Natalie Dessay,
Matthew Polenzani,
Dmitri Hvorostovsky		 Fabio Luisi,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Performance of 14 April; production: Willy Decker)		HD video:
Met Opera on Demand[16]
2017 Sonya Yoncheva,
Michael Fabiano,
Thomas Hampson		 Nicola Luisotti,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Performance of 11 March; production: Willy Decker)		HD video:
Met Opera on Demand[17]
2018Diana Damrau,
Juan Diego Flórez,
Quinn Kelsey		 Yannick Nézet-Séguin,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Performance of 15 December; production: Michael Mayer)		 HD video:
Met Opera on Demand[18]
2019 Ermonela Jaho,
Charles Castronovo,
Plácido Domingo		 Antonello Manacorda,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
(Richard Eyre, stage director)		 Blu-ray: Opus Arte[19]
2021 Lisette Oropesa,
Samir Pirgu,
Roberto Frontali		 Daniele Gatti,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
(Mario Martone, director)		 On demand:[20]
RAI Play
2022 Pretty Yende,
Stephen Costello,
Vladimir Stoyanov		 Giacomo Sagripanti,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House
(Director: Richard Eyre; performance of 13 April)		 HD video: Royal Opera House Stream[21][22]
2022Nadine Sierra,
Stephen Costello,
Luca Salsi		 Daniele Callegari,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Performance of 5 November; production: Michael Mayer)		 HD video:
Met Opera on Demand[23]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ A much more comprehensive discography can be found at operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  2. ↑ For many other video recordings of La traviata, see the listings at Amazon.com and at IMDb.com.
  3. ↑ 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
  4. 1 2 Recordings from operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  5. ↑ Previously issued in LP format as Columbia SL-103
  6. ↑ VAI, 2008. OCLC 493893374.
  7. ↑ "La Traviata" (28 March 1981), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:264040", Met Opera Archive.
  8. ↑ Universal Home Video: OCLC 1313148911, 674409370, 1089482263.
  9. ↑ DGG, 2007. OCLC 1012363418, 696027800.
  10. ↑ Arthaus Musik, PAL DVD, 2000. OCLC 1039050827.
  11. ↑ Kultur, NTSC DVD, 2010. OCLC 677984343.
  12. ↑ Opus Arte, 2006. OCLC 1263613135.
  13. ↑ Salzburg, 2005. OCLC 659557571, 759886089.
  14. ↑ Arthaus Musik, 2005. OCLC 65182364.
  15. ↑ Virgin Classics, 2011. OCLC 822875011.
  16. ↑ "La Traviata" (14 April 2012), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:354472", Met Opera Archive.
  17. ↑ "La Traviata" (11 March 2017), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:356656", Met Opera Archive.
  18. ↑ "La Traviata" (15 December 2018), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:357065", Met Opera Archive.
  19. ↑ Opus Arte, 2019. OCLC 1136611122.
  20. ↑ "La traviata (Teatro dell'Opera di Roma), 2021". Only available in Italy. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  21. ↑ Royal Opera House Stream: La Traviata (2022), Royal Opera House website.
  22. ↑ Neil Fisher, "La traviata review — Pretty Yende wins the battle of the Violettas", The Sunday Times, 6 April 2022.
  23. ↑ "La Traviata" (5 November 2022), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:357732", Met Opera Archive.

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