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]
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 |
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 |
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 |
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, Lester Lynch |
Michael Balke, Latvian Festival Orchestra |
Prima Classic Cat:PRIMA003 |
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: 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] |
1988 | Marie McLaughlin, Walter MacNeil, Brent Ellis |
Bernard Haitink, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus (Performance in September) |
DVD: Arthaus;[10] Kultur[11] |
1994 | Angela Gheorghiu, Frank Lopardo, Leo Nucci |
Georg Solti, Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus (Performance in December) |
DVD: Decca |
2004 | Patrizia Ciofi, Roberto Saccà, Dmitri Hvorostovsky |
Lorin Maazel, Orchestra and chorus of La Fenice (Performance on 18 November) |
DVD: TDK |
2005 | Norah 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 |
2007 | Angela Gheorghiu, Ramón Vargas, Roberto Frontali |
Lorin Maazel, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala (Performance from La Scala) |
DVD: Arthaus Musik |
2008 | Kristiane Kaiser, Jean-François Borras, Georg Tichy |
Ernst Märzendorfer, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus (Performance at the Römersteinbruch St. Margarethen, 11 July) |
DVD: EuroArts |
2009 | Cinzia Forte Saimir Pirgu Giovanni Meoni |
Paolo Arrivabeni, Opéra Royal de Wallonie Orchestra and Chorus (Performance in March) |
DVD: Dynamic |
2009 | Renée 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] |
2011 | Marlis 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] |
2018 | Diana 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] |
2022 | Nadine 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] |
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