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.
Year | Cast (Turandot, Calaf, Liù, Timur) |
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra |
Label[1]/Notes |
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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 |
2001 | Giovanna Casolla, Lando Bartolini, Masako Deguci, Felipe Bou |
Alexander Rahbari Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra Choral Society of Bilbao |
CD: Naxos 8.660089-90 |
2022 | Sondra Radvanovsky Jonas Kaufmann Ermonela Jaho Michele Pertusi |
Antonio Pappano Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and chorus |
CD: Warner Classics |
Year | Cast (Turandot, Calaf, Liù, Timur) |
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra |
Stage director | Label[1] |
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1958 | Lucille Udovich, Franco Corelli, Renata Mattioli, Plinio Clabassi |
Fernando Previtali RAI Milano orchestra and chorus |
Mario Lanfranchi | DVD: VAI Cat: 4300 DVD: Premiere Opera Cat: 5413 |
1969 | Birgit Nilsson, Gianfranco Cecchele, Gabriella Tucci, Boris Carmeli |
Georges Prêtre RAI National Symphony Orchestra and chorus |
Margherita Wallman | DVD: Encore, Cat: 2116 VHS: Legato Classics Cat: LCV 011 VHS: Bel Canto Society Cat: 545 |
1983 | Ghena Dimitrova, Nicola Martinucci, Cecilia Gasdia, Ivo Vinco |
Maurizio Arena Arena di Verona orchestra and chorus |
Giuliano Montaldo | VHS: Castle Vision Cat: CVI 2004 |
1983 | Éva Marton, José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, John-Paul Bogart |
Lorin Maazel Orchester & Chor der Wiener Staatsoper |
Harold Prince | DVD: Arthaus Musik 109094 Blu-ray: Arthaus Musik 109095 |
1987 | Éva Marton, Plácido Domingo, Leona Mitchell, Paul Plishka |
James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus |
Franco Zeffirelli | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 0589 |
1994 | Éva Marton, Michael Sylvester, Lucia Mazzaria, Kevin Langan |
Donald Runnicles Chorus & Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera House |
Peter McClintock | DVD: Arthaus Musik 100089 |
1998 | Giovanna Casolla, Sergej Larin, Barbara Frittoli, Carlo Colombara |
Zubin Mehta Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorus |
Zhang Yimou | DVD: RCA Red Seal 74321-60917-2 |
2002 | Gabriele Schnaut, Johan Botha, Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, Paata Burchuladze |
Valery Gergiev Vienna Philharmonic Tölzer Knabenchor Vienna State Opera chorus |
David Pountney | DVD: TDK «Mediactive» Cat: DV-OPTURSF |
2008 | Maria Guleghina, Marco Berti, Alexia Voulgaridou, Alexander Tsymbalyuk |
Zubin Mehta Valencian Community Orchestra |
Chen Kaige | DVD: Unitel Classica Cat: A9 3001747 Blu-ray: C Major Cat: 700308[2] |
2009 | Maria Guleghina, Marcello Giordani, Marina Poplavskaya, Samuel Ramey |
Andris Nelsons Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus |
Franco Zeffirelli | DVD: Decca 0743426 |
2015 | Nina Stemme, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Maria Agresta |
Riccardo Chailly Teatro alla Scala |
Nikolaus Lehnhoff | DVD: Decca 0743937 Blu-ray: Decca 0743938 |
2018 | Rebeka Lokar, Jorge de León, Erika Grimaldi, In-Sung Sim |
Gianandrea Noseda Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio Torino |
Stefano Poda | DVD: C Major 748108 Blu-ray: C Major 748204 |
2020 | Iréne Theorin, Gregory Kunde, Yolanda Auyanet, Andrea Mastroni |
Nicola Luisotti Teatro Real orchestra and chorus |
Robert Wilson | DVD:Bel Air Classiques Cat:BAC570[3] |