The following is a partial discography of the many audio and video 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.
Audio recordings
All catalog numbers are for audio CDs unless otherwise noted.
| Year | Cast: Violetta, Alfredo, Germont |
Conductor, opera house and orchestra |
Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
RCA Victor Cat: LM-6003 (LP) Cat: 60303-2-RG (CD) |
| 1946 | Adriana Guerrini, Luigi Infantino, Paolo Silveri |
Vincenzo Bellezza, Rome Opera orchestra and chorus |
Grammofono 2000 Cat: AB 78700/01 |
| 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, Gianni Poggi, Aldo Protti |
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome) |
Decca, Disc 6 of Cat: 4781535 |
| 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 |
RCA Victrola Cat: VIC-6004 (LP) Cat: 88875051922 (CD) |
| 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 |
RCA Victor Cat: LSC-6154 (LP) Cat: 68885-2 (CD) |
| 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 |
RCA Red Seal Cat: LSC-6180 (LP) Cat: 88883727172 (CD) |
| 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 |
Met Opera on Demand |
| 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 |
Video recordings
| Year | Cast: Violetta, Alfredo, Germont |
Conductor, opera house and orchestra |
Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Anna Moffo, Franco Bonisolli, Gino Bechi |
Giuseppe Patanè, Rome Opera orchestra and chorus (Film directed by Mario Lanfranchi) |
DVD: VAI |
| 1976 | Beverly Sills, Henry Price, Richard Fredricks |
Julius Rudel, Filene Center Orchestra, Wolf Trap Company Chorus (Recorded live, Wolf Trap Farm) |
DVD: VAI |
| 1981 | Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil |
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Performance of 28 March) |
SD video: Met Opera on Demand |
| 1982 | Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil |
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (La traviata (1983 film) directed by Franco Zeffirelli) |
DVD: Universal; DGG |
| 1988 | Marie McLaughlin, Walter MacNeil, Brent Ellis |
Bernard Haitink, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus (Performance in September) |
DVD: Arthaus; Kultur |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2021 | Lisette Oropesa, Samir Pirgu, Roberto Frontali |
Daniele Gatti, Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (Mario Martone, director) |
On demand: 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 |
| 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 |
References
Notes
- A much more comprehensive discography can be found at operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- For many other video recordings of La traviata, see the listings at Amazon.com and at IMDb.com.
- 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
- ^ Recordings from operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- Previously issued in LP format as Columbia SL-103
- La traviata, 6 March 2004, Met Opera on Demand. Also available on Rhapsody.
- VAI, 2008. OCLC 493893374.
- VAI, 2001. OCLC 48179243.
- Patrick O'Connor, "Sills in a signature role heads a subtle and atmospheric live outdoor performance a quarter century after her first Violetta", Gramophone, April 2002, p. 93.
- "La Traviata" (28 March 1981), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:264040", Met Opera Archive.
- Universal Home Video: OCLC 1313148911, 674409370, 1089482263.
- DGG, 2007. OCLC 1012363418, 696027800.
- Arthaus Musik, PAL DVD, 2000. OCLC 1039050827.
- Kultur, NTSC DVD, 2010. OCLC 677984343.
- Opus Arte, 2006. OCLC 1263613135.
- Salzburg, 2005. OCLC 659557571, 759886089.
- Arthaus Musik, 2005. OCLC 65182364.
- Virgin Classics, 2011. OCLC 822875011.
- "La Traviata" (14 April 2012), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:354472", Met Opera Archive.
- "La Traviata" (11 March 2017), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:356656", Met Opera Archive.
- "La Traviata" (15 December 2018), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:357065", Met Opera Archive.
- Opus Arte, 2019. OCLC 1136611122.
- "La traviata (Teatro dell'Opera di Roma), 2021". Only available in Italy. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- Royal Opera House Stream: La Traviata (2022), Royal Opera House website.
- Neil Fisher, "La traviata review — Pretty Yende wins the battle of the Violettas", The Sunday Times, 6 April 2022.
- "La Traviata" (5 November 2022), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:357732", Met Opera Archive.
Cited sources
- La traviata discography, part 1 (40 items), part 2 (7 items), Amazon.com
- Recorded Violettas in La traviata
Other sources
- Blyth, Alan, Opera on Record, Volume 1, Hutchinson, 1979, pp. 240–248. ISBN 0-09-139980-7
- Boyden, Matthew and Kimberly, Nick, "La Traviata: Recordings overview, The Rough Guide to Opera, Rough Guides, 2002, pp. 230–231. ISBN 1-85828-749-9
- Fawkes, Richard, Opera on Film, Duckworth, 2000. ISBN 0-7156-2943-3
- McCants, Clyde T., American Opera Singers and Their Recordings: Critical commentaries and discographies, McFarland, 2004. ISBN 0-7864-1952-0
- Rich, Alan, "A Triumphant Traviata: The Lisbon Legacy", New York, 8 December 1980, p. 100.
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