La sonnambula: Discography

Catalogue numbers for LP format unless specified as CD

1952 CETRA LPC 1240
Orch. RAI Torino, Franco Capuana (cond.)
Lina Pagliughi (Amina), Ferruccio Tagliavini (Elvino), Cesare Siepi (Rodolfo), Wanda Ruggeri (Lisa), Anna Maria Anelli (Teresa), Pier Luigi Latinucci (Alessio)
reissued as:

1955 CETRA LO 32
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milano, Leonard Bernstein (cond.)
Maria Callas (A), Cesare Valletti (E), Giuseppe Modesti (R), Eugenia Ratti (L) Gabriella Carturan (T), Pier Luigi Latinucci (Al)
reissued as:

1957 COLUMBIA QCX 10279/80, QCXS 10278
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milano, Antonino Votto (cond.)
Maria Callas (A), Nicola Monti (E), Nicola Zaccaria (R), Eugenia Ratti(L), Fiorenza Cossotto (T), Giuseppe Morresi (Al)
reissued as:

1957 Foyer FO 1005
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milano, Antonino Votto (cond.)
Maria Callas (A), Nicola Monti (E), Nicola Zaccaria (R), Marietta Angioletti (L), Fiorenza Cossotto (T), Dino Mantovani (Al)

1957 CLS Records AMBRL 32 802
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milano, Antonino Votto (cond.)
Maria Callas (A), Nicola Monti (E), Nicola Zaccaria (R), Edith Martelli (L), Fiorenza Cossotto (T), Dino Mantovani (Al)

1961 GAO 111/12 (2 CDs)
Rec. live from radio broadcast (May 26 1961)
Orch. Teatro La Fenice, Venezia, Nello Santi (cond.)
Renata Scotto (A), Alfredo Kraus(E), Ivo Vinco (R), Rosa Laghezza(L) Marisa Zotti (T)
reissued as:

1961 SRO 841 (2 CDs)
Rec. live (Dec. 5 1961)
Orch. Metropolitan Theatre New York, Nicola Rescigno (cond.)
Joan Sutherland (A), Renato Cioni(E), Ezio Flagello (R)

1962 DECCA MET/SET 239/41
Orch. Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Richard Bonynge (cond.)
Joan Sutherland (A), Nicola Monti (E), Fernando Corena (R), Sylvia Stahmann(L) Margreta Elkins (T), Giovanni Foiani (Al)
reissued as:

1963 MELODRAM MEL 411.50
Orch. Metropolitan Theatre New York, Silvio Varviso (cond.)
Joan Sutherland (A), Nicolai Gedda (E), Ezio Flagello (R), Jeanette Scovotti (L)

1970 FABBRI GOL 42/45
Orch. Opera "Viotti", Nino Varchi (cond.)
Maddalena Bonifacio (A), Eduardo Gimenez (E), Eftimios Michalopoulos (R), Anna Maria Gasperini (L)

1971 Myto 115 (2 CDs)
Orch. Covent Garden London, Felice Cillario (cond.)
Renata Scotto (A), Stuart Burrows(E), Robinson(R), Jill Gomez(L)

1980 DECCA D 230 D 3
National Philarmonic Orch., Richard Bonynge (cond.)
Joan Sutherland (A), Luciano Pavarotti (E), Nicolai Ghiaurov (R), Isabel Buchanan (L)
reissued as:

1988 Nuova Era 6764/65
Rec. live (Nov. 1988)
Orchestra Sinfonica di Piacenza & Coro Città di Como, Marcello Viotti (cond.)
Mariella Devia (A), Luca Canonici (E), Alessandro Verducci (R), Elisabetta Battaglia (L), Laura Musella (T)

1990 Eurodisc RD 69242 (2 CDs)
Rec. live (Feb. 1990)
Orch. Deutsche Oper Berlin, Jesus Lopez-Cobos (cond.)
Lucia Aliberti (A), John Aler (E), Francesco Ellero d'Artegna (R), Jane Giering (L)

1995 Nuova Era 7215/16 (2 CDs)
Orch. Internazionale d'Italia, Giuliano Carella (cond.)
Patrizia Ciofi (A), Giuseppe Morino (E), Giovanni Furlanetto (R), Maria Costanza Nocentini (L)

1998 Naxos 8.660042/43 (2 CDs)
Rec. live (1992)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Music Orchestra and Radio Chorus, Alberto Zedda (cond.)
Luba Orgonasova (A), Raúl Giménez (E), Francesco Ellero d'Artegna (R), Dilbèr (L), Alexandra Papadjiakou (T), Nanco de Vries (Alessio)Historic recordings

There are many interesting recordings of single selections. Here are listed only the few recordings made by Tito Schipa, considered to be the best Elvino of the century.

1. Prendi, l'anel ti dono (Pathé matr. 68382, 1921)
2. Son geloso del zefiro errante with A. Galli-Curci, soprano (Victor matr. C-27994-2, 1923)
3. Prendi, l'anel ti dono with T. Del Monte, soprano (Soc. Naz. del Grammofono matr. OW2039, 1933)

contributed by Giovanni Christen