L'Elisir d'Amore Discography

Catalogue numbers for LP format unless specified as CD

1952 CETRA CDE 1056 (2 CDs)
Orch. RAI-Roma, Gianandrea Gavazzeni (cond)
Alda Noni (Adina), Cesare Valletti (Nemorino), Afro Poli (Belcore), Sesto Bruscantini (Dulcamara), Bruna Rizzoli (Giannetta)

1953 EKLIPSE EKR CD 8 (2 CDs)
Rec. live at Teatro San Carlo, Naples (17 January)
Orch. Teatro San Carlo, Gianandrea Gavazzeni (cond.)
Rina Gigli (A), Beniamino Gigli (N), Giuseppe Taddei (B), Italo Tajo (D), Anna Maria Borrelli (G)

1955 DECCA 411699-2 (2 CDs)
Orch. Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (cond.)
Hilde Gueden (A), Giuseppe di Stefano (N), Renato Capecchi (B), Fernando Corena (D), Luisa Mandelli (G)

1959 EMI 7243 5 68003 2 8 (2 CDs)
Orch. Teatro alla Scala, Tullio Serafin (cond.)
Rosanna Carteri (A), Luigi Alva (N), Rolando Panerai (B), Giuseppe Taddei (D), Angela Vercelli (G)

1960 DECCA 424912-2 (2 CDs)
English Chamber Orch., Richard Bonynge (cond.)
Joan Sutherland (A), Luciano Pavarotti (N), Dominic Cossa (B), Spiro Malas (D), Maria Casula (G)

1961 PARAGON DSV 52019 (LP)
Rec. live at Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo (14 October)
Teatro Donizetti Orch., Gianandrea Gavazzeni (cond.)
Renata Scotto (A), Giuseppe di Stefano (N), Giulio Fioravanti (B), Ivo Vinco (D), Luisa Rossi (G)

1966 EMI CMS 7 69897 2 (2 CDs)
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Orch., Francesco Molinari Pradelli (cond.)
Mirella Freni (A), Nicolai Gedda (N), Mario Sereni (B), Renato Capecchi (D), Angela Arena (G)

1967 MEMORIES HR 4129/39 (2 CDs)
Rec. live at Florence (June)
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orch., Gianandrea Gavazzeni (cond.)
Renata Scotto (A), Carlo Bergonzi (N), Giuseppe Taddei (B), Carlo Cava (D), Renza Jotti (G)

1968 G.O.P. 719 (2 CDs)
Rec. live at New York Metropolitan (16 March)
Metropolitan Opera House Orch., Fausto Cleva (cond.)
Roberta Peters (A), Alfredo Kraus (N), Mario Sereni (B), Fernando Corena (D), Joy Clements (G)

1968 OPERA VIVA (Highlights)
Rec. live at the Auditorium RAI-Torino (9 July)
RAI-Torino Orch., Mario Rossi (cond.)
Mirella Freni (A), Renzo Casellato (N), Mario Basiola (B), Sesto Bruscantini (D), Elena Zilio (G)

1969 BUTTERFLY MUSIC BMCD 006 (2 CDs)
Rec. live at San Francisco War Memorial Opera House (7 October)
San Francisco Opera Orch., Giuseppe Patané (cond.)
Reri Grist (A), Luciano Pavarotti (N), Ingvar Wixell (B), Sesto Bruscantini (D), Shigemi Matsumoto (G)

1976 LEGATO CLASSICS LCD 218-2 (2 CDs)
Rec. live at London
[prob. Orch. of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden], John Pritchard (cond.)
Yasuko Hayashi (A), José Carreras (N), Thomas Allen (B), Geraint Evans (D), Lillian Watson (G)

1977 CBS M2K 34585 (USA) M2k 79210 (2 CDs)
Orch. of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, John Pritchard (cond.)
Ileana Cotrubas (A), Plácido Domingo (N), Ingvar Wixell (B), Geraint Evans (D), Lillian Watson (G)

1982 RCA VICTOR 74321 25280 2 (2 CDs)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Heinz Wallberg (cond.)
Lucia Popp (A), Peter Dvorsky (N), Bernd Weikl (B), Evgeny Nesterenko (D), Elfi Hobarth (G)

1985 PHILIPS 412 714-2 (2 CDs)
RAI-Torino Orch., Claudio Scimone (cond.)
Katia Ricciarelli (A), Josep Carreras (N), Leo Nucci (B), Domenico Trimarchi (D), Susanna Rigacci (G)

1986 DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 423 076-2 (2 CDs)
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orch., Gabriele Ferro (cond.)
Barbara Bonney (A), Gösta Winbergh (N), Bernd Weikl (B), Rolando Panerai (D), Antonella Bandelli (G)

1988 NUOVA ERA 6725 (2 CDs)
Orch. Sinfonica dell'Emilia Romagna "Arturo Toscanini", Hubert Soudant (cond.)
Adelina Scarabelli (A), Chris Merritt (N), Angelo Romero (B), Sesto Bruscantini (D), Barbara Briscik (G)

1989 DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 429 744-2 (2 CDs)
Metropolitan Opera House Orch., James Levine (cond.)
Kathleen Battle (A), Luciano Pavarotti (N), Leo Nucci (B), Enzo Dara (D), Dawn Upshaw (G)

1992 ERATO WE 848
English Chamber Orch., Marcello Viotti (cond.)
Mariella Devia (A), Roberto Alagna (N), Pietro Spagnoli (B), Bruno Pratic&ogarve; (D), Francesca Provvisionato (G)

1996 DECCA 455 691-2 (2 CDs)
Orch. Opéra National de Lyon, Evelino Pid=F2 (cond.)
Angela Gheorghiu (A), Roberto Alagna (N), Roberto Scaltriti (B), Simone Alaimo (D), Elena Dan (G)


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