Discography

1940 EMI
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milan, Pietro Mascagni (cond.)
Lina Bruna Rasa (S), Beniamino Gigli (T), Gino Bechi (A), Maria Marcucci (L), Giulietta Simionato (Mamma Lucia)
reedited as:

1945 DG LPEM 19247-9
Berlin Radio Orch., Arthur Rother (cond.) [sung in German]
Hilde Scheppan (S), Hans Hopf (T), Georg Hann (A), Irma Beilke (L)

1950 Cetra LPC 1238
EIAR Orch. Turin, Arturo Basile (cond.)
Giulietta Simionato (S), Achille Braschi (T), Carlo Tagliabue (A), Fernanda Cadoni (L)
reedited as:

1952 Remington REM 199/74
Festival Orch. Florence, Erasmo Ghiglia (cond.)
Vera Petrova (S), Edward Ruhl (T), Ivan Petrov (A), Benucci (L)

1953 Victor LM 6106 & HMV ALP 1126/8
RCA Victor Orch., Renato Cellini (cond.)
Zinka Milanov (S), Jussi Biörling (T), Robert Merrill (A), Carol Smith (L)
reedited as:

1953 DECCA LXT 2928/9
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milan, Franco Ghione (cond.)
Elena Nicolai (S), Mario Del Monaco (T), Aldo Protti (A), Laura Didier (L)
reedited as:

1953 Columbia QCX 10046/47
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin (cond.)
Maria Callas (S), Giuseppe Di Stefano (T), Rolando Panerai (A), Anna Maria Canali (L)
reedited as:

1953 Philips ARB 4000/1
Metropolitan Theatre Orch. New York, Fausto Cleva (cond.)
Margaret Harshaw (S), Richard Tucker (T), Frank Guarrera (A), Mildred Miller (L)
reedited as:

1954 Legato Classics LCD 164-1 (CD)
Rec. live at Stockholm (8 Dec. 1954) (in Swedish)
Stockholm Royal Opera House, K. Bendix (cond.)
A. Nordmo-Lövberg (S), Jussi Björling (T), G. Svedenbrandt (A), B. Björling (L)

1954 Remington 199/75
Orch. Teatro La Fenice Venice, George Sebastian (cond.)
Teresa Apolai (S), Antonio Spruzzola (T), Piero Campolonghi (A), P. Geri (L)

1955 Cetra LO 15
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milan, Antonino Votto (cond.)
Giulietta Simionato (S), Giuseppe Di Stefano (T), Gian Giacomo Guelfi (A), Gabriella Carturan (L)

1957 Melodram MEL 024
Metropolitan Theatre Orch. New York, Fausto Cleva (cond.)
Zinka Milanov (S), Richard Tucker (T), Frank Valentino (A), Rosalind Elias (L)

1957 Period SHO 317
RAI Orch. Milan, Arturo Basile (cond.)
Carla Gavazzi (S), Mario Ortica (T), Giuseppe Valdengo (A), Rosita Gilardi (L)

1957 RCA LM/LSC 6059
Orch. Maggio Musicale Florence, Alberto Erede (cond.)
Renata Tebaldi (S), Jussi Biörling (T), Ettore Bastianini (A), Lucia Dani (L)
reedited as:

1958 Period X 110
London Promenade Orch., G. Falco (cond.)
F. Zanelli (S), L. Visetti (T), R. Ferrari (A), R. Castro (L)

1958 Philips ABL 3318/20 & SABL 135/7
Orch. Teatro San Carlo Naples, Ugo Rapalo (cond.)
Caterina Mancini (S), Gianni Poggi (T), Aldo Protti (A), Adriana Lazzarini (L)
reedited as:

1960 DECCA LXT 5643/4 & SXL 2281/2
Orch. Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome, Tullio Serafin (cond.)
Giulietta Simionato (S), Mario Del Monaco (T), Cornell MacNeil (A), Ana-Raquel Satre(L)
reedited as:

1962 HMV AN/SAN 108/9
Rome Opera Orch., Gabriele Santini (cond.)
Victoria de Los Angeles (S), Franco Corelli (T), Mario Sereni (A), Adriana Lazzarini (L)
reedited as:

1963 VAIA 1053 (CD)
New Orleans Opera Orch., Renato Cellini (cond.)
Zinka Milanov (S), Giuseppe Gismondo (T), B. Rayson (A)

1963 Cetra DOC 58
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni (cond.)
Giulietta Simionato (S), Franco Corelli (T), Gian Giacomo Guelfi (A), Gabriella Carturan (L)
reedited as:

1964 Eurodisc XD 27272 B
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Heinrich Hollreiser (cond.) [sung in German]
Hildegarde Hillebrecht (S), Rudolf Schock (T), Eberhard Wächter (A), Bella Jasper (L)
reedited as:

1965 DG SLPM 139 205/07
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milan, Herbert von Karajan (cond.)
Fiorenza Cossotto (S), Carlo Bergonzi (T), Gian Giacomo Guelfi (A), Adriana Martino (L)
reedited as:

1965 Qualiton SLPX 1195/97
Philarmonic Orch. Budapest, Miklós Lukáks (cond.) [sung in Hungarian]
Maria Dunszt (S), József Simándy (T), György Radnai (A), Margit Lászlo (L)

1966 Electrocord STM-ECE 0579/081
Bucarest Opera Theatre, Mircea Popa (cond.)
Marina Krilovici (S), Cornel Stavru (T), David Ohanesian (A), Viorica Cortez (L)

1967 DECCA MET/SET 343/44
Orch. Teatro dell'Opera Rome, Silvio Varviso (cond.)
Elena Suliotis (S), Mario del Monaco (T), Tito Gobbi (A), Stefania Malagù (L)
reedited as:

1969 Fabbri GOL 05/06
Orch. dell'Opera Viotti, Franco Ferraris (cond.)
Delia Lago (S), Ciro Pirrotta (T), Giuseppe Lamacchia (A), Mirella Marcosi (L)

1977 DECCA D 83D
National Philarmonic Orch., Gianandrea Gavazzeni (cond.)
Julia Varady (S), Luciano Pavarotti (T), Piero Cappuccilli (A), Carmen Gonzales (L)
reedited as:

1977 RCA RL 13 091
National Philarmonic Orch., James Levine (cond.)
Renata Scotto (S), Placido Domingo (T), Pablo Elvira (A), Isola Jones (L)
reedited as:

1979 EMI 3C 165 03800/02
Philarmonia Orch., Riccardo Muti (cond.)
Montserrat Caballé (S), José Carreras (T), Matteo Manuguerra (A), Julia Hamari (L)

1981 Eurodisc 301 133-440
Munich Radio Orch., Lamberto Gardelli (cond.)
Marina Arroyo (S), Franco Bonisolli (T), Bernd Weikl (A), Livia Budai (L)

1981 Ricordi Orizzonte AOCL 216023
Bolschoi Theatre Moscow, Algis Ziuraidis (cond.)
Elena Obraztsova (S), Zurab Sotkilava (T), Vladislav Verestnikov (A), Raisa Kotova (L)

1983 Philips 416 137-1/2 (CD)
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milan, Georges Prêtre (cond.)
Elena Obraztsova (S), Placido Domingo (T), Renato Bruson (A), Axelle Gall (L)

1990 DG 429 568-2 GH (CD)
Philarmonia Orch., Giuseppe Sinopoli (cond.)
Agnes Baltsa (S), Placido Domingo (T), Juan Pons (A), Susanne Mentzer (L)

1991 Philips 432 105-2 (CD)
Paris Opera Orch., Semyon Bychkov (cond.)
Jessie Norman (S), Giuseppe Giacomini (T), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (A), Marta Senn (L)

1994 Foné FON 93 F11 (CD)
Orch. Regionale della Toscana, Bruno Bartoletti (cond.)
Ikomonou (S), Giuseppe Giacomini (T), Alessandro Cassis (A), Fedora Barbieri (L)
also as:

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