Catalogue numbers for LP format unless specified as CD
1928 HMV
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milan, Carlo Sabajno (cond.)
Rosina Torri (Mimì), Thea Vitulli (Musetta),
Aristodemo Giorgini (Rodolfo), Ernesto Badini (Marcello),
Aristide Baracchi (Schaunard), Luigi Manfrin (Colline),
Salvatore Baccaloni (Benoit, Alcindoro)
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1929 Columbia
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milan, Lorenzo Molajoli (cond.)
Rosetta Pampanini (Mi), Luba Mirella (Mu),
Luigi Marini (R), Gino Vanelli (Ma), Tancredi Pasero (C)
1938 Preiser PRE 90210
Radio Symphony Orch. Stuttgardt, Clemens Krauss (cond.)
Hildegarde Ranczak (Mi),
Peter Anders (R), Mathieu Ahlersmeyer (Ma)
1938 HMV
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milan, Umberto Berrettoni (cond.)
Licia Albanese (Mi), Tatiana Menotti (Mu),
Beniamino Gigli (R), Afro Poli (Ma),
Aristide Baracchi (S), Duilio Baronti (C),
Carlo Scattola (B, A)
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1940 Walhall WHL 13 (2 CDs)
Rec. Live 10 Feb. 1940
Metropolitan Theatre Orch. New York, Gennaro Papi (cond.)
Bidù Sayao (Mi), Dickey (Mu),
Armand Takatyan (R), Giuseppe De Luca (Ma), Ezio Pinza (C)
1946 RCA Victor LM 6060
NBC Orch., Arturo Toscanini (cond.)
Licia Albanese (Mi), Anna Mc Knight (Mu),
Jan Peerce (R), Francesco Valentino (Ma),
George Cehanovsky (S), Nicola Moscona (C),
Salvatore Baccaloni (B, A)
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1947 Columbia
Orch. Metropolitan Theatre New York, Giuseppe Antonicelli (cond.)
Bidù Sayao (Mi), Mimì Benzel (Mu),
Richard Tucker (R), Francesco Valentino (Ma),
George Cehanovsky (S), Nicola Moscona (C),
Salvatore Baccaloni (B, A)
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1950 DECCA LXT 2622/3
Orch. Accademia S. Cecilia Rome, Alberto Erede (cond.)
Renata Tebaldi (Mi), Hilde Güden (Mu),
Giacinto Prandelli (R), Giovanni Inghilleri (Ma),
Fernando Corena (S), Raffaele Ariè (C),
Melchiorre Luise (B, A)
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1951 Cetra LPC 1237
RAI Orch. Turin, Gabriele Santini (cond.)
Rosanna Carteri (Mi), Elvira Ramella (Mu),
Ferruccio Tagliavini (R), Giuseppe Taddei (Ma),
Pier Luigi Latinucci (S), Cesare Siepi (C),
Mario Zorgniotti (B, A)
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1951 Remington 199-80
Orch. Staatsoper Wien, Wilhelm Loibner (cond.)
Danica Ilitsch (Mi), Ruthilde Boesch (Mu),
Radko Delorco (R), Theo Baylé (Ma), G. Oeggl (C)
1951 Remington 199-99
Rome Opera Orch., Alberto Paoletti (cond.)
Francesca Schimenti (Mi), Mafalda Micheluzzi (Mu),
Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (R), Giovanni Ciavola (Ma),
Enzo Titta (S), Vittorio Tatozzi (C),
Piero Passarotti (B, A)
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1951 Morgan
Orch. Metropolitan Theatre New York, Fausto Cleva (cond.)
Bidù Sayao (Mi), Lois Hunt (Mu),
Giuseppe Di Stefano (R), Giuseppe Valdengo (Ma),
George Cehanovsky (S), Cesare Siepi (C),
Lorenzo Alvary (B), Lawrence Davidson (A)
1951 GOP 743
Gabriele Santini (cond.)
Renata Tebaldi (Mi), E. Ribetti (Mu),
Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (R), Tito Gobbi (Ma),
Saturno Meletti (S), Giulio Neri (C),
Carlo Badioli (B,A)
1954 Melodya D 0416/22 (in Russian)
Orch. Radio Moscow, Samuel Samosud (cond.)
Irina Maslennikova (Mi), G. Sakharova (Mu),
Sergei Lemesev (R), Pavel Lisitsian (Ma),
Vladimir Sakharov (S), Boris Dobrin (C)
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1955 Pathé DTX 177/8 (in French)
Orch. Opéra Comique Paris, G. Tzipin (cond.)
Martha Angelici (Mi), Christiane Castelli (Mu),
Roger Gardès (R), Michel Roux (Ma),
Jean Vieuille (S), Xavier Depraz (C),
Jacques Hivert (B), René Hérent(A)
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1955 RCA Victor LM 6042
RCA Victor Orch., Thomas Beecham (cond.)
Victoria de los Angeles (Mi), Lucine Amara (Mu),
Jussi Bjørling (R), Robert Merrill (Ma),
John Reardon (S), Giorgio Tozzi (C),
Fernando Corena (B, A)
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1956 Columbia QCX 10272/3
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milan, Antonino Votto (cond.)
Maria Callas (Mi), Anna Moffo (Mu),
Giuseppe Di Stefano (R), Rolando Panerai (Ma),
Manuel Spatafora (S), Nicola Zaccaria (C),
Carlo Badioli (B, A)
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1957 Philips A 00444/5
Orch. Teatro San Carlo Naples, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (cond.)
Antonietta Stella (Mi), Bruna Rizzoli (Mu),
Gianni Poggi (R), Renato Capecchi (Ma),
Guido Mazzini (S), Giuseppe Modesti (C),
Melchiorre Luise (B), Giorgio Onesti (A)
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1958 Golden Age of Opera GAO 139/40 (2 CDs)
Metropolitan Theatre Orch. New York, Thomas Schippers (cond.)
Licia Albanese (Mi), L. Hurley (Mu),
Carlo Bergonzi (R), Mario Sereni (Ma),
Clifford Harvout (S), Norman Scott (C),
Ezio Flagello (B, A)
1958 DECCA LXT 5542/43
Orch. Accademia S. Cecilia Rome, Tullio Serafin (cond.)
Renata Tebaldi (Mi), Gianna D'Angelo(Mu)
Carlo Bergonzi (R), Ettore Bastianini (Ma),
Renato Cesari (S), Cesare Siepi (C),
Fernando Corena (B,A)
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1958 ETERNA 820 L68/69
RIAS Orch. Berlin, Bruno Rigacci (cond.)
Aureliana Beltrami (Mi), Jeda Valtriani (Mu),
Isidoro Antonioli (R), Aurelio Oppicelli (Ma),
Lorenzo Testi (S), Giuliano Ferrin (C),
Edo Peduzzi (B, A)
1960 DG LPM 18720/21 (in German)
Orch. Staatsoper Berrlin, Alberto Erede (cond.)
Pilar Lorengar (Mi), Rita Streich (Mu),
Sandór Konya (R), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Ma),
Horst Günther (S), Klau Bertram (C),
Fritz Ollendorf (B), Fritz Hoppe (A)
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1961 DG LPM 18764/65
Orch. Maggio Musicale Florence, Antonino Votto (cond.)
Renata Scotto (Mi), Jolanda Meneguzzer (Mu),
Gianni Poggi (R), Tito Gobbi (Ma),
Giorgio Giorgetti (S), Giuseppe Modesti (C),
Virgilio Carbonari(B, A)
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1961 Melodya D 02554/9 (in Russian)
Phil. Orch. Moscow, Samuel Samosud (cond.)
Elizaveta Sumskaja (Mi), Alexandra Jakovenko (Mu),
Ian Kozlovsky (R), I. Burlak (Ma),
Alexander Tichonov (S), Aleksej Korollev(C),
Daniel Demianov (B), Gennadi Troitsky (A)
1961 RCA Victor LM/LSC 6095
Rome Opera Orch., Erich Leinsdorf (cond.)
Anna Moffo (Mi), Mary Costa (Mu),
Richard Tucker (R), Robert Merrill (Ma),
Philip Maero (S), Giorgio Tozzi (C),
Fernando Corena (B), Giorgio Onesti (A)
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1961 Claque GM 2001/2 (2 CDs)
Rec. live, 29 April 1961 - Pavarotti's debut performance
Orch. Teatro Municipale Reggio Emilia, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (cond.)
Alberta Pellegrini (Mi), Bianca Bellesia (Mu),
Luciano Pavarotti (R), Vito Mattioli (Ma),
Walter De Ambrosis (S), Dimitri Nabokov (C)
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1963 Cetra CDE 1010
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milan, Herbert von Karajan (cond.)
Mirella Freni (Mi), Edda Vincenzi (Mu),
Gianni Raimondi (R), Rolando Panerai (Ma),
Gianni Maffeo (S), Ivo Vinco (C),
Carlo Badioli (B, A)
1963 Movimento Musica
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milan, Herbert von Karajan (cond.)
Mirella Freni (Mi), Hilde Güden (Mu),
Gianni Raimondi (R), Rolando Panerai (Ma),
Giuseppe Taddei (S), Ivo Vinco (C),
Peter Klein (B), Siegrid Rudolf (A)
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1963 EMI Angel AN/SAN 131-2
Rome Opera Orch., Thomas Schippers (cond.)
Mirella Freni (Mi), Mariella Adami (Mu),
Nicolai Gedda (R), Mario Sereni (Ma),
Mario Basiola (S), Ferruccio Mazzoli (C),
Carlo Badioli (B, A), Paolo Montarsolo (B, A)
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1969 Arkadia (2 CDs)
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milan, ? (cond.)
Mirella Freni (Mi), Rita Talarico (Mu),
Luciano Pavarotti (R), Sesto Bruscantini (Ma),
Gianni Maffeo (S), Nicolai Ghiuselev (C),
Alessandro Maddalena (B), Franco Calabrese (A)
1969 Melodram MEL 27031 (2 CDs)
Orch. Teatro Comunale Genoa, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (cond.)
Mirella Freni (Mi), Mariella Adami (Mu),
Luciano Pavarotti (R), Lorenzo Saccomani (Ma),
Wolf-Ferrari (C)
1969 SRO 821 (2 CDs)
Philadelphia, Anton Guadagno (cond.)
Renata Tebaldi (Mi), Candida (Mu),
Franco Corelli (R), Frank Guarrera (Ma),
Jerome Hines (C)
1973 DECCA SET 565/66
Phil. Orch. Berlin, Herbert von Karajan (cond.)
Mirella Freni (Mi), Elizabeth Harwood (Mu),
Luciano Pavarotti (R), Rolando Panerai (Ma),
Gianni Maffeo (S), Nicolai Ghiaurov (C),
Michel Sénéchal(B, A)
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1974 RCA ARL 2-0371
London Phil. Orch., Georg Solti (cond.)
Montserrat Caballé (Mi), Judith Blegen (Mu),
Placido Domingo (R), Sherrill Milnes (Ma),
Vicente Sardinero (S), Ruggero Raimondi (C),
Noel Mangin (B), Nico Castel (A)
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1978 Philips 6769 031
Covent Garden Orch. London, Colin Davis (cond.)
Katia Ricciarelli (Mi), Ashley Putnam (Mu),
José Carreras (R), Ingvar Wixell (Ma),
Håkan Hagegård (S), Robert Lloyd (C),
Giovanni De Angelis (B), William Elvin (B, A)
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1980 EMI 165 03 807/8
National Phil. Orch. London, James Levine (cond.)
Renata Scotto (Mi), Carol Neblett (Mu),
Alfredo Kraus (R), Sherrill Milnes (Ma),
Matteo Manuguerra (S), Paul Plishka (C),
Italo Tajo (B), Renato Capecchi (A)
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1981 Opus
Radio Orch. Breslaw, Ondrej Lenard (cond.)
Veronica Kincses (Mi), Sidonia Haljakova (Mu),
Peter Dvorsky (R), Ivan Konsulov (Ma),
Balasz Poka (S), Dariusz Niemirowicz (C)
1987 ERATO NUM 75450 (2 CDs)
Orch. Nationale de France, James Conlon (cond.)
Barbara Hendricks (Mi), Anna Maria Blasi (Mu),
José Carreras (R), Gino Quilico (Ma),
R. Cowan (S), Francesco Ellera d'Artegna (C),
Federico Davià (B, A)
1987 DG 423 601-2 (2 CDs)
Orch. Accademia S. Cecilia Rome, Leonard Bernstein (cond.)
A. Réaux (Mi), Barbara Daniels (Mu),
Jerry Hadley (R), Thomas Hampson (Ma),
James Busterud (S), Paul Plishka (C)
1990 EMI CDS 7541242 (2 CDs)
Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milan, Gianluigi Gelmetti (cond.)
Daniela Dessì (Mi), Adelina Scarabelli (Mu),
Giuseppe Sabbatini (R), Paolo Gavanelli (Ma),
Alfonso Antoniozzi (S), Carlo Colombara (C)
1991 Koch 315922 (2 CDs)
Orch. Arena di Verona, Anton Guadagno (cond.)
Katia Ricciarelli (Mi), Francisco Araiza (R),
Paata Burchuladze (C)
1993 ERATO 0630 10699-2 (2 CDs)
London Symphony Orch., Kent Nagano (cond.)
Kiri Te Kanawa (Mi), Nancy Gustafson (Mu),
Richard Leech (R), Gino Quilico (Ma),
Alan Titus (S), Roberto Scandiuzzi (C)
1994 Naxos 553151 (2 CDs)
Czecho-Slowak Radio Symphony Orch., W. Humburg (cond.)
Luba Orgonasova (Mi), Welch (Mu),
Dalmacio Gonzales (R), Fabio Previati (Ma)