Ernani - Discography


Catalogue numbers for LP format unless specified as CD
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1951 CETRA 1210
RAI Orchestra Rome, Fernando Previtali (cond.)
Gino Penno (Ernani), Giuseppe Taddei (Carlo), Caterina Mancini (Elvira), Giacomo Vaghi(Silva)
reedited as:

  • Everest S 448/3 (1967)
  • CETRA LPS 320 (1968)
  • CETRA LPO 2051 (1980)

    • 1956 CETRA LO 12
    Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos (cond.)
    Mario Del Monaco (Er), Leonard Warren (C), Zinka Milanov (El), Cesare Siepi (S)
    reedited as:

  • Foyer FO 1019 (1980)
  • Foyer 2-CF 2006 (2 CDs)
  • Arkadia MP 470 (2 CDs)

    • 1957 CETRA DOC 1001
    Live (June 14 1957)
    Orch. Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Dimitri Mitropoulos (cond.)
    Mario Del Monaco (Er), Ettore Bastianini (C), Anita Cerquetti (El), Boris Christoff (S)
    reedited as:

  • Classic CLS AMDRL (1980)
  • Melodram MEL 27016 (2 CDs)

    • 1961 HRE V805-2
    Orch. Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Gabriele Santini (cond.)
    Mario Del Monaco (Er), Cornell Mac Neil (C), Floriana Cavalli (El), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (S)
    reedited as:

  • Classic CLS AMDRL (1980)
  • Melodram MEL 27016 (2 CDs)

    • 1962 Movimento Musica 03.020
    Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Thomas Schippers (cond.)
    Carlo Bergonzi (Er), Cornell Mac Neil (C), Leontyne Price (El), Giorgio Tozzi (S)
    reedited as:

  • Movimento Musica 051-016

    • 1965 GOP 10
    Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Thomas Schippers (cond.)
    Franco Corelli (Er), Mario Sereni (C), Leontyne Price (El), Cesare Siepi (S)
    reedited as:

  • GOP 702
  • Memories HR 4370/71 (2 CDs)

    • 1967 RCA LMDS 6183
    Orch. RCA Italiana, Thomas Schippers (cond.)
    Carlo Bergonzi (Er), Mario Sereni (C), Leontyne Price (El), Ezio Flagello(S)
    reedited as:

  • RCA RL 42866 (1979)
  • RCA GD 86503 (2 CDs) (1987)
  • Ermitage LRC 0104 (2 CDs) (1994)

    • 1968 MELODIJA M 10
    Orch. RAI Milano, Gianandrea Gavazzeni (cond.)
    Bruno Prevedi (Er), Peter Glossop (C), Montserrat Caballé (El), Boris Christoff (S)
    reedited as:

  • Nuova Era 2359/60 (2 CDs) (1990)

    • 1968 Melodram 27064
    Orch. of Bilbao Opera, M. Wolf-Ferrari (cond.)
    Gianfranco Cecchele (Er), Giuseppe Taddei (C), Leyla Gencer (El), Ruggero Raimondi (S)

    1969 Melodram MEL 27064 (2 CDs)
    Live mono (Dec. 7 1969)
    Orch. Teatro alla Scala, Antonino Votto (cond.)
    Placido Domingo (Er), Carlo Meliciani (C), Raina Kabaivanska (El), Nicolai Ghiaurov (S)
    also as:

  • Hunt OPI-09 / Arkadia OPI-09 (2 CDs)

    • 1972 HRE 324-2
    Live (July 15 1972)
    Orch. Teatro Bellini di Catania, Gianandrea Gavazzeni (cond.)
    Carlo Bergonzi (Er), Piero Cappuccilli (C), Leyla Gencer (El), Ruggiero Raimondi (S)


    reedited as:

  • G.O.P. 759 (2 CDs) (1994)
    • 1972 Golden Age of Opera GAD 131/32 (2 CDs)
    Live (July 15 1972)
    Orch. Arena di Verona, Oliviero de Fabritiis (cond.)
    Franco Corelli (Er), Piero Cappuccilli (C), Iva Ligabue (El), Ruggero Raimondi (S)

    1981 Hungaroton SLPD 12259/61
    Hungarian State Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli (cond.)
    Giorgio Lamberti (Er), Lajos Miller (C), Sylvia Sass (El), Kolos Kováts (S)
    reedited as:

  • Hungaroton CD 12259/61 (3 CDs) (1985)

    • 1983 EMI 1 C 157 1435843
    Orch. del Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Muti (cond.)
    Placido Domingo (Er), Renato Bruson (C), Mirella Freni (El), Nicolai Ghiaurov (S)
    reedited as:

  • EMI CD 7470838 (3 CDs) (1985)

    • 1991 Nuova Era 7028/9 (2 CDs)
    Live (Aug 28-30, Sept 2-4 1991)
    Includes the additional tenor aria "Odi il voto".
    Orch. Internazionale d'Italia, Giuliano Carella (cond.)
    Vincenzo La Scola (Er), Paolo Coni (C), Daniela Dessí (El), Michele Pertusi (S)

    Historic recordings




    1904/1906 Gramophone 20
    Integral recording - casts various performers for each role
    Orch. Teatro alla Scala, Carlo Sabajno / Venturi (cond.)
    Performers: Martinez Patti, Sangiorgi, Colazza, Cigada, Pignataro, Caronna, Minolfi, Journet, Torres de Luna, Boninsegna, Giacomelli.


    PEARL GEMM CD 9949 - Mattia Battistini vol. II
    The recordings of the great baritone admireded by Verdi. Includes 5 selections from Ernani:

    1. Da quel dí che t'ho veduta; with Emilia Corsi (soprano) - Rec: 1907
    2. Lo vedremo, veglio audace with Aristodemo Sillich (bass) - Rec: 1907
    3. Vieni meco, sol di rose with Emilia Corsi (soprano) - Rec: 1907
    4. O de' verd'anni miei Orch. Teatro alla Scala, Carlo Sabajno (cond.) - Rec: Nov. 1906
    5. O sommo Carlo with Emilia Corsi (soprano), Luigi Colazza (tenor), Aristodemo Sillich (bass) - Rec: 1907

    Selections 3 and 5 also on NIMBUS Prima Voce (CD) NI 7831
    Selection 4 also on EMI La Scala edition vol.1 (3 CDs) 7-64860-2
    Selections 4 and 5 also on Phonographe (CD) PH 5024


    Giovanni Martinelli

  • Ernani: "Come rugiada al cespite" HMV 7-52076 (1915)


    • Giuseppe De Luca

  • Carlo: "Gran Dio... O de' verd'anni miei" Victor 74506 (1916)
  • Carlo: "O sommo Carlo" Victor 8174-B (1927)


    • José Mardones

  • Silva: "Che mai veggio... Infelice, e tu credevi" Columbia 5058-M (1918)


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