Discography


Catalogue numbers for LP format unless specified as CD

  • 1910 - 1949
  • 1950 - 1959
  • 1960 - 1969
  • 1970 - 1979
  • 1980 - today
  • compilations (from 78 rpm discs)



  • 1912 Pathé
    [the original 1857 french version, with additional dances]
    with orch., Maurice Ruhlmann (cond.)
    Jean Noté (Conte di Luna), Jeanne Morlet (Leonora), Kett Lapeyrette (Azucena), Charles Fontaine (Manrico)
    reedited as:

  • Bourg BG 4025-26 (1987)

  • 1930 Columbia QCX 10143/4
    Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milano, Lorenzo Molajoli (cond.)
    Enrico Molinari (C), Bianca Scacciati (L), Giuseppina Zinetti (A), Francesco Merli (M), Corrado Zambelli (Ferrando)
    reedited as:

  • EMI 3 C 153 03024/25 (1978)
  • Rodolphe RPC 32 539/550 (2 CDs)

  • 1930 HMV QALP 10104/06
    Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milano, Carlo Sabajno (cond.)
    Apollo Granforte (C), Maria Carena (L), Irene Minghini Cattaneo (A), Aureliano Pertile (M), Bruno Carmassi (F)
    reedited as:

  • HMV QSO 21/23
  • EMI 3 C 17083/85 (1979)
  • EMI 11 0833 M (1987)
  • Nuova Era HMT 90012/90013 (2 CDs)
  • Phonographe PH 5002/03 (2 CDs) (1994)

  • 1939 Legato Classics LCD 173-2 (2 CDs)
    Royal Opera Orch., Vittorio Gui (cond.)
    Maurizio Basiola (C), Gina Cigna (L), Gertrud Wettergren(A), Jussi Björling (M), Corrado Zambelli (F)

    1941 CETRA LO 71
    Orch. Metropolitan Theatre New York, Ferruccio Calusio (cond.)
    Francesco Valentino (C), Norina Greco (L), Bruna Castagna (A), Jussi Björling (M), Nicola Moscona (F)
    reedited as:

  • AS Disc AS 1110/11 (2 CDs)

  • 1950 Melodram CDN 26017 (2 CDs)
    Rec. live in Mexico City (May 20 1950)
    Palacio de las Bellas Artes Orch., Guido Picco (cond.)
    Leonard Warren (C), Maria Callas (L), Giulietta Simionato (A), Kurt Baum (M)

    1951 CETRA 1226
    RAI Orch. Roma, Fernando Previtali (cond.)
    Carlo Tagliabue (C), Caterina Mancini (L), Miriam Pirazzini (A), Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (M), Alfredo Colella (F)
    reedited as:

  • CETRA CS 503/5, LPS 3226, LPO 2027 (LP)
  • CETRA CDO 2 (2 CDs)
  • Fono Enterprise "Flowers" FLO 19/20 (2 CDs)

  • 1951 CETRA LO 29
    Orch. Teatro S. Carlo Napoli, Tullio Serafin (cond.)
    Paolo Silveri (C), Maria Callas (L), Cloe Elmo (A), Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (M), Italo Tajo (F)
    reedited as:

  • CETRA Classic Collection CDO (2 CDs) (1993)
  • Melodram MEL 26001 (2 CDs)
  • Enterprise Documents ENTLV 948 (2 CDs)
  • Pantheon PHE 6636/37 (2 CDs) (1995)

  • 1952 RCA Victor B12R 0023/24
    RCA Orch., Renato Cellini (cond.)
    Leonard Warren (C), Zinka Milanov (L), Fedora Barbieri (A), Jussi Björling (M), Nicola Moscona (F)
    reedited as:

  • RCA Victor GD 60 560
  • HMV ALP 1832 (1961)
  • RCA LM 6008 (1967)
  • RCA 6643 2 RG (2 CDs)
  • Highlights on RCA Gold Seal 60191 2 RG (CD)

  • 1952 Capitol PBR 8180
    Orch. Opera di Roma, Luigi Ricci (cond.)
    Antonio Manca Serra (C), Stella Roman (L), S. Sawyer (A), Gino Sarri (M)

    1953 CETRA LO 35
    Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milano, Antonino Votto (cond.)
    Carlo Tagliabue (C), Maria Callas (L), Ebe Stignani (A), Gino Penno (M), Giuseppe Modesti (F)
    reedited as:

  • CLS ARPCL 30039
  • Turnabout THS 65140-2
  • Myto Records MCD 902-13 (2 CDs)

  • 1956 DECCA SXL 2129, LXT 5260-2
    Orch. Grand Théâtre Génève, Alberto Erede (cond.)
    Ugo Savarese (C), Renata Tebaldi (L), Giulietta Simionato (A), Mario Del Monaco (M), Giorgio Tozzi (F)
    reedited as:

  • DECCA GOS 614/16 (1971)
  • DECCA Classiques 592125 (1982)
  • DECCA LH2 417 137 and 411 874-2 (2 CDs)

  • 1956 Columbia QCX 10268, QCXS 10267
    Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milano, Herbert von Karajan (cond.)
    Rolando Panerai (C), Maria Callas (L), Fedora Barbieri (A), Giuseppe Di Stefano (M), Nicola Zaccaria (F)
    reedited as:

  • EMI HMV SL 869 (1973)
  • EMI 2C 163 53750/2 (1980)
  • EMI CDS/CDCB 7 49347-2 (2 CDs) (1987)

  • 1957 Replica RPL 2413/16
    RAI Orch. Roma, Fernando Previtali (cond.)
    Ettore Bastianini (C), Leyla Gencer (L), Fedora Barbieri (A), Mario Del Monaco (M), Plinio Clabassi(F)
    reedited as:

  • Arkadia MP 483.2 (2 CDs)
  • Great Opera Performances GOP 704 (2 CDs)

  • 1957 Bongiovanni GAO 101/2 (2 CDs)
    Rec. live, Milan (Dec. 7 1957)
    Orch. Teatro S. Carlo Naples, Franco Capuana (cond.)
    Ugo Protti (C), Antonietta Stella (L), Fedora Barbieri (A), Mario Filippeschi (M), Plinio Clabassi(F)


    1959 RCA LM/LSC 6150
    Orch. Opera di Roma, Arturo Basile (cond.)
    Leonard Warren (C), Leontyne Price (L), Rosalind Elias (A), Richard Tucker (M), Giorgio Tozzi (F)
    reedited as:

  • RCA Victor GD 60 560


  • 1961 Datum DAT 12313 (2 CDs)
    Rec. live in Berlin (Oct. 1 1961)
    Orch. Opera di Roma, Oliviero de Fabritiis (cond.)
    Ettore Bastianini (C), Mirella Parutto (L), Fedora Barbieri (A), Franco Corelli (M), Agostino Ferrin (F)

    1962 DG LPM/SPLM 18835/7
    Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milano, Tullio Serafin (cond.)
    Ettore Bastianini (C), Antonietta Stella (L), Fiorenza Cossotto (A), Carlo Bergonzi (M), Ivo Vinco (F)
    reedited as:

  • DG Privilège 2728 008 (1976)
  • DG 415 392-1 (1985)
  • DG Teatro Alla Scala 435 053-2 (2 CDs)
  • DG 445 451-2 (2 CDs) (1994)

  • 1962 Arkadia ARK 7
    Wiener Philarmoniker, Herbert von Karajan (cond.)
    Ettore Bastianini (C), Leontyne Price (L), Giulietta Simionato (A), Franco Corelli (M), Nicola Zaccaria (F)
    reedited as:

  • Morgan 6201
  • Rodolphe RPC 32 482/3 (2 CDs)
  • Movimento Musica 012 001 (2 CDs)

  • 1962 Melodram MEL 27068 (2 CDs)
    Rec. live (July 12 1962)
    Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milano, Gianandrea Gavazzeni (cond.)
    Ettore Bastianini (C), Antonietta Stella (L), Fiorenza Cossotto (A), Franco Corelli (M), Ivo Vinco (F)
    also on:

  • Claque CLQ 2013 (2 CDs)

  • 1963 Eklipse EKR P-9 (2 CDs)
    (?), Oliviero de Fabritiis (cond.)
    Leontyne Price (L), Fiorenza Cossotto (A), Carlo Bergonzi (M), Ivo Vinco (F)

    1964 EMI Angel AN/SAN 151/3
    Orch. Opera di Roma, Thomas Schippers (cond.)
    Robert Merrill (C), Gabriella Tucci (L), Giulietta Simionato (A), Franco Corelli (M), Ferruccio Mazzoli (F)
    reedited as:

  • EMI "Cadre noir" 1000423 (1984)
  • EMI Angel Studio CDM 7 63640-2 / CDMB 63640 (2 CDs) (1990)

  • 1964 Memories HR 4390/91 (2 CDs)
    Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milano, Gianandrea Gavazzeni (cond.)
    Piero Cappuccilli (C), Gabriella Tucci (L), Giulietta Simionato (A), Carlo Bergonzi (M)

    1964 Myto MCD 917.51 (2 CDs)
    Orch. Metropolitan Theatre New York, Fausto Cleva (cond.)
    Mario Sereni (C), Leontyne Price (L), Irene Dalis (A), Franco Corelli (M)

    1965 Electrecord ECE 971/09 2/1-3
    National Opera Bucarest, Egizio Massini (cond.)
    Octav Enigarescu (C), Elena Dima-Toroiman (L), Zenaide Palli (A), Cornel Stavru (M), Constantin Dimitrescu (F)

    1965 Melodram MEL 27008 (2 CDs)
    Rec. live in Moscow
    Orch. Teatro alla Scala Milano, Gianandrea Gavazzeni (cond.)
    Piero Cappuccilli (C), Gabriella Tucci (L), Giulietta Simionato (A), Carlo Bergonzi (M)
    also on:

  • Memories HR 4390/91 (2 CDs)

  • 1968 Melodram MEL 27035 (2 CDs)
    Orch. Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Thomas Schippers (cond.)
    Mario Zanasi (C), Montserrat Caballé (L), Franca Mattiucci (A), Richard Tucker (M), Ivo Vinco (F)
    reedited as:

  • Nuova Era 2280/81
  • Nuova Era Memories MEM 4521 (2 CDs)

  • 1968 Melodram MEL 27047 (2 CDs)
    New Orleans Orch., K. Andersson (cond.)
    Enzo Sordello (C), Montserrat Caballé (L), Placido Domingo (M)

    1969 RCA LMDS 6194
    New Philarmonia Orch., Zubin Mehta (cond.)
    Sherrill Milnes (C), Leontyne Price (L), Fiorenza Cossotto (A), Placido Domingo (M), Bonaldo Giaiotti (F)
    reedited as:

  • RCA RD 86194 (2 CDs) (1987)
  • Ermitage LRC 01010 (2 CDs) (1994)


  • 1971 Supraphon 112 0501-3
    Prague Philarmonic Orch., Ino Savini (cond.)
    Franco Pagliazzi (C), Linda Vajna (L), Maria Grazia Allegri (A), Gaetano Bardini (M), Eftimios Michalopoulos(F)
    reedited as:

  • Fabbri GOL 4

  • 1972 DreamLife LSZS 00178 (LaserDisc NTSC)
    Video rec. live in Orange (France), July 23 1972
    Orch. National O.R.T.F., R. Giovaninetti (cond.)
    Peter Glossop (C), Montserrat Caballé (L), Irina Arkhipova (A), Ludovic Spiess (M)

    1975 Eurodisc 28169 XFR
    Staatsoper Berlin, Bruno Bartoletti (cond.)
    Giorgio Zancanaro (C), Raina Kabaivanska (L), Viorica Cortez (A), Franco Bonisolli (M), Giancarlo Luccardi (F)
    reedited as:

  • Acanta 794 23 301
  • Acanta CD 43301 (2 CDs)

  • 1975 DECCA D82 D3
    National Philarmonic Orch., Richard Bonynge (cond.)
    Ingvar Wixell (C), Joan Sutherland (L), Marilyn Horne (A), Luciano Pavarotti (M), Nicolai Ghiaurov (F)
    reedited as:

  • DECCA 417 137-2 (2 CDs) (1987)

  • 1977 EMI 165 02981/3
    Berliner Philarmoniker, Herbert von Karajan (cond.)
    Piero Cappuccilli (C), Leontyne Price (L), Elena Obraztsova (A), Franco Bonisolli (M), Ruggero Raimondi (F)
    reedited as:

  • EMI CMS7 69311/2 (2 CDs)


  • 1980 Philips 6769 063
    Covent Garden Orch. London, Colin Davis (cond.)
    Jurij Mazurok (C), Katia Ricciarelli (L), Stefania Toczyska (A), José Carreras (M), Robert Lloyd(F)
    reedited as:

  • Philips DUO (2 CDs)

  • 1983 DG 413 355-1/2 (2 CDs)
    Orch. Accademia S. Cecilia Roma, Carlo Maria Giulini (cond.)
    Giorgio Zancanaro (C), Rosalind Plowright (L), Brigitte Fassbaender (A), Placido Domingo (M), Evgenij Nesterenko (F)
    reedited as:

    DG 423 858-2 (2 CDs)
  • Highlights on: DG "Domingo Edition" 435418-2 GDE (CD)

  • 1983 Topaz Classic 0131 (VHS)
    Elizabethan Sydney Orch., Richard Bonynge (cond.)
    J. Summers (C), Joan Sutherland (L), Lauris Elms (A), Kenneth Collins (M), D. Shanks (F)

    1988 DG 072 413-1 (LaserDisc)
    Orch. Metropolitan Theatre New York, James Levine (cond.)
    Sherril Milnes (C), Eva Marton (L), Dolora Zajick (A), Luciano Pavarotti (M), Jeffrey Wells (F)

    1991 Sony Classical S2K 48070 (2 CDs)
    Metropolitan Opera Orch. New York, James Levine (cond.)
    Vladimir Chernov (C), Aprile Millo (L), Dolora Zajick (A), Placido Domingo (M), James Morris (F)

    1995 ASV 225 (2 CDs)
    European Chamber Orch., Duncan Hinnels (cond.)
    with Gerard Quinn (C), Susan Bisalt (L)
    1995 Decca 430 694-2 (2 CDs)
    Recording: June 1990
    Orch. Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Metha (cond.)
    Leo Nucci (C), Antonella Banaudi (L), Shirley Verret (A), Luciano Pavarotti (M), Francesco Ellero d'Artegna (F)

    Other recordings


    RCA VL 42799
    Compilation of "Victor" historical recordings.
    Performers: Giovanni Martinelli, Rosa Ponselle, Giuseppe De Luca, Ezio Pinza, Riccardo Stracciari

    Giovanni Martinelli - Pearl GEMM 9350 (CD)
    12 selections from Trovatore and 3 sel. from Aida
    Recording years: 1915-1939
    Performers: Giovanni Martinelli, Rosa Ponselle, Louise Homer, Giuseppe De Luca, Ezio Pinza, Riccardo Stracciari

    "Di quella pira" - Bongiovanni GB 1501-2 (CD)
    34 historic recordings of Manrico's cabaletta.
    Tenors: Caruso, Zenatello, Lazaro, Escalaïs, Pertile, Martinelli, Lauri-Volpi, De Muro, Slezak, Björling and many others.


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