La traviata discography


The following is a partial discography of the many audio and video recordings of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, La traviata. Based on the 1848 novel La dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, La traviata has been a staple of the operatic repertoire since its premiere on 6 March 1853 at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice.

Audio recordings

All catalog numbers are for audio CDs unless otherwise noted.
YearCast: Violetta,
Alfredo,
Germont
Conductor,
opera house and orchestra
Label
1912Jane Morlet,
Maurizio Troselli,
Henri Albers
Emile Archainbaud,
Opéra-Comique orchestra and chorus, Paris??
Marston
Cat: MR 52043
1915Margherita Bevignani,
Franco Tumminello,
Ernesto Badini
Carlo Sabajno,
La Scala orchestra and chorus, Milan
Mike Richter
Cat: Audio Encyclopedia 301
1928Mercedes Capsir,
Lionello Cecil,
Carlo Galeffi
Lorenzo Molajoli,
La Scala orchestra and chorus, Milan
Naxos Records
Cat: No. 8.110110-11
1930Anna Rosza,
Alessandro Ziliani,
Luigi Borgonovi
Carlo Sabajno,
La Scala orchestra and chorus, Milan
Opera d'Oro
Cat: OPD 9002
1935Rosa Ponselle,
Frederick Jagel,
Lawrence Tibbett
Ettore Panizza,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
Naxos Historical
Cat: No. 8.110032-33;
Met Opera on Demand
1946Licia Albanese,
Jan Peerce,
Robert Merrill
Arturo Toscanini,
NBC Symphony Orchestra
RCA Victor
Cat: LM-6003
Cat: 60303-2-RG
1946Adriana Guerrini,
Luigi Infantino,
Paolo Silveri
Vincenzo Bellezza,
Rome Opera orchestra and chorus
Grammofono 2000
Cat: AB 78700/01
1949Eleanor Steber,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Robert Merrill
Giuseppe Antonicelli,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
Naxos Historical
Cat: No. 8.110115-16
1953Maria Callas,
Francesco Albanese,
Ugo Savarese
Gabriele Santini,
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin, Coro Cetra
Warner Classics
Cat: 698772;
Andromeda
Cat: ANR 2504/05
1954Renata Tebaldi,
Gianni Poggi,
Aldo Protti
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli,
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Decca,
Disc 6 of Cat: 4781535
1955Licia Albanese,
Giacinto Prandelli,
Ettore Bastianini
Alberto Erede,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
Walhall
Cat: WLCD0284
1955Maria Callas,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Ettore Bastianini
Carlo Maria Giulini,
La Scala orchestra and chorus, Milan
EMI Classics
Cat: 66450
1955Antonietta Stella,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Tito Gobbi
Tullio Serafin,
La Scala orchestra and chorus, Milan
Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.111272-3
1956Rosanna Carteri,
Cesare Valletti,
Leonard Warren
Pierre Monteux,
Rome Opera orchestra and chorus
RCA Victrola
Cat: VIC-6004
Cat: 88875051922
1958Maria Callas,
Alfredo Kraus,
Mario Sereni
Franco Ghione,
San Carlos National Theatre orchestra and chorus, Lisbon
EMI Classics
Cat: 56330
1959Victoria de los Ángeles,
Carlo del Monte,
Mario Sereni
Tullio Serafin,
Rome Opera orchestra and chorus
Warner Classics
Cat:0724357382458
1960Anna Moffo,
Richard Tucker,
Robert Merrill
Fernando Previtali,
Rome Opera orchestra and chorus
RCA Victor
Cat: LSC-6154
Cat: 68885-2
1962Joan Sutherland,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Robert Merrill
John Pritchard,
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorus
Decca
Cat: 717302
1962Renata Scotto,
Gianni Raimondi,
Ettore Bastianini
Antonino Votto,
La Scala orchestra and chorus
Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 894002
1967Montserrat Caballé,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Sherrill Milnes
Georges Prêtre,
RCA Italiana Opera orchestra and chorus
RCA Red Seal
Cat: LSC-6180
Cat: 88883727172
1968Virginia Zeani,
Ion Buzea,
Nicolae Herlea
Jean Bobescu
Romanian National Opera, Bucharest Orchestra and Chorus
World of the Opera
Cat: 5251
1968Pilar Lorengar,
Giacomo Aragall,
Lorin Maazel,
Orchester und Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Decca
Cat: 443000
1971Beverly Sills,
Nicolai Gedda,
Rolando Panerai
Aldo Ceccato,
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir
EMI Classics
Cat: 69827
1973Mirella Freni,
Franco Bonisolli,
Sesto Bruscantini
Lamberto Gardelli,
Chor Staatsoper Berin, Staatskapelle Berlin
ARTS
Cat: 43031-2
1976Ileana Cotrubaș,
Plácido Domingo,
Sherrill Milnes
Carlos Kleiber
Bavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus
Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 415132
1979Joan Sutherland,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Matteo Manuguerra
Richard Bonynge,
National Philharmonic Orchestra and London Opera Chorus
Decca
Cat: 430491
1980Renata Scotto,
Alfredo Kraus,
Renato Bruson
Riccardo Muti,
Philharmonia Orchestra and the Ambrosian Opera Chorus
EMI Classics
Cat: 47538
1991Cheryl Studer,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Juan Pons
James Levine,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 435797
1992Kiri Te Kanawa,
Alfredo Kraus,
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Zubin Mehta,
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorus
Philips
Cat: 438238
1994Angela Gheorghiu,
Frank Lopardo,
Leo Nucci
Georg Solti,
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden orchestra and chorus
Decca
Cat: 448119
2004Renée Fleming,
Ramón Vargas,
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Valery Gergiev,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
Met Opera on Demand
2005Anna Netrebko,
Rolando Villazón,
Thomas Hampson
Carlo Rizzi,
Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Chorus
Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 52902
2012Emma Matthews,
Gianluca Terranova,
Jonathan Summers
Brian Castles-Onion,
Chorus and Orchestra of Opera Australia
EPC Distribution
Cat:OPOZ56031CD
2019Marina Rebeka,
Charles Castronovo,
Lester Lynch
Michael Balke,
Latvian Festival Orchestra
Prima Classic
Cat:PRIMA003