Turandot discography

This is a partial discography of Turandot, an opera by Giacomo Puccini. The first performance was held at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 25 April 1926, conducted by Arturo Toscanini.

List of audio recordings

Year	Cast: (Turandot, Calàf, Liù, Timur)	Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra	Label
1938	Gina Cigna, Francesco Merli, Magda Olivero, Luciano Neroni	Franco Ghione, Chorus and Orchestra RAI, Turin	Audio CD: Naxos Cat: 8.110193-94
1955	Inge Borkh, Mario del Monaco, Renata Tebaldi, Nicola Zaccaria	Alberto Erede, Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus, Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra	Audio CD: Decca Cat: 452964
1957	Maria Callas, Eugenio Fernandi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nicola Zaccaria	Tullio Serafin, La Scala Orchestra and Chorus	Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 56307
1959	Birgit Nilsson, Jussi Björling, Renata Tebaldi, Giorgio Tozzi	Erich Leinsdorf, Rome Opera House Orchestra, Rome Opera House Chorus	Audio CD: RCA VIctor Cat: 09026626872
1964	Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Galina Vishnevskaya, Nicola Zaccaria	Gianandrea Gavazzeni, La Scala Orchestra and Chorus (Recording of part of a performance given by the La Scala Company in Moscow, September)	Audio CD: The Opera Lovers Cat: TURA 196402 (1 CD)
1965	Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Renata Scotto, Bonaldo Giaiotti	Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Rome Opera House Orchestra, Rome Opera House Chorus	Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 077776932729
1972	Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballé, Nicolai Ghiaurov	Zubin Mehta, London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys' Chorus	Audio CD: Decca Cat: 414274
1977	Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Mirella Freni, Paul Plishka	Alain Lombard, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Rhine Opera Chorus, Maitrise de la Cathedrale de Strasbourg	Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 65293
1977	Montserrat Caballé, Luciano Pavarotti, Leona Mitchell, Giorgio Tozzi	Riccardo Chailly, San Francisco Opera (live recording)	Audio CD: Gala Cat: GL 100.534
1981	Katia Ricciarelli, Plácido Domingo, Barbara Hendricks, Ruggero Raimondi	Herbert von Karajan, Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Vienna Sängerknaben	Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 423855
1984	Éva Marton, José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, Kurt Rydl	Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus,	Audio CD: CBS Masterworks Cat: M2J39160
1989	Ghena Dimitrova, Nicola Martinucci, Cecilia Gasdia, Roberto Scandiuzzi	Daniel Oren, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale dell'Opera di Genova	Audio CD: Nuova Era Cat: 6786/87

List of video recordings

Year	Cast: (Turandot, Calàf, Liù, Timur)	Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra	Label
1958	Lucille Udovich, Franco Corelli, Renata Mattioli, Plinio Clabassi	Fernando Previtali, RAI Milano Orchestra and Chorus	DVD: VAI
1969	Birgit Nilsson, Gianfranco Cecchele, Gabriella Tucci, Boris Carmeli	Georges Prêtre, George Prêtre Orchestra and RAI Torino Chorus (Video recording of a television film, 25 February)	DVD: Encore, Cat: 2116 VHS: Legato Classics, Cat: LCV 011 (NTSC) VHS: Bel Canto Society, Cat: #545 (NTSC & PAL)
1983	Ghena Dimitrova, Nicola Martinucci, Cecilia Gasdia, Ivo Vinco	Maurizio Arena, Arena di Verona orchestra and chorus	VHS: Castle Vision Cat: CVI 2004; CVI 1867(PAL); NVC Arts Cat: 4509-99217-3 (PAL)
1988	Eva Marton, Plácido Domingo, Leona Mitchell, Paul Plishka	James Levine, Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 0589
1998	Giovanna Casolla, Sergej Larin, Barbara Frittoli, Carlo Colombara	Zubin Mehta, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Fondazione	DVD: RCA Cat: 787798 928658
2008	Maria Guleghina, Marco Berti, Alexia Voulgaridou, Alexander Tsymbalyuk	Zubin Mehta, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana (Stage director: Chen Kaige)	BD: C Major Cat: 700308 (Video director: Tiziano Mancini)

References

Notes

External links

• Discog database of Turandot recordings