This is a partial discography of Pagliacci, an opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo which premiered at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan on May 21, 1892 conducted by Arturo Toscanini.
Stand-alone recordings
edit| Year | Cast (Canio, Nedda, Tonio, Beppe, Silvio) |
Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra |
Label[1][2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | Antonio Paoli, Giuseppina Huguet, Francesco Cigada, Gaetano Pini-Corsi, Ernesto Badini |
Carlo Sabajno, Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
Audio CD: Bongiovanni Cat: GB 1120-2 |
| 1917 | Luigi Bolis, Annita Conti, Giuseppe Montanelli |
Carlo Sabajno, Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
LP: La voce del padrone Cat: S 5522-S 5536; R 5535-R 5537 Audio CD: Mike Richter "Audio Encyclopedia" Cat: 301 |
| 1930 | Francesco Merli, Rosetta Pampanini, Carlo Galeffi |
Lorenzo Molajoli, Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
Audio CD: Preiser Records Cat: 20007 |
| 1934 | Beniamino Gigli, Iva Pacetti, Mario Basiola |
Franco Ghione, Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
Audio CD: Naxos Cat:8.110155 |
| 1948 | Ramón Vinay, Florence Quartararo, Leonard Warren, Joseph Laderoute, Hugh Thompson |
Giuseppe Antonicelli, Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus |
Audio CD: Guild Cat: 2291/2 |
| 1951 | Richard Tucker, Lucine Amara, Giuseppe Valdengo |
Fausto Cleva Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus |
Audio CD: Preiser Records Cat: 20030 |
| 1951 | Carlo Bergonzi, Carla Gavazzi, Carlo Tagliabue |
Alfredo Simonetto Italian Radio Symphony orchestra and chorus |
Audio CD: Warner Fonit Cat: 8573 87272-2 |
| 1952 | Mario del Monaco, Clara Petrella, Afro Poli |
Alberto Erede Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus |
Audio CD: Omega Opera Archive Cat: 1628 |
| 1953 | Jussi Björling, Victoria de los Ángeles, Leonard Warren |
Renato Cellini RCA Victor Orchestra Columbus Boys Choir Robert Shaw Chorale |
LP: RCA Victor Cat: LM-6084 Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 0724356677821 |
| 1953 | Jussi Björling, Victoria de los Ángeles, Leonard Warren |
Renato Cellini RCA Victor Orchestra and chorus |
Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 0724358565027 |
| 1954 | Franco Corelli, Lucine Amara, Tito Gobbi |
Lovro von Matačić Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
LP: Angel Records Cat: 3618 B/L |
| 1954 | Giuseppe di Stefano, Maria Callas, Rolando Panerai |
Tullio Serafin Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
Audio CD: Warner Classics Cat: 2564633991 |
| 1956 | Giuseppe di Stefano, Clara Petrella, Aldo Protti |
Nino Sanzogno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (live recording) |
Audio CD: Myto Cat: 8014399501088 |
| 1965 | Carlo Bergonzi, Joan Carlyle, Giuseppe Taddei |
Herbert von Karajan, Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 449 727-2 |
| 1971 | Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, Sherrill Milnes |
Nello Santi London Symphony Orchestra and chorus |
LP: RCA Red Seal Cat: LSC-7090 Audio CD: RCA Victor Cat: 74321 50168-2 |
| 1984 | Plácido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Matteo Manuguerra |
Ádám Fischer Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus |
Audio CD: Orfeo Cat: C756081B |
| 1992 | Nicola Martinucci, Miriam Gauci, Eduard Tumagian |
Alexander Rahbari Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra |
Audio CD: Naxos Cat: 8.660021 |
| 1993 | Luciano Pavarotti, Daniela Dessi, Juan Pons, Paolo Coni |
Riccardo Muti, The Philadelphia Orchestra |
Audio CD: Philips Digital Classics Cat: 438 132-2 |
| 1999 | José Cura, Barbara Frittoli, Carlos Álvarez |
Riccardo Chailly Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra |
Audio CD: Decca Records Cat: 467 086-2 |
| 2019 | Devid Cecconi, Leon Kim, Matteo Mezzaro, Valeria Sepe, Angelo Villari |
Valerio Galli, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino |
Blu-ray: Dynamic[3] EAN 8007144578633 |
| 2021 | Russell Thomas, Ailyn Pérez, Quinn Kelsey, Eric Ferring, Lucas Meachem |
Enrique Mazzola, Lyric Opera of Chicago |
Streaming HD video: Lyric Opera of Chicago[4] |
Paired with Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana
edit| Year | Cast (Canio, Nedda, Tonio) |
Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra |
Label[1][2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Alessandro Valente, Adelaide Saraceni, Apollo Granforte |
Carlo Sabajno, Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
Phonograph Cat: PH 5066/67 |
| 1954 | Giuseppe Di Stefano, Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi |
Tullio Serafin, Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 0724358683028 |
| 1960 | Franco Corelli, Lucine Amara, Tito Gobbi |
Lovro von Matačić Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 0077776396750 |
| 1967 | James McCracken, Pilar Lorengar, Robert Merrill |
Lamberto Gardelli, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus |
CD: Decca Records Cat: 452 179-2 |
| 1969 | Jon Vickers, Raina Kabaivanska, Peter Glossop |
Herbert von Karajan, Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 0734389 |
| 1976 | Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Ingvar Wixell |
Giuseppe Patanè, National Philharmonic Orchestra and chorus |
Audio CD: Decca Classics Cat: 00289 414 5902 |
| 1979 | José Carreras, Renata Scotto, Kari Nurmela |
Riccardo Muti Philharmonia Orchestra Ambrosian Opera Chorus, |
Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 0777 7 63650 2 2; CDMB 63650; 7 63650 2[5] |
| 1981 | Plácido Domingo, Teresa Stratas, Juan Pons |
Georges Prêtre Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (Film - directed by Franco Zeffirelli) |
Audio CD: Philips Cat: 411484-2 /4542652, Audio CD: Decca Cat: 894705702, DVD: Philips Cat: 070 428-9, DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 0044007 34033 |
| 2007 | Andrea Bocelli, Ana María Martínez, Stefano Antonucci, Francesco Piccoli, Roberto Accurso |
Steven Mercurio Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo Bellini di Carana Coro di voci bianche "Gaudeamus igitur" Concentus |
Audio CD: Sugar SRL Cat: 39 02 77070 1 |
| 2020 | Aldo Di Toro Aurelia Florian Audun Iversen |
Oksana Lyniv Graz Philharmonic Orchestra Oper Graz Chorus |
CD: Oehms Classics Cat: OC 987 |
Paired with Puccini's Il tabarro
edit| Year | Cast (Canio, Nedda, Tonio) |
Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra |
Label[1][2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Luciano Pavarotti, Teresa Stratas, Juan Pons |
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 4024 |
References
edit- ^ a b c "CLLEPAGL.HTM". Operadis-opera-discography.org.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Note: "Cat:" is short for catalogue number by the label company.
- ^ Pagliacci, 2019, Dynamic.
- ^ Pagliacci video, 2021, Lyric Opera of Chicago.
- ^ "Mascagni, Caballé, Carreras, Manuguerra, Leoncavallo, Scotto, Nurmela, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti – Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci (1998, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 31 December 2021.