# Il trovatore discography

This is a partial discography of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore (The Troubadour) and Le trouvère (the revised version in French translation). At least 83 recordings exist of the opera as a whole, made between 1912 and 2011, although not all of them are absolutely complete. Of these, 45 are live audio recordings, 22 are studio audio recordings, and 16 are videos or movies. Il trovatore was first performed at the Teatro Apollo, Rome on 19 January 1853. Le trouvère was first presented on 12 January 1857.

## Audio recordings

| Year | Cast (Manrico, Leonora, Azucena, Di Luna, Ferrando) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 1930 | Aureliano Pertile, Maria Carena, Irene Minghini-Cattaneo [it], Apollo Granforte, Bruno Carmassi | Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | CD: Aura Music Cat: LRC 11104-2 |
| 1930 | Francesco Merli, Bianca Scacciati, Giuseppina Zinetti, Enrico Molinari, Corrado Zambelli | Lorenzo Molajoli Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | CD: Naxos Cat: 8.110162-63 |
| 1951 | Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Maria Callas, Cloe Elmo, Paolo Silveri, Italo Tajo | Tullio Serafin Teatro di San Carlo orchestra and chorus | CD: Mondo Musica Cat: MMO 91117 |
| 1952 | Jussi Björling, Zinka Milanov, Fedora Barbieri, Leonard Warren, Nicola Moscona | Renato Cellini RCA Victor Orchestra Robert Shaw Chorale | LP: RCA Victrola AVM2-0699 CD: RCA Victor Cat: 6643-2-RG |
| 1953 | Gino Penno, Maria Callas, Ebe Stignani, Carlo Tagliabue, Giuseppe Modesti | Antonino Votto Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | CD: Urania Cat: B000CS24UO |
| 1956 | Mario Del Monaco, Renata Tebaldi, Giulietta Simionato, Ugo Savarese, Giorgio Tozzi | Alberto Erede Grand Théâtre de Genève orchestra Maggio Musicale Fiorentino chorus | CD: Decca Cat: 411 874-2 & 470 589-2 |
| 1956 | Giuseppe Di Stefano, Maria Callas, Fedora Barbieri, Rolando Panerai, Nicola Zaccaria | Herbert von Karajan Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 56333 & 77365 |
| 1957 | Kurt Baum, Mary Curtis-Verna, Rosalind Elias, Frank Guarrera, Norman Scott | Max Rudolf Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | LP: Book of the Month Club Cat: MO 726 |
| 1959 | Richard Tucker, Leontyne Price, Rosalind Elias, Leonard Warren, Giorgio Tozzi | Arturo Basile Rome Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: RCA Victor Cat: 60560-2-RG |
| 1962 | Franco Corelli, Leontyne Price, Giulietta Simionato, Ettore Bastianini, Nicola Zaccaria | Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Vienna State Opera chorus (Live recording during Salzburg Festival, 31 July 1962) | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 447659 |
| 1963 | Carlo Bergonzi, Antonietta Stella, Fiorenza Cossotto, Ettore Bastianini, Ivo Vinco | Tullio Serafin Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 768402 |
| 1964 | Franco Corelli, Gabriella Tucci, Giulietta Simionato, Robert Merrill, Ferruccio Mazzoli | Thomas Schippers Rome Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 763640 2 |
| 1964 | Carlo Bergonzi, Gabriella Tucci, Giulietta Simionato, Piero Cappuccilli, Ivo Vinco | Gianandrea Gavazzeni Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (Live recording during tour in Moscow, September 1964) | CD: Opera d'Oro Cat: 7045 |
| 1964 | Bruno Prevedi, Gwyneth Jones, Giulietta Simionato, Peter Glossop, Joseph Rouleau | Carlo Maria Giulini Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus | CD: Royal Opera House Cat: ROHS011 |
| 1969 | Plácido Domingo, Leontyne Price, Fiorenza Cossotto, Sherrill Milnes, Bonaldo Giaiotti | Zubin Mehta Philharmonia Orchestra Ambrosian Singers | LP: RCA Red Seal Cat: LSC-6194 CD: RCA Red Seal Cat: 88883729262 |
| 1976 | Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Ingvar Wixell, Nicolai Ghiaurov | Richard Bonynge National Philharmonic Orchestra London Opera chorus | CD: Decca Cat: 417137 |
| 1977 | Franco Bonisolli, Leontyne Price, Elena Obraztsova, Piero Cappuccilli, Ruggero Raimondi | Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic Deutsche Oper Berlin chorus | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 7 69311 2 |
| 1977 | Carlo Cossutta, Gilda Cruz-Romo, Fiorenza Cossotto, Matteo Manuguerra, Agostino Ferrin [it] | Riccardo Muti, Chorus and orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino | CD: Opera Depot |
| 1978 | Plácido Domingo, Raina Kabaivanska, Fiorenza Cossotto, Piero Cappuccilli, José van Dam | Herbert von Karajan Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: RCA Red Seal Records Cat: 74321 61951-2 |
| 1980 | José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, Stefania Toczyska, Yuri Mazurok, Robert Lloyd | Colin Davis Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus | CD: Philips Classics Cat: 446151 |
| 1984 | Plácido Domingo, Rosalind Plowright, Brigitte Fassbaender, Giorgio Zancanaro, Yevgeny Nesterenko | Carlo Maria Giulini Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 423858 |
| 1990 | Luciano Pavarotti, Antonella Banaudi, Shirley Verrett, Leo Nucci, Francesco Ellero d'Artegna | Zubin Mehta Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorus (Live recording during the festival, 7 June 1990) | CD: Decca Cat: 430694 |
| 1991 | Plácido Domingo, Aprile Millo, Dolora Zajick, Vladimir Chernov, James Morris | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Sony Cat: 48070 |
| 1999 | Boiko Zvetanov, Anda-Louise Bogza, Graciela Alperyn, Igor Morozov, Vladimir Kubovcik | Ivan Anguelov Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava National Opera Chorus | CD: Arte Nova Classics Cat: 74321 721102 |
| 2000 | Salvatore Licitra, Barbara Frittoli, Violeta Urmana, Leo Nucci, Giorgio Giuseppini | Riccardo Muti Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | CD: Sony Cat: 89553 |
| 2001 | Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Larissa Diadkova, Thomas Hampson, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo | Antonio Pappano London Symphony Orchestra London Voices | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 57360 |
| 2001 | Andrea Bocelli, Verónica Villarroel, Elena Zaremba, Carlo Guelfi, Carlo Colombara | Steven Mercurio Teatro Massimo Bellini orchestra and chorus | CD: Decca, Cat: 475 366-2 |
| 2011 | Herbert Lippert, Simone Kermes, Yvonne Naef, Miljenko Turk, Josef Wagner | Michael Hofstetter Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele orchestra and chorus | CD: Oehms Classics Cat: OC951 |

## Video recordings

| Year | Cast (Manrico, Leonora, Azucena, Di Luna, Ferrando) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 1957 | Mario Del Monaco, Leyla Gencer, Fedora Barbieri, Ettore Bastianini, Plinio Clabassi | Fernando Previtali RAI Milano orchestra and chorus | DVD: Hardy Classics Video Cat: HCD 4006 |
| 1978 | Plácido Domingo, Raina Kabaivanska, Fiorenza Cossotto, Piero Cappuccilli, José van Dam | Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Vienna State Opera chorus | DVD: TDK Cat: DV-CLOPIT |
| 1983 | Kenneth Collins, Joan Sutherland, Lauris Elms, Jonathan Summers, Donald Shanks | Richard Bonynge Opera Australia Orchestra and chorus | DVD: Image Entertainment Cat: ID 9310 RADVD |
| 1985 | Franco Bonisolli, Rosalind Plowright, Fiorenza Cossotto, Giorgio Zancanaro, Paolo Washington | Reynalde Giovaninetti Arena di Verona and chorus | DVD: NVC Arts Cat: 4509-99215-2 |
| 1988 | Luciano Pavarotti, Éva Marton, Dolora Zajick, Sherrill Milnes, Jeffrey Wells | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: DG 073 002-9 |
| 2002 | José Cura, Verónica Villarroel, Yvonne Naef, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Tomas Tomasson | Carlo Rizzi Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus (Stage director:Elijah Moshinsky) | DVD: Opus Arte Cat:OAMO6010D |
| 2010 | Marcelo Álvarez, Teresa Romano, Mzia Nioradze, Claudio Sgura, Deyan Vatchkov | Yuri Temirkanov Teatro Regio di Parma orchestra and chorus | DVD: C Major Cat:723408 |
| 2011 | Marcelo Álvarez, Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Stefan Kocán | Marco Armiliato Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 800165549-09 |
| 2015 | Yonghoon Lee, Anna Netrebko, Dolora Zajick, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Stefan Kocán | Marco Armiliato Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | Met Opera on Demand |
| 2020 | Yusif Eyvazov, Anna Netrekbo, Dolora Zajick, Luca Salsi, Riccardo Fassi | Pier Giorgio Morandi Orchestra and chorus of the Arena di Verona Festival Franco Zeffirelli, stage director | DVD: C major Cat:754704 |

## Audio: Le trouvère (1857 French version)

| Year | Cast (Manrique, Léonore, Azucena, Le Compte de Luna, Fernand) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 1912 | Charles Fontaine, Jane Morlet, Catherine Lapeyrette, Jean Noté, Robert Marvini | François Ruhlmann Studio orchestra and chorus | LP: Pathé Cat: 1603-1621 CD: Aura Music Cat: LRC 1902 |
| 1962 | Tony Poncet, Michèle Le Bris, Elise Kahn, Louis Quilico, Bernard Gontcharenko | Jean Fournet Orchestre Lamoureux | LP: Philips Cat: 837 469 |
| 1998 | Warren Mok, Iano Tamar, Sylvie Brunet, Nikola Mijailović, Jae-Jun Lee | Marco Guidarini Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia Bratislava Chamber Chorus (Live recording during Festival della Valle d'Itria, August 1998) | CD: Dynamic Cat: CDS 225/1-2 |

## Video: Le trouvère (1857 French version)

| Year | Cast (Manrique, Léonore, Azucena, Le Compte de Luna, Fernand) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 2019 | Giuseppe Gipali, Roberta Mantegna, Nino Surguladze, Franco Vassallo, Marco Spotti | Roberto Abbado, Teatro Comunale di Bologna orchestra and chorus, Robert Wilson, stage director | DVD:Dynamic Cat:CDS7835 |