# Aida discography

This is a partial discography of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Aida. It was first performed at the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo on December 24, 1871.

## Audio recordings

| Year | Cast (Aida, Amneris, Radamès, Amonasro, Ramfis) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label/Notes |
| 1906-1907 | Teresa Chelotti / Elvira Magliulo Vittoria Colombati Orazio Cosentino Giovanni Novelli Alfredo Brondi | Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | LP: Zonophone Cat: 12664/78 Cat: 24017 Cat: 24019/25 |
| 1912 | Lya Remondini Fanny Anitua Giuseppe Armanini Cesare Formichi Vincenzo Bettoni These roles are also sung by other singers | Conductor unknown Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro | LP: Columbia D Cat: 4486-4502 LP: Columbia Cat: 5558-5574 |
| 1919 | Valentina Bartolomasi Rosita Pagani Enrico Trentini Adolfo Pacini Guido Fernandez | Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | LP: Società Nazionale del Grammofono Cat: S 5150-5180 |
| 1928 | Giannina Arangi-Lombardi Maria Capuana Aroldo Lindi Armando Borgioli Tancredi Pasero | Lorenzo Molajoli Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | CD: Arkadia Cat: 78044 |
| 1928 | Dusolina Giannini Irene Minghini-Cattaneo Aureliano Pertile Giovanni Inghilleri Luigi Manfrini | Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | CD: Romophone Cat: 89004-2 |
| 1946 | Maria Caniglia Ebe Stignani Beniamino Gigli Gino Bechi Tancredi Pasero | Tullio Serafin Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 67487 |
| 1949 | Herva Nelli Eva Gustavson Richard Tucker Giuseppe Valdengo Norman Scott | Arturo Toscanini NBC Symphony Orchestra Robert Shaw Chorale | LP: RCA Victrola VICS-6113(e) CD: RCA Victor Cat: 67893 |
| 1951 | Maria Callas Oralia Domínguez Mario Del Monaco Giuseppe Taddei Roberto Silva | Oliviero De Fabritiis Palacio de Bellas Artes orchestra and chorus | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 62678 |
| 1952 | Renata Tebaldi Ebe Stignani Mario Del Monaco Aldo Protti Dario Caselli | Alberto Erede Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus | CD: Decca Cat: 440239 Naxos Historical Cat: 8.110129-30 |
| 1953 | Maria Callas Giulietta Simionato Kurt Baum Jess Walters Giulio Neri | John Barbirolli Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus | CD: Testament Cat: SBT2 1355 Myto Cat: MCD00242 Legato Classics Cat: LCD-187-2 |
| 1955 | Mary Curtis-Verna Oralia Dominguez Umberto Borsò Norman Scott | Franco Capuana La Fenice orchestra and chorus | CD: Remmington Cat: 20027 |
| 1955 | Maria Callas Fedora Barbieri Richard Tucker Tito Gobbi Giuseppe Modesti | Tullio Serafin Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 563162 CD: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.111240-41 |
| 1955 | Zinka Milanov Fedora Barbieri Jussi Björling Leonard Warren Boris Christoff | Jonel Perlea Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus | LP: RCA Victrola Cat: VIC-6119 CD: RCA Red Seal Cat: 8883729002 |
| 1956 | Antonietta Stella Giulietta Simionato Giuseppe Di Stefano Giangiacomo Guelfi Nicola Zaccaria | Antonino Votto Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | CD: Great Opera Performances Cat: GOP66353 |
| 1956 | Mary Curtis-Verna Franco Corelli Miriam Pirazzini Giangiacomo Guelfi Giulio Neri | Angelo Questa RAI orchestra and chorus | CD: Cetra Cat: 662118 |
| 1959 | Renata Tebaldi Giulietta Simionato Carlo Bergonzi Cornell MacNeil Arnold van Mill | Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna Friends of Music Society chorus | CD: Decca Cat: DEC 2894670232 |
| 1962 | Leontyne Price Rita Gorr Jon Vickers Robert Merrill Giorgio Tozzi | Georg Solti Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus | LP: RCA Victor, Cat: LSC-6158 CD: Decca Cat: 4607652 1963 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording |
| 1963 | Leontyne Price Giulietta Simionato Dimiter Uzunov Ettore Bastianini Walter Kreppel | Lovro von Matačić Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus | 3 x LP: Electrecord Cat: ELE 02966 Cat: ELE 02967 Cat: ELE 02968 |
| 1966 | Leyla Gencer Fiorenza Cossotto Carlo Bergonzi Anselmo Colzani Bonaldo Giaiotti | Franco Capuana Verona Arena orchestra and chorus | CD: Giuseppe di Stefano Cat: GDS 21032 |
| 1967 | Birgit Nilsson Grace Bumbry Franco Corelli Mario Sereni Bonaldo Giaiotti | Zubin Mehta Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 58645 |
| 1970 | Leontyne Price Grace Bumbry Plácido Domingo Sherrill Milnes Ruggero Raimondi | Erich Leinsdorf London Symphony Orchestra John Alldis choir | LP: RCA Red Seal Cat: LSC-3275 CD: RCA Red Seal Cat: 88985434852 |
| 1972 | Martina Arroyo Fiorenza Cossotto Plácido Domingo Piero Cappuccilli Nicolai Ghiaurov | Claudio Abbado Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | Audio CD: Opera d'Oro Cat: 7002 |
| 1973 | Gwyneth Jones Viorica Cortez Plácido Domingo Eugene Holmes Bonaldo Giaiotti | Riccardo Muti Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus | Audio CD: BellaVoce Cat: BLV 107.209 |
| 1974 | Montserrat Caballé Fiorenza Cossotto Plácido Domingo Piero Cappuccilli Nicolai Ghiaurov | Riccardo Muti Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Opera House chorus | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 5676132 |
| 1976 | Leontyne Price Marilyn Horne Plácido Domingo Cornell MacNeil Bonaldo Giaiotti | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | Streaming audio: Met Opera on Demand |
| 1979 | Mirella Freni Agnes Baltsa José Carreras Piero Cappuccilli Ruggero Raimondi | Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 81877 |
| 1982 | Julia Varady Stefania Toczyska Luciano Pavarotti Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Matti Salminen | Daniel Barenboim Deutsche Oper Berlin orchestra and chorus | CD: Ponto Cat: PO-1028 |
| 1983 | Katia Ricciarelli Elena Obraztsova Plácido Domingo Leo Nucci Nicolai Ghiaurov | Claudio Abbado Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 4100922 |
| 1986 | Maria Chiara Ghena Dimitrova Luciano Pavarotti Leo Nucci Paata Burchuladze | Lorin Maazel Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | CD: Decca Cat: 417439 |
| 1991 | Aprile Millo Dolora Zajick Plácido Domingo James Morris Samuel Ramey | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Sony Cat: 88697527722 |
| 1994 | Maria Dragoni Barbara Dever Kristján Jóhannsson Mark Rucker Francesco Ellero d'Artegna | Rico Saccani RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra | CD: Naxos Cat: 8660033-34 |
| 2001 | Cristina Gallardo-Domâs Olga Borodina Vincenzo La Scola Thomas Hampson Matti Salminen | Nikolaus Harnoncourt Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Arnold Schoenberg Chor | CD: Teldec Cat: 85402 |
| 2015 | Anja Harteros, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Jonas Kaufmann, Ludovic Tezier, Erwin Schrott | Antonio Pappano, Accademia di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus | CD:Warner Classics Cat:2564610663 |

## Video recordings

| Year | Cast (Aida, Amneris, Radamès, Amonasro, Ramfis) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 1961 | Gabriella Tucci Giulietta Simionato Mario Del Monaco Aldo Protti Paolo Washington | Franco Capuana NHK Symphony Orchestra (Recorded in Tokyo) | Video Artists Int'l Cat: DVDVAI4420 |
| 1966 | Leyla Gencer Fiorenza Cossotto Carlo Bergonzi Anselmo Colzani Bonaldo Giaiotti, | Franco Capuana Verona Arena orchestra and chorus (Recorded on 3 August 1966) | Hardy Classic Cat: HCD 4010 |
| 1981 | Margaret Price Stefania Toczyska Luciano Pavarotti Simon Estes Kurt Rydl | Garcia Navarro San Francisco Opera orchestra and chorus | Kultur International Cat: 3984 22366 2 |
| 1986 | Maria Chiara Ghena Dimitrova Luciano Pavarotti Juan Pons Nicolai Ghiaurov | Lorin Maazel Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | Image Entertainment Cat: 0014381578522 Arthaus Musik Cat: 100059 |
| 1989 | Aprile Millo Dolora Zajick Plácido Domingo Sherrill Milnes Paata Burchuladze | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus Live recording in October 1988 | Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 0019 |
| 2004 | Norma Fantini Ildikó Komlósi Marco Berti Mark S. Doss Orlin Anastassov | Kazushi Ono Symphony Orchestra and Choir of La Monnaie | Opus Arte Cat: B000FNUDW2 |
| 2006 | Adina Aaron Kate Aldrich Scott Piper Giuseppe Garra Enrico Iori | Massimiliano Stefanelli Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic Orchestra (Live recording January 2001) | TDK Cat: DV-AIDDBM |
| 2007 | Violeta Urmana Ildikó Komlósi Roberto Alagna Carlo Guelfi Giorgio Giuseppini | Riccardo Chailly Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (Live recording December 2006) | Decca Cat: 074 3209 |
| 2018 | Anna Netrebko Anita Rachvelishvili Aleksandrs Antonenko Quinn Kelsey Dmitry Belosselskiy | Nicola Luisotti Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (Live recording 6 October 2018) | Met Opera on Demand |