# Pagliacci discography

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

| Year | Cast (Canio, Nedda, Tonio, Beppe, Silvio) | Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra | Label |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |

## Paired with Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana

| Year | Cast (Canio, Nedda, Tonio) | Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra | Label |
| 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 |
| 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

| Year | Cast (Canio, Nedda, Tonio) | Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra | Label |
| 1994 | Luciano Pavarotti, Teresa Stratas, Juan Pons | James Levine, Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 4024 |