# Don Giovanni discography

This is a partial discography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Don Giovanni.

## Audio recordings

| Year | Don Giovanni Leporello Donna Anna Don Ottavio Donna Elvira Zerlina Masetto Commendatore | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 1934 | Ezio Pinza Virgilio Lazzari Rosa Ponselle Tito Schipa Maria Müller Edytha Fleischer Louis D'Angelo Emanuel List | Tullio Serafin Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Andromeda Cat: ANDRCD 9026 |
| 1936 | John Brownlee Salvatore Baccaloni Ina Souez Koloman von Pataky Luise Helletsgruber Audrey Mildmay Roy Henderson David Franklin | Fritz Busch Glyndebourne Festival orchestra and chorus | 78 rpm: His Master's Voice Cat: DB 2961-2983 LP: RCA Victor Cat: DM 423/424/425 CD: Naxos Cat: 8.110135-37 |
| 1937 | Ezio Pinza Virgilio Lazzari Elisabeth Rethberg Dino Borgioli Luise Helletsgruber Margit Bokor Karl Ettl Herbert Alsen | Bruno Walter Vienna Philharmonic | CD: Andromeda Cat: ANDRCD 5126 |
| 1942 | Ezio Pinza Alexander Kipnis Rose Bampton Charles Kullman Jarmila Novotná Bidu Sayão Mack Harrell Norman Cordon | Bruno Walter Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Andromeda Cat: ANDRCD 9040 CD: Naxos Cat: 8.110013-4 |
| 1944 | Ezio Pinza Salvatore Baccaloni Florence Kirk Charles Kullman Eleanor Steber Bidu Sayão Mack Harrell Nicola Moscona | George Szell Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD 0106 |
| 1947 | Ezio Pinza Salvatore Baccaloni Regina Resnik Charles Kullman Polyna Stoska Nadine Conner Lorenzo Alvary Jerome Hines | Max Rudolf Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Omega Cat: 648 |
| 1950 | Tito Gobbi Erich Kunz Ljuba Welitsch Anton Dermota Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Irmgard Seefried Alfred Poell Josef Greindl | Wilhelm Furtwängler Vienna Philharmonic | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 0094633679924 |
| 1953 | Cesare Siepi Otto Edelmann Elisabeth Grümmer Anton Dermota Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Erna Berger Walter Berry Raffaele Arié | Wilhelm Furtwängler Vienna Philharmonic Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor (recorded at Salzburg Festival) | CD: Orfeo Cat: C 624 043 D |
| 1954 | Cesare Siepi Otto Edelmann Elisabeth Grümmer Anton Dermota Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Erna Berger Walter Berry Dezső Ernster | Wilhelm Furtwängler Vienna Philharmonic orchestra and chorus | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 336 799-2 |
| 1955 | Cesare Siepi Fernando Corena Suzanne Danco Anton Dermota Lisa Della Casa Hilde Güden Walter Berry Kurt Böhme | Josef Krips Vienna Philharmonic Vienna State Opera chorus | CD: Decca Records Cat: 478 1389 |
| | Giuseppe Taddei Italo Tajo Mary Curtis Verna Cesare Valletti Carla Gavazzi Elda Ribetti Vito Susca Antonio Zerbini | Max Rudolf RAI Orchestra Sinfonica and chorus | LP: Everest Cat: S-403/3 CD: Warner-Fonit Cat: 0927 43561-2 |
| | George London Erich Kunz Lisa Della Casa Anton Dermota Sena Jurinac Irmgard Seefried Walter Berry Ludwig Weber | Karl Böhm Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus (sung in German) | CD: RCA Red Seal Cat: 74321 57737 2 |
| | George London Walter Berry Hilde Zadek Léopold Simoneau Sena Jurinac Graziella Sciutti Eberhard Wächter Ludwig Weber | Rudolf Moralt Vienna Symphony Wiener Kammerchor | CD: Philips Cat: 438 674-2 |
| 1956 | Antonio Campo Marcello Curtis Teresa Stich-Randall Nicolai Gedda Suzanne Danco Anna Moffo André Vessières Raffaele Arié | Hans Rosbaud Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire Festival d'Aix-en-Provence chorus | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 7243 5 72195 2 5 (with Le Nozze di Figaro) |
| 1958 | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Karl-Christian Kohn Sena Jurinac Ernst Haefliger Maria Stader Irmgard Seefried Ivan Sardi Walter Kreppel | Ferenc Fricsay Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 000289 463 6292 1 |
| 1959 | Eberhard Wächter, Giuseppe Taddei, Joan Sutherland, Luigi Alva, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Graziella Sciutti, Piero Cappuccilli, Gottlob Frick | Carlo Maria Giulini, Philharmonia Orchestra and chorus | Complete recording (4 hours), introduction starts at 1:55, music at 6:40 – via Internet ArchiveCD: EMI Classics Cat: 747260-8 |
| | Cesare Siepi Fernando Corena Birgit Nilsson Cesare Valletti Leontyne Price Eugenia Ratti Heinz Blankenburg Arnold van Mill | Erich Leinsdorf Vienna Philharmonic | CD: London Cat: 444594 |
| | George London Ezio Flagello Eleanor Steber Cesare Valletti Lisa Della Casa Laurel Hurley Theodor Uppman William Wilderman | Karl Böhm Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: The Met Guild Cat: |
| 1960 | Eberhard Wächter Walter Berry Leontyne Price Cesare Valletti Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Graziella Sciutti Rolando Panerai Nicola Zaccaria | Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor (recorded at Salzburg Festival) | CD: MYTO Cat: 00317 |
| 1962 | George London Benno Kusche Hildegard Hillebrecht Nicolai Gedda Sena Jurinac Anneliese Rothenberger Albrecht Peter Gottlob Frick | Joseph Keilberth Munich Opera Festival | CD: Golden Melodram Cat: |
| 1966 | Nicolai Ghiaurov Walter Berry Claire Watson Nicolai Gedda Christa Ludwig Mirella Freni Paolo Montarsolo Franz Crass | Otto Klemperer Philharmonia Orchestra | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 77776384153 |
| 1967 | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Ezio Flagello Birgit Nilsson Peter Schreier Martina Arroyo Reri Grist Alfredo Mariotti Martti Talvela | Karl Böhm Prague National Theatre Orchestra | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: DG 429 870-2 |
| 1968 | Gabriel Bacquier Donald Gramm Joan Sutherland Werner Krenn Pilar Lorengar Marilyn Horne Leonardo Monreale Clifford Grant | Richard Bonynge English Chamber Orchestra | CD: Decca Cat: |
| 1970 | Nicolai Ghiaurov Geraint Evans Gundula Janowitz Stuart Burrows Teresa Żylis-Gara Olivera Miljakovic Rolando Panerai Victor von Halem | Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor (recorded at Salzburg Festival) | CD: Orfeo Cat: C 615 033 D |
| | Nicolai Ghiaurov, Sesto Bruscantini Gundula Janowitz Alfredo Kraus Sena Jurinac Olivera Miljakovic Walter Monachesi Dimiter Petkov | Carlo Maria Giulini RAI Symphony orchestra and chorus (recorded on 12 May 1970 in Rome) | CD: Opera Hommage Cat: 7001835 |
| 1973 | Ingvar Wixell Wladimiro Ganzarolli Martina Arroyo Stuart Burrows Kiri Te Kanawa Mirella Freni Richard Van Allan Luigi Roni | Sir Colin Davis Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus | CD: Philips Cat: 422 541-2 |
| 1977 | Sherrill Milnes Walter Berry Anna Tomowa-Sintow Peter Schreier Teresa Żylis-Gara Edith Mathis Dale Duesing John Macurdy | Karl Böhm Vienna Philharmonic Vienna State Opera chorus | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: DG 477 5655 |
| 1978 | Bernd Weikl Gabriel Bacquier Margaret Price Stuart Burrows Sylvia Sass Lucia Popp Alfred Šramek Kurt Moll | Georg Solti London Philharmonic Orchestra London Opera Chorus Jeffrey Tate (harpsichord) | LPs: Decca D164D4 (recorded at the Kingsway Hall in October and November 1978) |
| 1983 | Thomas Allen Richard Van Allan Carol Vaness Keith Lewis Maria Ewing Elizabeth Gale John Rawnsley Dimitri Kavrakos | Bernard Haitink London Philharmonic Orchestra Glyndebourne Festival Chorus | EMI, Virgin Classics Cat: 3 58638 2 |
| 1985 | Samuel Ramey Ferruccio Furlanetto Anna Tomowa-Sintow Gösta Winbergh Agnes Baltsa Kathleen Battle Alexander Malta Paata Burchuladze | Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic orchestra | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: DG DG 419 179-2 |
| | Alan Titus Rolando Panerai Júlia Várady Thomas Moser Arleen Auger Edith Mathis Rainer Scholze Jan-Hendrik Rootering | Rafael Kubelík Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Chorus of the Bavarian Radio [de] | CD: RCA Classics (BMG) Cat: 74321 25284 2 |
| | Hermann Prey Malcolm King Cheryl Studer Gösta Winbergh Gundula Janowitz Krisztina Laki Marcel Vanaud Sergei Koptchak | Jeffrey Tate Orchestre National de France Choeur de Radio France (recorded on 20 March 1985) | CD: Houseofopera-dot-com Cat: |
| 1988 | Thomas Hampson László Polgár Edita Gruberová Hans Peter Blochwitz Roberta Alexander Barbara Bonney Anton Scharinger Robert Holl | Nikolaus Harnoncourt Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Dutch National Opera chorus | CD: Teldec Classics Cat: 022924418426 |
| 1989 | Håkan Hagegård Gilles Cachemaille Arleen Auger Nico van der Meel Della Jones Barbara Bonney Bryn Terfel Kristinn Sigmundsson | Arnold Östman Drottningholm Palace Theatre orchestra and chorus | CD: L'oiseau-lyre Cat: 425 943-2 |
| 1990 | William Shimell Samuel Ramey Cheryl Studer Frank Lopardo Carol Vaness Susanne Mentzer Natale de Carolis Jan-Hendrik Rootering | Riccardo Muti Vienna Philharmonic Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor | CD: EMI Cat: 7 54255 2 |
| 1990 | Thomas Allen Simone Alaimo Sharon Sweet Francisco Araiza Karita Mattila Marie McLaughlin Claudio Otelli Robert Lloyd | Sir Neville Marriner Academy of St Martin in the Fields Ambrosian Opera Chorus | CD: Philips Cat: 473 959-2 |
| 1992 | Andreas Schmidt Gregory Yurisich Amanda Halgrimson John Mark Ainsley Lynne Dawson Nancy Argenta Gerald Finley Alastair Miles | Roger Norrington London Classical Players Schütz Choir of London | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 7 54859 2 |
| 1994 | Rodney Gilfry Ildebrando D'Arcangelo Ľuba Orgonášová Christoph Prégardien Charlotte Margiono Eirian James Julian Clarkson Andrea Silvestrelli | John Eliot Gardiner English Baroque Soloists Monteverdi Choir | CD: DG Archiv Cat: 445 870-2 |
| 1995 | Bo Skovhus Alessandro Corbelli Christine Brewer Jerry Hadley Felicity Lott Nuccia Focile Umberto Chiummo Umberto Chiummo | Charles Mackerras Scottish Chamber Orchestra & chorus | CD: Telarc Cat: 80726 |
| 1997 | Bryn Terfel Michele Pertusi Renée Fleming Herbert Lippert Ann Murray Monica Groop Roberto Scaltriti Mario Luperi | Sir Georg Solti London Philharmonic orchestra | CD: London Cat: 455 500-2 |
| 1998 | Simon Keenlyside Bryn Terfel Carmela Remigio Uwe Heilmann Soile Isokoski Patrizia Pace Ildebrando D'Arcangelo Matti Salminen | Claudio Abbado Chamber Orchestra of Europe | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: |
| 1999 | Peter Mattei Gilles Cachemaille Carmela Remigio Mark Padmore Véronique Gens Lisa Larsson Till Fechner Gudjon Oskarsson | Daniel Harding Mahler Chamber Orchestra | CD: Virgin Classics Cat: |
| 2000 | Garry Magee Andrew Shore Majella Cullagh Barry Banks Vivian Tierney Mary Plazas Dean Robinson Clive Bayley | David Parry Philharmonia orchestra Geoffrey Mitchell Choir | CD: Chandos Records Cat: CHA 3057 (in English) |
| | Bo Skovhus Renato Girolami Adrianne Pieczonka Torsten Kerl Regina Schörg Ildikó Raimondi Boaz Daniel Janusz Monarcha | Michael Halász Nicolaus Estherházy Sinfonia Hungarian Radio chorus | CD: Naxos Records Cat: 8.660080-82 |
| 2006 | Johannes Weisser Lorenzo Regazzo Olga Pasichnyk Kenneth Tarver Alex Penda Sunhae Im Nikolay Borchev Allessandro Guerzoni | René Jacobs Freiburger Barockorchester RIAS Kammerchor | CD: Harmonia Mundi Cat: HMC901964.66 |
| 2012 | Ildebrando D'Arcangelo Luca Pisaroni Diana Damrau Rolando Villazón Joyce DiDonato Mojca Erdmann Konstantin Wolff Vitalij Kowaljow | Yannick Nézet-Séguin Mahler Chamber Orchestra | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 0289 477 9878 1 |
| 2016 | Dimitris Tiliakos Vito Priante Myrtò Papatanasiu Kenneth Tarver Karina Gauvin Christina Gansch Guido Loconsolo Mika Kares | Teodor Currentzis MusicAeterna | CD: Sony Music Entertainment Cat: 88985316032 |

## Video recordings

| Year | Cast (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Donna Anna, Don Ottavio, Donna Elvira, Zerlina, Masetto, Commendatore) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 1954 | Cesare Siepi Otto Edelmann Elisabeth Grümmer Anton Dermota Lisa Della Casa Erna Berger Walter Berry Dezső Ernster | Wilhelm Furtwängler Vienna Philharmonic, Salzburg Festival Shot on 35mm film; directed by Paul Czinner using multi-cameras. | VHS: VAI Cat: 69063 DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 000440 073 0199 9 |
| 1961 | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Walter Berry Elisabeth Grümmer Donald Grobe Pilar Lorengar Erika Köth Ivan Sardi Josef Greindl | Ferenc Fricsay Deutsche Oper Berlin orchestra and chorus (videotaped performance for television; in black & white, sung in German) | DVD: Premiere Opera Ltd. Cat: 5245 |
| 1977 | Theo Adam Siegfried Vogel Anna Tomowa-Sintow Peter Schreier Kay Griffel Renate Hoff Peter Olesch Motomu Itzuki | Otmar Suitner Berlin State Opera orchestra and chorus (videotaped performance for Japanese television; sung in Italian with Japanese subtitles) | |
| 1979 | Ruggero Raimondi José van Dam Edda Moser Kenneth Riegel Kiri Te Kanawa Teresa Berganza Malcolm King John Macurdy | Lorin Maazel Paris Opera orchestra and chorus 1979 film directed by Joseph Losey | DVD: Second Sight Cat: 2NDVD 3132 CD: Sony Cat: 82876 87758-2 Blu-ray: Olive Films |
| 1987 | Thomas Allen Claudio Desderi Edita Gruberová Francisco Araiza Ann Murray Susanne Mentzer Natale de Carolis Sergei Koptchak | Riccardo Muti Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus videotaped performance; directed by Giorgio Strehler | DVD: Opus Arte Cat: 3001 |
| 1987 | Samuel Ramey Ferruccio Furlanetto Anna Tomowa-Sintow Gösta Winbergh Júlia Várady Kathleen Battle Alexander Malta Paata Burchuladze | Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Videotaped performance; directed by Michael Hampe | DVD: Sony Classical Cat: 88697296049 |
| 1988 | Thomas Allen Stafford Dean Makvala Kasrashvili Stuart Burrows Kiri Te Kanawa Joan Rodgers Gordon Sandison Gwynne Howell | Colin Davis Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus Television broadcast on Channel 4 produced by Peter Wood | VHS: Premiere Opera |
| 1990 | Eugene Perry Herbert Perry Dominique Labelle Carroll Freeman Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Ai Lan Zhu Elmore James James Patterson | Craig Smith Vienna Symphony orchestra Arnold Schoenberg Choir video directed by Peter Sellars cast and costumed in the manner of a modern blaxploitation movie, set in Spanish Harlem | DVD: Decca Cat: 071 4119 9 DH |
| 1990 | Samuel Ramey Ferruccio Furlanetto Carol Vaness Jerry Hadley Karita Mattila Dawn Upshaw Philip Cokorinos Kurt Moll | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | DVD: The Opera Lovers Cat: DVDDONG 199001 |
| 2000 | Bryn Terfel Ferruccio Furlanetto Renée Fleming Paul Groves Solveig Kringelborn Hei-Kyung Hong John Relyea Sergei Koptchak | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus production directed by Franco Zeffirelli | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: B003MSYXMS |
| 2001 | Rodney Gilfry László Polgár Isabel Rey Roberto Sacca Cecilia Bartoli Liliana Nikiteanu Oliver Widmer Matti Salminen | Nikolaus Harnoncourt Zürich Opera House orchestra and chorus video directed by Brian Large | DVD: Arthaus Musik Cat: 100 328 |
| 2007 | Simon Keenlyside Anton Scharinger Eva Mei Piotr Beczała Malin Hartelius Martina Janková Reinhard Mayr Alfred Muff | Franz Welser-Möst Zürich Opera House orchestra and chorus production by Sven-Eric Bechtolf [de] | DVD: EMI Cat: 50999 500970 9 8 |
| 2008 | Simon Keenlyside Kyle Ketelsen Marina Poplavskaya Ramón Vargas Joyce DiDonato Miah Persson Robert Gleadow Eric Halfvarson | Charles Mackerras Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus stage director: Francesca Zambello | Blu-ray: Opus Arte Cat: OABD7028D |
| 2010 | Bo Skovhus Kyle Ketelsen Marlis Petersen Colin Balzer Kristine Opolais Kerstin Avemo David Bižić Anatoly Kocherga | Louis Langrée Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Recorded July 2010, Aix-en-Provence Festival Stage director: Dmitri Tcherniakov | Blu-ray: Bel Air Classiques Cat: BAC480 |
| 2010 | Gerald Finley Luca Pisaroni Anna Samuil William Burden Kate Royal Anna Virovlansky Guido Loconsolo Brindley Sherratt | Vladimir Jurowski Glyndebourne Festival Opera Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment stage direction by Jonathan Kent | DVD: EMI Cat: 072017-9 |
| 2011 | Peter Mattei Bryn Terfel Anna Netrebko Giuseppe Filianoti Barbara Frittoli Anna Prohaska Stefan Kocan Kwangchul Youn | Daniel Barenboim Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: |
| 2015 | Carlos Álvarez Alex Esposito Irina Lungu Saimir Pirgu Maria José Siri Natalia Roman Christian Senn Rafał Siwek | Stefano Montanari Arena di Verona orchestra and chorus | DVD: Major Cat: |