# Turandot discography

This is a partial discography of Turandot, an opera by Giacomo Puccini. The "prima" was held at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 25 April 1926, conducted by Arturo Toscanini with spanish tenor Miguel Fleta as Calaf "the unknown Prince" and polish soprano Rosa Raisa as the cold Princess Turandot.

## Audio recordings

| Year | Cast (Turandot, Calaf, Liù, Timur) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label/Notes |
| 1938 | Gina Cigna, Francesco Merli, Magda Olivero, Luciano Neroni | Franco Ghione RAI National Symphony Orchestra and chorus | CD: Naxos Cat: 8.110193-94 |
| 1955 | Inge Borkh, Mario Del Monaco, Renata Tebaldi, Nicola Zaccaria | Alberto Erede Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus | CD: Decca Cat: 452964 |
| 1957 | Maria Callas, Eugenio Fernandi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nicola Zaccaria | Tullio Serafin Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 56307 |
| 1958 | Birgit Nilsson, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Rosanna Carteri, Giuseppe Modesti | Antonio Votto Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | CD: ALLEGRO Cat: OPD-1256 |
| 1959 | Birgit Nilsson, Jussi Björling, Renata Tebaldi, Giorgio Tozzi | Erich Leinsdorf Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus | CD: RCA Victor Cat: 09026626872 1961 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording |
| 1961 | Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Anna Moffo, Bonaldo Giaiotti | Leopold Stokowski Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Cantus Cat: CACD 5.01617 (released 2012) |
| 1964 | Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Galina Vishnevskaya, Nicola Zaccaria | Gianandrea Gavazzeni Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | CD: The Opera Lovers Cat: TURA 196402 (1 CD) |
| 1965 | Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Renata Scotto, Bonaldo Giaiotti | Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 077776932729 |
| 1970 | George Mircea, Maria Slatinaru, Octav Enigarescu, Valentin Teodorian, | Carol Litvin Romanian Radio Symphony orchestra Romanian Radio/TV chorus | CD: Vox Box Cat: 5160 |
| 1972 | Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballé, Nicolai Ghiaurov | Zubin Mehta London Philharmonic Orchestra John Alldis Choir Wandsworth School Boys Choir | CD: Decca Cat: 414274 |
| 1977 | Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Mirella Freni, Paul Plishka | Alain Lombard Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg Rhine Opera chorus Maitrise de la Cathedrale de Strasbourg | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 65293 |
| 1977 | Montserrat Caballé, Luciano Pavarotti, Leona Mitchell, Giorgio Tozzi | Riccardo Chailly San Francisco Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Gala Cat: GL 100.534 |
| 1981 | Katia Ricciarelli, Plácido Domingo, Barbara Hendricks, Ruggero Raimondi | Herbert von Karajan Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus Vienna Sängerknaben | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 423855 |
| 1984 | Éva Marton, José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, Kurt Rydl | Lorin Maazel Vienna Philharmonic Vienna State Opera chorus | CD: CBS Masterworks Cat: M2J39160 |
| 1989 | Ghena Dimitrova, Nicola Martinucci, Cecilia Gasdia, Roberto Scandiuzzi | Daniel Oren Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale dell'Opera di Genova | CD: Nuova Era Cat: 6786/87 |
| 2001 | Giovanna Casolla, Lando Bartolini, Masako Deguci, Felipe Bou | Alexander Rahbari Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra Choral Society of Bilbao | CD: Naxos 8.660089-90 |
| 2022 | Sondra Radvanovsky Jonas Kaufmann Ermonela Jaho Michele Pertusi | Antonio Pappano Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and chorus | CD: Warner Classics |

## Video recordings

| Year | Cast (Turandot, Calaf, Liù, Timur) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Stage director | Label |
| 1958 | Lucille Udovich, Franco Corelli, Renata Mattioli, Plinio Clabassi | Fernando Previtali RAI Milano orchestra and chorus | Mario Lanfranchi | DVD: VAI Cat: 4300 DVD: Premiere Opera Cat: 5413 |
| 1969 | Birgit Nilsson, Gianfranco Cecchele, Gabriella Tucci, Boris Carmeli | Georges Prêtre RAI National Symphony Orchestra and chorus | Margherita Wallman | DVD: Encore, Cat: 2116 VHS: Legato Classics Cat: LCV 011 VHS: Bel Canto Society Cat: 545 |
| 1983 | Ghena Dimitrova, Nicola Martinucci, Cecilia Gasdia, Ivo Vinco | Maurizio Arena Arena di Verona orchestra and chorus | Giuliano Montaldo | VHS: Castle Vision Cat: CVI 2004 |
| 1983 | Éva Marton, José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, John-Paul Bogart | Lorin Maazel Orchester & Chor der Wiener Staatsoper | Harold Prince | DVD: Arthaus Musik 109094 Blu-ray: Arthaus Musik 109095 |
| 1987 | Éva Marton, Plácido Domingo, Leona Mitchell, Paul Plishka | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | Franco Zeffirelli | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 0589 |
| 1994 | Éva Marton, Michael Sylvester, Lucia Mazzaria, Kevin Langan | Donald Runnicles Chorus & Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera House | Peter McClintock | DVD: Arthaus Musik 100089 |
| 1998 | Giovanna Casolla, Sergej Larin, Barbara Frittoli, Carlo Colombara | Zubin Mehta Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorus | Zhang Yimou | DVD: RCA Red Seal 74321-60917-2 |
| 2002 | Gabriele Schnaut, Johan Botha, Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, Paata Burchuladze | Valery Gergiev Vienna Philharmonic Tölzer Knabenchor Vienna State Opera chorus | David Pountney | DVD: TDK «Mediactive» Cat: DV-OPTURSF |
| 2008 | Maria Guleghina, Marco Berti, Alexia Voulgaridou, Alexander Tsymbalyuk | Zubin Mehta Valencian Community Orchestra | Chen Kaige | DVD: Unitel Classica Cat: A9 3001747 Blu-ray: C Major Cat: 700308 |
| 2009 | Maria Guleghina, Marcello Giordani, Marina Poplavskaya, Samuel Ramey | Andris Nelsons Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus | Franco Zeffirelli | DVD: Decca 0743426 |
| 2015 | Nina Stemme, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Maria Agresta | Riccardo Chailly Teatro alla Scala | Nikolaus Lehnhoff | DVD: Decca 0743937 Blu-ray: Decca 0743938 |
| 2018 | Rebeka Lokar, Jorge de León, Erika Grimaldi, In-Sung Sim | Gianandrea Noseda Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio Torino | Stefano Poda | DVD: C Major 748108 Blu-ray: C Major 748204 |
| 2020 | Iréne Theorin, Gregory Kunde, Yolanda Auyanet, Andrea Mastroni | Nicola Luisotti Teatro Real orchestra and chorus | Robert Wilson | DVD:Bel Air Classiques Cat:BAC570 |