# Lucia di Lammermoor discography

This is a partial discography of Lucia di Lammermoor, an opera by Gaetano Donizetti. It premiered on 26 September 1835 at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples.

## Original Italian version, 1835: audio recordings

| Year | Cast (Lucia, Edgardo, Enrico, Raimondo) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 1929 | Mercedes Capsir, Enzo de Muro Lomanto, Enrico Molinari, Salvatore Baccaloni | Lorenzo Molajoli, Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan | Arkadia, Cat: 78035 |
| 1939 | Lina Pagliughi, Giovanni Malipiero, Giuseppe Manacchini, Luciano Neroni | Ugo Tansini, Orchestra and Chorus of the Italian Broadcasting Authority | Naxos, Cat: 8.110150 |
| 1952 | Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Piero Campolonghi, Roberto Silva | Guido Picco, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra and Chorus (Live recording) | Melodram, Cat: 1078712 |
| 1953 | Dolores Wilson, Gianni Poggi, Anselmo Colzani, Silvio Maionica | Franco Capuana, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera di Milano | CD: Preiser Records, Cat: 20032 |
| 1953 | Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Raffaele Arié | Tullio Serafin, Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra, Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus | EMI Classics, Cat: 62764 |
| 1954 | Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Rolando Panerai, Giuseppe Modesti | Herbert von Karajan, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Live recording) | Standing Room Only, SRO 831-2 |
| 1955 | Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Rolando Panerai, Nicola Zaccaria | Herbert von Karajan, Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus, Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra (Live recording) | EMI Classics, Cat. No.66441 Melodram, Cat: 26004 |
| 1957 | Roberta Peters, Jan Peerce, Philip Maero, Giorgio Tozzi | Erich Leinsdorf, Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus | LP: RCA Victrola Cat: VICS-6001 CD: RCA Victor Cat: 09026-68537-2 |
| 1957 | Leyla Gencer, Giacinto Prandelli, Nino Carta, Antonio Massaria | Oliviero De Fabritiis, Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi, Trieste, Orchestra and Chorus | Arkadia, Cat: |
| 1959 | Maria Callas, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Piero Cappuccilli, Bernard Ładysz | Tullio Serafin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus | EMI Classics, Cat: 56284 |
| 1959 | Renata Scotto, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ettore Bastianini, Ivo Vinco | Nino Sanzogno, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus | Mercury Living Presence, Cat: SR2-9008 |
| 1959 | Joan Sutherland, Joao Gibin, John Shaw, Joseph Rouleau | Tullio Serafin, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus | Golden Melodram, Cat: |
| 1961 | Joan Sutherland, Renato Cioni, Robert Merrill, Cesare Siepi | John Pritchard, Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra, Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus | Decca, Cat: 467688 |
| 1965 | Anna Moffo, Carlo Bergonzi, Mario Sereni, Ezio Flagello | Georges Prêtre, RCA Italiana Opera Chorus and Orchestra | LP: RCA Victor Red Seal Cat: LSC-6170 CD: RCA Red Seal Cat: 88875073472 |
| 1970 | Beverly Sills, Carlo Bergonzi, Piero Cappuccilli, Justino Díaz | Thomas Schippers, London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus | Deutsche Grammophon, Cat: 471250 |
| 1971 | Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Nicolai Ghiaurov | Richard Bonynge, Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Decca, Cat: 4101932 |
| 1976 | Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Vicente Sardinero, Samuel Ramey | Jesús López-Cobos, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus | Philips Classics, Cat: 470421 |
| 1983 | June Anderson, Alfredo Kraus, Lorenzo Saccomani, Agostino Ferrin | Gianluigi Gelmetti, Teatro Comunale Florence Orchestra and chorus | LS, Cat: 1117 |
| 1983 | Edita Gruberová, Alfredo Kraus, Renato Bruson, Robert Lloyd | Nicola Rescigno, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus | EMI Classics, Cat: 64622 |
| 1990 | Cheryl Studer, Plácido Domingo, Juan Pons, Samuel Ramey | Ion Marin, London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus | Deutsche Grammophon, Cat: 435309 |
| 1997 | Andrea Rost, Bruce Ford, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Alastair Miles | Charles Mackerras, Hanover Band, London Voices | Sony, Cat: 63174 |
| 2014 | Diana Damrau, Joseph Calleja, Ludovic Tézier, Nicolas Testé | Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Bayerische Staatsoper orchestra and chorus | CD:Erato Records Cat:2564621901 |

## Original Italian version, 1835: video recordings

| Year | Cast (Lucia, Edgardo, Enrico, Raimondo) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 1967 | Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Mario Zanasi [it], Plinio Clabassi | Bruno Bartoletti, NHK Symphony Orchestra (recorded live in September) | DVD: VAI, Cat: 4418 |
| 1971 | Anna Moffo, Lajos Kozma, Giulio Fioravanti, Paolo Washington | Carlo Felice Cillario, RAI Chorus and Rome Symphony Orchestra | DVD: VAI, Cat: DVD 4211 |
| 1982 | Joan Sutherland, Alfredo Kraus, Pablo Elvira, Paul Plishka | Richard Bonynge, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon, Cat: 073 4109 |
| 1986 | Joan Sutherland, Richard Greager, Malcolm Donnelly, Clifford Grant | Richard Bonynge, Australian Opera, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra and Australian Opera Chorus | DVD: Image Entertainment, Cat: 5789RA |
| 1992 | Mariella Devia, Vincenzo La Scola, Renato Bruson, Carlo Colombara | Stefano Ranzani, La Scala, Milan, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus | DVD: Opus Arte, Cat: OA 3001 |
| 2006 | Desirée Rancatore, Roberto De Biasio, Luca Grassi, Enrico Giuseppe Iori | Antonino Fogliani, Teatro Donizetti, Orchestra and Chorus Bergamo Musica Festival "G.Donizetti" | DVD: Dynamic, Cat: 33535 |
| 2017 | Diana Damrau, Charles Castronovo, Ludovic Tézier, Kwangchul Youn | Daniel Oren, The Royal Opera orchestra and chorus Katie Mitchell, stage director | DVD:Erato Records Cat:9029579205 |

## Revised French version, 1839: audio recordings

| Year | Cast (Lucia, Edgardo, Enrico, Raimondo) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 1997 | Patrizia Ciofi, Alexandru Badea, Nicolas Rivenq, Jae-Jun Lee | Maurizio Benini, Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia & Bratislawa Chamber Choir | Dynamic, Cat: CDS204/1-2 |
| 2002 | Natalie Dessay, Marcelo Álvarez, Ludovic Tézier, Nicolas Cavallier | Evelino Pidò, Orchestre et Chœur de l'Opéra National de Lyon | Celestial Audio, Cat: CA 341 |
| 2002 | Natalie Dessay, Roberto Alagna, Ludovic Tézier, Nicolas Cavallier | Evelino Pidò, Orchestre et Chœur de l'Opéra National de Lyon | EMI Classics, Cat: 4354552823 |

## Revised French version, 1839: video recordings

| Year | Cast (Lucia, Edgardo, Enrico, Raimondo) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 2002 | Patrizia Ciofi, Roberto Alagna, Ludovic Tézier, Nicolas Cavallier | Evelino Pidò, Orchestre et Chœur de l'Opéra National de Lyon | DVD Video: TDK, Cat: DVWW OPLDLM |