The following is a partial discography of the many audioA much more comprehensive discography can be found at operadis-opera-discography.org.uk and videoFor many other video recordings of La traviata, see the listings at Amazon.com and at IMDb.com. recordings of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, La traviata. Based on the 1848 novel La dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, La traviata has been a staple of the operatic repertoire since its premiere on 6 March 1853 at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice.Cunningham, Lawrence S. and Reich, John J., Culture & Values, Volume II: A Survey of the Humanities, Cengage Learning, 2009, p. 437.
Audio recordings All catalog numbers are for audio CDs unless otherwise noted. YearCast: Violetta,Alfredo,GermontConductor,opera house and orchestraLabel Recordings from operadis-opera-discography.org.uk1912Jane Morlet,Maurizio Troselli,Henri AlbersEmile Archainbaud,Opéra-Comique orchestra and chorus, Paris??MarstonCat: MR 520431915Margherita Bevignani,Franco Tumminello,Ernesto BadiniCarlo Sabajno,La Scala orchestra and chorus, MilanMike RichterCat: Audio Encyclopedia 3011928Mercedes Capsir,Lionello Cecil,Carlo GaleffiLorenzo Molajoli,La Scala orchestra and chorus, MilanNaxos RecordsCat: No. 8.110110-111930Anna Rosza,Alessandro Ziliani,Luigi BorgonoviCarlo Sabajno,La Scala orchestra and chorus, MilanOpera d'OroCat: OPD 90021935Rosa Ponselle,Frederick Jagel,Lawrence TibbettEttore Panizza,Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(Recording of a performance at Met, 5 January 1935)Naxos HistoricalCat: No. 8.110032-33;Met Opera on DemandLa Traviata, 5 January 1935 , Met Opera on Demand.1946Licia Albanese,Jan Peerce,Robert MerrillArturo Toscanini,NBC Symphony OrchestraRCA VictorCat: LM-6003 (LP)Cat: 60303-2-RG (CD)1946Adriana Guerrini,Luigi Infantino,Paolo SilveriVincenzo Bellezza,Rome Opera orchestra and chorusGrammofono 2000Cat: AB 78700/01Previously issued in LP format as Columbia SL-1031949Eleanor Steber,Giuseppe Di Stefano,Robert MerrillGiuseppe Antonicelli,Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(Recording of a performance at Met, 1 January 1949)Naxos HistoricalCat: No. 8.110115-161953Maria Callas,Francesco Albanese,Ugo SavareseGabriele Santini,Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin, Coro CetraWarner ClassicsCat: 698772;AndromedaCat: ANR 2504/051954Renata Tebaldi,Gianni Poggi,Aldo ProttiFrancesco Molinari-Pradelli,Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome)Decca,Disc 6 of Cat: 47815351955Licia Albanese,Giacinto Prandelli,Ettore BastianiniAlberto Erede,Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(Recording of a performance at Met, 1 January 1955)WalhallCat: WLCD02841955Maria Callas,Giuseppe Di Stefano,Ettore BastianiniCarlo Maria Giulini,La Scala orchestra and chorus, Milan(Recording of a performance at La Scala, 28 May 1955)EMI ClassicsCat: 664501955Antonietta Stella,Giuseppe Di Stefano,Tito GobbiTullio Serafin,La Scala orchestra and chorus, MilanNaxos HistoricalCat: 8.111272-31956Rosanna Carteri,Cesare Valletti,Leonard Warren Pierre Monteux,Rome Opera orchestra and chorusRCA Victrola Cat: VIC-6004 (LP)Cat: 88875051922 (CD)1958Maria Callas,Alfredo Kraus,Mario SereniFranco Ghione,San Carlos National Theatre orchestra and chorus, Lisbon(Recording of a performance in Lisbon, 27 March)EMI ClassicsCat: 563301959Victoria de los Ángeles,Carlo del Monte,Mario SereniTullio Serafin,Rome Opera orchestra and chorusWarner ClassicsCat:0724357382458 1960Anna Moffo,Richard Tucker,Robert MerrillFernando Previtali,Rome Opera orchestra and chorusRCA VictorCat: LSC-6154 (LP)Cat: 68885-2 (CD)1962Joan Sutherland,Carlo Bergonzi,Robert MerrillJohn Pritchard,Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorusDeccaCat: 7173021962Renata Scotto,Gianni Raimondi,Ettore BastianiniAntonino Votto,La Scala orchestra and chorusDeutsche GrammophonCat: 8940021967Montserrat Caballé,Carlo Bergonzi,Sherrill MilnesGeorges Prêtre,RCA Italiana Opera orchestra and chorusRCA Red SealCat: LSC-6180 (LP)Cat: 88883727172 (CD)1968Virginia Zeani,Ion Buzea,Nicolae HerleaJean BobescuRomanian National Opera, Bucharest Orchestra and ChorusWorld of the OperaCat: 52511968Pilar Lorengar,Giacomo Aragall,Lorin Maazel, Orchester und Chor der Deutschen Oper BerlinDecca Cat: 4430001971Beverly Sills,Nicolai Gedda,Rolando PaneraiAldo Ceccato,Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis ChoirEMI ClassicsCat: 698271973Mirella Freni,Franco Bonisolli,Sesto BruscantiniLamberto Gardelli,Chor Staatsoper Berin, Staatskapelle BerlinARTSCat: 43031-21976Ileana Cotrubaș,Plácido Domingo,Sherrill MilnesCarlos KleiberBavarian State Opera orchestra and chorusDeutsche GrammophonCat: 4151321979Joan Sutherland,Luciano Pavarotti,Matteo ManuguerraRichard Bonynge,National Philharmonic Orchestra and London Opera ChorusDeccaCat: 4304911980Renata Scotto,Alfredo Kraus,Renato BrusonRiccardo Muti,Philharmonia Orchestra and the Ambrosian Opera ChorusEMI ClassicsCat: 475381991Cheryl Studer,Luciano Pavarotti,Juan PonsJames Levine,Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusDeutsche GrammophonCat: 435797 1992Kiri Te Kanawa,Alfredo Kraus,Dmitri HvorostovskyZubin Mehta,Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorusPhilipsCat: 4382381994Angela Gheorghiu,Frank Lopardo,Leo NucciGeorg Solti,Royal Opera House, Covent Garden orchestra and chorusDeccaCat: 4481192004Renée Fleming,Ramón Vargas,Dmitri HvorostovskyValery Gergiev,Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusMet Opera on DemandLa traviata, 6 March 2004, Met Opera on Demand. Also available on Rhapsody.2005Anna Netrebko,Rolando Villazón,Thomas HampsonCarlo Rizzi,Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Chorus(Live recording)Deutsche GrammophonCat: 529022012Emma Matthews,Gianluca Terranova,Jonathan SummersBrian Castles-Onion, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera Australia EPC DistributionCat:OPOZ56031CD2019Marina Rebeka,Charles Castronovo,Lester LynchMichael Balke,Latvian Festival OrchestraPrima Classic Cat:PRIMA003
Video recordings YearCast: Violetta,Alfredo,GermontConductor,opera house and orchestraLabel1968Anna Moffo,Franco Bonisolli,Gino BechiGiuseppe Patanè,Rome Opera orchestra and chorus(Film directed by Mario Lanfranchi)DVD: VAIVAI, 2008. .1976Beverly Sills,Henry Price,Richard FredricksJulius Rudel,Filene Center Orchestra, Wolf Trap Company Chorus(Recorded live, Wolf Trap Farm)DVD: VAIVAI, 2001. .Patrick O'Connor, "Sills in a signature role heads a subtle and atmospheric live outdoor performance a quarter century after her first Violetta", Gramophone, April 2002, p. 93.1981Ileana Cotrubas,Plácido Domingo,Cornell MacNeilJames Levine,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus(Performance of 28 March)Streaming video:Met Opera on Demand"La Traviata" (28 March 1981), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:264040", Met Opera Archive.1982Teresa Stratas,Plácido Domingo,Cornell MacNeilJames Levine,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus(La Traviata (1982 film) directed by Franco Zeffirelli)DVD: Universal;Universal Home Video (widescreen format): . DGGDGG (4:3 aspect ratio, playback region 2), 2007. . .1988Marie McLaughlin,Walter MacNeil,Brent EllisBernard Haitink,London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus (Performance in September)DVD: Arthaus;Arthaus Musik, PAL DVD, 2000. . KulturKultur, NTSC DVD, 2010. .1994Angela Gheorghiu,Frank Lopardo,Leo NucciGeorg Solti,Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus(Performance in December)DVD: Decca2004Patrizia Ciofi,Roberto Saccà,Dmitri HvorostovskyLorin Maazel,Orchestra and chorus of La Fenice(Performance on 18 November)DVD: TDK 2005Norah AnsellemJosé BrosRenato BrusonJesús López Cobos,Madrid Symphony Orchestra and chorus(Performance from the Teatro Real, March)DVD: Opus ArteOpus Arte, 2006. .2005Anna Netrebko,Rolando Villazón,Thomas HampsonCarlo Rizzi, Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Chorus (Performed in July at the Salzburg Festival; production: Willy Decker)DVD, Blu-ray: DGGSalzburg, 2005. .2005Eva Mei,Piotr Beczała,Thomas HampsonFranz Welser-Möst,Chorus and Orchestra of the Zürich Opera House(Performance from Zürich Opera House)DVD: Arthaus MusikArthaus Musik, 2005. .2006Renée Fleming,Rolando Villazón,Renato BrusonJames Conlon,Orchestra and Chorus of the Los Angeles Opera(Performance in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on 17 September)DVD: Decca2007Angela Gheorghiu,Ramón Vargas,Roberto FrontaliLorin Maazel,Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala (Performance from La Scala)DVD: Arthaus Musik2008Kristiane Kaiser,,Georg TichyErnst Märzendorfer,Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus (Performance at the Römersteinbruch St. Margarethen, 11 July)DVD: EuroArts2009Cinzia ForteSaimir PirguGiovanni MeoniPaolo Arrivabeni,Opéra Royal de Wallonie Orchestra and Chorus(Performance in March)DVD: Dynamic2009Renée Fleming,Joseph Calleja,Thomas HampsonAntonio Pappano,Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera (Performance from Covent Garden)DVD: Arthaus Musik2011Natalie Dessay,Charles Castronovo,Ludovic TezierLouis Langrée, London Symphony Orchestra and Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir(Performance from Aix-en-Provence Festival, July)DVD: Virgin ClassicsVirgin Classics, 2011. .2011Marlis Petersen,Giuseppe Varano,James RutherfordTecwyn Evans,Graz Opera Chorus, Graz Philharmonic Orchestra(Performance at the Graz Opera)DVD: Arthaus Musik2012Natalie Dessay,Matthew Polenzani,Dmitri HvorostovskyFabio Luisi,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus(Performance of 14 April; production: Willy Decker)HD video:Met Opera on Demand"La Traviata" (14 April 2012), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:354472", Met Opera Archive.2017Sonya Yoncheva,Michael Fabiano,Thomas HampsonNicola Luisotti,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus(Performance of 11 March; production: Willy Decker)HD video:Met Opera on Demand"La Traviata" (11 March 2017), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:356656", Met Opera Archive.2018Diana Damrau,Juan Diego Flórez,Quinn KelseyYannick Nézet-Séguin,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus(Performance of 15 December; production: Michael Mayer)HD video:Met Opera on Demand"La Traviata" (15 December 2018), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:357065", Met Opera Archive.2019Ermonela Jaho,Charles Castronovo,Plácido DomingoAntonello Manacorda,Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden(Richard Eyre, stage director)Blu-ray: Opus ArteOpus Arte, 2019. .2021Lisette Oropesa,Samir Pirgu,Roberto FrontaliDaniele Gatti,Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma(Mario Martone, director)On demand:"La traviata (Teatro dell'Opera di Roma), 2021". Only available in Italy. Retrieved 14 July 2022.RAI Play2022Pretty Yende,Stephen Costello,Vladimir StoyanovGiacomo Sagripanti,Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House(Director: Richard Eyre; performance of 13 April)HD video: Royal Opera House StreamRoyal Opera House Stream: La Traviata (2022), Royal Opera House website.Neil Fisher, "La traviata review — Pretty Yende wins the battle of the Violettas", The Sunday Times, 6 April 2022.2022Nadine Sierra,Stephen Costello,Luca SalsiDaniele Callegari,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus(Performance of 5 November; production: Michael Mayer)HD video:Met Opera on Demand"La Traviata" (5 November 2022), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:357732", Met Opera Archive.
References Notes
Cited sources La traviata discography, part 1 (40 items), part 2 (7 items), Amazon.com Recorded Violettas in La traviata
Other sources Blyth, Alan, Opera on Record, Volume 1, Hutchinson, 1979, pp. 240–248. Boyden, Matthew and Kimberly, Nick, "La Traviata: Recordings overview, The Rough Guide to Opera, Rough Guides, 2002, pp. 230–231. Fawkes, Richard, Opera on Film, Duckworth, 2000. McCants, Clyde T., American Opera Singers and Their Recordings: Critical commentaries and discographies, McFarland, 2004. Rich, Alan, "A Triumphant Traviata: The Lisbon Legacy", New York, 8 December 1980, p. 100.