This is a partial discography of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore (The Troubadour) and Le trouvère (the revised version in French translation). At least 83 recordings exist of the opera as a whole, made between 1912 and 2011, although not all of them are absolutely complete. Of these, 45 are live audio recordings, 22 are studio audio recordings, and 16 are videos or movies. Il trovatore was first performed at the Teatro Apollo, Rome on 19 January 1853. Le trouvère was first presented on 12 January 1857.
Audio recordings YearCast(Manrico, Leonora,Azucena, Di Luna,Ferrando)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel Recordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk1930 Aureliano Pertile,Maria Carena,,Apollo Granforte,Bruno Carmassi Carlo SabajnoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: Aura MusicCat: LRC 11104-21930Francesco Merli,Bianca Scacciati,Giuseppina Zinetti,Enrico Molinari,Corrado ZambelliLorenzo MolajoliTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: NaxosCat: 8.110162-631951Giacomo Lauri-Volpi,Maria Callas,Cloe Elmo,Paolo Silveri,Italo TajoTullio SerafinTeatro di San Carlo orchestra and chorus CD: Mondo MusicaCat: MMO 911171952Jussi Björling,Zinka Milanov,Fedora Barbieri,Leonard Warren,Nicola MosconaRenato CelliniRCA Victor OrchestraRobert Shaw ChoraleLP: RCA Victrola AVM2-0699 CD: RCA VictorCat: 6643-2-RG1953Gino Penno,Maria Callas,Ebe Stignani,Carlo Tagliabue,Giuseppe ModestiAntonino VottoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: UraniaCat: B000CS24UO1956 Mario Del Monaco,Renata Tebaldi,Giulietta Simionato,Ugo Savarese,Giorgio Tozzi Alberto EredeGrand Théâtre de Genève orchestraMaggio Musicale Fiorentino chorusCD: DeccaCat: 411 874-2 & 470 589-21956Giuseppe Di Stefano,Maria Callas,Fedora Barbieri,Rolando Panerai,Nicola ZaccariaHerbert von KarajanTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 56333 & 773651957Kurt Baum,Mary Curtis-Verna,Rosalind Elias,Frank Guarrera,Norman ScottMax RudolfMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusLP: Book of the Month ClubCat: MO 7261959Richard Tucker,Leontyne Price,Rosalind Elias,Leonard Warren,Giorgio TozziArturo BasileRome Opera orchestra and chorusCD: RCA VictorCat: 60560-2-RG1962 Franco Corelli,Leontyne Price,Giulietta Simionato,Ettore Bastianini,Nicola ZaccariaHerbert von KarajanVienna PhilharmonicVienna State Opera chorus(Live recording during Salzburg Festival, 31 July 1962)CD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 4476591963Carlo Bergonzi,Antonietta Stella,Fiorenza Cossotto,Ettore Bastianini,Ivo VincoTullio SerafinTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus CD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 768402 1964 Franco Corelli,Gabriella Tucci,Giulietta Simionato,Robert Merrill,Ferruccio MazzoliThomas SchippersRome Opera orchestra and chorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 763640 21964Carlo Bergonzi,Gabriella Tucci,Giulietta Simionato,Piero Cappuccilli,Ivo VincoGianandrea GavazzeniTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus(Live recording during tour in Moscow, September 1964)CD: Opera d'OroCat: 7045 1964Bruno Prevedi,Gwyneth Jones,Giulietta Simionato,Peter Glossop,Joseph RouleauCarlo Maria GiuliniRoyal Opera House orchestra and chorusCD: Royal Opera HouseCat: ROHS011 1969Plácido Domingo,Leontyne Price,Fiorenza Cossotto,Sherrill Milnes,Bonaldo GiaiottiZubin MehtaPhilharmonia OrchestraAmbrosian SingersLP: RCA Red Seal Cat: LSC-6194CD: RCA Red SealCat: 888837292621976Luciano Pavarotti,Joan Sutherland,Marilyn Horne,Ingvar Wixell,Nicolai GhiaurovRichard BonyngeNational Philharmonic OrchestraLondon Opera chorusCD: DeccaCat: 417137 1977Franco Bonisolli,Leontyne Price,Elena Obraztsova,Piero Cappuccilli,Ruggero RaimondiHerbert von KarajanBerlin PhilharmonicDeutsche Oper Berlin chorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 7 69311 21977 Carlo Cossutta, Gilda Cruz-Romo,Fiorenza Cossotto, Matteo Manuguerra, Riccardo Muti,Chorus and orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino CD: Opera Depot 1978Plácido Domingo,Raina Kabaivanska,Fiorenza Cossotto,Piero Cappuccilli,José van DamHerbert von KarajanVienna State Opera orchestra and chorusCD: RCA Red Seal RecordsCat: 74321 61951-21980José Carreras,Katia Ricciarelli,Stefania Toczyska,Yuri Mazurok,Robert LloydColin DavisRoyal Opera House orchestra and chorusCD: Philips ClassicsCat: 4461511984Plácido Domingo,Rosalind Plowright,Brigitte Fassbaender,Giorgio Zancanaro,Yevgeny NesterenkoCarlo Maria GiuliniAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorusCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 4238581990Luciano Pavarotti,Antonella Banaudi,Shirley Verrett,Leo Nucci,Francesco Ellero d'ArtegnaZubin MehtaMaggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorus(Live recording during the festival, 7 June 1990)CD: DeccaCat: 4306941991Plácido Domingo,Aprile Millo,Dolora Zajick,Vladimir Chernov,James MorrisJames LevineMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusCD: SonyCat: 480701999Boiko Zvetanov,Anda-Louise Bogza,Graciela Alperyn,Igor Morozov,Vladimir KubovcikIvan AnguelovRadio Symphony Orchestra BratislavaNational Opera ChorusCD: Arte Nova Classics Cat: 74321 721102 2000Salvatore Licitra,Barbara Frittoli,Violeta Urmana,Leo Nucci,Giorgio GiuseppiniRiccardo MutiTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: SonyCat: 895532001Roberto Alagna,Angela Gheorghiu,Larissa Diadkova,Thomas Hampson,Ildebrando D'ArcangeloAntonio PappanoLondon Symphony OrchestraLondon VoicesCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 57360 2001Andrea Bocelli,Verónica Villarroel,Elena Zaremba,Carlo Guelfi,Carlo ColombaraSteven MercurioTeatro Massimo Bellini orchestra and chorusCD: Decca,Cat: 475 366-22011Herbert Lippert,Simone Kermes,Yvonne Naef,Miljenko Turk,Josef WagnerMichael Hofstetter Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele orchestra and chorusCD: Oehms ClassicsCat: OC951
Video recordings YearCast(Manrico, Leonora,Azucena, Di Luna,Ferrando)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel 1957 Mario Del Monaco,Leyla Gencer,Fedora Barbieri,Ettore Bastianini,Plinio Clabassi Fernando PrevitaliRAI Milano orchestra and chorus DVD: Hardy Classics VideoCat: HCD 4006 1978 Plácido Domingo,Raina Kabaivanska,Fiorenza Cossotto,Piero Cappuccilli,José van Dam Herbert von KarajanVienna PhilharmonicVienna State Opera chorusDVD: TDKCat: DV-CLOPIT 1983 Kenneth Collins,Joan Sutherland,Lauris Elms,Jonathan Summers,Donald ShanksRichard BonyngeOpera Australia Orchestra and chorus DVD: Image EntertainmentCat: ID 9310 RADVD 1985 Franco Bonisolli,Rosalind Plowright,Fiorenza Cossotto,Giorgio Zancanaro,Paolo WashingtonReynalde GiovaninettiArena di Verona and chorus DVD: NVC ArtsCat: 4509-99215-2 1988 Luciano Pavarotti,Éva Marton,Dolora Zajick,Sherrill Milnes,Jeffrey WellsJames LevineMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus DVD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: DG 073 002-92002José Cura,Verónica Villarroel,Yvonne Naef,Dmitri Hvorostovsky,Tomas TomassonCarlo RizziRoyal Opera House orchestra and chorus (Stage director:Elijah Moshinsky)DVD: Opus ArteCat:OAMO6010D2010Marcelo Álvarez,Teresa Romano,Mzia Nioradze,Claudio Sgura,Deyan VatchkovYuri TemirkanovTeatro Regio di Parma orchestra and chorusDVD: C MajorCat:723408 2011 Marcelo Álvarez,Sondra Radvanovsky,Dolora Zajick,Dmitri Hvorostovsky,Stefan Kocán Marco ArmiliatoMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus DVD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 2015 Yonghoon Lee,Anna Netrebko,Dolora Zajick,Dmitri Hvorostovsky,Stefan Kocán Marco ArmiliatoMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus Met Opera on Demand2020 Yusif Eyvazov, Anna Netrekbo,Dolora Zajick,Luca Salsi,Riccardo FassiPier Giorgio Morandi Orchestra and chorus of the Arena di Verona FestivalFranco Zeffirelli, stage directorDVD: C majorCat:754704
Audio: Le trouvère (1857 French version) YearCast(Manrique, Léonore,Azucena, Le Compte de Luna,Fernand)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel1912Charles Fontaine,Jane Morlet,Catherine Lapeyrette,Jean Noté,Robert MarviniFrançois RuhlmannStudio orchestra and chorusLP: PathéCat: 1603-1621CD: Aura MusicCat: LRC 1902 1962Tony Poncet,Michèle Le Bris,Elise Kahn,Louis Quilico,Bernard GontcharenkoJean FournetOrchestre LamoureuxLP: PhilipsCat: 837 469 1998Warren Mok,Iano Tamar,Sylvie Brunet,Nikola Mijailović,Jae-Jun LeeMarco GuidariniOrchestra Internazionale d'ItaliaBratislava Chamber Chorus(Live recording during Festival della Valle d'Itria, August 1998) CD: DynamicCat: CDS 225/1-2
Video: Le trouvère (1857 French version) YearCast(Manrique, Léonore,Azucena, Le Compte de Luna,Fernand)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel2019Giuseppe Gipali,Roberta Mantegna,Nino Surguladze,Franco Vassallo,Marco SpottiRoberto Abbado,Teatro Comunale di Bologna orchestra and chorus,Robert Wilson, stage directorDVD:DynamicCat:CDS7835
References Notes
Sources Amazon discography (30 items), accessed 25 March 2009 Il trovatore on Disc