This is a discography of Tosca, an opera by Giacomo Puccini. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. Tosca has been one of the most frequently recorded operas, dating back to a nearly complete acoustical recording in 1918.
Audio
edit| Year | Cast (Tosca, Cavaradossi, Scarpia) |
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra |
Label[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Lya Remondini, Carlo Broccardi, Dario Zani |
Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
78rpm: La voce del padrone Cat: S5584-S5606 (even numbered, 12 discs) |
| 1920 | Valentina Bartolomasi, Attilio Salvaneschi, Adolfo Pacini |
Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
(Recorded by HMV) 78 RPM: Società Nazionale del Grammofono Cat: S5702- S57244 (12 discs) |
| 1929 | Carmen Melis, Piero Pauli, Apollo Granforte |
Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
(Recorded by HMV) CD: Arkadia Cat: 78002 |
| 1929 | Bianca Scacciati, Alessandro Granda, Enrico Molinari |
Lorenzo Molajoli Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
78rpm: Columbia Records Cat: D14594 – D14607 (14 discs) 33rpm LP: Columbia (UK) Cat: EL-4 |
| 1938 | Maria Caniglia, Beniamino Gigli, Armando Borgioli |
Oliviero De Fabritiis Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus |
(Recorded by HMV) CD: Arkadia Cat: 78025 |
| 1946 | Grace Moore, Jan Peerce, Lawrence Tibbett |
Cesare Sodero Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (Recording of a performance on 9 February 1946) |
CD: Myto Records Cat: MCD 942 98 |
| 1950 | Maria Callas, Mario Filippeschi, Robert Weede |
Umberto Mugnai Palacio de Bellas Artes orchestra and chorus (Recording of a performance on 8 June 1950) |
CD: Arkadia Cat: GA 2047 |
| 1951 | Simona Dall'Argine, Nino Scattolini, Scipio Colombo |
Argeo Quadri Vienna State Opera orchestra Vienna Chamber choir |
(Recorded by Westminster) CD: Preiser Records Cat: 20024 |
| 1951 | Adriana Guerrini, Gianni Poggi, Paolo Silveri |
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli RAI orchestra and chorus |
(Recorded by Cetra) CD: Warner Fonit Cat: 5046 63305-2 |
| 1951 | Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Campora, Enzo Mascherini |
Alberto Erede Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus |
(Recorded by Decca) CD: Pearl Cat: 199 |
| 1951 | Vera Petrova, Eddy Ruhl, Piero Campolonghi |
Emilio Tieri Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorus |
33rpm LP: Remington Cat: 199-62 |
| 1952 | Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Piero Campolonghi |
Guido Picco Palacio de Bellas Artes orchestra and chorus (Recording of a performance on 1 July 1952) |
CD: Archipel Cat: OO49 |
| 1953 | Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi |
Victor de Sabata Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
CD: EMI Classics[2] Cat: 562890 |
| 1955 | Gigliola Frazzoni, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Giangiacomo Guelfi |
Arturo Basile RAI orchestra and chorus |
CD: Warner Fonit Cat: 8573 87479-2 |
| 1956 | Renata Tebaldi, Richard Tucker, Leonard Warren |
Dimitri Mitropoulos Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (Recording of a performance on 7 January 1956) |
CD: Andromeda Cat: ANDRCD 9001 |
| 1957 | Dorothy Kirsten, Daniele Barioni, Frank Guarrera |
Dimitri Mitropoulos Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (abridged) |
(Recorded by Metropolitan Opera Record Club) CD: Premiere Opera Ltd. Cat: CDNO 446-2 (1 CD) |
| 1957 | Zinka Milanov, Jussi Björling, Leonard Warren |
Erich Leinsdorf Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus |
LP:RCA Victrola VICS-6000 CD: RCA Victor Cat: 09026-63305-2 |
| 1957 | Zinka Milanov, Franco Corelli, Giangiacomo Guelfi |
Alexander Gibson Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus (Recording of a performance on 1 July 1957) |
CD: Royal Opera House Heritage Series Cat: ROH S 5 |
| 1957 | Antonietta Stella, Gianni Poggi, Giuseppe Taddei |
Tullio Serafin Teatro di San Carlo orchestra and chorus |
(Recorded by Philips Records) CD: Live Opera Heaven Ltd. Cat: C 1371 |
| 1957 | Magda Olivero, Eugenio Fernandi, Scipio Colombo |
Emidio Tieri RAI orchestra and chorus |
CD: Opera Depot Cat: 11066-2 |
| 1959 | Renata Tebaldi, Mario Del Monaco, George London |
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus |
CD: Decca Cat: 1064502 |
| 1959 | Renata Tebaldi, Franco Corelli, Anselmo Colzani |
Mario Parenti Orchestra del Comitato Estate Livornese (Recording of a performance on October 21, 1959) |
CD: Urania ASIN : B00UBC3YW8 |
| 1959 | Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi |
Gianandrea Gavazzeni Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (Recording of a performance in December 1959) |
CD: Opera d'Oro Cat: OPD 1162 |
| 1960 | Jane Rhodes, Albert Lance, Gabriel Bacquier |
Manuel Rosenthal Paris Opera orchestra and chorus (Performed in French) |
33rpm LP: Véga Cat: 28017-9 |
| 1960 | Stefania Woytowicz, Sándor Kónya, Kim Borg |
Horst Stein Berlin State Opera orchestra and chorus (Performed in German) |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 138722-3 (LP) |
| 1962 | Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, Cornell MacNeil |
Kurt Adler Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (Recording of a performance on 2 April 1962) |
CD: Sony Cat: 80468 |
| 1962 | Leontyne Price, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Giuseppe Taddei |
Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Vienna State Opera chorus |
(Recorded by Decca for RCA) CD:Decca Cat: 639002 |
| 1964 | Maria Callas, Carlo Bergonzi, Tito Gobbi |
Georges Prêtre Conservatoire de Paris orchestra Paris Opera chorus |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 66444 |
| 1964 | Maria Callas, Renato Cioni, Tito Gobbi |
Carlo Felice Cillario Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Recording of a performance on January 24, 1964) |
CD: EMI Classics ASIN : B0000BWTKB |
| 1964 | Tamara Milashkina, Zurab Andjaparidze, Oleg Klenov |
Yevgeny Svetlanov USSR State Symphony orchestra and chorus |
(Recorded by Melodiya) CD: Classical Records (Russia) Cat: CR-024 |
| 1966 | Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau |
Lorin Maazel Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus |
CD: Decca Cat: 460753 |
| 1972 | Leontyne Price, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes |
Zubin Mehta Philharmonia Orchestra John Alldis Choir Wandsworth School Boys' Choir |
LP: RCA Red Seal ARL2-0105 CD: RCA Red Seal Cat: RCD2-0105 |
| 1976 | Galina Vishnevskaya, Franco Bonisolli, Matteo Manuguerra |
Mstislav Rostropovich French National Orchestra French National Radio chorus |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 458402 |
| 1976 | Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Ingvar Wixell |
Colin Davis Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus |
CD: Philips Records Cat: 438359 |
| 1976 | Tamara Milashkina, Vladimir Atlantov, Yuri Mazurok |
Mark Ermler Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus |
(Recorded by Melodiya) 33rpm LP: EMI Cat: 165-99357/58 |
| 1977 | Virginia Zeani, Corneliu Fanateanu, Nicolae Herlea |
Cornel Trailescu Romanian National Opera orchestra and chorus |
(Recorded by Electrecord) CD: World of the Opera Cat: 5257 |
| 1978 | Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes |
Nicola Rescigno National Philharmonic Orchestra London Opera chorus Wandsworth School Boys' Choir |
CD: Decca Cat: 414036 |
| 1979 | Katia Ricciarelli, José Carreras, Ruggero Raimondi |
Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic Berlin State Opera chorus, Schöneberger Sängerknaben |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 4138152 |
| 1980 | Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, Renato Bruson |
James Levine Philharmonia Orchestra Ambrosian Opera chorus St. Clement Danes School choir |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 66504 |
| 1988 | Éva Marton, José Carreras, Juan Pons |
Michael Tilson Thomas Hungarian State Orchestra Hungarian State R/TV chorus |
CD: Sony Cat: 091175 |
| 1990 | Kiri Te Kanawa, Giacomo Aragall, Leo Nucci |
Georg Solti National Philharmonic Orchestra Welsh National Opera Chorus, Royal Opera House Children's chorus |
CD: Decca Cat: 414597 |
| 1990 | Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Samuel Ramey |
Giuseppe Sinopoli Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Opera House chorus |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 431775 |
| 1990 | Nelly Miricioiu, Giorgio Lamberti, Silvano Carroli |
Alexander Rahbari Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic chorus |
CD: Naxos Cat: 8.660001-2 |
| 1990 | Raina Kabaivanska, Luciano Pavarotti, Ingvar Wixell |
Daniel Oren Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus |
CD: RCA Victor Red Seal Cat: 61806 |
| 1996 | Jane Eaglen, Dennis O'Neill, Gregory Yurisich |
David Parry Philharmonia Orchestra Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Peter Kay Children's choir (performed in English) |
CD: Chandos Records Cat: 3000 |
| 2000 | Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Ruggero Raimondi |
Antonio Pappano Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus Tiffin Boys' Choir |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 57173 |
| 2000 | Maria Guleghina, Salvatore Licitra, Leo Nucci |
Riccardo Muti Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
CD: Sony Classical Records Cat: S2K 89271 |
| 2001 | Fiorenza Cedolins, Andrea Bocelli, Carlo Guelfi |
Zubin Mehta Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorus |
CD: Decca Cat: 414597 |
Video
edit| Year | Cast (Tosca, Cavaradossi, Scarpia) |
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra |
Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Maria Callas, Renato Cioni, Tito Gobbi |
Carlo Felice Cillario Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus (Videotape of live telecast of act 2 at Covent Garden, 9 February 1964) |
DVD: EMI Classics Cat: DVA 4 92851 9 |
| 1976 | Raina Kabaivanska, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes |
Bruno Bartoletti Philharmonia Orchestra Ambrosian Singers (Film directed by Gianfranco De Bosio) |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 4038 |
| 1978 | Shirley Verrett, Luciano Pavarotti, Cornell MacNeil |
James Conlon Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (Production by Tito Gobbi) |
DVD: Decca Cat: 0440 074 3410 9 Streaming video: Met Opera on Demand[3] |
| 1984 | Éva Marton, Giacomo Aragall, Ingvar Wixell |
Daniel Oren Verona Arena orchestra and chorus (live 10 August) Video director: Brian Large |
CD: HO CDBB 478 DVD: Kultur Video D2837[4] |
| 1985 | Hildegard Behrens, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil |
Giuseppe Sinopoli Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (Produced by Franco Zeffirelli) |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 4100 SD video: Met Opera on Demand[5] |
| 1993 | Catherine Malfitano, Plácido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi |
Zubin Mehta RAI Orchestra Sinfonica and Coro di Roma (Film Tosca from Rome broadcast live in three parts, directed by Brian Large / Giuseppe Patroni Griffi) |
DVD: Kultur Video Cat: D4524 Blu-ray: Warner Classics[6] |
| 1998 | Catherine Malfitano, Richard Margison, Bryn Terfel |
Riccardo Chailly Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra De Nederlandse Opera chorus (Film directed by Misjel Vermeiren) |
DVD: Decca Cat: 074 3201 |
| 2001 | Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Ruggero Raimondi |
Antonio Pappano Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus (2001 film directed by Benoît Jacquot) |
DVD: EMI Classics Cat: 7243 5 57173 2 0 4K UHD: Arthaus Musik[7] |
| 2004 | Daniela Dessì, Fabio Armiliato, Ruggero Raimondi |
Maurizio Benini Teatro Real orchestra and chorus (Film directed by Núria Espert) |
DVD: Opus Arte Cat: 901 |
| 2006 | Fiorenza Cedolins, Marcelo Álvarez, Ruggero Raimondi |
Daniel Oren Orchestra and Chorus of the Verona Arena (Stage director: Hugo de Ana) |
DVD: TDK Cat: DVBD-OPTOV |
| 2007 | Antonia Cifrone, Stefano Secco, Giorgio Surian |
Valerio Galli Festival Puccini orchestra and chorus (Stage director: Mario Corradi) |
DVD: Dynamic Cat.33569 |
| 2009 | Karita Mattila, Marcelo Álvarez, George Gagnidze |
Joseph Colaneri Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (Production by Luc Bondy) |
HD video: Met Opera on Demand[8] |
| 2011 | Angela Gheorgiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel |
Antonio Pappano Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus (Stage director: Jonathan Kent) |
Blu-ray: EMI Classics[9] Cat: 404064-9 |
| 2013 | Patricia Racette, Roberto Alagna, George Gagnidze |
Riccardo Frizza Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (Production by Luc Bondy) |
HD video: Met Opera on Demand[10] |
| 2017 | Kristine Opolais, Marcelo Álvarez, Marco Vratogna |
Simon Rattle Baden-Baden Easter Festival, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Stage director: Philipp Himmelmann) |
Blu-ray: EuroArts[11] Cat: 206 4174 |
| 2018 | Sonya Yoncheva, Vittorio Grigolo, Željko Lučić |
Emmanuel Villaume Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (Production by David McVicar) |
HD video: Met Opera on Demand[12] |
| 2018 | Anja Harteros, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Ludovic Tézier |
Christian Thielemann Salzburg Easter Festival, Staatskapelle Dresden, Salzburg Bach Choir (Stage director: Michael Sturminger) |
Blu-ray: C Major[13] Cat: 748404 |
| 2019 | Karine Babajanyan, Piotr Beczala, Carlos Álvarez |
Marco Armiliato Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus (Stage director: Margarete Wallmann) |
Blu-ray: C Major[14] Cat: 759204[15] |
| 2019 | Anna Netrebko, Francesco Meli, Luca Salsi |
Ricardo Chailly Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (Stage director: Davide Livermore) |
Blu-ray: C Major[16] Cat: 763404 |
| 2022 | Malin Byström, Joshua Guerrero, Gevorg Hakobyan |
Lorenzo Viotti Dutch National Opera, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (Stage director: Barrie Kosky) |
Blu-ray: Naxos[16] Cat: NBD0166V |
References
editNotes
- ^ Recordings of Tosca on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- ^ This recording has been described as the best selling opera of all time. Opera: An Encyclopedia of World Premieres and Significant Performances, Singers, Composers, Librettists, Arias and Conductors, 1597–2000, Franklin Mesa (2007), p. 85: "His 1952 performance on EMI of Tosca with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano and Tito Gobbi remains the best-selling opera recording of all time."
- ^ Tosca, 19 December 1978, Met Opera on Demand; CID: 255930, Met Opera DB.
- ^ Tosca (1984) at IMDb
- ^ Tosca, March 27, 1985, Met Opera on Demand.
- ^ ASIN B00CSVD1A0.
- ^ ASIN B074T239HD.
- ^ Tosca, October 10, 2009, Met Opera on Demand.
- ^ Richard Fairman, "EMI issues the BBC-broadcast Tosca by Jonathan Kent", Gramophone, January 2013, pp. 80–81: "On balance, this new DVD is as involving at every level as any."
- ^ Tosca, November 9, 2013, Met Opera on Demand.
- ^ Neil Fisher, Tosca, 2017 Baden-Baden Easter Festival, Gramophone, January 2018, pp. 89, 91: "[This is] Simon Rattle’s second foray into Puccini. ... the result, although decently captured on DVD/Blu‑ray, is oddly flavourless."
- ^ Tosca, January 27, 2018, Met Opera on Demand.
- ^ Mark Pullinger, Tosca, 2018 Salzburg Easter Festival, Gramophone, May 2019, p. 95: "... this is Puccini's Tosca as a thriller ... And for the most part it works very well, leading to a denouement which is, well, thrilling."
- ^ Vienna State Opera, 2019. Blu-ray, 2021, OCLC 1287594802: "Piotr Beczala celebrated his acclaimed role debut as Cavaradossi".
- ^ Mark Pullinger, "Puccini's Tosca", Gramophone, August 2022, pp. 100–105: "Alas, it’s a bit of a routine performance under Marco Armiliato, although Piotr Beczała sings gorgeously as Cavaradossi and – yes – is granted an encore of ‘E lucevan le stelle’."
- ^ a b Neil Fisher, "Two Toscas, two very different shows – and two valuable records of projects giving Puccini a spring clean.", Gramophone, July 2023, pp. 83–84.
Sources
- Blyth, Alan, ed. Opera on Record. Hutchinson & Co., London. 1979.
- Gruber, Paul, ed. The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera. W. W. Norton & Co., New York. 1993.
External links
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Media related to Tosca at Wikimedia Commons