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

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Year Cast
(Turandot, Calaf,
Liù, Timur)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label[1]/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

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Year Cast
(Turandot, Calaf,
Liù, Timur)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Stage director Label[1]
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[2]
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[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Recordings of Turandot on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  2. ^ “Blu-ray C-Major”. prestomusic.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020
  3. ^ "Puccini: Turandot". Presto Classical. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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