This is a partial discography of Hector Berlioz's opera, Les Troyens. Its first performance on 4 November 1863 consisted of Acts 3 to 5 only. The first staged performance of the whole opera took place in 1890, 21 years after Berlioz's death.
Colin Davis's recording in 1969 (released in 1970) was the first complete recording of this opera.[1]
| Year | Cast (Enée, Chorèbe, Panthée, Narbal, Iopas, Hylas, Ascagne, Cassandre, Didon, Anna) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label[2] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Jean Giraudeau, Charles Cambon, Charles Paul, Charles Cambon, Frans Vroons, Colin Cunningham, Irène Joachim, Marisa Ferrer, Marisa Ferrer, Yvonne Corke | Thomas Beecham Royal Philharmonic Orchestra BBC Theatre chorus (Recorded live, June–July) | CD: Malibran Music Cat: CDRG 162 | |
| 1957 | Rafael Kubelík Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus (Recorded live, 20 June) In English | CD: Testament Cat: SBT4 1443 | ||
| 1959-60 | Richard Cassilly, Martial Singher, Kenneth Smith, John Dennison, William Lewis, Glade Peterson, Frances Wyatt, Eleanor Steber, Regina Resnik, Regina Sarfaty | Robert Lawrence American Opera Society orchestra and chorus (Recorded live, 29 December-12 January) In English | CD: Vai Audio Cat: VAIA 1006-3 | |
| 1965 | Guy Chauvet, N/A, Jean-Pierre Hurteau, Lucien Vernet, Gérard Dunan, N/A, Jane Berbié, Régine Crespin, Régine Crespin, Marie-Luce Bellary | Georges Prêtre Opéra national de Paris orchestra and chorus Excerpts only | LP: His Master's Voice Cat: SLS771; ASD 2276-2277 | |
| 1969 | Nicolai Gedda, Robert Massard, Robert Amis El Hage, Boris Carmeli, Veriano Luchetti, Carlo Gaifa, Rosina Cavicchiola, Marilyn Horne, Shirley Verrett, Giovanna Fioroni | Georges Prêtre RAI National Symphony Orchestra and chorus (Recorded live, 11 December) | CD: Arkadia Cat: 461 | |
| 1969 | Jon Vickers, Peter Glossop, Anthony Raffell, Roger Soyer, Ian Partridge, Ryland Davies, Anne Howells, Berit Lindholm, Josephine Veasey, Heather Begg | Colin Davis Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus The Wandsworth School Boys' Choir (Recorded at Walthamstow Town Hall, September–October; won 1971 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording) | LP | |
| 1976 | Guy Chauvet, Wolfgang Schöne, Peter Wimberger, Nicola Ghiuselev, Horst Laubenthal, N/A, Sona Ghazarian, Helga Dernesch, Christa Ludwig, Margarita Lilowa | Gerd Albrecht, Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus (Recorded live, 17 October) | CD: Gala Cat: GL 100.609[4] | |
| 1983 | Plácido Domingo, Allan Monk, John Cheek, Paul Plishka, Douglas Ahlstedt, Philip Creech, Claudia Catania, Jessye Norman, Tatiana Troyanos, Jocelyne Taillon | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (Recorded live, 4–8 October) | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 4310; CD: Laser Disc: Pioneer Artists Cat: PA-85-137; SD streaming video: Met Opera on Demand[5] | |
| 1984 | Edward Sooter, Allan Monk, John Cheek, Paul Plishka, Douglas Ahlstedt, Philip Creech, Claudia Catania, Jessye Norman, Jessye Norman, Jocelyne Taillon | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (Recorded live, 18 February) | Streaming audio: Met Opera on Demand[6] | |
| 1994 | Gary Lakes, Gino Quilico, Michel Philippe, Jean-Philippe Courtis, Jean-Luc Maurette, John Mark Ainsley, Catherine Dubosc, Deborah Voigt, Françoise Pollet, Hélène Perraguin | Charles Dutoit Montreal Symphony Orchestra orchestra and chorus | CD: Decca Cat: 443 693-2 | |
| 2000 | Jon Villars, Russell Braun, Tigran Martirossian, Robert Lloyd, Ilya Lavinsky, Toby Spence, Gaële Le Roi, Deborah Polaski, Deborah Polaski, Yvonne Naef | Sylvain Cambreling Orchestre de Paris Vienna State Opera chorus Slovak Philharmonic choir Tölzer Knabenchor (Recorded live at the Salzburg Festival, August) | DVD: Arthaus Cat: 100 350/1 | |
| 2000 | Ben Heppner, Peter Mattei, Tigran Martirossian, Stephen Milling, Kenneth Tarver, Toby Spence, Isabelle Cals, Petra Lang, Michelle DeYoung, Sara Mingardo | Colin Davis London Symphony Orchestra London Symphony chorus (Recorded live at the Barbican Hall, December) | CD: LSO Live Cat: LSO0010 | |
| 2003 | Gregory Kunde, Ludovic Tézier, Nicolas Testé, Laurent Naouri, Mark Padmore, Topi Lehtipuu, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Susan Graham, Renata Pokupić | John Eliot Gardiner Théâtre du Châtelet Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Monteverdi Choir Théâtre du Châtelet chorus (Recorded live, October) | DVD/Blu-ray: Opus Arte Cat: OA 0900 D | |
| 2010 | Lance Ryan, Gabriele Viviani, Gorgio Guiseppini, Stephen Milling, Éric Cutler, Dmitri Voropaev, Oksana Shilova, Elisabete Matos Daniele Barcellona, Zlata Bulicheva | DVD/Blu-ray: C Major Cat: 706008 Cat: 706104 | ||
| 2012 | Bryan Hymel, Fabio Capitanucci, Ashley Holland, Brindley Sherratt, Ji-Min Park, Ed Lyon, Barbara Senator, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Hanna Hipp | Antonio Pappano Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus (Recorded live, 5–8 July) | DVD/Blu-ray: Opus Arte Cat: 1097 D Cat: OABD7113D | |
| 2013 | Bryan Hymel, Dwayne Croft, Richard Bernstein, Kwangchul Youn, Eric Cutler, Paul Appleby, Julie Boulianne, Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, Karen Cargill | Fabio Luisi Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (Recorded live, 5 January) | HD streaming video; Met Opera on Demand[7] | |
| 2017 | Michael Spyres, Stéphane Degout, Philippe Sly, Nicolas Courjal, Cyrille Dubois, Stanlislas de Barbeyrac, Marianne Crebassa Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Joyce DiDonato, Hanna Hipp | John Nelson Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg Les Chœurs de l’Opéra national du Rhin Badischer Staatsopernchor Chœur philharmonique de Strasbourg (Recorded live at Salle Erasme Palais de la musique et des congrès, 11-18 April) | CD/DVD: Erato Cat: 0190295762209[8] |
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