Lucia di Lammermoor discography explained

This is a partial discography of Lucia di Lammermoor, an opera by Gaetano Donizetti. It premiered on 26 September 1835 at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples.

Original Italian version, 1835: audio recordings

YearCast
(Lucia, Edgardo,
Enrico, Raimondo)		Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra		Label[1]
1929Mercedes Capsir,
Enzo de Muro Lomanto,
Enrico Molinari,
Salvatore Baccaloni		Lorenzo Molajoli,
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan		Arkadia,
Cat: 78035
1939Lina Pagliughi,
Giovanni Malipiero,
Giuseppe Manacchini,
Luciano Neroni		Ugo Tansini,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Italian Broadcasting Authority		Naxos,
Cat: 8.110150
1952Maria Callas,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Piero Campolonghi,
Roberto Silva		Guido Picco,
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra and Chorus
(Live recording)		Melodram,
Cat: 1078712
1953Dolores Wilson,
Gianni Poggi,
Anselmo Colzani,
Silvio Maionica		Franco Capuana,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera di Milano		CD: Preiser Records,
Cat: 20032
1953Maria Callas,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Tito Gobbi,
Raffaele Arié		Tullio Serafin,
Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra, Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus		EMI Classics,
Cat: 62764
1954Maria Callas,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Rolando Panerai,
Giuseppe Modesti		Herbert von Karajan,
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
(Live recording)		Standing Room Only,
SRO 831-2
1955Maria Callas,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Rolando Panerai,
Nicola Zaccaria		Herbert von Karajan,
Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus, Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra
(Live recording)		EMI Classics,
Cat. No.66441
Melodram,
Cat: 26004
1957Roberta Peters,
Jan Peerce,
Philip Maero,
Giorgio Tozzi		Erich Leinsdorf,
Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus		LP: RCA Victrola
Cat: VICS-6001
CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 09026-68537-2
1957Leyla Gencer,
Giacinto Prandelli,
Nino Carta,
Antonio Massaria		Oliviero De Fabritiis,
Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi, Trieste, Orchestra and Chorus		Arkadia,
Cat:
1959Maria Callas,
Ferruccio Tagliavini,
Piero Cappuccilli,
Bernard Ładysz		Tullio Serafin,
Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus		EMI Classics,
Cat: 56284
1959Renata Scotto,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Ettore Bastianini,
Ivo Vinco		Nino Sanzogno,
Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus		Mercury Living Presence,
Cat: SR2-9008
1959Joan Sutherland,
Joao Gibin,
John Shaw,
Joseph Rouleau		Tullio Serafin,
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,
Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus		Golden Melodram,
Cat:
1961Joan Sutherland,
Renato Cioni,
Robert Merrill,
Cesare Siepi		John Pritchard,
Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra, Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus		Decca,
Cat: 467688
1965Anna Moffo,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Mario Sereni,
Ezio Flagello		Georges Prêtre,
RCA Italiana Opera Chorus and Orchestra		LP: RCA Victor Red Seal
Cat: LSC-6170
CD: RCA Red Seal
Cat: 88875073472
1970Beverly Sills,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Piero Cappuccilli,
Justino Díaz		Thomas Schippers,
London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus		Deutsche Grammophon,
Cat: 471250
1971Joan Sutherland,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Sherrill Milnes,
Nicolai Ghiaurov		Richard Bonynge,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden		Decca,
Cat: 4101932
1976Montserrat Caballé,
José Carreras,
Vicente Sardinero,
Samuel Ramey		Jesús López-Cobos,
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus		Philips Classics,
Cat: 470421
1983June Anderson,
Alfredo Kraus,
Lorenzo Saccomani,
Agostino Ferrin		Gianluigi Gelmetti,
Teatro Comunale Florence Orchestra and chorus		LS,
Cat: 1117
1983Edita Gruberová,
Alfredo Kraus,
Renato Bruson,
Robert Lloyd		Nicola Rescigno,
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus		EMI Classics,
Cat: 64622
1990Cheryl Studer,
Plácido Domingo,
Juan Pons,
Samuel Ramey		Ion Marin,
London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus		Deutsche Grammophon,
Cat: 435309
1997Andrea Rost,
Bruce Ford,
Anthony Michaels-Moore,
Alastair Miles		Charles Mackerras,
Hanover Band, London Voices		Sony,
Cat: 63174
2014Diana Damrau,
Joseph Calleja,
Ludovic Tézier,
Nicolas Testé		Jesus Lopez-Cobos,
Bayerische Staatsoper orchestra and chorus		CD:Erato Records
Cat:2564621901

Original Italian version, 1835: video recordings

YearCast
(Lucia, Edgardo,
Enrico, Raimondo)		Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra		Label
1967 Bruno Bartoletti,
NHK Symphony Orchestra
(recorded live in September) 		DVD: VAI,
Cat: 4418[2]
1971Anna Moffo,
Lajos Kozma,
Giulio Fioravanti,
Paolo Washington 		Carlo Felice Cillario,
RAI Chorus and Rome Symphony Orchestra 		DVD: VAI,
Cat: DVD 4211
1982Joan Sutherland,
Alfredo Kraus,
Pablo Elvira,
Paul Plishka		Richard Bonynge,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus 		DVD: Deutsche Grammophon,
Cat: 073 4109
1986Joan Sutherland,
Richard Greager,
Malcolm Donnelly,
Clifford Grant		Richard Bonynge, Australian Opera,
Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra and Australian Opera Chorus		DVD: Image Entertainment,
Cat: 5789RA
1992Mariella Devia,
Vincenzo La Scola,
Renato Bruson,
Carlo Colombara		Stefano Ranzani, La Scala,
Milan, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus		DVD: Opus Arte,
Cat: OA 3001
2006Desirée Rancatore,
Roberto De Biasio,
Luca Grassi,
Enrico Giuseppe Iori		Antonino Fogliani,
Teatro Donizetti,
Orchestra and Chorus Bergamo Musica Festival "G.Donizetti"		DVD: Dynamic,
Cat: 33535
2017Diana Damrau,
Charles Castronovo,
Ludovic Tézier,
Kwangchul Youn		Daniel Oren,
The Royal Opera orchestra and chorus
Katie Mitchell, stage director		DVD:Erato Records
Cat:9029579205

Revised French version, 1839: audio recordings

YearCast
(Lucia, Edgardo,
Enrico, Raimondo)		Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra		Label
1997Patrizia Ciofi,
Alexandru Badea,
Nicolas Rivenq,
Jae-Jun Lee		Maurizio Benini,
Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia & Bratislawa Chamber Choir		Dynamic,
Cat: CDS204/1-2
2002Natalie Dessay,
Marcelo Álvarez,
Ludovic Tézier,
Nicolas Cavallier		Evelino Pidò,
Orchestre et Chœur de l'Opéra National de Lyon		Celestial Audio,
Cat: CA 341
2002Natalie Dessay,
Roberto Alagna,
Ludovic Tézier,
Nicolas Cavallier		Evelino Pidò,
Orchestre et Chœur de l'Opéra National de Lyon		EMI Classics,
Cat: 4354552823

References

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Notes and References

  1. http://operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLDOLUCI.HTM Recordings source for Lucia
  2. 1967 Scotto/Bergonzi DVD recording details are from the cover and insert of VAI DVD 4418 issued 2007.

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