Pagliacci discography explained

This is a partial discography of Pagliacci, an opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo which premiered at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan on May 21, 1892 conducted by Arturo Toscanini.

Stand-alone recordings

YearCast
(Canio, Nedda, Tonio, Beppe, Silvio)
Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra
Label[1] [2]
1907Carlo Sabajno,
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
Audio CD: Bongiovanni
Cat: GB 1120-2
1917Carlo Sabajno,
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
LP: La voce del padrone
Cat: S 5522-S 5536; R 5535-R 5537
Audio CD: Mike Richter "Audio Encyclopedia"
Cat: 301
1930Lorenzo Molajoli,
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
Audio CD: Preiser Records
Cat: 20007
1934Franco Ghione,
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
Audio CD: Naxos
Cat:8.110155
1948Ramón Vinay,
Florence Quartararo,
Leonard Warren,
Joseph Laderoute,
Hugh Thompson
Giuseppe Antonicelli,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
Audio CD: Guild
Cat: 2291/2
1951 Fausto Cleva
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
Audio CD: Preiser Records
Cat: 20030
1951 Alfredo Simonetto
Italian Radio Symphony orchestra and chorus
Audio CD: Warner Fonit
Cat: 8573 87272-2
1952 Alberto Erede
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus
Audio CD: Omega Opera Archive
Cat: 1628
1953 Renato Cellini
RCA Victor Orchestra
Columbus Boys Choir
Robert Shaw Chorale
LP: RCA Victor
Cat: LM-6084
Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 0724356677821
1953 Renato Cellini
RCA Victor Orchestra and chorus
Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 0724358565027
1954 Lovro von Matačić
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
LP: Angel Records
Cat: 3618 B/L
1954 Tullio Serafin
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
Audio CD: Warner Classics
Cat: 2564633991
1956 Nino Sanzogno
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (live recording)
Audio CD: Myto
Cat: 8014399501088
1965 Carlo Bergonzi,
Joan Carlyle,
Giuseppe Taddei
Herbert von Karajan,
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 449 727-2
1971 Nello Santi
London Symphony Orchestra and chorus
LP: RCA Red Seal
Cat: LSC-7090
Audio CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 74321 50168-2
1984 Ádám Fischer
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus
Audio CD: Orfeo
Cat: C756081B
1992 Alexander Rahbari
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Audio CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.660021
1993 Luciano Pavarotti,
Daniela Dessi,
Juan Pons,
Paolo Coni
Audio CD: Philips Digital Classics
Cat: 438 132-2
1999 Riccardo Chailly
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Audio CD: Decca Records
Cat: 467 086-2
2019 Devid Cecconi,
Leon Kim,
Matteo Mezzaro,
Valeria Sepe,
Angelo Villari
Valerio Galli,
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Blu-ray: Dynamic[3]
EAN 8007144578633
2021 Russell Thomas,
Ailyn Pérez,
Quinn Kelsey,
Eric Ferring,
Lucas Meachem
Enrique Mazzola,
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Streaming HD video:
Lyric Opera of Chicago[4]

Paired with Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana

YearCast
(Canio, Nedda, Tonio)
Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra
Label
1929 Alessandro Valente,
Adelaide Saraceni,
Apollo Granforte
Carlo Sabajno,
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
Phonograph
Cat: PH 5066/67
1954 Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Maria Callas,
Tito Gobbi
Tullio Serafin,
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 0724358683028
1960 Lovro von Matačić
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 0077776396750
1967 Lamberto Gardelli,
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus
CD: Decca Records
Cat: 452 179-2
1969 Herbert von Karajan,
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 0734389
1976 Giuseppe Patanè,
National Philharmonic Orchestra and chorus
Audio CD: Decca Classics
Cat: 00289 414 5902
1979 Riccardo Muti
Philharmonia Orchestra
Ambrosian Opera Chorus,
Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 0777 7 63650 2 2; CDMB 63650; 7 63650 2[5]
1981 Georges Prêtre
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
(Film - directed by Franco Zeffirelli)
Audio CD: Philips
Cat: 411484-2 /4542652,
Audio CD: Decca
Cat: 894705702,
DVD: Philips
Cat: 070 428-9,
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 0044007 34033
2007 Andrea Bocelli,
Ana María Martínez,
Stefano Antonucci,
Francesco Piccoli,
Roberto Accurso
Steven Mercurio
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo Bellini di Carana
Coro di voci bianche "Gaudeamus igitur" Concentus
Audio CD: Sugar SRL
Cat: 39 02 77070 1
2020Aldo Di Toro
Aurelia Florian
Audun Iversen
Oksana Lyniv
Graz Philharmonic Orchestra
Oper Graz Chorus
CD: Oehms Classics
Cat: OC 987

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CLLEPAGL.HTM. Operadis-opera-discography.org.uk. 31 December 2021.
  2. Note: "Cat:" is short for catalogue number by the label company.
  3. https://www.dynamic.it/product_info.php?products_id=3887 Pagliacci, 2019
  4. https://www.lyricopera.org/shows/upcoming/2020-21/pagliacci/ Pagliacci video, 2021
  5. Web site: Mascagni, Caballé, Carreras, Manuguerra, Leoncavallo, Scotto, Nurmela, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti – Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci (1998, CD). 31 December 2021. Discogs.com.