Pagliacci discography

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

Year	Cast (Canio, Nedda, Tonio, Beppe, Silvio)	Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra	Label[1][2]
1907	Antonio Paoli, Giuseppina Huguet, Francesco Cigada, Gaetano Pini-Corsi, Ernesto Badini	Carlo Sabajno, Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	Audio CD: Bongiovanni Cat: GB 1120-2
1917	Luigi Bolis, Annita Conti, Giuseppe Montanelli	Carlo 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
1930	Francesco Merli, Rosetta Pampanini, Carlo Galeffi	Lorenzo Molajoli, Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	Audio CD: Preiser Records Cat: 20007
1934	Beniamino Gigli, Iva Pacetti, Mario Basiola	Franco Ghione, Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	Audio CD: Naxos Cat:8.110155
1948	Ramón Vinay, Florence Quartararo, Leonard Warren, Joseph Laderoute, Hugh Thompson	Giuseppe Antonicelli, Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	Audio CD: Guild Cat: 2291/2
1951	Richard Tucker, Lucine Amara, Giuseppe Valdengo	Fausto Cleva Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	Audio CD: Preiser Records Cat: 20030
1951	Carlo Bergonzi, Carla Gavazzi, Carlo Tagliabue	Alfredo Simonetto Italian Radio Symphony orchestra and chorus	Audio CD: Warner Fonit Cat: 8573 87272-2
1952	Mario del Monaco, Clara Petrella, Afro Poli	Alberto Erede Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus	Audio CD: Omega Opera Archive Cat: 1628
1953	Jussi Björling, Victoria de los Ángeles, Leonard Warren	Renato Cellini RCA Victor Orchestra Columbus Boys Choir Robert Shaw Chorale	LP: RCA Victor Cat: LM-6084 Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 0724356677821
1954	Franco Corelli, Lucine Amara, Tito Gobbi	Lovro von Matačić Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	LP: Angel Records Cat: 3618 B/L
1954	Giuseppe di Stefano, Maria Callas, Rolando Panerai	Tullio Serafin Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	Audio CD: Warner Classics Cat: 2564633991
1956	Giuseppe di Stefano, Clara Petrella, Aldo Protti	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	Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, Sherrill Milnes	Nello Santi London Symphony Orchestra and chorus	LP: RCA Red Seal Cat: LSC-7090 Audio CD: RCA Victor Cat: 74321 50168-2
1984	Plácido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Matteo Manuguerra	Ádám Fischer Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus	Audio CD: Orfeo Cat: C756081B
1992	Nicola Martinucci, Miriam Gauci, Eduard Tumagian	Alexander Rahbari Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra	Audio CD: Naxos Cat: 8.660021
1993	Luciano Pavarotti, Daniela Dessi, Juan Pons, Paolo Coni	Riccardo Muti, The Philadelphia Orchestra	Audio CD: Philips Digital Classics Cat: 438 132-2
1999	José Cura, Barbara Frittoli, Carlos Álvarez	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

Year	Cast (Canio, Nedda, Tonio)	Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra	Label[1][2]
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	Franco Corelli, Lucine Amara, Tito Gobbi	Lovro von Matačić Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 0077776396750
1967	James McCracken, Pilar Lorengar, Robert Merrill	Lamberto Gardelli, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus	CD: Decca Records Cat: 452 179-2
1969	Jon Vickers, Raina Kabaivanska, Peter Glossop	Herbert von Karajan, Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 0734389
1976	Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Ingvar Wixell	Giuseppe Patanè, National Philharmonic Orchestra and chorus	Audio CD: Decca Classics Cat: 00289 414 5902
1979	José Carreras, Renata Scotto, Kari Nurmela	Riccardo Muti Philharmonia Orchestra Ambrosian Opera Chorus,	Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 0777 7 63650 2 2; CDMB 63650; 7 63650 2[5]
1981	Plácido Domingo, Teresa Stratas, Juan Pons	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
2020	Aldo Di Toro Aurelia Florian Audun Iversen	Oksana Lyniv Graz Philharmonic Orchestra Oper Graz Chorus	CD: Oehms Classics Cat: OC 987

Paired with Puccini's Il tabarro

Year	Cast (Canio, Nedda, Tonio)	Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra	Label[1][2]
1994	Luciano Pavarotti, Teresa Stratas, Juan Pons	James Levine, Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 4024