Turandot discography

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

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

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]