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
1953 Jussi Björling,
Victoria de los Ángeles,
Leonard Warren		 Renato Cellini
RCA Victor Orchestra and chorus		 Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 0724358565027
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

References

  1. ^ a b c "CLLEPAGL.HTM". Operadis-opera-discography.org.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Note: "Cat:" is short for catalogue number by the label company.
  3. ^ Pagliacci, 2019, Dynamic.
  4. ^ Pagliacci video, 2021, Lyric Opera of Chicago.
  5. ^ "Mascagni, Caballé, Carreras, Manuguerra, Leoncavallo, Scotto, Nurmela, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti – Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci (1998, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 31 December 2021.