Lucia di Lammermoor discography

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

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Year Cast
(Lucia, Edgardo,
Enrico, Raimondo)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label[1]
1929 Mercedes Capsir,
Enzo de Muro Lomanto,
Enrico Molinari,
Salvatore Baccaloni
Lorenzo Molajoli,
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan
Arkadia,
Cat: 78035
1939 Lina Pagliughi,
Giovanni Malipiero,
Giuseppe Manacchini,
Luciano Neroni
Ugo Tansini,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Italian Broadcasting Authority
Naxos,
Cat: 8.110150
1952 Maria 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
1953 Dolores Wilson,
Gianni Poggi,
Anselmo Colzani,
Silvio Maionica
Franco Capuana,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera di Milano
CD: Preiser Records,
Cat: 20032
1953 Maria Callas,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Tito Gobbi,
Raffaele Arié
Tullio Serafin,
Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra, Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus
EMI Classics,
Cat: 62764
1954 Maria 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
1955 Maria 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
1957 Roberta 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
1957 Leyla Gencer,
Giacinto Prandelli,
Nino Carta,
Antonio Massaria
Oliviero De Fabritiis,
Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi, Trieste, Orchestra and Chorus
Arkadia,
Cat:
1959 Maria Callas,
Ferruccio Tagliavini,
Piero Cappuccilli,
Bernard Ładysz
Tullio Serafin,
Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus
EMI Classics,
Cat: 56284
1959 Renata Scotto,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Ettore Bastianini,
Ivo Vinco
Nino Sanzogno,
Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus
Mercury Living Presence,
Cat: SR2-9008
1959 Joan Sutherland,
Joao Gibin,
John Shaw,
Joseph Rouleau
Tullio Serafin,
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,
Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus
Golden Melodram,
Cat:
1961 Joan Sutherland,
Renato Cioni,
Robert Merrill,
Cesare Siepi
John Pritchard,
Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra, Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus
Decca,
Cat: 467688
1965 Anna 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
1970 Beverly Sills,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Piero Cappuccilli,
Justino Díaz
Thomas Schippers,
London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Deutsche Grammophon,
Cat: 471250
1971 Joan Sutherland,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Sherrill Milnes,
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Richard Bonynge,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Decca,
Cat: 4101932
1976 Montserrat Caballé,
José Carreras,
Vicente Sardinero,
Samuel Ramey
Jesús López-Cobos,
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Philips Classics,
Cat: 470421
1983 June Anderson,
Alfredo Kraus,
Lorenzo Saccomani,
Agostino Ferrin
Gianluigi Gelmetti,
Teatro Comunale Florence Orchestra and chorus
LS,
Cat: 1117
1983 Edita Gruberová,
Alfredo Kraus,
Renato Bruson,
Robert Lloyd
Nicola Rescigno,
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus
EMI Classics,
Cat: 64622
1990 Cheryl Studer,
Plácido Domingo,
Juan Pons,
Samuel Ramey
Ion Marin,
London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Deutsche Grammophon,
Cat: 435309
1997 Andrea Rost,
Bruce Ford,
Anthony Michaels-Moore,
Alastair Miles
Charles Mackerras,
Hanover Band, London Voices
Sony,
Cat: 63174
2014 Diana 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

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Year Cast
(Lucia, Edgardo,
Enrico, Raimondo)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label[1]
1967 Renata Scotto,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Mario Zanasi [it],
Plinio Clabassi
Bruno Bartoletti,
NHK Symphony Orchestra
(recorded live in September)
DVD: VAI,
Cat: 4418[2]
1971 Anna Moffo,
Lajos Kozma,
Giulio Fioravanti,
Paolo Washington
Carlo Felice Cillario,
RAI Chorus and Rome Symphony Orchestra
DVD: VAI,
Cat: DVD 4211
1982 Joan Sutherland,
Alfredo Kraus,
Pablo Elvira,
Paul Plishka
Richard Bonynge,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon,
Cat: 073 4109
1986 Joan Sutherland,
Richard Greager,
Malcolm Donnelly,
Clifford Grant
Richard Bonynge, Australian Opera,
Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra and Australian Opera Chorus
DVD: Image Entertainment,
Cat: 5789RA
1992 Mariella 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
2006 Desirée 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
2017 Diana 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

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

Revised French version, 1839: video recordings

[edit]
Year Cast
(Lucia, Edgardo,
Enrico, Raimondo)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label[1]
2002 Patrizia Ciofi,
Roberto Alagna,
Ludovic Tézier,
Nicolas Cavallier
Evelino Pidò,
Orchestre et Chœur de l'Opéra National de Lyon
DVD Video: TDK,
Cat: DVWW OPLDLM

References

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Recordings source for Lucia on operadis-opera-discography.org
  2. ^ 1967 Scotto/Bergonzi DVD recording details are from the cover and insert of VAI DVD 4418 issued 2007.

Sources