This is a list of audio and video recordings (discography) of Giacomo Puccini's 1926 Italian opera Turandot. The first recorded extracts were made in Dresden in 1926 with Anne Roselle and Paul Schöffler and Fritz Busch conducting the Dresden Staatskapelle.Matthew-Walker, Robert. Fritz Busch: The Complete Dresden Recordings (review). Classic Record Collector, Spring 2009, No.56, p.74-76.
Audio recordings YearCast(Turandot, Calaf,Liù, Timur)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel Recordings of Turandot on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk1938 Gina Cigna,Francesco Merli,Magda Olivero,Luciano NeroniFranco GhioneRAI National Symphony Orchestra and chorus CD: Naxos Cat: 8.110193-94 1955Inge Borkh,Mario Del Monaco,Renata Tebaldi, Nicola ZaccariaAlberto EredeAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorusCD: DeccaCat: 4529641957Maria Callas,Eugenio Fernandi,Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,Nicola ZaccariaTullio SerafinTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 563071958Birgit Nilsson,Giuseppe Di Stefano,Rosanna Carteri,Giuseppe ModestiAntonio VottoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: ALLEGROCat: OPD-12561959Birgit Nilsson,Jussi Björling,Renata Tebaldi, Giorgio TozziErich LeinsdorfTeatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorusCD: RCA VictorCat: 090266268721961Birgit Nilsson,Franco Corelli,Anna Moffo,Bonaldo GiaiottiLeopold StokowskiMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(1961 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording)CD: Cantus Cat: CACD 5.01617 (released 2012)1964Birgit Nilsson,Franco Corelli,Galina Vishnevskaya, Nicola ZaccariaGianandrea Gavazzeni Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: The Opera LoversCat: TURA 196402 (1 CD)1965Birgit Nilsson,Franco Corelli,Renata Scotto,Bonaldo GiaiottiFrancesco Molinari-PradelliTeatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorusCD: EMI Classics Cat: 0777769327291970George Mircea, Maria Slatinaru, Octav Enigarescu, Valentin Teodorian, Carol LitvinRomanian Radio Symphony orchestra Romanian Radio/TV chorus CD: Vox Box Cat: 5160 1972Joan Sutherland,Luciano Pavarotti,Montserrat Caballé,Nicolai GhiaurovZubin MehtaLondon Philharmonic OrchestraJohn Alldis ChoirWandsworth School Boys ChoirCD: Decca Cat: 4142741977Montserrat Caballé,José Carreras,Mirella Freni, Paul PlishkaAlain LombardOrchestre philharmonique de StrasbourgRhine Opera chorus Maitrise de la Cathedrale de StrasbourgCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 65293 1977Montserrat Caballé,Luciano Pavarotti,Leona Mitchell,Giorgio TozziRiccardo ChaillySan Francisco Opera orchestra and chorusCD: Gala Cat: GL 100.5341981Katia Ricciarelli,Plácido Domingo,Barbara Hendricks,Ruggero RaimondiHerbert von KarajanVienna State Opera orchestra and chorus Vienna SängerknabenCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 4238551984Éva Marton,José Carreras,Katia Ricciarelli, Kurt RydlLorin MaazelVienna Philharmonic Vienna State Opera chorusCD: CBS MasterworksCat: M2J391601989Ghena Dimitrova,Nicola Martinucci,Cecilia Gasdia,Roberto ScandiuzziDaniel OrenOrchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale dell'Opera di GenovaCD: Nuova EraCat: 6786/87 2001Giovanna Casolla,Lando Bartolini,Masako Deguci,Felipe BouAlexander RahbariMalaga Philharmonic OrchestraChoral Society of BilbaoCD: Naxos8.660089-902022Sondra RadvanovskyJonas KaufmannErmonela JahoMichele PertusiAntonio PappanoOrchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and chorus(Uses the original ending by Franco Alfano.Mark Pullinger, , Gramophone, March 2024, p. 20.)CD: Warner Classics
Video recordings YearCast(Turandot, Calaf,Liù, Timur)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraStage directorLabel1958 Lucilla Udovich,Franco Corelli,Renata Mattioli,Plinio Clabassi Fernando Previtali,RAI Milan Orchestra & Chorus Mario Lanfranchi DVD: VAICat: 4300DVD: Premiere OperaCat: 5413 1969 Birgit Nilsson,Gianfranco Cecchele, Gabriella Tucci,Boris Carmeli Georges Prêtre, RAI National Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Margherita Wallman DVD: Encore, Cat: 2116VHS: Legato Classics Cat: LCV 011VHS: Bel Canto Society Cat: 545 1983 Ghena Dimitrova,Nicola Martinucci, Cecilia Gasdia,Ivo Vinco , Arena di Verona Orchestra & Chorus Giuliano Montaldo VHS: Castle VisionCat: CVI 2004 1983 Éva Marton, José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, John-Paul Bogart Lorin Maazel, Vienna State Opera Orchestra & Chorus Harold Prince DVD: Arthaus Musik 109094Blu-ray: Arthaus Musik 109095 1987 Éva Marton,Plácido Domingo, Leona Mitchell,Paul Plishka James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus Franco Zeffirelli DVD: DGGCat: 00440 073 0589Streaming video:Met Opera on DemandTurandot, 4 April 1987, Met Opera on Demand; CID: 287950, Met Opera DB. 1994 Éva Marton, Michael Sylvester, Lucia Mazzaria, Kevin Langan Donald Runnicles,San Francisco Opera Orchestra & Orchestra(Set designer: David Hockney) Peter McClintock DVD: Arthaus Musik 100089 1998 Giovanna Casolla, Sergej Larin, Barbara Frittoli, Carlo Colombara Zubin MehtaMaggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorus Zhang Yimou DVD: RCA Red Seal 74321-60917-2 2002 Gabriele Schnaut,Johan Botha,,Paata Burchuladze Valery GergievVienna 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 ClassicaCat: A9 3001747Blu-ray: C MajorCat: 700308“Blu-ray C-Major”. prestomusic.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020 2009 Maria Guleghina, Marcello Giordani, Marina Poplavskaya, Samuel Ramey Andris NelsonsMetropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus Franco Zeffirelli DVD: Decca 0743426 2015 Nina Stemme, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Maria Agresta,Alexander Tsymbalyuk Riccardo Chailly Teatro alla Scala(Completed by Luciano Berio) 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 2020Iréne Theorin,Gregory Kunde, Yolanda Auyanet,Andrea MastroniNicola LuisottiTeatro Real orchestra and chorus Robert Wilson DVD:Bel Air Classiques Cat:BAC570 2023 Asmik Grigorian,Jonas Kaufmann,Kristina Mkhitaryan,Dan Paul DumitrescuMarco Armiliato,Vienna State Opera Orchestra & Chorus(Recorded live, 10 & 13 December,"Puccini's Turandot with Grigorian, Kaufmann, Mkhitaryan and Dumitrescu from Vienna", World Concert Hall. with the original ending by Franco Alfano.) Claus Guth 4K UHD:C-Major/UnitelA04050352Turandot, December 2023, Vienna: C-Major; medici.tv; Carnegie Hall+.
References
External links Discog database of Turandot recordings