This is a partial discography of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Aida. It was first performed at the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo on December 24, 1871. __TOC__ Audio recordings YearCast(Aida, Amneris, Radamès,Amonasro, Ramfis)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabelRecordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/Notes1906-1907Vittoria ColombatiOrazio CosentinoGiovanni NovelliAlfredo BrondiCarlo SabajnoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusLP: ZonophoneCat: 12664/78Cat: 24017Cat: 24019/251912Lya RemondiniFanny AnitúaGiuseppe ArmaniniCesare FormichiVincenzo BettoniThese roles are also sung by other singers"Aida by Giuseppe Verdi 1912". operadis-opera-discography.org.uksite. Retrieved 18 August 2018Conductor unknownOrchestra Sinfonica e Coro LP: Columbia DCat: 4486-4502LP: ColumbiaCat: 5558-55741919Valentina BartolomasiRosita PaganiEnrico TrentiniAdolfo PaciniGuido FernandezCarlo SabajnoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusLP: Società Nazionale del GrammofonoCat: S 5150-51801928Maria CapuanaAroldo LindiArmando BorgioliTancredi PaseroLorenzo MolajoliTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus CD: ArkadiaCat: 780441928Dusolina GianniniIrene Minghini-CattaneoAureliano PertileGiovanni InghilleriLuigi ManfriniCarlo SabajnoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus CD: RomophoneCat: 89004-21946Maria CanigliaEbe StignaniBeniamino GigliGino BechiTancredi PaseroTullio SerafinTeatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 674871949Herva NelliEva GustavsonRichard TuckerGiuseppe ValdengoNorman ScottArturo Toscanini,NBC Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale(Concert performance, recorded live, 26 March and 2 April 1949)LP: RCA Victrola VICS-6113(e) CD: RCA VictorCat: 67893(see video below)1951Maria CallasOralia DomínguezMario Del MonacoGiuseppe TaddeiRoberto SilvaOliviero De FabritiisPalacio de Bellas Artes orchestra and chorusCallas interpolates an E at the and of act 2, "Gloria all'Egitto""Verdi: Aida (1951 – Mexico City) – Callas Live Remastered", Warner ClassicsCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 626781952Renata TebaldiEbe StignaniMario Del MonacoAldo ProttiDario CaselliAlberto EredeAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorusCD: DeccaCat: 440239Naxos HistoricalCat: 8.110129-30Source: Naxos Catalogue 8.110129-301953Maria CallasGiulietta SimionatoKurt BaumJess WaltersGiulio NeriJohn BarbirolliRoyal Opera House orchestra and chorusCD: Testament Cat: SBT2 1355Myto Cat: MCD00242Legato Classics Cat: LCD-187-21955Mary Curtis VernaOralia DomínguezUmberto BorsòNorman ScottFranco CapuanaLa Fenice orchestra and chorusCD: RemmingtonCat: 200271955Maria CallasFedora BarbieriRichard TuckerTito GobbiGiuseppe ModestiTullio SerafinTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 563162CD: Naxos HistoricalCat: 8.111240-41Source: Naxos Catalogue 8.111240-411955Zinka MilanovFedora BarbieriJussi BjörlingLeonard WarrenBoris ChristoffJonel PerleaTeatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorusLP: RCA Victrola Cat: VIC-6119 CD: RCA Red SealCat: 88837290021956 Antonietta StellaGiulietta SimionatoGiuseppe Di StefanoGiangiacomo GuelfiNicola ZaccariaAntonino VottoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus CD: Great Opera PerformancesCat: GOP663531956 Mary Curtis VernaFranco CorelliMiriam PirazziniGiangiacomo GuelfiGiulio NeriAngelo QuestaRAI orchestra and chorus CD: CetraCat: 6621181958?Anna de Cavalieri,Ira Malaniuk,Aldo Bertocci,Scipio Colombo,Paolo DariErnesto Barbini,Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Orchestra & ChorusLP: MMSAida, MMS. .Digital audio:Various platformsGallica catalog entry.1959Renata TebaldiGiulietta SimionatoCarlo BergonziCornell MacNeilArnold van MillHerbert von KarajanVienna Philharmonic orchestraVienna Friends of Music Society chorusCD: DeccaCat: DEC 28946702321962Leontyne PriceRita GorrJon VickersRobert MerrillGiorgio TozziGeorg SoltiTeatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus(1963 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording)LP: RCA Victor,Cat: LSC-6158CD: DeccaCat: 46076521963Leontyne PriceGiulietta SimionatoDimiter UzunovEttore BastianiniWalter KreppelLovro von MatačićVienna State Opera orchestra and chorus3 x LP: ElectrecordCat: ELE 02966Cat: ELE 02967Cat: ELE 029681966 Leyla GencerFiorenza CossottoCarlo BergonziAnselmo ColzaniBonaldo GiaiottiFranco CapuanaVerona Arena orchestra and chorusCD: Giuseppe di StefanoCat: GDS 210321967Birgit NilssonGrace BumbryFranco CorelliMario SereniBonaldo GiaiottiZubin MehtaTeatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 586451970Leontyne PriceGrace BumbryPlácido DomingoSherrill MilnesRuggero RaimondiErich LeinsdorfLondon Symphony OrchestraJohn Alldis choirLP: RCA Red Seal Cat: LSC-3275 CD: RCA Red SealCat: 889854348521972 Martina ArroyoFiorenza CossottoPlácido DomingoPiero CappuccilliNicolai Ghiaurov Claudio AbbadoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusAudio CD: Opera d'OroCat: 70021973 Gwyneth JonesViorica CortezPlácido DomingoEugene HolmesBonaldo GiaiottiRiccardo MutiVienna State Opera orchestra and chorus Audio CD: BellaVoceCat: BLV 107.2091974Montserrat CaballéFiorenza CossottoPlácido DomingoPiero CappuccilliNicolai GhiaurovRiccardo MutiPhilharmonia OrchestraRoyal Opera House chorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 56761321976Leontyne PriceMarilyn HornePlácido DomingoCornell MacNeilBonaldo GiaiottiJames LevineMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusStreaming audio:Met Opera on DemandAida (6 March 1976), Met Opera on Demand.1979Mirella FreniAgnes BaltsaJosé CarrerasPiero CappuccilliRuggero RaimondiHerbert von KarajanVienna Philharmonic OrchestraVienna State Opera chorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 818771982Júlia VáradyStefania ToczyskaLuciano PavarottiDietrich Fischer-DieskauMatti SalminenDaniel BarenboimDeutsche Oper Berlin orchestra and chorusCD: PontoCat: PO-10281983Katia RicciarelliElena ObraztsovaPlácido DomingoLeo NucciNicolai GhiaurovClaudio AbbadoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 41009221986Maria ChiaraGhena DimitrovaLuciano PavarottiLeo NucciPaata BurchuladzeLorin MaazelTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: DeccaCat: 4174391991 Aprile MilloDolora ZajickPlácido DomingoJames MorrisSamuel RameyJames LevineMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusCD: SonyCat: 886975277221994Maria DragoniBarbara DeverKristján JóhannssonMark RuckerFrancesco Ellero d'ArtegnaRico SaccaniRTÉ National Symphony OrchestraCD: NaxosCat: 8660033-34 2001Cristina Gallardo-DomâsOlga BorodinaVincenzo La ScolaThomas HampsonMatti SalminenNikolaus HarnoncourtVienna Philharmonic OrchestraArnold Schoenberg ChoirCD: TeldecCat: 854022015Anja Harteros,Ekaterina Semenchuk,Jonas Kaufmann,Ludovic Tézier,Erwin SchrottAntonio Pappano,Accademia di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorusCD: Warner ClassicsCat:2564610663
Video recordings
YearCast(Aida, Amneris, Radamès,Amonasro, Ramfis)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel1949Herva NelliEva GustavsonRichard TuckerGiuseppe ValdengoNorman ScottArturo Toscanini,NBC Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale(Concert performance, recorded live, 26 March and 2 April 1949)DVD: TestamentCat: SBDVD1005(see audio above) 1961Gabriella TucciGiulietta SimionatoMario Del MonacoAldo ProttiPaolo WashingtonFranco CapuanaNHK Symphony Orchestra(Recorded in Tokyo)Video Artists Int'lCat: DVDVAI4420 1966Leyla GencerFiorenza CossottoCarlo BergonziAnselmo ColzaniBonaldo Giaiotti,Franco CapuanaVerona Arena orchestra and chorus(Recorded on 3 August 1966)Hardy ClassicCat: HCD 4010 1981Margaret PriceStefania ToczyskaLuciano PavarottiSimon EstesKurt RydlGarcia NavarroSan Francisco Opera orchestra and chorusKultur InternationalCat: 3984 22366 2 1986Maria ChiaraGhena DimitrovaLuciano PavarottiJuan PonsNicolai GhiaurovLorin MaazelTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusImage EntertainmentCat: 0014381578522Arthaus MusikCat: 100059 1989Aprile MilloDolora ZajickPlácido DomingoSherrill MilnesPaata BurchuladzeJames LevineMetropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet(Production: Sonja Frisell; recorded live, 7 October)Streaming video:Met Opera on DemandAida, 7 October 1989, Met Opera on Demand; Met Opera DB, CID:298120DVD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 00440 073 0019 2001Adina AaronKate AldrichScott PiperGiuseppe GarraEnrico IoriMassimiliano StefanelliArturo Toscanini Philharmonic Orchestra(Production: Franco Zeffirelli; recorded live, 27 January, Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, Busseto)TDKCat: DV-AIDDBM 2004Norma FantiniIldikó KomlósiMarco BertiMark S. DossOrlin AnastassovKazushi ŌnoSymphony Orchestra and Choir of La MonnaieOpus ArteCat: B000FNUDW2 2006Nina Stemme,Luciana d'Intino,Salvatore Licitra,Juan Pons,Matti SalminenÁdám Fischer,Zurich Opera Orchestra & Chorus(Stage director: Nicolas Joel; recorded live, May)DVD:BelAir Classiques2006 Zurich, . DVD box states video was recorded in HD.Alan Blyth, "This profoundly satisfying presentation of Verdi's Aida now leads the field.", Gramophone, September 2007, p. 95. 2007Violeta UrmanaIldikó KomlósiRoberto AlagnaCarlo GuelfiGiorgio GiuseppiniRiccardo ChaillyTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus(Live recording December 2006)DeccaCat: 074 3209 2009Tatiana Serjan,Iano Tamar,Rubens Pelizzari,Iain Paterson,Tigran MartirossianCarlo Rizzi,Bregenz Festival, Vienna Symphony(Stage director: Graham Vick; recorded live, 24 July) Streaming video:Unitel ClassicaBregenz Festival, 2009, Naxos.Blu-ray: ArkivMusicJames Sohre (December 2010), "Aida at Bregenz Festival 2009", Opera Today. Retrieved 3 August 2025. 2012Olga Borodina,Roberto Alagna,George Gagnidze,Stefan KocánFabio Luisi,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, & Ballet(Producer: Sonja Frisell; recorded live, 15 December)HD video:Met Opera on DemandAida, 15 December 2012, Met Opera on Demand 2018Anna Netrebko,Anita Rachvelishvili,Aleksandrs Antoņenko,Quinn Kelsey,Dmitry BelosselskiyNicola Luisotti,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, & Ballet(Producer: Sonja Frisell; recorded live, 6 October)HD video:Met Opera on DemandAida, 6 October 2018, Met Opera on Demand. 2022Krassimira Stoyanova,Oksana Volkova,Francesco Meli,Quinn Kelsey,Georg ZeppenfeldChristian Thielemann,Semperoper, Dresden(Director: Katharina Thalbach; recorded live, March)Streaming video: ArteZoltán Szabo (17 March 2022), "Moving singing, but missed opportunities in Dresden's new Aida", bachtrack.com. Retrieved 3 August 2025. 2022Elena Stikhina,Agnieszka Rehlis,Francesco Meli,Ludovic Tézier,Soloman HowardAntonio Pappano,Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Royal Opera Chorus(Director: Robert Carsen; recorded live, 3, 6, and 12 October)Royal Ballet and Opera StreamAida (2022), Royal Ballet and Opera Stream.Blu-ray: Opus ArteCat: OABD7321D Royal Opera Aida (2022), Blu-ray, Naxos. 2025Angel Blue,Judit Kutasi,Piotr Beczała,Quinn Kelsey,Morris RobinsonYannick Nézet-Séguin,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, & Ballet(Producer: Michael Mayer; recorded live, 25 January)HD video:Met Opera on DemandAida, 25 January 2025, Met Opera on Demand.
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