This is a discography of Tosca, an opera by Giacomo Puccini. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. Tosca has been one of the most frequently recorded operas, dating back to a nearly complete acoustical recording in 1918.
Audio YearCast(Tosca, Cavaradossi,Scarpia)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabelRecordings of Tosca on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk1918Lya Remondini,Carlo Broccardi,Dario ZaniCarlo SabajnoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus78rpm: La voce del padroneCat: S5584-S5606 (even numbered, 12 discs)1919Valentina Bartolomasi,Attilio Salvaneschi,Adolfo PaciniCarlo SabajnoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus(Recorded by His Master's Voice)78 RPM: Società Nazionale del GrammofonoCat: S5701- S5724 (16 discs)1929Carmen Melis,Piero Pauli,Apollo GranforteCarlo SabajnoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus(Recorded by His Master's Voice)CD: ArkadiaCat: 780021929Bianca Scacciati,Alessandro Granda,Enrico MolinariLorenzo MolajoliTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus78rpm: Columbia RecordsCat: D14594 – D14607 (14 discs)33rpm LP: Columbia (UK)Cat: EL-41932Ninon Vallin,Enrico Di Mazzei,Arthur EndrèzeGustave CloëzParis Opéra Comique orchestra and chorus,(Performed in French; abridged)78 rpm: OdéonCat: 123.810-16 (7 discs)1938Maria Caniglia,Beniamino Gigli,Armando BorgioliOliviero De FabritiisTeatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus(Recorded by His Master's Voice)CD: ArkadiaCat: 780251942Grace Moore,Frederick Jagel,Sándor SvédEttore PanizzaMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(Recording of a performance on 7 February 1942)CD: BensarCat: OL 27421944Grace Moore,Charles Kullman,Sándor SvédCesare SoderoMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(Recording of a performance on 8 April 1944)CD: Omega Opera ArchiveCat: 12191944Hildegard Ranczak,Helge Rosvaenge,Georg HannLeopold LudwigBerlin Radio orchestra and chorus,(Performed in German)CD: PreiserCat: 902101946Grace Moore,Jan Peerce,Lawrence Tibbett Cesare SoderoMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(Recording of a performance on 9 February 1946) CD: Myto RecordsCat: MCD 942 981950Maria Callas,Mario Filippeschi,Robert WeedeUmberto MugnaiPalacio de Bellas Artes orchestra and chorus(Recording of a performance on 8 June 1950)CD: ArkadiaCat: GA 20471951Simona Dall'Argine,Nino Scattolini,Scipio ColomboArgeo QuadriVienna State Opera orchestraVienna Chamber choir(Recorded by Westminster)CD: Preiser RecordsCat: 200241951Adriana Guerrini,Gianni Poggi,Paolo SilveriFrancesco Molinari-PradelliRAI orchestra and chorus(Recorded by Cetra)CD: Warner FonitCat: 5046 63305-21951Vera Petrova,Eddy Ruhl,Piero CampolonghiEmilio TieriMaggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorus33rpm LP: RemingtonCat: 199-621952Renata Tebaldi,Giuseppe Campora,Enzo MascheriniAlberto EredeAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus(Recorded by Decca)CD: PearlCat: 1991952Maria Callas,Giuseppe Di Stefano,Piero CampolonghiGuido PiccoPalacio de Bellas Artes orchestra and chorus(Recording of a performance on 1 July 1952)CD: ArchipelCat: OO491953Maria Callas,Giuseppe Di Stefano,Tito GobbiVictor de SabataTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: EMI ClassicsThis recording has been described as the best selling opera of all time. Opera: An Encyclopedia of World Premieres and Significant Performances, Singers, Composers, Librettists, Arias and Conductors, 1597–2000, Franklin Mesa (2007), p. 85: "His 1952 performance on EMI of Tosca with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano and Tito Gobbi remains the best-selling opera recording of all time."Cat: 5628901953Carla Martinis,Rudolf Schock,Josef MetternichWilhelm SchüchterNDR Hamburg orchestra and chorus(Performed in German)CD: ReliefCat: CR 19051955Gigliola Frazzoni,Ferruccio Tagliavini,Giangiacomo GuelfiArturo BasileOrchestra sinfonica di Torino della RAICD: Warner FonitCat: 8573 87479-21956Renata Tebaldi,Richard Tucker,Leonard Warren Dimitri MitropoulosMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(Recording of a performance on 7 January 1956)CD: AndromedaCat: ANDRCD 90011957Licia Albanese,Daniele Barioni,Leonard WarrenDimitri MitropoulosMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(Recording of a performance on 23 March 1957)CD: WalhallCat: WLCD03281957Dorothy Kirsten,Daniele Barioni,Frank GuarreraDimitri MitropoulosMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(abridged)(Recorded by Metropolitan Opera Record Club)CD: Premiere Opera Ltd.Cat: CDNO 446-2 (1 CD)1957Zinka Milanov,Jussi Björling,Leonard WarrenErich LeinsdorfTeatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorusCD: RCA VictorCat: 09026-63305-21957Zinka Milanov,Franco Corelli,Giangiacomo GuelfiAlexander GibsonRoyal Opera House orchestra and chorus(Recording of a performance on 1 July 1957)CD: Royal Opera House Heritage SeriesCat: ROH S 51957Antonietta Stella,Gianni Poggi,Giuseppe TaddeiTullio SerafinTeatro di San Carlo orchestra and chorus(Recorded by Philips Records)CD: Live Opera Heaven Ltd.Cat: C 13711957Magda Olivero,Eugenio Fernandi,Scipio ColomboEmidio TieriOrchestra sinfonica di Milano della RAICD: Opera DepotCat: 11066-21959Renata Tebaldi,Mario Del Monaco,George LondonFrancesco Molinari-PradelliAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorusCD: DeccaCat: 10645021959 Renata Tebaldi,Franco Corelli,Anselmo ColzaniMario ParentiOrchestra del Comitato Estate Livornese(Recording of a performance on October 21, 1959)CD: UraniaCat: URN223691959 Renata Tebaldi,Giuseppe Di Stefano,Tito GobbiGianandrea GavazzeniTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus(Recording of a performance in December 1959)CD: Opera d'OroCat: OPD 11621960 Magda Olivero,Alvinio Misciano,Giulio FioravantiFulvio VernizziOrchestra sinfonica di Torino della RAI(Recording of a performance on 7 March 1960)CD: MelodramCat: MEL 270251960Jane Rhodes,Albert Lance,Gabriel BacquierManuel RosenthalParis Opera orchestra and chorus(Performed in French)33rpm LP: VégaCat: 28017-91960Stefania Woytowicz,Sándor Kónya,Kim BorgHorst SteinBerlin State Opera orchestra and chorus(Performed in German)(Recorded by Deutsche Grammophon)CD: Berlin ClassicsCat: 0091172BC1962Leontyne Price,Franco Corelli,Cornell MacNeilKurt AdlerMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(Recording of a performance on 2 April 1962)CD: SonyCat: 804681962Leontyne Price,Giuseppe Di Stefano,Giuseppe TaddeiHerbert von KarajanVienna PhilharmonicVienna State Opera chorus(Recorded by Decca for RCA)CD:DeccaCat: 421 670-21964Maria Callas,Carlo Bergonzi,Tito GobbiGeorges PrêtreConservatoire de Paris orchestraParis Opera chorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: CMS 7 69974-21964Maria Callas,Renato Cioni,Tito GobbiCarlo Felice CillarioOrchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden(Recording of a performance on 24 January 1964)CD: EMI ClassicsCat: DVA 4 92851 91964Tamara Milashkina,Zurab Andjaparidze,Oleg KlenovYevgeny SvetlanovUSSR State Symphony orchestra and chorus(Recorded by Melodiya)CD: Classical Records (Russia)Cat: CR-0241965Maria Callas,Franco Corelli,Tito GobbiFausto ClevaMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(Recording of a performance on 19 March 1965)CD: MelodramCat: MEL 260301965Maria Callas,Richard Tucker,Tito GobbiFausto ClevaMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(Recording of a performance on 25 March 1965)CD: MelodramCat.: CDM 260351965Maria Callas,Renato Cioni,Tito GobbiGeorges PrêtreOrchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden(Recording of a performance on 5 July 1965)CD: Divina RecordsCat: DVN 21966Birgit Nilsson,Franco Corelli,Dietrich Fischer-DieskauLorin MaazelAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorusCD: DeccaCat: 440 051-21972Leontyne Price,Plácido Domingo,Sherrill MilnesZubin MehtaNew Philharmonia OrchestraJohn Alldis ChoirWandsworth School Boys' ChoirCD: RCA Red SealCat: RD 80151976Galina Vishnevskaya,Franco Bonisolli,Matteo ManuguerraMstislav RostropovichFrench National OrchestraFrench National Radio chorusCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 477 559 91976Montserrat Caballé,José Carreras,Ingvar WixellColin DavisRoyal Opera House orchestra and chorusCD: Philips RecordsCat: 4383591976Tamara Milashkina,Vladimir Atlantov,Yuri MazurokMark ErmlerBolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorusLP: MelodiyaCat: C10 8431/61977Virginia Zeani,Corneliu Fanateanu,Nicolae HerleaCornel TrailescuRomanian National Opera orchestra and chorus(Recorded by Electrecord)CD: World of the Opera Cat: 52571978Mirella Freni,Luciano Pavarotti,Sherrill MilnesNicola RescignoNational Philharmonic OrchestraLondon Opera chorusWandsworth School Boys' ChoirCD: DeccaCat: 4140361979Katia Ricciarelli,José Carreras,Ruggero RaimondiHerbert von KarajanBerlin PhilharmonicBerlin State Opera chorus,Schöneberger SängerknabenCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 41381521980Renata Scotto,Plácido Domingo,Renato BrusonJames LevinePhilharmonia OrchestraAmbrosian Opera chorusSt. Clement Danes School choirCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 665041981Maria Bieshu,Mikhail Muntyanu,Yuri MazurokAlexander LazarevBolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorusLP: MelodiyaCat: С10 17403 0011984Laila Anderson-Palme,Rolf Björling,Erik SædénCarlo Felice CillarioOrchestra and Chorus of the Royal Swedish Opera(Recording of a performance on 20 September 1984)CD: SterlingCat: CDA1837/1838-21988Éva Marton,José Carreras,Juan PonsMichael Tilson ThomasHungarian State OrchestraHungarian State R/TV chorusCD: SonyCat: 0911751990Kiri Te Kanawa,Giacomo Aragall,Leo NucciGeorg SoltiNational Philharmonic OrchestraWelsh National Opera Chorus,Royal Opera House Children's chorusCD: DeccaCat: 4145971990Mirella Freni,Plácido Domingo,Samuel RameyGiuseppe SinopoliPhilharmonia OrchestraRoyal Opera House chorusCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 4317751990Nelly Miricioiu,Giorgio Lamberti,Silvano CarroliAlexander RahbariCzecho-Slovak Radio Symphony OrchestraSlovak Philharmonic chorusCD: NaxosCat: 8.660001-21990Raina Kabaivanska,Luciano Pavarotti,Ingvar WixellDaniel OrenRoyal Opera House orchestra and chorusCD: RCA Victor Red SealCat: 618061996Jane Eaglen,Dennis O'Neill,Gregory YurisichDavid ParryPhilharmonia OrchestraGeoffrey Mitchell Choir,Peter Kay Children's choir (performed in English)CD: Chandos RecordsCat: 30002000Angela Gheorghiu,Roberto Alagna,Ruggero RaimondiAntonio PappanoRoyal Opera House orchestra and chorusTiffin Boys' ChoirCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 571732000Maria Guleghina,Salvatore Licitra,Leo NucciRiccardo MutiTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: Sony Classical RecordsCat: S2K 892712001Fiorenza Cedolins,Andrea Bocelli,Carlo GuelfiZubin MehtaMaggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorusCD: DeccaCat: 4145972022Melody Moore,Ştefan Pop,Lester LynchCarlo MontanaroRundfunk-Sinfonieorchester BerlinCD: PentatoneCat: PTC 5187 0552024Vanessa Goikoetxea,Pietro Pretti,Alexey MarkovDaniele GattiMaggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorus(Recording of a performance on 4 June 2024)CD: NaxosCat: 8.660607-082024Eleonora Buratto,Jonathan Tetelmann,Ludovic TézierDaniel HardingAccademia Nazionale di Santa CeciliaCD: Deutsche GrammophonUPC: 00028948669974
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