This is a list of recordings of Macbeth, an opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The first performance of the work was on 14 March 1847 at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence. Verdi subsequently revised the work and the first performance of this version was on 21 April 1865 at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris.
Some recordingsThe 1976 Abbado version is one example. and some performances today incorporate both Macbeth's final aria before he dies (from the original version) and the revised version's ending with the soldiers' chorus.
1847 original version
YearCast(Macbeth,Lady Macbeth,Banco, Macduff)Conductor,opera house and orchestraLabelRecordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk 1978Peter Glossop,Rita Hunter,John Tomlinson,Kenneth Collins John MathesonBBC Concert Orchestra and BBC SingersCD: Opera RaraCat: ORCV 3012018Giovanni Meoni,Nadja Michael,Fabrizio Beggi,Giuseppe Valentino BuzzaFabio BiondiEuropa GalanteCD:Glossa MusicCat:GCD923411
1865 revised version
YearCast(Macbeth,Lady Macbeth,Macduff, Banco)Conductor,opera house and orchestraLabel 1947Francesco Valentino,Margherita Grandi,Walter Midgley,Italo Tajo Berthold GoldschmidtScottish Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus(Live recording from Edinburgh Festival, 27 August 1947) CD: Classical Recordings Quarterly EditionsCat: CRQ CD004-5 1951Ivan Petroff,Astrid Varnay,Gino Penno,Italo Tajo Vittorio GuiChorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Communale di Firenze(Live performance May 6) Operadepot-dot-comCat: CD-10939-2 1952Enzo Mascherini,Maria Callas,Gino Penno,Italo Tajo Victor de SabataLa Scala Chorus and Orchestra(Live recording of 7 Dec. performance) CD: MytoCat: MCD 063 H 115 1959Leonard Warren,Leonie Rysanek,Carlo Bergonzi,Jerome HinesErich LeinsdorfMetropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra LP: RCA VictrolaCat: VICS-6121CD: RCA VictorCat: 4516-2-RG 1960Giuseppe Taddei,Leyla Gencer,Mirto Picchi,Ferrucio MazzoliVittorio GuiTeatro Massimo Chorus and Orchestra CD: Great Opera Performances (GOP)Cat: B00HYKI61Y 1964 Giuseppe Taddei,Birgit Nilsson,Bruno Prevedi,Giovanni Foiani Thomas Schippers,Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra and Chorus CD: DeccaCat: 433 039-2 1970Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,Elena Souliotis,Luciano Pavarotti,Nicolai GhiaurovLamberto Gardelli,London Philharmonic Orchestra and Ambrosian Opera ChorusCD: DeccaCat: 440 048-2 1976 Piero Cappuccilli,Shirley Verrett,Plácido Domingo,Nicolai GhiaurovClaudio Abbado,Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla ScalaCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 449 732-2 1976Sherrill Milnes,Fiorenza Cossotto,José Carreras,Ruggero RaimondiRiccardo Muti,New Philharmonia Orchestra and Ambrosian Opera ChorusCD: EMICat: CMS 5 67128-21986Leo Nucci,Shirley Verrett,Veriano Luchetti,Samuel RameyRiccardo Chailly,Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra and ChorusCD: DeccaCat: 417 525-2DVD: Decca,Cat: 073 4380 and 1040309 (US)1986Piero Cappuccilli,Sylvia Sass,,Lamberto Gardelli,Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus and Budapest Symphony OrchestraCD: HungarotonCat: HCD 12738-40 1987Renato Bruson,Mara Zampieri,Neil Shicoff,Robert LloydGiuseppe Sinopoli,Orchester und Chor der Deutsche Oper Berlin(Live recording on video)DVD: ArtHaus MusikCat: 100 141 1992Renato Bruson,Gwyneth Jones,Alberto Cupido,Roberto ScandiuzziGustav Kuhn, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra(Live recording)CD: Eurostar Sine Qua NonCat: 39820242DDD2001 Thomas Hampson,Paoletta Marrocu,Luis Lima,Roberto Scandiuzzi Franz Welser-Möst,Chorus and Orchestra of the Zürich Opera House(Live recording) DVD: TDKCat: DV-OPMAC2006Leo Nucci,Sylvie Valayre,Roberto Iuliano,Enrico IoriBruno Bartoletti,Teatro Regio di Parma (Performed in October)(Directed by Liliana Cavani, video direction by )Blu-ray: C MajorParma (October 2006): C Major, Blu-ray (2012) DVD:Cat: 722008 2008Željko Lučić,Maria Guleghina,Dimitri Pittas,John RelyeaJames Levine,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet(Live recording of 12 January performance, production by Adrian Noble)HD video:Met Opera on DemandMacbeth (12 January 2008), Met Opera on Demand, ; Met Opera DB, CID: 352297.DVD: EMI ClassicsCat: 2063049 2011Simon Keenlyside,Dimitri Pittas,Raymond AcetoAntonio Pappano,Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House(Stage director: Phyllida Lloyd; recorded live, June)HD video:Royal Opera StreamMacbeth (2011), Royal Ballet & Opera Stream.Blu-ray/DVD:Opus ArteDavid Patrick Stearns, "Macbeth from Salzburg in 1964 and on DVD from Covent Garden in 2011", Gramophone, July 2012, p. 85.William R. Braun, Opera News, July 2012: "An intensely musical performance by Simon Keenlyside in the title role and a deeply considered production by Phyllida Lloyd, each of them attuned to the sound and the sense of Verdi's music, put this Macbeth at the top of the DVD competition for this tricky opera." 2014Željko Lučić,Anna Netrebko,Joseph Calleja,René PapeFabio Luisi,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet(Live recording of 11 October performance, production by Adrian Noble)HD video:Met Opera on DemandMacbeth (11 October 2014), Met Opera on Demand, ; Met Opera DB, CID:355557.Blu-ray: DGGMet Opera (2014), DGG, Blu-ray (2015): .
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