This is a partial discography of Pagliacci, an opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo which premiered at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan on May 21, 1892 conducted by Arturo Toscanini.
Stand-alone recordings YearCast(Canio, Nedda, Tonio, Beppe, Silvio)Conductor,Opera House and OrchestraLabelNote: "Cat:" is short for catalogue number by the label company.1907 Antonio Paoli,Giuseppina Huguet,Francesco Cigada,Gaetano Pini-Corsi,Ernesto Badini Carlo Sabajno,Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus Audio CD: Bongiovanni Cat: GB 1120-2 1917 Luigi Bolis,Annita Conti,Giuseppe Montanelli Carlo Sabajno,Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus LP: La voce del padroneCat: S 5522-S 5536; R 5535-R 5537Audio CD: Mike Richter "Audio Encyclopedia"Cat: 3011930 Francesco Merli,Rosetta Pampanini,Carlo Galeffi Lorenzo Molajoli,Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus Audio CD: Preiser Records Cat: 20007 1934 Beniamino Gigli,Iva Pacetti,Mario Basiola Franco Ghione,Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus Audio CD: Naxos Cat:8.1101551948 Ramón Vinay,Florence Quartararo,Leonard Warren,Joseph Laderoute,Hugh Thompson Giuseppe Antonicelli,Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus Audio CD: GuildCat: 2291/21951 Richard Tucker,Lucine Amara,Giuseppe Valdengo Fausto Cleva Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus Audio CD: Preiser RecordsCat: 200301951 Carlo Bergonzi,Carla Gavazzi,Carlo Tagliabue Alfredo Simonetto Italian Radio Symphony orchestra and chorus Audio CD: Warner FonitCat: 8573 87272-21952 Mario del Monaco,Clara Petrella,Afro Poli Alberto EredeAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus Audio CD: Omega Opera ArchiveCat: 16281953 Jussi Björling,Victoria de los Ángeles,Leonard Warren Renato CelliniRCA Victor OrchestraColumbus Boys ChoirRobert Shaw ChoraleLP: RCA VictorCat: LM-6084 Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 0724356677821 1954 Franco Corelli,Lucine Amara,Tito Gobbi Lovro von MatačićTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus LP: Angel RecordsCat: 3618 B/L1954 Giuseppe di Stefano,Maria Callas,Rolando Panerai Tullio SerafinTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus Audio CD: Warner ClassicsCat: 25646339911956 Giuseppe di Stefano,Clara Petrella,Aldo Protti Nino SanzognoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (live recording) Audio CD: MytoCat: 8014399501088 1965 Carlo Bergonzi, Joan Carlyle,Giuseppe Taddei Herbert von Karajan,Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus Audio CD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 449 727-21971 Plácido Domingo,Montserrat Caballé,Sherrill Milnes Nello SantiLondon Symphony Orchestra and chorus LP: RCA Red SealCat: LSC-7090 Audio CD: RCA VictorCat: 74321 50168-21984 Plácido Domingo,Ileana Cotrubas,Matteo Manuguerra Ádám Fischer Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus Audio CD: Orfeo Cat: C756081B1992 Nicola Martinucci,Miriam Gauci,Eduard Tumagian Alexander RahbariCzecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Audio CD: Naxos Cat: 8.6600211993 Luciano Pavarotti,Daniela Dessi,Juan Pons,Paolo Coni Riccardo Muti, The Philadelphia Orchestra Audio CD: Philips Digital Classics Cat: 438 132-21999 José Cura,Barbara Frittoli,Carlos Álvarez Riccardo ChaillyRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra Audio CD: Decca RecordsCat: 467 086-22019 Devid Cecconi,Leon Kim,Matteo Mezzaro,Valeria Sepe,Angelo VillariValerio Galli,Orchestra del Maggio Musicale FiorentinoBlu-ray: DynamicPagliacci, 2019, Dynamic. EAN 80071445786332021 Russell Thomas,Ailyn Pérez,Quinn Kelsey,Eric Ferring,Lucas MeachemEnrique Mazzola,Lyric Opera of ChicagoStreaming HD video:Lyric Opera of ChicagoPagliacci video, 2021, Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Paired with Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana YearCast(Canio, Nedda, Tonio)Conductor,Opera House and OrchestraLabel1929 Alessandro Valente, Adelaide Saraceni,Apollo Granforte Carlo Sabajno, Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus PhonographCat: PH 5066/67 1954 Giuseppe Di Stefano, Maria Callas,Tito Gobbi Tullio Serafin, Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus Audio CD: EMI ClassicsCat: 07243586830281960 Franco Corelli,Lucine Amara,Tito Gobbi Lovro von MatačićTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 00777763967501967 James McCracken,Pilar Lorengar,Robert Merrill Lamberto Gardelli, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus CD: Decca RecordsCat: 452 179-21969 Jon Vickers,Raina Kabaivanska,Peter Glossop Herbert von Karajan, Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 07343891976 Luciano Pavarotti,Mirella Freni,Ingvar Wixell Giuseppe Patanè, National Philharmonic Orchestra and chorus Audio CD: Decca Classics Cat: 00289 414 59021979 José Carreras,Renata Scotto,Kari Nurmela Riccardo Muti Philharmonia OrchestraAmbrosian Opera Chorus, Audio CD: EMI ClassicsCat: 0777 7 63650 2 2; CDMB 63650; 7 63650 21981 Plácido Domingo,Teresa Stratas,Juan Pons Georges PrêtreTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus(Film - directed by Franco Zeffirelli) Audio CD: PhilipsCat: 411484-2 /4542652,Audio CD: DeccaCat: 894705702,DVD: PhilipsCat: 070 428-9,DVD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 0044007 340332007 Andrea Bocelli,Ana María Martínez,Stefano Antonucci,Francesco Piccoli,Roberto Accurso Steven Mercurio Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo Bellini di CaranaCoro di voci bianche "Gaudeamus igitur" Concentus Audio CD: Sugar SRLCat: 39 02 77070 12020Aldo Di ToroAurelia FlorianAudun IversenOksana LynivGraz Philharmonic OrchestraOper Graz ChorusCD: Oehms ClassicsCat: OC 987
Paired with Puccini's Il tabarro YearCast(Canio, Nedda, Tonio)Conductor,Opera House and OrchestraLabel1994 Luciano Pavarotti,Teresa Stratas,Juan Pons James Levine, Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 4024
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