This is a list of the recordings of Gianni Schicchi, the third of a group of three one-act operas by Giacomo Puccini collectively known as Il trittico; the other operas are Il tabarro and Suor Angelica. The three were premiered at the Metropolitan Opera on 14 December 1918, and for the next three years were always played together. After 1921, however, Puccini agreed that the operas could be performed separately. Gianni Schicchi became the most popular and most frequently performed of the three, often paired with other works such as Maurice Ravel's L'heure espagnole and Richard Strauss's Salome.Osborne, p. 22
Despite its popularity as a stage work, Gianni Schicchi was not available as a recording until after the Second World War, a neglect described by a Gramophone reviewer as "extraordinary". The first issued recording, an early LP release in 1950, was from a live performance at the Met on 12 March 1949. It was followed, also in 1950, by a recording from a Radio Turin broadcast; thereafter, recordings were issued at regular intervals on long-playing and, later, compact disc formats. The first VHS (videotape) was in 1983, since when several more DVD versions have been released. While the majority of recordings are based on the original Italian libretto, three German-language versions were issued in the 1970s. Opera stars who have featured in recordings include Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Victoria de los Ángeles, Renata Tebaldi, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Plácido Domingo and Angela Gheorghiu.
Recordings Many of the listed recordings have been issued under several labels. For audio recordings, only the first LP and the first CD issues are shown. For videos, the first VHS and DVD issues are shown. Unofficial recordings and pirate versions are not shown.
Audio YearCast(Gianni Schicchi, Lauretta, Rinuccio)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel1949Italo TajoLicia AlbaneseGiuseppe Di StefanoGiuseppe AntonicelliMetropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus(recorded on 12 Mar)LP: HOPECat: 228CD: GOPCat: 8301950Giuseppe TaddeiGrete RappsardiGiuseppe SavioAlfredo SimonettoRAI National Symphony OrchestraLP: CetraCat: LPC 50028CD: Preiser RecordsCat: 900741956Renato CapecchiBruna RizzoliAgostino LazzariFrancesco Molinari-PradelliTeatro di San Carlo orchestra & chorusLP: PhilipsCat: 6540 032CD: Philips CollectorsCat: 442 106-21958Fernando CorenaLaurel HurleyCharles AnthonyDimitri MitropoulosMetropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus(recorded on 8 Feb)CD: Omega OperaCat: 1131Tito GobbiVictoria de los ÁngelesCarlo Del MonteGabriele SantiniTeatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra & chorusLP: HMVCat: 1726CD: EMICat: 7 64165-21962Fernando CorenaRenata TebaldiAgostino LazzariLamberto GardelliMaggio Musicale FiorentinoLP: DeccaCat: 236–238CD: Decca Grand OperaCat: 411 665-21969Giuseppe TaddeiAdriane MartinoLuciano SaldariOliviero De FabritiisTeatro La Fenice orchestra & chorusCD: Mondo MusicaCat: 103911972Konrad RupfAnna Tomowa-SintowValentin TeodorianHerbert KegelRundfunk Sinfonie Orchester Leipzig(sung in German)LP: EternaCat: 826 296CD: Berlin ClassicsCat: 0020882BC1973Dietrich Fischer-DieskauElke ScharyClaes H. AhnsjöWolfgang SawallischBavarian State Opera orchestra & chorus(recorded on 7 Dec; sung in German)CD: OrfeoCat: C 546 001 B1975Dietrich Fischer-DieskauGerti ZeumerMaria von IlosvayAlberto EredeWDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne(sung in German)LP: Westdeutscher RundfunkCat: F 666.2051976Tito GobbiIleana CotrubașPlácido DomingoLorin MaazelLondon Symphony OrchestraLP: CBS MasterworksCat: 76563CD: CBSCat: M3K 793121979Walter BerrySona GhazarianYordy RamiroGerd AlbrechtVienna State Opera orchestra & chorus(recorded on 11 Feb)CD: OrfeoCat: C 768092 DRenato CapecchiAngela BelloDouglas AhlstedtHans VonkRotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra(recorded at Circustheater)CD: Bella VoceCat: 107.4061982György MelisMagda KalmárDenés GulyásJános FerencsikHungarian State Opera orchestra & chorusLP: HungarotonCat: 12541CD: HungarotonCat: 12541-21986Rolando PaneraiHelen DonathPeter SeiffertGiuseppe PatanèMunich Radio OrchestraLP: EurodiscCat: 208 404CD: Eurodisc/RCACat: 258 4941991Leo NucciMirella FreniRoberto AlagnaBruno BartolettiMaggio Musicale FiorentinoCD: DeccaCat: 436 261-21993Eduard TumagianMiriam GauciYordy RamiroAlexander RahbariOrchestre Symphonique de la RTBFCD: Discovery InternationalCat: 9201191998José van DamAngela GheorghiuRoberto AlagnaAntonio PappanoLondon Symphony OrchestraCD: EMICat: 5 56587-22002Alberto RinaldiTatiana Lisnic Stefano SeccoAlexander RahbariOrquesta Filarmónica de MálagaCD: NaxosCat: 8.660111
Video YearCast(Gianni Schicchi, Lauretta, Rinuccio)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel1983Juan PonsCecilia GasdiaYuri MarusinGianandrea GavazzeniTeatro alla Scala orchestra & chorusVHS: CastleCat: CV 2057DVD: Warner ClassicsCat: 5046-70943-21993Charles DamselMelody JohnsonRobert BrubakerPaul Nadler Metropolitan Opera House & OrchestraVHS: D'Alessio Productions OCLC: 304445162004Alessandro CorbelliSally MatthewsMassimo GiordanoVladimir JurowskiLondon Philharmonic Orchestra(recorded at Glyndebourne Festival Opera)DVD: Opus ArteCat: OA 09182007Alberto MastromarinoAmarilli NizzaAndrea GiovanniniJulian ReynoldsOrchestra della Fondazione ToscaniniDVD: TDKCat:2008Leo NucciNino MachaidzeVittorio GrigoloRiccardo ChaillyTeatro alla Scala orchestra & chorusDVD: EncoreCat: 32202010Juan PonsCecilia GasdiaYuri MarusinGianandrea GavazzeniTeatro alla Scala orchestra & chorusDVD: Warner ClassicsCat: 5046709432
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