This is a list of audio and video recordings (discography) of the 1832 opera L'elisir d'amore ("The Elixir of Love"), with music composed by Gaetano Donizetti and an Italian libretto by Felice Romani.
Audio recordings Year Cast(Adina, Nemorino, Belcore, Dulcamara) Conductor,opera house and orchestra LabelL'elisir d'amore discography from Stanford website.Recordings of Elixir on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk. 1953 Margherita Carosio,Nicola Monti,Melchiorre Luise,Tito Gobbi Gabriele Santini,Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma CD: TestamentCat: SBT 2150 1955 Hilde Gueden,Giuseppe Di Stefano,Renato CapecchiFernando Corena Francesco Molinari-Pradelli,Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra and Chorus CD: DeccaCat: 443542 1966 Roberta Peters,Carlo Bergonzi,Frank Guarrera,Fernando Corena Thomas Schippers,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus(Met Opera broadcast of 5 March 1966) CD: Sony Classical Cat: 90991-2 1967 Mirella Freni,Nicolai Gedda,Mario Sereni,Renato Capecchi Francesco Molinari-Pradelli,Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus CD: EMICat: CMS 7 69897 2 1967 Renata Scotto,Carlo Bergonzi,Giuseppe Taddei,Carlo Cava Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Maggio Musicale FiorentinoOrchestra and Chorus CD: Myto RecordsCat: 984194 1970 Joan Sutherland,Luciano Pavarotti,Dominic CossaSpiro Malas Richard Bonynge,English Chamber OrchestraAmbrosian Opera Chorus CD: DeccaCat: 424912-2 1977 Ileana Cotrubaș,Plácido Domingo,Ingvar Wixell,Geraint Evans John Pritchard,Royal Opera HouseCovent Garden Orchestra and Chorus CD: Sony MasterworksCat: 2796-96458-2 1982 Lucia Popp,Peter Dvorský,Bernd Weikl,Yevgeny Nesterenko Heinz Wallberg,Bavarian Radio Chorus,Munich Radio Orchestra CD: RCACat: 1986 Barbara Bonney,Gösta Winbergh,Bernd Weikl,Rolando Panerai Gabriele Ferro,Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra and Chorus CD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: B000458002 1990 Kathleen Battle,Luciano Pavarotti,Leo Nucci,Enzo Dara James Levine,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus CD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 429744 1996 Alessandra Ruffini, Vincenzo La Scola, Roberto Frontiali,Simone Alaimo Piergiorgio Morandi,Hungarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus CD:NaxosCat: 8660045-46 1997 Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Roberto Scaltriti,Simone Alaimo Evelino Pidò,Lyon Opera Orchestra and Chorus CD:DeccaCat: 455691
Video recordings Year Cast(Adina, Nemorino, Belcore, Dulcamara) Conductor,Opera house and orchestra LabelL'elisir d'amore discography from Stanford website.Recordings of Elixir on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk.1981Judith Blegen,Luciano Pavarotti,Brent Ellis,Sesto BruscantiniNicola Rescigno,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus(Production: Nathaniel Merrill; designer: Robert O'Hearn; recorded live, 2 March)DVD: DeccaCat: 074 3226Streaming video:Met Opera on DemandL'elisir d'amore, 2 March 1981, Met Opera on Demand.1991Kathleen Battle,Luciano Pavarotti,Juan Pons,Enzo DaraJames Levine,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus(Production: John Copley; designer: Beni Montresor; recorded live, 16 November)Streaming video:Met Opera on DemandL'elisir d'amore, 16 November 1991, Met Opera on Demand.2005Anna Netrebko,Rolando Villazón,Leo Nucci,,Vienna State Opera Orchestra and ChorusDVD: Virgin Classics/EMICat: 00946 363352 92007Silvia Dalla Benetta,Raùl Hernández,Alex Esposito,Damiano SalernoAlessandro De Marchi,Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo Orchestra and ChorusDVD: Dynamic Cat. 335772009Ekaterina Siurina,Peter Auty,,Luciano di PasqualeMaurizio Benini,Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra(Stage director: Annabel Arden; recorded live, Glyndebourne Opera House)DVD: Opus ArteCat. OABD7057DStreaming: Glyndebourne EncoreL'elisir d'amore, 2009, Glyndebourne Encore.2012Anna Netrebko,Matthew Polenzani,Mariusz Kwiecien,Ambrogio MaestriMaurizio Benini,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus(Production: Bartlett Sher; recorded live, 13 October)HD video:Met Opera on DemandL'Elisir d'Amore, 13 October 2012, Met Opera on Demand.2018Pretty Yende,Matthew Polenzani,Davide Luciano,Ildebrando D'ArcangeloDomingo Hindoyan,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus(Production: Bartlett Sher; performance of 10 February)HD video:Met Opera on DemandL'Elisir d'Amore, 10 February 2018, Met Opera on Demand.2023Nadine Sierra,Liparit Avetisyan,Boris Pinkhasovich,Bryn Terfel,The Royal Opera Orchestra & Chorus(Director: Laurent Pelly, recorded live, 28 September)Blu-ray: Opus Arte;Neil Fisher ([October 2024]), Review of 2023 Royal Opera video, Gramophone, Awards Issue 2024.Royal Ballet & Opera StreamL'Elisir d'Amore (2023), Royal Ballet & Opera Stream.
References Notes
Sources Recordings of Elixir on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk