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The following is a partial discography of the many audio[1] and video[2] recordings of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, La traviata. Based on the 1848 novel La dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, La traviata has been a staple of the operatic repertoire since its premiere on 6 March 1853 at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice.[3]

Audio recordings

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All catalog numbers are for audio CDs unless otherwise noted.

Year Cast: Violetta,
Alfredo,
Germont 		Conductor,
opera house and orchestra 		Label[4]
1912 Jane Morlet,
Maurizio Troselli,
Henri Albers 		Emile Archainbaud,
Opéra-Comique orchestra and chorus, Paris?? 		Marston
Cat: MR 52043
1915 Margherita Bevignani,
Franco Tumminello,
Ernesto Badini 		Carlo Sabajno,
La Scala orchestra and chorus, Milan 		Mike Richter
Cat: Audio Encyclopedia 301
1928 Mercedes Capsir,
Lionello Cecil,
Carlo Galeffi 		Lorenzo Molajoli,
La Scala orchestra and chorus, Milan 		Naxos Records
Cat: No. 8.110110-11
1930 Anna Rosza,
Alessandro Ziliani,
Luigi Borgonovi 		Carlo Sabajno,
La Scala orchestra and chorus, Milan 		Opera d'Oro
Cat: OPD 9002
1935 Rosa Ponselle,
Frederick Jagel,
Lawrence Tibbett 		Ettore Panizza,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(Recording of a performance at Met, 5 January 1935) 		Naxos Historical
Cat: No. 8.110032-33
1946 Licia Albanese,
Jan Peerce,
Robert Merrill 		Arturo Toscanini,
NBC Symphony Orchestra 		RCA Victor
Cat: LM-6003 (LP)
Cat: 60303-2-RG (CD)
1946 Adriana Guerrini,
Luigi Infantino,
Paolo Silveri 		Vincenzo Bellezza,
Rome Opera orchestra and chorus 		Grammofono 2000
Cat: AB 78700/01[5]
1949 Eleanor Steber,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Robert Merrill 		Giuseppe Antonicelli,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(Recording of a performance at Met, 1 January 1949) 		Naxos Historical
Cat: No. 8.110115-16
1953 Maria Callas,
Francesco Albanese,
Ugo Savarese 		Gabriele Santini,
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin, Coro Cetra 		Warner Classics
Cat: 698772;
Andromeda
Cat: ANR 2504/05
1954 Renata Tebaldi,
Gianni Poggi,
Aldo Protti 		Francesco Molinari-Pradelli,
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome) 		Decca,
Disc 6 of Cat: 4781535
1955 Licia Albanese,
Giacinto Prandelli,
Ettore Bastianini 		Alberto Erede,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(Recording of a performance at Met, 1 January 1955) 		Walhall
Cat: WLCD0284
1955 Maria Callas,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Ettore Bastianini 		Carlo Maria Giulini,
La Scala orchestra and chorus, Milan
(Recording of a performance at La Scala, 28 May 1955) 		EMI Classics
Cat: 66450
1955 Antonietta Stella,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Tito Gobbi 		Tullio Serafin,
La Scala orchestra and chorus, Milan 		Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.111272-3
1956 Rosanna Carteri,
Cesare Valletti,
Leonard Warren 		Pierre Monteux,
Rome Opera orchestra and chorus 		RCA Victrola
Cat: VIC-6004 (LP)
Cat: 88875051922 (CD)
1958 Maria Callas,
Alfredo Kraus,
Mario Sereni 		Franco Ghione,
San Carlos National Theatre orchestra and chorus, Lisbon
(Recording of a performance in Lisbon, 27 March) 		EMI Classics
Cat: 56330
1959 Victoria de los Ángeles,
Carlo del Monte,
Mario Sereni 		Tullio Serafin,
Rome Opera orchestra and chorus 		Warner Classics
Cat:0724357382458
1960 Anna Moffo,
Richard Tucker,
Robert Merrill 		Fernando Previtali,
Rome Opera orchestra and chorus 		RCA Victor
Cat: LSC-6154 (LP)
Cat: 68885-2 (CD)
1962 Joan Sutherland,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Robert Merrill 		John Pritchard,
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorus 		Decca
Cat: 717302
1962 Renata Scotto,
Gianni Raimondi,
Ettore Bastianini 		Antonino Votto,
La Scala orchestra and chorus 		Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 894002
1967 Montserrat Caballé,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Sherrill Milnes 		Georges Prêtre,
RCA Italiana Opera orchestra and chorus 		RCA Red Seal
Cat: LSC-6180 (LP)
Cat: 88883727172 (CD)
1968 Virginia Zeani,
Ion Buzea,
Nicolae Herlea 		Jean Bobescu
Romanian National Opera, Bucharest Orchestra and Chorus 		World of the Opera
Cat: 5251
1968 Pilar Lorengar,
Giacomo Aragall,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 		Lorin Maazel,
Orchester und Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin 		Decca
Cat: 443000
1971 Beverly Sills,
Nicolai Gedda,
Rolando Panerai 		Aldo Ceccato,
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir 		EMI Classics
Cat: 69827
1973 Mirella Freni,
Franco Bonisolli,
Sesto Bruscantini 		Lamberto Gardelli,
Chor Staatsoper Berin, Staatskapelle Berlin 		ARTS
Cat: 43031-2
1976 Ileana Cotrubaș,
Plácido Domingo,
Sherrill Milnes 		Carlos Kleiber
Bavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus 		Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 415132
1979 Joan Sutherland,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Matteo Manuguerra 		Richard Bonynge,
National Philharmonic Orchestra and London Opera Chorus 		Decca
Cat: 430491
1980 Renata Scotto,
Alfredo Kraus,
Renato Bruson 		Riccardo Muti,
Philharmonia Orchestra and the Ambrosian Opera Chorus 		EMI Classics
Cat: 47538
1991 Cheryl Studer,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Juan Pons 		James Levine,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus 		Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 435797
1992 Kiri Te Kanawa,
Alfredo Kraus,
Dmitri Hvorostovsky		 Zubin Mehta,
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorus 		Philips
Cat: 438238
1994 Angela Gheorghiu,
Frank Lopardo,
Leo Nucci 		Georg Solti,
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden orchestra and chorus 		Decca
Cat: 448119
2004 Renée Fleming,
Ramón Vargas,
Dmitri Hvorostovsky 		Valery Gergiev,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus 		Met Opera on Demand[6]
2005 Anna Netrebko,
Rolando Villazón,
Thomas Hampson 		Carlo Rizzi,
Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Chorus
(Live recording) 		Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 52902
2012 Emma Matthews,
Gianluca Terranova,
Jonathan Summers 		Brian Castles-Onion,
Chorus and Orchestra of Opera Australia
 EPC Distribution
Cat:OPOZ56031CD
2019 Marina Rebeka,
Charles Castronovo,
Lester Lynch 		Michael Balke,
Latvian Festival Orchestra 		Prima Classic
Cat:PRIMA003

Video recordings

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Year Cast: Violetta,
Alfredo,
Germont 		Conductor,
opera house and orchestra 		Label[4]
1968 Anna Moffo,
Franco Bonisolli,
Gino Bechi		 Giuseppe Patanè,
Rome Opera orchestra and chorus
(Film directed by Mario Lanfranchi)		 DVD: VAI[7]
1976 Beverly Sills,
Henry Price,
Richard Fredricks		 Julius Rudel,
Filene Center Orchestra, Wolf Trap Company Chorus
(Recorded live, Wolf Trap Farm)		 DVD: VAI[8][9]
1981 Ileana Cotrubas,
Plácido Domingo,
Cornell MacNeil 		James Levine,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Performance of 28 March)		 SD video:
Met Opera on Demand[10]
1982 Teresa Stratas,
Plácido Domingo,
Cornell MacNeil 		James Levine,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(La traviata (1983 film) directed by Franco Zeffirelli)		 DVD: Universal;[11] DGG[12]
1988 Marie McLaughlin,
Walter MacNeil,
Brent Ellis 		Bernard Haitink,
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus (Performance in September) 		DVD: Arthaus;[13] Kultur[14]
1994 Angela Gheorghiu,
Frank Lopardo,
Leo Nucci		 Georg Solti,
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
(Performance in December)		 DVD: Decca
2004 Patrizia Ciofi,
Roberto Saccà,
Dmitri Hvorostovsky		 Lorin Maazel,
Orchestra and chorus of La Fenice
(Performance on 18 November)		 DVD: TDK
2005 Norah Ansellem
José Bros
Renato Bruson		 Jesús López Cobos,
Madrid Symphony Orchestra and chorus
(Performance from the Teatro Real, March)		 DVD: Opus Arte[15]
2005 Anna Netrebko,
Rolando Villazón,
Thomas Hampson 		Carlo Rizzi, Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Chorus (Performed in July at the Salzburg Festival; production: Willy Decker) DVD, Blu-ray: DGG[16]
2005 Eva Mei,
Piotr Beczała,
Thomas Hampson 		Franz Welser-Möst,
Chorus and Orchestra of the Zürich Opera House
(Performance from Zürich Opera House) 		DVD: Arthaus Musik[17]
2006 Renée Fleming,
Rolando Villazón,
Renato Bruson 		James Conlon,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Los Angeles Opera
(Performance in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on 17 September) 		DVD: Decca
2007 Angela Gheorghiu,
Ramón Vargas,
Roberto Frontali 		Lorin Maazel,
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala
(Performance from La Scala) 		DVD: Arthaus Musik
2008 Kristiane Kaiser,
Jean-François Borras,
Georg Tichy 		Ernst Märzendorfer,
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus (Performance at the Römersteinbruch St. Margarethen, 11 July) 		DVD: EuroArts
2009 Cinzia Forte
Saimir Pirgu
Giovanni Meoni 		Paolo Arrivabeni,
Opéra Royal de Wallonie Orchestra and Chorus
(Performance in March)		 DVD: Dynamic
2009 Renée Fleming,
Joseph Calleja,
Thomas Hampson 		Antonio Pappano,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera
(Performance from Covent Garden) 		DVD: Arthaus Musik
2011 Natalie Dessay,
Charles Castronovo,
Ludovic Tezier 		Louis Langrée, London Symphony Orchestra and Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
(Performance from Aix-en-Provence Festival, July) 		DVD: Virgin Classics[18]
2011 Marlis Petersen,
Giuseppe Varano,
James Rutherford 		Tecwyn Evans,
Graz Opera Chorus, Graz Philharmonic Orchestra
(Performance at the Graz Opera) 		DVD: Arthaus Musik
2012 Natalie Dessay,
Matthew Polenzani,
Dmitri Hvorostovsky 		Fabio Luisi,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Performance of 14 April; production: Willy Decker)		 HD video:
Met Opera on Demand[19]
2017 Sonya Yoncheva,
Michael Fabiano,
Thomas Hampson 		Nicola Luisotti,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Performance of 11 March; production: Willy Decker)		 HD video:
Met Opera on Demand[20]
2018 Diana Damrau,
Juan Diego Flórez,
Quinn Kelsey 		Yannick Nézet-Séguin,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Performance of 15 December; production: Michael Mayer) 		HD video:
Met Opera on Demand[21]
2019 Ermonela Jaho,
Charles Castronovo,
Plácido Domingo 		Antonello Manacorda,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
(Richard Eyre, stage director) 		Blu-ray: Opus Arte[22]
2021 Lisette Oropesa,
Samir Pirgu,
Roberto Frontali 		Daniele Gatti,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
(Mario Martone, director) 		On demand:[23]
RAI Play
2022 Pretty Yende,
Stephen Costello,
Vladimir Stoyanov 		Giacomo Sagripanti,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House
(Director: Richard Eyre; performance of 13 April) 		HD video: Royal Opera House Stream[24][25]
2022 Nadine Sierra,
Stephen Costello,
Luca Salsi 		Daniele Callegari,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Performance of 5 November; production: Michael Mayer) 		HD video:
Met Opera on Demand[26]

References

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Notes

  1. ^ A much more comprehensive discography can be found at operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  2. ^ For many other video recordings of La traviata, see the listings at Amazon.com and at IMDb.com.
  3. ^ Cunningham, Lawrence S. and Reich, John J., Culture & Values, Volume II: A Survey of the Humanities, Cengage Learning, 2009, p. 437. ISBN 0-495-56926-7
  4. ^ a b Recordings from operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  5. ^ Previously issued in LP format as Columbia SL-103
  6. ^ La traviata, 6 March 2004, Met Opera on Demand. Also available on Rhapsody.
  7. ^ VAI, 2008. OCLC 493893374.
  8. ^ VAI, 2001. OCLC 48179243.
  9. ^ Patrick O'Connor, "Sills in a signature role heads a subtle and atmospheric live outdoor performance a quarter century after her first Violetta", Gramophone, April 2002, p. 93.
  10. ^ "La Traviata" (28 March 1981), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:264040", Met Opera Archive.
  11. ^ Universal Home Video: OCLC 1313148911, 674409370, 1089482263.
  12. ^ DGG, 2007. OCLC 1012363418, 696027800.
  13. ^ Arthaus Musik, PAL DVD, 2000. OCLC 1039050827.
  14. ^ Kultur, NTSC DVD, 2010. OCLC 677984343.
  15. ^ Opus Arte, 2006. OCLC 1263613135.
  16. ^ Salzburg, 2005. OCLC 659557571, 759886089.
  17. ^ Arthaus Musik, 2005. OCLC 65182364.
  18. ^ Virgin Classics, 2011. OCLC 822875011.
  19. ^ "La Traviata" (14 April 2012), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:354472", Met Opera Archive.
  20. ^ "La Traviata" (11 March 2017), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:356656", Met Opera Archive.
  21. ^ "La Traviata" (15 December 2018), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:357065", Met Opera Archive.
  22. ^ Opus Arte, 2019. OCLC 1136611122.
  23. ^ "La traviata (Teatro dell'Opera di Roma), 2021". Only available in Italy. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  24. ^ Royal Opera House Stream: La Traviata (2022), Royal Opera House website.
  25. ^ Neil Fisher, "La traviata review — Pretty Yende wins the battle of the Violettas", The Sunday Times, 6 April 2022.
  26. ^ "La Traviata" (5 November 2022), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:357732", Met Opera Archive.

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