Tatiana Troyanos - Discography

Discography

Troyanos enjoyed an equally versatile career as a recording artist, appearing in the title role of Georg Solti's recording of Bizet's Carmen, as Cherubino in Karl Böhm's 1968 recording of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, and as Anita in Leonard Bernstein's high-profile operatic recording of West Side Story, among many others. The St. James Opera Encyclopedia concluded that "although she inexplicably never made a recital record," many of her discs "capture her faithfully—or ... as faithfully as is possible without her marvelous physical presence ... In fact, she never made a bad record, and—artist that she was—in every case Troyanos contributed something unique and memorable."

These recordings were released on LP and/or CD:

  • Bartók, Bluebeard's Castle – Judith (Boulez, 1976, Columbia/Sony)
  • Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 (Böhm, 1970, DG)
  • Bellini, I Capuleti e i Montecchi – Romeo (Caldwell/Scott, live 1975, VAI)
  • Bellini, Norma – Adalgisa (Cillario, live 1975, Gala)
  • Bellini, Norma – Adalgisa (Levine, 1979, Columbia/Sony)
  • Bernstein, West Side Story – Anita (Bernstein, 1985, DG)
  • Bizet, Carmen (Solti, 1975, Decca/London)
  • Cavalieri, Rappresentatione di Anima, e di Corpo – Anima (Mackerras, 1970, DG Archiv)
  • Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia – Orsini (Rescigno, live 1973, Melodram)
  • Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto – Cleopatra (Richter, 1969, DG)
  • Mahler, Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection" (Boulez, live 1973, Documents)
  • Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana – Santuzza (Schermerhorn, live 1976, Gala)
  • Massenet, Werther – Charlotte (Plasson, 1979, EMI/Angel)
  • Mozart, Così fan tutte – Dorabella (Leinsdorf, 1967, RCA/BMG)
  • Mozart, Così fan tutte – Dorabella (Maag, live 1968, Mondo Musica)
  • Mozart, Die Gärtnerin aus Liebe (La Finta Giardiniera) – Ramiro (Schmidt-Isserstedt, 1972, Philips)
  • Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro – Cherubino (Böhm, 1968, DG)
  • Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro – Marcellina (Levine, 1990, DG)
  • Mozart, Missa Brevis in C, "Sparrow Mass" (Kubelik, 1973, DG)
  • Penderecki, Die Teufel von Loudun – Jeanne (Janowski, 1969, DG)
  • Purcell, Dido and Aeneas – Dido (Mackerras, 1967, DG Archiv)
  • Purcell, Dido and Aeneas – Dido (Leppard, 1977, Erato/Apex)
  • Scarlatti, A., Endimione e Cintia – Cintia (Lange, 1969, DG Archiv)
  • Schoenberg, Gurrelieder – Wood Dove (Ozawa, 1979, Philips)
  • Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos – Composer (Böhm, live 1967, Melodram)
  • Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos – Composer (Böhm, 1969, DG)
  • Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos – Composer (Solti, 1977, Decca/London)
  • Strauss, Capriccio – Clairon (Böhm, 1971, DG)
  • Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier – Octavian (Böhm, live 1969, DG)
  • Stravinsky, Oedipus Rex – Jocasta (Abbado, live 1969, Opera d'Oro/Memories)
  • Stravinsky, Oedipus Rex – Jocasta (Bernstein, 1972, Columbia/Sony)
  • Wagner, Götterdämmerung – Second Norn (Levine, 1989, DG)
  • Auger, Janowitz and Troyanos in Concert – Handel, Mozart, Strauss (Eichhorn, live 1968, Originals/Bella Voce)
  • Troyanos and Valente – Handel and Mozart, Arias & Duets (Rudel, 1991, MusicMasters/Musical Heritage)
  • A Salute to American Music, Richard Tucker Music Foundation Gala XVI – Copland, "At the River" (Conlon, 1991, RCA/BMG)
  • Tatiana Troyanos in Recital – Schumann, "Frauenliebe und -leben"; Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Rossini, Bizet, Mahler (Levine, piano, live 1985, VAI, released 1999)

There are DVDs of 10 complete operas featuring Troyanos:

  • Jeanne – Die Teufel von Loudun, Penderecki (Janowski, 1969)
  • Santuzza – Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni (Levine, 1978)
  • Eboli – Don Carlo, Verdi (Levine, 1980)
  • Sesto – La Clemenza di Tito, Mozart (Levine, 1980)
  • Adalgisa – Norma, Bellini (Bonynge, 1981)
  • Octavian – Der Rosenkavalier, R. Strauss (Levine, 1982)
  • Venus – Tannhäuser, Wagner (Levine, 1982)
  • Didon – Les Troyens, Berlioz (Levine, 1983)
  • Composer – Ariadne auf Naxos, R. Strauss (Levine, 1988)
  • Clairon – Capriccio, R. Strauss (Runnicles, 1993)

There are also on DVD:

  • In Concert At The Met with Plácido Domingo (Levine, 1982)
  • The Making Of West Side Story (Bernstein, 1985)
  • George London: A Tribute: Mozart, "Deh, per questo istante" (Hollreiser, 1984)
  • The Unanswered Question: Poetry of Earth (6): Stravinsky, Oedipus Rex – Jocasta (Bernstein, 1972)

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