Un Ballo in Maschera - Recordings

Recordings

Year Cast
(Riccardo, Amelia, Renato, Oscar, Ulrica)		 Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra		 Label
1940 Jussi Björling,
Zinka Milanov,
Alexander Svéd,
Stella Andreva,
Bruna Castagna		 Ettore Panizza,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Recorded at the Metropolitan Opera House, 14 December)		 Audio CD: Myto
Cat: 2 CD 00008
(issued 2008)
1944 Jan Peerce,
Zinka Milanov,
Leonard Warren,
Kerstin Thorborg,
Frances Greer		 Bruno Walter,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Recorded at the Metropolitan Opera House,15 January)		 Audio CD: Bensar
Cat: OL 11544
1954 Jan Peerce,
Herva Nelli,
Robert Merrill,
Virginia Haskins,
Claramae Turner		 Arturo Toscanini,
NBC Symphony Orchestra and the Robert Shaw Chorale		 Audio CD: Myto
Cat: 2 MCD 052 H 100
1956 Giuseppe di Stefano,
Maria Callas,
Tito Gobbi
Eugenia Ratti,
Fedora Barbieri		 Antonino Votto,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Milan		 Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: EX 290925-5
1957 Giuseppe di Stefano,
Maria Callas,
Ettore Bastianini
Eugenia Ratti,
Giulietta Simionato		 Gianandrea Gavazzeni,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Milan
(Recording of a performance at La Scala)		 Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: B000069V83
1960 Carlo Bergonzi,
Birgit Nilsson,
Cornell MacNeil,
Sylvia Stahlman,
Giulietta Simionato		 Georg Solti,
Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Decca
Cat: 475 8278; 000829602 (USA)
1966 Carlo Bergonzi,
Leontyne Price,
Robert Merrill,
Reri Grist,
Shirley Verrett		 Erich Leinsdorf
RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: RCA Victor
Cat: GD 86645 (UK)
1970 Luciano Pavarotti,
Renata Tebaldi,
Sherrill Milnes,
Helen Donath,
Regina Resnik		 Bruno Bartoletti
Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra and Chorus, Rome		 Original LP release: SET 484-6 (3 LPs)
CD release: 440 042-2 DMO2 (2 CDs)
CD re-release: 460 762-2 DF2 (2 CDs)
1975 Plácido Domingo,
Katia Ricciarelli,
Piero Cappuccilli,
Reri Grist,
Elizabeth Bainbridge		 Claudio Abbado,
Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus
(Recording of a performance at Covent Garden, 8 February)		 DVD: Kultur Video
Cat:D 2071 (USA);
Covent Garden Pioneer
Cat: B 12373-01 (Europe)
1975 José Carreras,
Montserrat Caballé,
Renato Bruson,
Margherita Guglielmi,
Ruza Baldani		 Francesco Molinari-Pradelli,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus
(Recording of a performance at La Scala, 18 February)		 Audio CD: Opera d'Oro
Cat: OPD 7048
1979 José Carreras,
Montserrat Caballé,
Ingvar Wixell,
Sona Ghazarian,
Patricia Payne		 Sir Colin Davis,
Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Philips
Cat: 426 560-2
1980 Luciano Pavarotti,
Katia Ricciarelli,
Louis Quilico,
Judith Blegen,
Bianca Berini		 Giuseppe Patanè,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus		 DVD: Decca
Cat: 074 3227
1980 Luciano Pavarotti,
Margaret Price,
Renato Bruson,
Kathleen Battle,
Christa Ludwig		 Sir Georg Solti,
National Philharmonic Orchestra,
Royal College of Music Junior Department Chorus
London Opera Chorus		 Audio CD: Decca
Original CD release: 410 210-2 DH2
1980 Plácido Domingo,
Katia Ricciarelli,
Renato Bruson,
Edita Gruberová,
Elena Obraztsova		 Claudio Abbado,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 453 148-2
1990 Plácido Domingo,
Josephine Barstow,
Leo Nucci,
Sumi Jo,
Florence Quivar		 Georg Solti,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna State Opera Chorus		 DVD: TDK Video
Cat: 8 24121 00109 4
1991 Luciano Pavarotti,
Aprile Millo,
Leo Nucci,
Harolyn Blackwell,
Florence Quivar		 James Levine,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus		 DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 073 029-9 (Europe);
DG 001086309 (073 4455)
2005 Massimiliano Pisapia,
Chiara Tagi,
Franco Vassallo,
Anna Maria Chiuri,
Eunyee You		 Riccardo Chailly,
Gewandhausorchester
(Video recording of a performance in the Leipzig Opera, November		 DVD: EuroArts
Cat: 0880242551085

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