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Recordings of Complete Operas

New additions to the list - 20/10/97

For a more comprehensive discography and reviews of the recordings, see the 1995 edition of Ardoin's The Callas Legacy.

Also check out Frank Hamilton's excellent Callas Annals which can be found at Mike Richter's opera site (look on the Files page - while you're there check out the rest of Mike's site).

Also see the recommendations of some Maria Callas fans who have shared their opinions on the best Callas recordings. The titles of these recordings also serve as links to the recommended recordings page.

[Bellini] [Bizet] [Cherubini] [Donizetti] [Giordano] [Gluck] [Leoncavallo] [Mascagni] [Ponchielli] [Puccini] [Rossini] [Spontini] [Verdi] [Wagner]

Vincenzo Bellini

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• Norma Melodram 26018
  1950 Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Guido Picco
  with Giulietta Simionato, Kurt Baum and Nicola Moscona
• Norma Legato 130, Melodram 26025, Verona 27018/20
  1952 Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Vittorio Gui
  with Ebe Stignani and Joan Sutherland
• Norma Melodram 26031
  1953 Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, Antonino Votto
  with Franco Corelli and Boris Christoff
• Norma EMI mono CDS 7 47304-8, remastered CDS 5 56271 2
  1954 La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
  with Ebe Stignani and Mario Filippeschi
• Norma HRE 1007, GALA GL 100.511, Hunt 517
  1955 La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto
  with Giulietta Simionato and Mario del Monaco
• Norma Cetra CDAR 2018 (Fonit Cetra 4)
  1955 RAI, Rome, Tullio Serafin
  with Ebe Stignani and Mario del Monaco
• Norma EMI CMS7 63000-2, remastered CMS 5 66428 2 (US release March '98)
  1960 La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
  with Christa Ludwig and Franco Corelli
• Il Pirata EMI CMS7 64940-2, remastered CMS 5 66432 2 (US release March '98), Melodram 26013
  1959 American Opera Society, Nicola Rescigno
• I Puritani Melodram 26027
  1952 Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Guido Picco
  with Giuseppe di Stefano
• I Puritani EMI mono CDS 7 47308-8, remastered CDS 5 56275 2
  1953 La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
  with Giuseppe di Stefano and Rolando Panerai
• La Sonnambula Myto 890.06, Great Opera Performances GOP 12
  1955 La Scala, Milan, Leonard Bernstein
• La Sonnambula EMI mono CDS 7 47378-8, remastered CDS 5 56278 2
  1957 La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto
  with Nicola Monti and Fiorenza Cossotto
• La Sonnambula Virtuoso 2697252, Legendary Recordings 207-3
  1957 La Piccola Scala, Edinburgh, Antonino Votto
  with Nicola Monti and Fiorenza Cossotto
• La Sonnambula Melodram 26003, Hunt 503, Verona 2704/5
  1957 Cologne, Antonino Votto
  with Nicola Monti and Fiorenza Cossotto
  

Georges Bizet

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• Carmen EMI CDS 7 54368-8, remastered CDS 5 56281 2
  1964 Paris National Opera, Georges Pretre
  with Nicolai Gedda, Andrea Guiot and Robert Massard
  

Luigi Cherubini

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• Medea Hunt 516, Arkadia CDHP 516.2
  1953 Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Vittorio Gui
  with Fedora Barbieri
• Medea Fonit Cetra 1019, Verona 27088/89
  1953 La Scala, Milan, Leonard Bernstein
  with Fedora Barbieri
• Medea EMI CMS7 63625-2, remastered CMS 5 66435 2 (US release March '98), Ricordi ACDOCL 201
  1957 La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
  with Miriam Pirazzini and Renata Scotto
• Medea Melodram 26016
  1958 Dallas Symphony, Nicola Rescigno
  with Jon Vickers and Teresa Berganza
• Medea Melodram 26005, Virtuoso 2697262
  1959 Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Nicola Rescigno
  with Jon Vickers and Fiorenza Cossotto
• Medea Hunt 34028
  1961 La Scala, Milan, Thomas Schippers
  with Jon Vickers and Giuletta Simionato

Gaetano Donizetti

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• Anna Bolena EMI CMS7 64941-2, remastered CMS 5 66471 2 (US release March '98), Melodram 26010
  1957 La Scala, Milan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni
  with Giulietta Simionato and Gianni Raimondi
• Lucia di Lammermoor Myto 913.40
  1952 Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Guido Picco
  with Giuseppe di Stefano
• Lucia di Lammermoor EMI mono CMS7 69980-2, remastered CMS 5 66438 2 (US release March '98)
  1953 Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Tullio Serafin
  with Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi and Raffaele Arie
• Lucia di Lammermoor Standing Room Only 831
  1954 La Scala, Milan, Herbert von Karajan
  with Giuseppe di Stefano and Rolando Panerai
• Lucia di Lammermoor EMI mono CMS7 63631-2, remastered CMS 5 66441 2 (US release March '98)
  1955 La Scala, Milan, Herbert von Karajan
  with Giuseppe di Stefano, Rolando Panerai and Nicola Zaccaria
• Lucia di Lammermoor Myto 90.319
  1956 Teatro San Carlo, Naples, Francisco Molinari-Pradelli
  with Gianni Raimondi and Rolando Panerai
• Lucia di Lammermoor Melodram 26034
  1956 Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva
  with Giuseppe Campora and Enzo Sordello
• Lucia di Lammermoor Melodram 26014, Hunt 34022
  1957 RAI, Rome, Tullio Serafin
  with Eugenio Fernandi and Rolando Panerai
• Lucia di Lammermoor EMI CDS 7 47440-8, remastered CDS 5 56284 2
  1959 Philharmonia, Tullio Serafin
  with Ferruccio Tagliavini, Piero Cappuccilli and Bernard Ladysz
• Poliuto Melodram 26006, EMI remastered CMS 5 65448 2 (US release March '98)
  1960 La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto
  with Franco Corelli and Ettore Bastianini

Umberto Giordano

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• Andrea Chenier Melodram 26002
  1955 La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto
  with Mario del Monaco

Christoph Willibald von Gluck

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• Alceste Melodram 26026
  1954 La Scala, Milan, Carlo Maria Giulini
  with Rolando Panerai
• Iphigenie en Tauride Melodram 26012
  1957 La Scala, Milan, Nino Sozogno
  with Fiorenza Cossotto

Ruggiero Leoncavallo

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• I Pagliacci EMI CDS 7 47981-8, remastered CDS 5 56287 2
  1954 La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
  with Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi and Rolando Panerai

Pietro Mascagni

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• Cavalleria rusticana EMI mono CDS 7 47981-8, remastered CDS 5 56287 2
  1953 La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
  with Giuseppe di Stefano, and Rolando Panerai

Amilcare Ponchielli

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• La Gioconda Fonit Cetra 9
  1952 RAI, Turin, Antonino Votto
  with Fedora Barbieri
• La Gioconda EMI CDS 7 49518-2, remastered CDS 5 56291 2
  1959 La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto
  with Fiorenza Cossotto and Piero Cappuccilli

Giacomo Puccini

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• La Boheme EMI mono CDS 7 47475-8, remastered CDS 5 56295 2
  1956 La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto
  with Giuseppe di Stefano, Anna Moffo and Rolando Panerai
• Madama Butterfly EMI mono CDS 7 47959-8, remastered CDS 5 56298 2
  1955 La Scala, Milan, Herbert von Karajan
  with Nicolai Gedda
• Manon Lescaut EMI mono CDS 7 47393-8, remastered CDS 5 56301 2
  1957 La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
  with Giuseppe di Stefano
• Tosca Melodram 36032
  1950 Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Umberto Mugnai
• Tosca Melodram 26028, Great Opera Performances 714
  1952 Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Guido Picco
  with Giuseppe di Stefano
• Tosca EMI CDS 7 47175-8, remastered CDS 5 56304 2
  1953 La Scala, Milan, Victor De Sabata
  with Giuseppe di Stefano and Tito Gobbi
• Tosca EMI CMS7 69974-2, remastered CMS 5 66444 2 (US release March '98)
  1964 Paris Opera Conservatoire Orchestra, Georges Pretre
  with Carlo Bergonzi and Tito Gobbi
• Tosca Melodram 26011, Virtuoso 2697242
  1964 Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Carlo Felice Cillario
  with Renato Cioni and Tito Gobbi
• Tosca Melodram 26033
  1965 Paris Opera, Nicola Rescigno
  with Renato Cioni and Tito Gobbi
• Tosca Melodram 26030
  1965 Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva
  with Franco Corelli and Tito Gobbi
• Tosca Melodram 26035
  1965 Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva
  with Richard Tucker and Tito Gobbi
• Turandot EMI CDS 7 47971-8, remastered CDS 5 56307 2
  1957 La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
  with Eugenio Fernandi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Nicola Zaccaria

Gioacchino Rossini

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• Armida Melodram 26024
  1952 Teatro Comunale, Florence, Tullio Serafin
• Il barbiere di Siviglia Melodram 26020
  1956 La Scala, Milan, Carlo Maria Giulini
  with Tito Gobbi and Luigi Alva
• Il barbiere di Siviglia EMI CDS 7 47634-8, remastered CDS 5 56310 2
  1957 Philharmonia, Alceo Galliera
  with Tito Gobbi and Luigi Alva
• Il Turco in Italia EMI CDS 7 47634-8, remastered CDS 5 56313 2
  1954 La Scala, Milan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni
  with Nicolai Gedda

Gaspare Spontini

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• La vestale Melodram 26008
  1954 La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto
  with Franco Corelli, Enzo Sordello and Ebe Stignani

Giuseppe Verdi

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• Aida Melodram 26009
  1950 Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Guido Picco
  with Giuletta Simionato
• Aida Melodram 26015, Cetra CDE 1026
  1951 Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Oliviero de Fabritiis
  with Mario del Monaco and Giuseppe Taddei
• Aida Legato Classics LCD 187-2
  1953 Royal Opera, Covent Garden, John Barbirolli
  with Giuletta Simionato and Joan Sutherland (Priestess)
• Aida EMI mono CDS 7 49030-8, remastered CDS 5 56316 2
  1955 La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
  with Fedora Barbieri, Richard Tucker and Tito Gobbi
• Un ballo in maschera EMI mono CDS 7 47498-8, remastered CDS 5 56320 2
  1956 La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
  with Giuseppe di Stefano and Tito Gobbi
• Un ballo in maschera Hunt 519
  1957 La Scala, Milan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni
  with Giuseppe di Stefano, Giuletta Simionata and Ettore Bastianini
• La forza del destino EMI mono CDS 7 47581-8, remastered CDS 5 56323 2
  1954 La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
  with Richard Tucker
• Macbeth EMI CMS7 64944-2, remastered CMS 5 66447 2 (US release March '98), Movimento Musica 051-022
  1952 La Scala, Milan, Victor de Sabata
• Nabucco Legendary Recordings 1005, Melodram 26029, Pantheon PHE 6650-51
  1949 Teatro San Carlo, Naples, Vittorio Gui
• Rigoletto Melodram 26023
  1952 Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Umberto Mugnai
  with Giuseppe di Stefano
• Rigoletto EMI mono CDS 7 47469-8, remastered CDS 5 56327 2
  1955 La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
  with Tito Gobbi and Giuseppe di Stefano
• La traviata Melodram 26019
  1951 Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Oliviero de Fabritiis
  with Cesare Valletti and Giuseppe Taddei
• La traviata Melodram 26021
  1952 Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Umberto Mugnai
  with Giuseppe di Stefano
• La traviata Fonit Cetra 2 (Fonit Cetra Classic Collection mono CD09)
  1953 RAI, Turin, Gabriele Santini
• La traviata EMI mono CMS 7 63628-2, remastered CMS 5 66450 2 (US release March '98), Priceless D1659X
  1955 La Scala, Milan, Carlo Maria Giulini
  with Giuseppe di Stefano and Ettore Bastianini
• La traviata Myto 89.003
  1956 La Scala, Milan, Carlo Maria Giulini
  with Gianni Raimondi and Ettore Bastianini
• La traviata EMI mono CDS 7 49187-8, remastered CDS 5 56330 2
  1958 San Carlos Opera, Lisbon, Franco Ghione
  with Alfredo Kraus and Mario Sereni
• La traviata Melodram 26007; Verona 27054
  1958 Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Nicola Rescigno
  with Cesare Valletti
• Il Trovatore Melodram 26017
  1950 Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Guido Picco
  with Kurt Baum, Giulietta Simionato and Leonard Warren
• Il Trovatore Melodram 26001
  1951 Teatro San Carlo, Tullio Serafin
  with Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
• Il Trovatore Myto 90213, Legendary Recordings 1007-2
  1953 La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto
  with Ebe Stignani
• Il Trovatore EMI CDS 7 49347-2, remastered CDS 5 56333 2
  1956 La Scala, Milan, Herbert von Karajan
  with Giuseppe di Stefano and Rolando Panerai
• I vespri siciliani Legendary Recordings 1008, Melodram 36020
  1951 Teatro Comunale, Florence, Erich Kleiber
  with Boris Christoff

Richard Wagner

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• Parsifal Melodram 36041
  1950 RAI, Rome, Vittorio Gui
  with Boris Christoff and Rolando Panerai
  

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