Verdi: Il Trovatore

This page lists all recordings of Il Trovatore, by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) on CD & DVD. Generally, more recent CDs and DVDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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Verdi: Il Trovatore

Maria Callas, Fedora Barbieri, Giuseppe di Stefano, Renato Ercolani, Rolando Panerai, Nicola Zaccaria

La Scala, Milan, Herbert von Karajan

Alto - ALC2004

(CD - 2 discs)

£7.49 (£6.37 ex. VAT)

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Verdi: Il Trovatore

Giuseppe Di Stefano, Maria Callas, Rolando Panerai, Fedora Barbieri, Nicola Zaccaria & Renato Ercolani

Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Herbert von Karajan

Before Maria Callas made this August 1956 recording of Il trovatore, at La Scala, Milan, in August 1956, she had been singing it often since 1950 and with notable success.

Callas's 1953 Covent Garden performances earned golden opinions. The Times critic considered the opera should have been syled Leonora: “[she] sang and acted everyone off the stage… The beauty of her line, its plasticity, and its strength, and the easy richness with which she unfolds long phrases, was memorably shown in Tacea la notte

“Despite later uncut performances, Callas, di Stefano and Karajan at his most dramatic, are a thrilling team, with an excellent cast and vivid recording from EMI's LPs rather than master tapes.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 *****

Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings - 8111280-81

(CD - 2 discs)

£8.49 (£7.23 ex. VAT)

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Verdi: Il Trovatore

Plácido Domingo, Rosalind Plowright, Brigitte Fassbaender, Giorgio Zancanaro & Nesterenko

Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo M. Giulini

"As a whole, the interpretation encompasses everything from the dark, conspiratorial air of the start (Nesterenko quite excellent) through the ardent statements of love from three of the principals ("Ah, sě, ben mio beautifully shaped) to the rollicking extroversion of gipsies and soldiers [...] I would unhesitatingly recommend this version to even the most jaded Verdian" Alan Blyth, The Gramophone, November 1984

DG Originals - 4775915

(CD - 2 discs)

£16.49 (£14.03 ex. VAT)

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Verdi: Il Trovatore

Franco Bonisolli, Raina Kabaivanska, Giorgio Zancanaro, Viorica Cortez

Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin, Bruno Bartoletti

Recorded 1975

Arts - 430452

(CD - 2 discs)

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Verdi: Il Trovatore

Raina Kabaivanska, Fiorenza Cassotto, Plácido Domingo, Piero Cappuccilli, José van Dam

Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Herbert von Karajan

Karajan's final Trovatore, recorded at the Wiener Staatsoper 1978.

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TDK - DVCLOPIT

(DVD Video - 2 discs)

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Verdi: Il Trovatore

Kabaivanska, Venuti, Cossotto, Domingo, Zednik, Aichberger, Cappuccilli, Van Dam

Orchestra & Choir of Vienna State Opera, Herbert Von Karajan

RCA - 74321619512

(CD - 2 discs)

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Verdi: Il Trovatore

Roberto Alagna (Manrico), Angela Gheorghiu (Leonora), Thomas Hampson (Il Conte di Luna), Larissa Diadkova (Azucena), Ildebrando d'Arcangelo (Ferrando)

London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

EMI - 5573602

(CD - 2 discs)

£19.99 (£17.01 ex. VAT)

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