Cavalleria rusticana discography

This is a discography of Cavalleria rusticana, an opera by Pietro Mascagni. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 17 May 17, 1890. There have been over 100 full-length recordings of Cavalleria rusticana published since it was first recorded in Germany in 1909.^[1] Mascagni himself has conducted the opera in two recordings, the best-known of which is the 1940 EMI recording made to mark the 50th anniversary of the opera's premiere. The performance by the La Scala orchestra and chorus with Lina Bruna Rasa as Santuzza and Beniamino Gigli as Turiddu also has a spoken introduction by Mascagni. Originally released as an LP, it is available on CD under several historical recording labels, including Naxos.^[2]

Year	Cast (Santuzza, Turiddu, Alfio, Lucia)	Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra	Label[3]
1927	May Blyth Heddle Nash Harold Williams Justine Griffiths	Aylmer Buesst, British National Opera Company
1929-30	Delia Sanzio Giovanni Breviario Piero Biasini Olga de Franco	Carlo Sabajno, La Scala Orchestra and Chorus	Audio CD: Arkadia Cat: 78046
1930	Giannina Arangi-Lombardi Antonio Melandri Gino Lulli Ida Mannarini	Lorenzo Molajoli, Milan Symphony Orchestra	Audio CD: Preiser Records Cat: 90042
1934	Iva Pacetti, Beniamino Gigli, Mario Basiola, Giuseppe Nessi	Leone Paci Orchestra and Chorus Of La Scala, Milan	Audio CD: Opera D'Oro OPD-9009
1950	Giulietta Simionato Achille Braschi Carlo Tagliabue Liliana Pellegrino	Arturo Basile Lyric Chorus and Orchestra of Cetra	Audio LP: Cetra Records
1951	Valentina Petrova Eddy Ruhl Ivan Petrov Lidia Malani	Erasmo Ghiglia Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra and Chorus	Audio LP: Remington Records Cat: 199-74
1953	Zinka Milanov Jussi Björling Robert Merrill Carol Smith	Renato Cellini RCA Victor Orchestra	Audio CD: RCA Red Seal Cat: CD 88875054492
1953	Margaret Harshaw Richard Tucker Frank Guarrera Thelma Votipka	Fausto Cleva Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus	Audio LP: Columbia Cat: SL-123; Audio CD: Sony Cat:
1953	Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Rolando Panerai, Ebe Ticozzi	Tullio Serafin La Scala Orchestra and Chorus	Audio CD: EMI CD Cat: 7243 5 56287 2 5
1954	Elena Nicolai, Mario del Monaco, Aldo Protti, Anna Maria Anelli	Franco Ghione Milan Symphony Orchestra	Audio LP: Decca Cat: ACL 199-200; Audio CD: Great Opera Performances Cat: GOP 66314
1957	Renata Tebaldi, Jussi Björling, Ettore Bastianini, Rina Corsi	Alberto Erede Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra and Chorus	Audio CD: Decca CD Cat: 458 2242
1958	Caterina Mancini, Gianni Poggi, Aldo Protti, Aurora Cattelani	Ugo Rápalo Teatro di San Carlo Orchestra and Chorus	Audio LP: Philips Cat: SABL 135-7
1960	Giulietta Simionato, Mario del Monaco, Cornell MacNeil, Anna di Stasio	Tullio Serafin Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Orchestra and Chorus	Audio CD: Decca Cat: 467 484-2
1962	Victoria de Los Angeles, Franco Corelli, Mario Sereni, Corinna Vozza	Gabriele Santini Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus	Audio CD: EMI CD Cat: 72438-19968-2-9
1965	Fiorenza Cossotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Giangiacomo Guelfi, Maria Gracia Allegri	Herbert von Karajan La Scala Orchestra and Chorus	Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: CD 419 257-2
1966	Elena Souliotis, Mario del Monaco, Tito Gobbi, Anna di Stasio	Silvio Varviso Orchestra e Coro di Roma	Audio LP: Decca available as Download
1976	Julia Varady, Luciano Pavarotti, Piero Cappuccilli, Ida Bormida	Gianandrea Gavazzeni National Philharmonic Orchestra London Voices	Audio CD: Decca Classics Cat: 00289 414 5902
1978	Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, Pablo Elvira, Jean Kraft	James Levine National Philharmonic Orchestra	Audio CD: RCA Victor Cat: RCA RD 83091
1979	Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Matteo Manuguerra, Astrid Varnay	Riccardo Muti Philharmonia Orchestra	Audio CD: EMI CD Cat: EMI CMS 7 63650 2
1981	Martina Arroyo, Franco Bonisolli, Bernd Weikl, Juliana Falk	Lamberto Gardelli Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Orchestra and Chorus	Audio CD: Eurodisc
1983	Elena Obraztsova, Plácido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Fedora Barbieri	Georges Prêtre La Scala Orchestra and Chorus	Audio CD: Philips 416 137-2;
1989	Agnes Baltsa, Plácido Domingo, Juan Pons, Vera Baniewicz	Giuseppe Sinopoli Philharmonia Orchestra	Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: CD 429 568-2
1990	Jessye Norman, Giuseppe Giacomini, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Rosa Laghezza	Semyon Bychkov Chorus and Orchestra de Paris	Audio CD: Philips Cat: 432 105-2
1992	Stefka Evstatieva, Giacomo Aragall, Eduard Tumagian, Alzbeta Michalková	Alexander Rahbari Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Choir	Audio CD: Naxos Cat: 8 660022
1997	Nelly Miricioiu, Dennis O'Neill, Phillip Joll, Elizabeth Bainbridge	David Parry London Philharmonic Orchestra Geoffrey Mitchell Choir	Audio CD: Chandos Cat: CHAN 3004

References

1. Recordings on the opera on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk Retrieved 6 February 2010
2. Mallach, Alan (2002). Pietro Mascagni and His Operas, p. 298. University Press of New England. ISBN 1555535240
3. Unless otherwise indicated, this discography is sourced from Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk

Further reading

For extensive annotated discographies of Cavalleria rusticana, see:

• Flury, Roger (2001). Pietro Mascagni - A Bio-Bibliography'. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-29662-6
• Mascagni.org. Cavalleria rusticana - Recorded Performances