Aida discography

This is a partial discography of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Aida . It was first performed at the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo on December 24, 1871.

Audio recordings

Year	Cast (Aida, Amneris, Radamès, Amonasro, Ramfis)	Conductor, Opera house and orchestra	Label [1] /Notes
1906-1907	Teresa Chelotti / Elvira Magliulo Vittoria Colombati Orazio Cosentino Giovanni Novelli Alfredo Brondi	Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	LP: Zonophone Cat: 12664/78 Cat: 24017 Cat: 24019/25
1912	Lya Remondini Fanny Anitua Giuseppe Armanini Cesare Formichi Vincenzo Bettoni These roles are also sung by other singers [2]	Conductor unknown Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro	LP: Columbia D Cat: 4486-4502 LP: Columbia Cat: 5558-5574
1919	Valentina Bartolomasi Rosita Pagani Enrico Trentini Adolfo Pacini Guido Fernandez	Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	LP: Società Nazionale del Grammofono Cat: S 5150-5180
1928	Giannina Arangi-Lombardi Maria Capuana Aroldo Lindi Armando Borgioli Tancredi Pasero	Lorenzo Molajoli Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	CD: Arkadia Cat: 78044
1928	Dusolina Giannini Irene Minghini-Cattaneo Aureliano Pertile Giovanni Inghilleri Luigi Manfrini	Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	CD: Romophone Cat: 89004-2
1946	Maria Caniglia Ebe Stignani Beniamino Gigli Gino Bechi Tancredi Pasero	Tullio Serafin Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus	CD: EMI Classics Cat: 67487
1949	Herva Nelli Eva Gustavson Richard Tucker Giuseppe Valdengo Norman Scott	Arturo Toscanini NBC Symphony Orchestra Robert Shaw Chorale	LP: RCA Victrola VICS-6113(e) CD: RCA Victor Cat: 67893
1951	Maria Callas Oralia Domínguez Mario Del Monaco Giuseppe Taddei Roberto Silva	Oliviero De Fabritiis Palacio de Bellas Artes orchestra and chorus	CD: EMI Classics Cat: 62678
1952	Renata Tebaldi Ebe Stignani Mario Del Monaco Aldo Protti Dario Caselli	Alberto Erede Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus	CD: Decca Cat: 440239 Naxos Historical Cat: 8.110129-30 [3]
1953	Maria Callas Giulietta Simionato Kurt Baum Jess Walters Giulio Neri	John Barbirolli Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus	CD: Testament Cat: SBT2 1355 Myto Cat: MCD00242 Legato Classics Cat: LCD-187-2
1955	Mary Curtis-Verna Oralia Dominguez Umberto Borsò Norman Scott	Franco Capuana La Fenice orchestra and chorus	CD: Remmington Cat: 20027
1955	Maria Callas Fedora Barbieri Richard Tucker Tito Gobbi Giuseppe Modesti	Tullio Serafin Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	CD: EMI Classics Cat: 563162 CD: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.111240-41 [4]
1955	Zinka Milanov Fedora Barbieri Jussi Björling Leonard Warren Boris Christoff	Jonel Perlea Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus	LP: RCA Victrola Cat: VIC-6119 CD: RCA Red Seal Cat: 8883729002
1956	Antonietta Stella Giulietta Simionato Giuseppe Di Stefano Giangiacomo Guelfi Nicola Zaccaria	Antonino Votto Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	CD: Great Opera Performances Cat: GOP66353
1956	Mary Curtis-Verna Franco Corelli Miriam Pirazzini Giangiacomo Guelfi Giulio Neri	Angelo Questa RAI orchestra and chorus	CD: Cetra Cat: 662118
1959	Renata Tebaldi Giulietta Simionato Carlo Bergonzi Cornell MacNeil Arnold van Mill	Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna Friends of Music Society chorus	CD: Decca Cat: DEC 2894670232
1962	Leontyne Price Rita Gorr Jon Vickers Robert Merrill Giorgio Tozzi	Georg Solti Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus	LP: RCA Victor, Cat: LSC-6158 CD: Decca Cat: 4607652 1963 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording
1963	Leontyne Price Giulietta Simionato Dimiter Uzunov Ettore Bastianini Walter Kreppel	Lovro von Matačić Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus	3 x LP: Electrecord Cat: ELE 02966 Cat: ELE 02967 Cat: ELE 02968
1966	Leyla Gencer Fiorenza Cossotto Carlo Bergonzi Anselmo Colzani Bonaldo Giaiotti	Franco Capuana Verona Arena orchestra and chorus	CD: Giuseppe di Stefano Cat: GDS 21032
1967	Birgit Nilsson Grace Bumbry Franco Corelli Mario Sereni Bonaldo Giaiotti	Zubin Mehta Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus	CD: EMI Classics Cat: 58645
1970	Leontyne Price Grace Bumbry Plácido Domingo Sherrill Milnes Ruggero Raimondi	Erich Leinsdorf London Symphony Orchestra John Alldis choir	LP: RCA Red Seal Cat: LSC-3275 CD: RCA Red Seal Cat: 88985434852
1972	Martina Arroyo Fiorenza Cossotto Plácido Domingo Piero Cappuccilli Nicolai Ghiaurov	Claudio Abbado Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	Audio CD: Opera d'Oro Cat: 7002
1973	Gwyneth Jones Viorica Cortez Plácido Domingo Eugene Holmes Bonaldo Giaiotti	Riccardo Muti Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus	Audio CD: BellaVoce Cat: BLV 107.209
1974	Montserrat Caballé Fiorenza Cossotto Plácido Domingo Piero Cappuccilli Nicolai Ghiaurov	Riccardo Muti Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Opera House chorus	CD: EMI Classics Cat: 5676132
1976	Leontyne Price Marilyn Horne Plácido Domingo Cornell MacNeil Bonaldo Giaiotti	James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	Streaming audio: Met Opera on Demand [5]
1979	Mirella Freni Agnes Baltsa José Carreras Piero Cappuccilli Ruggero Raimondi	Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus	CD: EMI Classics Cat: 81877
1982	Julia Varady Stefania Toczyska Luciano Pavarotti Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Matti Salminen	Daniel Barenboim Deutsche Oper Berlin orchestra and chorus	CD: Ponto Cat: PO-1028
1983	Katia Ricciarelli Elena Obraztsova Plácido Domingo Leo Nucci Nicolai Ghiaurov	Claudio Abbado Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 4100922
1986	Maria Chiara Ghena Dimitrova Luciano Pavarotti Leo Nucci Paata Burchuladze	Lorin Maazel Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	CD: Decca Cat: 417439
1991	Aprile Millo Dolora Zajick Plácido Domingo James Morris Samuel Ramey	James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	CD: Sony Cat: 88697527722
1994	Maria Dragoni Barbara Dever Kristján Jóhannsson Mark Rucker Francesco Ellero d'Artegna	Rico Saccani RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra	CD: Naxos Cat: 8660033-34
2001	Cristina Gallardo-Domâs Olga Borodina Vincenzo La Scola Thomas Hampson Matti Salminen	Nikolaus Harnoncourt Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Arnold Schoenberg Chor	CD: Teldec Cat: 85402
2015	Anja Harteros, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Jonas Kaufmann, Ludovic Tezier, Erwin Schrott	Antonio Pappano, Accademia di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus	CD: Warner Classics Cat:2564610663

Video recordings

Year	Cast (Aida, Amneris, Radamès, Amonasro, Ramfis)	Conductor, Opera house and orchestra	Label [1]
1961	Gabriella Tucci Giulietta Simionato Mario Del Monaco Aldo Protti Paolo Washington	Franco Capuana NHK Symphony Orchestra (Recorded in Tokyo)	Video Artists Int'l Cat: DVDVAI4420
1966	Leyla Gencer Fiorenza Cossotto Carlo Bergonzi Anselmo Colzani Bonaldo Giaiotti,	Franco Capuana Verona Arena orchestra and chorus (Recorded on 3 August 1966)	Hardy Classic Cat: HCD 4010
1981	Margaret Price Stefania Toczyska Luciano Pavarotti Simon Estes Kurt Rydl	Garcia Navarro San Francisco Opera orchestra and chorus	Kultur International Cat: 3984 22366 2
1986	Maria Chiara Ghena Dimitrova Luciano Pavarotti Juan Pons Nicolai Ghiaurov	Lorin Maazel Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	Image Entertainment Cat: 0014381578522 Arthaus Musik Cat: 100059
1989	Aprile Millo Dolora Zajick Plácido Domingo Sherrill Milnes Paata Burchuladze	James Levine Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet (Production: Sonja Frisell; recorded live, 7 October)	Streaming video: Met Opera on Demand [6] DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 0019
2001	Adina Aaron Kate Aldrich Scott Piper Giuseppe Garra Enrico Iori	Massimiliano Stefanelli Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic Orchestra (Production: Franco Zeffirelli; recorded live, 27 January, Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, Busseto)	TDK Cat: DV-AIDDBM
2004	Norma Fantini Ildikó Komlósi Marco Berti Mark S. Doss Orlin Anastassov	Kazushi Ono Symphony Orchestra and Choir of La Monnaie	Opus Arte Cat: B000FNUDW2
2007	Violeta Urmana Ildikó Komlósi Roberto Alagna Carlo Guelfi Giorgio Giuseppini	Riccardo Chailly Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (Live recording December 2006)	Decca Cat: 074 3209
2009	Tatiana Serjan, Iano Tamar, Rubens Pelizzari, Iain Paterson, Tigran Martirossian	Carlo Rizzi, Bregenz Festival, Vienna Symphony (Stage director: Graham Vick; recorded live, 24 July)	Streaming video: Unitel Classica [7] Blu-ray: ArkivMusic [8]
2012	Liudmyla Monastyrska, Olga Borodina, Roberto Alagna, George Gagnidze, Stefan Kocán	Fabio Luisi, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, & Ballet (Producer: Sonja Frisell; recorded live, 15 December)	HD video: Met Opera on Demand [9]
2018	Anna Netrebko, Anita Rachvelishvili, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Quinn Kelsey, Dmitry Belosselskiy	Nicola Luisotti, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, & Ballet (Producer: Sonja Frisell; recorded live, 6 October)	HD video: Met Opera on Demand [10]
2022	Krassimira Stoyanova, Oksana Volkova, Francesco Meli, Quinn Kelsey, Georg Zeppenfeld	Christian Thielemann, Semperoper, Dresden (Director: Katharina Thalbach; recorded live, March)	Streaming video: Arte [11]
2022	Elena Stikhina, Agnieszka Rehlis, Francesco Meli, Ludovic Tézier, Soloman Howard	Antonio Pappano, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Royal Opera Chorus (Director: Robert Carsen; recorded live, 3, 6, and 12 October)	Royal Ballet and Opera Stream [12] Blu-ray: Opus Arte Cat: OABD7321D [13]
2025	Angel Blue, Judit Kutasi, Piotr Beczała, Quinn Kelsey, Morris Robinson	Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, & Ballet (Producer: Michael Mayer; recorded live, 25 January)	HD video: Met Opera on Demand [14]

References

Notes

1. Recordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
2. ”Aida by Giuseppe Verdi 1912”. operadis-opera-discography.org.uksite. Retrieved 18 August 2018
3. Source: Naxos Catalogue 8.110129-30
4. Source: Naxos Catalogue 8.111240-41
5. Aida (6 March 1976), Met Opera on Demand.
6. Aida, 7 October 1989, Met Opera on Demand; Met Opera DB, CID:298120
7. Bregenz Festival, 2009, Naxos.
8. James Sohre (December 2010), "Aida at Bregenz Festival 2009", Opera Today. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
9. Aida, 15 December 2012, Met Opera on Demand
10. Aida, 6 October 2018, Met Opera on Demand.
11. Zoltán Szabo (17 March 2022), "Moving singing, but missed opportunities in Dresden's new Aida", bachtrack.com. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
12. Aida (2022), Royal Ballet and Opera Stream.
13. Royal Opera Aida (2022), Blu-ray, Naxos.
14. Aida, 25 January 2025, Met Opera on Demand.

Sources

• Gruber, Paul, ed. (2003). The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN   0-393-03444-5.