Tosca discography
Year Cast ( Tosca , Cavaradossi , Scarpia ) Conductor , Opera house and orchestra Label
1918 Lya Remondini , Carlo Broccardi , Dario Zani Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus 78rpm : La voce del padrone Cat : S5584-S5606 ( even numbered , 12 discs )
1920 Valentina Bartolomasi , Attilio Salvaneschi , Adolfo Pacini Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus ( Recorded by HMV ) 78 RPM : Società Nazionale del Grammofono Cat : S5702- S57244 ( 12 discs )
1929 Carmen Melis , Piero Pauli , Apollo Granforte Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus ( Recorded by HMV ) CD : Arkadia Cat : 78002
1930 Bianca Scacciati [ it ] , Alessandro Granda , Enrico Molinari [ it ] Lorenzo Molajoli Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus 78rpm : Columbia Records Cat : D14594 - D14607 ( 14 discs ) 33rpm LP : Columbia ( UK ) Cat : EL-4
1938 Maria Caniglia , Beniamino Gigli , Armando Borgioli Oliviero De Fabritiis Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus ( Recorded by HMV ) CD : Arkadia Cat : 78025
1946 Grace Moore , Jan Peerce , Lawrence Tibbett Cesare Sodero Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus ( Recording of a performance on 9 February 1946 ) CD : Myto Records Cat : MCD 942 98
1950 Maria Callas , Mario Filippeschi , Robert Weede Umberto Mugnai Palacio de Bellas Artes orchestra and chorus ( Recording of a performance on 8 June 1950 ) CD : Arkadia Cat : GA 2047
1951 Simona Dall'Argine , Nino Scattolini , Scipio Colombo Argeo Quadri Vienna State Opera orchestra Vienna Chamber choir ( Recorded by Westminster ) CD : Preiser Records Cat : 20024
1951 Adriana Guerrini , Gianni Poggi , Paolo Silveri Francesco Molinari-Pradelli RAI orchestra and chorus ( Recorded by Cetra ) CD : Warner Fonit Cat : 5046 63305-2
1951 Renata Tebaldi , Giuseppe Campora , Enzo Mascherini Alberto Erede Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus ( Recorded by Decca ) CD : Pearl Cat : 199
1951 Vera Petrova , Eddy Ruhl , Piero Campolonghi [ it ] Emilio Tieri Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorus 33rpm LP : Remington Cat : 199-62
1952 Maria Callas , Giuseppe Di Stefano , Piero Campolonghi Guido Picco Palacio de Bellas Artes orchestra and chorus ( Recording of a performance on 1 July 1952 ) CD : Archipel Cat : OO49
1953 Maria Callas , Giuseppe Di Stefano , Tito Gobbi Victor de Sabata Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus Main article : Tosca ( Sabata recording ) CD : EMI Classics Cat : 562890
1955 Gigliola Frazzoni , Ferruccio Tagliavini , Giangiacomo Guelfi Arturo Basile RAI orchestra and chorus CD : Warner Fonit Cat : 8573 87479-2
1956 Renata Tebaldi , Richard Tucker , Leonard Warren Dimitri Mitropoulos Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus ( Recording of a performance on 7 January 1956 ) CD : Andromeda Cat : ANDRCD 9001
1957 Dorothy Kirsten , Daniele Barioni , Frank Guarrera Dimitri Mitropoulos Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus ( abridged ) ( Recorded by Metropolitan Opera Record Club ) CD : Premiere Opera Ltd. Cat : CDNO 446-2 ( 1 CD )
1957 Zinka Milanov , Jussi Björling , Leonard Warren Erich Leinsdorf Teatro dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus CD : RCA Victor Red Seal Cat : 63305
1957 Zinka Milanov , Franco Corelli , Giangiacomo Guelfi Alexander Gibson Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus ( Recording of a performance on 1 July 1957 ) CD : Royal Opera House Heritage Series Cat : ROH S 5
1957 Antonietta Stella , Gianni Poggi , Giuseppe Taddei Tullio Serafin Teatro di San Carlo orchestra and chorus ( Recorded by Philips Records ) CD : Live Opera Heaven Ltd. Cat : C 1371
1957 Magda Olivero , Eugenio Fernandi , Scipio Colombo Emidio Tieri RAI orchestra and chorus CD : Opera Depot Cat : 11066-2
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This is a discography of Tosca, an opera by Giacomo Puccini. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. Tosca has been one of the most frequently recorded operas, dating back to a nearly complete acoustical recording in 1918.