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