This is a partial discography of Hector Berlioz's opera, Les Troyens. It was first performed on 4 November 1863 consisted of Acts 3 to 5 only. The first staged performance of the whole opera took place in 1890, 21 years after Berlioz's death.

Colin Davis's recording in 1969 (released in 1970) was the first complete recording of this opera.[1]

Recordings

Year Cast
(Enée, Chorèbe, Panthée, Narbal,
Iopas, Hylas, Ascagne,
Cassandre, Didon, Anna)		 Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra		 Label[2]
1947Jean Giraudeau,
Charles Cambon,
Charles Paul,
Charles Cambon,
Frans Vroons,
Colin Cunningham,
Irène Joachim,
Marisa Ferrer,
Marisa Ferrer,
Yvonne Corke		 Thomas Beecham
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
BBC Theatre chorus
(Recorded live, June–July)		CD: Malibran Music
Cat: CDRG 162
1957Jon Vickers,
Jess Walters,
Michael Langdon,
David Kelly,
Richard Verreau,
Dermot Troy,
Joan Carlyle,
Amy Shuard,
Blanche Thebom,
Lauris Elms		 Rafael Kubelík
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
(Recorded live, 20 June)
In English		CD: Testament
Cat: SBT4 1443
1959-60Richard Cassilly,
Martial Singher,
Kenneth Smith,
John Dennison,
William Lewis,
Glade Peterson,
Frances Wyatt,
Eleanor Steber,
Regina Resnik,
Regina Sarfaty		 Robert Lawrence
American Opera Society orchestra and chorus
(Recorded live, 29 December-12 January)
In English		CD: Vai Audio
Cat: VAIA 1006-3
1965Guy Chauvet,
N/A,
Jean-Pierre Hurteau,
Lucien Vernet,
Gérard Dunan,
N/A,
Jane Berbié,
Régine Crespin,
Marie-Luce Bellary		 Georges Prêtre
Opéra national de Paris orchestra and chorus
Excerpts only		 LP: His Master's Voice
Cat: SLS771; ASD 2276-2277
1969Nicolai Gedda,
Robert Massard,
Robert Amis El Hage,
Boris Carmeli,
Veriano Luchetti,
Carlo Gaifa,
Rosina Cavicchiola,
Marilyn Horne,
Shirley Verrett,
Giovanna Fioroni		 Georges Prêtre
RAI National Symphony Orchestra and chorus
(Recorded live, 11 December)		CD: Arkadia
Cat: 461
1969Jon Vickers,
Peter Glossop,
Anthony Raffell,
Roger Soyer,
Ian Partridge,
Ryland Davies,
Anne Howells,
Berit Lindholm,
Josephine Veasey,
Heather Begg		 Colin Davis
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
The Wandsworth School Boys' Choir
(Recorded at Walthamstow Town Hall, September–October)		CD: Philips
Cat: 416 432-2
Cat: 6709 002 (LP)[3]
1976Guy Chauvet,
Wolfgang Schöne,
Peter Wimberger,
Nicola Ghiuselev,
Horst Laubenthal,
N/A,
Sona Ghazarian,
Helga Dernesch,
Christa Ludwig,
Margarita Lilowa		 Gerd Albrecht,
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus
(Recorded live, 17 October)		CD: Gala
Cat: GL 100.609[4]
1983Plácido Domingo,
Allan Monk,
John Cheek,
Paul Plishka,
Douglas Ahlstedt,
Philip Creech,
Claudia Catania,
Jessye Norman,
Tatiana Troyanos,
Jocelyne Taillon		 James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(Recorded live, 4–8 October)		DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 00440 073 4310
CD: Laser Disc: Pioneer Artists
Cat: PA-85-137
1984Edward Sooter,
Allan Monk,
John Cheek,
Paul Plishka,
Douglas Ahlstedt,
Philip Creech,
Claudia Catania,
Jessye Norman, Jessye Norman,
Jocelyne Taillon		 James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(Recorded live, 18 February)		Streaming audio:
Met Opera on Demand[5]
1994Gary Lakes,
Gino Quilico,
Michel Philippe,
Jean-Philippe Courtis,
Jean-Luc Maurette,
John Mark Ainsley,
Catherine Dubosc,
Deborah Voigt,
Françoise Pollet,
Hélène Perraguin		 Charles Dutoit
Montreal Symphony Orchestra orchestra and chorus
CD: Decca
Cat: 443 693-2
2000Jon Villars,
Russell Braun,
Tigran Martirossian,
Robert Lloyd,
Ilya Lavinsky,
Toby Spence,
Gaële Le Roi,
Deborah Polaski,
Deborah Polaski,
Yvonne Naef		 Sylvain Cambreling
Orchestre de Paris
Vienna State Opera chorus
Slovak Philharmonic choir
Tölzer Knabenchor
(Recorded live at the Salzburg Festival, August)		DVD: Arthaus
Cat: 100 350/1
2000Ben Heppner,
Peter Mattei,
Tigran Martirossian,
Stephen Milling,
Kenneth Tarver,
Toby Spence,
Isabelle Cals,
Petra Lang,
Michelle DeYoung,
Sara Mingardo		 Colin Davis
London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony chorus
(Recorded live at the Barbican Hall, December)		CD: LSO Live
Cat: LSO0010
2003Gregory Kunde,
Ludovic Tézier,
Nicolas Testé,
Laurent Naouri,
Mark Padmore,
Topi Lehtipuu,
Stéphanie d'Oustrac,
Anna Caterina Antonacci,
Susan Graham,
Renata Pokupić		 John Eliot Gardiner
Théâtre du Châtelet
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Monteverdi Choir
Théâtre du Châtelet chorus
(Recorded live, October)		DVD/Blu-ray: Opus Arte
Cat: OA 0900 D
2010Lance Ryan,
Gabriele Viviani,
Gorgio Guiseppini,
Stephen Milling,
Éric Cutler,
Dmitri Voropaev,
Oksana Shilova,
Elisabete Matos
Daniele Barcellona,
Ziata Bulicheva		 Valery Gergiev
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana		DVD/Blu-ray: C Major
Cat: 706008
Cat: 706104
2012Bryan Hymel,
Fabio Capitanucci,
Ashley Holland,
Brindley Sherratt,
Ji-Min Park,
Ed Lyon,
Barbara Senator,
Anna Caterina Antonacci,
Eva-Maria Westbroek,
Hanna Hipp		 Antonio Pappano
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
(Recorded live, 5–8 July)		DVD/Blu-ray: Opus Arte
Cat: 1097 D
Cat: OABD7113D
2013Bryan Hymel,
Dwayne Croft,
Richard Bernstein,
Kwangchul Youn,
Eric Cutler,
Paul Appleby,
Julie Boulianne,
Deborah Voigt,
Susan Graham,
Karen Cargill		 Fabio Luisi
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(Recorded live, 5 January)		HD streaming video;
Met Opera on Demand[6]
2017Michael Spyres,
Stéphane Degout,
Philippe Sly,
Nicolas Courjal,
Cyrille Dubois,
Stanlislas de Barbeyrac,
Marianne Crebassa
Marie-Nicole Lemieux,
Joyce DiDonato,
Hanna Hipp		 John Nelson
Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg
Les Chœurs de l’Opéra national du Rhin
Badischer Staatsopernchor
Chœur philharmonique de Strasbourg
(Recorded live at Salle Erasme Palais de la musique et des congrès,
11-18 April)		CD/DVD: Erato
Cat: 0190295762209[7]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Billboard – 27 May 1972 – Page 47 Vol. 84, n° 22 "Probably the most important classical recording in history was released in June 1970 – a release which 'made' both Philips and conductor Colin Davis. The first complete, uncut recording of Berlioz's opera "Les Troyens", sent record..."
  2. ↑ Recordings of Les Troyens on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  3. ↑ MacDonald, Hugh, "Record Reviews: Les Troyens" (July 1970). The Musical Times, 111 (1529): pp. 715-716.
  4. ↑ review in Orpheus (August/September 1999): p.87.
  5. ↑ "Les Troyens" (18 February 1984), Met Opera on Demand; "CID: 275490", Met Opera Archive.
  6. ↑ "Les Troyens" (5 January 2013), Met Opera on Demand; "CID: 354766", Met Opera Archive.
  7. ↑ “Review of Berlioz – Les Troyens – Joyce DiDonato, Michael Spyres, Marie-Nicole Lemieux; conducted by John Nelson”. classicalsource.com. Archive copy (28 November 2020).

Sources

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