| Year |
Cast
(Don Giovanni,
Leporello,
Donna Anna,
Don Ottavio,
Donna Elvira,
Zerlina,
Masetto,
Commendatore) |
Conductor and orchestra |
Label[1] |
|---|
| 1934 | Ezio Pinza,
Virgilio Lazzari,
Rosa Ponselle,
Tito Schipa,
Maria Müller,
Editha Fleischer,
Louis D'Angelo,
Emanuel List | Tullio Serafin,
Metropolitan Opera
(live performance)[2] | CD: Andromeda
Cat: ANDRCD 9026 |
| 1936 | John Brownlee,
Salvatore Baccaloni,
Ina Souez,
Koloman von Pataky,
Luise Helletsgruber,
Audrey Mildmay,
Roy Henderson,
David Franklin | Fritz Busch,
Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra and Chorus
(first complete studio recording) | 78 RPM: HMV (His Master's Voice)
Cat: DB 2961-2983 (23 discs, 46 sides)
RCA Victor
Cat: DM 423/424/425 (23 discs, 46 sides, issued in 3 volumes)
CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.110135-37 |
| 1937 | Ezio Pinza,
Virgilio Lazzari,
Elisabeth Rethberg,
Dino Borgioli,
Luise Helletsgruber,
Margit Bokor,
Karl Ettl,
Herbert Alsen | Bruno Walter,
Vienna Philharmonic
(live performance) | CD: Andromeda
Cat: ANDRCD 5126 |
| 1942 | Ezio Pinza,
Alexander Kipnis,
Rose Bampton,
Charles Kullman,
Jarmila Novotná,
Bidu Sayão,
Mack Harrell,
Norman Cordon | Bruno Walter,
Metropolitan Opera
(live performance) | CD: Andromeda
Cat: ANDRCD 9040 |
| 1944 | Ezio Pinza,
Salvatore Baccaloni,
Florence Kirk,
Charles Kullman,
Eleanor Steber,
Bidu Sayão,
Mack Harrell,
Nicola Moscona | George Szell,
Metropolitan Opera
(live performance) | CD: Walhall
Cat: WLCD 0106 |
| 1947 | Ezio Pinza,
Salvatore Baccaloni,
Regina Resnik,
Charles Kullman,
Polyna Stoska,
Nadine Conner,
Lorenzo Alvary,
Jerome Hines | Max Rudolf,
Metropolitan Opera
(live performance) | CD: Omega
Cat: 648 |
| 1950 | Tito Gobbi,
Erich Kunz,
Ljuba Welitsch,
Anton Dermota,
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,
Irmgard Seefried,
Alfred Poell,
Josef Greindl | Wilhelm Furtwängler,
Vienna Philharmonic
(live performance) | CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 0094633679924 |
| 1953 | Cesare Siepi,
Otto Edelmann,
Elisabeth Grümmer,
Anton Dermota,
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,
Erna Berger,
Walter Berry,
Raffaele Arié | Wilhelm Furtwängler,
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor,
Wiener Philharmoniker
(Live Performance Salzburger Festspiele) | CD: Orfeo
Cat: C 624 043 D |
| 1954 | Cesare Siepi,
Otto Edelmann,
Elisabeth Grümmer,
Anton Dermota,
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,
Erna Berger,
Walter Berry,
Dezső Ernster | Wilhelm Furtwängler,
Vienna Philharmonic
(live performance) also as video | CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 336 799-2 |
| 1955 | Cesare Siepi,
Fernando Corena,
Suzanne Danco,
Anton Dermota,
Lisa Della Casa,
Hilde Gueden,
Walter Berry,
Kurt Böhme | Josef Krips,
Wiener Philharmoniker,
Wiener Staatsopernchor
(first stereo recording) | CD: Decca Heritage Masters
Cat: 478 1389 |
Giuseppe Taddei,
Italo Tajo,
Mary Curtis Verna,
Cesare Valletti,
Carla Gavazzi,
Elda Ribetti,
Vito Susca,
Antonio Zerbini | Max Rudolf,
Chorus and Orchestra RAI Torino | CD: Warner-Fonit
Cat: 0927 43561-2 |
George London,
Erich Kunz,
Lisa Della Casa,
Anton Dermota,
Sena Jurinac,
Irmgard Seefried,
Walter Berry,
Ludwig Weber | Karl Böhm,
Wiener Staatsoper
(live performance) | CD: RCA Red Seal
Cat: 74321 57737 2 |
| 1956 | Antonio Campo,
Marcello Curtis,
Teresa Stich-Randall,
Nicolai Gedda,
Suzanne Danco,
Anna Moffo,
André Vessières,
Raffaele Arié | Hans Rosbaud,
Artistes et Choeurs du Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 1956,
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire | CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 7243 5 72195 2 5 (with Le Nozze di Figaro) |
| 1959 | Eberhard Wächter,
Giuseppe Taddei,
Joan Sutherland,
Luigi Alva,
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,
Graziella Sciutti,
Piero Cappuccilli,
Gottlob Frick | Carlo Maria Giulini,
Philharmonia Orchestra | CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 747260-8 |
Cesare Siepi,
Fernando Corena,
Birgit Nilsson,
Cesare Valletti,
Leontyne Price,
Eugenia Ratti,
Heinz Blankenburg,
Arnold van Mill | Erich Leinsdorf,
Vienna Philharmonic | CD: London
Cat: 444594 |
| 1960 | Eberhard Wächter,
Walter Berry,
Leontyne Price,
Cesare Valletti,
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,
Graziella Sciutti,
Rolando Panerai,
Nicola Zaccaria | Herbert von Karajan,
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor,
Wiener Philharmoniker
(Live Performance Salzburger Festspiele) | CD: MYTO
Cat: 00317 |
| 1961 | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Karl-Christian Kohn,
Sena Jurinac,
Ernst Haefliger,
Maria Stader,
Irmgard Seefried,
Ivan Sardi,
Walter Kreppel | Ferenc Fricsay,
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin | CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 000289 463 6292 1 |
| 1962 | George London,
Benno Kusche,
Hildegard Hillebrecht,
Nicolai Gedda,
Sena Jurinac,
Anneliese Rothenberger,
Albrecht Peter,
Gottlob Frick | Joseph Keilberth,
Munich Opera Festival | CD: Golden Melodram
Cat: |
| 1966 | Nicolai Ghiaurov,
Walter Berry,
Claire Watson,
Nicolai Gedda,
Christa Ludwig,
Mirella Freni,
Paolo Montarsolo,
Franz Crass | Otto Klemperer,
New Philharmonia Orchestra | CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 77776384153 |
| 1967 | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Ezio Flagello,
Birgit Nilsson,
Peter Schreier,
Martina Arroyo,
Reri Grist,
Alfredo Mariotti,
Martti Talvela | Karl Böhm,
Prague National Theatre Orchestra | CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: DG 429 870-2 |
| 1968 | Gabriel Bacquier,
Donald Gramm,
Joan Sutherland,
Werner Krenn,
Pilar Lorengar,
Marilyn Horne,
Leonardo Monreale,
Clifford Grant | Richard Bonynge,
English Chamber Orchestra | Decca/London |
| 1970 | Nicolai Ghiaurov,
Geraint Evans,
Gundula Janowitz,
Stuart Burrows,
Teresa Żylis-Gara,
Olivera Miljakovic,
Rolando Panerai,
Victor Halem | Herbert von Karajan,
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor,
Wiener Philharmoniker
(Live Performance Salzburger Festspiele) | CD: Orfeo
Cat: C 615 033 D |
| 1973 | Ingvar Wixell,
Wladimiro Ganzarolli,
Martina Arroyo,
Stuart Burrows,
Kiri Te Kanawa,
Mirella Freni,
Richard Van Allan,
Luigi Roni | Sir Colin Davis,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | CD: Philips
Cat: 422 541-2 |
| 1977 | Sherrill Milnes,
Walter Berry,
Anna Tomowa-Sintow,
Peter Schreier,
Teresa Żylis-Gara,
Edith Mathis,
Dale Duesing,
John Macurdy | Karl Böhm,
Wiener Philharmoniker,
Wiener Staatsopernchor | CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: DG 477 5655 |
| 1985 | Samuel Ramey,
Ferruccio Furlanetto,
Anna Tomowa-Sintow,
Gösta Winbergh,
Agnes Baltsa,
Kathleen Battle,
Alexander Malta,
Paata Burchuladze | Herbert von Karajan,
Berlin Philharmonic | CD: Deutsche Grammophon
DG DG 419 179-2 |
Alan Titus,
Rolando Panerai,
Júlia Várady,
Thomas Moser,
Arleen Auger,
Edith Mathis,
Rainer Scholze,
Jan-Hendrik Rootering | Rafael Kubelík,
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks,
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks | CD: RCA Classics (BMG)
Cat: 74321 25284 2 (deleted) |
| 1988 | Thomas Hampson,
László Polgár,
Edita Gruberová,
Hans Peter Blochwitz,
Roberta Alexander,
Barbara Bonney,
Anton Scharinger,
Robert Holl | Nikolaus Harnoncourt,
Chorus of the Royal Netherlands Opera,
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam | CD: Teldec Classics
Cat: 022924418426 |
| 1989 | Håkan Hagegård,
Gilles Cachemaille,
Arleen Auger,
Nico van der Meel,
Della Jones,
Barbara Bonney,
Bryn Terfel,
Kristinn Sigmundsson | Arnold Östman,
Drottningholm Palace Theatre Orchestra & Chorus
(Prague version, with Vienna version alternatives and additions included in appendix) | CD: L'oiseau-lyre
Cat: 425 943-2 |
| 1990 | Thomas Allen,
Simone Alaimo,
Sharon Sweet,
Francisco Araiza,
Karita Mattila,
Marie McLaughlin,
Claudio Otelli,
Robert Lloyd | Sir Neville Marriner,
Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Ambrosian Opera Chorus | CD: Philips
Cat: 473 959-2 |
| 1992 | Andreas Schmidt,
Gregory Yurisich,
Amanda Halgrimson,
John Mark Ainsley,
Lynne Dawson,
Nancy Argenta,
Gerald Finley,
Alastair Miles | Roger Norrington,
London Classical Players and Schütz Choir of London
(Includes both Prague and Vienna versions complete) | CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 7 54859 2 |
| 1993 | Thomas Allen,
Richard Van Allan,
Carol Vaness,
Keith Lewis,
Maria Ewing,
Elizabeth Gale,
John Rawnsley,
Dimitri Kavrakos | Bernard Haitink
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Glyndebourne Chorus | CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 94635863857 |
| 1994 | Rodney Gilfry,
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo,
Ľuba Orgonášová,
Christoph Prégardien,
Charlotte Margiono,
Eirian James,
Julian Clarkson,
Andrea Silvestrelli | John Eliot Gardiner
English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir
(live performance)
(Includes all music from both Prague and Vienna versions; compact discs can be programmed to play either version.) | CD: DG Archiv
Cat: 445 870-2 |
| 1995 | Bo Skovhus,
Alessandro Corbelli,
Christine Brewer,
Jerry Hadley,
Felicity Lott,
Nuccia Focile,
Umberto Chiummo | Charles Mackerras
Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus | CD: Telarc
Cat: 80726 |
| 1997 | Bryn Terfel,
Michele Pertusi,
Renée Fleming,
Herbert Lippert,
Ann Murray,
Monica Groop,
Roberto Scaltriti,
Mario Luperi | Sir Georg Solti,
London Philharmonic
(Live Performance) | CD: London
Cat: 455 500-2 |
| 1998 | Simon Keenlyside,
Bryn Terfel,
Carmela Remigio,
Uwe Heilmann,
Soile Isokoski,
Patrizia Pace,
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo,
Matti Salminen | Claudio Abbado,
Chamber Orchestra of Europe | CD: Deutsche Grammophon |
| 1999 | Peter Mattei,
Gilles Cachemaille,
Carmela Remigio,
Mark Padmore,
Véronique Gens,
Lisa Larsson,
Till Fechner,
Gudjon Oskarsson | Daniel Harding,
Mahler Chamber Orchestra | CD: Virgin Classics |
| 2000 | Garry Magee,
Andrew Shore,
Majella Cullagh,
Barry Banks,
Vivian Tierney,
Mary Plazas,
Dean Robinson,
Clive Bayley | David Parry,
Philharmonia Orchestra and Geoffrey Mitchell Choir | CD: Chandos Records
Cat: CHA 3057 (in English) |
Bo Skovhus,
Renato Girolami,
Adrianne Pieczonka,
Torsten Kerl,
Regina Schörg,
Ildikó Raimondi
Boaz Daniel,
Janusz Monarcha | Michael Halász,
Nicolaus Estherházy Sinfonia and the Hungarian Radio Chorus
| CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.660080-82 |
| 2006 | Johannes Weisser,
Lorenzo Regazzo,
Olga Pasichnyk,
Kenneth Tarver,
Alex Penda,
Sunhae Im,
Nikolay Borchev,
Allessandro Guerzoni | René Jacobs,
RIAS Kammerchor and Freiburger Barockorchester | CD: Harmonia Mundi
Cat: HMC901964.66 |
| 2012 | Ildebrando D'Arcangelo,
Luca Pisaroni,
Diana Damrau,
Rolando Villazón,
Joyce DiDonato,
Mojca Erdmann,
Konstantin Wolff,
Vitalij Kowaljow | Yannick Nézet-Séguin,
Mahler Chamber Orchestra | CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 0289 477 9878 1 |
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