Ralph Moore’s comparative survey of recordings of Verdi’s Il Trovatore can be found here.
Complete opera recordings only, excerpts not included.
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CD (singer for the Manrico, singer for Leonora, orchestra and conductor, ordered by conductor)
| (In French) Giuseppe Gipali, Roberta Mantegna, Orchestra del Teatro Communale di Bologna / Roberto Abbado (2018) | Dynamic CDS7835.02 | review |
| Franco Bonisolli, Raina Kabaivanska, Orchestra of the Staatskapelle Berlin/Bruno Bartoletti (1975) | Arts Music 43045-2 | review |
| Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, National Philharmonic Orchestra/Richard Bonynge (1976) | Decca 475 8281 | review |
| Jussi Björling, Norina Greco, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera/Ferruccio Calusio (1941) | Pristine PACO134 | review |
| Immortal Performances IPCD1052-2 | review | |
| Jussi Björling, Zinka Milanov, RCA Victor Orchestra/Renato Cellini (1952) | HDTT 15789 | review |
| Naxos Historical 8.110240-41 | review review | |
| Franco Corelli, Leontyne Price, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Fausto Cleva (1961) | Pristine Audio PACO 224 | review |
| Sony Classics 88697 91006 2 | review review | |
| Jussi Björling, Stella Roman, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus/Emil Cooper (1947) | West Hill Radio Archives WHRA-6010 | review |
| José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Colin Davis (1980) | Philips 4461512 | review |
| Franco Corelli, Mirella Parutto, Orchestra of the Rome Opera/de Fabritiis (1961) | Opera Fanatic OF5 | review |
| Bruno Prevedi, Gwyneth Jones, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini (1964) | Royal Opera Heritage Series ROHS011 | review |
| Giuseppe Di Stefano, Maria Callas, Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Milan/Herbert von Karajan (1956) | EMI Classics 7243 5628982 | review |
| EMI Classics 3 77365 2 | review | |
| EMI Classics 6407732 | review | |
| Pristine Audio PACO181 | review review | |
| Naxos 8.111280-81 | review review | |
| Alto ALC2004 | review | |
| Franco Corelli, Leontyne Price, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan (1962) | Deutsche Grammophon 4476592 | review |
| Luciano Pavarotti, Antonella Banaudi, Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Zubin Mehta (1990) | Decca 478 3478 | review |
| Francesco Merli, Bianca Scacciati, Orchestra of La Scala, Milan/Lorenzo Molajoli (1930) | Naxos Historical 8.110162-63 | review |
| Aureliano Pertile, Maria Carena, La Scala, Milan Opera Orchestra/Gino Nastrucci (1930) | Pristine Audio PACO220 | review review review |
| Piero Pretti, Anna Pirozzi, Marchigiana Philharmonic Orchestra/Daniel Oren (2016) | Dynamic CDS7769.02 | review |
| Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, London Symphony Orchestra/Antonio Pappano (2001) | EMI CDS 5 57360 2 [ | review |
| (In English) Denis O’Neill, Sharon Sweet, London PO/David Parry (1999) | Chandos CHAN 3036(2) | review |
| Kurt Baum, Maria Callas, Orchestra of the Unión Filarmónica/Guido Picco (1950) | Divina Records DVN-25 | review |
| Carlo Bergonzi, Fiorenza Cossotto, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala/Tullio Serafin (1962) | Deutsche Grammophon 00289 | review |
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Video (stage director, singer for the Manrico, singer for Leonora, orchestra and conductor, ordered by conductor)
| Marco Armiliato, Marcelo Alvarez, Sondra Radvanovsky, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra/Marco Armiliato (2011) | Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray 0734797 | review |
| Philipp Stölzl, Gaston Rivero, Anna Netrebko, Orchestra of the Staatskapelle Berlin/Daniel Barenboim (2013) | Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray 0735133 | review |
| Deutsche Grammophon DVD 0735132 | review | |
| David Bösch, Gregory Kunde, Lianna Haroutounian, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, London/ Richard Farnes (2017) | Opus Arte Blu-ray OABD7238D | review |
| Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Franco Bonisolli, Rosalind Plowright, Chorus of the Arena di Verona/Reynald Giovaninetti (1985) | Warner DVD 4509-99215-2 | review |
| Herbert von Karajan, Plácido Domingo, Raina Kabaivanska, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera/Herbert von Karajan (1978) | Arthaus Musik 107524 DVD | review |
| TDK DV-CLOPIT | review | |
| Dmitri Tcherniakov, Misha Didyk, Marian Popavskaya, Orchestra of La Monnaie/Marc Minkowski (2012) | Bel Air Classiques BAC109 DVD | review |
| Franco Zeffirelli, Yosif Eyvazov, Anna Netrebko, Orchestra of the Arena di Verona/Pier Giorgio Morandi (2019) | C Major Blu-ray 754704 | review review |
| Francisco Negrin, Piero Pretti, Anna Pirozzi, Marchigiana Philharmonic Orchestra/Daniel Oren (2016) | Dynamic DVD 37769 | review |
| Dynamic 57769 Blu-ray | review | |
| Robert Carsen, Carl Tanner, Iano Tamar, Wiener Symphoniker/Thomas Rösner (2006) | Opus Arte DVD OA 0974 D | review |
| Lorenzo Mariani, Marcelo Álvarez, Teresa Romano, Orchestra of the Teatro Regio, Parma/Yuri Temirkanov (2010) | C Major Blu-ray 723504 | review |
