| Year | Cast: Tosca,
Cavaradossi,
Scarpia | Conductor,
Opera house, orchestra | Label[1] | | 1918 | Lya Remondini,
Carlo Broccardi,
Dario Zani | Carlo Sabajno,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Milan | 78rpm: La voce del padrone
Cat: S5584-S5606 (even numbered, 12 discs) |
| 1920 | Valentina Bartolomasi,
Attilio Salvaneschi,
Adolfo Pacini | Carlo Sabajno,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Milan | (Recorded by HMV)
78 RPM: Società Nazionale del Grammofono
S5702- S57244 (12 discs) |
| 1929 | Carmen Melis,
Piero Pauli,
Apollo Granforte | Carlo Sabajno,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus | (Recorded by HMV)
CD: Arkadia
Cat: 78002 |
| 1930 | Bianca Scacciati|it}},
Alessandro Granda,
{{Interlanguage link multi|Enrico Molinari|it}} | Lorenzo Molajoli,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus | 78rpm: Columbia Records D14594 – D14607 (14 discs)
33rpm LP: Columbia (UK)
Cat: EL-4 |
| 1938 | Maria Caniglia,
Beniamino Gigli,
Armando Borgioli | Oliviero De Fabritiis,
Rome Opera House 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 at the Met, 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, Mexico City
(Recording of a performance at the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, 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, Turin | (Recorded by Cetra)
CD: Warner Fonit
Cat: 5046 63305-2 |
| 1951 | Renata Tebaldi,
Giuseppe Campora,
Enzo Mascherini | Alberto Erede,
Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra and Chorus, Rome | (Recorded by Decca)
CD: Pearl
Cat: 199 |
| 1951 | | Eddy Ruhl,
{{Interlanguage link multi>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, Mexico City
(Recording of a performance at the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, 1 July 1952) | CD: Archipel
Cat: OO49 |
| 1953 | Maria Callas,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Tito Gobbi | | La Scala Orchestra and Chorus
{{Main>Tosca (Sabata recording)}}CD:EMI Classics[2]
Cat: 562890 |
| 1955 | Gigliola Frazzoni,
Ferruccio Tagliavini,
Giangiacomo Guelfi | Arturo Basile,
RAI Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Turin | 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 at the Met, 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,
Rome Opera House 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, London
(Recording of a performance at Covent Garden, 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, Naples | (Recorded by Philips)
CD: Live Opera Heaven Ltd.
Cat: C 1371 |
| 1957 | Magda Olivero,
Eugenio Fernandi,
Scipio Colombo | Emidio Tieri,
RAI, Milan (Concert Version of October 31st) | CD: Opera Depot
Cat: 11066-2 |
| 1959 | Renata Tebaldi,
Mario Del Monaco,
George London | Francesco Molinari-Pradelli,
Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra and Chorus | CD: Decca
Cat: 1064502 |
| 1959 | Renata Tebaldi,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Tito Gobbi | Gianandrea Gavazzeni
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus
(Recording of a performance at La Scala, December 1959) | CD: Opera d'Oro
Cat: OPD 1162 |
| 1960 | Jane Rhodes,
Albert Lance,
Gabriel Bacquier | Manuel Rosenthal,
Paris Opéra Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Performed in French) | 33rpm LP: Véga
Cat: 28017-9 |
| 1960 | Stefania Woytowicz,
Sándor Kónya,
Kim Borg | Horst Stein,
Berlin State Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Performed in German) | CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 138722-3 (LP) |
| 1962 | Leontyne Price,
Franco Corelli,
Cornell MacNeil | Kurt Adler
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Recording of a performance at the Met, 2 April 1962) | CD: Sony
Cat: 80468 |
| 1962 | Leontyne Price,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Giuseppe Taddei | Herbert von Karajan,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus | (Recorded by Decca for RCA)
CD:Decca
Cat: 639002 |
| 1964 | Maria Callas,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Tito Gobbi | Georges Prêtre,
Paris Conservatory Orchestra, Paris Opera Chorus | CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 66444 |
| 1964 | Tamara Milashkina,
Zurab Andjaparidze,
Oleg Klenov | Yevgeny Svetlanov,
USSR State Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | (Recorded by Melodiya)
CD: Classical Records (Russia)
Cat: CR-024 |
| 1966 | Birgit Nilsson,
Franco Corelli,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Lorin Maazel,
Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra and Chorus | CD: Decca
Cat: 460753 |
| 1972 | Leontyne Price,
Plácido Domingo,
Sherrill Milnes | Zubin Mehta,
New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir | CD: RCA Victor Red Seal
Cat: 70783 |
| 1976 | Galina Vishnevskaya,
Franco Bonisolli,
Matteo Manuguerra | Mstislav Rostropovich,
French National Orchestra, French National Radio Chorus | CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 458402 |
| 1976 | Montserrat Caballé,
José Carreras,
Ingvar Wixell | Colin Davis,
Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus | CD: Philips Records
Cat: 438359 |
| 1976 | Tamara Milashkina,
Vladimir Atlantov,
Yuri Mazurok | Mark Ermler,
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra and Chorus | (Recorded by Melodiya)
33rpm LP: EMI
Cat: 165-99357/58 |
| 1977 | Virginia Zeani,
Corneliu Fanateanu,
Nicolae Herlea | Cornel Trailescu,
Romanian National Opera, Bucharest Chorus and Orchestra | CD: World of the Opera
Cat: 5257 |
| 1978 | Mirella Freni,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Sherrill Milnes | Nicola Rescigno,
National Philharmonic Orchestra, London Opera Chorus, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir | CD: Decca
Cat: 414036 |
| 1979 | Katia Ricciarelli,
José Carreras,
Ruggero Raimondi | | Berlin Philharmonic, Berlin State Opera Chorus, {{Interlanguage link multi>Schöneberger Sängerknaben|de}}CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 4138152 |
| 1980 | Renata Scotto,
Plácido Domingo,
Renato Bruson | James Levine,
Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, St. Clement Danes School Choir | CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 66504 |
| 1988 | Éva Marton,
José Carreras,
Juan Pons | Michael Tilson Thomas,
Hungarian State Orchestra, Hungarian State R/TV Chorus | CD: Sony
Cat: 091175 |
| 1990 | Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,
Giacomo Aragall,
Leo Nucci | Georg Solti,
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Royal Opera House Children's Chorus | CD: Decca
Cat: 414597 |
| 1990 | Mirella Freni,
Plácido Domingo,
Samuel Ramey | Giuseppe Sinopoli,
Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Opera House Chorus | CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 431775 |
| 1990 | Raina Kabaivanska,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Ingvar Wixell | Daniel Oren,
Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus | CD: RCA Victor Red Seal
Cat: 61806 |
| 1996 | Jane Eaglen,
Dennis O'Neill,
Gregory Yurisich | David Parry,
Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Peter Kay Children's Choir (performed in English) | CD: Chandos Records
Cat: 3000 |
| 2000 | Angela Gheorghiu,
Roberto Alagna,
Ruggero Raimondi | Sir Antonio Pappano,
Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus, Tiffin Boys' Choir | CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 57173 |
| 2000 | Maria Guleghina,
Salvatore Licitra,
Leo Nucci | Riccardo Muti,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus | CD: Sony Classical Records
Cat: S2K 89271 |
| 2001 | Fiorenza Cedolins,
Andrea Bocelli,
Carlo Guelfi | Zubin Mehta,
Orchestra and Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino | CD: Decca
Cat: 414597 |
| Year | Cast: Tosca,
Cavaradossi,
Scarpia | Conductor,
Opera house, orchestra | Label | | 1964 | Maria Callas,
Renato Cioni,
Tito Gobbi | Carlo Felice Cillario,
Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus
(Videotape of live telecast of act 2 at Covent Garden, 9 February 1964) | DVD: EMI Classics
Cat: DVA 4 92851 9 |
| 1976 | Raina Kabaivanska,
Plácido Domingo,
Sherrill Milnes | Bruno Bartoletti,
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Ambrosian Singers
(Film – directed by Gianfranco De Bosio) | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 00440 073 4038 |
| 1978 | Shirley Verrett,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Cornell MacNeil | James Conlon,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus | DVD: Decca
Cat: 0440 074 3410 9 |
| 1985 | Hildegard Behrens,
Plácido Domingo,
Cornell MacNeil | Giuseppe Sinopoli,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 00440 073 4100 |
| 1993 | Catherine Malfitano,
Plácido Domingo,
Ruggero Raimondi | Zubin Mehta,
RAI Orchestra Sinfonica and Coro di Roma
(Film Tosca from Rome broadcast live in three parts – directed by Brian Large / Giuseppe Patroni Griffi) | VHS: Teldec Video
Kultur Video
Cat: 6302779715; DVD:
Cat: D4524 |
| 1998 | Catherine Malfitano,
Richard Margison,
Bryn Terfel | Riccardo Chailly,
De Nederlandse Opera
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera
(Film – directed by Misjel Vermeiren) | DVD: Decca
Cat: 074 3201 |
| 2001 | Angela Gheorghiu,
Roberto Alagna,
Ruggero Raimondi | Antonio Pappano,
Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus
(Film – directed by Benoît Jacquot) | DVD: EMI Classics
Cat: 7243 5 57173 2 0 |
| 2004 | Daniela Dessì,
Fabio Armiliato,
Ruggero Raimondi | Maurizio Benini,
Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus
(Film – directed by Núria Espert) | DVD: Opus Arte
Cat: 901 |
| 2006 | Fiorenza Cedolins,
Marcelo Álvarez,
Ruggero Raimondi | Daniel Oren,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Verona Arena
(Stage director: Hugo de Ana) | BD: TDK
Cat: DVBD-OPTOV
(Video director: Loreena Kaufmann) |
| 2007 | | Stefano Secco,
{{Interlanguage link multi>Giorgio Surian|it}} Valerio Galli,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Festival Puccini, Torre del Lago
(Stage director: Mario Corradi) | Recording on DVD
Dynamic (record label)
Cat.33569 |
1. ^Recordings of Tosca on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
2. ^This recording has been described as the best selling lyric opera of all time. See for example Lebrecht, Norman (21 March 2007) "The Classic Million-sellers". La Scena Musicale.