Character Details
Portrayals
Year
Singer
Conductor
Other Singers
1940
Jussi Bjoerling
Ettore Panizza
Bjoerling, Milanov, Moscona
1943
Beniamino Gigli
Tullio Serafin
Gigli, Caniglia, Barbieri
1944
Jan Peerce
Bruno Walter
Warren, Milanov, Thorborg
1946
Mario del Monaco
Nino Sanzogno
del Monaco, Simionato, Badioli
1949
Mirto Picchi
Vittorio Gui
Picchi, Silveri, Fryson
1950
Jussi Bjoerling
Walter Herbert
Bjoerling, Schuh, Treigle
1951
Lorenz Fehenberger
Fritz Busch
Fehenberger, Fischer-Dieskau, Mödl
1954
Jan Peerce
Arturo Toscanini
Peerce, Merrill, Turner
1954
Ferruccio Tagliavini
Angelo Questa
Tagliavini, Valdengo, Susca
1955
Richard Tucker
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Tucker, Moscona, Anthony
1955
Jan Peerce
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Merrill, Tozzi, Anthony
1956
Giuseppe di Stefano
Antonino Votto
Stefano, Callas, Zaccaria
1956
Giuseppe di Stefano
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Stefano, Bastianini, Zaccaria
1957
Giuseppe di Stefano
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Stefano, Callas, Simionato
1957
Gianni Poggi
Emilio Tieri
Bastianini, Neri, Washington
1958
Giuseppe Zampieri
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Zampieri, Brouwenstijn, Ratti
1960
Gianni Poggi
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Poggi, Bastianini, Stella
1961
Carlo Bergonzi
Georg Solti
Bergonzi, Corena, Palma
1961
Carlo Bergonzi
Oliviero de Fabritiis
Bergonzi, Gencer, Mercuriali
1962
Jon Vickers
Edward Downes
Vickers, Bastianini, Resnik
1962
Carlo Bergonzi
Nello Santi
Bergonzi, Rysanek, Rothenberger
1964
Jess Thomas
Giuseppe Patané
Thomas, Fischer-Dieskau, Wagner
1966
Carlo Bergonzi
Erich Leinsdorf
Bergonzi, Price, Palma
1969
Flaviano Labó
Bruno Bartoletti
Labó, Sereni, Caballé
1970
Luciano Pavarotti
Bruno Bartoletti
Pavarotti, Tebaldi, van Dam
1971
Carlo Bergonzi
Nino Sanzogno
Bergonzi, Lazzarini, Mazzuccato
1971
Luciano Pavarotti
Charles Mackerras
Pavarotti, Arroyo, Donath
1972
Richard Tucker
Riccardo Muti
Tucker, Bruson, Deutekom
1972
Luciano Pavarotti
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Pavarotti, Zanasi, Mazzuccato
1973
Plácido Domingo
Giuseppe Patané
Domingo, MacNeil, Caballé
1975
Plácido Domingo
Riccardo Muti
Domingo, Cappuccilli, Cossotto
1975
Plácido Domingo
Claudio Abbado
Domingo, Cappuccilli, Ricciarelli
1975
José Carreras
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Carreras, Bruson, Caballé
1975
Nicolai Gedda
Miguel Gómez Martinez
Gedda, Milnes, Toczyska
1977
Luciano Pavarotti
Claudio Abbado
Pavarotti, Cappuccilli, Verrett
1977
José Carreras
Kurt Adler
Carreras, Ricciarelli, Battle
1978
Luciano Pavarotti
Claudio Abbado
Pavarotti, Cappuccilli, Roni
1979
Plácido Domingo
Claudio Abbado
Domingo, Bruson, Raimondi
1979
José Carreras
Colin Davis
Carreras, Wixell, Caballé
1980
Luciano Pavarotti
Giuseppe Patané
Pavarotti, Ricciarelli, Anthony
1982
Luciano Pavarotti
Georg Solti
Pavarotti, Bruson, Ludwig
1985
Jaume Aragall
Gianluigi Gelmetti
Aragall, Zancanaro, Roni
1986
Luciano Pavarotti
Claudio Abbado
Pavarotti, Cappuccilli, Lechner
1989
Plácido Domingo
Herbert von Karajan
Domingo, Nucci, Rydl
1990
Plácido Domingo
Georg Solti
Domingo, Nucci, Rydl
1991
Luciano Pavarotti
James Levine
Pavarotti, Nucci, Anthony
1995
Richard Leech
Carlo Rizzi
Bayo, Howell, Banks
2005
Marcelo Álvarez
Antonio Pappano
Álvarez, Hampson, Mattila
2008
Marcelo Álvarez
Jesús López Cobos
Álvarez, Urmana, Zaremba