| RECORDINGS OF VERDI'S OTELLO (1887) - Studio (S) and Live (L) Versions | T. = Teatro | |||||
| O.= Orchestra | ||||||
| Year | Conductor / Orch. | Otello | Desdemona | Iago | Label | |
| 1930 (S) | Sabajno / La Scala | Fusati | Carbone | Granforte | Grammofono, Arkadia | |
| Feb. 12 1938 (L) | Panizza / Metropolitan Opera | Martinelli | Rethberg | Tibbett | Music & Arts 645 | |
| Dec. 3 1938 (L) | Panizza / Metropolitan Opera | Martinelli | Caniglia | Tibbett | Golden Age | |
| Aug. 15 1939 (L) | Serafin - Opera di Roma | Merli | Sanzio | di Francheschi | UORC | |
| Feb. 24 1940 (L) | Panizza / Metropolitan Opera | Martinelli | Rethberg | Tibbett | Golden Age | |
| Jan. 18 1941 (L) | Panizza / Metropolitan Opera | Martinelli | Roman | Tibbett | Arkadia 50003-2, Pearl GEMM 9267 | |
| Aug. 1944 (L) | Böhm - Vienna PO | Ralf | Konetzni | Schöffler | Myto MCD 92260 (sung in German) | |
| Feb. 23 1946 (L) | Szell / Metropolitan Opera | Ralf | Roman | Warren | Giuseppe di Stefano Records | |
| Dec. 6,13 1947 (L) | Toscanini / NBC Symphony | Vinay | Nelli | Valdengo | RCA (Gold Seal) 60302-2 | |
| Dec. 18 1948 (L) | Busch / Metropolitan Opera | Vinay | Albanese | Warren | Preiser 90377, Melodram Connaisseur 27501 | |
| 1951 (S) | Paoletti / Teatro dell'Opera di Roma | Sarri | La Pollo | Manca-Serra | Urania | |
| Aug. 7 1951 (L) | Furtwängler / Vienna PO | Vinay | Martinis | Schöffler | Foyer FOY 2002, Arkadia 353, Rodolphe RPC 32561/2 | |
| Jan. 7 1954 (L) | Votto / La Scala | del Monaco | Tebaldi | Warren | Melodram MLO 270101 | |
| 1954 (S) | Erede / Santa Cecilia | del Monaco | Tebaldi | Aldo Protti | Decca | |
| 1955 (S) | Capuana / RAI di Torino | Guichandut | Broggini | Taddei | Fonit Cetra CDON 45 | |
| March 8 1958 (L) | Cleva / Metropolitan Opera | del Monaco | de los Angeles | Warren | Myto MCD 944 107 | |
| July 1958 (L) | Beecham / T. Colón Buenos Aires | Vinay | Stella | Taddei | Stradivarius | |
| Feb. 4 1959 (L) | Erede / NHK Sym. | del Monaco | Tucci | Gobbi | Memories HR 4406/07 | |
| 1960 (S) | Serafin / Teatro dell'Opera di Roma | Vickers | Rysanek | Gobbi | RCA RCAV 74321 63180 | |
| 1961 (S) | Karajan / Vienna PO | del Monaco | Tebaldi | Aldo Protti | Decca 455 901-2 | |
| 1962 (L) | Rescigno / T. Massimo di Palermo | del Monaco | Ligabue | Gobbi | Melodram | |
| June 30 1962 (L) | Solti / Royal Opera Covent Garden | del Monaco | Kabaivanska | Gobbi | Memories HR 4583/84, Pantheon 6608, Nuova Era 2357/58 | |
| Nov. 30 1962 (L) | Sanzogno / Dallas Opera - del Monaco, Ligabue, Vinay?????? | Melodram | ||||
| Nov. 30 1962 (L) | Rescigno / Wiener Stattsoper - del Monaco, Ligabue, Vinay?? | Cin-Cin 1004/5 | ||||
| Dec. 15 1962 (L) | Serafin / Teatro dell'Opera di Roma | McCraken | Zeani | Gobbi | Legendary Recordings | |
| March 1963 (L) | Klobucar / T. Colón Buenos Aires | Vickers | Kabaivanska | Mastromei | Atrium Records ATR 005-6 | |
| March 31 1966 (L) | Jensen / Pasadena Orch. | di Stefano | Pobbe | Gobbi | Voce | |
| March 11 1967 (L) | Mehta / Metropolitan Opera | McCracken | Caballé | Gobbi | Great Opera Performances GOP 761 | |
| 1968 (S) | Barbirolli / New Philharmonia | McCracken | Jones | Fischer-Dieskau | EMI CMS5 65296-2 | |
| Aug. 10 1970 (L) | Karajan / Vienna PO | Vickers | Freni | Glossop | Foyer 2-CF-2034 | |
| July 30 1971 (L) | Karajan / Vienna PO | Vickers | Freni | Glossop | Memories 4533/34 | |
| 1973 (S) | Karajan / Deutsche Oper Berlin | Vickers | Freni | Glossop | Angel CDMB-69308, EMI CMS7 69308-2 | |
| 1974 (L) | Mackerras / unknown | C. Cossutta | Te Kanawa | Cappuccilli | HRE | |
| Sept. 28 1975 (L) | Levine / Staatsoper Hamburg | Domingo | Ricciarelli | Milnes | ERR | |
| July 3 1976 (L) | Solti / Opéra de Paris | Domingo | M. Price | Bacquier | ||
| Jul 12 1976 (L) | Kleiber / La Scala Milan | Domingo | Freni | Cappuccilli | Myto | |
| Dec. 7 1976 (L) | Kleiber / La Scala | Domingo | Freni | Cappuccilli | M& A 1043, Myto 971 150 | |
| 1977 (S) | Solti / Vienna PO | C. Cossutta | M. Price | Bacquier | Decca 460 756-2 | |
| 1977 (S) | Levine / Nat'l PO (London) | Domingo | Scotto | Milnes | RCA 74321 39501-2 | |
| July 13 1978 (L) | Santi / L'Opéra de Paris | Domingo | Price | Paskalis | Bella Voce BLV 107 231 | |
| Sept. 2 1981 (L) | Kleiber / La Scala Milan | Domingo | Tomowa-Sintow | Carroli | Artists FED 020-21 | |
| Jan. 1983 (L) | Elder / English N.O. (in English) | Craig | Plowright | Howlett | EMI CMS7 63012-2 | |
| 1985 (S) | Maazel / La Scala Milan | Domingo | Ricciarelli | Diaz | EMI Classics 4 71646-2 | |
| March 1991 (L) | Lombard / O. N. Bordeaux Aquitaine | Giacomini | M. Price | Manuguerra | Forlane 16774/75 | |
| April 1991 (L) | Solti / Chicago SO | Pavarotti | Te Kanawa | Nucci | Decca 433 669-2 | |
| May 1,4 1991 (L) | Kuhn / Tokyo Phil. | Murgu | Guleghina | Bruson | Koch Schwann CD 314 074 K2 | |
| 1993 (S) | Chung / Opéra Bastille Paris | Domingo | Studer | Leiferkus | DG 439 805-2 | |
| 1994 (S) | Rahbari / Barcelona SO | Martinucci | Gauci | Tumagian | Discover DICD 920435/36 | |
| 1996 (S) | Gröhs / Europa Sym | Komov | Tichy | De Feis | RCA Classics 74321 464 992 | |
| VIDEO | ||||||
| 1958 (S) mono, b&w | Serafin / RAI Milan | del Monaco | Carteri | Capecchi | Lyric Dist. | |
| 1969 (film) mono | Masur / Komische Oper Berlin | H. Nocker | C. N.-Von Komptz | V. Bauer | V.I.E.W. Video | |
| 1973 (S) | Karajan / Berlin PO | Vickers | Freni | Glossop | DG | |
| 1982 (L) | Z. Pesko / Orch. of the Arena di Verona | Atlantov | Te Kanawa | Cappuccilli | HBO Video | |
| 1986 (S) | Maazel / La Scala Milan | Domingo | Ricciarelli | Diaz | EMI | |