The Barber of Seville discography
This is a partial discography of The Barber of Seville, an opera by Gioachino Rossini. The work was first performed on 20 February 1816, at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.
Audio recordings[]
| Year | Cast (Rosina, Almaviva, Figaro) |
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra |
Label[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Malvina Pereira Edoardo Taliani Ernesto Badini |
Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
CD: HMV Cat: 5110-5138 |
| 1950 | Giulietta Simionato Luigi Infantino Giuseppe Taddei |
Fernando Previtali Coro e Orchestra della Rai di Milano |
CD: Warner Fonit Cat: 5046 71224-2 |
| 1954 | Antonietta Pastori Nicola Monti Rolando Panerai |
Carlo Maria Giulini RAI National Symphony Orchestra |
CD: Great Opera Performances Cat: G.O.P. 66.104 |
| 1957 | Giulietta Simionato Alvinio Misciano Ettore Bastianini |
Alberto Erede Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorus |
CD: Decca Records Cat: 467 4112 |
| 1957 | Maria Callas Luigi Alva Tito Gobbi |
Alceo Galliera Philharmonia Orchestra and chorus |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 3920462 |
| 1958 | Roberta Peters Cesare Valletti Robert Merrill |
Erich Leinsdorf Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (An unusual performance with no cuts) |
LP: RCA Victor Cat: LSC-6143 CD: RCA Victor Cat: 09026-68552-2 |
| 1963 | Victoria de los Ángeles Luigi Alva Sesto Bruscantini |
Vittorio Gui Glyndebourne Festival orchestra and chorus |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: CMS 7 64162 2 |
| 1964 | Teresa Berganza Ugo Benelli Manuel Ausensi |
Silvio Varviso Orchestra Rossini di Napoli and chorus |
CD: Decca Records Cat: 452 5912 |
| 1971 | Teresa Berganza Luigi Alva Hermann Prey |
Claudio Abbado London Symphony Orchestra Ambrosian Singers |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 457 7332 |
| 1974 | Beverly Sills Nicolai Gedda Sherrill Milnes |
James Levine London Symphony Orchestra John Alldis Choir |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 7243-5-85523 Cat: 3932762 |
| 1982 | Marilyn Horne Paolo Barbacini Leo Nucci |
Riccardo Chailly Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
CD: Fonit Cetra Cat: CDC 30 CD: Warner Fonit Cat: 3984 29187-2 |
| 1985 | Agnes Baltsa Francisco Araiza Thomas Allen |
Neville Marriner Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Ambrosian singers |
CD: Philips Cat: 446 448-2 CD: Decca Records Cat: 470 434-2 |
| 1987 | Luciana Serra Rockwell Blake Bruno Pola |
Bruno Campanella Teatro Regio di Torino orchestra and chorus (recorded in June) |
CD: Nuova Era Cat: 223299 |
| 1988 | Cecilia Bartoli William Matteuzzi Leo Nucci |
Giuseppe Patanè Teatro Comunale di Bologna orchestra and chorus |
CD: Decca Records Cat: 425 520-2 |
| 1992 | Sonia Ganassi Roberto Servile Ramon Vargas |
Will Humburg Failoni Chamber Orchestra and Hungarian Radio Chorus |
CD: Naxos Cat: 8.660027-29 |
| 1992 | Kathleen Battle Frank Lopardo Plácido Domingo |
Claudio Abbado Chamber Orchestra of Europe and chorus |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 435 763-2GH2 |
| 1995 | Della Jones, Bruce Ford, Alan Opie |
Gabrielle Bellini English National Opera orchestra and chorus |
CD: Chandos Records Cat: Chan3025 |
| 1997 | Edita Gruberová Juan Diego Flórez Vladimir Chernov |
Ralf Weikert Munich Radio Orchestra and chorus |
CD: Nightingale Classics Cat: NC 004022 |
Video recordings[]
| Year | Cast (Rosina, Almaviva, Figaro) |
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra |
Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Nelly Corradi Ferruccio Tagliavini Tito Gobbi |
Giuseppe Morelli Rome Opera orchestra and chorus |
VHS: Pickwick Cat: |
| 1947 | Lucienne Jourfier Raymond Amade Roger Bussonnet |
André Cluytens Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique orchestra and chorus (sung in French) |
VHS: Codo-Cinéma Cat: |
| 1959 | Erika Köth Fritz Wunderlich Hermann Prey |
Joseph Keilberth Bavarian State opera orchestra and chorus (sung in German) |
VHS: Legato Classics Cat: |
| 1972 | Teresa Berganza Luigi Alva Hermann Prey |
Claudio Abbado Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
VHS: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: |
| 1982 | Maria Ewing Max René Cossotti John Rawnsley |
Sylvain Cambreling Glyndebourne Festival orchestra and chorus |
VHS: Castle Cat: DVD: Warner Cat: |
| 1988 | Cecilia Bartoli David Kuebler Louis Quilico |
Gabriele Ferro Stuttgart Radio Symphony orchestra Cologne Opera chorus |
VHS: RCA Cat: DVD: Art Haus Musik Cat: |
| 1989 | Kathleen Battle Rockwell Blake Leo Nucci |
Ralf Weikert Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus |
VHS: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: |
| 1992 | Jennifer Larmore Richard Croft David Malis |
Alberto Zedda Netherlands Opera orchestra and chorus |
DVD: Image Cat: |
| 2008 | Rinat Shaham Francesco Meli Roberto Frontali |
Antonino Fogliani Teatro La Fenice orchestra and chorus |
DVD: Dynamic Cat: 33597 |
| 2010 | Joyce DiDonato Juan Diego Flórez Pietro Spagnoli |
Antonio Pappano Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus |
DVD: Virgin Classics Cat: |
| 2019 | Catherine Trottmann Michele Angelini, Florian Sempey |
Jérémie Rhorer Le Cercle de l'Harmonie, Laurent Pelly, stage director |
DVD:Naxos Cat:2110592 |
References[]
Notes
Sources
- Burton D. Fisher's The Barber of Seville (Opera Classics Library Series)
Categories:
- Opera discographies
- Operas by Gioachino Rossini