The Marriage of Figaro discography
This is a partial discography of complete performances of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro. This opera was first performed at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1 May 1786.
Recordings[]
Year | Figaro Susanna Count Almaviva Countess Almaviva Cherubino Marcellina Bartolo |
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra |
Label[1] |
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1942 | Erich Kunz Irma Beilke Hans Hotter Helena Braun Gerda Sommerschuh Res Fischer Gustav Neidlinger |
Clemens Krauss Vienna Philharmonia Orchestra From the 1942 Salzburg Festival, sung in German translation |
CD: Music and Arts |
1943 | Ezio Pinza Bidu Sayão John Brownlee Jarmila Novotná Marita Farell |
Paul Breisach Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Recording of a performance at the MET, 17 April) |
CD: Guild Immortal Performances Cat: GHCD 2203/5 |
1951 | Erich Kunz Hilde Güden Paul Schöffler Elisabeth Grümmer Anny Schlemm Lilian Benningsen Wilhelm Schirp |
Ferenc Fricsay Orchester und Chor des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks Köln (German version) |
CD: Cantus Classics Cat: CACD 5.00822 F |
1953 | Erich Kunz Irmgard Seefried Paul Schöffler Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Hilde Güden Sieglinde Wagner |
Wilhelm Furtwängler Vienna Philharmonic (German version after Hermann Levi) Live, Salzburg Festival, August 7, 1953 |
CD: EMI Cat: 66080-2 |
1955 | Cesare Siepi Hilde Güden Alfred Poell Lisa Della Casa Suzanne Danco Hilde Rössel-Majdan Fernando Corena |
Erich Kleiber Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Chorus |
CD: Decca Legends Cat: 466 369-2 Membran Cat: 222932-370 |
1955 | Rolando Panerai Rita Streich Heinz Rehfuss Teresa Stich-Randall Pilar Lorengar |
Hans Rosbaud Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire and the Chorale Elisabeth Brasseur (Recording of a performance at the Aix-en-Provence Festival) |
CD: Walhall "Eternity Series" Cat: WLCD 0167 |
1956 | Walter Berry, Rita Streich, Paul Schöffler, Sena Jurinac, Christa Ludwig |
Karl Böhm Vienna Symphony and Vienna State Opera Chorus |
CD: Philips Cat: 438670 |
1957 | Erich Kunz, Irmgard Seefried, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig |
Karl Böhm Wiener Philharmoniker Chor der Wiener Staatsoper Live, Salzburg Festival, 30. Juli 1957 |
CD: Orfeo Cat: C 296 923 D |
1958 | Giorgio Tozzi, Roberta Peters, George London, Lisa Della Casa, Rosalind Elias, Sandra Warfield, Fernando Corena |
Erich Leinsdorf, Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra |
CD: Decca Cat: 444602 |
1960 | Giuseppe Taddei Anna Moffo Eberhard Waechter Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Fiorenza Cossotto Dora Gatta Ivo Vinco |
Carlo Maria Giulini Philharmonia Orchestra |
CD: EMI Cat: 358602-2 |
1960 | Renato Capecchi Irmgard Seefried Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Maria Stader Hertha Töpper Lilian Benningsen |
Ferenc Fricsay Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 437 671-2 |
1963 | Geraint Evans Mirella Freni Tito Gobbi Ilva Ligabue Teresa Berganza |
Georg Solti Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Recording of a performance at Covent Garden, June 11, 1963) |
CD or MP3, operadepot.com |
1963 | Geraint Evans Graziella Sciutti Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Hilde Güden Evelyn Lear |
Lorin Maazel Orchestra and Chorus of the Vienna Philharmonic (Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival, July) |
DVD: Video Artists International Cat: VAI DVD 4519 |
1968 | Hermann Prey Edith Mathis Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Gundula Janowitz Tatiana Troyanos Patricia Johnson Peter Lagger |
Karl Böhm Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 449 728-2 |
1971 | Wladimiro Ganzarolli Mirella Freni Ingvar Wixell Jessye Norman Yvonne Minton Maria Casula Clifford Grant |
Sir Colin Davis BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
CD: Philips Cat: 475 6111 8 |
1976 | Hermann Prey Mirella Freni Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Kiri Te Kanawa Maria Ewing Heather Begg Paolo Montarsolo |
Karl Böhm Vienna Philharmonic Film directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: DG 073 4034 |
1976 | Geraint Evans Judith Blegen Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Heather Harper Teresa Berganza Birgit Finnilä |
Daniel Barenboim English Chamber Orchestra and the John Alldis Choir |
CD: EMI Cat: CMS 7 63646-2 (3 CDs); Cat: 7243 5 85520 2 7 (Abbrev. 2 CDs) |
1979 | José van Dam Ileana Cotrubaș Tom Krause Anna Tomowa-Sintow Frederica von Stade Jane Berbié Jules Bastin |
Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera chorus |
CD: Decca Cat: 421 125-2 For details, see Le nozze di Figaro (Herbert von Karajan recording) |
1981 | Samuel Ramey Lucia Popp Thomas Allen Kiri Te Kanawa Frederica von Stade Jane Berbié Kurt Moll |
Georg Solti London Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Opera Chorus |
CD: Decca Cat: 410 150-2 For details, see Le nozze di Figaro (Georg Solti recording) |
1985 | José van Dam Barbara Hendricks Ruggero Raimondi Lucia Popp Agnes Baltsa Felicity Palmer Robert Lloyd |
Sir Neville Marriner Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Ambrosian Opera Chorus |
CD: Philips Cat: 416 370-2 |
1987 | Thomas Allen Kathleen Battle Jorma Hynninen Margaret Price Ann Murray Mariana Nicolesco Kurt Rydl |
Riccardo Muti Vienna Philharmonic |
CD: EMI Cat: 72864 2 |
1988 | Sanford Sylvan, Jeanne Ommerle, James Maddalena, Jayne West, Susan Larson, Sue Ellen Kuzma, David Evitts |
Craig Smith Vienna Symphony, Arnold Schoenberg Choir directed by Peter Sellars, set in Trump Tower[2] |
DVD: Decca Records Cat: B0004243 (2 discs) |
1990 | Ferruccio Furlanetto Dawn Upshaw Thomas Hampson Kiri Te Kanawa Anne Sofie von Otter Tatiana Troyanos Paul Plishka |
James Levine Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 477 5614 |
1990 | John Tomlinson Joan Rodgers Andreas Schmidt Lella Cuberli Cecilia Bartoli |
Daniel Barenboim Berliner Philharmoniker and RIAS Kammerchor |
CD: Erato Cat: 2292-45501-2 |
1993 | Bryn Terfel Alison Hagley Rod Gilfry Hillevi Martinpelto Pamela Helen Stephen Carlos Feller |
John Eliot Gardiner English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir (Recorded during performances in the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris) |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 073 018-9 |
1994 | Anton Scharinger Barbara Bonney Thomas Hampson Charlotte Margiono Petra Lang Ann Murray Kurt Moll |
Nikolaus Harnoncourt Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra |
CD: Warner Classics Cat: 2564 68829-8 (2009 re-issue) |
1994 | Sylvia McNair Bo Skovhus Cheryl Studer Cecilia Bartoli Anna Caterina Antonacci Ildebrando D'Arcangelo |
Claudio Abbado Vienna Philharmonic |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 445 903-2 |
2001 | Lorenzo Regazzo Patrizia Ciofi Simon Keenlyside Véronique Gens Angelika Kirchschlager |
René Jacobs Concerto Köln and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Choir |
CD: Premiere Opera Ltd. Cat: CDNO 1552-3 |
2006 | Ildebrando D'Arcangelo Anna Netrebko Bo Skovhus Dorothea Röschmann Christine Schäfer Marie McLaughlin |
Nikolaus Harnoncourt Vienna Philharmonic and Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsoper Director: Brian Large; recorded live at the 2006 Salzburg Festival |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: DG 477 6710 DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: DG 073 4245 |
2007 | Erwin Schrott Martina Janková Michael Volle Malin Hartelius Judith Schmid |
Franz Welser-Möst Zurich Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
DVD: EMI classics Cat: 2344819 |
2011 | Teddy Tahu Rhodes Taryn Fiebig Peter Coleman-Wright Sian Pendry Jacqueline Dark |
Patrick Summers Opera Australia Orchestra and Chorus Director: Neil Armfield |
Blu-ray: Opera Australia Cat: OPOZ56002BD[3] |
2012 | Simone Kermes Andrei Bondarenko Mary-Ellen Nesi Maria Forsstrom |
Teodor Currentzis Perm Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Sony Classical Cat: 88883709262[4] |
2016 | Adam Plachetka Martina Janková Luca Pisaroni Margarita Gritskova Ann Murray |
Dan Ettinger Vienna Philharmonic Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Director: |
Blu-ray: EuroArts Cat: 8024272951[5] DVD: EuroArts Cat: 8024272958[6] |
2016 | Luca Pisaroni Christiane Karg Thomas Hampson Sonya Yoncheva Angela Brower Anne Sofie von Otter |
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Chamber Orchestra of Europe Concert performance at Baden-Baden Summer Festival |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 028947959458[7] |
Films[]
The Marriage of Figaro has been filmed as opera several times.
- 1949 film, East German production with actors and dubbed singing voices, except for Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender as Figaro
- 1960 film, Australian TV film, sung in English
- 1976 film, directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (see above)
References[]
- ^ Recordings of The Marriage of Figaro on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- ^ Le nozze di Figaro, DVD in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- ^ The Marriage of Figaro, ABC Shop
- ^ The Marriage of Figaro, Amazon Shop
- ^ Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492, Presto Classical
- ^ Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492, Presto Classical
- ^ "Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro CD review – an immaculate marriage, but lacking joy" by Andrew Clements, The Guardian, 14 July 2016
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