The Marriage of Figaro discography
Introduction 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.__TOC__
Recordings YearFigaroSusannaCount AlmavivaCountess AlmavivaCherubinoMarcellinaBartoloConductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel 1942  Erich KunzIrma BeilkeHans HotterHelena BraunGerda SommerschuhRes FischerGustav Neidlinger Clemens KraussVienna Philharmonia OrchestraFrom the 1942 Salzburg Festival, sung in German translation CD: Music and Arts 1943  Ezio PinzaBidu SayãoJohn BrownleeJarmila NovotnáMarita Farell Paul BreisachMetropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus(Recording of a performance at the MET, 17 April) CD: Guild Immortal PerformancesCat: GHCD 2203/5 1951  Erich KunzHilde GüdenPaul SchöfflerElisabeth GrümmerAnny SchlemmLilian BenningsenWilhelm SchirpFerenc FricsayOrchester und Chor des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks Köln(German version) CD: Cantus ClassicsCat: CACD 5.00822 F 1953  Erich KunzIrmgard SeefriedPaul SchöfflerElisabeth SchwarzkopfHilde GüdenSieglinde WagnerWilhelm FurtwänglerVienna Philharmonic(German version after Hermann Levi)Live, Salzburg Festival, August 7, 1953 CD: EMICat: 66080-2 1955  Cesare SiepiHilde GüdenAlfred PoellLisa Della CasaSuzanne DancoHilde Rössel-MajdanFernando Corena Erich KleiberVienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Chorus CD: Decca LegendsCat: 466 369-2MembranCat: 222932-370 1955  Rolando PaneraiRita StreichHeinz RehfussTeresa Stich-RandallPilar LorengarHans RosbaudOrchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire andthe 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 LudwigKarl BöhmVienna Symphony and Vienna State Opera Chorus CD: PhilipsCat: 438670 1957 Erich Kunz,Irmgard Seefried,Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,Christa LudwigKarl BöhmWiener PhilharmonikerChor der Wiener StaatsoperLive, Salzburg Festival, 30.Juli 1957 CD: OrfeoCat: C 296 923 D 1958  Giorgio Tozzi,Roberta Peters,George London,Lisa Della Casa,Rosalind Elias,Sandra Warfield,Fernando CorenaErich Leinsdorf,Vienna State Opera Chorus and OrchestraCD: DeccaCat: 444602 1960  Giuseppe TaddeiAnna MoffoEberhard WaechterElisabeth SchwarzkopfFiorenza CossottoDora GattaIvo VincoCarlo Maria GiuliniPhilharmonia Orchestra CD: EMICat: 358602-2 1960  Renato CapecchiIrmgard SeefriedDietrich Fischer-DieskauMaria StaderHertha TöpperLilian Benningsen Ferenc FricsayDeutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin CD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 437 671-2 1963  Geraint EvansMirella FreniTito GobbiIlva LigabueTeresa Berganza Georg SoltiOrchestra 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 EvansGraziella SciuttiHilde GüdenEvelyn Lear Lorin MaazelOrchestra 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 PreyEdith MathisGundula JanowitzTatiana TroyanosPatricia JohnsonPeter Lagger Karl BöhmOrchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin CD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 449 728-2 1971  Wladimiro GanzarolliMirella FreniIngvar WixellJessye NormanYvonne MintonMaria CasulaClifford Grant Sir Colin DavisBBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus CD: PhilipsCat: 475 6111 81976 Hermann PreyMirella FreniDietrich Fischer-DieskauKiri Te KanawaMaria EwingHeather BeggPaolo MontarsoloKarl BöhmVienna PhilharmonicFilm directed by Jean-Pierre PonnelleDVD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: DG 073 4034 1976  Geraint EvansJudith BlegenDietrich Fischer-DieskauHeather HarperTeresa BerganzaBirgit FinniläDaniel BarenboimEnglish Chamber Orchestra and the John Alldis Choir CD: EMICat: CMS 7 63646-2 (3 CDs);Cat: 7243 5 85520 2 7 (Abbrev. 2 CDs) 1979  José van DamIleana CotrubașTom KrauseAnna Tomowa-SintowFrederica von StadeJane BerbiéJules Bastin  Herbert von KarajanVienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera chorus  CD: DeccaCat: 421 125-2For details, see ''Le nozze di Figaro'' (Herbert von Karajan recording) 1981  Samuel RameyLucia PoppThomas AllenKiri Te KanawaFrederica von StadeJane BerbiéKurt Moll Georg SoltiLondon Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Opera Chorus CD: DeccaCat: 410 150-2For details, see ''Le nozze di Figaro'' (Georg Solti recording) 1985  José van DamBarbara HendricksRuggero RaimondiLucia PoppAgnes BaltsaFelicity PalmerRobert Lloyd Sir Neville MarrinerAcademy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Ambrosian Opera Chorus CD: PhilipsCat: 416 370-2 1987  Thomas AllenKathleen BattleJorma HynninenMargaret PriceAnn MurrayMariana NicolescoKurt Rydl Riccardo MutiVienna Philharmonic CD: EMICat: 72864 21988Sanford Sylvan,Jeanne Ommerle,James Maddalena,Jayne West,Susan Larson,Sue Ellen Kuzma,David EvittsCraig SmithVienna Symphony, Arnold Schoenberg Choirdirected by Peter Sellars, set in Trump TowerDVD: Decca RecordsCat: B0004243 (2 discs) 1990  Ferruccio FurlanettoDawn UpshawThomas HampsonKiri Te KanawaAnne Sofie von OtterTatiana TroyanosPaul Plishka James LevineMetropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus CD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 477 5614 1990  John TomlinsonJoan RodgersAndreas SchmidtLella CuberliCecilia Bartoli Daniel BarenboimBerliner Philharmoniker and RIAS Kammerchor CD: EratoCat: 2292-45501-2 1993  Bryn TerfelAlison HagleyRod GilfryHillevi MartinpeltoPamela Helen StephenSusan McCullochCarlos Feller John Eliot GardinerEnglish Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir(Recorded during performances in the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris)DVD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 073 018-9 1994  Anton Scharinger Barbara BonneyThomas HampsonCharlotte MargionoPetra LangAnn MurrayKurt Moll Nikolaus HarnoncourtRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra CD: Warner ClassicsCat: 2564 68829-8 (2009 re-issue) 1994  Sylvia McNairBo SkovhusCheryl StuderCecilia BartoliAnna Caterina AntonacciIldebrando D'Arcangelo Claudio AbbadoVienna Philharmonic CD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 445 903-2 2001  Lorenzo RegazzoPatrizia CiofiSimon KeenlysideVéronique GensAngelika Kirchschlager René JacobsConcerto Köln and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Choir CD: Premiere Opera Ltd.Cat: CDNO 1552-3 2006  Erwin SchrottMiah PerssonGerald FinleyDorothea RöschmannRinat ShahamGraciela ArayaJonathan Veira Antonio PappanoOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Royal Opera ChorusStage director: David McVicar; recorded live 10, 13, and 17 February Blu-ray: Opus Arte 2006  Ildebrando D'ArcangeloAnna NetrebkoBo SkovhusDorothea RöschmannChristine SchäferMarie McLaughlinNikolaus HarnoncourtVienna Philharmonic and Konzertvereinigung Wiener StaatsoperDirector: Brian Large; recorded live at the 2006 Salzburg FestivalCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: DG 477 6710DVD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: DG 073 4245 2007 Erwin SchrottMartina JankováMichael VolleMalin HarteliusJudith Schmid Franz Welser-MöstZurich Opera Orchestra and Chorus DVD: EMI classicsCat: 2344819 2011Teddy Tahu RhodesTaryn FiebigPeter Coleman-WrightRachelle DurkinSian PendryJacqueline DarkPatrick SummersOpera Australia Orchestra and ChorusDirector: Neil ArmfieldBlu-ray: Opera AustraliaCat: OPOZ56002BD 2012Christian Van HornFanie AntonelouSimone KermesAndrei BondarenkoMary-Ellen NesiMaria ForsstromTeodor CurrentzisPerm Opera Orchestra and ChorusCD: Sony Classical Cat: 88883709262 2016Adam PlachetkaMartina JankováLuca PisaroniMargarita GritskovaAnn MurrayDan EttingerVienna PhilharmonicKonzertvereinigung Wiener StaatsopernchorDirector: Blu-ray: EuroArtsCat: 8024272951DVD: EuroArtsCat: 8024272958 2016Luca PisaroniChristiane KargThomas HampsonSonya YonchevaAngela BrowerAnne Sofie von OtterYannick Nézet-SéguinChamber Orchestra of EuropeConcert performance at Baden-Baden Summer FestivalCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 028947959458
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)
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