Year |
Figaro Susanna Count Almaviva Countess Almaviva Cherubino Marcellina Bartolo |
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra |
Label[1] |
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 Gueden 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 Gueden Alfred Poell Lisa Della Casa Suzanne Danco |
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 |
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 Wächter Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Fiorenza Cossotto |
Carlo Maria Giulini Philharmonia Orchestra |
CD: EMI Cat: 358602-2 |
1960 | Renato Capecchi Irmgard Seefried Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Maria Stader Hertha Töpper | 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 | 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 | Sir Colin Davis BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus | CD: Philips Cat: 475 6111 8 |
1975 | Hermann Prey Mirella Freni Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Kiri Te Kanawa Maria Ewing | 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) |
1981 | Samuel Ramey Lucia Popp Thomas Allen Kiri Te Kanawa Frederica von Stade | Georg Solti London Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Opera Chorus | CD: Decca Cat: 410 150-2 |
1987 | Thomas Allen Kathleen Battle Jorma Hynninen Margaret Price Ann Murray | 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 | 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 | 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 | Lucio Gallo Sylvia McNair Bo Skovhus Cheryl Studer Cecilia Bartoli | 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 Rachelle Durkin Sian Pendry Jacqueline Dark | Patrick Summers Opera Australia Orchestra and Chorus Director: Neil Armfield | Blu-ray: Opera Australia Cat: OPOZ56002BD[3] |
2012 | Christian Van Horn Fanie Antonelou Simone Kermes Andrei Bondarenko Mary-Ellen Nesi Maria Forsstrom | Teodor Currentzis Perm Opera Orchestra and Chorus
| CD: SONY CLASSICAL Cat: 88883709262[4] |