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
de (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 |
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[2] |
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[3] |