This is a list of recordings of the opera Faust (1859) by Charles Gounod, sung in French unless otherwise noted.
Audio recordings YearCast(Faust,MephistophelesMarguerite)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabelRecordings of Faust on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk1908Carl JörnPaul KnüpferEmmy DestinnBruno Seidler-WinklerGrammophone Orchestra Berlin, Berlin State Opera chorus(sung in German)LP: GrammophonCD: SupraphonCat: 11 2136-21911–1912Léon BeyleAndré GresseJeanne CampredonFrançois RuhlmannStudio orchestra and chorusLP: PathéCD: Marston RecordsCat: 53007-21918Giuliano RomagnoliFernando AutoriGemma BosiniCarlo SabajnoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus(sung in Italian)LP: La voce del padroneCat: S 5260-5298CD: Divine ArtCat: DDH 278101929Antonio MelandriNazzareno De AngelisGina CignaLorenzo MolajoliTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus(sung in Italian)LP: Columbia Records1929–1930Heddle NashRobert EastonMiriam LicetteThomas BeechamBBC Symphony Orchestra and chorus(sung in English)CD: Opera d'OroCat: OPD 90101930César VezzaniMarcel JournetMireille BerthonHenri BüsserL'Opéra de Paris orchestra and chorusCD: MembranCat: 2311361937Helge RosvaengeGeorg HannMargarete TeschemacherJoseph KeilberthReichssender Stuttgart orchestra and chorus(sung in German)CD: ArkadiaCat: 50541938Helge RosvaengeMichael BohnenHilde SingenstreuHeinrich SteinerReichssender Berlin orchestra and chorusCD: Myto RecordsCat: MCD992H0301940Richard CrooksEzio PinzaHelen JepsonWilfrid PelletierMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusCD: Naxos HistoricalCat: 8.110016-171947Ivan KozlovskyMark ReizenElizaveta ShumskayaVassili NebolsinBolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus(sung in Russian)LP: MelodiaCat: 05776-83CD: Dante LysCat: 301-31947–1948Georges NoréRoger RicoGéori BouéThomas BeechamRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra and chorusLP: RCA VictorCat: LCT-6100 CD: Naxos HistoricalCat: 8.110117-181949Giuseppe Di StefanoItalo TajoDorothy KirstenWilfrid PelletierMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusCD: Myto RecordsCat: MCD001H0371950Jussi BjörlingCesare SiepiDorothy KirstenFausto ClevaMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusCD: Naxos HistoricalCat: 8.111083-85 1951Eugene ConleyCesare SiepiEleanor SteberFausto ClevaMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusCD: Preiser RecordsCat: 20015 1953Nicolai GeddaBoris ChristoffVictoria de los ÁngelesAndré CluytensL'Opéra de Paris orchestra and chorusCD: EMICat: CMS 5 65256-2CD: MalibranCat: CMS56525621954Ferruccio TagliaviniBoris ChristoffAnna Maria RovereGabriele SantiniTeatro di San Carlo orchestra and chorus(sung in Italian)CD: BongiovanniCat: HOC009 1956Gianni PoggiRaffaele AriéMarcella PobbeFausto ClevaTeatro di San Carlo orchestra and chorus(sung in Italian)CD: AndromedaCat: ANDRCD5054;BongiovanniCat: HOC041/421958Nicolai GeddaBoris ChristoffVictoria de los ÁngelesAndré CluytensL'Opéra de Paris orchestra and chorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 65256-21958Nicolai GeddaJerome HinesHilde GuedenJean Paul MorelMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusCD: WalhallCat: WLCD02701959Jussi BjörlingCesare SiepiElisabeth SöderströmJean Paul MorelMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusCD: Myto RecordsCat: MCD001741959Ilija JossifovNicolai GhiaurovKatja PopovaAtanas MargaritovSofia National Opera orchestra and chorusCD: GalaCat: GL1006251960Eugenio FernandiNicola Rossi-LemeniRenata ScottoArmando La Rosa ParodiRAI National Symphony Orchestra and chorusCD: Myto RecordsCat: MCD002461960Gustave BotiauxXavier DuprazAndréa GuiotJésus EtcheverryLP: OrphéeCat: 1966Franco CorelliNicolai GhiaurovJoan SutherlandRichard BonyngeLondon Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera ChorusCD: Decca RecordsCat: 470563-21967Gianni RaimondiNicolai GhiaurovMirella FreniGeorges PrêtreTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: Opera d'OroCat: OPD12941968Michele MoleseNorman TreigleBeverly SillsJulius RudelNew York City Opera orchestra and chorusCD: Opera DepotCat: 10772-021971Nicolai GeddaNicolai GhiaurovHeather HarperGianandrea GavazzeniTeatro Colón orchestra and chorusCD: Opera d'OroCat: OPD14431973Alfredo KrausNicolai GhiaurovRenata ScottoPaul EthuinNHK Symphony OrchestraAmbrosian Opera chorusCD: Nota BluCat: 1973György KorondyKolos KovátsSylvia SassErvin LukácsHungarian State Opera House orchestraHungarian Radio and Television chorusHonved Ensemble Male Choir(sung in Hungarian)CD: HungarotonCat: HCD324111976Giacomo AragallPaul PlishkaMontserrat CaballéAlain LombardOrchestre philharmonique de StrasbourgOpéra national du Rhin chorusLP: RCA Red SealCat: FRL4-2493CD: EratoCat: 456851978Plácido DomingoNicolai GhiaurovMirella FreniGeorges PrêtreL'Opéra de Paris orchestra and chorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 5 09166 1986Francisco AraizaYevgeny NesterenkoKiri Te Kanawa Colin DavisBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and chorusCD: PhilipsCat: 475 7769 1989Alberto Cupido,Simon Estes,Rosalind PlowrightSeiji Ozawa,French National Orchestra and Radio France ChorusAudio CD: Deutsche Grammophon,Cat: 426 596-21991Richard LeechJosé van DamCheryl StuderMichel PlassonOrchestre national du Capitole de ToulouseFrench Army ChorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: CDS 5 56224-21993Jerry HadleySamuel RameyCecilia GasdiaCarlo RizziWelsh National Opera orchestra and chorusCD: Warner ClassicsCat: 4 509-90 872-21999Paul Charles ClarkeAlastair MilesMary PlazasDavid ParryPhilharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir(sung in English)CD: ChandosCat: 3014(3)2009Piotr BeczałaKwangchul YounSoile IsokoskiBertrand de BillyVienna State Opera orchestra and chorusCD: OrfeoCat: C 805 103 D2016Aljaž FarasinCarlo ColombaraMarjukka TepponenVille MatvejeffCroatian National Theatre in Rijeka – Opera orchestra and choir (1864 London version)CD: NaxosCat: 8.660456-582018Benjamin BernheimVéronique GensChristophe RoussetLes Talens Lyriques, Flemish Radio Choir(1859 version)CD: Bru ZaneCat: BZ 1037
Video recordings YearCast(Faust, MephistophelesMarguerite, Valentin)Conductor,Opera house and orchestra(production details)Label1985Francisco Araiza,Ruggero Raimondi,Gabriela Beňačková,Walton GrönroosErich Binder,Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus(Production and video director: Ken Russell; recorded live, 23 March 1985)Faust (1985), Vienna, , .DVD: DGGCat: 073 41082004Roberto Alagna,Bryn Terfel,Angela Gheorghiu,Simon Keenlyside Antonio Pappano,Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus(Stage director: David McVicar)DVD: EMICat: 63161192014Jonas Kaufmann,René Pape,,Russell BraunYannick Nézet-Séguin,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus(Stage director: Des McAnuff)HD video:Met Opera on DemandFaust (2014), Met Opera on Demand.Blu-ray/DVD: Decca2015Charles Castronovo,Ildar Abdrazakov,Irina Lungu,Vasilij LadjukGianandrea Noseda,Teatro Regio di Torino Orchestra & Chorus(Production and choreographer: Stefano Poda)HD video:Unitel/medici.tvFaust (2015), Turin, medici.tv.2018Piotr Beczała,Luca Pisaroni,Marina Rebeka,Stéphane DegoutDan Ettinger,Teatro Real, Madrid(Stage director: Àlex Ollé; recorded live, September 2018)Blu-ray/DVD:C MajorDavid Reynolds, Review of 2018 Teatro Real, American Record Guide, May/June 2026, pp. 159–160.Neil Fisher, Review of 2018 Teatro Real, Gramophone, May 2026, p. 124.2019Michael Fabiano,Erwin Schrott,Irina Lungu,Stéphane DegoutDan Ettinger,Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus(Production: David McVicar)HD video:ROH Stream,Faust (2019), ROH, ROH Stream.medici.tvFaust (2019), ROH, medici.tv.2021Benjamin Bernheim,Christian Van Horn,Ermonela Jaho,Florian SempeyLorenzo Viotti,Paris Opera Orchestra & Chorus(Director: Tobias Kratzer; recorded live at the Opéra Bastille)HD video:Paris Opera PlayFaust (2021), Paris Opera Play.
References Notes
Sources Amazon Faust discography (15 items)