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 orchestraLabelRecordings of The Marriage of Figaro on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk1934-35Willi Domgraf-FassbaenderAudrey MildmayRoy HendersonAulikki RautawaaraLuise HelletsgruberConstance WillisNorman AllinFritz BuschGlyndebourne Festival orchestra and chorus78 rpm: His Master's Voice CD: Naxos HistoricalCat: 8.110186-87 1942 Erich KunzIrma BeilkeHans HotterHelena BraunRes 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 BenningsenFerenc 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 Legends Cat: 466 369-2Membran Cat: 222932-370For details, see Le nozze di Figaro (Erich Kleiber recording)1955Sesto BruscantiniGraziella SciuttiFranco CalabreseSena JurinacRisë StevensMonica SinclairIan WallaceVittorio GuiGlyndebourne Festival orchestra and chorusCD: EMICat: 367710-2 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 BöhmVienna PhilharmonicChor der Vienna State OperaLive, Salzburg Festival, 30 July 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 1959 Giuseppe TaddeiAnna MoffoEberhard WaechterElisabeth SchwarzkopfFiorenza CossottoIvo VincoCarlo Maria GiuliniPhilharmonia OrchestraProducer: Walter Legge (Studio recording from 1959, released in 1961) CD: EMICat: 358602-2For details, see Le nozze di Figaro (Giulini 1959 recording) 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, 11 June 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 1964 Walter BerryAnneliese RothenbergerHermann PreyHilde GüdenEdith MathisAnnelies Burmeister Otmar SuitnerStaatskapelle Dresden, chorus of Staatsoper Dresden(Recorded in German as Die Hochzeit des Figaro, 17 to 24 June 1964 in Lukaskirche, Dresden) CD: EMICat: 7 69928 2 (69928–69931)Re-released on Berlin Classics"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Hochzeit des Figaro (in dt.Spr.) auf 3 CDs", tracklist, jpc; 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 MintonClifford 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 BarenboimBerlin Philharmonic 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 Vienna State OperaDirector: 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: OPOZ56002BDThe Marriage of Figaro, ABC Shop 2012Christian Van HornFanie AntonelouSimone KermesAndrei BondarenkoMary-Ellen NesiMaria ForsstromTeodor CurrentzisPerm Opera Orchestra and ChorusCD: Sony Classical Cat: 88883709262The Marriage of Figaro, Amazon Shop 2016Adam PlachetkaMartina JankováLuca PisaroniAnett FritschMargarita GritskovaAnn MurrayDan EttingerVienna PhilharmonicKonzertvereinigung Wiener StaatsopernchorDirector: Blu-ray: EuroArtsCat: 8024272951"Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (Blu-ray), Presto Classical DVD: EuroArtsCat: 8024272958"Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (DVD), Presto Classical 2016Luca PisaroniChristiane KargThomas HampsonSonya YonchevaAngela BrowerAnne Sofie von OtterYannick Nézet-SéguinChamber Orchestra of EuropeConcert performance at Baden-Baden Summer FestivalCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 028947959458"Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro CD review – an immaculate marriage, but lacking joy" by Andrew Clements, The Guardian, 14 July 2016
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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