This is a partial discography of The Barber of Seville, an opera by Gioachino Rossini. The work was first performed on 20 February 1816, at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.
Audio recordings YearCast:RosinaCount AlmavivaFigaroDr. BartoloDon Basilio Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel Recordings of Barber on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk1919Malvina PereiraEdoardo TalianiErnesto BadiniAbele CarnevaliUmberto di LelioCarlo SabajnoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: HMVCat: 5110-5138 1950Giulietta SimionatoLuigi InfantinoGiuseppe TaddeiCarlo BadioliAntonio CassinelliFernando PrevitaliCoro e Orchestra della Rai di MilanoCD: Warner FonitCat: 5046 71224-2 1954Antonietta PastoriNicola MontiRolando PaneraiMarcello CortisFranco CalabreseCarlo Maria GiuliniRAI National Symphony Orchestra CD: Great Opera PerformancesCat: G.O.P. 66.1041956Maria CallasLuigi AlvaTito GobbiMelchiorre LuiseNicola Rossi-LemeniCarlo Maria GiuliniTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: Cetra1957Giulietta SimionatoAlvinio MiscianoEttore BastianiniFernando CorenaCesare SiepiAlberto EredeMaggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorusCD: Decca RecordsCat: 467 41121957Maria CallasLuigi AlvaTito GobbiFritz OllendorfNicola ZaccariaAlceo GallieraPhilharmonia Orchestra and chorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 39204621958Roberta PetersCesare VallettiRobert MerrillFernando CorenaGiorgio TozziErich LeinsdorfMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(An unusual performance with no cuts)LP: RCA VictorCat: LSC-6143 CD: RCA VictorCat: 09026-68552-21959Graziella SciuttiNicola MontiRolando PaneraiRenato CapecchiMario PetriRenato FasanoCollegium Musicum ItalicumCD: Walhall1963Victoria de los ÁngelesLuigi AlvaSesto BruscantiniIan WallaceCarlo CavaVittorio GuiGlyndebourne Festival orchestra and chorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: CMS 7 64162 21964Teresa BerganzaUgo BenelliManuel AusensiFernando CorenaNicolai GhiaurovSilvio VarvisoOrchestra Rossini di Napoli and chorusCD: Decca RecordsCat: 452 59121969Teresa BerganzaUgo BenelliDomenico TrimarchiAlfredo MariottiPaolo MontarsoloEttore GracisTeatro La Fenice orchestra and chorusCD: Mondo Musica1971Teresa BerganzaLuigi AlvaHermann PreyEnzo DaraPaolo MontarsoloClaudio AbbadoLondon Symphony OrchestraAmbrosian SingersCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 457 73321974Beverly SillsNicolai GeddaSherrill MilnesRenato CapecchiRuggero RaimondiJames LevineLondon Symphony OrchestraJohn Alldis ChoirCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 7243-5-85523Cat: 39327621982Marilyn HornePaolo BarbaciniLeo NucciEnzo DaraSamuel RameyRiccardo ChaillyTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: Fonit CetraCat: CDC 30CD: Warner FonitCat: 3984 29187-21985Agnes BaltsaFrancisco AraizaThomas AllenDomenico TrimarchiRobert LloydNeville MarrinerAcademy of St. Martin in the FieldsAmbrosian singersCD: PhilipsCat: 446 448-2CD: Decca RecordsCat: 470 434-21987Luciana SerraRockwell BlakeBruno PolaEnzo DaraPaolo MontarsoloBruno CampanellaTeatro Regio di Torino orchestra and chorus(recorded in June)CD: Nuova EraCat: 2232991988Cecilia BartoliWilliam MatteuzziLeo NucciEnrico FissorePaata BurchuladzeGiuseppe PatanèTeatro Comunale di Bologna orchestra and chorusCD: Decca RecordsCat: 425 520-21992Sonia GanassiRoberto ServileRamon VargasAngelo RomeroFranco De GrandisWill HumburgFailoni Chamber Orchestra and Hungarian Radio ChorusCD: NaxosCat: 8.660027-291992Kathleen BattleFrank LopardoPlácido DomingoLucio GalloRuggero RaimondiClaudio AbbadoChamber Orchestra of Europe and chorusCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 435 763-2GH21993Suzanne MentzerJerry HadleyThomas HampsonBruno PraticoSamuel RameyGianluigi GelmettiOrchestra della ToscanaCD: EMICat: 54863 21993Jennifer LarmoreRaúl GiménezHåkan HagegårdAlessandro CorbelliSamuel RameyJesús López CobosOrchestre de Chambre de Lausanne and Grand-Théâtre de GenèveCD: TeldecCat: 9031-74885-21995Della Jones, Bruce Ford, Alan OpieAndrew ShorePeter RoseGabrielle BelliniEnglish National Opera orchestra and chorusCD: Chandos RecordsCat: Chan30251997Edita GruberováJuan Diego FlórezVladimir ChernovEnric SerraFrancesco Ellero d'ArtegnaRalf WeikertMunich Radio Orchestra and chorusCD: Nightingale ClassicsCat: NC 004022 2005Elina GarancaLawrence BrownleeNathan GunnBruno de SimoneKristinn SigmundssonMiguel Ángel Gómez MartínezMunich Radio Orchestra and Chor des Bayerischen RundfunksCD: Sony ClassicalCat: 82876 804292
Video recordings
YearCast:RosinaAlmavivaFigaroDr. BartoloDon BasilioConductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel1946Nelly CorradiFerruccio TagliaviniTito GobbiVito de TarantoItalo TajoGiuseppe MorelliRome Opera orchestra and chorusVHS: PickwickCat: 1947Lucienne JourfierRaymond AmadeRoger BourdinLouis MusyRoger BussonnetAndré CluytensThéâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique orchestra and chorus(sung in French)VHS: Codo-CinémaCat: 1959Erika KöthFritz WunderlichHermann PreyMax ProebstlHans HotterJoseph KeilberthBavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus(sung in German)VHS: Legato ClassicsCat: 1972Teresa BerganzaLuigi AlvaHermann PreyEnzo DaraPaolo MontarsoloClaudio AbbadoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus(Film directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, based on his staging at La Scala)VHS: Deutsche GrammophonDVD: Deutsche GrammophonStreaming HD video: Carnegie Hall+1982Maria EwingMax René CossottiJohn RawnsleyClaudio DesderiFerruccio FurlanettoSylvain CambrelingGlyndebourne Festival orchestra and chorusVHS: CastleCat: DVD: WarnerCat: 1988Cecilia BartoliDavid KueblerLouis QuilicoCarlos FellerRobert LloydGabriele FerroStuttgart Radio Symphony OrchestraCologne Opera chorusVHS: RCACat: DVD: Art Haus MusikCat: 1989Kathleen BattleRockwell BlakeLeo NucciEnzo DaraFerruccio FurlanettoRalf WeikertMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusVHS: Deutsche GrammophonCat: DVD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 1992Jennifer LarmoreRichard CroftDavid MalisRenato CapecchiSimone AlaimoAlberto ZeddaNetherlands Opera orchestra and chorusDVD: ImageCat: 2008Rinat ShahamFrancesco MeliRoberto FrontaliBruno De SimoneGiovanni FurlanettoAntonino FoglianiTeatro La Fenice orchestra and chorusDVD: DynamicCat: 335972009Joyce DiDonatoJuan Diego FlórezPietro SpagnoliAlessandro CorbelliFerruccio FurlanettoAntonio PappanoRoyal Opera House orchestra and chorusBlu-ray: Erato.DVD: Virgin Classics2014Isabel LeonardLawrence BrownleeChristopher MaltmanMaurizio MuraroPaata BurchuladzeMichele MariottiMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(Recorded live, 22 November 2014; production: Bartlett Sher)Streaming HD video:Met Opera on DemandIl Barbiere di Siviglia (22 November 2014), Met Opera on Demand.2016Danielle de NieseTaylor StaytonBjörn BürgerAlessandro CorbelliEnrique MazzolaLondon Philharmonic Orchestra(recorded live, 21 June 2016, Glyndebourne Festival; stage director: Annabel Arden)Blu-ray/DVD: Opus ArteRichard Osborne, Review of 2016 Glyndebourne production, Gramophone, August 2017, pp. 89–90.Streaming HD video:Glyndebourne EncoreGlyndebourne Encore 2016.2018Nino MachaidzeDmitry KorchakLeo NucciCarlo LeporeFerruccio FurlanettoDaniel OrenArena di Verona orchestra and chorusBlu-ray/DVD: Bel AirBlu-ray, ; DVD, .2019Catherine TrottmannMichele AngeliniFlorian SempeyPeter KálmánRobert GleadowJérémie RhorerLe Cercle de l'Harmonie,(Laurent Pelly, stage director)Blu-ray/DVD: NaxosBlu-ray, ; DVD, .Cat:21105922025Aigul Akhmetshina,Jack Swanson,Andrey Zhilikhovsky,Peter Kálmán,Alexander VinogradovGiacomo Sagripanti,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus(Recorded live, 31 May 2025; production: Bartlett Sher)Streaming HD video:Met Opera on DemandIl Barbiere di Siviglia (31 May 2025), Met Opera on Demand.
References Notes
Sources Burton D. Fisher's The Barber of Seville (Opera Classics Library Series)