# The Marriage of Figaro discography

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.

## Recordings

| Year | Figaro Susanna Count Almaviva Countess Almaviva Cherubino Marcellina Bartolo | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 1942 | Erich Kunz Irma Beilke Hans Hotter Helena Braun Gerda Sommerschuh Res Fischer Gustav Neidlinger | Clemens Krauss Vienna Philharmonia Orchestra From the 1942 Salzburg Festival, sung in German translation | CD: Music and Arts |
| 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 Güden 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 Güden Alfred Poell Lisa Della Casa Suzanne Danco Hilde Rössel-Majdan Fernando Corena | Erich Kleiber Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Chorus | CD: Decca Legends Cat: 466 369-2 Membran Cat: 222932-370 For details, see Le nozze di Figaro (Erich Kleiber recording) |
| 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 |
| 1957 | Erich Kunz, Irmgard Seefried, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig | Karl Böhm Vienna Philharmonic Chor der Vienna State Opera Live, Salzburg Festival, 30 July 1957 | CD: Orfeo Cat: C 296 923 D |
| 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 |
| 1961 | Giuseppe Taddei Anna Moffo Eberhard Waechter Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Fiorenza Cossotto Dora Gatta Ivo Vinco | Carlo Maria Giulini Philharmonia Orchestra Producer: Walter Legge (Studio recording from 1959, released in 1961) | CD: EMI Cat: 358602-2 For details, see Le nozze di Figaro (Giulini 1959 recording) |
| 1960 | Renato Capecchi Irmgard Seefried Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Maria Stader Hertha Töpper Lilian Benningsen Ivan Sardi [hu] | 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 Patricia Johnson Peter Lagger | 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 Clifford Grant | Sir Colin Davis BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus | CD: Philips Cat: 475 6111 8 |
| 1976 | Hermann Prey Mirella Freni Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Kiri Te Kanawa Maria Ewing Heather Begg Paolo Montarsolo | 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) |
| 1979 | José van Dam Ileana Cotrubaș Tom Krause Anna Tomowa-Sintow Frederica von Stade Jane Berbié Jules Bastin | Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera chorus | CD: Decca Cat: 421 125-2 For details, see Le nozze di Figaro (Herbert von Karajan recording) |
| 1981 | Samuel Ramey Lucia Popp Thomas Allen Kiri Te Kanawa Frederica von Stade Jane Berbié Kurt Moll | Georg Solti London Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Opera Chorus | CD: Decca Cat: 410 150-2 For details, see Le nozze di Figaro (Georg Solti recording) |
| 1985 | José van Dam Barbara Hendricks Ruggero Raimondi Lucia Popp Agnes Baltsa Felicity Palmer Robert Lloyd | Sir Neville Marriner Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Ambrosian Opera Chorus | CD: Philips Cat: 416 370-2 |
| 1987 | Thomas Allen Kathleen Battle Jorma Hynninen Margaret Price Ann Murray Mariana Nicolesco Kurt Rydl | 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 | DVD: Decca Records Cat: B0004243 (2 discs) |
| 1990 | Ferruccio Furlanetto Dawn Upshaw Thomas Hampson Kiri Te Kanawa Anne Sofie von Otter Tatiana Troyanos Paul Plishka | 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 Berlin Philharmonic and RIAS Kammerchor | CD: Erato Cat: 2292-45501-2 |
| 1993 | Bryn Terfel Alison Hagley Rod Gilfry Hillevi Martinpelto Pamela Helen Stephen Susan McCulloch Carlos Feller | 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 | Anton Scharinger Barbara Bonney Thomas Hampson Charlotte Margiono Petra Lang Ann Murray Kurt Moll | Nikolaus Harnoncourt Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | CD: Warner Classics Cat: 2564 68829-8 (2009 re-issue) |
| 1994 | Lucio Gallo [it] Sylvia McNair Bo Skovhus Cheryl Studer Cecilia Bartoli Anna Caterina Antonacci Ildebrando D'Arcangelo | 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 | Erwin Schrott Miah Persson Gerald Finley Dorothea Röschmann Rinat Shaham Graciela Araya Jonathan Veira | Antonio Pappano Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Royal Opera Chorus Stage director: David McVicar; recorded live 10, 13, and 17 February | Blu-ray: Opus Arte |
| 2006 | Ildebrando D'Arcangelo Anna Netrebko Bo Skovhus Dorothea Röschmann Christine Schäfer Marie McLaughlin | Nikolaus Harnoncourt Vienna Philharmonic and Konzertvereinigung Vienna State Opera 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 |
| 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 |
| 2016 | Adam Plachetka Martina Janková Luca Pisaroni Anett Fritsch [de] Margarita Gritskova Ann Murray | Dan Ettinger Vienna Philharmonic Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Director: Sven-Eric Bechtolf [de] | Blu-ray: EuroArts Cat: 8024272951 DVD: EuroArts Cat: 8024272958 |
| 2016 | Luca Pisaroni Christiane Karg Thomas Hampson Sonya Yoncheva Angela Brower Anne Sofie von Otter | Yannick Nézet-Séguin Chamber Orchestra of Europe Vocalensemble Rastatt [de] Concert performance at Baden-Baden Summer Festival | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 028947959458 |

## 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)