| Year | Figaro
Susanna
Count Almaviva
Countess Almaviva
Cherubino
Marcellina
Bartolo | Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra | Label[1] |
|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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
| 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
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
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 |
| id=Ponnelle | 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) |
| | 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) |
| 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 |
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[2]
|
| 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[3] |
| 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[4] |
| 2016 | Adam Plachetka
Martina Janková
Luca Pisaroni
Margarita Gritskova
Ann Murray | Dan Ettinger
Vienna Philharmonic
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Director: | Blu-ray: EuroArts
Cat: 8024272951[5]
DVD: EuroArts
Cat: 8024272958[6] |
| 2016 | Luca Pisaroni
Christiane Karg
Thomas Hampson
Sonya Yoncheva
Angela Brower
Anne Sofie von Otter | Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Concert performance at Baden-Baden Summer Festival | CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 028947959458[7] | |
