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[1]
1942	Erich Kunz Irma Beilke Hans Hotter Helena Braun Gerda Sommerschuh [Wikidata] 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 [Wikidata]	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 [it] 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, 11 June 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
1964	Walter Berry Anneliese Rothenberger Hermann Prey Hilde Güden Edith Mathis Annelies Burmeister Fritz Ollendorff [de]	Otmar Suitner Staatskapelle Dresden, chorus of Staatsoper Dresden (Recorded in German as Die Hochzeit des Figaro, 17 to 24 June 1964 in Lukaskirche, Dresden)	CD: EMI Cat: 7 69928 2 (69928–69931) Re-released on Berlin Classics[2]
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 [it] 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[3]	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[4]
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[5]
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[6]
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[7] DVD: EuroArts Cat: 8024272958[8]
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[9]

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)