The Marriage of Figaro discography

This is a partial discography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera, The Marriage of Figaro. It was first performed at the Burgtheater in Vienna on May 1, 1786.

Year	Figaro Susanna Count Countess Cherubino Marcellina	Conductor, Opera house and orchestra	Label^[1]
1943	Ezio Pinza Bidú 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
1953	Erich Kunz Irmgard Seefried Paul Schöffler Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Hilde Gueden 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 Gueden Alfred Poell Lisa Della Casa Suzanne Danco	Erich Kleiber Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Chorus	CD: Decca Legends Cat: 466 369-2 Membran Cat: 222932-370
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
1960	Giuseppe Taddei Anna Moffo Eberhard Wächter Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Fiorenza Cossotto	Carlo Maria Giulini Philharmonia Orchestra	CD: EMI Cat: 358602-2
1960	Renato Capecchi Irmgard Seefried Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Maria Stader Hertha Töpper	Ferenc Fricsay Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin	CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 437 671-2
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
1967	Hermann Prey Edith Mathis Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Gundula Janowitz Tatiana Troyanos	Karl Böhm Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin	CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 449 728-2
1975	Hermann Prey Mirella Freni Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Kiri Te Kanawa Maria Ewing	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 Aldis Choir	CD: EMI Cat: CMS 7 63646-2 (3 CDs); Cat: 7243 5 85520 2 7 (Abbrev. 2 CDs)
1981	Samuel Ramey Lucia Popp Thomas Allen Kiri Te Kanawa Frederica von Stade	Georg Solti London Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Opera Chorus	CD: Decca Cat: 410 150-2
1987	Thomas Allen Kathleen Battle Jorma Hynninen Margaret Price Ann Murray	Riccardo Muti Vienna Philharmonic	CD: EMI Cat: 72864 2
1990	Ferruccio Furlanetto Dawn Upshaw Thomas Hampson Kiri Te Kanawa Anne Sofie von Otter	James Levine Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus	CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 477 5614
1993	Bryn Terfel Alison Hagley Rod Gilfry Hillevi Martinpelto Pamela Helen Stephen	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	Lucio Gallo Sylvia McNair Bo Skovhus Cheryl Studer Cecilia Bartoli	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	Ildebrando D'Arcangelo Anna Netrebko Bo Skovhus Dorothea Röschmann Christine Schäfer Marie McLaughlin	Nikolaus Harnoncourt Vienna Philharmonic and Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsoper 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^[2]

The Marriage of Figaro discography

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