| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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
Wiener Philharmoniker
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Live, Salzburg Festival, 30. Juli 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
|
| 1960 |
Giuseppe Taddei
Anna Moffo
Eberhard Waechter
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Fiorenza Cossotto
Dora Gatta
Ivo Vinco
|
Carlo Maria Giulini
Philharmonia Orchestra
|
CD: EMI
Cat: 358602-2
|
| 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[2] |
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
Berliner Philharmoniker 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[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[4]
|
| 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[5]
|
| 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[6]
DVD: EuroArts
Cat: 8024272958[7]
|
| 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[8]
|
