There are 133 recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on file

Order by conductor

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1 1934-35(STU) - Busch Fritz - Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra*

2 1937(LI) - Sandberg Herbert - Royal Opera House (Stockholm)*

3 1937(LI) - Walter Bruno - Wiener Philharmoniker*

4 1938(LE) - Loibner Wilhelm - Wiener Staatsoper*

5 1938(RA) - Böhm Karl - Orchester des Reichsenders Stuttgart*

6 1939(Act 3;LE) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Wiener Philharmoniker*

7 1940(Act 2;LE) - Leinsdorf Erich - San Francisco Opera*

8 1940(LI/12) - Panizza Ettore - Metropolitan Opera*

9 1940(LI/3) - Panizza Ettore - Metropolitan Opera*

10 1940(SE) - Steinberg William - Metropolitan Opera*

11 1942(LI) - Krauss Clemens - Wiener Philharmoniker*

12 1943(LI) - Breisach Paul - Metropolitan Opera*

13 1944(LI) - Walter Bruno - Metropolitan Opera*

14 1947(LI) - Busch Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*

15 1948(STU) - Sanderling Kurt - Moscow Radio*

16 1949(FI) - Rother Arthur - Berliner Staatskapelle**

17 1949(LI) - Busch Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*

18 1950(LI) - Reiner Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*

19 1950(STU) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Philharmoniker*

20 1951(RA) - Fricsay Ferenc - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Köln*

21 1951(RA) - Previtali Fernando - RAI Milano*

22 1951-56(SCE) - Leitner - Leopold Ludwig - Fritz Lehmann Ferdinand - Württembergisches Staatsorchester - Bayerisches Rundfunk Orchester - Münchner Philharmoniker - Berliner Radio Orchester*

23 1952(LI) - Reiner Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*

24 1953(LE) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*

25 1953(LI) - Furtwängler Wilhelm - Wiener Philharmoniker*

26 1953?(SE) - Goehr Walter - Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra*

27 1953?(STU) - Kralevsky Dmitri - Orchestra*

28 1954(LI) - Karajan Herbert von - Teatro alla Scala*

29 1954(LI) - Perlea Ionel - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli*

30 1955(LI) - Rosbaud Hans - Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (Paris)*

31 1955(LI) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*

32 1955(SE) - Rudolf Max - Metropolitan Opera*

33 1955(STU) - Gui Vittorio - Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra*

34 1955(STU) - Kleiber Erich - Wiener Philharmoniker*

35 1956(LI) - Böhm Karl - Wiener Philharmoniker*

36 1956(LI) - Rudolf Max - Metropolitan Opera*

37 1956(STU) - Böhm Karl - Wiener Symphoniker*

38 1957(LI) - Böhm Karl - Wiener Philharmoniker*

39 1957?(SE) - Apelt Arthur - Berliner Symphoniker*

40 1958(LI) - Böhm Karl - Wiener Philharmoniker*

41 1958(LI) - Leinsdorf Erich - Metropolitan Opera*

42 1958(STU) - Leinsdorf Erich - Wiener Philharmoniker*

43 1960(LI) - Böhm Karl - Wiener Philharmoniker*

44 1960(LI) - Leinsdorf Erich - Metropolitan Opera*

45 1960(STU) - Fricsay Ferenc - Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin*

46 1960(STU) - Giulini Carlo Maria - Philharmonia Orchestra*

47 1960?(SE) - Martin Walter - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin*

48 1960?(SE) - Zillig Winfried - Mitglieder des Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Hamburg*

49 1961(LI) - Giulini Carlo Maria - Philharmonia Orchestra*

50 1961(LI) - Giulini Carlo Maria - Residentie Orkest*

51 1961(SE) - Leitner Ferdinand - Berliner Philharmoniker*

52 1963(LI) - Böhm Karl - Deutsche Oper Berlin*

53 1963(LI) - Maazel Lorin - Wiener Philharmoniker*

54 1963(LI) - Solti Georg - Covent Garden*

55 1963(LI) - Varviso Silvio - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*

56 1964(LI) - Kertész István - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*

57 1964(STU) - Suitner Otmar - Dresdener Staatskapelle*

58 1965(SE) - Lange Mathieu - Deutsche Oper Berlin*

59 1966(LI) - Böhm Karl - Wiener Philharmoniker**

60 1967(LI) - Rosenstock Joseph - Metropolitan Opera*

61 1967(STU) - Böhm Karl - Deutsche Oper Berlin*

62 1968(RA) - Mehta Zubin - RAI Roma*

63 1968?(SE) - Wallberg Heinz - Vienna Opera Orchestra*

64 1969(FI) - Schmidt-Isserstedt Hans - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg**

65 1970(STU) - Davis Colin - BBC Symphony Orchestra*

66 1970(STU) - Klemperer Otto - New Philharmonia Orchestra*

67 1971(LI) - Davis Colin - Covent Garden*

68 1972(LI) - Giovaninetti Reynald - San Francisco Opera*

69 1972(LI) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Philharmoniker*

70 1973(LI) - Pritchard John - London Philharmonic Orchestra**

71 1973(LI) - Solti Georg - Opéra de Paris*

72 1974(LI) - Abbado Claudio - Teatro alla Scala*

73 1974(LI) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Philharmoniker*

74 1975(LI) - Pritchard John - Chicago Lyric Opera*

75 1975-76(FI) - Böhm Karl - Wiener Philharmoniker**

76 1976(FI) - Oberfrank Géza - Komische Oper Berlin**

77 1976(STU) - Barenboim Daniel - English Chamber Orchestra*

78 1978(STU) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Philharmoniker*

79 1979(LI) - Friend Lionel - English National Opera*

80 1979(LI) - Klee Bernhard - Wiener Philharmoniker*

81 1980(LI) - Böhm Karl - Wiener Staatsoper***

82 1980(LI) - Solti Georg - Opéra de Paris**

83 1981(STU) - Solti Georg - London Philharmonic Orchestra*

84 1981 - Östman Arnold - Drottningholm Court Theatre**

85 1983(LI) - Sawallisch Wolfgang - Bayerische Staatsoper*

86 1984(LI) - Bonynge Richard - Australian Opera*

87 1985(STU) - Marriner Neville - Academy of Saint-Martin-in-the-Fields*

88 1986(STU) - Muti Riccardo - Wiener Philharmoniker*

89 1987(LC) - Davis Colin - Bayerische Staatsoper*

90 1987(STU) - Haitink Bernard - London Philharmonic Orchestra*

91 1987(STU) - Östman Arnold - Drottningholm Court Theatre*

92 1988(LI) - Davis Colin - Bayerische Staatsoper*

93 1988(STU) - Sisi Yousef El - Polish National Radio Orchestra*

94 1989(LI) - Haitink Bernard - Covent Garden**

95 198?(SE) - NOT KNOWN - NOT KNOWN*

96 1990(FI) - Smith Craig - Wiener Symphoniker**

97 1990(STU) - Davis Colin - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*

98 1990(STU) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*

99 1990?(STU) - Barenboim Daniel - Berliner Philharmoniker*

100 1991(LI) - Abbado Claudio - Wiener Staatsoper**

101 1991(LI) - Haitink Bernard - Berliner Philharmoniker***

102 1992 - Mehta Zubin - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*

103 1992 - Penin Jean-Paul - Cracovie Chamber Philharmonic*

104 1993(LC) - Gardiner John Eliot - English Baroque Soloists*

105 1993(LC) - Gardiner John Eliot - English Baroque Soloists**

106 1993(LI) - Kuhn Gustav - Orchestra Filharmonica Marchigiana*

107 1993(STU) - Harnoncourt Nikolaus - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam*

108 1994(LI) - Haitink Bernard - London Philharmonic Orchestra***

109 1994(LI) - Olmi Paolo - L'Opéra National de Lyon**

110 1994(STU) - Abbado Claudio - Wiener Philharmoniker*

111 1994(STU) - Mackerras Charles - Scottish Chamber Orchestra*

112 1994?(FI) - Britten Tony - Orchestra**

113 1995(LI) - Harnoncourt Nikolaus - Chamber Orchestra of Europe**

114 1996(Li) - Harnoncourt Nikolaus - Opernhaus Zürich**

115 1996 - Malgoire Jean-Claude - La Grand Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy*

116 1997(LI) - Pillement Jérôme - Hungarian State Opera Chamber Ochestra «Falloni»***

117 1997(SE) - Morandi Pier Giorgio - Hungarian State Opera*

118 1998(LI) - Kuijken Sigiswald - La petite bande*

119 1998(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*

120 1998(LI) - Märkl Jun - Wiener Staatsoper*

121 1999(LI) - Barenboim Daniel - Berliner Staatskapelle**

122 19??(SE) - Stellar William - Classics Club Symphony Orchestra*

123 2000(LC) - Spering Andreas - Hannoversche Hofkapelle*

124 2001(LI) - Jacobs René - Concerto Köln*

125 2001(LI) - Minkowski Marc - Mahler Chamber Orchestra*

126 2001(STU) - Billy Bertrand De - Radio Symphonieorchester Wien*

127 2002(STU) - Halász Michael - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia*

128 2003(LI) - Denève Stéphane - L'Opéra National de Paris*

129 2003(LI) - Mehta Zubin - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino**

130 2003(STU) - Jacobs René - Concerto Köln*

131 2003(STU) - Parry David - Philharmonia Orchestra*

132 2004(LI) - Jacobs René - Concerto Köln*

133 200?(LI) - Brott Boris - Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma**

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Busch - 1934-35(STU)

Orchestra - Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra

Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus

Figaro - Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender

Susanna - Audrey Mildmay

Conte Almaviva - Roy Henderson

Contessa Almaviva - Aulikki Rautawaara

Cherubino - Luise Helletsgruber

Marcellina - Constance Willis

Bartolo - Norman Allin

Basilio - Heddle Nash

Curzio - Morgan Jones

Antonio - Fergus Dunlop

Barbarina - Winifred Radford

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Black Disc - HMV DB 2474-9 - DBS 2583 - DB 2584-8 - DB 2589-93 {17x78s-33 sides} HMV «Classics for Pleasure» CFP 117-8; RCA Victor LCT 6101 {2LPS}; RCA Victor WCT 54 {EPS}; Seraphim IC-6128

Compact Disc; - Pearl GEMM CDS 9375 {2CDS}; Grammofono 2000 AB 78624/25 {2CDS} Arkadia 78015 {2CDS}; Naxos «Historical» 8.110186-87 {2CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1935 p.242 [HFVL]; January 1936 P.331 [HFVL]; December 1970 p.1040; Awards Issue 2002 p.110 [AB]

Opera Now - September/October 1996 p.99; March/April 1998 p.98 [GH]

Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.56

Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.4 p.134

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.172 p.222

American Record Guide - November 1951 Vol.18 No.3 p.71

Stereophile - July 1990 (Vol.13 No.7) p.175

Classical Express - Issue No.81 December 1996 p.4

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.95 enero 1997 p.44

International Record Review - October 2002 pp.80-81 [SP]

ARSC Journal - Vol.34 No.2 Fall 2003 p.265 [GAG]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.58: No.59 avril 2003 pp.83-84 [VJ]

Répertoire - No.107 novembre 1997 p.69 (mention)

Comments:- Recorded at Glyndebourne without recitatives. For an extensive discography andan interesting article on this recording see «Glyndebourne Recorded» by Paul Campion and Rosy Runciman. Bartolo's aria «La vendetta» is sung by Italo Tajo

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Swedish

Conductor Herbert Sandberg - 1937(LI)

Orchestra - Royal Opera House (Stockholm)

Chorus - Royal Opera House (Stockholm)

Figaro - Joel Berglund

Susanna - Helga Görlin

Conte Almaviva - John Forsell

Contessa Almaviva - Brita Hertzberg

Cherubino - Elsa Ekendahl

Marcellina - Göta Allard

Bartolo - Emile Stiebel

Basilio - Olle Strandberg

Curzio - Birger Biguet

Antonio - Folke Jonsson

Barbarina - Karin Hacksell

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Compact Disc; - Caprice «Collector's Classics» CAP 21586 (+John Forsell recordings) {4CDS} (1998)ª

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Now - March/April 1999 p.100 [ST]

The Record Collector - December 1999 Vol.44 No.4 pp.314-318 [OA]

Comments:- Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera, Stockholm (9 May 1937)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Walter - 1937(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Ezio Pinza

Susanna - Esther Réthy

Conte Almaviva - Mariano Stabile

Contessa Almaviva - Aulikki Rautawaara

Cherubino - Jarmila Novotna

Marcellina - Angelica Cravcenco

Bartolo - Virgilio Lazzari

Basilio - William Wernigk

Curzio - Giuseppe Nessi

Antonio - Viktor Madin

Barbarina - Dora Komarek

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Black Disc; - Bruno Walter Society BWS 801 {3LPS} (1979)ª

Compact Disc; - Eklipse EKR CD43; Arkadia 50004; Arkadia «The Golden Age» GA 2031 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6376/7 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Andante 3981 {3CDS} (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1528-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 2003 pp.87-88 [AB]

Opera News - December 6 1997 p.60 [FPD]

Fanfare - Vol.26 No.5 May/June 2003 pp.118-120 [BB]

Orpheus - Januar + Februar 2004 S.65-S.66 [SS]

Diapason - No.495 septembre 2002 p.133 [MP]

Classical Express - Issue No.87 June 1997 p.4

American Record Guide - November/December 1997 Vol.60 No.6 p.276 [RVL]

Classic Record Collector - Spring 2003 p.99 [TP]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.25 septiembre-noviembre 1997 p.90 [XP]: No.44 marzo-abril 2001 p.88 [JR]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.144 ottobre 2000 p.85 [MG]: Anno XVI N.164 settembre 2002 p.126 [GL]

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (11 or 18 August 1937)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German

Conductor Wilhelm Loibner - 1938(LE)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Paul Schöffler

Susanna - Margherita Perras

Conte Almaviva - Alfred Jerger

Contessa Almaviva - Maria Reining

Cherubino - Dora With

Marcellina - Olga Levko-Antosch

Bartolo - Karl Ettl

Basilio - William Wernigk

Curzio - Hermann Gallos

Antonio - Viktor Madin

Barbarina - Dora Komarek

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Compact Disc - Koch-Schwann 3-1463-2 (Wiener Staatsoper Live - Vol.13)

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - June 1995 p.134 (mention) [JBS]

Comments:- Recording of about 15 minutes of a performance at the Wiener Staatsoper (24 May 1938)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German

Conductor Karl Böhm - 1938(RA)

Orchestra - Orchester des Reichsenders Stuttgart

Chorus - Chor des Reichsenders Stuttgart

Figaro - Paul Schöffler

Susanna - Maria Cebotari

Conte Almaviva - Mathieu Ahlersmeyer

Contessa Almaviva - Margarete Teschenmacher

Cherubino - Angela Kolniak

Marcellina - Elisabeth Waldenau

Bartolo - Kurt Böhme

Basilio - Karl Wesseley

Curzio - Hubert Buchta

Antonio - Hans Herbert Fiedler

Barbarina - Hannele Frank

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Black Disc; - *Historia Top Classic H-687/688/689 {3LPS}; Acanta DE 23133/4 {2LPS} (1979)ª

Compact Disc; - Preiser Records 90035 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Arkadia 2CD 78057 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Cantus Classics 48405 {2CDS} *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 208 «Opera auf Deutsch» {1CD-ROM} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1990 p. [AB]

Orpheus - Juni 2002 S.56 [DN]

American Record Guide - January/February 2001 Vol.64 No.1 p.266 [KM]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.144 ottobre 2000 p.85 [MG]

Comments:- Recorded on 24 (or 25) October 1938. The CDs issued by Cantus Classics are listed on their omline catalogue.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1939(Act 3;LE)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Ezio Pinza

Susanna - Esther Réthy

Conte Almaviva - Mariano Stabile

Contessa Almaviva - Maria Reining

Cherubino - Martha Rohs

Marcellina - Angelica Cravcenco

Bartolo - Virgilio Lazzari

Basilio - Gino Del Signore

Curzio - Giuseppe Nessi

Antonio - Viktor Madin

Barbarina - Maria Schober

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Compact Disc - Radio Years RY 75

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Classical Express - Issue No.84 March 1997 p.4

Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (August 1939)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1940(Act 2;LE)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Figaro - Ezio Pinza

Susanna - Bidù Sayão

Conte Almaviva - John Brownlee

Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Rethberg

Cherubino - Risë Stevens

Marcellina - Irra Petina

Bartolo - Gerhard Pechner

Basilio - Alessio De Paolis

Antonio - George Cehanovsky

Barbarina - Mari Monte

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 301 {1LP} (1964)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the San Francisco Opera (12 October 1940).According to the «EJS Discography» (p.267) the recording of Act 2 is incomplete and the last part of the finale is taken from another source

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Ettore Panizza - 1940(LI/12)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Ezio Pinza

Susanna - Licia Albanese

Conte Almaviva - John Brownlee

Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Rethberg

Cherubino - Jarmila Novotna

Marcellina - Irra Petina

Bartolo - Salvatore Baccaloni

Basilio - Alessio De Paolis

Curzio - George Rasely

Antonio - Louis D' Angelo

Barbarina - Marita Farell

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 228 (Highlights) {1LP} (1962)ª; Metropolitan Opera Guild MET-1

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 December 1940)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Ettore Panizza - 1940(LI/3)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Ezio Pinza

Susanna - Bidù Sayão

Conte Almaviva - John Brownlee

Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Rethberg

Cherubino - Jarmila Novotna

Marcellina - Irra Petina

Bartolo - Virgilio Lazzari

Basilio - Alessio De Paolis

Curzio - Giordano Paltrinieri

Antonio - Louis D' Angelo

Barbarina - Marita Farell

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 118 {3LPS} (1957)ª

Compact Disc - Music & Arts CD-646 {3CDS}; Cantus Classics 500 283 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Heft 3+4 März+April 2003 S.83 (mention) lSS]

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (9 March 1940). The CDs issued by Music & Arts are advertized in «Musica (Milano)» 107 marzo-aprile 1998 p.110

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor William Steinberg - 1940(SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Norman Cordon

Susanna - Annamary Dickey (Laue)

Conte Almaviva - George Cehanovsky

Contessa Almaviva - Viviane Della Chiesa

Cherubino - Lucielle Browning

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Black Disc; - World's Greatest Opera SR 82/84 {3x78s}; RCA «Camden» CAL 227 {1LP} (USA) (1955)ª

Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site 4» {1xCD-ROM} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- Recorded 0n 5 June 1940.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German

Conductor Clemens Krauss - 1942(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Erich Kunz

Susanna - Irma Beilke

Conte Almaviva - Hans Hotter

Contessa Almaviva - Helena Braun

Cherubino - Gerda Sommerschuh

Marcellina - Res Fischer

Bartolo - Gustav Neidlinger

Basilio - Josef Witt

Curzio - William Wernigk

Antonio - Franz Normann

Barbarina - Liane Timm

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Compact Disc; - Preiser Records 90203 {3CDS}; Grammofono 2000 AB 78665-78667 {3CDS} Music & Arts CD 1062 (+Highlights from Orchestral Concerts of the 1942 Salzburg Festival) {3CDS} (2001)ª

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1996 p.111

Opera - December 1994 p.1388

Opera Now - August 1994 p.50; March/April 1997 p.95: September/October 2001 p.101 [ST]

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.2 November/December 1994 p.314

Orpheus - Januar 1995 S.48; Februar 1998 S.63 [DN]; Mai 1998 S.59 [DN]

Opéra International - novembre 1994 No.185 p.64

Diapason - No.407 septembre 1994 p.151

American Record Guide - January/February 1995 Vol.58 No.1 p.254: July/August 2001 Vol.64 No.4 p.267 [KM]

Classical Express - Issue No.85 April 1997 p.4

International Record Review - June 2001 pp.78-79 [PB]

ARSC Journal - Vol.32 No.1 pp.132-135 [GAG]

Répertoire - No.72 septembre 1994 p.58

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival 1942 using a new German translation as that previously used, by Hermann Levi, was forbidden

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Paul Breisach - 1943(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Ezio Pinza

Susanna - Bidù Sayão

Conte Almaviva - John Brownlee

Contessa Almaviva - Eleanor Steber

Cherubino - Jarmila Novotna

Marcellina - Hertha Glaz

Bartolo - Salvatore Baccaloni

Basilio - Alessio De Paolis

Curzio - John Garris

Antonio - Louis D' Angelo

Barbarina - Marita Farell

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Compact Disc; - Guild Immortal Performances GHCD 2203/5 (+Sayao recital) {3CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Oktober 2002 S.52 [SS]

International Record Review - April 2002 pp.77-78 [RP]

Classic Record Collector - Summer 2002 pp.96-97 [JTH]

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (17 April 1943)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Walter - 1944(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Ezio Pinza

Susanna - Bidù Sayão

Conte Almaviva - John Brownlee

Contessa Almaviva - Eleanor Steber

Cherubino - Jarmila Novotna

Marcellina - Irra Petina

Bartolo - Salvatore Baccaloni

Basilio - Alessio De Paolis

Curzio - John Garris

Antonio - Louis D' Angelo

Barbarina - Marita Farell

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Compact Disc; - AS Disc 419/420 {2CDS}; The Fourties FT 1509/1510 {2CDS} Arkadia «The Golden Age» GA 2039 {3CDS} (2001)ª; Cantus Classics 500670 {2CDS} (2005)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opernwelt - Juni 6/1995 S.60

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (29 January 1944)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Busch - 1947(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Ezio Pinza

Susanna - Hjördis Schymberg

Conte Almaviva - John Brownlee

Contessa Almaviva - Eleanor Steber

Cherubino - Jarmila Novotna

Marcellina - Hertha Glaz

Bartolo - Salvatore Baccaloni

Basilio - Alessio De Paolis

Curzio - John Garris

Antonio - Lorenzo Alvary

Barbarina - Mimi Benzell

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 658 (& 486)

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 March 1947). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.311-312. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». «Sound ranges from fair to very good. Sound Problems on some discs on this rare performance» (658)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Russian

Conductor Kurt Sanderling - 1948(STU)

Orchestra - Moscow Radio

Chorus - Moscow Radio

Figaro - Georgi Abramov

Susanna - Nadezda Kazantseva

Conte Almaviva - Vladimir Zakharov

Contessa Almaviva - Natalya Rozhdestvenskaya

Cherubino - N Aleksandriskaya

Marcellina - Vera Makarova-Sevcenko

Bartolo - Alexsei Korolev

Basilio - Pavel Pontryagin

Curzio - V. Nevsky

Antonio - Trofim Antonenko

Barbarina - Z Muratova

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Black Disc - Melodiya M 10-36437-42 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - *Audio Encyclopedia AE 207 - Opera Russe (A Mike Richter CD-Rom) (2001)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- A shortened version

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German

Conductor Arthur Rother - 1949(FI)

Orchestra - Berliner Staatskapelle

Chorus - Chorus

Figaro - Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender

Susanna - Erna Berger

Conte Almaviva - Mathieu Ahlersmeyer

Contessa Almaviva - Tiana Lemnitz

Cherubino - Anneliese Müller

Marcellina - Margarete Klose

Bartolo - Eugen Fuchs

Basilio - Paul Schmidtmann

Curzio - Kurt Reimann

Antonio - Willi Sahler

Barbarina - Elfriede Hingst

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Laser Disc - *TOEI LSZS 00175 (Japanese NTSC)

DVD (Video) - Icestorm; 19071 (2003)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Standing Room Only V 10035 (NTSC); Bel Canto Society #94 (NTSC & PAL)

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.8 No.3 Autumn 1991 pp.128-129 [WA2]

Classic Record Collector - Winter 2003 pp.63-64 [TP]

Comments:- Video recording of a shortened film version in German. Except for the Count and Figaro a cast of actors, diffent from the singers, plays in the film

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Busch - 1949(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Italo Tajo

Susanna - Bidù Sayão

Conte Almaviva - John Brownlee

Contessa Almaviva - Eleanor Steber

Cherubino - Jarmila Novotna

Marcellina - Claramae Turner

Bartolo - Salvatore Baccaloni

Basilio - Alessio De Paolis

Curzio - Leslie Chabay

Antonio - Lorenzo Alvary

Barbarina - Anne Bollinger

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Black Disc - CLS MD-TP 21 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Accademia ACC 23005 {2CDS}; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0093 {2CDS} (2005)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - No.292 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.83 [CC]

International Record Review - May 2005 p.76, p.78 [MT]

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 January 1949). The LPs issued on the CLS label are listed in the «Canfield Guide to Classical Records» 5th Edition 2000

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Italo Tajo

Susanna - Bidù Sayão

Conte Almaviva - John Brownlee

Contessa Almaviva - Eleanor Steber

Cherubino - Jarmila Novotna

Marcellina - Claramae Turner

Bartolo - Salvatore Baccaloni

Basilio - Peter Klein

Curzio - Leslie Chabay

Antonio - Lawrence Davidson

Barbarina - Lois Hunt

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 674

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (11 February 1950). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.313-314. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1950(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Erich Kunz

Susanna - Irmgard Seefried

Conte Almaviva - George London

Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Cherubino - Sena Jurinac

Marcellina - Elisabeth Höngen

Bartolo - Marjan Rus

Basilio - Erich Majkut

Curzio - Erich Majkut

Antonio - Wilhelm Felden

Barbarina - Rosl Schwaiger

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Black Disc; - Columbia LWX 410-425 {16x78s} (Germany); Columbia 33CX 1007-1009 {3LPS} (UK) (1952)ª; Columbia 33QCX 1002/4 {3LPS} (Italy) (1952)ª; Columbia SL-114 {3LPS} (USA) (1951)ª; EMI Electrola 1C 163 01751-53 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 69639-2 {2CDS}; EMI Electrola 653 769 639-2 {2CDS} ; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» CMS 5 67068-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 7243 5 6714 2 9 {2CDS} (USA) (1999)ª; Toshiba EMI TOCE 11373-74 {2CDS} (Japan) (1999)ª; EMI «Historical» 336 779-2 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1952 p.114 [AR]; January 1953 p.189 [DST]

Opera - February 1953 pp.105-106 [H]

Fanfare - Vol.23 No.2 November/December 1999 pp.46-50 [JK]

American Record Guide - October 1951 Vol.18 No.2 p.35 [PHR]

E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1952 p.16

International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 pp.107-109 [MO]

International Classical Record Collector - Winter 1999 No.19 p.93 [TP]

Comments:- There are no recitatives

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German

Conductor Ferenc Fricsay - 1951(RA)

Orchestra - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Köln

Chorus - Radio Chor Köln

Figaro - Erich Kunz

Susanna - Hilde Güden

Conte Almaviva - Paul Schöffler

Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Grümmer

Cherubino - Anny Schlemm

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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0030 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Relief CR 1913 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Juli+August 2004 S.67 [SS]

Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2004 pp.102-103 [JTH]

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Fernando Previtali - 1951(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Figaro - Italo Tajo

Susanna - Alda Noni

Conte Almaviva - Sesto Bruscantini

Contessa Almaviva - Gabriella Gatti

Cherubino - Jolanda Gardino

Marcellina - Miti Truccato Pace

Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Basilio - Angelo Mercuriali

Curzio - Manfredi Ponz De Leon

Antonio - Christiano Dalamangas

Barbarina - Graziella Sciutti

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Black Disc - Cetra LPC 1219 {3LPS}; Cetra Soria 1219 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDO 12 {3CDS}; Warner Fonit 5046 71046-2 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

American Record Guide - October 1951 Vol.18 No.2 p.35 [PHR]: May-June 1994 Vol.57 No.3 p.219

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.184 giugno 2004 pp.99-100 [GL]

Comments:- The Count's aria «Vedro, mentr'io sospiro...» is omitted

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German

Conductor Ferdinand Leitner_-_Leopold_Ludwig_-_Fritz_Lehmann - 1951-56(SCE)

Orchestra - Württembergisches Staatsorchester - Bayerisches Rundfunk Orchester - Münchner Philharmoniker - Berliner Radio Orchester

Figaro - Josef Greindl

Susanna - Elfride Trötschel

Conte Almaviva - Josef Metternich

Contessa Almaviva - Annelies Kupper

Cherubino - Maria Stader

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Black Disc - D.G.G. LPEM 19066 {1LP}; Heliodor 89 539 {1LP}

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- The LP issued by D.G.G. is listed in their catalogue dated 1961/62 column 371. Additional information comes from «singers on the yellow label» by john hunt p.39, p.79, p.99, p.212 and «The lyric baritone» by John Hunt p.130. The following excerpts, which were recorded on the dates indicated, are performed: Ouvertüre; Ich weiß nicht, wo ich bin, was ich tue (MS,BaRO,Ludwig,1/11/55); Nun vergiß leises fleh'n süßes Kosen (JG,MP,Lehmann,1/2/52); Hör mein fleh'n (AK,WS,Leitner,8/5/52); Sagt holde Frauen (MS,BaRO,Ludwig); Nur näher, knien Sie hin vor mir (ET,WS,Leitner,14/7/1951); Der Prozeß schon gewonnen (JM,BeRO,Ludwig,?/2/56); Und Susanna kommt nicht - Nur zu flüchtig (AK,WS,Leitner,8/5/52); Marsch und Fandango; Alles ist richtig - Ach öffnet eure Augen (JG,MP,Lehmann,1/2/52); Endlich naht sich die Stunde - O säume länger nicht (ET,WS,Leitner,13/7/51).

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Cesare Siepi

Susanna - Nadine Conner

Conte Almaviva - Giuseppe Valdengo

Contessa Almaviva - Victoria de los Ángeles

Cherubino - Mildred Miller

Marcellina - Jean Madeira

Bartolo - Salvatore Baccaloni

Basilio - Alessio De Paolis

Curzio - Gabor Carelli

Antonio - Lawrence Davidson

Barbarina - Roberta Peters

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Black Disc - Robin Hood Records RHR 514 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - AS-Disc 1108/9 {2CDS}; Arlecchino ARL A68-A70 {2CDS}; Bongiovanni GB 1181/2-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0013 {2CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2004 S.67 [IW]

Opéra International - No.293 septembre 2004 p.91 [AT]

Classical Express - Issue No.83 February 1997 p.6

ARSC Journal - Vol.28 No.2 Fall 1997 p.249 (mention) [PH]

Opernwelt - Juli 7/1992 S.56

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVII N.178 dicembre 2003 p.114 [GL]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.69 abril 2004 pp.85-86 [JV]: No.71 junio 2004 p.84 [XC]

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (1 March 1952)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1953(LE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Erich Kunz

Susanna - Irmgard Seefried

Conte Almaviva - Frank Guarrera

Contessa Almaviva - Lisa Della Casa

Cherubino - Mildred Miller

Marcellina - Hertha Glaz

Bartolo - Salvatore Baccaloni

Basilio - Alessio De Paolis

Curzio - Gabor Carelli

Antonio - Lawrence Davidson

Barbarina - Genevieve Warner

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 720

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- Incomplete recording of a performance at the MET (26 December 1953). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». It is also stated «Missing Overture, several seconds end of Act 1. Rough beginning 7 minutes of Act 3. Sound ranges fair to excellent»

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German

Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Erich Kunz

Susanna - Irmgard Seefried

Conte Almaviva - Paul Schöffler

Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Cherubino - Hilde Güden

Marcellina - Sieglinde Wagner

Bartolo - Endré Koréh

Basilio - Peter Klein

Curzio - Erich Majkut

Antonio - Alois Pernerstorfer

Barbarina - Liselotte Maikl

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Black Disc; - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 8/3 {3LPS};; Fonit-Cetra «Furtwängler Edition» FE 27 {3LPS} (1982)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CHS 566 0802 {2CDS}; Eklipse EKR 59 {2CDS}; Archipel 0163 {3CDS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1996 p.162

Opera - June 1997 p.662

Opera Now - May/June 1997 p.96

HiFi News & Record Review - February 1997 p.82

Fanfare - Vol.20 No.4 March/April 1997 p.426

Opéra International - octobre 1996 No.206 p.56

Diapason - No.430 octobre 1996 p.133

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.175 p.123 (mention)

Classical Express - Issue No.79 October 1996 p.6

American Record Guide - March/April 1997 Vol.60 No.2 p.187

Répertoire - No.95 octobre 1996 p.53

Opernwelt - 10/Oktober 1996 S.10

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.93 noviembre 1996 p.66

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.61

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.110 - luglio/agosto 1997 p.102

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (7 or 11 August 1953; see review in FANFARE for some comments on the dates). The Fonit Cetra LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE August 1982 p.238

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German?

Conductor Walter Goehr - 1953?(SE)

Orchestra - Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Netherlands Philharmonic Chorus

Figaro - Siemen Jongsma

Susanna - Anneke van de Graaf

Conte Almaviva - Henk Driessen

Contessa Almaviva - Margit Opawsky

Cherubino - Cora Canne-Meijer

Basilio - Cornelius Kalkman

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Black Disc - Muzikale Meesterwerken MMS 2010 {1LP}

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity Magazine - June 1954 Vol.4 No.4 p.47 [CGB]

Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.72 mai-juin 1955 p.473 [AP]

Comments:- The record issued by Muzikale Meesterwerken is advertized in LUISTER November/ December 1955 p.37 where the opera's title is given as «Die Hochzeit des Figaro»

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Russian

Conductor Dmitri Kralevsky - 1953?(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestra

Chorus - Chorus

Figaro - M Prudkeyev

Susanna - O Androvskaya

Conte Almaviva - B Livanov

Contessa Almaviva - A Stepanova

Marcellina - F Shevchenko

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Black Disc - Melodiya D 01694-1701 {4LPS}

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Figaro - Rolando Panerai

Susanna - Irmgard Seefried

Conte Almaviva - Mario Petri

Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Cherubino - Sena Jurinac

Marcellina - Luisa Villa

Bartolo - Silvio Maionica

Basilio - Antonio Pirino

Curzio - Giuseppe Nessi

Antonio - Franco Calabrese

Barbarina - Mariella Adani

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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 70/3 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Melodram CDM 37075 {3CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1299 {3CDS} (2001)ª; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6428/9 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Myto 2 MCD 041 H082 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0083 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1164-3 {3CDRS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.28 No.3 January/February 2005 pp.161-162 [JC], pp.161-162 [BB]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.21 No.2 Spring 2005 pp.400-402 [RB]

Opéra International - No.292 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.83 [CC]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.183 maggio 2004 pp.100-101 [GL]

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (4 February 1954)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Ionel Perlea - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

Figaro - Italo Tajo

Susanna - Alda Noni

Conte Almaviva - Scipio Colombo

Contessa Almaviva - Renata Tebaldi

Cherubino - Giulietta Simionato

Marcellina - Giuliana Raimondi

Bartolo - Christiano Dalamangas

Basilio - Piero De Palma

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman Live Opera 03328 (highlights)

Compact Disc; - Hardy Classic HCA 6017 (+Deh vieni - Tebaldi) {2CDS} (2005)ª

Open Reel Tape - Mr. Tape 8428 (highlights)

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.293 [RVL]

Comments:- Recording of most of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (24 February 1954). The last few minutes of Acts 2 and 4 are missing from the CDs issued by Hardy Classic.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Hans Rosbaud - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (Paris)

Chorus - Chorale Elisabeth Brasseur

Figaro - Rolando Panerai

Susanna - Rita Streich

Conte Almaviva - Heinz Rehfuss

Contessa Almaviva - Teresa Stich-Randall

Cherubino - Pilar Lorengar

Marcellina - Christiane Gayraud

Bartolo - Marcello Cortis

Basilio - Hugues Cuénod

Curzio - Gérard Friedman

Antonio - André Vessières

Barbarina - Madeleine Ignal

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Black Disc; - Pathé DTX 206-208 {3LPS}; VOX OPL 190 (Highlights) ; VOX OPBX 165-3 {3LPS} (USA) (1964)ª; EMI 2C 127-16312-14 (France)

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 64376 2; CA'D'ORO CAD 1001-07 ; EMI 5 72195-2 (+Don Giovanni) {5CDS} (France); Great Opera Performance G.O.P. 66339 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1964 p.471 (Highlights); April 1992 p.156

Opera - March 1993 p.375

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.183 p.102 (mention) [CM]

American Record Guide - 1959 Vol.25 No.11 p.799 [CJL]: May 1964 Vol.30 No.9 p.861 [HG]

High Fidelity Magazine - March 1960 Vol.10 No.3 p.70 [NB]: May 1964 Vol.14 No.5 p.72 [AR]

ARSC Journal - 1982 Vol.XIV No.2 p.54 [PLM]

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Festival of Aix-en-Provence

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Cesare Siepi

Susanna - Nadine Conner

Conte Almaviva - Frank Guarrera

Contessa Almaviva - Eleanor Steber

Cherubino - Mildred Miller

Marcellina - Jean Madeira

Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Basilio - Alessio De Paolis

Curzio - Gabor Carelli

Antonio - Lorenzo Alvary

Barbarina - Vilma Georgiou

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 931

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 January 1955). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». Here the date of the performance recorded is given (incorrectly) as 16 January 1955.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Max Rudolf - 1955(SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Giorgio Tozzi

Susanna - Nadine Conner

Conte Almaviva - Martial Singher

Contessa Almaviva - Lucine Amara

Cherubino - Mildred Miller

Marcellina - Hertha Glaz

Bartolo - Salvatore Baccaloni

Basilio - Alessio De Paolis

Curzio - Gabor Carelli

Barbarina - Emilia Cundari

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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Record Club MO 315 {1LP}

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra

Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus

Figaro - Sesto Bruscantini

Susanna - Graziella Sciutti

Conte Almaviva - Franco Calabrese

Contessa Almaviva - Sena Jurinac

Cherubino - Risë Stevens

Marcellina - Monica Sinclair

Bartolo - Ian Wallace

Basilio - Hugues Cuénod

Curzio - Daniel McCoshan

Antonio - Gwyn Griffiths

Barbarina - Jeannette Sinclair

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Black Disc; - HMV ALPS 1312, ALP 1313-1315 {4LPS 7-sides) (1956)ª; HMV ASDS 274, ASD 275-277 {4LPS 7-sides} (1959)ª; EMI EX 290017-3 {3LPS} (1984)ª; World Record Club OX 171, OC 168-70 (4LPS 7-sides) (1966)ª; World Record Club SOX 171, SOC 168-70 (4LPS 7-sides) (1966)ª; RCA Victor LM 6401 {4LPS} (USA) (1956)ª

Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 290017-9 (1984)ª; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» TC CfPD 4724 (1991)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI «Classics for Pleasure» CD CfPD 4724 {2CDS} (1991)ª; EMI «Double Forte» CZS 5 73845-2 {2CDS} (2000)ª

Open Reel Tape; - HMV SAT 1003-4 (Act 2) (1955)ª; HMV SAT 1006-7 (Act 1) (1956)ª; HMV SAT 1009-11 (Acts 3 & 4)(1956)ª

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1956 p.321; November 1959 p.242; June 1984 p.67 [AB] September 1991 p.126 [AB]; September 2000 p.96 [IM]

Opera - March 1956 p.174; November 1959 p.750

Orpheus - 11 - November (Festival 2000) 2000 S.87 [GH]

Opéra International - No.258 juin 2001 p.72 [AF]

Diapason - No.475 novembre 2000 pp.82-84 [MP]

E.M.G. Monthly Letter - January 1956 p.10

American Record Guide - February 1956 Vol.22 No.6 p.87 [PHR]

Records and Recordings - November 1959 p.22 [DH]

International Record Review - July 2000 p.110 [MP]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 p.92 [JR]

Comments:- Recorded July 1955. Marcellina's and Basilio's arias are omitted in the CDs

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Kleiber - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Cesare Siepi

Susanna - Hilde Güden

Conte Almaviva - Alfred Poell

Contessa Almaviva - Lisa Della Casa

Cherubino - Suzanne Danco

Marcellina - Hilde Rössl-Majdan

Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Basilio - Murray Dickie

Curzio - Hugo Meyer-Welfing

Antonio - Harald Pröglhoff

Barbarina - Anny Felbermayer

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5088-5091 {4LPS} (1955)ª; Decca SXL 2087-2090 {4LPS} (1959)ª; Decca GOS 585-587 {3LPS}; *Decca 417-315-1 {3LPS} ;; Decca/Testament SXL 2087-8-9-00 {4LPS};; London XLLA 35 {4LPS} (1955)ª; London OSA 1402 {4LPS} (1958)ª

Compact Cassette; - Decca K79K 32 (1977)ª; Decca «Grand Opera Series» 417 315-4 (1990)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera Series» 417 315-2 {3CDS} (1990)ª; Decca «Legends» 466 369-2 {3CDS} (1999)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOV 90008 (4-track 7½ips) (1961)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1955 p.232; January 1956 p.302; February 1956 p.342 (mention); April 1956 p.410; March 1959 p.469; June 1970 p.86; December 1977 p.1146 [IM]; February 1990 p. [SS]

Opera - December 1955 p.786; April 1959 p.254

Fanfare - Vol 23 No.3 January/February 2000 p.157 [RT]

The Record Collector - Vol.10 No.7 December 1955 pp.162-163

E.M.G. Monthly Letter - October 1955 p.17

Gramophone Record Review - November 1955 p.29: March 1959 p.371

High Fidelity Magazine - November 1955 Vol.5 No.9 p.60 [JH]: December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.62 [DJ]: September 1961 Vol.11 No.9 p.124 (open reel tape) [RDD]

American Record Guide - February 1956 Vol.22 No.6 p.87 [PHR]: August 1961 Vol.27 No.12 p.970 (open reel tape) [RJ]

Records and Recordings - March 1959 p.21 [FGB]

Stereophile - June 1996 (Vol.19 No.6) p.244

International Classical Record Collector - Winter 1999 No.19 p.93 [TP]

The Absolute Sound - February/March 2001 Issue 128 p.175. p.176 [ASP]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.36 noviembre-diciembre 1999 p.93 [MC]

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Karl Böhm - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Erich Kunz

Susanna - Irmgard Seefried

Conte Almaviva - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Cherubino - Christa Ludwig

Marcellina - Elisabeth Höngen

Bartolo - Oskar Czerwenka

Basilio - Peter Klein

Curzio - Murray Dickie

Antonio - Alois Pernerstorfer

Barbarina - Anny Felbermayer

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 924

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Festspielhaus, Salzburg (July or August 1956). The cast listed above is that given in «Festspiele in Salzburg» by Josef Kaut p.167. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Max Rudolf - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Cesare Siepi

Susanna - Nadine Conner

Conte Almaviva - Frank Guarrera

Contessa Almaviva - Victoria de los Ángeles

Cherubino - Mildred Miller

Marcellina - Sandra Warfield

Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Basilio - Alessio De Paolis

Curzio - Gabor Carelli

Antonio - Lawrence Davidson

Barbarina - Emilia Cundari

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 692

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 April 1956). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.101-102. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Karl Böhm - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Symphoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Walter Berry

Susanna - Rita Streich

Conte Almaviva - Paul Schöffler

Contessa Almaviva - Sena Jurinac

Cherubino - Christa Ludwig

Marcellina - Ira Malaniuk

Bartolo - Oskar Czerwenka

Basilio - Erich Majkut

Curzio - Murray Dickie

Antonio - Karl Dönch

Barbarina - Rosl Schwaiger

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Black Disc - Philips A 00357-00359L {3LPS}; Philips GL 5777-5779 {3LPS} Fontana SFL 14012-14014 {3LPS}; Philips(Fontana) 6706 006 {3LPS}; Epic 6022 {3LPS} (USA); Philips ABL 3252 (Highlights) {1LP}; Philips GL 5666 (Highlights) {1LP}

Compact Disc; - Philips 438 670-2 {3CDS} (1994)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1960 p.370 (Highlights); November 1963 p.243 (Highlights); December 1964p.292; July 1968 p.179; October 1994 p.192 [AB]

Opera - September 1968 pp.755-756 [HDR]

Opera Now - May 1994 p.62

Orpheus - März/April 1974 S.67-S.68 [SH] ; Mai 1994 S.60

Diapason - No.400 janvier 1994 p.136

American Record Guide - September 1957 Vol.24 No.1 p.17 [PLM]

High Fidelity Magazine - October 1957 Vol.7 No.10 p.96 [PLM]

Classic CD - June 1994 p.71

E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1959 p.14

Répertoire - No.65 janvier 1994 p.55

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 marzo-mayo 1995 p.61

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Karl Böhm - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Erich Kunz

Susanna - Irmgard Seefried

Conte Almaviva - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Cherubino - Christa Ludwig

Marcellina - Sieglinde Wagner

Bartolo - Georg Stern

Basilio - Murray Dickie

Curzio - Erich Majkut

Antonio - Alois Pernerstorfer

Barbarina - Anny Felbermayer

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 709 {3LPS} (1982)ª

Compact Disc - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 31019 {3CDS}; Orfeo C 296 923 {3CDS} Gala GL 100.601 {3CDS}

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera - June 1993 p.743

Opera Now - May 1993 p.60

Orpheus - 1992 12-13 S.150; April 1996 S.59

Opéra International - janvier 1993 p.68

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.167 p.120

American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 p.94 [DMG]

Classic CD - February 1993 p.72

Répertoire - No.53 December 1992 p.86: No.83 septembre 1995 p.58

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (30 July 1957). The performance on 13 August 1957 is reviewed in OPERA October 1957 p.625. The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1982 p.529

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German

Conductor Arthur Apelt - 1957?(SE)

Orchestra - Berliner Symphoniker

Figaro - Theo Adam

Susanna - Ingeborg Wenglor

Conte Almaviva - Ernst Gutstein

Contessa Almaviva - Jola Koziel

Cherubino - Gertraud Prenzlow

Bartolo - Rolf Kühne

Basilio - Harald Neukirch

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Black Disc - Eterna 820449 {1LP}

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- The Eterna LP is listed in Discorara's catalogue No.84.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Karl Böhm - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Erich Kunz

Susanna - Irmgard Seefried

Conte Almaviva - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Cherubino - Christa Ludwig

Marcellina - Kersten Meyer

Bartolo - Georg Stern

Basilio - Murray Dickie

Curzio - Erich Majkut

Antonio - Alois Pernerstorfer

Barbarina - Anny Felbermayer

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 487

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Festspielhaus, Salzburg (August 1958). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Giorgio Tozzi

Susanna - Hilde Güden

Conte Almaviva - George London

Contessa Almaviva - Lisa Della Casa

Cherubino - Mildred Miller

Marcellina - Regina Resnik

Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Basilio - Norman Kelley

Curzio - Gabor Carelli

Antonio - Lorenzo Alvary

Barbarina - Mildred Allen

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 774

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (January 11 1958). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.309-313. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1958(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Giorgio Tozzi

Susanna - Roberta Peters

Conte Almaviva - George London

Contessa Almaviva - Lisa Della Casa

Cherubino - Rosalind Elias

Marcellina - Sandra Warfield

Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Basilio - Gabor Carelli

Curzio - Gabor Carelli

Antonio - Ljubomir Pantscheff

Barbarina - Anny Felbermayer

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Black Disc - RCA LM 6408 {4LPS}; RCA LSC 6408 {4LPS}; RCA RE 25009-12; RCA SER 4508-12; *Decca «Eclipse» ECS 743-5

Compact Disc - Decca 444 602-2

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1959 p.118; October 1960 p.226; March 1975 p.1701 [AB]

Opera - November 1960 p.770

Opera Now - September/October 1996 p.99

Orpheus - August/September 1996 S.88

Opéra International - octobre 1996 No.206 p.56

Diapason - No.426 mai 1996 p.112

High Fidelity Magazine - September 1959 Vol.9 No.9 p.60 [NB]

American Record Guide - October 1959 Vol.26 No.2 pp.107-108 [PLM]

BBC Music Magazine - June 1996 p.76

Répertoire - No.91 mai 1996 p.53

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.88 mayo 1996 p.94

Opernwelt - 1/Januar 1997 S.61

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.21 septiembre-noviembre 1996 p.64

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Karl Böhm - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Erich Kunz

Susanna - Irmgard Seefried

Conte Almaviva - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Contessa Almaviva - Lisa Della Casa

Cherubino - Christa Ludwig

Marcellina - Hilde Rössl-Majdan

Bartolo - Alois Pernerstorfer

Basilio - Murray Dickie

Curzio - Erich Majkut

Antonio - Ljubomir Pantscheff

Barbarina - Liselotte Maikl

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 869

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Altes Festspielhaus, Salzburg (August 1960). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Cesare Siepi

Susanna - Elisabeth Söderström

Conte Almaviva - Kim Borg

Contessa Almaviva - Lisa Della Casa

Cherubino - Mildred Miller

Marcellina - Regina Resnik

Bartolo - Ezio Flagello

Basilio - Charles Kullman

Curzio - Gabor Carelli

Antonio - Lawrence Davidson

Barbarina - Mildred Allen

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 978

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (23 January 1960). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Ferenc Fricsay - 1960(STU)

Orchestra - Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Chorus - RIAS Kammerchor

Figaro - Renato Capecchi

Susanna - Irmgard Seefried

Conte Almaviva - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Contessa Almaviva - Maria Stader

Cherubino - Herta Töpper

Marcellina - Lilian Benningsen

Bartolo - Ivan Sardi

Basilio - Paul Kuen

Curzio - Friedrich Lenz

Antonio - Georg Wieter

Barbarina - Rosl Schwaiger

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Black Disc - D.G.G. LPM 18697-18699 {3LPS}; D.G.G. SLPM 138697-138699 {3LPS} DG «Privilege» 2728 004 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - DG 437 671-2

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1962 p.417; April 1962 p.485; February 1973 p.1556 [AB]; October 1994 p.189

Opera - July 1962 p.477

Opera Now - July 1993 p.57

Orpheus - Juni/Juli 1973 S.57 [CK]

Opéra International - No.175 décembre 1993 p.72

Diapason - No.395 juillet-aoüt 1993 p.113

High Fidelity Magazine - February 1962 Vol.12 No.2 p.86 [CLO]

American Record Guide - June 1962 Vol.28 No.10 p.809 [CJL]: May 1979 Vol.42 No.7 p.29 [DA]

Répertoire - No.60 juillet-aoüt 1993 p.58

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1960(STU)

Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra

Chorus - Philharmonia Chorus

Figaro - Giuseppe Taddei

Susanna - Anna Moffo

Conte Almaviva - Eberhard Wächter

Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Cherubino - Fiorenza Cossotto

Marcellina - Dora Gatta

Bartolo - Ivo Vinco

Basilio - Renato Ercolani

Curzio - Renato Ercolani

Antonio - Piero Cappuccilli

Barbarina - Elisabetta Fusco

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Black Disc; - *Columbia 33CX 1732-1735 {3LPS} (1961)ª; Columbia SAX 2381-2384 {4LPS} (1961)ª; HMV SLS 5152 {3LPS}; Angel 3608 D/L {4LPS}; Angel S 3608 D/L {4LPS}

Compact Cassette - HMV TC-SLS 5152

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63266 2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Angel CDMB-63266 {2CDS}

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - June 1961 p.25; October 1961 p.199; March 1979 p.1611 [AB] January 1990 p. [SS]

Opera - August 1961 p.544

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.152

High Fidelity Magazine - January 1961 Vol.11 No.1 p.70 [NB]

American Record Guide - March 1961 Vol.27 No.7 p.569 [AR]

Classic CD - January 1995 p.46

The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.351

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German

Conductor Walter Martin - 1960?(SE)

Orchestra - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin

Figaro - Hans Lehmann

Susanna - Vera Lani

Conte Almaviva - James Pease

Contessa Almaviva - Clara Ebers

Cherubino - Hanna Schreier

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Black Disc - CBS S 51095 {1LP} (Germany)

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- The LP issued by CBS in Germany is listed in Ars Antiqua's List No.247 (2568).

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Winfried Zillig - 1960?(SE)

Orchestra - Mitglieder des Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Hamburg

Figaro - Walter Berry

Susanna - Bruna Rizzoli

Conte Almaviva - James Pease

Contessa Almaviva - Clara Ebers

Cherubino - Elisabeth Steiner

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Black Disc - Musica et Litera MEL 8000 {1LP}

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- The LP issued by Musica et Litera is listed in tbe Bielefelder Katalog Klassik 1/1963 p.199

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra

Chorus - Philharmonia Chorus

Figaro - Fernando Corena

Susanna - Elisabeth Söderström

Conte Almaviva - Ernest Blanc

Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Cherubino - Teresa Berganza

Marcellina - Edda Vincenzi

Bartolo - Giorgio Tadeo

Basilio - Hugues Cuénod

Curzio - Hugues Cuénod

Antonio - Piero Cappuccilli

Barbarina - Heather Harper

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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 4644

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- Recording of concert performance in the Royal Festival Hall (6 February 1961). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. See Radio Times Issue dated February 4-10 1961 p.27. There is a review in OPERA March 1961 pp.205-206.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Residentie Orkest

Chorus - Nederlands Kamerkoor

Figaro - Giuseppe Taddei

Susanna - Graziella Sciutti

Conte Almaviva - Hermann Prey

Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Cherubino - Teresa Berganza

Marcellina - Mimi Aarden

Bartolo - Joseph Rouleau

Basilio - Frans Vroons

Curzio - Chris Taverne

Antonio - Gee Smith

Barbarina - Wilma Driessen

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Compact Disc - Verona 27092-27094 {3CDS}; Gala GLH 810 (highlights) {1CD}

Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Holland Festival (23 June 1961; see OPERA Festival Issue 1961 pp.40-41).

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German

Conductor Ferdinand Leitner - 1961(SE)

Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker

Figaro - Walter Berry

Susanna - Rita Streich

Conte Almaviva - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Contessa Almaviva - Maria Stader