There are 163 recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on file

Order by conductor

(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )

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) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Wiener Philharmoniker*

9 1940(LI/12) - Panizza Ettore - Metropolitan Opera*

10 1940(LI/3) - Panizza Ettore - Metropolitan Opera*

11 1940(SE) - Steinberg William - Metropolitan Opera*

12 1942(LI) - Krauss Clemens - Wiener Philharmoniker*

13 1943(LI) - Breisach Paul - Metropolitan Opera*

14 1944(LI) - Walter Bruno - Metropolitan Opera*

15 1947(LI) - Busch Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*

16 1948(STU) - Sanderling Kurt - Moscow Radio*

17 1949(FI) - Rother Arthur - Berliner Staatskapelle**

18 1949(LI) - Busch Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*

19 1950(LI) - Reiner Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*

20 1950(STU) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Philharmoniker*

21 1951(RA) - Fricsay Ferenc - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Köln*

22 1951(RA) - Previtali Fernando - RAI Milano*

23 1951-56(SCE) - Leitner - Leopold Ludwig - Fritz Lehmann Ferdinand - Württembergisches Staatsorchester - Bayerisches Rundfunk Orchester - Münchner Philharmoniker - Berliner Radio Orchester*

24 1952(LI) - Reiner Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*

25 1953(LE) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*

26 1953(LI) - Furtwängler Wilhelm - Wiener Philharmoniker*

27 1953?(SE) - Goehr Walter - Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra*

28 1953?(STU) - Kralevsky Dmitri - Orchestra*

29 1954(LI) - Karajan Herbert von - Teatro alla Scala*

30 1954(LI) - Perlea Ionel - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*

31 1955(LI) - Rosbaud Hans - Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (Paris)*

32 1955(LI) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*

33 1955(SE) - Rudolf Max - Metropolitan Opera*

34 1955(STU) - Gui Vittorio - Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra*

35 1955(STU) - Kleiber Erich - Wiener Philharmoniker*

36 1956(FI) - Sanzogno Nino - RAI Milano**

37 1956(LE) - Gui Vittorio - NHK Symphony Orchestra*

38 1956(LI) - Böhm Karl - Wiener Philharmoniker*

39 1956(LI) - Rudolf Max - Metropolitan Opera*

40 1956(STU) - Böhm Karl - Wiener Symphoniker*

41 1956?(RA) - Jochum Eugen - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*

42 1957(LI) - Böhm Karl - Wiener Philharmoniker*

43 1957?(SE) - Apelt Arthur - Berliner Symphoniker*

44 1958(LI) - Böhm Karl - Wiener Philharmoniker*

45 1958(LI) - Leinsdorf Erich - Metropolitan Opera*

46 1958(STU) - Leinsdorf Erich - Wiener Philharmoniker*

47 1959(LI) - Maag Peter - Orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti di Napoli*

48 1960(LI) - Böhm Karl - Wiener Philharmoniker*

49 1960(LI) - Leinsdorf Erich - Metropolitan Opera*

50 1960(STU) - Fricsay Ferenc - Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin*

51 1960(STU) - Giulini Carlo Maria - Philharmonia Orchestra*

52 1960?(SE) - Martin Walter - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin*

53 1960?(SE) - Zillig Winfried - Mitglieder des Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Hamburg*

54 1961(LI) - Giulini Carlo Maria - Philharmonia Orchestra*

55 1961(LI) - Giulini Carlo Maria - Residentie Orkest*

56 1961(SE) - Leitner Ferdinand - Berliner Philharmoniker*

57 1962(LI) - Varviso Silvio - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*

58 1963(LI) - Böhm Karl - Deutsche Oper Berlin*

59 1963(LI) - Maazel Lorin - Wiener Philharmoniker*

60 1963(LI) - Solti Georg - Covent Garden*

61 1963(LI) - Varviso Silvio - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*

62 1964(LI) - Kertész István - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*

63 1964(STU) - Suitner Otmar - Dresdener Staatskapelle*

64 1965(SE) - Lange Mathieu - Deutsche Oper Berlin*

65 1966(LI) - Böhm Karl - Wiener Philharmoniker**

66 1967(LI) - Rescigno Nicola - Dallas Civic Opera*

67 1967(LI;11/10/67) - Rosenstock Joseph - Metropolitan Opera*

68 1967(LI;17/10/1967) - Rosenstock Joseph - Metropolitan Opera*

69 1967(STU) - Böhm Karl - Deutsche Oper Berlin*

70 1968(LI) - Giulini Carlo Maria - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*

71 1968(RA) - Mehta Zubin - RAI Roma*

72 1968?(SE) - Wallberg Heinz - Vienna Opera Orchestra*

73 1969(FI) - Schmidt-Isserstedt Hans - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg**

74 196?(LE) - Malmborg Lars af - Royal Swedish Opera*

75 1970(LI) - Maag Peter - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*

76 1970(STU) - Davis Colin - BBC Symphony Orchestra*

77 1970(STU) - Klemperer Otto - New Philharmonia Orchestra*

78 1971(LI) - Davis Colin - Covent Garden*

79 1972(LI) - Giovaninetti Reynald - San Francisco Opera*

80 1972(LI) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Philharmoniker*

81 1973(LI) - Pritchard John - London Philharmonic Orchestra**

82 1973(LI) - Solti Georg - Opéra de Paris*

83 1974(LI) - Abbado Claudio - Teatro alla Scala*

84 1974(LI) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Philharmoniker*

85 1975(LI) - Pritchard John - Chicago Lyric Opera*

86 1975-76(FI) - Böhm Karl - Wiener Philharmoniker**

87 1976(FI) - Oberfrank Géza - Komische Oper Berlin**

88 1976(STU) - Barenboim Daniel - English Chamber Orchestra*

89 1977(LI) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Staatsoper*

90 1978(STU) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Philharmoniker*

91 1979(LI) - Friend Lionel - English National Opera*

92 1979(LI) - Klee Bernhard - Wiener Philharmoniker*

93 1980(LI) - Böhm Karl - Wiener Staatsoper***

94 1980(LI) - Solti Georg - Opéra de Paris**

95 1981(STU) - Solti Georg - London Philharmonic Orchestra*

96 1981 - Östman Arnold - Drottningholm Court Theatre**

97 1983(LI) - Sawallisch Wolfgang - Bayerische Staatsoper*

98 1984(LI) - Bonynge Richard - Australian Opera*

99 1985(STU) - Marriner Neville - Academy of Saint-Martin-in-the-Fields*

100 1986(STU) - Muti Riccardo - Wiener Philharmoniker*

101 1987(LC) - Davis Colin - Bayerische Staatsoper*

102 1987(STU) - Haitink Bernard - London Philharmonic Orchestra*

103 1987(STU) - Östman Arnold - Drottningholm Court Theatre*

104 1988(LI) - Davis Colin - Bayerische Staatsoper*

105 1988(STU) - Sisi Yousef El - Polish National Radio Orchestra*

106 1989(LI) - Haitink Bernard - Covent Garden**

107 198?(SE) - NOT KNOWN - NOT KNOWN*

108 1990(FI) - Smith Craig - Wiener Symphoniker**

109 1990(STU) - Davis Colin - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*

110 1990(STU) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*

111 1990?(STU) - Barenboim Daniel - Berliner Philharmoniker*

112 1991(LI) - Abbado Claudio - Wiener Staatsoper**

113 1991(LI) - Haitink Bernard - Berliner Philharmoniker***

114 1991(LI) - Scheidt Wolfgang - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*

115 1992 - Mehta Zubin - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*

116 1992 - Penin Jean-Paul - Cracovie Chamber Philharmonic*

117 1993(LC) - Gardiner John Eliot - English Baroque Soloists*

118 1993(LC) - Gardiner John Eliot - English Baroque Soloists**

119 1993(LI) - Kuhn Gustav - Orchestra Filharmonica Marchigiana*

120 1993(STU) - Harnoncourt Nikolaus - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam*

121 1994(LI) - Haitink Bernard - London Philharmonic Orchestra***

122 1994(LI) - Olmi Paolo - L'Opéra National de Lyon**

123 1994(STU) - Abbado Claudio - Wiener Philharmoniker*

124 1994(STU) - Mackerras Charles - Scottish Chamber Orchestra*

125 1994?(FI) - Britten Tony - Orchestra**

126 1995(LI) - Gelmetti Gianluigi - Teatro Comunale dell'Opera di Genova*

127 1995(LI) - Harnoncourt Nikolaus - Chamber Orchestra of Europe**

128 1996(LI) - David Yoram - Teatro Massimo di Palermo**

129 1996(LI) - Silva Ruben - Orquesta*

130 1996(Li) - Harnoncourt Nikolaus - Opernhaus Zürich**

131 1996 - Malgoire Jean-Claude - La Grand Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy*

132 1997(LI) - Pillement Jérôme - Hungarian State Opera Chamber Ochestra «Falloni»***

133 1997(SE) - Morandi Pier Giorgio - Hungarian State Opera*

134 1998(LI) - Graf Hans - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*

135 1998(LI) - Kuijken Sigiswald - La petite bande*

136 1998(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*

137 1998(LI) - Märkl Jun - Wiener Staatsoper*

138 1999(LI) - Barenboim Daniel - Berliner Staatskapelle**

139 199?(LE) - Saccani Rico - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra*

140 19??(SE) - Stellar William - Classics Club Symphony Orchestra*

141 2000(LC) - Spering Andreas - Hannoversche Hofkapelle*

142 2001(LI) - Jacobs René - Concerto Köln*

143 2001(LI) - Minkowski Marc - Mahler Chamber Orchestra*

144 2001(LI) - Muti Riccardo - Wiener Staatsoper***

145 2001(STU) - Billy Bertrand De - Radio Symphonieorchester Wien*

146 2002(LI) - Brott Boris - Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma**

147 2002(STU) - Halász Michael - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia*

148 2003(LC) - Mehta Zubin - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino**

149 2003(LI) - Denève Stéphane - L'Opéra National de Paris*

150 2003(STU) - Jacobs René - Concerto Köln*

151 2003(STU) - Parry David - Philharmonia Orchestra*

152 2004(LI) - Jacobs René - Concerto Köln***

153 2006(LC) - Pappano Antonio - Covent Garden**

154 2006(LI) - Cambreling Sylvain - L'Opéra National de Paris**

155 2006(LI) - Harnoncourt Nikolaus - Wiener Philharmoniker***

156 2006(LI) - Metzmacher Ingo - De Nederlandse Opera***

157 2007(LC) - Welser-Möst Franz - Opernhaus Zürich**

158 2007(LI) - Harding Daniel - Mahler Chamber Orchestra*

159 2007(LI) - Müller Edoardo - San Diego Opera*

160 2008(LI) - Mackerras Charles - Covent Garden*

161 2008(LI) - Marbà Antoni Ros - Gran Teatro del Liceo*

162 2009(LI) - Minkowski Marc - Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble*

163 2009(LI) - Welser-Möst Franz - Cleveland Orchestra*

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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; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» 3677102 {2CDS} (2006)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 Novotná

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; Andromeda ANDRCD 9041 {2CDS} (2008)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

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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 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 German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1940(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Paul Schöffler

Susanna - Elisabeth Rütgers

Conte Almaviva - Alfred Poell

Contessa Almaviva - Maria Reining

Cherubino - Dora Komarek

Basilio - Hermann Gallos

Antonio - Viktor Madin

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Compact Disc; - Tahra TAH 573-574 {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 publication:-

Classica Répertoire - No.78 décembre 2005 - janvier 2006 p.103 [AT]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.90 mayo 2006 p.82 [JR]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in Amsterdam. The last finale is missing.

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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 Novotná

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 Novotná

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; Andromeda ANDRCD 5075 (+New year's Concert - Vienna - 1951 - Krauss - excerpts) {3CDS} (2006)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 - 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

Classica Répertoire - No.90 mars 2007 p.100 [AT]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.102 julio-agosto 2007 p.87 [JR]

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 Novotná

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

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:-

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 Novotná

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 Novotná

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

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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:- 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)

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 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 Novotná

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

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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:-

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 Novotná

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]; Vol.29 No.5 May/June 2006 p.159 [MHF]

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 (Gueden)

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 (Gueden)

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 di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di 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 di 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; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0167 {2CDS} (2006)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]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.93 septiembre 2006 p.85 [LB]

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 (& 696); Andromeda ANDRCD 9039 {3CDS} (2008)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

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) 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; EMI 476 942-2 {2CDS} (2005)ª; EMI 367710-2 {2CDS} (2006)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 2 12681-2 (+Symphonies 38 & 39 - Gui); {3CDS} (2008)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 [PHW]; November 1959 p.242; June 1984 p.67 [AB]; September 1991 p.126 [AB]; September 2000 p.96 [IM]; February 2006 p.91 [AB]

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]

Classic Record Collector - Winter 2008 pp.92-94 [TP]

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 earlier CDs, but are included in those issued on the «Great Recordings of the Century» label.

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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 (Gueden)

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; Membran 222932-370 {3CDS} (2006)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 pp.232-233 [PHW]; January 1956 p.302 [DST]; February 1956 p.342 (mention) [HCS]; 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 Nino Sanzogno - 1956(FI)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Figaro - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Susanna - Rosanna Carteri

Conte Almaviva - Heinz Rehfuss

Contessa Almaviva - Marcella Pobbe

Cherubino - Dora Gatta

Marcellina - Luisa Villa

Bartolo - Enrico Campi

Basilio - Luigi Alva

Curzio - Renato Ercolani

Antonio - Christiano Dalamangas

Barbarina - Rena Gary Falachi

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DVD (Video) - Hardy Classic Video HCD 4028 (2008)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:-

International Record Review - May 2008 p.74 [JTH]

American Record Guide - July/August 2008 Vol.71 No.4 pp.274-275 [MM]

Classic Record Collector - Winter 2008 pp.92-94 [TP]

Opéra Magazine - No.30 juin 2008 p.83 [RS]

Comments:- Video recording of a television film which was broadcast on 22 September 1956.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1956(LE)

Orchestra - NHK Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - NHK Italian Opera Chorus

Figaro - Giuseppe Taddei

Susanna - Alda Noni

Conte Almaviva - Antonio Cassinelli

Contessa Almaviva - Orietta Moscucci

Cherubino - Giulietta Simionato

Bartolo - Carlo Cava

Basilio - Mario Carlin

Barbarina - Kyoko Ito

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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100809 (+Die Entführung aus dem Serail - Ackermann) {2CDS} (2008)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

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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 (& 689)

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).

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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 - April 1965 pp.290-291 [AJ]; 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 German

Conductor Eugen Jochum - 1956?(RA)

Orchestra - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Figaro - Benno Kusche

Susanna - Clara Ebers

Conte Almaviva - Walter Höfermeyer

Contessa Almaviva - Annelies Kupper

Cherubino - Sena Jurinac

Marcellina - Irmgard Barth

Bartolo - Max Proebstl

Basilio - Alfred Pfeifle

Curzio - Paul Kuen

Antonio - Rudolf Wünzer

Barbarina - Hildegard Limmer

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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0236 {3CDS} (2008)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 - December 2008 p.123 [MA]

Orpheus - 9 + 10 September-Oktober 2008 S.60-S.61 [SS]

International Record Review - February 2009 p.20 [JTH]

Comments:- *Recording of a broadcast performance. The cast and year listed above are as given in «Bayerischer Rundfunk - Historischer Katalog - Gesang Aufnahme - Haupteil - Sängerinnen - Band I - Buchstabe A-Q» entry 563. The roles performed by some of the singers may be assigned incorrectly.

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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 (Gueden)

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 (& 542); The Opera Lovers NOZ 195801 {3CDRS} (2006)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

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) and that issued by «The Opera Lovers» is listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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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} (USA) (1959)ª;; RCA LSC 6408 {4LPS} (USA) (1959)ª; RCA RE 25009-12 {4LPS} (UK) (1960)ª;; RCA SER 4508-11 {4LPS} (UK) (1960)ª; *Decca «Eclipse» ECS 743-5 {3LPS} (1975)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 444 602-2 {3CDS} (1996)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 - September 1959 p.118; October 1960 p.226 [PHW]; 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 Peter Maag - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Figaro - Heinz Blankenburg

Susanna - Rita Streich

Conte Almaviva - Renato Cesari

Contessa Almaviva - Marcella Pobbe

Cherubino - Biancamaria Casoni

Marcellina - Fernanda Cadoni

Bartolo - Vito Susca

Basilio - Nicola Monti

Curzio - Amilcare Blaffard

Antonio - Leonardo Monreale

Barbarina - Elvina Ramella(-Pralungo)

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Compact Disc; - Arts Archives 43070-2 {3CDS} (2006)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:-

Orpheus - Januar + Februar 2008 S.60 [GE]

Diapason - No.546 avril 2007 p.86 [MP]

American Record Guide - November/December 2007 Vol.70 No.6 p.266 [MM]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.102 julio-agosto 2007 p.87 [JR]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro di Corte di Palazzo Reale, Napoli (22 September 1959).

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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 (& 634)

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).

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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 (& 743)

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).

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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 (Waechter)

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};; EMI 358602-2 {2CDS} (2006)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 - June 1961 p.25 [PHW]; October 1961 p.199 [DST]; March 1979 p.1611 [AB] January 1990 p.1370 [SS]

Opera - August 1961 p.544

Fanfare - Vol.30 No.5 May/June 2007pp.153-154 [MF]

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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Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10391-3 {3CDS} (2009)ª

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 4644

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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 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. The CDs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website:

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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

Cherubino - Hanny Steffek

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Black Disc - D.G.G. 136 406 {1LP}; DG 2535 279 {1LP}

Compact Cassette - DG 3335 279

Compact Disc - DG 423 074-2 {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

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Silvio Varviso - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus

Figaro - Heinz Blankenburg

Susanna - Mirella Freni

Conte Almaviva - Gabriel Bacquier

Contessa Almaviva - Leyla Gencer

Cherubino - Edith Mathis

Marcellina - Johanna Peters

Bartolo - Carlo Cava

Basilio - Hugues Cuénod

Curzio - John Kentish

Antonio - Derick Davies

Barbarina - Maria Zeri

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Compact Disc; - Glyndebourne Label GFOCD 001-62 {3CDS} (2008)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 - July 2008 p.89 [JBS]

Opera - June 2008 pp.721-722 [RM]

Fanfare - Vol.32 No.2 November/December 2008 pp.270-272 [BB]

Diapason - No.561 S septembre 2008 p.106 [PK]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.115 noviembre 2008 p.82 [JR]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Glyndebourne Theatre 9 June 1962.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Karl Böhm - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Figaro - Walter Berry

Susanna - Erika Köth

Conte Almaviva - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Grümmer

Cherubino - Edith Mathis

Marcellina - Patricia Johnson

Bartolo - Peter Lagger

Basilio - Julius Katona

Curzio - Martin Vantin

Antonio - Walter (Wilhelm) Dicks

Barbarina - Barbara Vogel

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Compact Disc - Mitridate «Ponto» PO 1025 (+Stabat Mater - Fricsay) {3CDS}

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 - 1+2 Januar+Februar 2005 S.56 [GH]

Opéra International - No.299 mars-avril 2005 p.108 [AT]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in Tokyo (23 October 1963).

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Lorin Maazel - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Geraint Evans

Susanna - Graziella Sciutti

Conte Almaviva - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Contessa Almaviva - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Cherubino - Evelyn Lear

Marcellina - Patricia Johnson

Bartolo - Peter Lagger

Basilio - John van Kesteren

Curzio - Martin Vantin

Antonio - Siegfried Rudolf Frese

Barbarina - Barbara Vogel

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Black Disc - Movimento musica 025 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Movimento musica 013.004

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 Salzburg Festival (July 1963; see OPERA Festival Issue 1963 p.47 for a review of a later performance). The Movimento musica LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE January 1984 p.872

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Figaro - Geraint Evans

Susanna - Mirella Freni

Conte Almaviva - Tito Gobbi

Contessa Almaviva - Ilva Ligabue

Cherubino - Teresa Berganza

Marcellina - Monica Sinclair

Bartolo - Michael Langdon

Basilio - Kenneth MacDonald

Curzio - Robert Bowman

Antonio - David Kelly

Barbarina - Jenifer Eddy

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1040

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 1998

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 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 11 June 1963. This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. See Radio Times Issue dated June 8-14 1963 p.31. The performance on 5 June 1963 is reviewed in OPERA July 1963 pp.491-496, p.506. 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 Silvio Varviso - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus

Figaro - Heinz Blankenburg

Susanna - Liliane Berton

Conte Almaviva - Michel Roux

Contessa Almaviva - Leyla Gencer

Cherubino - Edith Mathis

Marcellina - Rosa Laghezza

Bartolo - Michael Langdon

Basilio - Hugues Cuénod

Curzio - John Kentish

Antonio - Derick Davies

Barbarina - Maria Zeri

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 352 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; The Opera Lovers NOZ 196301 {2CDS} (2008)ª

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 6805

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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 concert performance given by the Glyndebourne company at a PROM in the Royal Albert Hall, London (22 July 1963). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Home Service. See Radio Times Issue Dated July 20-26 1963 p.24. A recording was broadcast by the BBC Music Programme on 14 October 1965. See Radio Times Issue dated October 9-15 1965 p.58. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22» where the date of the performance is given as 28 June 1963 and the place as London. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The date of the performance recorded is also given here as 28 June 1963.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor István Kertész - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Figaro - Walter Berry

Susanna - Renate Holm

Conte Almaviva - Renato Cesari

Contessa Almaviva - Victoria de los Ángeles

Cherubino - Christa Ludwig

Marcellina - Luisa Bartoletti

Bartolo - Carlos Feller

Basilio - Nino Falzetti

Curzio - Carlos Giusti

Antonio - Eduardo Ferracani

Barbarina - Susana Rouco

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1380-3 {3CDRS} (2004)ª; Opera Depot OD 10383 {3CDS} (2008)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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (September 1964). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases July-August 2004» where the date of the recording is given (incorrectly) as «late 50's». This is corrected in the «2004 CD Catalog». The CDs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website:

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German

Conductor Otmar Suitner - 1964(STU)

Orchestra - Dresdener Staatskapelle

Chorus - Chor des Staatsoper Dresden

Figaro - Walter Berry

Susanna - Anneliese Rothenberger

Conte Almaviva - Hermann Prey

Contessa Almaviva - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Cherubino - Edith Mathis

Marcellina - Annelies Burmeister

Bartolo - Fritz Ollendorf

Basilio - Peter Schreier

Curzio - Jürgen Förster

Antonio - Siegfried Vogel

Barbarina - Rosmarie Rönisch

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Black Disc; - Columbia STC 91 379/81 {3LPS} (Germany) (1965)ª; EMI Electrola 1C 18330159/61 {3LPS} (1973)ª; EMI Electrola 1 37-1301593; Seraphim IC-6002 {3LPS}; Seraphim SIC-6002 {3LPS}

Compact Disc - Berlin Classics 0020962BC {3CDS}

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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 News - October 14 1967 p.30

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.5 May/June 1995 p.268

Orpheus - Juli/August + August/September 1973 S.99-S.100 [ES]

American Record Guide - January 1967 Vol.33 No.5 p.418 [PLM]: March/April 1995 Vol.58 No.2 p.151

Fono Forum - März 1965 S.118 [KW}

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German

Conductor Mathieu Lange - 1965(SE)

Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Figaro - Peter Roth-Ehrgang

Susanna - Ingeborg Wenglor

Contessa Almaviva - Melitta Muszely

Cherubino - Ingeborg Exner

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Black Disc - Baccarola-Auslese 75875 {1LP}; Ariola-Eurodisc Z 75875 R {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 Karl Böhm - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Walter Berry

Susanna - Reri Grist

Conte Almaviva - Ingvar Wixell

Contessa Almaviva - Claire Watson

Cherubino - Edith Mathis

Marcellina - Margarethe Bence

Bartolo - Zoltán Kéléman

Basilio - David Thaw

Curzio - Alfred Pfeifle

Antonio - Klaus Hirte

Barbarina - Deirdre Aselford

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DVD (Video) - TDK «Mediactive» CLOPNDF (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 - March 2004 pp.85-86 [AB]

Opera News - April 2004 pp.89-90 [MB]

Orpheus - September+Oktober 2004 S.69-S.70 [SS]

International Record Review - December 2003 pp.87-88[ [RP]

BBC Music Magazine - February 2004 p.94, p.96 [ML]

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

Comments:- Video recording in black and white of a performance in the Kleines FestspielhausSalzburg (11 August 1966).

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Dallas Civic Opera

Chorus - Dallas Civic Opera

Figaro - Sesto Bruscantini

Susanna - Graziella Sciutti

Conte Almaviva - Ugo Trama

Contessa Almaviva - Montserrat Caballé

Cherubino - Biancamaria Casoni

Marcellina - Oralia Domínguez

Bartolo - Giorgio Tadeo

Basilio - Hugues Cuénod

Curzio - Bernard Fitch

Antonio - Gimi Beni

Barbarina - Elaine Cormany

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Compact Disc; - liver-rare-opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {3CDRS} (2008)ª; Gala GL 100803 {2CDS} (2008)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 publication:-

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.111 junio 2008 p.84 [JR]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in Dallas (19 November 1967).

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Joseph Rosenstock - 1967(LI;11/10/67)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Cesare Siepi

Susanna - Mirella Freni

Conte Almaviva - Tom Krause

Contessa Almaviva - Pilar Lorengar

Cherubino - Teresa Berganza

Marcellina - Nancy Williams

Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Basilio - Paul Franke

Curzio - Gabor Carelli

Antonio - Lorenzo Alvary

Barbarina - Loretta Di Franco

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers NOZ 196703 {3CDRS} (2008)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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (11 October 1967).This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in house». The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the date of the performance recorded is given at 11 November 1967. According to the MET Online Data Base there was a performance of Le Nozze di Figaro on that day, but neither Siepi nor Freni sang in it.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German

Conductor Joseph Rosenstock - 1967(LI;17/10/1967)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Cesare Siepi

Susanna - Judith Raskin

Conte Almaviva - Tom Krause

Contessa Almaviva - Pilar Lorengar

Cherubino - Teresa Berganza

Marcellina - Nancy Williams

Bartolo - Fernando Corena

Basilio - Paul Franke

Curzio - Gabor Carelli

Antonio - Lorenzo Alvary

Barbarina - Loretta Di Franco

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1695 (& 1460)

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 (17 October 1967). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Karl Böhm - 1967(STU)

Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Figaro - Hermann Prey

Susanna - Edith Mathis

Conte Almaviva - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Contessa Almaviva - Gundula Janowitz

Cherubino - Tatiana Troyanos

Marcellina - Patricia Johnson

Bartolo - Peter Lagger

Basilio - Erwin Wohlfahrt

Curzio - Martin Vantin

Antonio - Klaus Hirte

Barbarina - Barbara Vogel

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Black Disc; - D.G.G. 104962-104965 {4LPS} (1968)ª; D.G.G. 2711 007 {4LPS} (1973)ª; DG 2740 139 {4LPS}; DG 2740 109 (collection) {11LPS}; DG 2740 222 (collection); {20LPS} (1979)ª

Compact Cassette - DG 3371 005; DG 429 869-4

Compact Disc; - DG 415 520-2 {3CDS} (1986)ª;; DG 429 869-2 {3CDS} (1990)ª; DG «The Originals» 449 728-2 {3CDS} (1996)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 - December 1968 p.875;; September 1974 p.577 [AB]; December 1977 p.1134 [AB]: April 1978 p.1779 (mention) [AB]; August 1979 p.333 (advert), p.377(mention); March 1986 p. [AB]; December 1990 p. [AB]; March 1997 p.93 [AB]

Fanfare - Vol.21 No.2 November/December 1997 p.260 [RVL]

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.176 p.108

Classical Express - Issue No.80 November 1996 p.8

BBC Music Magazine - January 1997 p.75

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Figaro - Rolando Panerai

Susanna - Graziella Sciutti

Conte Almaviva - Tito Gobbi

Contessa Almaviva - Ilva Ligabue

Cherubino - Biancamaria Casoni

Marcellina - Silvana Zanolli

Bartolo - Angelo Nosotti

Basilio - Florindo Andreolli

Curzio - Mario Carlin

Antonio - Giorgio Onesti

Barbarina - Emilia Ravaglia

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers NOZ 196802 {3CDRS} (2008)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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance given by the Rome Opera at the MET (26 June 1968). See OPERA September 1968 pp.714-716. The cast listed above is as given in Frank Hamilton's online chronology of performances by Tito Gobbi (hyperlink on CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Zubin Mehta - 1968(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Figaro - Sesto Bruscantini

Susanna - Teresa Stratas

Conte Almaviva - Mario Petri

Contessa Almaviva - Sena Jurinac

Cherubino - Teresa Berganza

Marcellina - Nucci Condò

Bartolo - Giorgio Tadeo

Basilio - Agostino Lazzari

Curzio - Angelo Degl' Innocenti

Antonio - Alfredo Mariotti

Barbarina - Lilia Teresita Reyes

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Black Disc - Legendary Recordings LR 206-3 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 712 {3CDS} ; Opera d'Oro OPD 1161 {3CDS} (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 publication:-

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.33 mayo-junio 1999 p.92 [JS]

Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 10 September 1968

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Heinz Wallberg - 1968?(SE)

Orchestra - Vienna Opera Orchestra

Figaro - Heinz Holecek

Susanna - Olivera Miljakovic

Conte Almaviva - Rudolf Jedlicka

Contessa Almaviva - Heather Harper

Cherubino - Rohangiz Yachmi(-Caucig)

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Black Disc - *Concert Hall SMSA 2586

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 German

Conductor Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt - 1969(FI)

Orchestra - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Chorus - Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper

Figaro - Heinz Blankenburg

Susanna - Edith Mathis

Conte Almaviva - Tom Krause

Contessa Almaviva - Arlene Saunders

Cherubino - Elisabeth Steiner

Marcellina - Maria von Ilosvay

Bartolo - Noel Mangin

Basilio - Kurt Marchner

Curzio - Jürgen Förster

Antonio - Karl (Carl) Otto

Barbarina - Natalie Usselmann

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DVD (Video) - Dreamlife Classics DLVC 1099 (Japan) (2003)ª; Dreamlife Classics DLVC 8021 (Japan) (2005)ª; ArtHaus Musik 101 263 (2006)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 - April 2007 p.488, p.490 [RL]

Fanfare - Vol.30 No.6 July/August 2007 p.307 [BB]

Orpheus - März + April 2007 S.68 [SS]

International Record Review - February 2007 p.23 [RP]

American Record Guide - March/April 2007 Vol.70 No.2 pp.249-250 [KM]

Opéra Magazine - No.16 mars 2007 p.80 [FL-2]

Classica Répertoire - No.91 avril 2007 p.108 [AT]

Comments:- Video recording of a television film.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Swedish

Conductor Lars af Malmborg - 196?(LE)

Orchestra - Royal Swedish Opera

Chorus - Royal Swedish Opera

Figaro - Jan Sparring

Susanna - Birgit Nordin

Conte Almaviva - Ingvar Wixell

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Compact Disc; - Caprice CAP 22059 (+Don Giovanni - excerpts - 2 sets; +Die Zauberflöte - excerpts +Le nozze di Figaro & Don Giovanni - short excerpts) {2CDS} (2007)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 - September+Oktober 2007 S.58 (mention) [SS]

Classic Record Collector - Spring 2008 p.99 [JTH]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Stockholm Opera.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Peter Maag - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Figaro - Wladimiro Ganzarolli

Susanna - Reri Grist

Conte Almaviva - Tom Krause

Contessa Almaviva - Gundula Janowitz

Cherubino - Teresa Berganza

Marcellina - Luisa Bartoletti

Bartolo - Giorgio Tadeo

Basilio - Nino Falzetti

Curzio - José Nait

Antonio - Ricardo Yost

Barbarina - Silvia Baleani

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Compact Disc; - Memoria Sonora del Teatro Colón {3CDS} (2007)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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (26 June 1970). I thank Sr. Gabriel Vinker for drawing my attention to the recording issued on the label «Memoria Sonora del Teatro Colón».

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Colin Davis - 1970(STU)

Orchestra - BBC Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - BBC Symphony Orchestra

Figaro - Wladimiro Ganzarolli

Susanna - Mirella Freni

Conte Almaviva - Ingvar Wixell

Contessa Almaviva - Jessye Norman

Cherubino - Yvonne Minton

Marcellina - Maria Casula

Bartolo - Clifford Grant

Basilio - Robert Tear

Curzio - David Lennox

Antonio - Paul Hudson

Barbarina - Lilian Watson

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Black Disc; - Philips 6707 014 {4LPS} (1971)ª

Compact Cassette; - Philips 7675 001 (1978)ª

Compact Disc; - Philips 422 540-2 {2CDS} (1992)ª; Philips 456 375-2 (+Don Giovanni +Così fan tutte) {9CDS}; Aura Music {2CDS}; Philips «Trio» 475 6111 {3CDS} (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:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1971 p.883; January 1972 p.1183; March 1972 p.1503; September 1973 p.563 [WAC]; November 1978 p.969 [IM]; January 1992 p.91 [AB]

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

Diapason - No.445 février 1998 p.92 [MP]

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

Classic CD - May 1998 p.92 [ST]

BBC Music Magazine - November 2004 p.90 [RW]

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Otto Klemperer - 1970(STU)

Orchestra - New Philharmonia Orchestra

Chorus - John Alldis Choir

Figaro - Geraint Evans

Susanna - Reri Grist

Conte Almaviva - Gabriel Bacquier

Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Söderström

Cherubino - Teresa Berganza

Marcellina - Annelies Burmeister

Bartolo - Michael Langdon

Basilio - Werner Hollweg

Curzio - Willi Brokmeier

Antonio - Clifford Grant

Barbarina - Margaret Price

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Black Disc; - HMV SLS 955 {4LPS} (1971)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63849-2 {3CDS} (1991)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 publication:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1971 p.1822; July 1971 p.161; March 1972 p.1503; September 1991 p.125 [AB]

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Colin Davis - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Figaro - Geraint Evans

Susanna - Reri Grist

Conte Almaviva - Victor Braun

Contessa Almaviva - Kiri Te Kanawa

Cherubino - Patricia Kern

Marcellina - Heather Begg

Bartolo - Noel Mangin

Basilio - John Lanigan

Curzio - David Lennox

Antonio - Eric Garrett

Barbarina - Lilian Watson

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03316

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 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (4 December 1971). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 4-10 December 1971 p.23. The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Reynald Giovaninetti - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Figaro - Geraint Evans

Susanna - Judith Blegen

Conte Almaviva - Ingvar Wixell

Contessa Almaviva - Kiri Te Kanawa

Cherubino - Frederica Von Stade

Marcellina - Donna Petersen

Bartolo - Marius Rintzler

Basilio - Wolf Appel

Curzio - Raymond Manton

Antonio - Philip Booth

Barbarina - Evelyn Petros

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Compact Cassette; - Live Opera Heaven CAS 451 (2000)ª

Compact Disc; - *John Wegner San Francisco Opera - The Adler Years - 2 SFO-02 (A; Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)ª; Live Opera Heaven #451 {3CDS} (2000)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd CDNO 1492-3 {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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (22 September 1972; see OPERA December 1972 pp.1078-1079). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases late July-August 2004».

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Walter Berry

Susanna - Edith Mathis

Conte Almaviva - Tom Krause

Contessa Almaviva - Elizabeth Harwood

Cherubino - Teresa Berganza

Marcellina - Kersten Meyer

Bartolo - Paolo Montarsolo

Basilio - Michel Sénéchal

Curzio - Willy Caron

Antonio - Zoltán Kéléman

Barbarina - Evelyn Mandac

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Compact Disc; - Fachmann Fur Klassischer Musik FKM 5026/28 {3CDRS} (2000)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

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (26 July 1972; see OPERA Festival Issue 1972 pp.50-52). The discs issued on the Fachmann Fur Klassischer Musik (sic) label were on sale in Ishimaru's shops in Tokyo in April 2001. They were made in the USA (published by Parnassus?)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor John Pritchard - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival

Figaro - Knut Skram

Susanna - Ileana Cotrubas

Conte Almaviva - Benjamin Luxon

Contessa Almaviva - Kiri Te Kanawa

Cherubino - Frederica Von Stade

Marcellina - Nucci Condò

Bartolo - Marius Rintzler

Basilio - John Fryatt

Curzio - Bernard Dickerson

Antonio - Thomas Lawlor

Barbarina - Elizabeth Gale

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DVD (Video) - ArtHaus Musik 101 089 (2004)ª; ArtHaus Musik 100 973 (The Mozart Glyndebourne Collection) {6DVDS} (2005)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - Longmans Video LGVH 7013 (BETA LGBE 7013) (PAL) (1984)ª; Home Vision MAR 03 (NTSC); Video Arts Internatonal VAI OP 6 (NTSC)

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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 - December 2004 p.118 [AB]

Opera - August 1998 p.1016 [RL]

Opera News - August 1985 p.36 [RH2]

Fanfare - Vol.29 No.5 May/June 2006 pp.267-270 [DLK]

Orpheus - 1+2 Januar+Februar 2005 S.69 [HH]; Mai+Juni 2005 S.65 [MK2]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.3 No.4 Winter 1985/86 pp.122-125 [WH]; Vol.8 No.3 p.129 [DM]

Opéra International - No.296 décembre 2004 p.93 [AF]

Diapason - No.519 novembre 2004 p.140 [MP]

International Record Review - January 2005 p.83 [MVA]

Classica Répertoire - No.67 novembre 2004 p.125 [PF]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIX N.190 gennaio 2005 p.92 [GC2]

Comments:- *Video recording of a performance at the Glyndebourne Festival (19 August 1973) which was transmitted by Southern Television on 21 May 1974 (see OPERA August 1974 p.747). The performances on 5 July 1973 and 23 July 1973 (in which some roles were sung by different singers) are reviewed in OPERA, Festival Issue 1973 p.22 and p.35.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in French

Conductor Georg Solti - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - Opéra de Paris

Chorus - Opéra de Paris

Figaro - José van Dam

Susanna - Mirella Freni

Conte Almaviva - Tom Krause

Contessa Almaviva - Gundula Janowitz

Cherubino - Frederica Von Stade

Marcellina - Jane Berbié

Bartolo - Kurt Moll

Basilio - Michel Sénéchal

Curzio - Jacques Loreau

Barbarina - Danièle Perriers

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Compact Disc - Phoenix PX 515.3

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 - März 1997 S.59 (mention)

Classical Express - Issue No.75 May 1996 p.4

Musica (Milano) - No.97 Anno 20 Aprile-Maggio 1996 p.121

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.20 junio-agosto 1996 p.64 [JR]

Comments:- See OPERA May 1973 p.423

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Figaro - José van Dam

Susanna - Daniela Mazzucato (Meneghini)

Conte Almaviva - Hermann Prey

Contessa Almaviva - Mirella Freni

Cherubino - Teresa Berganza

Marcellina - Stefania Malagù

Bartolo - Paolo Montarsolo

Basilio - Mirto Picchi

Antonio - Leonardo Monreale

Barbarina - Maria Borgato

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Compact Disc; - Arkadia HP 614.3 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1328 {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 1995 S.60

Opéra International - novembre 1995 No.196 p.61

Répertoire - No.85 novembre 1995 p.62

Musica (Milano) - No.96 Anno 20 febbraio-marzo 1996 p.50

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (22 April 1974, see OPERA, September 1974p.788)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - José van Dam

Susanna - Mirella Freni

Conte Almaviva - Tom Krause

Contessa Almaviva - Elizabeth Harwood

Cherubino - Frederica Von Stade

Marcellina - Jane Berbié

Bartolo - Paolo Montarsolo

Basilio - Michel Sénéchal

Curzio - Willy Caron

Antonio - Zoltán Kéléman

Barbarina - Elke Schary

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Black Disc - Estro Armonico EA 010 {4LPS}

Compact Disc; - Opera d'Oro OPD 1390 {3CDS} (2003)ª; Opera d'Oro «Grand Tier» OPD 7018 {3CDS} (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 - August 2004 p.77 [AB]

Fanfare - Vol.29 No.6 July/August 2006 pp.158-159 [GJ]

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (31 July 1974; see OPERA Festival Issue 1974 pp.64-65)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor John Pritchard - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Figaro - Stafford Dean

Susanna - Catherine Malfitano

Conte Almaviva - Thomas Stewart

Contessa Almaviva - Margaret Price

Cherubino - Maria Ewing

Marcellina - Heather Begg

Bartolo - Arnold Voketatis

Basilio - Florindo Andreolli

Curzio - Dean Rhodus

Antonio - Carl Glaum

Barbarina - Winifred Faix-Brown

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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 629 {3CDRS} (2007)ª

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 3795

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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 Chicago Lyric Opera (22 November 1975; see OPERA December 1975 pp.1130-1131). The cast listed above is that given in the performance chronology on the website of the Chicago Lyric Opera (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues October 2007.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Karl Böhm - 1975-76(FI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - NOT KNOWN

Figaro - Hermann Prey

Susanna - Mirella Freni

Conte Almaviva - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Contessa Almaviva - Kiri Te Kanawa

Cherubino - Maria Ewing

Marcellina - Heather Begg

Bartolo - Paolo Montarsolo

Basilio - John van Kesteren

Curzio - Willy Caron

Antonio - Hans Krämer

Barbarina - Janet Perry

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Laser Disc - *DG 072 503-1 (NTSC); DG 072 403-1 (PAL)

DVD (Video) - DG POBG 1015 (Japan) (2000)ª; DG 073 4034 (2005)ª

VHS Video Cassette - DG 072 403-3 (PAL); DG 072 503-3 (NTSC)

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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]

Diapason - No.527 juillet-aoüt 2005 p.108 [MP]

American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.307 [JPM]

The Classical Video Guide - p.63

Grand Opera (Tokyo) - Vol.25 2000/2001 p.174 (DVD) (mention)

Comments:- *According to the review in AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE the soundtrack was recorded in the Sofiensaal, Vienna in December 1975 amd the film was made in London in June 1976.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German

Conductor Géza Oberfrank - 1976(FI)

Orchestra - Komische Oper Berlin

Chorus - Komische Oper Berlin

Figaro - József Dene

Susanna - Ursula Reinhardt-Kiss

Conte Almaviva - Uwe Kreyßig

Contessa Almaviva - Magdelena Falewicz

Cherubino - Ute Trekel-Burgkhardt

Marcellina - Ruth Schob-Lipka

Bartolo - Rudolf Asmus

Basilio - Frank Folker

Curzio - Werner Enders

Antonio - Helmut Völker

Barbarina - Barbara Sternberger

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Laser Disc - Dreamlife Nihon Monitor LSZS 00197 (Japanese NTSC)

DVD (Video) - Dreamlife DLVC 1067 (Japan); ArtHaus 101 306 (Walter Felsenstein; edition) {12DVDS} (2008)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Dreamlife DMVB 48 (Japanese NTSC)

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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 - June 2008 pp.731-733 [RP2]

International Record Review - September 2008 p.22 [MT]

Comments:- Video recording of a film directed by Walter Felsenstein who also made the German translation

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Daniel Barenboim - 1976(STU)

Orchestra - English Chamber Orchestra

Chorus - John Alldis Choir

Figaro - Geraint Evans

Susanna - Judith Blegen

Conte Almaviva - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Contessa Almaviva - Heather Harper

Cherubino - Teresa Berganza

Marcellina - Birgit Finnilä

Bartolo - William McCue

Basilio - John Fryatt

Curzio - John Robertson

Antonio - Malcolm Donnelly

Barbarina - Elizabeth Gale

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Black Disc; - *EMI SLS 995 {4LPS} (1977)ª; EMI Pathé Marconi 2C 165 02856/9 {4LPS} (1982)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63646-2 {3CDS} (1991)ª; EMI CZS 5 72230-2 {shortened to fit on 2CDS} (1998)ª; EMI Classics 7243 5 85520 2 7 {shortened to fit on 2CDS} (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 - July 1977 p.215 [SS]; September 1977 p.259 [SIR]; May 1991 p. [AB]; August 2004 p.77 [AB]

Diapason - No.445 février 1998 p.92 [MP]

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

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.70 mayo 2004 p.86 [VM]

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - José van Dam

Susanna - Ileana Cotrubas

Conte Almaviva - Tom Krause

Contessa Almaviva - Anna Tomowa-Sintow

Cherubino - Frederica Von Stade

Marcellina - Jane Berbié

Bartolo - Jules Bastin

Basilio - Heinz Zednik

Curzio - Kurt Equiluz

Antonio - Zoltán Kéléman

Barbarina - Janet Perry

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers NOZ 197701 {3CDRS} (Canada) (2007)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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (May 1977). The cast listed above is that given in «Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1965-2005» by Andreas Láng S.168-S.169. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the date of the performance recorded is given as 17 May 1977, but according to John Hunt Karajan conducted Figaro on 10, 14, 18 May 1997, but not on 17 May («the concert register of herbert von karajan - philharmonic autocrat» p.293).

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1978(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - José van Dam

Susanna - Ileana Cotrubas

Conte Almaviva - Tom Krause

Contessa Almaviva - Anna Tomowa-Sintow

Cherubino - Frederica Von Stade

Marcellina - Jane Berbié

Bartolo - Jules Bastin

Basilio - Heinz Zednik

Curzio - Kurt Equiluz

Antonio - Zoltán Kéléman

Barbarina - Christine Barbaux

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Black Disc; - Decca D132D4 {4LPS} (1979)ª;; London OSA 1443 {4LPS} (1980)ª

Compact Cassette; - Decca K132K42 (1979)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 421 125-2 {3CDS} (1988)ª; Decca «Grand Opera» 455 059-2 {3CDS} (1997)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 467 067-2 {3CDS} (France) (2000)ª; Decca 475 7045 {3CDS} (2006)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 - September 1979 p.513 [SS]; October 1979 p.587 [JBS] December 1979 p.1065 [JB], p.1077 [SIR]; July 1988 p.197 [AB]

Orpheus - Januar 1998 S.58 (mention) [GH]

Diapason - No.443 décembre 1997 p.90 [MP]

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

American Record Guide - June 1980 Vol.43 No.8 p.27 [RVL]

Répertoire - No.107 novembre 1997 p.69 (mention): No.138 septembre 2000 p.73 [LC]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.104 noviembre 1997 p.52 (mention) [PL]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - diciembre 1997 - febrero 1998 No.26 p.85 [JR]

Le Monde de la Musique - No.246 septembre 2000 p.109 [GG]

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in English

Conductor Lionel Friend - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - English National Opera

Chorus - English National Opera

Figaro - Alan Opie

Susanna - Eilene Hannan

Conte Almaviva - Neil Howlett

Contessa Almaviva - Felicity Palmer

Cherubino - Della Jones

Marcellina - Shelagh Squires

Bartolo - Harold Blackburn

Basilio - Stuart Kale

Curzio - Ashton Smith

Antonio - Eric Shilling

Barbarina - Marilyn Hill Smith

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Compact Disc - Oriel Music Society OMS 009/4 {4CDRS}

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 London Coliseum (10 April 1979)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Bernhard Klee - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - José van Dam

Susanna - Edith Mathis

Conte Almaviva - Tom Krause

Contessa Almaviva - Kiri Te Kanawa

Cherubino - Maria Ewing

Marcellina - Jane Berbié

Bartolo - Paolo Montarsolo

Basilio - Michel Sénéchal

Curzio - Horst Nitsche

Antonio - Kurt Rydl

Barbarina - Janet Perry

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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 Salzburg Festival (11 August 1979). A recording of a performance at the 1979 Salzburg Festival was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 2 December 1979. See Radio Times Issue dated 1-7 December 1979 p.46.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Karl Böhm - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Hermann Prey

Susanna - Lucia Popp

Conte Almaviva - Bernd Weikl

Contessa Almaviva - Gundula Janowitz

Cherubino - Agnes Baltsa

Marcellina - Margarita Lilowa

Bartolo - Kurt Rydl

Basilio - Heinz Zednik

Curzio - Kurt Equiluz

Antonio - Walter Fink

Barbarina - Maria Venuti

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Compact Disc; - Eclogue ECL 1 1003 {3CDRS}; ~Re! Discovery RED 129 {3CDRS} (2002)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Lyric Distribution #1097 (NTSC)

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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:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance or of performances given by the Vienna State Opera in Tokyo (September 1980). Eclogue's CDRs are listed in Parnassus Records' online catalogue «Silver and Gold» 13 and Lyric's VHS in their Classical Video Catalogue. The CDRs issued on the Re! Discovery label were on sale is Ishimaru's shops in Tokyo in February 2003.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - Opéra de Paris

Chorus - Opéra de Paris

Figaro - José van Dam

Susanna - Lucia Popp

Conte Almaviva - Gabriel Bacquier

Contessa Almaviva - Gundula Janowitz

Cherubino - Frederica Von Stade

Marcellina - Jane Berbié

Bartolo - Kurt Moll

Basilio - Michel Sénéchal

Barbarina - Danièle Perriers

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Laser Disc; - Dreamlife DC16 (Japanese NTSC); Dreamlife DMLB 29 (Japanese NTSC) (1992)ª

DVD (Video) - Dreamlife DLVC 1008 (Japan) (1999)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Dreamlife DMVB 20 (Japanese NTSC)

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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 in the Palais Garnier (14 July 1980)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1981(STU)

Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - London Opera Chorus

Figaro - Samuel Ramey

Susanna - Lucia Popp

Conte Almaviva - Thomas Allen

Contessa Almaviva - Kiri Te Kanawa

Cherubino - Frederica Von Stade

Marcellina - Jane Berbié

Bartolo - Kurt Moll

Basilio - Robert Tear

Curzio - Philip Langridge

Antonio - Giorgio Tadeo

Barbarina - Yvonne Kenny

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Black Disc; - Decca D267D4 {4LPS} (1982)ª; London LDR 74001 {4LPS}

Compact Cassette; - Decca K26742 (1982)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 410 150-2 {3CDS} (1984)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 1982 p.627 [AB] ; April 1984 p.1213 [GH]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.2 p.142

Comments:- *Recorded in The Kingsway Hall (29-30 May, 1-8 June 1981 and 8 December 1981 - overture). See «The London Philharmonic Discography» pp. 292-293.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Arnold Östman - 1981

Orchestra - Drottningholm Court Theatre

Chorus - Drottningholm Court Theatre

Figaro - Mikael Samuelson

Susanna - Georgine Resick

Conte Almaviva - Per-Arne Wahlgren

Contessa Almaviva - Sylvia Lindenstrand

Cherubino - Ann Christine Biel

Marcellina - Karin Mang-Habashi

Bartolo - Erik Saedén

Basilio - Tornbjorn Lilliequist

Barbarina - Birgita Larsson

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Laser Disc - Philips 070 421-1

VHS Video Cassette - Polygram Vidéo 070 421-3 (SECAM); Polygram 079 245-3(PAL)

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 - November/December 1996 p.67 (mention)

Diapason - No.406 juillet-aoüt 1994 p.80

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Figaro - Hermann Prey

Susanna - Lucia Popp

Conte Almaviva - Wolfgang Brendel

Contessa Almaviva - Margaret Price

Cherubino - Ann Murray

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Compact Disc - Celestial Audio CA 120 (Australia) {3CDRS}

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 Nationaltheater, Munich (July 1983; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL octobre 1983 No.63 p.38-39).

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in English

Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1984(LI)

Orchestra - Australian Opera

Chorus - Australian Opera

Figaro - John Pringle

Susanna - Glenys Fowles

Conte Almaviva - Michael Lewis

Contessa Almaviva - Joan Carden

Cherubino - Bernadette Cullen

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Compact Disc - Celestial Audio CA 033 {3CDRS}

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 Sydney Opera House (September 1984; see OPERA December 1984 p.1361).

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Neville Marriner - 1985(STU)

Orchestra - Academy of Saint-Martin-in-the-Fields

Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Figaro - José van Dam

Susanna - Barbara Hendricks

Conte Almaviva - Ruggero Raimondi

Contessa Almaviva - Lucia Popp

Cherubino - Agnes Baltsa

Marcellina - Felicity Palmer

Bartolo - Robert Lloyd

Basilio - Aldo Baldin

Curzio - Neil Jenkins

Antonio - Donald Maxwell

Barbarina - Catheryn Pope

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Black Disc; - *Philips 416 370-1 {3LPS} (1986)ª

Compact Cassette; - Philips 416 370-4 (1986)ª

Compact Disc; - Philips 416 370-2 {3CDS} (1986)ª; Decca 470 573-2 {3CDS} (2002)ª; Philips 475 61118 {3CDS} (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:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1986 p. [AB]

International Record Review - April 2003 pp.24-25 (mention) [MVA]

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1986(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Thomas Allen

Susanna - Kathleen Battle

Conte Almaviva - Jorma Hynninen

Contessa Almaviva - Margaret Price

Cherubino - Ann Murray

Marcellina - Mariana Nicolesco

Bartolo - Kurt Rydl

Basilio - Alejandro Ramírez

Curzio - Ernesto Gavazzi

Antonio - Franco De Grandis

Barbarina - Patrizia Pace

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Black Disc; - EMI EX 270576-3 {3LPS} (1987)ª

Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 270576-5 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47978-8 {3CDS} (1987)ª; EMI 5 75535-2 (+Don Giovanni + Così fan tutte) {9CDS} (2002)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 - October 1987 p.626 [HF]

Opera News - May 2003 pp.80=81 [WRB]

Fanfare - Vol.26 No.5 May/June 2003 pp.116-118 [HF]

Diapason - No.498 décembre 2002 p.100 [ED]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.165 ottobre 2002 pp.96-97 [GL]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.59 avril 2003 p.83 [MC]

Comments:- Recorded in the Musikvereinssaal, Vienna (September 1986)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Colin Davis - 1987(LC)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Figaro - Hermann Prey

Susanna - Helen Donath

Conte Almaviva - Thomas Allen

Contessa Almaviva - Margaret Price

Cherubino - Anne Sofie von Otter

Marcellina - Cornelia Wulkopf

Bartolo - Kurt Moll

Basilio - David Thaw

Curzio - Friedrich Lenz

Antonio - Gerhard Auer

Barbarina - Frances Lucey

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Compact Disc; - Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia 204 (Opera from Munich Vol.1 CD-ROM) (2000)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

Comments:- *The recording on Mike Richter's CD-ROM was made at performances in the Nationaltheater, Munich (27 July 1987 - Acts 1 and 2 - 29 July 1987 - Acts 3 and 4). See ORPHEUS Heft 13 «Festival Orpheus» November 1987 S.1085

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Bernard Haitink - 1987(STU)

Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival

Figaro - Claudio Desderi

Susanna - Gianna Rolandi

Conte Almaviva - Richard Stilwell

Contessa Almaviva - Felicity Lott

Cherubino - Faith Esham

Marcellina - Anne Mason

Bartolo - Artur Korn

Basilio - Ugo Benelli

Curzio - Alexander Oliver

Antonio - Federico Davià

Barbarina - Anne Dawson

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Black Disc; - EMI EX 749753-1 {3LPS} (1988)ª; Angel CDS 7 49753-1 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 749753-4 (1988)ª; Angel CDS 7 49753-4

Compact Disc; - EMI(Angel) CDS 7 49753-2 {3CDS} (1988)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 - July 1988 p.197 [AB]

Opera Now - August 1994 p.50

Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.4 Summer 1989 pp.107-111 [DH]

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Arnold Östman - 1987(STU)

Orchestra - Drottningholm Court Theatre

Chorus - Drottningholm Court Theatre

Figaro - Petteri Salomaa

Susanna - Barbara Bonney

Conte Almaviva - Håkan Hagegård

Contessa Almaviva - Arleen Auger (Augér)

Cherubino - Alicia Nafé

Marcellina - Della Jones

Bartolo - Carlos Feller

Basilio - Eduardo Giménez

Curzio - Francis Egerton

Antonio - Enzo Florimo

Barbarina - Nancy Argenta

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Black Disc; - L'Oiseau Lyre 421 333-1 {3LPS} (1988)ª

Compact Cassette; - L'Oiseau Lyre 421 333-4 (1988)ª

Compact Disc; - L'Oiseau Lyre 421 333-2 {3CDS} (1988)ª; Decca 470 860-2 (+Don Giovanni +Così fan tutte +Die Zauberflöte) {10CDS} (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 - December 1988 p. [SS]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.4 Summer 1989 pp.107-111 [DH]

Diapason - No.498 décembre 2002 p.100 [PK]

Stereophile - April 1989 (Vol.12 No.4) p.201

International Record Review - April 2003 p.25 (mention) [MVA]

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Colin Davis - 1988(LI)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Figaro - Hermann Prey

Susanna - Helen Donath

Conte Almaviva - Thomas Allen

Contessa Almaviva - Pamela Coburn

Cherubino - Anne Sofie von Otter

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Compact Disc - Fachmann fur Klassischer Musik FKM 5062/5064 {3CDRS}

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 Nationaltheater, Munich (29 July 1988). The cast listed above is the announced cast and may be incorrect. The CDRs issued on the Fachmann für Klassischer Musik label are listed on the website: http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~hippo/musik/label/fkm5.html

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Arabic

Conductor Yousef El Sisi - 1988(STU)

Orchestra - Polish National Radio Orchestra

Chorus - Silesian Chamber Music Chorus

Figaro - Raouf Zaidan

Susanna - Nivine Allouba

Conte Almaviva - Reda Al (El) Wakeel (Wakil)

Contessa Almaviva - Nabila Erian

Cherubino - Afaf Radi

Marcellina - Awatef El Sharqawi

Bartolo - Claude Rathl

Basilio - Sobhi Bedair

Curzio - Sobhi Bedair

Antonio - Claude Rathl

Barbarina - Nivine Allouba

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Compact Disc - Sadek 1002 {3CDS}

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 Bernard Haitink - 1989(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Figaro - Claudio Desderi

Susanna - Marie McLaughlin

Conte Almaviva - Thomas Allen

Contessa Almaviva - Carol Vaness

Cherubino - Stella Kleindienst

Marcellina - Sarah Walker

Bartolo - Richard Van Allan

Basilio - Robert Tear

Curzio - Alexander Oliver

Antonio - Federico Davià

Barbarina - Judith Howarth

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VHS Video Cassette - Thames Gold Collection (PAL)

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 Thames Gold video was announced for release in October 1989 (See catalogue of the Royal Opera House Shop 1989-90), but I have been unable to find any evidence that it was released. It appears to be a video recording of a performance at Covent Garden in June or July 1989 (See OPERA September 1989 pp.1124-1125)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor NOT KNOWN - 198?(SE)

Orchestra - NOT KNOWN

Chorus - NOT KNOWN

Figaro - Jozef Spacek

Susanna - Mária Eliásová

Contessa Almaviva - Elena Holicková

Cherubino - Ida Kirilová

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Compact Disc - Pilz «Vienna Master Series» 160 279 P1 (+Die Zauberflöte - excerpts) {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:- A recording of excerpts given out of order; probably of Slovakian origin

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Craig Smith - 1990(FI)

Orchestra - Wiener Symphoniker

Chorus - Arnold Schoenberg Chor

Figaro - Sanford Sylvan

Susanna - Jeanne Ommerlé

Conte Almaviva - James Maddalena

Contessa Almaviva - Jayne West

Cherubino - Susan Larson

Marcellina - Sue Ellen Kuzma

Bartolo - David Evitts

Basilio - Frank Kelley

Curzio - William Cotton

Antonio - Herman Hildebrand

Barbarina - Lynn Torgove

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Laser Disc; - Decca 071 412-1 (PAL); London POLL 1013/4 (Japanese NTSC); London POLL 9017-8 (Japanese NTSC) (1995)ª

DVD (Video) - Decca 071 4129 (2005)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Decca 071 412-3 (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:-

Fanfare - Vol.29 No.2 November/December 2005 pp.348-350 [RT]

Diapason - No.538 juillet-aoüt 2006 p.117 [MP]

International Record Review - January 2006 p.14 [NS]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.83 septiembre 2005 pp.84-85 [PMH]

Opéra Magazine - No.10 septembre 2006 p.81 [LB]

Comments:- Video recording of a film directed by Peter Sellars

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Colin Davis - 1990(STU)

Orchestra - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Figaro - Alan Titus

Susanna - Helen Donath

Conte Almaviva - Ferruccio Furlanetto

Contessa Almaviva - Julia Varady

Cherubino - Marilyn Schmiege

Marcellina - Cornelia Kallisch

Bartolo - Siegmund Nimsgern

Basilio - Heinz Zednik

Curzio - Claes H. Ahnsjö

Antonio - Gerhard Auer

Barbarina - Ingrid Kertesi

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Compact Disc; - RCA Victor «Red Seal» RD 60440 {3CDS} (1991)ª; RCA 63837 {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 - September 1991 p.126 [AB]

Diapason - No.375 octobre 1991 p.174 [AT]

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1990(STU)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Ferruccio Furlanetto

Susanna - Dawn Upshaw

Conte Almaviva - Thomas Hampson

Contessa Almaviva - Kiri Te Kanawa

Cherubino - Anne Sofie von Otter

Marcellina - Tatiana Troyanos

Bartolo - Paul Plishka

Basilio - Anthony Laciura

Curzio - Michael Forrest

Antonio - Renato Capecchi

Barbarina - Heidi Grant Murphy

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Compact Disc; - DG 431 619-2 {3CDS} (1991)ª; DG 477 5614 {3CDS} (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 - September 1991 p.126 [AB]; February 2006 p.91 [AB]

Stereophile - December 1992 p.243

The Absolute Sound - Issue 85 January/February 1993 p.150

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Daniel Barenboim - 1990?(STU)

Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker

Chorus - RIAS Kammerchor

Figaro - John Tomlinson

Susanna - Joan Rodgers

Conte Almaviva - Andreas Schmidt

Contessa Almaviva - Lella Cuberli

Cherubino - Luisa Bartoletti

Marcellina - Phyllis Pancella

Bartolo - Günter von Kannen

Basilio - Graham Clark

Curzio - Richard Brunner

Antonio - Peter Rose

Barbarina - Hilde Leidland

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Compact Disc; - ERATO 2292 45501-2 {3CDS} (1991)ª; Warner Classics 2564 62329 2 (+Così fan tutte +Don Giovanni) {9CDS} (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 - May 1991 p. [AB]

Opera - January 2006 pp.28-32 [MT]

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1991(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Lucio Gallo

Susanna - Marie McLaughlin

Conte Almaviva - Ruggero Raimondi

Contessa Almaviva - Cheryl Studer

Cherubino - Gabriele Sima

Bartolo - Rudolf Mozzola

Basilio - Heinz Zednik

Curzio - Franz Kasemann

Antonio - István Gáti

Barbarina - Iveta Tannenbergerova (Yvette Tannenberg)

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Laser Disc - Sony S2LV 46406 (PAL)

VHS Video Cassette - Sony SHV 46406 (PAL)

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 1994 p.98

Opera Now - September 1993 p.49

BBC Music Magazine - November 1993 p.63

American Record Guide - Vol.57 No.3 May-June 1994 p.226

Répertoire - No.59 juin 1993 p.120

Comments:- Recorded at performances in the Theater an der Wien, Vienna (May 1991)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Bernard Haitink - 1991(LI)

Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Ferruccio Furlanetto

Susanna - Dawn Upshaw

Conte Almaviva - Thomas Allen

Contessa Almaviva - Ljuba Kazarnovskaya

Cherubino - Susan Mentzer

Marcellina - Klára Takács

Bartolo - John Tomlinson

Basilio - Ugo Benelli

Curzio - Alexander Oliver

Antonio - Alfred Kuhn

Barbarina - Machiko Obata

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Compact Disc - Fachmann fur Klassischer Musik FKM 5065/7 {3CDS}

VHS Video Cassette; - House of Opera V 536 (NTSC) (2000)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

Comments:- *Recorded at a performance at the Salzburg Easter Festival (23 March 1991). The performance on 27 March 1991 is reviewed in OPERA July 1991 pp.788-789. The CDRs issued on the «Fachnmann fur Klassischer Musik» (sic) label were on sale in Ishimaru's shops in Tokyo in February 2003 and the VHS Cassette issued by House of Opera is listed in «New Releases Fall 2000».

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Wolfgang Scheidt - 1991(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Figaro - Gustavo Gibert

Susanna - Monica Philibert

Conte Almaviva - Luis Gaeta

Contessa Almaviva - Renée Fleming

Cherubino - Encarnación Vázquez

Marcellina - Marta Blanco

Bartolo - Carlos Feller

Basilio - Carlos Sampedro

Curzio - Nicolás Cuttone

Antonio - Omar Carrión

Barbarina - Mónica Capra

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2736-2 {2CDRS} (2007)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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (18 August 1991).

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Zubin Mehta - 1992

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Figaro - Michele Pertusi

Susanna - Marie McLaughlin

Conte Almaviva - Lucio Gallo

Contessa Almaviva - Karita Mattila

Cherubino - Monica Bacelli

Marcellina - Nicoletta Curiel

Bartolo - Angelo Nosotti

Basilio - Ugo Benelli

Curzio - Gennaro De Sica

Antonio - Giorgio Tadeo

Barbarina - Laura Cherici

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Compact Disc; - Sony S3K 53286 {3CDS} (1994)ª; Sony «Masterworks Opera» 82876 87759-2 {3CDS} (2006)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 - June 1994 p.114; July 1994 p.32

Opera - May 1994 p.634

Opera Now - June 1994 p.52

HiFi News & Record Review - January 1995 p.74

Opera News - January 21 1995 p.38

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.1 September/October 1994 p.264

Orpheus - Mai 1994 S.59

Diapason - No.404 mai 1994 p.138

BBC Music Magazine - June 1994 p.73

Classic CD - June 1994 p.71

Répertoire - No.69 mai 1994 p.57

American Record Guide - September/October 1994 Vol.57 No.5 p.166

Comments:- See The Daily Telegraph - Arts & Books, Sat. May 14th 1994, p.17

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Jean-Paul Penin - 1992

Orchestra - Cracovie Chamber Philharmonic

Chorus - Opera de l'automne

Figaro - Thierry Félix

Susanna - Margot Pares-Reyna

Conte Almaviva - Pierre Curon

Contessa Almaviva - Sharon Coste

Cherubino - Sophie Pondjicilis

Marcellina - Mireille Guigui

Bartolo - Philippe Desandre

Basilio - Franck T' Hézan

Curzio - Franck T' Hézan

Antonio - Philippe Desandre

Barbarina - Thérèse Bouret

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Compact Disc - Opéra d'Automne PIZ 10.009

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:-

Opéra International - No.170 juin 1993 p.78

Comments:- A student performance

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor John Eliot Gardiner - 1993(LC)

Orchestra - English Baroque Soloists

Chorus - Monteverdi Choir

Figaro - Bryn Terfel

Susanna - Alison Hagley

Conte Almaviva - Rodney Gilfry

Contessa Almaviva - Hillevi Martinpelto

Cherubino - Pamela Helen Stephen

Marcellina - Susan McCulloch

Bartolo - Carlos Feller

Basilio - Francis Egerton

Curzio - Francis Egerton

Antonio - Julian Clarkson

Barbarina - Constanze Backes

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Compact Disc - Archiv Produktion F C 439 871-2

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 - August 1994 p.103; October 1994 p.91

Opera Now - October 1994 p.52

HiFi News & Record Review - January 1995 p.74

Opera News - January 21 1995 p.38

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.4 March/April 1995 p.239

Orpheus - August-September 1994 (Heft 9) S.38

Opéra International - No.184 octobre 1994 p.72

Diapason - No.408 octobre 1994 p.166

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.162 p.162

BBC Music Magazine - August 1994 p.76

Classic CD - September 1994 p.68

Répertoire - No.73 octobre 1994 p.56

Le Monde de la Musique - No.181 octobre 1994 p.106

American Record Guide - March/April 1995 Vol.58 No.2 p.149

Comments:- See The Times Weekend Sat Aug 13 1994 p.7

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor John Eliot Gardiner - 1993(LC)

Orchestra - English Baroque Soloists

Chorus - Monteverdi Choir

Figaro - Bryn Terfel

Susanna - Alison Hagley

Conte Almaviva - Rodney Gilfry

Contessa Almaviva - Hillevi Martinpelto

Cherubino - Pamela Helen Stephen

Marcellina - Susan McCulloch

Bartolo - Carlos Feller

Basilio - Francis Egerton

Curzio - Francis Egerton

Antonio - Julian Clarkson

Barbarina - Constanze Backes

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Laser Disc - DG Archiv Produktion 072 539-1 (NTSC) DG Archiv Produktion 072 439-1 (PAL)

DVD (Video) - DG Archiv Produktion 073 018-9 (2001)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - DG Archiv Produktion 072 539-3 (NTSC) (1995)ª; DG Archiv Produktion 072 439-3 (PAL) (1995)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 - March 1995 p.106; December 2001 p.109 [AB]

Opera - January 2002 pp.115-121 [AB]

Opera News - March 18 1995 p.46

Orpheus - January 1995 p.62

Opera Quarterly - Vol.11 No.3 1995 p.151

Opéra International - mai 1995 No.191 p.65; No.268 mai 2002 pp.66-67 [SS]

Diapason - No.415 mai 1995 p.72; No.493 juin 2002 p.123 [MP]

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.162 p.173

BBC Music Magazine - January 1995 p.59

International Record Review - March 2002 p.85 [MVA]

Répertoire - No.76 janvier 1995 p.96: No.152 décembre 2001 p.23 [GB]

Le Monde de la Musique - No.188 mai 1995 p.117: No.190 juillet-aoüt 1995 p.105 (These last two are almost identical)

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.106 (DVD) [XC]

Comments:- Recorded during performances in Paris's Theatre du Chatelet

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Gustav Kuhn - 1993(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra Filharmonica Marchigiana

Chorus - Coro Lirico Marchigiano

Figaro - Stefano Rinaldi-Miliani

Susanna - Paola Antonucci

Conte Almaviva - Albert Dohmen

Contessa Almaviva - Barbara Frittoli

Cherubino - Monica Minarelli

Marcellina - Elisabetta Lombardi

Bartolo - Ezio Maria Tisi

Basilio - Enrico Facini

Curzio - Silvano Paolillo

Antonio - Arturo Cauli

Barbarina - Kirsten Schwarz

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Compact Disc; - Coriolan/Fono COR 15 104; Arte Nuova 74321 77071-2 {3CDS} (2000)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 2002 pp.93-94 [AB]

Orpheus - Januar 1995 S.47; Juli 1996 S.62; März 2001 S.57 [IW]

Diapason - No.479 mars 2001 p.93 [JJG]

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

Répertoire - No.142 janvier 2001 p.83 (mention)

Das Opernglas - Oktober 2000 S.78-S.79 [RT]

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Macerata Festival

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt - 1993(STU)

Orchestra - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam

Chorus - Netherlands Opera

Figaro - Anton Scharinger

Susanna - Barbara Bonney

Conte Almaviva - Thomas Hampson

Contessa Almaviva - Charlotte Margiano

Cherubino - Petra Lang

Marcellina - Ann Murray

Bartolo - Kurt Moll

Basilio - Philip Langridge

Curzio - Christoph Späth

Antonio - Kevin Langan

Barbarina - Isabel Rey

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Compact Disc - Teldec 4509-90861-2

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 - October 1994 p.192

Opera Now - November 1994 p.53

HiFi News & Record Review - January 1995 p.74

Opera News - January 21 1995 p.38

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.4 March/April 1995 p.239

Orpheus - Dezember 1994 S.57

Opera Quarterly - Vol.11 No.4 p.136 (1995)

Opéra International - No.184 octobre 1994 p.69

Diapason - No.408 octobre 1994 p.166

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.162 p.162

BBC Music Magazine - October 1994 p.72

Classic CD - November 1994 p.96

Répertoire - No.73 octobre 1994 p.56

Le Monde de la Musique - No.181 octobre 1994 p.106

American Record Guide - March/April Vol.58 No.2 p.149

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Bernard Haitink - 1994(LI)

Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival

Figaro - Gerald Finley

Susanna - Alison Hagley

Conte Almaviva - Andreas Schmidt

Contessa Almaviva - Renée Fleming

Cherubino - Marie-Ange Todorovitch

Marcellina - Wendy Hillhouse

Bartolo - Manfred Röhrl

Basilio - Robert Tear

Curzio - John Graham-Hall

Antonio - Donald Adams

Barbarina - Susan Gritton

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Compact Disc - Serenissima C 360150/2 {3CDS}

DVD (Video) - Warner Vision 0630 14013-2 (1999)ª; Kultur D 2039 (USA) (2004)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - Warner NVC-Arts 0630 14013-3 (PAL) (1996)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 - July 1996 p.111; January 2000 p.106 [MSR]

Opera - September 1996 p.1112; March 2000 pp.374-375 [AB]

Opera Now - May/June 1996 p.59

Opera News - April 2004 pp.89-90 (DVD) [MB]

Opéra International - No.244 mars 2000 p.65 [SS]

Diapason - No.436 avril 1997 p.46

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.177 p.128

Classical Express - Issue No.75 May 1996 p.1

BBC Music Magazine - July 1996 p.25: March 2000 p.104 [GH]

Classic CD - July 1996 p.84: February 2000 p.91 [MSR]

L'opera (Milano) - - Anno XI - N.106 - marzo 1997 p.94

Musica (Milano) - No.103 aprile-maggio 1997 p.40

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.139 aprile 2000 pp.102-103 [GL]

Répertoire - No.141 décembre 2000 p.22 (DVD) [CH]

Comments:- Recording of a performance at Glyndebourne (28 May 1994; see OPERA Festival Issue 1994 p.6)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Paolo Olmi - 1994(LI)

Orchestra - L'Opéra National de Lyon

Chorus - L'Opéra National de Lyon

Figaro - Giovanni Furlanetto

Susanna - Elzbieta Szmytka

Conte Almaviva - Ludovic Tézier

Contessa Almaviva - Janice Watson

Cherubino - Francesca Provvisionato

Marcellina - Tiziana Tramonti

Bartolo - Marcello Lippi

Basilio - Sergio Bertocchi

Curzio - Jorge Anton

Antonio - Gérard Théruel

Barbarina - Rebecca Hoffmann

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Laser Disc - Pioneer Classics PC 96-123 (NTSC)

DVD (Video) - ArtHaus Musik 100 410 (Europe) (2003)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Kultur 1484 (NTSC)

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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 (published August) 2003 p.94 [MSR]

Opéra International - No.289 avril 2004 p.89 [AF]

International Record Review - October 2003 p.87 [SP]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.66 diciembre 2003 p.94 [FGR]

Classica Répertoire - No.64 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.126 [PF]

Comments:- Video recording of a performance in L'Opéra National de Lyon (listed in THE OPERA QUARTERLY Spring 1999 p.318) (See OPERA April 1995 pp.444-445

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1994(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Lucio Gallo

Susanna - Sylvia McNair

Conte Almaviva - Boje (Bo) Skovus

Contessa Almaviva - Cheryl Studer

Cherubino - Cecilia Bartoli

Marcellina - Anna Caterina Antonacci

Bartolo - Ildebrando d' Arcangelo

Basilio - Carlo Allemano

Curzio - Peter Jelosits

Antonio - István Gáti

Barbarina - Andrea Rost

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Compact Disc; - DG 445 903-2 {3CDS} (1995)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 - October 1995 p.134

Opera - January 1996 p.70

Opera Now - January 1996 p.56

Opera News - January 11 1997 p.38

Fanfare - Vol.19 No.5 May/June 1996 p.221 p.222

Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.55

Opera Quarterly - Vol.13 No.3 Spring 1997 p.168

Opéra International - octobre 1995 No.195 p.67

Diapason - No.419 octobre 1995 p.132

Classic CD - October 1995 p.83

American Record Guide - July/August 1996 Vol.59 No.4 p.160

Répertoire - No.84 octobre 1995 p.54

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.18 diciembre 1995 - febrero 1996 p.63

Opernwelt - August 8/1995 S.58

Musica (Milano) - No.96 Anno 20 febbraio-marzo 1996 p.50

Le Monde de la Musique - No.192 octobre 1995 p.101

Comments:- See The Times Weekend September 16 1995 p.7. This recording was made in January and February 1994.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Charles Mackerras - 1994(STU)

Orchestra - Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Chorus - Scottish Chamber Chorus

Figaro - Alastair Miles

Susanna - Nuccia Focile

Conte Almaviva - Alessandro Corbelli

Contessa Almaviva - Carol Vaness

Cherubino - Susan Mentzer

Marcellina - Suzanne Murphy

Bartolo - Alfonso Antoniozzi

Basilio - Ryland Davies

Curzio - Ryland Davies

Antonio - Alfonso Antoniozzi

Barbarina - Rebecca Evans

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Compact Disc; - Telarc 80388 {3CDS} (1995)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 - August 1995 p.126; October 1995 p.38

HiFi News & Record Review - November 1995 p.79

Opera News - September 1995 p.57

Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 November/December 1995 p.314

Orpheus - Februar 1996 S.57

Opéra International - septembre 1995 No.194 p.70

Diapason - No.417 juillet-aoüt 1995 p.87

Classic CD - July 1995 p.34: August 1995 p.74

BBC Music Magazine - September 1995 p.82

Classical Express - September 1995 p.1

Répertoire - No.83 septembre 1995 p.58

Le Monde de la Musique - No.191 septembre 1995 p.109

American Record Guide - November/December 1995 Vol.58 No.6 p.164

Comments:- See The Daily Telegraph, Arts & Books, Saturday, July 29 1995 p.A11

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in English

Conductor Tony Britten - 1994?(FI)

Orchestra - Orchestra

Chorus - Chorus

Figaro - Harry Burton

Susanna - Mary Lincoln

Conte Almaviva - Andrew C. Wadsworth

Contessa Almaviva - Jan Hartley

Cherubino - Jacinta Mulcahy

Marcellina - Tricia George

Bartolo - Denis Quilley

Basilio - Simon Butteriss

Antonio - Nigel Planer

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VHS Video Cassette - BBC/VIDEO SONY CLASSICAL BBCV 5517(PAL)

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:-

Opera Now - July 1995 p.50

Comments:- An «updated» version with a rewritten libretto and spoken dialogue instead of recitatives

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Gianluigi Gelmetti - 1995(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale dell'Opera di Genova

Chorus - Teatro Comunale dell'Opera di Genova

Figaro - Michele Pertusi

Susanna - Cecilia Gasdia

Conte Almaviva - Ferruccio Furlanetto

Contessa Almaviva - Daniela Dessi

Cherubino - Monica Bacelli

Marcellina - Francesca Pedaci

Bartolo - Bruno Praticò

Basilio - Ugo Benelli

Curzio - Paolo Barbacini

Antonio - Giuseppe Riva

Barbarina - Gemma Bertagnolli

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3841 (1996)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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova (26 March 1995). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera '95 Annuario EDT dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.81. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric Distribution Incorporated are listed in «New Audio Cassette Listing - March 1996». Here «Ragatsu» is listed as a cast member, but according to the «Annuario» Rossella Ragatsu only sang La contessa in the performances on 1,4 April 1995.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt - 1995(LI)

Orchestra - Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Bryn Terfel

Susanna - Dorothea Röschmann

Conte Almaviva - Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Contessa Almaviva - Solveig Kringleborn

Cherubino - Susan Graham

Marcellina - Trudeliese Schmidt

Bartolo - Donato di Stefano

Basilio - Scot Weir

Curzio - Stephen Davis

Antonio - Lynton Black

Barbarina - Katharina Mooslechner

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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVDZZ 573 (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:- *Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival. See OPERA Festival Issue 1995 pp.89-90. The DVD issued by House of Opera is included in the list of new releases added to their website in November 2003.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Yoram David - 1996(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Chorus - Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Figaro - Giorgio Surjan

Susanna - Daniela Mazzucato (Meneghini)

Conte Almaviva - Michele Pertusi

Contessa Almaviva - Mariella Devia

Cherubino - Debora Beronesi

Marcellina - Patrizia Orciani

Bartolo - Francesco Musinu

Basilio - Mario Bolognesi

Curzio - Antonio Feltraco

Antonio - Gianluca Ricci

Barbarina - Patrizia Gentile

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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6364 (2008)ª; Encore DVD 3228 (2008)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

Comments:- *This appears to be a video recording of a performance in the Politeama Garibaldi, Palermo (December 1996). The cast and conductor listed above are those given in «Opera '97 - Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.176. The DVDR issued by Premiere is listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» January 2008 and that issued on the Encore label is listed in the online catalogue of the «berkshire record outlet» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Both these sources attribute the performance recorded to Catania.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Ruben Silva - 1996(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta

Chorus - Coro

Figaro - Michele Pertusi

Susanna - Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz

Conte Almaviva - William Shimell

Contessa Almaviva - Rosella Ragatsu

Cherubino - Monica Groop

Marcellina - Marina Rodríguez Cusi

Bartolo - Luis Álvarez

Basilio - Santiago Sánchez-Jericó

Barbarina - Victoria Manso

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 4069 (1996)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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid (24 July 1996). The compact cassettes issued by Lyric are listed in «Operatic Audio Cassettes - New Listings - July 1996». See the website:

http://www.elmundo.es/papel/hemeroteca/1996/06/19/cultura/120319.html

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt - 1996(Li)

Orchestra - Opernhaus Zürich

Chorus - Opernhaus Zürich

Figaro - Carlos Chausson

Susanna - Isabel Rey

Conte Almaviva - Rodney Gilfry

Contessa Almaviva - Eva Mei

Cherubino - Liliana Nikiteanu

Marcellina - Elisabeth von Magnus

Bartolo - Robert Holl

Basilio - Volker Vogel

Curzio - Martin Zysset

Antonio - Werner Gröschel

Barbarina - Lisa Larsson

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DVD (Video) - TDK DV-OPNDF (2002)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - House of Opera V 606 (NTSC) (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 - September 2002 p.89 [AB]

Orpheus - Dezember 2002 S.63 [MK]

Opéra International - No.283 octobre 2003 pp.70-72 [SS]

BBC Music Magazine - September 2002 p.90 [ML]

International Record Review - September 2002 p.81 [CC]

Répertoire - No.158 juin 2002 p.31 [GB]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - junio 2002 No.155 p.64 [JD]

Comments:- *The VHS issued by House of Opera is listed in their list of «New Releases March 2001. The year is given incorrectly as 2000.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Jean-Claude Malgoire - 1996

Orchestra - La Grand Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy

Figaro - Huub (Hubert) Claessens

Susanna - Sophie Marin-Degor

Conte Almaviva - Nicolas Rivenq

Contessa Almaviva - Danièle Borst

Cherubino - Laura Polverelli

Marcellina - Claudine Le Coz

Bartolo - Patrick Donnelly

Basilio - Stuart Patterson

Curzio - Stuart Patterson

Antonio - Philippe Cantor

Barbarina - Valérie Lecoq

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Compact Disc; - Astrée Auvidis E 8 606 (+Don Giovanni +Così fan tutte) (1997)ª; Astrée Audivis 8657 {3CDS} (1998)ª; Naïve 8904 (also 8606) (+Don Giovanni +Così fan tutte) {8CDS} (2006)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:-

Opera Now - March/April 1997 p.95

Opera News - March 8 1997 p.40: May 1999 p.69 [LJ]

Fanfare - Vol.29 No.5 May/June 2006 pp.160-161 [DLK]

Orpheus - März 1997 S.57

Opera Quarterly - Vol.14 No.1 Autumn 1997 p.163 [ETG]

Diapason - No.433 janvier 1997 p.99

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.178 p.90

BBC Music Magazine - March 1997 p.62

Répertoire - No.99 février 1997 p.53

Le Monde de la Musique - No.207 février 1997 p.90 [FL]

Opernwelt - 3/März 1997 S.58

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.62: marzo-abril 1999 No.32 p.94 [XP]: No.90 mayo 2006 p.82 [MCP]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.101 julio-agosto 1997 p.44

Das Opernglas - Juni 1999 S.70 [MF]

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in French

Conductor Jérôme Pillement - 1997(LI)

Orchestra - Hungarian State Opera Chamber Ochestra «Falloni»

Chorus - Choeurs Ensemble «Mille e Tre»

Figaro - Nicolas Cavallier

Susanna - Anne-Sophie Schmidt

Conte Almaviva - Philippe Le Chevalier

Contessa Almaviva - Sophie Fournier

Cherubino - Dominique Ploteau

Marcellina - Françoise Martinaud

Bartolo - Christian Tréguier

Basilio - Franck Cassard

Barbarina - Mary Saint-Palais

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Compact Disc; - Théâtre Français de la Musique TFM 2 {3CDS} (1999)ª

DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVDCC 960 (2005)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Théâtre Français de la Musique

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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:-

Opéra International - juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.52 (video) [SS]

Diapason - No.462 septembre 1999 p.61 (audio) [MP]

Le Monde de la Musique - No.235 septembre 1999 p.96 (audio) [FL]

Répertoire - No.129 novembre 1999 p.68 (audio) [LC]

Comments:- *Video and audio recordings of a French version by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt performed at «Le Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne» in October 1997. The DVD issued by House of Opera is listed in their online catalogue of «New DVDs 22 January 2005».

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Pier Giorgio Morandi - 1997(SE)

Orchestra - Hungarian State Opera

Figaro - Natale de Carolis

Susanna - Patrizia Pace

Conte Almaviva - Roberto Frontali

Contessa Almaviva - Maria Pia Ionata

Cherubino - Ingrid Kertesi

Marcellina - Judith Németh

Bartolo - Donato di Stefano

Basilio - Jozsef Mukk

Curzio - Tamás Bátor

Antonio - Denés Gulyás

Barbarina - Csaba Ötvös

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Compact Disc; - Naxos 8.554172 {1CD} (2000)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:-

Diapason - No.474 octobre 2000 p.114 [MP]

Musica (Milano) - N.117 Anno 24 aprile-maggio 2000 p.83 [SH]

Répertoire - No.136 juin 2000 p.68 (mention)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Hans Graf - 1998(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Figaro - Ildebrando d' Arcangelo

Susanna - Patrizia Pace

Conte Almaviva - Olaf Bär

Contessa Almaviva - Daniela Dessi

Cherubino - Monica Bacelli

Marcellina - Nicoletta Curiel

Bartolo - Donato di Stefano

Basilio - Mario Bolognesi

Curzio - Luca Casalin

Antonio - Matteo Petrone

Barbarina - Anna Laura Longo

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Compact Cassette; - Legato Classics Incorporated ALD 4662 (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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (January 1998). The cast listed above is that given in «Opera '98 Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.235. The Compact Cassettes issued by Legato are listed in «New Audio Cassette Listing - Summer 1998».

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Sigiswald Kuijken - 1998(LI)

Orchestra - La petite bande

Chorus - Choeur de chambre de Namur

Figaro - Huub (Hubert) Claessens

Susanna - Christiane Oelze

Conte Almaviva - Werner van Mechelen

Contessa Almaviva - Patrizia Bicciré

Cherubino - Monica Groop

Marcellina - Béatrice Cramoix

Bartolo - Harry van der Kamp

Basilio - Yves Saelens

Curzio - Philip Defrancq

Antonio - Guy Devienne

Barbarina - Marie Kuijken

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Compact Disc; - Accent ACC 08133/135 {3CDS} (1999)ª; Accent KKCC 4263-5 {3CDS} (Japan) (1999)ª; Brillant Classics BRIL 99714 (+Apollo et Hyacinthus) {5CDS} (2002)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 - August 1999 p.91 [AB]

Opera - December 1999 p.1447 [EJ]

Fanfare - Vol.26 No.5 May/June 2003 pp.120-121 [BR]

Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2004 S.66-S.67 [GE]

Opéra International - juillet-aoüt 1999 No.237 p.76 [AF]

Diapason - No.496 octobre 2002 p.98 [MP]

Classic CD - August 1999 p.108 [ST]

Classical Express - Issue No.113 August 1999 p.3 [ST]

American Record Guide - September/October 1999 Vol.62 No.5 p.205 [KM]

BBC Music Magazine - September 1999 p.76 [JR]

Répertoire - No.126 juillet/aoüt 1999 p.53 [LC]

Le Monde de la Musique - No.233 juin 1999 p.89 [FL]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.137 febbraio 2000 p.88 [MG]

Grand Opera (Tokyo) - Vol.22 Summer 1999 p.187

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Auditorio y Palacio de Congresos, La Coruña, Spain (5 June 1998)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1998(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Figaro - Bryn Terfel

Susanna - Barbara Bonney

Conte Almaviva - Dwayne Croft

Contessa Almaviva - Felicity Lott

Cherubino - Susan Mentzer

Marcellina - Wendy White

Bartolo - Paul Plishka

Basilio - Heinz Zednik

Curzio - Anthony Laciura

Antonio - Thomas Hammons

Barbarina - Danielle De Niese

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Compact Disc - Refined Opera Performances ROP CD 3 B {3CDRS}

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 (5 December 1998; see OPERA NEWS December 1998 pp.58-61). The CDRs issued by Refined Opera Recordings are listed in Parnassus Records' online catalogue S&G 13

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Jun Märkl - 1998(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Bryn Terfel

Susanna - Isabel Rey

Conte Almaviva - Davide Damiani

Contessa Almaviva - Soile Isokoski

Cherubino - Angelika Kirchschlager

Marcellina - Gertrude Jahn

Bartolo - Franz Hawlata

Basilio - Wilfried Gahmlich

Curzio - Franz Kasemann

Antonio - István Gáti

Barbarina - Uta Schwabe

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CD 643 (2001)ª; House of Opera CDBB 353 (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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (5 April 1998). Some of the cast information comes from «Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1995-2000». The CDRs issued by House of Opera (CD 643) are listed in «New Releases March 2001» or are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22» (CDBB 353)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Daniel Barenboim - 1999(LI)

Orchestra - Berliner Staatskapelle

Chorus - Berliner Staatsoper

Figaro - René Pape

Susanna - Dorothea Röschmann

Conte Almaviva - Roman Trekel

Contessa Almaviva - Emily Magee

Cherubino - Patricia Risley

Marcellina - Rosemary Lang

Bartolo - Kwangchui Youn

Basilio - Peter Schreier

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DVD (Video) - Arthaus Musik 100.002 (Europe); 100.017 (USA) (2000)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:-

Opéra International - No.268 mai 2002 pp.66-67 [SS]

Diapason - No.477 janvier 2001 p.52 [MP]

BBC Music Magazine - August 2000 p.95 [MA]

Classic CD - August 2000 p.82 [MSR]: September 2000 p.83

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.40 julio-agosto 2000 pp.109-110 [FGR]

Répertoire - No.141 décembre 2000 p.22 (DVD) [CH]

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Rico Saccani - 199?(LE)

Orchestra - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Hungarian State Opera

Figaro - John Cheek

Susanna - Janet Perry

Conte Almaviva - William Stone

Contessa Almaviva - Kaaren Erickson

Cherubino - Helena Berembau

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Compact Disc - BPO Live BPOL 1065 {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 part of a performance at the Hungarian State Opera. This recording may also be downloaded as an mp3 file from the website

http://www.emusic.com/album/Rico-Saccani-Mozart-Le-Nozze-De-Figaro-Highlights-MP3-Download/11383264.html

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor William Stellar - 19??(SE)

Orchestra - Classics Club Symphony Orchestra

Figaro - Siemen Jongsma

Susanna - Anneke van der Graf

Conte Almaviva - Henk Driessen

Contessa Almaviva - Margit Opawsky

Cherubino - Cora Canne-Meijer

Basilio - Cornelius Kalkman

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Black Disc - The Classics Club X 76 {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 Andreas Spering - 2000(LC)

Orchestra - Hannoversche Hofkapelle

Chorus - Norddeutsche Figuralchor

Figaro - Wolf Matthias Friedrich

Susanna - Johanna Stojkovic

Conte Almaviva - Albrecht Pöhl

Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Scholl

Cherubino - Antigone Papoulkas

Marcellina - Johnny Maldonado

Bartolo - Eduard Wollitz

Basilio - Mark Garcia

Curzio - Mark Garcia

Antonio - Michael Humann

Barbarina - Michaela Ische

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Compact Disc; - Hannoversche Hofkapelle LC 03360 {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 publication:-

Orpheus - Mai 2002 S.58 [IW]

Comments:- Recorded at performances at the Festwochen, Herrenhausen (20, 21, 22 October 2000). The CDs issued by the Hannoversche Hofkapelle are reviewed by Stefan Schmöe in the Online Musik Magazin: http://www.omm.de

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor René Jacobs - 2001(LI)

Orchestra - Concerto Köln

Chorus - Choeur du Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

Figaro - Lorenzo Regazzo

Susanna - Patrizia Ciofi

Conte Almaviva - Pietro Spagnoli

Contessa Almaviva - Véronique Gens

Cherubino - Monica Bacelli

Marcellina - Sophie Pondjicilis

Bartolo - Antonio Abete

Basilio - Peter Hoare

Barbarina - Carla di Senzo

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1552-3 {3CDRS}y (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

Comments:- *The recording on the CDRs issued by Premiere appears to be of a performance either at the Montreux Festival (September 2001 with the RIAS Kammerchor) or of one in the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris (October 2001). There are reviews of the performances on 7 September and 15 October 2001 on the internet

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Marc Minkowski - 2001(LI)

Orchestra - Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Chorus - Festival d'Aix en Provence

Figaro - Marco Vinco

Susanna - Camilla Tilling

Conte Almaviva - Laurent Naouri

Contessa Almaviva - Véronique Gens

Cherubino - Magdalena Kozemá

Marcellina - Jennifer Smith

Bartolo - Brian Bannatyne-Scott

Basilio - Jean-Paul Fouchécourt

Curzio - Aled Hall

Antonio - József Dene

Barbarina - Magali Léger

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CD 775 (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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Théâtre de l'Archevêché, Aix-en-Provence (July 2001; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.260 septembre 2001 p.24, p.26; OPERA October 2001 pp.1228-1229.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Riccardo Muti - 2001(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Carlos Álvarez

Susanna - Tatiana Lisnic

Conte Almaviva - Simon Keenlyside

Contessa Almaviva - Melanie Diener

Cherubino - Angelika Kirchschlager

Marcellina - Francesca Pedaci

Bartolo - Maurizio Muraro

Basilio - Michael Roider

Curzio - Peter Jelosits

Antonio - Boaz Daniel

Barbarina - Ileana Tonca

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Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven C 3297 (2008)ª

DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6235 (2007)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

Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Theater an der Wien (June 2001). The cast listed above is that given in «Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1965-2005» by Andreas Láng S.170-S.171. The DVD-R issued by Premiere is listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated Wed 11 July 2007 and the CDRs issued by «Live Opera Heaven» are listed in their September 2008 Alert.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Bertrand De Billy - 2001(STU)

Orchestra - Radio Symphonieorchester Wien

Chorus - Chor «Sine Nomine»

Figaro - Kwangchui Youn

Susanna - Brigid Steinberger

Conte Almaviva - Jochen Schmeckenbecher

Contessa Almaviva - Regina Schörg

Cherubino - Ruxandra Donose

Marcellina - Heidi Brunner

Bartolo - Maurizio Muraro

Basilio - Jeffrey Francis

Curzio - Dietmar Kerschbaum

Antonio - Boaz Daniel

Barbarina - Ileana Tonca

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Compact Disc; - Arte Nova 74321 92759-2 {3CDS} (2002)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.273 novembre 2002 p.69 [AF]

Diapason - No.498 décembre 2002 p.100 [PK]

BBC Music Magazine - October 2002 p.77 [ML]

International Record Review - November 2002 p.71 [HC]

Répertoire - No.162 novembre 2002 pp.67-68 [TP]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.71 junio 2004 p.84 [VJ]

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Boris Brott - 2002(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma

Chorus - Coro Lirico Sinfonico Romano

Figaro - José Fardilha

Susanna - Rossana Potenza

Conte Almaviva - Marco Grimaldi

Contessa Almaviva - Madelyn Renée Monti

Cherubino - Tiziana Carraro

Marcellina - Alessandra Zapparoli

Bartolo - Maurizio Picconi

Basilio - Riccardo Mirabelli

Barbarina - Sarah Agostinelli

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DVD (Video) - Membran International Nr. 230040 (2004)ª; Pan Dreams PDL 1003 (2004)ª; Brilliant Classics PDBR 201 (Europe) (2006)ª; Kultur KUL D2842 (USA) (2006)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:-

Orpheus - September+Oktober 2004 S.76-S.77 [IW]

Comments:- Video recording of a performance in the Teatro Argentina, Rome.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Michael Halász - 2002(STU)

Orchestra - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

Chorus - Hungarian National Chorus

Figaro - Renato Girolami

Susanna - Judith Halász

Conte Almaviva - Boje (Bo) Skovus

Contessa Almaviva - Marina Mescheriakova

Cherubino - Michele Breedt

Marcellina - Gabriele Sima

Bartolo - Janusz Monarcha

Basilio - Michael Roider

Curzio - Alexander Klinger

Antonio - Peter Köves

Barbarina - Orsolya Sáfár

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Compact Disc; - Naxos 8.8860102-04 {3CDS} (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 - August 2004 p.75 [SS]

Opera News - October 2004 pp.77-78 [WRB]

Fanfare - Vol.28 No.3 January/February 2005 pp.160-161 [BJ]

Opéra International - No.292 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.80 [CM]

Diapason - No.517 septembre 2004 p.110 [MP]

BBC Music Magazine - July 2004 p.59 [ML]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.74 octubre 2004 p.86 [JR]

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Zubin Mehta - 2003(LC)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Figaro - Giorgio Surjan

Susanna - Patrizia Ciofi

Conte Almaviva - Lucio Gallo

Contessa Almaviva - Eteri Gvazava

Cherubino - Marina Comparato

Marcellina - Giovanna Donadini

Bartolo - Eduardo Chama

Basilio - Sergio Bertocchi

Curzio - Carlo Bosi

Antonio - Gianluca Ricci

Barbarina - Eleonore Contucci

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DVD (Video) - TDK DVWW OPNDFF (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:-

Opera - November 2006 pp.1384-1386 [GH]

Fanfare - Vol.29 No.5 May/June 2006 pp.270-271 [DLK]

Orpheus - März+April 2006 S.68, S.69 [IW]

American Record Guide - May/June 2006 Vol.69 No.3 pp.243-246 [DF]

Opéra Magazine - No.6 avril 2006 p.76 [AT]

Comments:- *Video recording made at performances in the Teatro Comunale di Firenze (October 2003).

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Stéphane Denève - 2003(LI)

Orchestra - L'Opéra National de Paris

Chorus - L'Opera National de Paris

Figaro - Gerald Finley

Susanna - Patrizia Ciofi

Conte Almaviva - Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Contessa Almaviva - Brigitte Hahn

Cherubino - Joyce DiDonato

Marcellina - Della Jones

Bartolo - Reinhard Dorn

Basilio - David Cangelosi

Curzio - Rodolphe Briand

Antonio - Michel Trempont

Barbarina - Laura Giordano

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1309-3 {3CDRS} (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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Opéra Bastille, Paris (June 2003). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their «New CD Releases April/May 2004». There were performances with the partial cast listed here in May and on 3,5,9,11 June 2003. The performance on 24 May 2003 is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.281 juillet-aoüt 2003 pp.65-66 and the cast listed above is that given in this review.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor René Jacobs - 2003(STU)

Orchestra - Concerto Köln

Chorus - Collegium Vocale de Gand (Gent)

Figaro - Lorenzo Regazzo

Susanna - Patrizia Ciofi

Conte Almaviva - Simon Keenlyside

Contessa Almaviva - Véronique Gens

Cherubino - Angelika Kirchschlager

Marcellina - Marie McLaughlin

Bartolo - Antonio Abete

Basilio - Kobie van Rensburg

Curzio - Kobie van Rensburg

Antonio - Antonio Abete

Barbarina - Núria Rial

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Compact Disc; - Harmonia Mundi France HMC 801 818-20 {3xSACD-CD hybrid discs} (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 - May 2004 pp.89-90 [SS]

Opera - September 2004 pp.1136-1138 [HC]

Opera News - July 2004 pp.56-57 [WRB]

Fanfare - Vol.28 No.1 September/October 2004 pp.167-170 [BR2,JC,BJ]

Orpheus - Juli+August 2004 S.61-S.62 [KP]

Opéra International - No.289 avril 2004 p.75 [CC]

Diapason - No.513 avril 2004 p.74 [MP]

BBC Music Magazine - April (published February) 2004 p.64, p.66 [ML]

International Record Review - May 2004 p.74 [PB]

American Record Guide - July/August 2004 Vol.67 No.4 p.143 [KM]

The Absolute Sound - August/September 2004 Issue 149 p.121 [DD]

Classica Répertoire - No.61 avril 2004 pp.101-102 [TP]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.70 mayo 2004 p.86 [JS]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.183 maggio 2004 pp.99-100 [GL]

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in English

Conductor David Parry - 2003(STU)

Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra

Chorus - Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

Figaro - Christopher Purves

Susanna - Rebecca Evans

Conte Almaviva - William Dazely

Contessa Almaviva - Yvonne Kenny

Cherubino - Diana Montague

Marcellina - Frances McCafferty

Bartolo - Jonathan Veira

Basilio - John Graham-Hall

Curzio - Stuart Kale

Antonio - Graeme Danby

Barbarina - Sarah Tynan

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Compact Disc; - Chandos CHAN 3113 {3CDS} (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:-

(The) Gramophone - Awards Issue 2004 p.105 [EG]

Opera - March 2005 pp.356-357 [HC]

Fanfare - Vol.28 No.4 March/April 2005 p.169 [HF]

International Record Review - October 2004 p.78 [PB]

BBC Music Magazine - November 2004 pp.68-69 [ML]

Comments:- Recorded on 1-7 September 2003.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor René Jacobs - 2004(LI)

Orchestra - Concerto Köln

Chorus - Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

Figaro - Luca Pisaroni

Susanna - Rosemary Joshua

Conte Almaviva - Pietro Spagnoli

Contessa Almaviva - Annette Dasch

Cherubino - Angelika Kirchschlager

Marcellina - Sophie Pondjicilis

Bartolo - Antonio Abete

Basilio - Enrico Facini

Curzio - Serge Goubioud

Antonio - Alessandro Svab

Barbarina - Pauline Courtin

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1364-3 {3CDRS} (2004)ª

DVD (Video) - BelAir Classiques BAC 017 (2006)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 News - April 2007 p.81 (DVD) [EM]

Fanfare - Vol.30 No.5 May/June 2007 pp.298-299 (DVD) [BR2]

Diapason - No.544 février 2007 p.122 (DVD) [MP]

International Record Review - February 2007 p.23 (DVD) [RP]

American Record Guide - May/June 2007 Vol.70 No.3 pp.227-230 (DVD) [DF]

Opéra Magazine - No.14 janvier 2007 p.65 (DVD) [FL-1]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.100 mayo 2007 p.99 (DVD) [JS]

Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance in the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris (21 June 2004). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases July-August 2004».

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Antonio Pappano - 2006(LC)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Figaro - Erwin Schrott

Susanna - Miah Persson

Conte Almaviva - Gerald Finley

Contessa Almaviva - Dorothea Röschmann

Cherubino - Rinat Shaham

Marcellina - Graciela Araya

Bartolo - Jonathan Veira

Basilio - Philip Langridge

Curzio - Francis Egerton

Antonio - Jeremy White

Barbarina - Ana James

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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5751 (2006)ª; Opus Arte OA 0990 D (2008)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 - August 2008 p.89 [JBS]

Opera News - July 2008 pp.59-60 [RP]

Fanfare - Vol.32 No.1 September/October 2008 pp.365-368 [BB], [LRB]

Diapason - No.559 juin 2008 p.130 [MP]

International Record Review - May 2008 pp.73-74 [HC]

American Record Guide - September/October 2008 Vol.71 No.5 p.259 [RVL]

Opéra Magazine - No.30 juin 2008 p.82 [FL-2]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.113 septiembre 2008 pp.88-89 [JC]

Comments:- *Video recording made at performances in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (February 2006).

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Sylvain Cambreling - 2006(LI)

Orchestra - L'Opéra National de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra National de Paris

Figaro - Lorenzo Regazzo

Susanna - Heidi Grant Murphy

Conte Almaviva - Peter Mattei

Contessa Almaviva - Christiane Oelze

Cherubino - Christine Schäfer

Marcellina - Helene Schneiderman

Bartolo - Roland Bracht

Basilio - Burkhard Ulrich

Curzio - Eberhard Francesco Lorenz

Antonio - Frédéric Caton

Barbarina - Cassandre Berthon

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DVD (Video) - Opus Arte OA 0960D (2006)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 2007 pp.98-99 [AB]

Opera - February 2007 pp.232-233 [GH]

Fanfare - Vol.31 No.1 September/October 2007 pp.303-305 [CW]

Orpheus - März + April 2007 S.69 [IW]

Diapason - No.541 novembre 2006 p.128 [MP]

International Record Review - December 2006 pp.79-80 [HC]

American Record Guide - March/April 2007 Vol.70 No.2 pp.249-250 [KM]

Opéra Magazine - No.12 novembre 2006 pp.81-82 [FL-1]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.97 enero-febrero 2007 p.86 [JO]

Comments:- *Video recording of a parody production in the Palais Garnier, Paris (March 2006). There are reviews of the DVD and the original performance on the internet

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt - 2006(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Ildebrando d' Arcangelo

Susanna - Anna Netrebko

Conte Almaviva - Boje (Bo) Skovus

Contessa Almaviva - Dorothea Röschmann

Cherubino - Christine Schäfer

Marcellina - Marie McLaughlin

Bartolo - Franz-Josef Selig

Basilio - Patrick Henckens

Curzio - Oliver Ringelhahn

Antonio - Florian Boesch

Barbarina - Eva Liebau

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Compact Disc; - DG 477 6710 {3CDS} (2007)ª; DG 477 6558 {3CDS} (2007)ª; DG 000987602 {3CDS} (USA) (2008)ª

DVD (Video) - DG 073 4245 (2007)ª; DG 000879909 (USA) (2007)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 2007 p.114 (DVD) [AB]

Opera News - May 2008 p.79 (audio) [OZ]

Fanfare - Vol.31 No.2 November/December 2007 pp.340-342 (DVD) [CW]; Vol.31 No.5 May/June 2008 pp.204-205 (audio) [MHF]

Diapason - No.548 juin 2007 pp.97-98 (audio) [PK]; No.549 jullet-aoüt 2007 p.104 (DVD) [MP]

International Record Review - July/August 2007 pp.79-80 (DVD) [RL1]

American Record Guide - November/December 2007 Vol.70 No.6 pp.271-273 (DVD) [DF]: May/June 2008 Vol.71 No.3 p.155 (audio) [KM]

Opéra Magazine - No.19 juin 2007 p.71 (DVD) [FL-2]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.102 julio-agosto 2007 p.84 (DVD) [JV]

Classica Répertoire - No.94 juillet-aoüt 2007 pp.94-95 (audio) [TP]

Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) at the Salzburg Festival.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Ingo Metzmacher - 2006(LI)

Orchestra - De Nederlandse Opera

Chorus - De Nederlandse Opera

Figaro - Luca Pisaroni

Susanna - Danielle De Niese

Conte Almaviva - Gary Magee

Contessa Almaviva - Cellia Costea

Cherubino - Maite Beaumont

Marcellina - Charlotte Margiano

Bartolo - Mario Luperi

Basilio - Marcel Reijans

Curzio - Norman Shankle

Antonio - Roberto Accurso

Barbarina - Channah Malkin

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2548-3 {3CDRS} (2007)ª

DVD (Video) - Opus Arte OA 3020 BD (+Così fan tutte +Don Giovanni) (2008)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 - March 2009 pp.pp.359-361 (DVD) [GL]

Diapason - No.561 S septembre 2008 pp.133-134 (DVD) [MP]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in Amsterdam (24 December 2006).

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Franz Welser-Möst - 2007(LC)

Orchestra - Opernhaus Zürich

Chorus - Opernhaus Zürich

Figaro - Erwin Schrott

Susanna - Martina Janková

Conte Almaviva - Michael Volle

Contessa Almaviva - Malin Hartelius

Cherubino - Judith Schmid

Marcellina - Irène Friedli

Bartolo - Carlos Chausson

Basilio - Martin Zysset

Curzio - Andreas Winkler

Antonio - Giuseppe Scorsin

Barbarina - Eva Liebau

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DVD (Video) - EMI 2344819 (2009)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 - 5+6 Mai - Juni 2009 S.69 [RF]

Diapason - No.568 avril 2009 p.108 [MP]

Opéra Magazine - No.3 mars 2009 p.83 [FL-2]

Comments:- *Video recording made at performances at the Zürich Opera.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Daniel Harding - 2007(LI)

Orchestra - Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Chorus - Choeur

Figaro - Giorgio Caoduro

Susanna - Malin Christensson

Conte Almaviva - Nathan Gunn

Contessa Almaviva - Kate Royal

Cherubino - Malena Emman

Marcellina - Marie McLaughlin

Bartolo - Simon Kirkbride

Basilio - Alain Gabriel

Curzio - Michael Bennett

Antonio - Frédéric Caton

Barbarina - Marie-Bénédict Souquet

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3213-3 {3CDRS} (2009)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 a performance in the Théâtre de l'Archevéché, Aix-en-Provence (July 2007). See OPÉRA MAGAZINE No.21 septembre 2007 p.34. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» January 2009.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Edoardo Müller - 2007(LI)

Orchestra - San Diego Opera

Chorus - San Diego Opera

Figaro - Richard Bernstein

Susanna - Isabel Bayrakdarian

Conte Almaviva - Mariusz Kwiecien

Contessa Almaviva - Pamela Armstrong

Cherubino - Sarah Castle

Marcellina - Delores Ziegler

Bartolo - Kevin Langan

Basilio - Martin Zysset

Curzio - Joseph Hu

Antonio - Scott Sikon

Barbarina - Priya Paleker

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2662-3 {3CDRS} (2007)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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the San Diego Opera (May 2007). The cast listed above is that given in the online Performance History of the San Diego Opera (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated Wed 11 July 2007.

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Charles Mackerras - 2008(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Figaro - Ildebrando d' Arcangelo

Susanna - Alexandra Kurzak

Conte Almaviva - Peter Mattei

Contessa Almaviva - Barbara Frittoli

Cherubino - Anna Bonitatibus

Marcellina - Ann Murray

Bartolo - Robert Lloyd

Basilio - Robin Leggate

Curzio - Harry Nicoll

Antonio - Donald Maxwell

Barbarina - Kishani Jayasinghe

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Compact Disc; - premiereopera.net unnumbered {3CDRS} (2008)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 a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (July 2008). The CDRS issued by premiereopera.net are listed on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Antoni Ros Marbà - 2008(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Figaro - Kyle Ketelsen

Susanna - Ofelia Sala

Conte Almaviva - Ludovic Tézier

Contessa Almaviva - Emma Bell

Cherubino - Sophie Koch

Marcellina - Marie McLaughlin

Bartolo - Friedemann Röhlig

Basilio - Raúl Giménez

Curzio - Roger Padullés

Antonio - Valeriano Lanchas

Barbarina - Eliana Bayón

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Compact Disc; - premiereopera.net (unnumbered) {3CDR} (2008)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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (November 2008). The CDRS issued by premiereopera.net are listed on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). There is a review of one of the performance on the internet:

http://www.musicweb-international.com/sandh/2008/Jul-Dec08/nozze1811.htm

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Marc Minkowski - 2009(LI)

Orchestra - Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

Chorus - Choeur du Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

Figaro - Vito Priante

Susanna - Olga Peretyatko

Conte Almaviva - Pietro Spagnoli

Contessa Almaviva - Maija Kovalevska

Cherubino - Anna Bonitatibus

Marcellina - Sophie Pondjicilis

Bartolo - Antonio Abete

Basilio - Jean-Paul Fouchécourt

Curzio - Serge Goubioud

Antonio - Davide Pelissero

Barbarina - Amanda Forsythe

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3878-3 {3CDRS} (2009)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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (25 February 2009). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases» August 2009. See also the websire:

http://www.resmusica.com/article 6453 scene lyrique le nozze di figaro paris une autre comtesse.html

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Franz Welser-Möst - 2009(LI)

Orchestra - Cleveland Orchestra

Chorus - Chorus

Figaro - Ruben Drole

Susanna - Martina Janková

Conte Almaviva - Michael Volle

Contessa Almaviva - Malin Hartelius

Cherubino - Isabel Leonard

Marcellina - Diana Montague

Bartolo - Antonio Abete

Basilio - Martin Zysset

Antonio - Andreas Winkler

Barbarina - Rebeca Olvera

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3522-3 {3CDRS} (2009)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

Comments:- *Recording of a staged performance in the Severance Hall, Cleveland (27 March 2009). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases» May 2009.

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Abbreviations

(STU), "Studio" Recording

(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts

(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source

(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source

(LI), "Live" Recording

(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts

(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance

(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance

(RA), A Radio Performance

(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance

(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast

(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance

(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film

(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film

CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988

EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994

GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)

HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973

MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982

MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993

MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997

More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999

NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli

PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993

Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

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