Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492 (The Marriage of Figaro)

This page lists all recordings of Le nozze di Figaro, K492 (The Marriage of Figaro), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) on CD & DVD. Generally, more recent CDs and DVDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

With the subtitle 'La folle giornata' ('The Day of Madness'), the opera was composed in 1786.

It was the first of the 'da Ponte' operas with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on a satirical stage play by Pierre Beaumarchais.

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Staged by Claus Guth and Directed by Brian Large


Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Anna Netrebko, Bo Skovhus, Dorothea Röschmann & Christine Schäfer

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Subtitles: English/German/French/Spanish/Chinese

DVD Video

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Format: NTSC

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DG Mozart 22 Unitel - 0734245

(DVD Video - 2 discs)

Normally: £24.99 (£21.27 ex. VAT)

Special: £21.24 (£18.08 ex. VAT)

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

1955


Sesto Bruscantini (Figaro), Graziella Sciutti (Susanna), Risë Stevens (Cherubino), Sena Jurinac (The Countess), Franco Calabrese (Count Almaviva), Ian Wallace (Bartolo)

Vittorio Gui

Building a Library

First Choice - September 2000

EMI Classics for Pleasure - 3677102

(CD - 2 discs)

£8.49 (£7.23 ex. VAT)

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492


Sanford Sylvan – Figaro, Jeanne Ommerlé – Susanna, James Maddalena – Almaviva, Susan Larson – Cherubino, Lynn Torgove – Barbarina, Frank Kelley - Don Basilio, David Evitts - Don Bartolo, Sue Ellen Kuzma – Marcellina & Herman Hildebrand – Antonio, William Cotton - Don Curzio

directed by Peter Sellars

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Decca - 0714129

(DVD Video - 2 discs)

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492


Hermann Prey, Mirella Freni, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Kiri Te Kanawa & Maria Ewing

Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm

(First-time release on DVD)

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DG Unitel - 0734034

(DVD Video - 2 discs)

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492


Rodney Gilfry, Hillevi Martinpelto, Alison Hagley, Bryn Terfel

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Subtitles in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese

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DG Archiv - 0730189

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492


Rodney Gilfrey, Eva Mei, Isabel Rey, Carlos Chausson, liliana Nikiteanu

Chorus & Orchestra of Zurich Opera, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish

DVD Video

Region: 2

Format: PAL

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TDK - DVOPNDF

(DVD Video - 2 discs)

Normally: £29.99 (£25.52 ex. VAT)

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Recorded 1951, Sung in German


Erich Kunz, Hilde Güden, Paul Schöfler, Elisabeth Grümmer, Anny Sclemm, Lilian Benningsen, Wilhelm Schirp, Paul Kuen

WDR Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay

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Walhall - WLCD0030

(CD - 2 discs)

Normally: £10.49 (£8.93 ex. VAT)

Special: £7.34 (£6.25 ex. VAT)

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Stage Director: David McVicar


Erwin Schrott, Miah Persson, Gerald Finlay, Dorothea Röschmann, Graciela Araya, Ana James & Rinat Shaham

The Royal Opera Chorus & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 10th, 13th and 17th February 2006.

‘This sexy, raunchy, romp of an opera is a triumph. Director David McVicar has searched for the essence of the composer and found it; fun filled, sensitive, romantic and serious by turns, all reflected in this production.This is a 'Must See' opera! …You'll regret it if you don't!’ Musical Opinion

GGramophone Magazine

DVD of the Month - August 2008

Released or re-released in last 6 months

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Opus Arte - OA0990D

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Hans Schavernoch (set design), Sylvie de Segonzac (costumes), Jean Kalman (lighting), Cookie Chiapalone (choreography) & Pierre Barré (director for TV)


Pietro Spagnoli (Count), Annette Dash (Countess), Rosemary Joshua (Susanna), Luca Pisaroni (Figaro), Angelika Kirchschlager (Cherubino), Sophie Pondjiclis (Marcellina), Alessandro Svab (Antonio), Antonio Abete (Bartolo), Enrico Facini (Don Basilio), Paulette Courtin (Barbarina) & Serge Goubioud (Don Curzio)

Concerto Köln & Choeur du Théâtre des Champs Elysées, René Jacobs

Subtitles: Fr, Eng, Ger, Spa, Ita

BBC Music Magazine

DVD Choice - February 2007

DVD Video

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Bel Air Classiques - BAC017

(DVD Video - 2 discs)

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Special: £22.49 (£19.14 ex. VAT)

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Sung in German. Directed by Joachim Hess


Tom Krause (Count Almaviva), Arlene Saunders (Countess Almaviva), Heinz Blankenburg (Figaro), Edith Mathis (Susanna), Elisabeth Steiner (Cherubino), Maria Von Ilosvay (Marcellina) & Kurt Marschner (Don Basilio)

Members of the Corps de Ballet of the Hamburg State Opera, Chorus of the Hamburg State Opera & The Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

Historical Studio Production from the Hamburg State Opera, 1967

“… the Count's aria [is] delivered with such clarity and calculated hatred by the never-better Tom Krause that it's positively terrifying. (Those who thought that Fischer-Dieskau's was the last word in vitriol should hear this.).” Classics Today on the Vienna State Opera production

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Arthaus Musik - 101263

(DVD Video)

Normally: £24.99 (£21.27 ex. VAT)

Special: £18.74 (£15.95 ex. VAT)

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