| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart operas |
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• Le nozze di Figaro (1786) • Don Giovanni (1787) • Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti (1790) • La clemenza di Tito (1791) • The Magic Flute (1791) |
“Le nozze di Figaro” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro, Die Hochzeit des FigaroPremiere / date of written: 1 May 1786
Figaro premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1 May 1786.
Libretti
| # | Language | Authors |
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| 1 |
Italian
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Lorenzo Da Ponte |
| 2 |
German
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| 3 |
English
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| 4 |
French
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original libretto
line-by-line of the original libretto
Images
Audio recordings
| Year | Cast | Conductor, Opera chorus and orchestra |
Label, Comment |
Buy |
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| 1955
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Figaro — Cesare Siepi Susanna — Hilde Gueden Count Almaviva — Alfred Poell Countess Almaviva — Lisa Della Casa Cherubino — Suzanne Danco Marcellina — Hilde Rössel-Majdan Bartolo — Frenando Dickie |
Erich Kleiber Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Chorus |
CD: Decca Legends Cat: 466 369-2 Membran Cat: 222932-370 |
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| 1960 | Figaro — Giuseppe Taddei Susanna — Anna Moffo Count Almaviva — Eberhard Wächter Countess Almaviva — Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Cherubino — Fiorenza Cossotto |
Carlo Maria Giulini Philharmonia Orchestra |
CD: EMI Cat: 358602-2 |
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| 1968 | Figaro — Hermann Prey Susanna — Edith Mathis Count Almaviva — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Countess Almaviva — Gundula Janowitz Cherubino — Tatiana Troyanos Marcellina — Patricia Johnson Bartolo — Peter Lagger |
Karl Böhm Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 449 728-2 |
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| 1981 | Figaro — Samuel Ramey Susanna — Lucia Popp Count Almaviva — Thomas Allen Countess Almaviva — Kiri Te Kanawa Cherubino — Frederica von Stade |
Sir Georg Solti London Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Opera Chorus |
CD: Decca Cat: 410 150-2 |
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| 1990 | Ferruccio Furlanetto Dawn Upshaw Thomas Hampson Kiri Te Kanawa Anne Sofie von Otter |
James Levine Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 477 5614 |
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| 1993 | Figaro — Bryn Terfel Susanna — Alison Hagley Count Almaviva — Rod Gilfry Countess Almaviva — Hillevi Martinpelto Cherubino — Pamela Helen Stephen Marcellina — Susan McCulloch Bartolo — Carlos Feller |
John Eliot Gardiner English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 073 018-9 |
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| 2012 | Figaro — Christian Van Horn Susanna — Fanie Antonelou Count Almaviva — Andrei Bondarenko Countess Almaviva — Simone Kermes Cherubino — Mary-Ellen Nesi Marcellina — Maria Forsstrom |
Teodor Currentzis Perm Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: SONY CLASSICAL Cat: 88883709262 |
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Books
| Year | Title | Description | Buy |
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| 2024
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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Side-by-side Italian-English libretto | A complete Italian libretto of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro with side-by-side English translation, as presented on DM's opera site. |
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Video recordings
| Year | Cast | Conductor, Opera chorus and orchestra, Director |
Label, Comment |
Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Figaro — Hermann Prey Susanna — Mirella Freni Count Almaviva — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Countess Almaviva — Kiri Te Kanawa Cherubino — Maria Ewing |
Karl Böhm Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Jean-Pierre Ponnelle |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: DG 073 4034 |
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| 2006 | Figaro — Ildebrando D'Arcangelo Susanna — Anna Netrebko Count Almaviva — Bo Skovhus Countess Almaviva — Dorothea Röschmann Cherubino — Christine Schäfer Marcellina — Marie McLaughlin |
Nikolaus Harnoncourt Vienna Philharmonic and Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsoper Brian Large |
Deutsche Grammophon Cat: DG 073 4245 |
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External links
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Recordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- Sheet Music — www.sheetmusicplus.com