The Barber of Seville discography

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This is a partial discography of The Barber of Seville, an opera by Gioachino Rossini. The work was first performed on 20 February 1816, at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.

Audio

Year Cast
(Rosina,
Almaviva,
Figaro,
Bartolo,
Basilio,
Berta,
Fiorello)		 Conductor
Opera House and Orchestra		 Label[1]
1919 Malvina Pereira,
Edoardo Taliani,
Ernesto Badini		 Carlo Sabajno,
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano		 Audio : HMV
HMV S 5110-5138
1929 Mercedes Capsir,
Dino Borgioli,
Riccardo Stracciari,
Salvatore Baccaloni,
Aristide Baracchi,
Cesira Ferrari,
Attilio Bordonali		 Lorenzo Molajoli,
La Scala Theatre Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Grammofono 2000
Cat: 7872223
1950 Giulietta Simionato,
Luigi Infantino,
Giuseppe Taddei,
Carlo Badioli,
Antonio Cassinelli,
Renata Broilo,
??		 Fernando Previtali,
Coro e Orchestra della Rai di Milano		 Audio CD: Warner Fonit
Cat: 5046 71224-2
1954 Antonietta Pastori,
Nicola Monti,
Rolando Panerai		 Carlo Maria Giulini,
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of RAI		 Audio CD: Great Opera Performances Classics
Cat: G.O.P. 66.104
1957 Giulietta Simionato,
Alvinio Misciano,
Ettore Bastianini
 Alberto Erede,
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Decca Eloquence
Cat: 467 4112
1957 Maria Callas,
Luigi Alva,
Tito Gobbi		 Alceo Galliera,
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 3920462
1958 Roberta Peters,
Cesare Valletti,
Robert Merrill		 Erich Leinsdorf,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: RCA Victor
Cat: RCA Victor
Cat: 09026-68552-2
1964 Teresa Berganza,
Ugo Benelli,
Manuel Ausensi		 Silvio Varviso,
Orchestra Rossini di Napoli and Chorus		 Audio CD: Decca
Cat: 452 5912
1971 Teresa Berganza,
Luigi Alva,
Hermann Prey		 Claudio Abbado,
London Symphony Orchestra and Ambrosian Singers		 Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 457 7332
1974 Beverly Sills,
Nicolai Gedda,
Sherrill Milnes		 James Levine,
London Symphony Orchestra and the John Alldis Choir		 Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 7243-5-85523 and
EMI "Classics for Pleasure"
Cat: 3932762
1982 Marilyn Horne,
Paolo Barbacini,
Leo Nucci		 Riccardo Chailly,
Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Milan		 Audio CD: Fonit Cetra
Cat: CDC 30;
Warner Fonit
3984 29187-2
1982 Agnes Baltsa,
Francisco Araiza,
Thomas Allen		 Neville Marriner,
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and the Ambrosian Opera Chorus		 Audio CD: Philips
Cat: 446 448-2
Decca
Cat: 470 434-2
1987 Luciana Serra,
Rockwell Blake,
Bruno Pola		 Bruno Campanella,
Teatro Regio di Torino Orchestra and Chorus
(Recording of a performance in the Teatro Regio di Torino, June)		 Audio CD: Nuova Era
Cat: 223299
1988 Cecilia Bartoli,
William Matteuzzi,
Leo Nucci		 Giuseppe Patanè,
Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Decca
Cat: 425 520-2
1992 Kathleen Battle,
Frank Lopardo,
Plácido Domingo		 Claudio Abbado,
Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Chorus		 Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon,
Cat: 435 763-2GH2
1997 Edita Gruberová,
Juan Diego Flórez,
Vladimir Chernov		 Ralf Weikert,
Münchner Rundfunkorchester and Chorus
(Live performance)		 Audio CD: Nightingale Classics
Cat: NC 004022

Video

  • 1946: Corradi (Rosina); Tagliavini (Count); Gobbi (Figaro); Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Morelli (Conductor); a film by Mario Costa. Pickwick VHS
  • 1947: Jourfier (Rosine); Amade (Count); Bussonnet (Figaro); Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique, André Cluytens; directed by Jean Loubignac. Sung in French. Codo-Cinéma.
  • 1959: Erika Köth (Rosina); Fritz Wunderlich (Count); Hermann Prey (Figaro); Hans Hotter (Basilio); Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian State opera; Keilberth (Conductor). Sung in German. Legato Classics. VHS
  • 1972: Berganza (Rosina); Alva (Count); Prey (Figaro); La Scala Chorus and Orchestra;Abbado (Conductor); Ponnelle (Director). DG VHS/DVD
  • 1982: Ewing (Rosina); Cossotti (Count); Rawnsley (Figaro); Glyndebourne Festival Chorus and Orchestra; Cambrelling (Conductor); Cox (Director);Heather (Video Director). Castle VHS/Warner DVD
  • 1988: Bartoli (Rosina); Kuebler (Count); Quilico (Figaro); Cologne Opera Chorus/Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ferro (Conductor); Hampe (Director; Viller (Video Director). RCA VHS/Art Haus Musik DVD
  • 1989: Battle (Rosina); Blake (Count); Nucci (Figaro); Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra; Weikert (Conductor); Cox (Director); Large (Video Director) DG VHS/DVD
  • 1992: Larmore (Rosina); Croft (Count); Malis (Figaro); Netherlands Opera; Zedda (Conductor); Hulscher (Director). Image DVD
  • 2008: Rinat Shaham (Rosina); Francesco Meli (Count); Roberto Frontali (Figaro); Antonino Fogliani (Conductor); Bepi Morassi (Director); Orchestra and chorus of Teatro La Fenice di Venezia. Dynamic (record label) Cat.33597
  • 2010: Di Donato (Rosina); Florez (Almaviva); Spagnoli (Figaro); Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus; Antonio Pappano (Conductor). Virgin Classics. DVD.

References

Notes

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Sources
  • Burton D. Fisher's The Barber of Seville (Opera Classics Library Series)
  1. ↑ Recordings of Barber on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
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