The Barber of Seville discography

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 recordings
Year Cast
(Rosina, Almaviva,
Figaro)		 Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra		 Label[1]
1919 Malvina Pereira
Edoardo Taliani
Ernesto Badini		 Carlo Sabajno
Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus		 CD: HMV
Cat: 5110-5138
1950 Giulietta Simionato
Luigi Infantino
Giuseppe Taddei		 Fernando Previtali
Coro e Orchestra della Rai di Milano		 CD: Warner Fonit
Cat: 5046 71224-2
1954 Antonietta Pastori
Nicola Monti
Rolando Panerai		 Carlo Maria Giulini
RAI National Symphony Orchestra		 CD: Great Opera Performances
Cat: G.O.P. 66.104
1957 Giulietta Simionato
Alvinio Misciano
Ettore Bastianini		 Alberto Erede
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra & chorus		 CD: Decca Records
Cat: 467 4112
1957 Maria Callas
Luigi Alva
Tito Gobbi		 Alceo Galliera
Philharmonia Orchestra & chorus		 CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 3920462
1958 Roberta Peters
Cesare Valletti
Robert Merrill		 Erich Leinsdorf
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
(An unusual performance with no cuts)		 CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 09026-68552-2
1963 Victoria de los Ángeles
Luigi Alva
Sesto Bruscantini		 Vittorio Gui
Glyndebourne Festival orchestra & chorus		 CD: EMI Classics
Cat: CMS 7 64162 2
1964 Teresa Berganza
Ugo Benelli
Manuel Ausensi		 Silvio Varviso
Orchestra Rossini di Napoli & chorus		 CD: Decca Records
Cat: 452 5912
1971 Teresa Berganza
Luigi Alva
Hermann Prey		 Claudio Abbado
London Symphony Orchestra
Ambrosian Singers		 CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 457 7332
1974 Beverly Sills
Nicolai Gedda
Sherrill Milnes		 James Levine
London Symphony Orchestra
John Alldis Choir		 CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 7243-5-85523
Cat: 3932762
1982 Marilyn Horne
Paolo Barbacini
Leo Nucci		 Riccardo Chailly
Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus		 CD: Fonit Cetra
Cat: CDC 30
CD: Warner Fonit
Cat: 3984 29187-2
Agnes Baltsa
Francisco Araiza
Thomas Allen		 Neville Marriner
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Ambrosian singers		 CD: Philips
Cat: 446 448-2
CD: Decca Records
Cat: 470 434-2
1987 Luciana Serra
Rockwell Blake
Bruno Pola		 Bruno Campanella
Teatro Regio di Torino orchestra & chorus
(recorded in June)		 CD: Nuova Era
Cat: 223299
1988 Cecilia Bartoli
William Matteuzzi
Leo Nucci		 Giuseppe Patanè
Teatro Comunale di Bologna orchestra & chorus		 CD: Decca Records
Cat: 425 520-2
1992 Sonia Ganassi
Roberto Servile
Ramon Vargas		 Will Humburg
Failoni Chamber Orchestra & Hungarian Radio Chorus		 CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.660027-29
1992 Kathleen Battle
Frank Lopardo
Plácido Domingo		 Claudio Abbado
Chamber Orchestra of Europe & chorus		 CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 435 763-2GH2
1995 Della Jones,
Bruce Ford,
Alan Opie		 Gabrielle Bellini
English National Opera orchestra & chorus		 CD: Chandos Records
Cat: Chan3025
1997 Edita Gruberová
Juan Diego Flórez
Vladimir Chernov		 Ralf Weikert
Munich Radio Orchestra & chorus		 CD: Nightingale Classics
Cat: NC 004022

Video recordings
Year Cast
(Rosina, Almaviva,
Figaro)		 Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra		 Label
1946 Nelly Corradi
Ferruccio Tagliavini
Tito Gobbi		 Giuseppe Morelli
Rome Opera orchestra & chorus		 VHS: Pickwick
Cat:
1947 Lucienne Jourfier
Raymond Amade
Roger Bussonnet		 André Cluytens
Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique orchestra & chorus
(sung in French)		 VHS: Codo-Cinéma
Cat:
1959 Erika Köth
Fritz Wunderlich
Hermann Prey		 Joseph Keilberth
Bavarian State opera orchestra & chorus
(sung in German)		 VHS: Legato Classics
Cat:
1972 Teresa Berganza
Luigi Alva
Hermann Prey		 Claudio Abbado
Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus		 VHS: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat:
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat:
1982 Maria Ewing
Max René Cossotti
John Rawnsley		 Sylvain Cambreling
Glyndebourne Festival orchestra & chorus		 VHS: Castle
Cat:
DVD: Warner
Cat:
1988 Cecilia Bartoli
David Kuebler
Louis Quilico		 Gabriele Ferro
Stuttgart Radio Symphony orchestra
Cologne Opera chorus		 VHS: RCA
Cat:
DVD: Art Haus Musik
Cat:
1989 Kathleen Battle
Rockwell Blake
Leo Nucci		 Ralf Weikert
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus		 VHS: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat:
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat:
1992 Jennifer Larmore
Richard Croft
David Malis		 Alberto Zedda
Netherlands Opera orchestra & chorus		 DVD: Image
Cat:
2008 Rinat Shaham
Francesco Meli
Roberto Frontali		 Antonino Fogliani
Teatro La Fenice orchestra & chorus		 DVD: Dynamic
Cat: 33597
2010 Joyce DiDonato
Juan Diego Flórez
Pietro Spagnoli		 Antonio Pappano
Royal Opera House orchestra & chorus		 DVD: Virgin Classics
Cat:

References

Notes

  1. Recordings of Barber on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk

Sources

  • Burton D. Fisher's The Barber of Seville (Opera Classics Library Series)
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