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

Year	Cast (Rosina, Almaviva, Figaro)	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
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, Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of RAI	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	CD: Decca Eloquence Cat: 467 4112
1957	Maria Callas, Luigi Alva, Tito Gobbi	Alceo Galliera, Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus	CD: EMI Classics Cat: 3920462
1958	Roberta Peters, Cesare Valletti, Robert Merrill	Erich Leinsdorf, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus	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	CD: Decca Cat: 452 5912
1971	Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Hermann Prey	Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra and Ambrosian Singers	CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 457 7332
1974	Beverly Sills, Nicolai Gedda, Sherrill Milnes	James Levine, London Symphony Orchestra and the John Alldis Choir	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	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	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)	CD: Nuova Era Cat: 223299
1988	Cecilia Bartoli, William Matteuzzi, Leo Nucci	Giuseppe Patanè, Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra and Chorus	CD: Decca Cat: 425 520-2
1992	Kathleen Battle, Frank Lopardo, Plácido Domingo	Claudio Abbado, Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Chorus	CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 435 763-2GH2
1995	Della Jones, Bruce Ford, Alan Opie	Gabrielle Bellini, English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus	CD: Chandos Cat: Chan3025
1997	Edita Gruberová, Juan Diego Flórez, Vladimir Chernov	Ralf Weikert, Münchner Rundfunkorchester and Chorus (Live performance)	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: DiDonato (Rosina); Florez (Almaviva); Spagnoli (Figaro); Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus; Antonio Pappano (Conductor). Virgin Classics. DVD.

References

Notes

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

Sources

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

Pierre Beaumarchais's Figaro Trilogy

The Barber of Seville

Stage	Il barbiere di Siviglia (Paisiello, 1782 opera) The Barber of Seville (Rossini, 1816 opera)

Music	"Largo al factotum" The Barber of Seville discography

Film	The Barber of Seville (1904) The Barber of Seville (1938) The Barber of Seville (1947) Le Barbier de Séville (1948) Adventures of the Barber of Seville (1954)

Animation	Our Gang Follies of 1938 The Barber of Seville (Woody Woodpecker, 1944) Rabbit of Seville (Bugs Bunny, 1950) Magical Maestro (1952) The Cat Above and the Mouse Below (Tom and Jerry, 1964)

The Marriage of Figaro

Stage	The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart, 1786 opera) The Crazy Day or The Marriage of Figaro (2004 musical)

Music	"Se vuol ballare" "Non più andrai" "Sull'aria...che soave zeffiretto" The Marriage of Figaro discography

Film	The Marriage of Figaro (1920) The Marriage of Figaro (1949)

Related	Fantasy on Themes from Mozart's Figaro and Don Giovanni (Liszt) Il Muto

The Guilty Mother

Opera	La mère coupable (Milhaud, 1966) The Ghosts of Versailles (Corigliano, 1991)

Opera	Figaro lässt sich scheiden (Klebe, 1963) The Abduction of Figaro (Schickele, 1984) Figaro Gets a Divorce (Langer, 2016)

Gioachino Rossini

Operas	Demetrio e Polibio (1812) La cambiale di matrimonio (1810) L'equivoco stravagante (1811) L'inganno felice (1812) Ciro in Babilonia, ossia La caduta di Baldassare (1812) La scala di seta (1812) La pietra del paragone (1812) L'occasione fa il ladro, ossia Il cambio della valigia (1812) Il signor Bruschino, ossia Il figlio per azzardo (1813) Tancredi (1813) L'italiana in Algeri (1813) Aureliano in Palmira (1813) Il turco in Italia (1814) Sigismondo (1814) Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra (1815) Torvaldo e Dorliska (1815) Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione (1816) La gazzetta, ossia Il matrimonio per concorso (1816) Otello, ossia Il Moro di Venezia (1816) La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo (1817) La gazza ladra (1817) Armida (1817) Adelaide di Borgogna, ossia Ottone, re d'Italia (1817) Mosè in Egitto (1818) Adina, ossia Il califfo di Bagdad (1826) Ricciardo e Zoraide (1818) Ermione (1819) Eduardo e Cristina (1819) La donna del lago (1819) Bianca e Falliero, ossia Il consiglio dei tre (1819) Maometto II (1820) Matilde di Shabran, ossia Bellezza e Cuor di Ferro (1821) Zelmira (1822) Semiramide (1823) Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L'albergo del Giglio d'Oro (1825) Le siège de Corinthe (1826) Moïse et Pharaon, ou Le passage de la mer rouge (1827) Le comte Ory (1828) Guillaume Tell (1829) Ugo, re d'Italia (unfinished)

Pastiches	Ivanhoé (1826) Robert Bruce (1846)

Opera excerpts	"Ecco, ridente in cielo" "Sombre forêt"

Sacred music	Messa di Gloria (1820) Stabat mater (1831, 1841) Petite messe solennelle (1864, 1867)

Other works	La regata veneziana La Danza (1835) Péchés de vieillesse (1857–1868)

Discographies	The Barber of Seville William Tell

Film adaptations	The Barber of Seville (1947 film)

Cultural depictions	Rossini (1942 biographical film) Rossini! Rossini! (1991 biographical film) Rossini's Ghost (1996 film)

Named for Rossini	Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Gioachino Rossini"

Related articles	Messa per Rossini Prix Rossini Rossini Opera Festival Rossiniana

Lists: Compositions · Operas

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