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 and 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 and chorus	CD: Decca Records 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 (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 and chorus	CD: EMI Classics Cat: CMS 7 64162 2
1964	Teresa Berganza Ugo Benelli Manuel Ausensi	Silvio Varviso Orchestra Rossini di Napoli and 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 and 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 and chorus (recorded in June)	CD: Nuova Era Cat: 223299
1988	Cecilia Bartoli William Matteuzzi Leo Nucci	Giuseppe Patanè Teatro Comunale di Bologna orchestra and chorus	CD: Decca Records Cat: 425 520-2
1992	Sonia Ganassi Roberto Servile Ramon Vargas	Will Humburg Failoni Chamber Orchestra and Hungarian Radio Chorus	CD: Naxos Cat: 8.660027-29
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 Records Cat: Chan3025
1997	Edita Gruberová Juan Diego Flórez Vladimir Chernov	Ralf Weikert Munich Radio Orchestra and 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 and chorus	VHS: Pickwick Cat:
1947	Lucienne Jourfier Raymond Amade Roger Bussonnet	André Cluytens Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique orchestra and chorus (sung in French)	VHS: Codo-Cinéma Cat:
1959	Erika Köth Fritz Wunderlich Hermann Prey	Joseph Keilberth Bavarian State opera orchestra and chorus (sung in German)	VHS: Legato Classics Cat:
1972	Teresa Berganza Luigi Alva Hermann Prey	Claudio Abbado Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	VHS: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat:
1982	Maria Ewing Max René Cossotti John Rawnsley	Sylvain Cambreling Glyndebourne Festival orchestra and 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 and chorus	VHS: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat:
1992	Jennifer Larmore Richard Croft David Malis	Alberto Zedda Netherlands Opera orchestra and chorus	DVD: Image Cat:
2008	Rinat Shaham Francesco Meli Roberto Frontali	Antonino Fogliani Teatro La Fenice orchestra and chorus	DVD: Dynamic Cat: 33597
2010	Joyce DiDonato Juan Diego Flórez Pietro Spagnoli	Antonio Pappano Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus	DVD: Virgin Classics Cat:
2019	Catherine Trottmann Michele Angelini, Florian Sempey	Jérémie Rhorer Le Cercle de l'Harmonie, Laurent Pelly, stage director	DVD:Naxos Cat:2110592

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)