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Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro, K492
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Special offer. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
RecommendedSimon Keenlyside (Count), Véronique Gens (Countess), Patrizia Ciofi (Susanna), Lorenzo Regazzo (Figaro), Angelika Kirchschlager (Cherubino), Marie McLaughlin (Marcellina)
Collegium Vocale Gent, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs
René Jacobs always brings new ideas to the operas he conducts, and even to a work as familiar as Figaro he adds something of his own. First of all he offers an orchestral balance quite unlike... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2004, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Opera
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Grammy Awards, 47th Awards (2004), Best Opera Recording
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Building A Library, April 2022, Recommended Recording
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
RecommendedKrzysztof Bączyk (Figaro), Sabine Devieilhe (Susanna), Andrè Schuen (Count), Adriana González (Countess), Lea Desandre (Cherubino)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Raphaël Pichon, Martin Kušej
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Thomas Hampson (Conte), Sonya Yoncheva (Contessa), Angela Brower (Cherubino), Christiane Karg (Susanna), Luca Pisaroni (Figaro), Maurizio Muraro (Bartolo), Anne Sofie von Otter (Marcellina), Rolando Villazón (Basilio)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Hampson is a rock-steady Count…Yoncheva gives the Countess some real passion…Pisaroni’s Figaro is confident and spirited…Karg as Susanna is agile…Villazón’s Basilio is characteristically vivid —
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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New. Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
Peter Kellner (Figaro), Maria Nazarova (Susanna - singing), Ying Fang (Susanna - acting), Andrè Schuen (Count), Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (Countess), Patricia Nolz (Cherubino)
Wiener Staatsoper, Philippe Jordan, Barrie Kosky
Kosky maintains comedy and seriousness in a near-perfect balance….Despite some reserviations, I recommend this warmly. Lively, intelligent, puzzling, wrong-headed: you will be entertained and... —
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Special offer. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
RecommendedErwin Schrott (Figaro), Miah Persson (Susanna), Gerald Finley (Count), Dorothea Röschmann (Countess), Rinat Shaham (Cherubino), Graciela Araya (Marcellina), Jonathan Veira (Bartolo), Philip Langridge (Basilio)
Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & David McVicar (stage director)
…so accomplished a cast, in which Gerald Finley's Count, Miah Persson's Susanna and Rinat Shaham's Cherubino stand out as ideal. —
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Building a Library, May 2014, First Choice (DVD)
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2008, DVD of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - DVD
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Special offer. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
RecommendedErwin Schrott (Figaro), Miah Persson (Susanna), Gerald Finley (Count), Dorothea Röschmann (Countess), Rinat Shaham (Cherubino), Graciela Araya (Marcellina), Jonathan Veira (Bartolo), Philip Langridge (Basilio)
Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & David McVicar (stage director)
…so accomplished a cast, in which Gerald Finley's Count, Miah Persson's Susanna and Rinat Shaham's Cherubino stand out as ideal. —
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Building a Library, May 2014, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2008, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - DVD/Blu-ray
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Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro
Hermann Prey (Figaro), Edith Mathis (Susanna), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Conte Almaviva), Gundula Janowitz (Contessa Almaviva), Tatiana Troyanos (Cherubino), Patricia Johnson (Marcellina), Peter Lagger (Bartolo), Erwin Wohlfahrt (Basilio), Martin Vantin (Curzio), Klaus Hirte (Antonio), Barbara Vogel...
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Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
Sung in English (translation by Jeremy Sams)
Christopher Purves (Figaro), Rebecca Evans (Susanna), Yvonne Kenny (Countess), William Dazeley (Count), Diana Montague (Cherubino)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry
a useful, straightforward reading —
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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
Recorded live in the Royal Festival Hall 6th February 1961
Carlo Maria Giulini
This is a concert, not a theatre performance, and it is highly enjoyable. The BBC recording, in mono of course, is excellently balanced…Master and man are well matched Corena…is a fully rounded... —
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Diapason d’Or, October 2019, Collectionneur
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Special offer. Diana Damrau - Donna
Mozart opera and concert arias
Diana Damrau (soprano)
Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, Jérémie Rhorer
Diana Damrau's intelligently planned and superbly executed recital… I can’t remember when I last enjoyed a Mozart recital of this kind so much. —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2009, Editor's Choice
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