Così fan tutte discography

This is a partial discography of Mozart's opera, Così fan tutte.

Recordings

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Year Cast
(Fiordiligi, Dorabella
Despina, Ferrando
Guglielmo, Alfonso)
Conductor,
opera house and orchestra
Label
1935 Ina Souez
Luise Helletsgruber
Irene Eisinger
Heddle Nash
Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender
John Brownlee
Fritz Busch
Glyndebourne Festival Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: Naxos Records
Cat: 8.110280-81
1949 Suzanne Danco
Giulietta Simionato
Marysa Morel
Libero de Luca
Marcello Cortis
Mariano Stabile
Karl Böhm
Choeurs et Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (live Geneva, 14 January)
CD: Walhall
Cat: WLCD 0067
1951 Sena Jurinac
Alice Howland
Isa Quensel
Richard Lewis
Marko Rothmüller
Sesto Bruscantini
Fritz Busch
Glyndebourne Festival Opera orchestra and chorus (live 5 July)
CD: Immortal Performances
Cat: IPCD 1004-2
Clara Ebers
Annelies Kupper
Maria Madlen Madsen
Franz Fehringer
Karl Schmitt-Walter
Georg Stern
Kurt Schröder
Chorus and Orchestra of the Hessischer Rundfunk
(sung in German)
CD: Walhall
Cat: WLCD 0203
1952 Eleanor Steber
Blanche Thebom
Roberta Peters
Richard Tucker
Frank Guarrera
Lorenzo Alvary
Fritz Stiedry
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(sung in English)
CD: Sony Classical
Cat: MH2K 60652
1953 Suzanne Danco
Ira Malaniuk
Edith Oravez
Rudolf Schock
Horst Günter
Benno Kusche
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of the Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk
(sung in German)
CD: Walhall
Cat:WLCD 0033
1954 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Nan Merriman
Lisa Otto
Léopold Simoneau
Rolando Panerai
Sesto Bruscantini
Herbert von Karajan
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 3 33789 2
Irmgard Seefried
Dagmar Hermann
Lisa Otto
Anton Dermota
Erich Kunz
Paul Schöffler
Karl Böhm
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera chorus (live Salzburg Festival, 2 August)
CD: Orfeo
Cat: 357 942
1955 Lisa Della Casa
Christa Ludwig
Emmy Loose
Anton Dermota
Erich Kunz
Paul Schöffler
Karl Böhm
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: Decca Records
Cat: 455 476-2
Teresa Stich-Randall
Ira Malaniuk
Graziella Sciutti
Waldemar Kmentt
Walter Berry
Dezső Ernster
Rudolf Moralt
Vienna Symphony
Vienna State Opera chorus
CD: Philips Records
Cat: 438 678-2
Eleanor Steber
Blanche Thebom
Patrice Munsel
Cesare Valletti
Frank Guarrera
Lorenzo Alvary
Fritz Stiedry
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (live 17 December)
(sung in English)
DVD: Andromeda
Cat: ANDRCD 9020
1956 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Nan Merriman
Graziella Sciutti
Luigi Alva
Rolando Panerai
Franco Calabrese
Guido Cantelli
Milan Scala orchestra and chorus (live 27 January)
CD: Opera D'oro
Cat: OPD 1208
1957 Teresa Stich-Randall
Teresa Berganza
Mariella Adani
Luigi Alva
Rolando Panerai
Marcello Cortis
Hans Rosbaud
Choeurs et Orchestre des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris (live Aix-en-Provence Festival, 26 July)
CD: INA
Cat: 262015
Annelies Kupper
Hertha Töpper
Erika Köth
Rudolf Schock
Horst Günter
Walter Berry
Eugen Jochum
Bayerischer Rundfunk symphony orchestra and chorus
CD: Walhall
Cat: WLCD 0210
1962 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Christa Ludwig
Graziella Sciutti
Waldemar Kmentt
Hermann Prey
Karl Dönch
Karl Böhm
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera chorus (live Salzburg Festival, 8 August)
CD: Gala
Cat: GL 100.503
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Christa Ludwig
Hanny Steffek
Alfredo Kraus
Giuseppe Taddei
Walter Berry
Karl Böhm
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 5 67382 2
Irmgard Seefried
Nan Merriman
Erika Köth
Ernst Haefliger
Hermann Prey
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Eugen Jochum
Berliner Philharmoniker
RIAS Kammerchor
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 477 5669
1967 Leontyne Price
Tatiana Troyanos
Judith Raskin
George Shirley
Sherrill Milnes
Ezio Flagello
Erich Leinsdorf
Philharmonia Orchestra
Ambrosian Singers
CD: RCA Red Seal
Cat: GD 86677-2

1969 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording

Teresa Stich-Randall
Janis Martin
Adriana Martino
Werner Krenn
Victor Braun
Carlos Feller
Peter Maag
RAI Rome orchestra and chorus
CD: Arts
Cat: 43035-2
1968 Gundula Janowitz
Christa Ludwig
Olivera Miljakovic
Adolf Dallapozza
Walter Berry
Eberhard Wächter
Josef Krips
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus (live 22 September)
CD: Orfeo
Cat: 697 072
1969 Celestina Casapietra
Annelies Burmeister
Sylvia Geszty
Peter Schreier
Günther Leib
Theo Adam
Otmar Suitner
Berlin State Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: Berlin Classics
Cat: 0032992 BC
Elizabeth Harwood
Janet Baker
Carol Ann Curry
Kurt Westi
Peter van der Bilt
John Shirley-Quirk
Alexander Gibson
Scottish National Orchestra
Scottish Opera chorus (live Glasgow, 8 May)
(sung in English)
CD: Ponto
Cat: 1052
1971 Margaret Price
Yvonne Minton
Lucia Popp
Luigi Alva
Geraint Evans
Hans Sotin
Otto Klemperer
New Philharmonia Orchestra
John Alldis Choir
CD: EMI Records
Cat: 7 63845 2
1972 Gundula Janowitz
Brigitte Fassbaender
Reri Grist
Peter Schreier
Hermann Prey
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Karl Böhm
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera chorus (live Salzburg Festival, 30 July)
CD: Foyer
Cat: CF2066
1973-4 Pilar Lorengar
Teresa Berganza
Jane Berbié
Ryland Davies
Tom Krause
Gabriel Bacquier
Georg Solti
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Opera House chorus
CD: Decca Records
Cat: 473 354-2
1974 Montserrat Caballé
Janet Baker
Ileana Cotrubaș
Nicolai Gedda
Wladimiro Ganzarolli
Richard Van Allan
Colin Davis
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
CD: Philips Records
Cat: 422 542-2
Gundula Janowitz
Brigitte Fassbaender
Reri Grist
Peter Schreier
Hermann Prey
Rolando Panerai
Karl Böhm
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera chorus (live Salzburg Festival, 28 August)
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 429 874-2
Enriqueta Tarrés
Kari Lövaas
Rotraud Hansmann
Erik Geisen
Philippe Huttenlocher
Klaus Hirte
Pierre Colombo
Opéra de Monte-Carlo orchestra
Paris Opéra chorus
LP: Concert Hall
Cat: SMS 2933-5
1977 Kiri Te Kanawa
Frederica von Stade
Teresa Stratas
David Rendall
Philippe Huttenlocher
Jules Bastin
Alain Lombard
Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg
Deutsche Oper am Rhein chorus
CD: Erato Records
Cat:
For details, see Così fan tutte (Alain Lombard recording)
1978 Margaret Price
Brigitte Fassbaender
Reri Grist
Peter Schreier
Wolfgang Brendel
Theo Adam
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Bayerische Staatsoper orchestra and chorus (live 25 February)
CD: Orfeo
Cat: 918 182
1981 Kiri Te Kanawa
Agnes Baltsa
Daniela Mazzucato
Stuart Burrows
Thomas Allen
Richard Van Allan
Colin Davis
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus (live 27 January)
CD: Opus Arte
Cat: OA CD9005 D
1982 Margaret Marshall
Agnes Baltsa
Kathleen Battle
Francisco Araiza
James Morris
José van Dam
Riccardo Muti
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera chorus (live Salzburg Festival, 8/15/22 August)
CD: EMI
Cat: 7 69580 2
1983 Margaret Marshall
Ann Murray
Kathleen Battle
Francisco Araiza
James Morris
Sesto Bruscantini
Riccardo Muti
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera chorus (live Salzburg Festival)
DVD: Arthaus
Cat: 109100
1984 Rachel Yakar
Alicia Nafé
Georgine Resick
Gösta Winbergh
Tom Krause
Carlos Feller
Arnold Östman
Drottingholm Court Theatre orchestra and chorus
CD: L'Oiseau-lyre
Cat: 414 316-2
1985 Verena Schweizer
Martina Borst
Julie Kaufmann
Deon van der Walt
Andreas Schmidt
Hans Georg Ahrens
Wolfgang Gönnenwein
Ludwigsburg Festival orchestra and chorus
(sung in German)
CD: EMI Electrola
Cat: 747 530 8
1986 Carol Vaness
Delores Ziegler
Lillian Watson
John Aler
Dale Duesing
Claudio Desderi
Bernard Haitink
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Glyndebourne Festival chorus
CD: EMI
Cat: 7 47727 8
1988 Kiri Te Kanawa
Ann Murray
Marie McLaughlin
Hans Peter Blochwitz
Thomas Hampson
Ferruccio Furlanetto
James Levine
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera chorus
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 423 897-2
Edita Gruberová
Delores Ziegler
Teresa Stratas
Luis Lima
Ferruccio Furlanetto
Paolo Montarsolo
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera chorus
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 073 4237
1988-9 Karita Mattila
Anne Sofie von Otter
Elżbieta Szmytka
Francisco Araiza
Thomas Allen
José van Dam
Neville Marriner
Academy of St Martin in the Fields orchestra and chorus
CD: Philips Records
Cat: 422 381-2
1989 Lella Cuberli
Cecilia Bartoli
Joan Rodgers
Kurt Streit
Ferruccio Furlanetto
John Tomlinson
Daniel Barenboim
Berliner Philharmoniker
RIAS Kammerchor
CD: Erato Records
Cat: 2292-45475-2
Daniela Dessì
Delores Ziegler
Adelina Scarabelli
Jozef Kundlák
Alessandro Corbelli
Claudio Desderi
Riccardo Muti
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
DVD: Opus Arte
Cat: OA 3006
1990 Susan Larson
Janice Felty
Sue Ellen Kuzma
Frank Kelley
James Maddalena
Sanford Sylvan
Craig Smith
Vienna Symphony
Arnold Schönberg Chor
DVD: Decca
Cat: 071 4139
Anna Caterina Antonacci
Monica Bacelli
Laura Cherici
Richard Decker
Albert Dohmen
Sesto Bruscantini
Gustav Kuhn
Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana
Coro Lirico Marchigiano "Vincenzo Bellini" (live 3 August)
CD: Orfeo
Cat: 243 913
1991 Charlotte Margiono
Delores Ziegler
Anna Steiger
Deon van der Walt
Gilles Cachemaille
Thomas Hampson
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
De Nederlandse Opera chorus
CD: Teldec
Cat: 9031-71381-2
1992 Amanda Roocroft
Rosa Mannion
Eirian James
Rainer Trost
Rod Gilfry
Carlos Feller
John Eliot Gardiner
English Baroque Soloists
Monteverdi Choir
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Archiv Produktion
Cat: 437 829-2
Amanda Roocroft
Rosa Mannion
Eirian James
Rainer Trost
Rod Gilfry
Claudio Nicolai
John Eliot Gardiner
English Baroque Soloists
Monteverdi Choir
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Archiv Produktion
Cat: 073 026-9
Soile Isokoski
Monica Groop
Nancy Argenta
Markus Schäfer
Per Vollestad
Huub Claessens
Sigiswald Kuijken
La Petite Bande orchestra and chorus (live Franz Liszt Conservatory, Budapest, 7 October)
CD: Accent Records
Cat: ACC9296/98D
1993 Felicity Lott
Marie McLaughlin
Nuccia Focile
Jerry Hadley
Alessandro Corbelli
Gilles Cachemaille
Charles Mackerras
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
CD: Telarc
Cat: CD-80360
1994 Renée Fleming
Anne Sofie von Otter
Adelina Scarabelli
Frank Lopardo
Olaf Bär
Michele Pertusi
Georg Solti
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
London Voices
CD: Decca Records
Cat: 444 174-2
1995 Hillevi Martinpelto
Alison Hagley
Ann Murray
Kurt Streit
Gerald Finley
Thomas Allen
Simon Rattle
Chorus and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 5 56170 2
1996 Barbara Frittoli
Angelika Kirchschlager
Monica Bacelli
Michael Schade
Bo Skovhus
Alessandro Corbelli
Riccardo Muti
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus
DVD: Medici Arts
Cat: 2072368
Sophie Fournier
Laura Polverelli
Sophie Marin-Degor
Simon Edwards
Nicolas Rivenq
Patrick Donnelly
Jean-Claude Malgoire
La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy
CD: Auvidis
Cat: Astrée E 8658
1999 Véronique Gens
Bernarda Fink
Graciela Oddone
Werner Güra
Marcel Boone
Pietro Spagnoli
René Jacobs
Concerto Köln
Dresdner Kammerchor
CD: Harmonia Mundi
Cat: HMC 95 1663/5
Cecilia Bartoli
Liliana Nikiteanu
Agnes Baltsa
Roberto Saccà
Oliver Widmer
Carlos Chausson
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Zürich Opera chorus and orchestra
DVD: Arthaus Musik
Cat: 100 012
Regina Schörg
Heidi Brunner
Brigid Steinberger
Jeffrey Francis
Martin Gantner
Kwangchul Youn
Bertrand de Billy
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Wiener Konzertchor
CD: Arte Nova
Car: 74321 85716 2
2001 Dorothea Röschmann
Katharina Kammerloher
Daniela Bruera
Werner Güra
Hanno Müller-Brachmann
Roman Trekel
Daniel Barenboim
Berlin State Opera orchestra and chorus
DVD: TDK
Cat: DV-OPCFT
2005 Erin Wall
Elīna Garanča
Barbara Bonney
Shawn Mathey
Stéphane Degout
Ruggero Raimondi
Daniel Harding
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Arnold Schönberg Chor
DVD: Virgin Classics
Cat: 344 7169
2006 Miah Persson
Anke Vondung
Ainhoa Garmendia
Topi Lehtipuu
Luca Pisaroni
Nicolas Rivenq
Iván Fischer
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Glyndebourne Festival Opera chorus (live 27 June/1 July)
DVD: Opus Arte
Cat: OA 0970 D
Ana María Martínez
Sophie Koch
Helen Donath
Shawn Mathey
Stéphane Degout
Thomas Allen
Manfred Honeck
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera chorus
DVD: Decca
Car: 047 3165
2007 Janice Watson
Diana Montague
Lesley Garrett
Toby Spence
Christopher Maltman
Thomas Allen
Charles Mackerras
Chorus and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
(sung in English)
CD: Chandos
Cat: CHAN 3152
2009 Malin Hartelius
Anna Bonitatibus
Martina Janková
Javier Camarena
Ruben Drole
Oliver Widmer
Franz Welser-Möst
Zürich Opera orchestra and chorus
DVD: Arthaus
Cat: 101 495
Maria Bengtsson
Jurgita Adamonytė
Rebecca Evans
Pavol Breslik
Stéphane Degout
Thomas Allen
Thomas Hengelbrock
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
DVD: Opus Arte
Cat: OA 01331 D
Miah Persson
Isabel Leonard
Patricia Petibon
Topi Lehtipuu
Florian Boesch
Bo Skovhus
Ádám Fischer
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera chorus (live Salzburg Festival)
DVD: Unitel
Cat: A04001516
2012 Miah Persson
Angela Brower
Mojca Erdmann
Rolando Villazón
Adam Plachetka
Alessandro Corbelli
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Vocalensemble Rastatt
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 479 0641
Malin Hartelius
Marie-Claude Chappuis
Martina Janková
Martin Mitterrutzner
Luca Pisaroni
Gerald Finley
Christoph Eschenbach
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera chorus (live Salzburg Festival, August)
DVD: EuroArts
Cat: 2072748
Simone Kermes
Malena Ernman
Anna Kasyan
Kenneth Tarver
Christopher Maltman
Konstantin Wolff
Teodor Currentzis
MusicAeterna orchestra and chorus
CD: Sony
Cat: 88765466162
2014 Mari Eriksmoen
Katija Dragojevic
Elisabeth Kulman
Mauro Peter
Andrè Schuen
Markus Werba
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Concentus Musicus Wien
Arnold Schönberg Chor
DVD: Unitel
Cat: 804108
2017 Jaquelyn Wagner
Michèle Losier
Ginger Coster-Jackson
Frédéric Antoun
Philippe Sly
Paulo Szot
Philippe Jordan
Paris Opéra orchestra and chorus
DVD: Arthaus
Cat: 109 338
2020 Elsa Dreisig
Marianne Crebassa
Lea Desandre
Bogdan Volkov
Andrè Schuen
Johannes Martin Kränzle
Joana Mallwitz
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera chorus (live, Salzburg Festival)
DVD: Erato
Cat:
2021 Valentina Nafornița
Vasilisa Berzhanskaya
Benedetta Torre
Mattia Olivieri
Matthew Swensen
Thomas Hampson
Zubin Mehta
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorus (live 28 March)
DVD: Naxos
Cat:
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