Faust discography

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This is a list of recordings of the opera Faust (1859) by Charles Gounod, sung in French unless otherwise noted.

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Recordings

Audio

YearCast
(Faust, Mephistopheles
Marguerite)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label [1]
1908 Carl Jörn
Paul Knüpfer
Emmy Destinn
Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Grammophone Orchestra Berlin, Berlin State Opera chorus
(sung in German)
LP: Grammophon
CD: Supraphon
Cat: 11 2136-2
1911–1912Léon Beyle
André Gresse
Jeanne Campredon
François Ruhlmann LP: Pathé
CD: Marston Records
Cat: 53007-2 [2]
1918Giuliano Romagnoli
Fernando Autori
Gemma Bosini
Carlo Sabajno
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
(sung in Italian)
LP: HMV
Cat: S 5260-5298
CD: Divine Art
Cat: DDH 27810
1929Antonio Melandri
Nazzareno De Angelis
Gina Cigna
Lorenzo Molajoli
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
(sung in Italian)
LP: Columbia Records
1929–1930 Heddle Nash
Robert Easton
Miriam Licette
Thomas Beecham
BBC Symphony Orchestra and chorus
(sung in English)
CD: Opera d'Oro
Cat: OPD 9010
1930 César Vezzani
Marcel Journet
Mireille Berthon
Henri Büsser
L'Opéra de Paris orchestra and chorus
CD: Membran
Cat: 231136
1937 Helge Rosvaenge
Georg Hann
Margarete Teschemacher
Joseph Keilberth
Reichssender Stuttgart orchestra and chorus
(sung in German)
CD: Arkadia
Cat: 5054
1938 Helge Rosvaenge
Michael Bohnen
Hilde Singenstreu
Heinrich Steiner
Reichssender Berlin orchestra and chorus
CD: Myto Records
Cat: MCD992H030
1940 Richard Crooks
Ezio Pinza
Helen Jepson
Wilfrid Pelletier
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.110016-17
1947 Ivan Kozlovsky
Mark Reizen
Elizaveta Shumskaya
Vassili Nebolsin
Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus
(sung in Russian)
LP: Melodia
Cat: 05776-83
CD: Dante Lys
Cat: 301-3
1947–1948Georges Noré
Roger Rico
Géori Boué
Thomas Beecham
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and chorus
LP: RCA Victor
Cat: LCT-6100
CD: Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.110117-18
1949 Giuseppe Di Stefano
Italo Tajo
Dorothy Kirsten
Wilfrid Pelletier
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: Myto Records
Cat: MCD001H037
1950 Jussi Björling
Cesare Siepi
Dorothy Kirsten
Fausto Cleva
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.111083-85
1951 Eugene Conley
Cesare Siepi
Eleanor Steber
Fausto Cleva
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: Preiser Records
Cat: 20015
1953 Nicolai Gedda
Boris Christoff
Victoria de los Ángeles
André Cluytens
L'Opéra de Paris orchestra and chorus
CD: EMI
Cat: CMS 5 65256-2
CD: Malibran
Cat: CMS5652562
1954 Ferruccio Tagliavini
Boris Christoff
Anna Maria Rovere
Gabriele Santini
Teatro di San Carlo orchestra and chorus
(sung in Italian)
CD: Bongiovanni
Cat: HOC009
1956 Gianni Poggi
Raffaele Arié
Marcella Pobbe
Fausto Cleva
Teatro di San Carlo orchestra and chorus
(sung in Italian)
CD: Andromeda
Cat: ANDRCD5054;
Bongiovanni
Cat: HOC041/42
1958Nicolai Gedda
Boris Christoff
Victoria de los Ángeles
André Cluytens
L'Opéra de Paris orchestra and chorus
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 65256-2
1958Nicolai Gedda
Jerome Hines
Hilde Gueden
Jean Paul Morel
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: Walhall
Cat: WLCD0270
1959 Jussi Björling
Cesare Siepi
Elisabeth Söderström
Jean Paul Morel
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: Myto Records
Cat: MCD00174
1959Ilija Jossifov
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Katja Popova
Atanas Margaritov
Sofia National Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: Gala
Cat: GL100625
1960 Eugenio Fernandi
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Renata Scotto
Armando La Rosa Parodi
RAI National Symphony Orchestra and chorus
CD: Myto Records
Cat: MCD00246
1960 Gustave Botiaux
Xavier Dupraz
Andréa Guiot
Jésus Etcheverry LP: Orphée
Cat:
1966 Franco Corelli
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Joan Sutherland
Richard Bonynge
London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus
CD: Decca Records
Cat: 470563-2
1967 Gianni Raimondi
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Mirella Freni
Georges Prêtre
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
CD: Opera d'Oro
Cat: OPD1294
1968Michele Molese
Norman Treigle
Beverly Sills
Julius Rudel
New York City Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: Opera Depot
Cat: 10772-02
1971Nicolai Gedda
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Heather Harper
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Teatro Colón orchestra and chorus
CD: Opera d'Oro
Cat: OPD1443
1973 Alfredo Kraus
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Renata Scotto
Paul Ethuin
NHK Symphony Orchestra
Ambrosian Opera chorus
CD: Nota Blu
Cat:
1973György Korondy
Kolos Kováts
Sylvia Sass
Ervin Lukács
Hungarian State Opera House orchestra
Hungarian Radio and Television chorus
Honved Ensemble Male Choir
(sung in Hungarian)
CD: Hungaroton
Cat: HCD32411
1976 Giacomo Aragall
Paul Plishka
Montserrat Caballé
Alain Lombard
Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg
Opéra national du Rhin chorus
LP: RCA Red Seal
Cat: FRL4-2493
CD: Erato
Cat: 45685
1978 Plácido Domingo
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Mirella Freni
Georges Prêtre
L'Opéra de Paris orchestra and chorus
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 5 09166
1986 Francisco Araiza
Yevgeny Nesterenko
Kiri Te Kanawa
Colin Davis
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and chorus
CD: Philips
Cat: 475 7769
1991 Richard Leech
José van Dam
Cheryl Studer
Michel Plasson
Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse
French Army Chorus
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: CDS 5 56224-2
1993 Jerry Hadley
Samuel Ramey
Cecilia Gasdia
Carlo Rizzi
Welsh National Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: Warner Classics
Cat: 4 509-90 872-2
1999Paul Charles Clarke
Alastair Miles
Mary Plazas
David Parry
Philharmonia Orchestra
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
(sung in English)
CD: Chandos
Cat: 3014(3)
2009 Piotr Beczała
Kwangchul Youn
Soile Isokoski
Bertrand de Billy
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: Orfeo
Cat: C 805 103 D
2016Aljaž Farasin
Carlo Colombara
Marjukka Tepponen
Ville Matvejeff
Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka – Opera orchestra and choir
CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.660456-58
2018 Benjamin Bernheim
Andrew Foster-Williams
Véronique Gens
Christophe Rousset
Les Talens Lyriques, Flemish Radio Choir
(1859 version)
CD: Bru Zane
Cat: BZ 1037

Video

YearCast
(Faust, Mephistopheles
Marguerite, Valentin)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
(production details)
Label
1985 Francisco Araiza,
Ruggero Raimondi,
Gabriela Beňačková,
Walton Grönroos
Erich Binder,
Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Production and video director: Ken Russell) [3]
DVD: DGG
Cat: 073 4108 [1]
2004 Roberto Alagna,
Bryn Terfel,
Angela Gheorghiu,
Simon Keenlyside
Antonio Pappano,
Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus
(Stage director: David McVicar)
DVD: EMI
Cat: 6316119 [1]
2014 Jonas Kaufmann,
René Pape,
Marina Poplavskaya ,
Russell Braun
Yannick Nézet-Séguin,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
(Stage director: Des McAnuff)
HD video:
Met Opera on Demand [4]
Blu-ray/DVD: Decca
2015 Charles Castronovo,
Ildar Abdrazakov,
Irina Lungu,
Vasilij Ladjuk
Gianandrea Noseda,
Teatro Regio di Torino Orchestra & Chorus
(Production and choreographer: Stefano Poda)
HD video:
Unitel/medici.tv [5]
2019 Michael Fabiano,
Erwin Schrott,
Irina Lungu,
Stéphane Degout
Dan Ettinger,
Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus
(Production: David McVicar)
HD video:
ROH Stream, [6]
medici.tv [7]
2021 Benjamin Bernheim,
Christian Van Horn,
Ermonela Jaho,
Florian Sempey
Lorenzo Viotti,
Paris Opera Orchestra & Chorus
(Director: Tobias Kratzer; recorded live at the Opéra Bastille)
HD video:
Paris Opera Play [8]

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Recordings of Faust on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  2. "Faust Liner Notes". Marston Records. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  3. Faust (1985), Vienna, ASIN   B000B8ISPA.
  4. Faust (2014), Met Opera on Demand.
  5. Faust (2015), Turin, medici.tv.
  6. Faust (2019), ROH, ROH Stream.
  7. Faust (2019), ROH, medici.tv.
  8. Faust (2021), Paris Opera Play.

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