Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart operas

• Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1782)
• Le nozze di Figaro (1786)
• Don Giovanni (1787)
• Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti (1790)
• La clemenza di Tito (1791)
• The Magic Flute (1791)

“Le nozze di Figaro” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ♡

The Marriage of Figaro, Die Hochzeit des Figaro

Premiere / date of written: 1 May 1786

Figaro premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1 May 1786.

Libretti

Italian–English side-by-side translation

#	Language	Authors
1	Italian	Lorenzo Da Ponte
2	German
3	English
4	French

original libretto
line-by-line of the original libretto

History

1786 May 1 — The premiere of Mozart's "Le nozze di Figaro" took place at the Burgtheater in Vienna.

Images

Printed Editions

Year	Edition	Publisher	Buy
2024	Le nozze di Figaro / The Marriage of Figaro: Opera Libretto with Italian–English Translation	DM’s Opera Series

Audio recordings

Year	Cast	Conductor, Opera chorus and orchestra	Label, Comment	Buy
1955	Figaro — Cesare Siepi Susanna — Hilde Gueden Count Almaviva — Alfred Poell Countess Almaviva — Lisa Della Casa Cherubino — Suzanne Danco Marcellina — Hilde Rössel-Majdan Bartolo — Frenando Dickie	Erich Kleiber Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Chorus	CD: Decca Legends Cat: 466 369-2 Membran Cat: 222932-370	$12.21
1960	Figaro — Giuseppe Taddei Susanna — Anna Moffo Count Almaviva — Eberhard Wächter Countess Almaviva — Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Cherubino — Fiorenza Cossotto	Carlo Maria Giulini Philharmonia Orchestra	CD: EMI Cat: 358602-2	$18.53
1968	Figaro — Hermann Prey Susanna — Edith Mathis Count Almaviva — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Countess Almaviva — Gundula Janowitz Cherubino — Tatiana Troyanos Marcellina — Patricia Johnson Bartolo — Peter Lagger	Karl Böhm Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin	CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 449 728-2	$51.00
1981	Figaro — Samuel Ramey Susanna — Lucia Popp Count Almaviva — Thomas Allen Countess Almaviva — Kiri Te Kanawa Cherubino — Frederica von Stade	Sir Georg Solti London Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Opera Chorus	CD: Decca Cat: 410 150-2	$18.29
1990	Ferruccio Furlanetto Dawn Upshaw Thomas Hampson Kiri Te Kanawa Anne Sofie von Otter	James Levine Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus	CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 477 5614	$3.47
1993	Figaro — Bryn Terfel Susanna — Alison Hagley Count Almaviva — Rod Gilfry Countess Almaviva — Hillevi Martinpelto Cherubino — Pamela Helen Stephen Marcellina — Susan McCulloch Bartolo — Carlos Feller	John Eliot Gardiner English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir	DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 073 018-9	$11.95
2012	Figaro — Christian Van Horn Susanna — Fanie Antonelou Count Almaviva — Andrei Bondarenko Countess Almaviva — Simone Kermes Cherubino — Mary-Ellen Nesi Marcellina — Maria Forsstrom	Teodor Currentzis Perm Opera Orchestra and Chorus	CD: SONY CLASSICAL Cat: 88883709262	$37.06

Books

Year	Title	Description	Buy
2024	Le nozze di Figaro / The Marriage of Figaro: Opera Libretto with Italian–English Translation	This edition of Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) presents the complete Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, set to music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The text appears in a side-by-side Italian–English format, ideal for students, performers, and opera lovers.	$14.99

Video recordings

Year	Cast	Conductor, Opera chorus and orchestra, Director	Label, Comment	Buy
1975	Figaro — Hermann Prey Susanna — Mirella Freni Count Almaviva — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Countess Almaviva — Kiri Te Kanawa Cherubino — Maria Ewing	Karl Böhm Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Jean-Pierre Ponnelle	DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: DG 073 4034	$29.91
2006	Figaro — Ildebrando D'Arcangelo Susanna — Anna Netrebko Count Almaviva — Bo Skovhus Countess Almaviva — Dorothea Röschmann Cherubino — Christine Schäfer Marcellina — Marie McLaughlin	Nikolaus Harnoncourt Vienna Philharmonic and Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsoper Brian Large	Deutsche Grammophon Cat: DG 073 4245	$31.81