Ralph Moore’s comparative survey of recordings of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro can be found here.
Complete opera recordings only, excerpts not included, although where the recording is almost complete (e.g. Knappertsbusch) or of historical interest (e.g. Busch) it is included.
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CD (singer for the Figaro, singer for Susanna, orchestra and conductor, ordered by conductor)
| Walter Berry, Rita Streich, Vienna Symphony Orchestra/Karl Böhm (1956) | Guild GHCD2373-75 | review |
| Ezio Pinza, Bidú Sayão, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York/Paul Breisach (1943) | Guild Historical 2203/5 | review |
| (Most recitatives missing) Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder, Audrey Mildmay, Orchestra of the Glyndebourne Festival conducted by Fritz Busch (1935) | Naxos 8.110186/7 | review |
| Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Mirella Freni, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis (1974) | Decca 4781600 | review |
| Giuseppe Taddei, Anna Moffo, Philharmonia Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini (1959) | Warner Classics 7359592 | review |
| Major Classics M3CD304 | review | |
| Sesto Bruscantini, Graziella Sciutti, Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra/Vittorio Gui (1956) | EMI Classics CZS5 73845 2 | review |
| Renata Girolami, Judith Halász, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Michael Halász (2002) | Naxos 8.6600102-04 | review |
| Anton Scharinger, Barbara Bonney, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Nikolaus Harnoncourt | Warner Classics 2685417620 | review |
| Claus Guth, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Anna Netrebko, Wiener Philharmoniker/Nicolaus Harnoncourt (2006) | Deutsche Grammophon 477 6558 | review |
| José van Dam, Ileana Cotrubas, Wiener Philharmoniker/Herbert von Karajan (1978) | Decca 475 7045 | review |
| Walter Berry, Renate Holm, Orchestra of the Teatro Colón/István Kertész (1958) | VAI Audio 1282-3 | review |
| Cesare Siepi, Hilde Gueden, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Erich Kleiber (1955) | Pristine Audio PACO229 | review |
| Cesare Siepi, Lisa Della Casa, Wiener Philharmoniker/Erich Kleiber (1955) | Decca 478 1720 | review |
| (In German, later part of Act IV missing) Paul Schöffler, Elisabeth Rutgers, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Hans Knappertsbusch (1940) | Tahra TAH 573-74 | review |
| Erich Kunz, Irma Beilke, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Clemens Krauss (1942) | Andromeda ANDRCD 5075 | review |
| Stefano Rinaldi Miliani, Paola Antonucci, Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana/Gustav Kuhn (1993) | Arte Nova 74321 77071-2 | review |
| Werner van Mechelen, (no Susanna listed), La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken (1990) | Brilliant Classics 99714 | review |
| Cesare Siepi, Roberta Peters, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York/Erich Leinsdorf (1961) | Sony Classics 88697 85310 2 | review |
| Heinz Blankenburg, Rita Streich, Orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti di Napoli della RAI/Peter Maag (1959) | Arts Archives 43070-2 | review |
| Alastair Miles, Nuccia Focile, Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras (1995) | Telarc CD-80449 | review |
| Michele Pertusi, Marie McLaughlin, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Zubin Mehta (1992) | Sony 19075810812 | review |
| (In English), Christopher Purves, Rebecca Evans, Philharmonia Orchestra/David Parry (2004) | Chandos CHAN 3113 | review |
| Italo Tajo, Alda Noni, Orchestra of RAI, Rome/Fernando Previtali (1951) | Warner Fonit 5050467-1046-2-4 | review |
| Luca Pisaroni, Christiane Karg, Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (2015) | Deutsche Grammophon 479 5945 | review |
| Ezio Pinza, Esther Réthy, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Bruno Walter (1937) | Andante 3981 | review |
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Video (stage director, singer for the Figaro, singer for Susanna, orchestra and conductor, ordered by conductor)
| Thomas Langhoff, René Pape, Dorothea Röschmann, Berlin Staatsopernchor/Daniel Barenboim (1999) | Arthaus Musik Blu-ray 111111 | review |
| Arthaus Musik 111110 DVD | review | |
| Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Hermann Prey, Mirella Freni, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Karl Böhm (1975) | Deutsche Grammophon Unitel 00440 073 4034 | review |
| Günther Rennert, Walter Berry, Reri Grist, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Karl Böhm (1966) | Arthaus Musik DVD 107 057 | review |
| TDK ‘Mediactive’ DV-CLOPNDF | review | |
| Christoph Marthaler, Lorenzo Regazzo, Heidi Grant Murphy, Orchestra of Opéra National de Paris/Sylvain Cambreling (2006) | Opus Arte DVD OA0960D | review |
| Claus Guth, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Anna Netrebko, Wiener Philharmoniker/Nicolaus Harnoncourt (2006) | Deutsche Grammophon 073 4245 | review |
| Jurgen Flimm, Carlos Chausson, Isabel Rey, Orchestra of the Zurich Opera/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1996) | TDK DV-OPNDF DVD | review |
| Luca Pisaroni, Rosemary Joshua, Concerto Köln/René Jacobs (2004) | Bel Air Classiques BAC217 DVD | review |
| Bel Air Classiques BAC517 Blu-ray | review | |
| Giorgio Strehler, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Diana Damrau, Orchestra of the Teatro Alla Scala, Milan/Gérard Korsten (2006) | Arthaus Musik 107 535 DVD | review |
| Emilio Sagi, Luca Pisaroni, Isabel Rey, Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Real, Madrid/Jesús López-Cobos (2009) | Teatro Real TR97001BD | review |
| Jonathan Miller, Giorgio Surian, Patrizia Ciofi, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Zubin Mehta (2003) | TDK DVWW-OPNDFF | review |
| Arthaus Musik 107 277 DVD | review | |
| Jossi Wieler, Luca Pisaroni, Danielle de Niese, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra/Ingo Metzmacher (2006) | Opus Arte OA 3020BD | review |
| (In German) Walter Felsenstein, Józef Dene, Ursula Rienhardt-Kiss, Orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin/Geza Oberfrank (1976) | Arthaus 101 295 DVD | review |
| Jean-Pierre Vincent, Giovanni Furlanetto, Elzbieta Szmytka, Orchestra of the Lyon Opera/Paolo Olmi (1995) | Arthaus Musik 100 410 | review |
| Sir David McVicar, Riccardo Fassi, Giulia Semenzato, Royal Opera Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano (2022) | Opus Arte OA1356D DVD | review |
| Sir David McVicar, Erwin Schott, Miah Persson, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden/Antonio Pappano (2006) | Opus Arte OA0990D DVD | review |
| Knut Skram, Ileana Cotrubas, London Philharmonic Orchestra/John Pritchard (1973) | Arthaus Musik DVD 102301 | review |
| Gyula Trebitsch, Heinz Blankenburg, Edith Mathis, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra/Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1967) | Arthaus Musik 101263 DVD | review |
| Neil Armfield, Teddy Tahu-Rhodes, Taryn Fiebig, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra/Patrick Summers (2010) | Opera Australia OPOZ56002BD | review |
| Michael Grandage, Vito Priante, Lydia Teuscher, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Robin Ticciati (2012) | Opus Arte OABD7118D Blu-ray | review |
| Frederic Wake-Walker, Markus Werba, Golda Schultz, Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Alla Scala, Milan/Franz Welser-Möst (2016) | C Major 743108 DVD | review |
