Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro - Vienna / Kleiber

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Le nozze di Figaro K.492

Figaro : Cesare Siepi
Susanna : Hilde Gueden
Il Conte di Almaviva : Alfred Poell
La Contessa di Almaviva : Lisa della Casa
Cherubino : Suzanne Danco
Bartolo : Fernando Corena
Marcellina : Hilde Rössel-Majdan
Don Basilio : Murray Dickie
Don Curzio : Hugo Meyer-Welfing
Barbarina : Anny Felbermayer
Antonio : Harald Pröglhof
Wiener Staatsopernchor

Wiener Philharmoniker
Erich Kleiber
Studio recording, Vienna, VI.1955

[vt]

The sound quality is ridiculously good for 1955. Thanks for uploading

[lucianovacanti]

just to remark the flawless italian diction of the singers; choir included. bravi tutti!

[mirandac]

If I've done nothing else in my life, at least I've learned to understand why this is the greatest music ever written.

[mk]

...the density of quality is so extraordinary that it is unimaginable to have something only similar today. This includes the conductor.
Maestro Kleiber & Co. they all have met in heaven for eternal marriage of Figaro....
RDS

[jlb]

Two of my favorite Figaro recordings; this one and Solti with Ramey, Popp, von Stade, Te Kanawa, Allen etc!
Thank you! I could listen to this all day, everyday!

[notaire]

Lebhafte Interpretation dieser fein komponierten Oper mit perfekt synchronisierten und gut harmonisierten Töne aller Instrumente, klaren und schönen Stimmen aller Solisten sowie perfekt kontrollierten Stimmen des ganzen Chors. Der unvergleichliche Maestro dirigiert das weltklassige Orchester im gut phrasierten Tempo mit effektiver Dynamik. Die Tonqualität ist auch erstaunlich hoch als eine Aufnahme von mehr als sechzig Jahre vor. Alles ist wunderbar!

[fenriquealvarez]

Gorgeous, one of the best recordings ever of the Nozze di Figaro, the elder Kleiber and a formidable cast.

[byunghoonnoh]

Wow. Dream team!
Siepi, Danco, Gueden, Dela Casa

[littlelamb]

According to an article published in Gramaphone magazine in 2011, this performance is one of the best of all Figaro performances. It's nice that it has been uploaded and we can enjoy it. I would credit the author of the article but things published online are very sloppy when it comes to things like date of publication or author name. The pace and balance of this performance so far is just wonderful.

[damien]

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 - Overture 0:00

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1 - "Cinque... deci... venti...Cosa stai misurando" 4:08
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1 - "Se a caso Madama la notte ti chiama" 7:33
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1 - "Bravo, signor padrone...Se vuol ballare...Ed aspettaste" 11:33
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1 - "La vendetta...Tutto ancor non ho perso" 15:52
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1 - "Via resti servita...Va là, vecchia pedante" 19:37
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1 - "Non so più...Ah, son perduto!" 23:49
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1 - "Cosa sento!...Basilio, in traccia tosto...Giovani" 29:43
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1 - "Non più andrai" 40:14

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2 - "Porgi amor...Vieni, cara Susanna" 44:05
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2 - "Voi che sapete...Bravo! che bella voce!" 52:15
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2 - "Venite! Inginocchiatevi...Quante buffonerie!" 56:05
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2 - "Che novità!" 1:01:53
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2 - "Susanna, or via, sortite...Dunque, voi non aprite" 1:03:05
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2 - "Aprite, presto, aprite...O guarda il demonietto!" 1:07:08
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2 - "Tutto è come io lasciai" 1:08:51
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2 - "Esci, ormai, garzon malnato...Susanna!... Signore!" 1:10:05
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2 - "Signore, di fuori...Ah! signore... signor!" 1:18:48
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2 - "Voi signor, che giusto siete" 1:28:07

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3 - "Che imbarazzo è mai questo...Via, fatti core" 1:32:04
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3 - "Crudel! perché finora...E perché fosti meco" 1:34:22
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3 - "Hai già vinta la causa!...Vedrò mentr'io sospiro" 1:37:42
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3 - "Riconosci in questo amplesso...Eccovi, o caro amico...Andiamo, " 1:44:10
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3 - "E Susanna non vien...Dove sono i biei momenti" 1:50:43
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3 - "Cosa mi narri!...Che soave zeffiretto...Piegato è" 1:57:22
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3 - "Ecco la marcia...Eh, già, solita usanza" 2:05:04

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4 - "L'ho perduta...Barbarina, cos'hai?" 2:11:28
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4 - "Il capro e la capretta...Nel padiglione a manca" 2:16:02
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4 - "In quegli anni in cui val poco" 2:21:34
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4 - "Tutto è disposto" 2:25:39
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4 - "Giunse alfin il momento...Deh, vieni, non tardar" 2:31:05
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4 - "Pian pianin le andrò più presso...Tutto è tranquillo" 2:35:54
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4 - "Gente, gente, all'armi" 2:47:34

Figaro : Cesare Siepi
Susanna : Hilde Gueden
Il Conte di Almaviva : Alfred Poell
La Contessa di Almaviva : Lisa della Casa
Cherubino : Suzanne Danco
Bartolo : Fernando Corena
Marcellina : Hilde Rössel-Majdan
Don Basilio : Murray Dickie
Don Curzio : Hugo Meyer-Welfing
Barbarina : Anny Felbermayer
Antonio : Harald Pröglhof
Wiener Staatsopernchor

Wiener Philharmoniker
Erich Kleiber
Studio recording, Vienna, VI.1955

[pauccpaucc]

I have this recording on LP just sublime

[donalejo]

What a talent Siepi was. Thanks for the upload!

[simuloremus]

quelle jeunesse, quelle vie! un pur bonheur!

[coussssss]

Thank you sooo much... best version EVER !!!

[reinhardrossdeutscher]

Since 1955, there is no real need for other Figaro recordings.

[jeremystein]

I want this version of the Overture played at my funeral.

[MrWestphalia]

Magnifique. Splendid beyond belief. Merci!

[VDF]

Erich Kleiber, semplicemente fantastico

[pcltab_ftp]

This Figaro is simply cojonudo… I mean by far the most acojonante Figaro I've ever heard…

[petergraham]

This was the first complete FIGARO recording I heard when I began listening to opera recordings. Also my high school choir director had those in his class that were interested to attend the FIGARO production from the MET opera national touring company which unfortunately was terminated shortly thereafter. This was the second opera I had seen & I loved it immediately & soon after I heard the recording presented here. The only artist I was not particularly fond of even then was the Viennese favorite Alfred Poell (where was George London) who sang the count but I became a fan straight away of Siepi who I eventually preferred to Pinza in this role. Pinza was eminently musical for being an untrained musician unable to read music yet not quite on the same level as Siepi who was better trained as a musician. Pinza at 48 still had many fine years of singing ahead of him but roles like Figaro did not ideally suit him by this time, IMO. Had he sung Figaro when he was Siepi‘s age in this recording (32) it might have been otherwise. Pinza‘s special charisma in roles like Figaro & Don Giovanni served him well & Siepi had this quality as well but the latter was at his best in these 2 Mozart roles & then for the next 20 years. I do feel that Pinza‘s instrument & special timbre were even slightly more beautiful in certain Verdi roles than Siepi’s but both of their unique basso cantante voices have not I feel yet been surpassed, IMO. Hearing this performance again I was pleasantly surprised by Corena who, IMO, never sounded more sonorous than is heard here. Icing on the cake is having Della Casa‘s Countess on this recording as well.