Faust discography

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

Recordings

Audio

Year Cast
(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
1911–1912 Léon Beyle
André Gresse
Jeanne Campredon 		François Ruhlmann
Studio orchestra and chorus
 LP: Pathé
CD: Marston Records
Cat: 53007-2[2]
1918 Giuliano Romagnoli
Fernando Autori
Gemma Bosini 		Carlo Sabajno
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
(sung in Italian) 		LP: La voce del padrone
Cat: S 5260-5298
CD: Divine Art
Cat: DDH 27810
1929 Antonio 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
1947–1948 Georges 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
1958 Nicolai Gedda
Boris Christoff
Victoria de los Ángeles 		André Cluytens
L'Opéra de Paris orchestra and chorus 		CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 65256-2
1958 Nicolai 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
1959 Ilija 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
1968 Michele Molese
Norman Treigle
Beverly Sills 		Julius Rudel
New York City Opera orchestra and chorus 		CD: Opera Depot
Cat: 10772-02
1971 Nicolai 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:
1973 György 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
1989 Alberto Cupido,
Simon Estes,
Rosalind Plowright 		Seiji Ozawa,
French National Orchestra and Radio France Chorus 		Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon,
Cat: 426 596-2
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
1999 Paul 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
2016 Aljaž Farasin
Carlo Colombara
Marjukka Tepponen 		Ville Matvejeff
Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka – Opera orchestra and choir
(1864 London version) 		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

Year Cast
(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]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c 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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