Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on the play Le mariage de Figaro by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais.
Originally released in 1952.
Language (note)
Sung in Italian.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791, composer.
Title
Le nozze di Figaro / Mozart.
Publisher
[London] : EMI Classics, [2009]
Copyright date
℗2009
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Series
The greatest opera recordings.
Greatest opera recordings.
Performer
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Irmgard Seefried, Sena Jurinac, sopranos ; Erich Kunz, George London, baritones ; other soloists ; Chor der Wiener Staatsoper ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor.
Event
Recorded 1950 June 17-21 1950 October 23-31 Musikvereinssaal, Vienna.