One of Fricsay’s last recordings, this sublime ‘Figaro’ is once more restored to the catalogue. It boasts a Who’s Who of great Mozarteans from the late-1950s/early 1960s, including Irmgard Seefried, Maria Stader and Hertha Töpper with the magnificent Fischer-Dieskau in incomparable form as the Count Almaviva. The extensive booklet notes include a synopsis, notes on the provenance of the opera and on the artists.
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Le Nozze di Figaro
Il Conte di Almaviva: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
La Contessa di Almaviva: Maria Stader
Susanna: Irmgard Seefried
Figaro: Renato Capecchi
Cherubino: Hertha Töpper
Marcellina: Lilian Benningsen
Bartolo: Ivan Sardi
Basilio: Paul Kuen
Don Curzio: Friedrich Lenz
Antonio: Georg Wieter
Barbarina: Rosl Schwaiger
Due contadine: Rosl Schwaiger & Hertha Töpper
RIAS-Kammerchor
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Ferenc Fricsay
Executive Producer: Otto Gerdes
Recording Producer: Hans Weber
Balance Engineers: Werner Wolf, Günter Hermanns
Editing: Rolf Peter Schröder
Recording Location: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin, Germany, September 1960