This is a list of recordings of the opera Faust (1859) by Charles Gounod, sung in French unless otherwise noted.
| 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 | 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: HMV 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 |
| 1985 | Francisco Araiza Ruggero Raimondi Gabriela Beňačková |
Erich Binder Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 073 4108 |
| 1986 | Francisco Araiza Yevgeny Nesterenko Kiri Te Kanawa |
Colin Davis Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and chorus |
CD: Philips Cat: 475 7769 |
| 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) |
| 2004 | Roberto Alagna Bryn Terfel Angela Gheorghiu Simon Keenlyside (Valentin) |
Antonio Pappano Royal Opera House Covent Garden David McVicar (stage director) |
DVD: EMI Cat: 6316119 |
| 2009 | Piotr Beczała Kwangchul Youn Soile Isokoski |
Bertrand de Billy Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus |
CD: Orfeo Cat: C 805 103 D |
| 2014 | Jonas Kaufmann René Pape Marina Poplavskaya |
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Metropolitan Opera Des McAnuff (stage director) |
DVD/BD: Decca |
| 2016 | Aljaž Farasin Carlo Colombara Marjukka Tepponen |
Ville Matvejeff Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka – Opera orchestra and choir |
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 |
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