The following is a list of recordings of the opera Les Huguenots, by Giacomo Meyerbeer (libretto by Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps), which was premiered in 1836. Performances are in the original French unless noted. __TOC__
Recordings
YearCast(Marguerite, Valentine,Urbain, Raoul, Marcel,Nevers, Saint-Bris)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabelRecordings of Les Huguenots on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk1955Valerie Bak,Maud Cunitz,Eta Köhrer,Karl Terkal,Gottlob Frick,Franz Fuchs,Walter BerryRobert HegerChorus and Orchestra of Austrian RadioWalhall Eternity RecordsCD Cat:WLCD0169Recording released 2015Sung in German1962Joan Sutherland,Giulietta Simionato,Fiorenza Cossotto,Franco Corelli,Nicolai Ghiaurov,Wladimiro Ganzarolli,Giorgio TozziGianandrea Gavazzeni,Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, MilanDisque DomCat:FOR17010Live performance, recording released 2014Sung in Italian1969Joan SutherlandMartina ArroyoHuguette TourangeauAnastasios VreniosNicola GhiuselevDominic CossaGabriel BacquierRichard BonyngePhilharmonia OrchestraAmbrosian Opera ChorusCD: DeccaCat: 430 549-21971Rita ShaneEnriqueta TarresJeanette ScovottiNicolai GeddaJustino DiazPedro FarresDimitri PetkovErnst MärzendorferÖ1 International orchestra and chorus(broadcast from Konzerthaus, Vienna on 17 Feb)CD: Opera D'OroCat: 14641988Ghyslaine RaphanelFrançoise PolletDanièle BorstRichard LeechNicola GhiuselevGilles CachemailleBoris MartinovichCyril DiederichOrchestre national de Montpellier Languedoc-RoussillonOpéra national de Montpellier chorusCD: EratoCat: 2292-45027-21990Joan SutherlandAmanda ThaneSuzanne JohnstonAnson AustinClifford GrantJohn PringleJohn WegnerRichard BonyngeOpera Australia orchestra and chorus(Stage director: Lotfi Mansouri)DVD: Opus ArteCat: OAF 4024DDVD: KulturKultur DVD (2002), .1991Angela DenningLucy PeacockCamille CapassoRichard LeechMartin BlasiusLenus CarlsonHartmut WelkerStefan SolteszDeutsche Oper Berlin orchestra and chorus(Stage director: John Dew; video director: Brian Large)1991 Deutsche Oper Berlin Blu-ray (2013), .Blu-ray/DVD:Arthaus MusikCat: 108 084/100 156Sung in German2003Desirée Rancatore,Annalisa Raspagliosi,Sara Allegretta,Warren Mok,Soon-Won Kang,Marcin Bronikowski,Luca GrassiRenato Palumbo, Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia,Bratislava Chamber ChoirCD: Dynamic Cat: CDS4222009Erin Morley,Alexandra Deshorties,Marie Lenormand,Michael Spyres,Peter Volpe,Andrew Schroeder,John Marcus BindelLeon Botstein,American Symphony Orchestra,Bard Festival Chorus(Performed live at the Fisher Center at Bard on 2 August)CD: American Symphony OrchestraCat: ASO0932018Lisette Oropesa,Ermonela Jaho,Karine Deshayes,Yosep Kang,Nicolas Testé,Florian Sempey,Paul GayMichele Mariotti,Paris Opera Orchestra & Chorus(Stage director: Andreas Kriegenburg)HD video:Paris Opera PlayLes Huguenots (October 2018), Paris Opera Play.Nicolas Blanmont, "Opera Around the World. France. Paris", Opera, January 2019, pp. 44–45: "Even though three and a half hours of music remained, considerable portions of the score had been lost .... Yosep Kang (a late replacement for Bryan Hymel) simply did not have the wherewithal for Raoul".
Arias Several late 19th-century singers versed in the genuine Meyerbeerian performance style made acoustic gramophone recordings of arias from Les Huguenots. Many of these early recordings have been remastered and reissued on CD recitals.
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