Die Walküre discography

This is a partial discography of Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre. It was first performed at the National Theatre Munich on 26 June 1870.

Recordings

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Year Cast
Siegmund
Sieglinde
Wotan
Brünnhilde
Hunding
Fricka
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label[1]/Notes
1929 Walter Kirchhoff
Olga Schramm-Tschörner
Ludwig Weber
Henriette Gottlieb
Franz von Hoesslin
Orchestre Walter Staram
CD: Gebhardt
Cat: JGCD 0016-3
Excerpts
1935 Lauritz Melchior
Lotte Lehmann
Emanuel List
Bruno Walter
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
78rpm: HMV
Act 1 only, Mono
1935 Paul Althouse
Kirsten Flagstad
Emanuel List
Artur Bodanzky
Metropolitan Opera
CD: Archipel
Cat: ARPCD 0039-3
Act 1 only
1936 Lauritz Melchior
Lotte Lehmann
Friedrich Schorr
Kirsten Flagstad
Emanuel List
Kathryn Meisle
Fritz Reiner
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
CD: Music & Arts CD-1272
Act 2 only, Mono, Live
1940 Lauritz Melchior
Marjorie Lawrence
Julius Huehn
Kirsten Flagstad
Emanuel List
Karin Branzell
Erich Leinsdorf
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: Sony Classical
Cat: 88765-42717-2
Mono, Live
1941 Lauritz Melchior
Astrid Varnay
Friedrich Schorr
Helen Traubel
Alexander Kipnis
Kerstin Thorborg
Erich Leinsdorf
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.110058-60
Mono, Live
1944 Lauritz Melchior
Rose Bampton
Helen Traubel
Herbert Janssen
Alexander Kipnis
Kerstin Thorborg
George Szell
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: MYTO
Cat: 022.H065
Mono, Live
1945 Irene Jessner
Herbert Janssen
Helen Traubel
Artur Rodzinsky
New York Philharmonic
CD: PACO180
Act three only
1949 Max Lorenz
Rose Bampton
Joel Berglund
Helen Traubel
Lyobumir Videnov
Kerstin Thorborg
Fritz Stiedry
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: Archipel
Mono, Live
1949 Günther Treptow
Hilde Konetzni
Ferdinand Frantz
Helena Braun
Herbert Alsen
Rosette Anday
Rudolf Moralt
Vienna Philharmonic
CD: Myto
1950 Günther Treptow
Hilde Konetzni
Ferdinand Frantz
Kirsten Flagstad
Ludwig Weber
Elisabeth Höngen
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus
CD: Opera d'Oro
Cat: OPD1501[2]
(complete Ring) Mono, Live
1951 Torsten Ralf
Helene Werth
Ludwig Hofmann
Gertrude Grob-Prandl
Herbert Alsen
Georgine von Milinkovic
Robert F. Denzler
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
CD: Walhall
Cat: WLCD 0134
Mono, Live
1951 Leonie Rysanek
Sigurd Björling
Astrid Varnay
Herbert von Karajan
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
CD: EMI
Act 3 only
1951 Ludwig Suthaus
Maria Müller
Josef Herrmann
Paula Buchner
Josef Greindl
Margarete Klose
Ferenc Fricsay
Deutsche Oper Berlin
CD: Myto
1953 Ramon Vinay
Regina Resnik
Hans Hotter
Astrid Varnay
Josef Greindl
Ira Malaniuk
Clemens Krauss
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
CD: Gala Records
Cat: GL 100.652
Mono, Live
1953 Wolfgang Windgassen
Hilde Konetzni
Ferdinand Frantz
Martha Mödl
Gottlob Frick
Elsa Cavelti
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro della RAI
CD: EMI
Cat: CHS 7 63045 2
Mono, Studio
1954 Ludwig Suthaus
Leonie Rysanek
Ferdinand Frantz
Martha Mödl
Gottlob Frick
Margarete Klose
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Vienna Philharmonic
CD: EMI
Cat: CHS 7 63045 2
Mono, Studio
1954 Max Lorenz
Martha Mödl
Hans Hotter
Astrid Varnay
Josef Greindl
Georgine von Milinkovic
Joseph Keilberth
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
CD: Archipel
Cat: CHS 7 63045 2
Mono, Live
1955 Ramón Vinay
Gré Brouwenstijn
Hans Hotter
Astrid Varnay
Josef Greindl
Georgine von Milinkovic
Joseph Keilberth
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
CD: Testament
Cat: SBT41391
Stereo, Live
1956 Wolfgang Windgassen
Gré Brouwenstijn
Hans Hotter
Astrid Varnay
Josef Greindl
Georgine von Milinkovic
Hans Knappertsbusch
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
CD: Orfeo
1957 Ramón Vinay
Sylvia Fisher
Hans Hotter
Birgit Nilsson
Friedrich Dalberg
Georgine von Milinkovic
Rudolf Kempe
Royal Opera House orchestra & chorus
CD: Testament
Cat: SBT131426
(complete Ring) Mono, Live
1959 Ramón Vinay
Amy Shuard
Hans Hotter
Astrid Varnay
Kurt Böhme
Ursula Boese
Franz Konwitschny
Royal Opera House orchestra & chorus
CD: Walhall
Cat: WLCD 0316
Mono, Live
1961 Jon Vickers
Gré Brouwenstijn
George London
Birgit Nilsson
David Ward
Rita Gorr
Erich Leinsdorf
London Symphony Orchestra
CD: Decca
Cat: 430 391-2
Stereo, Studio
1965 James King
Régine Crespin
Hans Hotter
Birgit Nilsson
Gottlob Frick
Christa Ludwig
Georg Solti
Vienna Philharmonic
CD: Decca
Cat: 414 105-2
Stereo, Studio

1967 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording

1966 Jon Vickers
Gundula Janowitz
Thomas Stewart
Régine Crespin
Martti Talvela
Josephine Veasey
Herbert von Karajan
Berlin Philharmonic
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 415 145-2
Stereo, Studio
1967 Jess Thomas
Helga Dernesch
Theo Adam
Anja Silja
NN
Grace Hoffman
Thomas Schippers
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
(at Osaka International Festival)
DVD: Premiere Opera
Cat: 5853
Live
1973 James King
Leonie Rysanek
Theo Adam
Birgit Nilsson
Gerd Nienstedt
Annelies Burmeister
Karl Böhm
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
CD: Philips
Cat: 412 478-2
Stereo, Live
1975 Alberto Remedios
Margaret Curphey
Norman Bailey
Rita Hunter
Clifford Grant
Ann Howard
Reginald Goodall
English National Opera
CD: Chandos
1980 Peter Hofmann
Jeannine Altmeyer
Donald McIntyre
Gwyneth Jones
Matti Salminen
Hanna Schwarz
Pierre Boulez
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
CD: Philips
Cat: 434 422-2
Stereo, Studio
1981 Siegfried Jerusalem
Jessye Norman
Theo Adam
Jeannine Altmeyer
Kurt Moll
Yvonne Minton
Marek Janowski
Staatskapelle Dresden orchestra & chorus
CD: Eurodisc / RCA
Cat: RCA 7 4321 45417 2
(complete Ring) Stereo, Studio
1987 Gary Lakes
Jessye Norman
James Morris
Hildegard Behrens
Kurt Moll
Christa Ludwig
James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 423 389-2
Stereo, Studio
1988 Reiner Goldberg
Cheryl Studer
James Morris
Éva Marton
Matti Salminen
Waltraud Meier
Bernard Haitink
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
CD: EMI
Cat: CDS 7 49534 2
Stereo, Studio
1989 Robert Schunk
Julia Varady
Robert Hale
Hildegard Behrens
Kurt Moll
Marjana Lipovšek
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Bavarian State Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: EMI
Cat: 724357273121
(complete Ring) Stereo, Live
1992 Poul Elming
Nadine Secunde
John Tomlinson
Anne Evans
Matthias Hölle
Linda Finnie
Daniel Barenboim
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
CD: Teldec
Cat: 4509-91186-2
Stereo, Live
1997 Poul Elming
Alessandra Marc
Robert Hale
Gabriele Schnaut
Alfred Muff
Anja Silja
Christoph von Dohnányi
Cleveland Orchestra
CD: Decca
Cat: 440 371-2
Stereo, Studio
1995 Edward Cook
Gabriele Maria Ronge
John Wegner
Carla Pohl
Frode Olsen
Zlatomira Nikolova
Günter Neuhold
Badische Staatskapelle
CD: Brilliant Classics
Cat: 99801[3]
(complete Ring) Stereo, Live
2002 Peter Seiffert
Waltraud Meier
John Tomlinson
Gabriele Schnaut
Kurt Rydl
Mihoko Fujimura
Zubin Mehta
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
CD: Farao
Cat: A 108088
Stereo, Live
2002–2003 Robert Gambill
Angela Denoke
Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Renate Behle
Attila Jun
Tichina Vaughn
Lothar Zagrosek
Staatsoper Stuttgart orchestra & chorus
(Recordings at Württembergische Staatsoper)
CD: Naxos Records
Cat: 8.660172-74
DVD: TDK "Mediactive"
Cat: DV-OPRDNW
Stereo (SACD), Live
2003–2004 Richard Berkeley-Steele
Linda Watson
Falk Struckmann
Deborah Polaski
Eric Halfvarson
Lioba Braun
Bertrand de Billy
Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
DVD: Opus Arte
ASIN: B000IFRPY6
Surround Sound, Live
2004 Stuart Skelton
Deborah Riedel
John Bröcheler
Lisa Gasteen
Richard Green
Elizabeth Campbell
Asher Fisch
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
CD: Melba
Cat: MR 301091-94
Stereo (SACD), Live
2006 Robert Gambill
Eva-Maria Westbroek
Willard White
Eva Johansson
Mikhail Petrenko
Lilli Paasikivi
Simon Rattle
Berlin Philharmonic
DVD: Bel Air Classiques
2006 Stig Fogh Andersen
Gitta-Marie Sjöberg
James Johnson
Iréne Theorin
Stephen Milling
Randi Stene
Michael Schønwandt
Royal Danish Orchestra
DVD: Decca
2008 Stuart Skelton
Yvonne Naef
Falk Struckmann
Deborah Polaski
Mikhail Petrenko
Jeanne Piland
Simone Young
Philharmoniker Hamburg
CD: Oehms Classics
CAT: OC 929
Stereo, Live
2009 Endrik Wottrich
Eva-Maria Westbroek
Albert Dohmen
Linda Watson
Kwangchul Youn
Michelle Breedt
Christian Thielemann
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
CD: Opus Arte
Cat: OACD9000BD
(complete Ring) Stereo, Live
2010 Jonas Kaufmann
Eva-Maria Westbroek
Bryn Terfel
Deborah Voigt
Hans-Peter König
Stephanie Blythe
James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 073 4855
Blu-ray DVD, Live
2010 Simon O'Neill
Waltraud Meier
Vitaliji Kowaljow
Nina Stemme
John Tomlinson
Ekaterina Gubanova
Daniel Barenboim
Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus
DVD: Arthaus Musik
Cat: 101694
Blu-ray DVD, Live
2011 Stig Fogh Andersen
Yvonne Howard
Egils Siliņš
Susan Bullock
Clive Bayley
Susan Bickley
Mark Elder
The Hallé
CD: Hallé
Cat: CD HLD 7531
Stereo, Live
2011 Frank van Aken
Eva-Maria Westbroek
Terje Stensvold
Susan Bullock
Ain Anger
Martina Dike
Sebastian Weigle
Frankfurt Opera orchestra
CD: Oehms
Cat: OC 936
Stereo Live
2011 Christopher Ventris
Eric Halfvarson
Albert Dohmen
Waltraud Meier
Katarina Dalayman
Janina Baechle
Christian Thielemann
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 0289 479 1560 7
(complete Ring) Stereo, Live
2012 Jonas Kaufmann
Anja Kampe
René Pape
Nina Stemme
Mikhail Petrenko
Ekaterina Gubanova
Valery Gergiev
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
CD: Mariinsky Label
Cat: MAR0527
Stereo (4 x Hybrid SACD)
2013 Robert Dean Smith
Melanie Diener
Tomasz Konieczny
Petra Lang
Timo Riihonen
Iris Vermillion
Marek Janowski
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Berlin Radio Choir
SACD: Pentatone
Cat: PTC 5186407
Stereo (SACD), Live
2014 Stuart Skelton
Margaret Jane Wray
Greer Grimsley
Alwyn Mellor
Andrea Silverstrelli]
Stephanie Blythe
Asher Fisch
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Seattle Opera Chorus
CD: Avie Records
Cat: AV2313
(complete Ring) Stereo, Live
2016 Stuart Skelton
Heidi Melton
Matthias Goerne
Petra Lang
Falk Struckmann
Michelle DeYoung
Jaap van Zweden,
Hong Kong Philharmonic
CD: Naxos
Cat: 866039497
Stereo, Live
2019 Michael Weinius
Sarah Ferede
James Rutherford
Linda Watson
Łukasz Konieczny
Katarzyna Kuncio
Axel Kober
Duisburg Philharmonic
CD: cAvi
2020 Stuart Skelton
Emily Magee
John Lundgren
Nina Stemme
Ain Anger
Sarah Connolly
Antonio Pappano,
Royal Opera House orchestra, Keith Warner, stage director
DVD:Opus Arte
Cat:OA1308D
2020 Stuart Skelton
Eva-Maria Westbroek
James Rutherford
Iréne Theorin
Eric Halfvarson
Elisabeth Kulman
Simon Rattle,
Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
CD:BR-Klassik
Cat:900177

References

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Notes
  1. ^ Recordings of Die Walküre on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  2. ^ "Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (complete cycle)". Allegro Music. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  3. ^ Fifield, Christopher (May 2002). "Richard Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
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