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

Year Cast
(Siegmund, Sieglinde,
Wotan, Brünnhilde,
Hunding, Fricka)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label[1]
1935 Lauritz Melchior, Lotte Lehmann,
Emanuel List
Bruno Walter
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
78rpm: HMV
Act 1 only, Mono
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
1949 Max Lorenz, Rose Bampton,
Joel Berglund, Helen Traubel,
Lyobumir Videnov, Kerstin Thorborg
Fritz Stiedry
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: Archipel
Mono, Live
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
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
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
Max Lorenz, Martha Mödl,
Hans Hotter, Astrid Varnay,
Gottlob Frick, 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
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
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
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, Gabrielle 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
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
2011 Stig Fogh Andersen, Yvonne Howard
Egils Silins, 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
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

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.
Sources
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