Der Rosenkavalier discography

This is a select list of recordings of Der Rosenkavalier, a three-act opera by Richard Strauss with a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The work was first performed at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden on 26 January 1911 under the direction of Max Reinhardt.

Audio

Year Cast
(Marschallin,
Octavian,
Sophie,
Ochs,
Italian singer)
Conductor
Opera house and orchestra
Label[1]
1933 Lotte Lehmann,
Maria Olszewska,
Elisabeth Schumann,
Richard Mayr,
??
Robert Heger
Vienna Philharmonic and
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Naxos "Historical"
Cat: 8.110191-92
(abridged version)
1944 Viorica Ursuleac,
Georgine von Milinkovič,
Adele Kern,
Ludwig Weber,
Franz Klarwein
Clemens Krauss
Munich State Opera
Vox
Cat: OPSX 140
(Concert Version)
1954 Maria Reining,
Sena Jurinac,
Hilde Gueden,
Ludwig Weber,
Anton Dermota
Erich Kleiber
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.111011-13
1956 Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,
Christa Ludwig,
Teresa Stich-Randall,
Otto Edelmann,
Nicolai Gedda
Herbert von Karajan
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
EMI
Cat: 77357
1968/69 Régine Crespin,
Yvonne Minton,
Helen Donath,
Manfred Jungwirth,
Luciano Pavarotti
Sir Georg Solti
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Decca
Cat: 475 9988
1969 Christa Ludwig,
Tatiana Troyanos,
Edith Mathis,
Theo Adam,
Anton de Ridder
Karl Böhm
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
(Live recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival)
DG
Cat: 445 338-2
1971 Christa Ludwig,
Dame Gwyneth Jones,
Lucia Popp,
Walter Berry,
Plácido Domingo
Leonard Bernstein
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Sony
Cat: M3K 42546
1976 Evelyn Lear,
Frederica von Stade,
Ruth Welting,
Jules Bastin,
José Carreras
Edo de Waart
Rotterdam Philharmonic
Decca
Cat: 473 361-2
1984 Anna Tomowa-Sintow,
Agnes Baltsa,
Janet Perry,
Kurt Moll,
Vinson Cole
Herbert von Karajan
Vienna Philharmonic
Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 423850
1990 Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,
Anne Sofie von Otter,
Barbara Hendricks,
Kurt Rydl,
Richard Leech
Sir Bernard Haitink
Staatskapelle Dresden
EMI
Cat: 358618-2
2009 Renée Fleming,
Sophie Koch,
Diana Damrau,
Frank Hawlata,
Jonas Kaufmann
Christian Thielemann
Münchner Philharmoniker
Decca

Video

Year Cast
(Marschallin,
Octavian,
Sophie,
Ochs,
Italian singer)
Conductor
Opera house and orchestra
Label[1]
1960 Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,
Sena Jurinac,
Anneliese Rothenberger,
Otto Edelmann,
Giuseppe Zampieri
Herbert von Karajan
Vienna Philharmonic,
(1960 film dir: Paul Czinner)
Videoland
Cat: VLD 379
Kultur Video
Cat.: D4686 (Blu-ray);
Restored and digitally remastered.
1979 Dame Gwyneth Jones,
Brigitte Fassbaender,
Lucia Popp,
Manfred Jungwirth,
Francisco Araiza
Carlos Kleiber
Bayerische Staatsoper
(Live recording of a performance at the Bavarian State Opera)
DG
Cat: 073 4072 GH2
1982 Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,
Tatiana Troyanos,
Judith Blegen,
Kurt Moll,
Luciano Pavarotti
James Levine
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(production by Nathaniel Merrill;
live recording of a telecast on 7 October)[2]
DVD: The Metropolitan Opera
Cat. No. 811357013304[3]
1984 Anna Tomowa-Sintow,
Agnes Baltsa,
Janet Perry,
Kurt Moll,
Vinson Cole
Herbert von Karajan
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
(Live recording of a performance at the 1984 Salzburger Festspiele)
DVD: Sony
Cat: 88697296039
1985 Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,
Anne Howells,
Barbara Bonney,
Aage Haugland,
Dennis O'Neill
Sir Georg Solti
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orchestra and Chorus
(Live recording of a performance of 14 February)
Warner Vision
Cat: 0630 19391-2
1994 Dame Felicity Lott,
Anne Sofie von Otter,
Barbara Bonney,
Kurt Moll,
Keith Ikaya-Purdy
Carlos Kleiber
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera Chorus
(Live recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera, 24 March)
DG
Cat: 073 008-9
2004 Adrianne Pieczonka,
Angelika Kirchschlager,
Miah Persson,
Franz Hawlata,
Piotr Beczała
Semyon Bychkov
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
TDK
Cat: DVWW OPROKA
2004 Nina Stemme,
Vesselina Kasarova,
Malin Hartelius,
Alfred Muff,
Boiko Zvetanov
Franz Welser-Möst
Zürich Opera House
EMI
Cat: 5 44258 9
2009 Renée Fleming,
Sophie Koch,
Diana Damrau,
Franz Hawlata,
Jonas Kaufmann
Christian Thielemann
Münchner Philharmoniker and the Philharmonia Chorus, Vienna
Encore
Cat: DVD 3407
2012 Cheryl Barker,
Catherine Carby,
Emma Pearson,
Manfred Hemm,
Henry Choo
Andrew Litton,
Opera Australia
(recorded 13 and 19 October 2010)
EPC Distribution (Naxos)
DVD: OPOZ56026DVD[4]
Blu-ray: OPOZ56027BD
CD: OPOZ56028CD

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Recordings of Der Rosenkavalier on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  2. Met telecast of 7 October 1982 at the Met Opera Archive.
  3. Recording details taken from the 2010 Met DVD of the October 1982 telecast, from the DVD collection "James Levine Celebrating 40 Years at the Met"
  4. Eddins, Stephen. Der Rosenkavalier at AllMusic. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

Sources

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