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)
1942 Viorica Ursuleac,
Georgine von Milinkovič,
Adele Kern,
Ludwig Weber,
Franz Klarwein		 Clemens Krauss
Munich State Opera		 Vox Records[which?]
Cat: OPSX 140
(Concert Version)
1949 Eleanor Steber,
Rise Stevens,
Erna Berger,
Giuseppe di Stefano,
Emanuel List		 Fritz Reiner
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(Recording of a performance at Met, 2 December 1949)		 LYS
Cat: 425-427
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
1955 Maria Reining,
Sena Jurinac,
Hilde Gueden,
Kurt Böhme,
Karl Terkal		 Hans Knappertsbusch
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera and
Vienna State Opera Chorus		 RCA
Cat: 69431
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)		 Deutsche Grammophon
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. For full details, see Der Rosenkavalier (Edo de Waart recording)
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		 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)		 Deutsche Grammophon
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[3]
Streaming video:
Met Opera on Demand[4]
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)		 Deutsche Grammophon
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
2010 Renée Fleming,
Susan Graham,
Christine Schäfer,
Kristinn Sigmundsson,
Eric Cutler		 Edo de Waart,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Director: Nathaniel Merrill; designer: Robert O'Hearn; recorded live 1 January)		 HD video:
Met Opera on Demand[5]
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[6]
Blu-ray: OPOZ56027BD
CD: OPOZ56028CD
2014 Krassimira Stoyanova,
Sophie Koch,
Mojca Erdmann,
Günther Groissböck,
Ștefan Pop		 Franz Welser-Möst,
Vienna Philharmonic
(Stage director: Harry Kupfer; recorded 8 to 14 August 2014, Salzburg Festival, Großes Festspielhaus)		 C Major (Naxos)
Blu-ray/DVD: 719404[7]
2017 Renée Fleming,
Elīna Garanča,
Erin Morley,
Günther Groissböck,
Matthew Polenzani		 Sebastian Weigle,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Production: Robert Carsen; recorded live 13 May)		 HD video:
Met Opera on Demand[8]
2023 Lise Davidsen,
Samantha Hankey,
Erin Morley,
Günther Groissböck,
René Barbera		 Simone Young,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Production: Robert Carsen; recorded live 15 April)		 HD video:
Met Opera on Demand[9]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b Recordings of Der Rosenkavalier on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  2. ^ Met telecast of 7 October 1982, Met Opera Archive at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 March 2016)
  3. ^ 1982 Met DVD, OCLC 670430686.
  4. ^ Der Rosenkavalier, 7 October 1982, Met Opera on Demand.
  5. ^ Der Rosenkavalier, 9 January 2010, Met Opera on Demand; CID: 353293, Met Opera DB.
  6. ^ Eddins, Stephen. Der Rosenkavalier at AllMusic. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  7. ^ "STRAUSS, R.: Rosenkavalier (Der) (Salzburg Festival, 2014)", naxos.com, OCLC 1242277986.
  8. ^ Der Rosenkavalier, 13 May 2017, Met Opera on Demand; CID: 356724, Met Opera DB.
  9. ^ Der Rosenkavalier, 15 April 2023, Met Opera on Demand; CID: 357870, Met Opera DB.

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