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 [2]	Lotte Lehmann, Maria Olszewska, Elisabeth Schumann, Richard Mayr,  ??	Robert Heger Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera Chorus,	Naxos "Historical" Cat: 8.110191-92
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	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	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	DG Cat: 445 338-2
1971	Gwyneth Jones, Christa Ludwig, 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 Orchestra	Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 423850
1990	Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Sofie von Otter, Barbara Hendricks, Kurt Rydl, Richard Leech	Bernard Haitink Staatskapelle Dresden	EMI Cat: 358618-2

Video

Year	Cast (Marschallin, Octavian, Sophie, Ochs, Italian singer)	Conductor Opera House and Orchestra	Label[1]
1960	Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Sena Jurinac, Anneliese Rothenberger, Otto Edelmann, Giuseppe Zampieri	Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, (1960 film dir: Paul Czinner)	Videoland Cat: VLD 379 Kultur Video Cat.: D4686 (2010; newly restored and digitally remastered)
1979	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
1985	Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Howells, Barbara Bonney, Aage Haugland, Dennis O'Neill	Sir George Solti Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orchestra and Chorus (Live recording of a performance of 14 February)	Warner Vision Cat: 0630 19391-2
1994	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 Beczala	Semyon Bychkov Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra	TDK Cat: DVWW OPROKA
2004	Nina Stemme, Vesselina Kasarova, Malin Hartelius, Alfred Muff, Boiko Zvetanov	Franz Welser-Möst Opernhaus Zurich	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

References

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Recordings of Der Rosenkavalier on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
2. ^ Abridged version

Sources

• Discography The Opera Quarterly 1999 15(3):503-519; doi:10.1093/oq/15.3.503, accessed 2 February 2010
• Schott Music discography, accessed 2 February 2010