Götterdämmerung discography

This is a discography of Götterdämmerung, the fourth of the four operas that make up Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner, which received its premiere at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 17 August 1876.

Recordings

Year Cast
Siegfried
Brünnhilde
Hagen
Gunther
Gutrune
Alberich
Waltraute)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label[1]
1936 Lauritz Melchior
Marjorie Lawrence
Ludwig Hofmann
Friedrich Schorr
Dorothee Manski
Eduard Habich
Kathryn Meisle
Artur Bodanzky
Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera
CD: Naxos Historical
1942 Set Svanholm
Marta Fuchs
Frederick Dalberg
Egmont Koch
Else Fischer
Robert Burg
Camilla Kailab
Karl Elmendorff
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Bayreuth Festival)
CD: Music & Arts
Cat: CD 1058
Mono, Live
1947 Set Svanholm
Astrid Varnay
Emanuel List
Herbert Janssen
Rose Bampton
Fred Destal
Lydia Kinderman
Erich Kleiber
Teatro Colon
CD: Gebhardt
1949 Günther Treptow
Gertrude Grob-Prandl
Ludwig Weber
Karl Kamann
Hilde Konetzni
Adolf Vogel
Rosette Anday
Rudolf Moralt
Vienna Symphony Orchestra & chorus
CD: Myto
Cat: 4MCD 973.159
Mono
1950 Max Lorenz
Kirsten Flagstad
Ludwig Weber
Josef Herrmann
Hilde Konetzni
Alois Pernerstorfer
Elisabeth Höngen
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus
CD: Opera d'Oro
Cat: OPD1501[2]
(complete Ring) Mono, Live
1951 Bernd Aldenhoff
Astrid Varnay
Ludwig Weber
Hermann Uhde
Martha Mödl
Heinrich Pflanzl
Elisabeth Höngen
Hans Knappertsbusch
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Bayreuth Festival)
CD: Testament
Cat: SBT4175
Mono, Live
1951 Set Svanholm
Helen Traubel
Dezső Ernster
Herbert Janssen
Regina Resnik
Gerhard Pechner
Margaret Harshaw
Fritz Stiedry
Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera
CD: Gebhardt
1952 Max Lorenz
Astrid Varnay
Josef Greindl
Hermann Uhde
Martha Mödl
Gustav Neidlinger
Ruth Siewert
Joseph Keilberth
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Bayreuth Festival)
CD: Myto
Cat: 4CD 00206
Mono, Live
1953 Wolfgang Windgassen
Astrid Varnay
Josef Greindl
Hermann Uhde
Natalie Hinsch-Gröndahl
Gustav Neidlinger
Ira Malaniuk
Clemens Krauss
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Bayreuth Festival)
CD: Opera d'Oro
Cat: OPD1500[3]
(complete Ring) Mono, Live
1953 Ludwig Suthaus
Martha Mödl
Josef Greindl
Alfred Poell
Sena Jurinac
Alois Pernerstorfer
Margarete Klose
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro della RAI
CD: EMI
Cat: CZS 7 67136 2
Mono
1955 Wolfgang Windgassen
Astrid Varnay
Josef Greindl
Hermann Uhde
Gré Brouwenstijn
Gustav Neidlinger
Maria von Ilosvay
Joseph Keilberth
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Bayreuth Festival)
CD: Testament
Cat: SBT41393
Stereo, Live
1955 Wolfgang Windgassen
Martha Mödl
Josef Greindl
Hermann Uhde
Gré Brouwenstijn
Gustav Neidlinger
Maria von Ilosvay
Joseph Keilberth
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Bayreuth Festival)
CD: Testament
Cat: SBT41433
Stereo, Live
1955 Bernd Aldenhoff
Birgit Nilsson
Gottlob Frick
Hermann Uhde
Leonie Rysanek
Otakar Kraus
Ira Malaniuk
Hans Knappertsbusch
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
CD: Orfeo
1956 Set Svanholm
Kirsten Flagstad
Egil Nordsjø
Waldemar Johnsen
Ingrid Bjoner
Per Grönneberg
Eva Gustavson
Øivin Fjeldstad
Norwegian Radio Chorus & Orchestra
CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.112066-69
Mono, Live
1957 Wolfgang Windgassen
Birgit Nilsson
Kurt Böhme
Hermann Uhde
Elisabeth Lindermeier
Otakar Kraus
Maria von Ilosvay
Rudolf Kempe
Royal Opera House orchestra & chorus
CD: Testament
Cat: SBT131426
(complete Ring) Mono, Live
1964 Wolfgang Windgassen
Birgit Nilsson
Gottlob Frick
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Claire Watson
Gustav Neidlinger
Christa Ludwig
Georg Solti
Wiener Philharmoniker,
Wiener Staatsoper chorus
CD: Decca
Cat: 455 569-2
Stereo
1967 Wolfgang Windgassen
Birgit Nilsson
Josef Greindl
Thomas Stewart
Ludmila Dvořáková
Gustav Neidlinger
Martha Mödl
Karl Böhm
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Bayreuth Festival)
CD: Philips
Cat: 412 488-2
Stereo, Live
1969 Helge Brilioth
Helga Dernesch
Karl Ridderbusch
Thomas Stewart
Gundula Janowitz
Zoltán Kelemen
Christa Ludwig
Herbert von Karajan
Berliner Philharmoniker,
Deutsche Oper Berlin chorus
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 457 795-2
Stereo
1977 Alberto Remedios
Rita Hunter
Aage Haugland
Norman Welsby
Margaret Curphey
Derek Hammond-Stroud
Katherine Pring
Reginald Goodall
English National Opera
CD: Chandos
Performed in English
1979 Manfred Jung
Gwyneth Jones
Fritz Hübner
Franz Mazura
Jeannine Altmeyer
Hermann Becht
Gwendolyn Killebrew
Pierre Boulez
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Bayreuth Festival)
CD: Philips
Cat: 434 424-2
Stereo
1983 René Kollo
Jeannine Altmeyer
Matti Salminen
Hans Günter Nöcker
Norma Sharp
Siegmund Nimsgern
Ortrun Wenkel
Marek Janowski
Staatskapelle Dresden,
Staatsoper Dresden chorus
CD: Eurodisc / RCA
Cat: RCA B00011MJV6
(complete Ring) Stereo
1987 Elliot Palay
Laila Andersson-Palme
Aage Haugland
Lars Waage
Eva Johansson
Jorgen Klint
Margrethe Danielsen
Francesco Cristofoli
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
CD: Sterling
1989 Reiner Goldberg
Hildegard Behrens
Matti Salminen
Bernd Weikl
Cheryl Studer
Ekkehard Wlaschiha
Hanna Schwarz
James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 429 385-2
Stereo
1989 René Kollo
Hildegard Behrens
Robert Hale
Hans Günter Nöcker
Eva-Maria Bundschuh
Ekkehard Wlaschiha
Waltraud Meier
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Bavarian State Opera orchestra & chorus
(Recorded at National Theater, Munich)
CD: EMI
Cat: 724357273121
(complete Ring) Stereo, Live
1991 Siegfried Jerusalem
Éva Marton
John Tomlinson
Thomas Hampson
Eva-Maria Bundschuh
Theo Adam
Marjana Lipovšek
Bernard Haitink
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Bayerischen Rundfunks chorus
CD: EMI
Cat: CDS 7 54485 2
Stereo
1991 Siegfried Jerusalem
Anne Evans
Philip Kang
Bodo Brinkmann
Eva-Maria Bundschuh
Günter von Kannen
Waltraud Meier
Daniel Barenboim
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Bayreuth Festival)
CD: Teldec
Cat: 4509941942
Stereo, Live
1995 Edward Cook
Carla Pohl
Markku Tervo
Bodo Brinkmann
Gabriele Maria Ronge
Oleg Bryjak
Zlatomira Nikolova
Günter Neuhold
Badische Staatskapelle
CD: Brilliant Classics
2002–2003 Albert Bonnema
Luana DeVol
Roland Bracht
Hernan Iturralde
Eva-Maria Westbroek
Franz-Josef Kappellmann
Tichina Vaughn
Lothar Zagrosek
Staatsoper Stuttgart orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Württembergische Staatsoper).
DVD: TDK "Mediactive",
Cat: DV-OPRDNG
CD: Naxos Records
Cat: 8.660179-82
Stereo, Live
2003–2004 John Treleaven
Deborah Polaski
Matti Salminen
Falk Struckmann
Elisabete Matos
Günter von Kannen
Julia Juon
Bertrand de Billy
Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
DVD: Opus Arte
ASIN: B000IFRPY6
Surround Sound, Live
2004 Timothy Mussard
Lisa Gasteen
Duccio Dal Monte
Jonathan Summers
Joanna Cole
John Wegner
Elizabeth Campbell
Asher Fisch
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
CD: Melba
2006 Stig Fogh Andersen
Iréne Theorin
Peter Klaveness
Guido Paëvatalu
Ylva Kihlberg
Sten Byriel
Anette Bod
Michael Schønwandt
Royal Danish Orchestra
DVD: Decca
2009 Stephen Gould
Linda Watson
Hans-Peter König
Ralf Lukas
Edith Haller
Andrew Shore
Christa Mayer
Christian Thielemann
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Bayreuth Festival)
CD: Opus Arte
Cat: OA CD9000B D
Stereo, Live
2010 Lance Ryan
Jennifer Wilson
Matti Salminen
Ralf Lukas
Elisabete Matos
Franz-Josef Kapellmann
Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Zubin Mehta
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana
DVD Unitel Classica
ASIN: B002ZCUEKM
2013 Lance Ryan
Petra Lang
Matti Salminen
Markus Brück
Edith Haller
Jochen Schmeckenbecher
Marina Prudenskaya
Marek Janowski
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
CD: Pentatone
2018 Daniel Brenna
Gun-Brit Barkman
Eric Halfvarson
Shenyang
Amanda Majeski
Peter Kálmán
Michelle DeYoung
Jaap van Zweden
Hong Kong Philharmonic
CD: Naxos
2022 Corby Welch
Linda Watson
Sami Luttinen
Richard Šveda
Anke Krabbe
Jochen Schmeckenbecher
Sarah Ferede
Axel Kober
Duisburg Philharmonic
CD: cAvi

References

  1. Recordings of Götterdämmerung 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. "Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (complete cycle)". Allegro Music. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
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