Tannhäuser discography

This is a partial discography of the opera Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner. It was first performed in Dresden on 19 October 1845. A revised version was first given in Paris on 13 March 1861. List YearCast(Tannhäuser, Elisabeth,Venus, Wolfram,Landgrave, Walther)Conductor,Opera House and OrchestraLabel1930Sigismund Pilinszky,Maria Müller,Ruth Jost-Arden,Herbert Janssen,Ivar Andrésen,Geza Belti-PilinszkyKarl Elmendorff,Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus,Paris VersionAudio CD: Naxos,Cat: 8.110094-951941Lauritz Melchior,Kirsten Flagstad,Kerstin Thorborg,Herbert Janssen,Emanuel List,John DudleyErich Leinsdorf,Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus,Paris VersionAudio CD: Immortal Performances,Cat: IPCD 1101-31942Lauritz Melchior,Helen Traubel,Kerstin Thorborg,Herbert Janssen,Alexander Kipnis,John GarrisGeorge Szell,Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus,Paris VersionAudio CD: Immortal Performances,Cat: IPCD 1053-31954Ramon Vinay,Margaret Harshaw,Astrid Varnay,George London,Jerome Hines,Brian SullivanGeorge Szell,Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus,Dresden VersionAudio CD: Sony Classical,Cat: 8864439008681955Wolfgang Windgassen,Gré Brouwenstijn,Herta Wilfert,Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,Josef Greindl,Josef TraxelAndré Cluytens,Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus,Dresden Version(featuring Paris Bacchanale)Audio CD: Orfeo d'Or, Cat: C 643 043 D1960Hans Hopf,Elisabeth Grümmer,Marianne Schech,Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gottlob Frick,Fritz WunderlichFranz Konwitschny,Berlin State Opera orchestra and chorus, Dresden Version(reverts to Paris for small section in Act II)Audio CD: EMI,Cat: CMS 7 63214 21961Wolfgang Windgassen,Victoria de los Ángeles,Grace Bumbry,Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,Josef Greindl,Gerhard StolzeWolfgang Sawallisch,Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus,Dresden Version(featuring Paris Bacchanale)Audio CD: Orfeo d'Or,Cat: C 888 143 D1962Wolfgang Windgassen,Anja Silja,Grace Bumbry,Eberhard Wächter,Josef Greindl,Gerhard StolzeWolfgang Sawallisch,Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus,Dresden Version(featuring Paris Bacchanale)Audio CD: Philips,Cat: 434 607-2 1963Hans Beirer,Gré Brouwenstijn,Christa Ludwig,Eberhard Wächter,Gottlob Frick,Waldemar KmenttHerbert von Karajan,Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus,Paris VersionAudio CD: Deutsche Grammophon,Cat: 4576821968Wolfgang Windgassen,Birgit Nilsson,Birgit Nilsson,Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,Theo Adam,Horst LaubenthalOtto Gerdes,Deutsche Oper Berlin orchestra and chorus,Dresden Version(reverts to Paris for small section in Act II)Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon,Cat: 471 708-21970René Kollo,Helga Dernesch,Christa Ludwig,Victor Braun,Hans Sotin,Werner HollwegGeorg Solti,Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,Vienna State Opera chorus,Paris Version(reverts to Dresden for small section in Act II)Audio CD: Decca,Cat: 470 810-2 1978Spas Wenkoff,Dame Gwyneth Jones,Dame Gwyneth Jones,Bernd Weikl,Hans Sotin,Robert SchunkColin Davis,Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus,Dresden Version(featuring Paris Bacchanale)DVD: DG,Cat: 073 4446 1985Klaus König,Lucia Popp,Waltraud Meier,Bernd Weikl,Kurt Moll,Siegfried JerusalemBernard Haitink,Bavarian Radio Symphony OrchestraDresden VersionAudio CD: EMI,Cat: CMS 7 47296 81988Plácido Domingo,Cheryl Studer,Agnes Baltsa,Andreas Schmidt,Matti Salminen,William PellGiuseppe Sinopoli,Philharmonia Orchestra,Royal Opera House chorus,Paris VersionAudio CD: Deutsche Grammophon,Cat: 427 625-22001Peter Seiffert,Jane Eaglen,Waltraud Meier,Thomas Hampson,René Pape, Gunnar GudbjörnssonDaniel Barenboim,Berlin Staatskapelle orchestra,Berlin State Opera chorus,Dresden Version(uses Paris Version of Act I, minus ballet sequence)Audio CD: Teldec,Cat: 8573 88064-22014Peter Seiffert,Ann Petersen,Marina Prudenskaya,Peter Mattei,René Pape, Peter SonnDaniel Barenboim,Staatskapelle Berlin,Berlin State Opera chorus,Dresden Version(uses Paris Version of Act I, Scene I, including ballet sequence)DVD: Bel Air Classiques,ASIN: B0168HCVM82010Stig Fogh Andersen,Tina Kiberg,Susanne Resmark,Tommi Hakala,Stephen Milling,Peter LodahlFriedemann Layer,Royal Danish Opera, Royal Danish Orchestra and chorus,2 DVD: DECCA,cat: 074 33902020Stephen Gould,Lise Davidsen,Elena Zhidkova,Markus Eiche, Stephen MillingValery Gergiev, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus,Tobias Kratzer, stage directorDVD: Deutsche Grammophon, Cat:735760

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