This is a discography of Der Rosenkavalier,Recordings of Der Rosenkavalier on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk (archive copy, 30 March 2012) an opera in three acts with music by Richard Strauss to a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Der Rosenkavalier was first performed at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden on 26 January 1911 under the direction of Max Reinhardt.
Audio recordings YearCast(Marschallin, Octavian,Sophie, Ochs,Faninal, Italian singer)ConductorOrchestra, chorusLabel 1933 Lotte Lehmann, Maria Olszewska,Elisabeth Schumann, Richard MayrViktor MadinRobert HegerVienna Philharmonic, Vienna State Opera Chorus Naxos "Historical"Cat: 8.110191-92(abridged version; no selectionswith Faninal or the Italian Singer) 1942 Viorica Ursuleac, Georgine von Milinkovič,Adele Kern, Ludwig Weber,Georg Hann, Franz KlarweinClemens KraussMunich State Opera(Broadcast performance of June 1942Alan Blyth, Review of Preiser's digital reissue of Vox PL7774, Gramophone (August 1996), pp. 102–103.)Vox RecordsCat: PL 7774(Concert Version) 1949 Eleanor Steber, Rise Stevens,Erna Berger, Emanuel List,Hugh Thompson, Giuseppe di StefanoFritz ReinerMetropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus(Recording of a live performance, 21 November 1949)NaxosCat: 8.110277-79 1949 Maria Reining, Jarmila Novotná,Hilde Güden, Jaro Prohaska,Georg Hann, Helge Rosvaenge George SzellVienna PhilharmonicChorus of the Vienna State Opera(live recording, 12 August 1949, Salzburg Festival) Andante Cat: AND 3985 1954 Maria Reining, Sena Jurinac,Hilde Gueden, Ludwig Weber,Alfred Poell, Anton DermotaErich KleiberVienna Philharmonic OrchestraVienna State Opera ChorusDecca LegendsCat: 289 467-111-2 (CD reissue) 1955 Maria Reining, Sena Jurinac,Hilde Gueden, Kurt Böhme,Alfred Poell, Karl TerkalHans Knappertsbusch Orchestra of the Vienna State OperaVienna State Opera Chorus(Recorded live, 16 November 1955, Vienna State OperaAlan Blyth, "Strauss Heroines", Gramophone (March 2000), pp. 122, 124.)RCACat: 694311956 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig,Teresa Stich-Randall, Otto Edelmann,Eberhard Waechter, Nicolai GeddaHerbert von KarajanPhilharmonia OrchestraPhilharmonia Chorus EMICat: 773571958 Marianne Schech, Irmgard Seefried,Rita Streich, Kurt Böhme,Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Rudolf Francl Karl Böhm Sächsische Staatskapelle DresdenChorus of the Staatsoper Dresden Deutsche GrammophonCat: SLPM 138 040/431960 Lisa della Casa, Sena Jurinac,Hilde Gueden, Otto Edelmann,Erich Kunz, Giuseppe Zampieri Herbert von KarajanVienna PhilharmonicChorus of the Vienna State Opera(Recorded live, 26 July 1960, Salzburg Festival, Großes Festspielhaus)Alan Blyth, Review of 1960 Salzburg live audio recording, Gramophone (September 1999), p. 98. Deutsche GrammophonCat: 289 453-200-21965 Montserrat Caballé, Teresa Zylis-Gara,Edith Mathis, Otto Edelmann,John Modenos, Jon Andrew John PritchardLondon Philharmonic OrchestraChorus of Glyndebourne Opera(live recording from 30 May 1965) Glyndebourne Cat: GFOCD010-65Max Loppert, "Der Rosenkavalier, Strauss", Opera (July 2011), pp. 863–865.1968/69 Régine Crespin, Yvonne Minton,Helen Donath, Manfred Jungwirth,Otto Wiener, Luciano Pavarotti Sir Georg SoltiVienna Philharmonic OrchestraChorus of the Vienna State OperaDeccaCat: 475 9988 1969 Christa Ludwig, Tatiana Troyanos,Edith Mathis, Theo Adam,Anton de Ridder Karl BöhmVienna Philharmonic Orchestra(Live recording 27 July, Salzburg Festival)Deutsche GrammophonCat: 445 338-21971 Christa Ludwig, Gwyneth Jones,Lucia Popp, Walter Berry,Ernst Gutstein, Plácido Domingo Leonard BernsteinVienna Philharmonic OrchestraChorus of the Vienna State Opera SonyCat: M3K 425461973 Claire Watson, Brigitte Fassbaender,Lucia Popp, Karl Ridderbusch,Benno Kusche, Gerhard Unger Carlos KleiberBavarian State OrchestraChorus of the Bavarian State Opera(live recording, 13 July 1973) Orfeo d'OrCat: C5810831976 Evelyn Lear, Frederica von Stade,Ruth Welting, Jules Bastin,Derek Hammond-Stroud, José Carreras Edo de WaartRotterdam PhilharmonicChorus of Netherlands OperaPhilipsCat: 289 442 338-2 (CD reissue)1984 Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa,Janet Perry, Kurt Moll,Gottfried Hornik, Vinson Cole Herbert von KarajanVienna PhilharmonicChorus of the Vienna State OperaDeutsche GrammophonCat: 4238501985 Anna Pusar-Joric, Ute Walther,Margot Stejskal, Theo Adam,Rolf Haunstein, Klaus König Hans VonkStaatskapelle DresdenChorus of the Dresden State Opera(live recording, February 1985, Semperoper, Dresden) DenonCat: C37 7482/41990 Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Sofie von Otter,Barbara Hendricks, Kurt Rydl,Franz Grundheber, Richard Leech Bernard HaitinkStaatskapelle Dresden, Staatsopernchor DresdenKnaben des Dresdner KreuzchoresEMICat: CDCC 7 54259 21995 Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Ann Murray,Barbara Bonney, Kurt Moll,Alan Opie, Bonaventura Bottone Andrew Davis,Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden(live performance from 1995) Opus ArteCat: OACD9006D2009 Renée Fleming, Sophie Koch,Diana Damrau, Franz Hawlata,Franz Grundheber, Jonas Kaufmann Christian ThielemannMünchner PhilharmonikerPhilharmonia Chor WienDecca 289 478-150-72017 Camilla Nylund, Paula Murrihy,Hanna-Elisabeth Muller, Peter Rose,Martin Gantner, Yosep Kang Marc AlbrechtNetherlands Philharmonic OrchestraChorus of Dutch National OperaChallenge ClassicsCat: CC72741
Video recordings YearCast(Marschallin, Octavian,Sophie, Ochs,Faninal, Italian singer)Conductor,Orchestra, Chorus(Production details)Label1960 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,Sena Jurinac,Anneliese Rothenberger,Otto Edelmann,Erich Kunz,Giuseppe Zampieri Herbert von Karajan,Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna State Opera Chorus(Film of the 1960 Salzburg Festival production; film director: Paul Czinner;Quita Chavez, "Der Rosenkavalier at the Festival Hall" [review of the film], Gramophone (August 1962), p. 96.Arthur Jacobs, "The Rosenkavalier Film", Opera (October 1962), pp. 696–697: "What we are seeing was not an ordinary, public festival performance recorded with all its necessary human impeiiections by the cameras in the presence of an audience. This was - as the positioning of the cameras must indicate - a special performance, doubtless filmed in sections. A very occasional tiny non-correspondence of sound and lip-movement indicates that part, at least, of the sound-track was recorded on a different occasion from the actual filming. I understand, indeed, that Dr Paul Czinner, who produced and directed the film, makes three alternative 'pools' of complete sound-material - recording the score in a special recording session, at an actual festival performance, and at the shooting of the film itself. But the 'fake' is an artistic one. That is, it is aimed to give the impression of an opera performance in an opera house, and this is subtly and superbly done." stage director: Rodney Milnes, "Video" [comparative review of the 1960 film with the 1985 ROH video], Gramophone (July 1986), p. 150.)Blu-ray/DVD:Kultur VideoSalzburg (1960), Blu-ray: ; DVD: . Restored and digitally remastered from the 35mm film.Cat: D4686 (Blu-ray)1979 Gwyneth Jones,Brigitte Fassbaender,Lucia Popp,Manfred Jungwirth,Benno Kusche,Francisco Araiza Carlos Kleiber,Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus(Staged and directed by Otto Schenk; recorded in May, National Theatre, Munich)Bavarian State Opera (1979), .DVD:Deutsche GrammophonCat: 073 4072 GH21982 Kiri Te Kanawa,Tatiana Troyanos,Judith Blegen,Kurt Moll,,Luciano Pavarotti James Levine,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus(Production: Nathaniel Merrill; designer: Robert O'Hearn; recorded live 7 October)DVD:The Metropolitan OperaMet Opera (1982), DVD: .Streaming video:Met Opera on DemandDer Rosenkavalier, 7 October 1982, Met Opera on Demand.1984 Anna Tomowa-Sintow,Agnes Baltsa,Janet Perry,Kurt Moll,Gottfried Hornik,Vinson Cole Herbert von Karajan,Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus(Stage director: Herbert von Karajan; recorded live, 1984 Salzburg Festival)DVD: SonyCat: 886972960391985 Kiri Te Kanawa,Anne Howells,Barbara Bonney,Aage Haugland,Jonathan Summers,Dennis O'Neill Georg Solti,Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden(Stage director: John Schlesinger; recorded live, 14 February)DVD:Opus Arte;Royal Opera House (1985), DVD (2021): .Warner VisionCat: 0630 19391-21994 Felicity Lott,Anne Sofie von Otter,Barbara Bonney,Kurt Moll,Gottfried Hornik,Keith Ikaya-Purdy Carlos Kleiber,Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus(Stage director: Otto Schenk; recorded live in March, Vienna State Opera)DVD:Deutsche GrammophonCat: 073 008-92004 Adrianne Pieczonka,Angelika Kirchschlager,Miah Persson,Franz Hawlata,Franz Grundheber,Piotr Beczała Semyon Bychkov,Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus(Stage director: Robert Carsen)DVD: TDKCat: DVWW OPROKA2004 Nina Stemme,Vesselina Kasarova,Malin Hartelius,Alfred Muff,Adrian Eröd,Boiko Zvetanov Franz Welser-Möst,Orchestra and Chorus of Zurich Opera(Stage director: Sven-Eric Bechtolf)DVD: EMICat: 5 44258 92009 Renée Fleming,Sophie Koch,Diana Damrau,Franz Hawlata,Franz Grundheber,Jonas KaufmannChristian Thielemann,Münchner Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Chorus Vienna(Production: Herbert Wernicke; recorded 31 January, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden)Blu-ray/DVD/CD:DeccaBaden-Baden (2009), Blu-ray: ; DVD: ; CD: .Cat: 00440074334092010 Renée Fleming,Susan Graham,Christine Schäfer,Kristinn Sigmundsson,Thomas Allen,Eric CutlerEdo de Waart,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus(Production: Nathaniel Merrill; designer: Robert O'Hearn; stage director: Robin Guarino;Der Rosenkavalier, 2009 season premiere, Met Opera DB. recorded live 1 January)HD video:Met Opera on DemandDer Rosenkavalier, 9 January 2010, Met Opera on Demand; CID: 353293, Met Opera DB.2010 Cheryl Barker,Catherine Carby,Emma Pearson,Manfred Hemm,Warwick Fyfe,Henry ChooAndrew Litton,Opera Australia(Director: Brian FitzGerald; recorded 13 and 19 October, Sydney Opera House)Blu-ray/DVD/CD:Opera AustraliaOpera Australia (2010): Blu-ray, ; DVD, ; CD, .OPOZ56027BDOPOZ56026DVDOPOZ56028CD2014 Kate Royal,Tara Erraught,Teodora Gheorghiu,Lars Woldt,Michael Kraus,Andrej Dunaev Robin Ticciati,London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus(Stage director: Richard Jones; recorded live, 5 and 8 June, Glyndebourne Opera House) Blu-ray/DVD:Opus ArteGlyndebourne (2014), Blu-ray: ; DVD: .Cat: OA1170DStreaming: Glyndebourne EncoreDer Rosenkavalier (2014), Glyndebourne Encore.2014 Krassimira Stoyanova,Sophie Koch,Mojca Erdmann,Günther Groissböck,Adrian Eröd,Ștefan PopFranz Welser-Möst,Vienna Philharmonic, (Stage director: Harry Kupfer; recorded live in August, Salzburg Festival, Großes Festspielhaus)Blu-ray/DVD:C Major (Naxos)Cat: 719404"STRAUSS, R.: Rosenkavalier (Der) (Salzburg Festival, 2014)", naxos.com, . 2017 Renée Fleming,Elīna Garanča,Erin Morley,Günther Groissböck,Markus Brück,Matthew PolenzaniSebastian Weigle,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus(Production: Robert Carsen; recorded live 13 May)HD video:Met Opera on DemandDer Rosenkavalier, 13 May 2017, Met Opera on Demand; CID: 356724, Met Opera DB.Blu-ray/DVD: DeccaMet Opera (2017), Blu-ray: ; DVD: .Cat: 004400743945 2020 Camilla Nylund,Michele Losier,Nadine Sierra,Gunther Groissbock,Atalla Ayan,Roman TrekelZubin Mehta,Staatskapelle Berlin, Chorus of the Berlin State Opera(Stage director: André Heller; recorded live in February, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin) Blu-ray/DVD:Arthaus MusikStaatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin (2020), Blu-ray: ; ; DVD: ; Online resource: .Cat: 109446 2023 Lise Davidsen,Samantha Hankey,Erin Morley,Günther Groissböck,Brian Mulligan,René BarberaSimone Young,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus(Production: Robert Carsen; recorded live, 15 April)HD video:Met Opera on DemandDer Rosenkavalier, 15 April 2023, Met Opera on Demand; CID: 357870, Met Opera DB.
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