This is a list of recordings of Die Frau ohne Schatten, a three-act opera by Richard Strauss with a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The work was first performed in Vienna on 10 October 1919.
Recordings YearCast(Kaiser, Kaiserin, Barak,Färberin, Amme)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel"41 recordings of Die Frau ohne Schatten, operadis-opera-discography.org.uk1955Hans HopfLeonie RysanekLudwig WeberChristel GoltzElisabeth HöngenKarl BöhmVienna State Opera orchestra & chorus(recorded live on 9 November)Audio CD: OrfeoCat: C 668 053 D1955Hans HopfLeonie RysanekPaul SchöfflerChristel GoltzElisabeth HöngenKarl BöhmVienna Philharmonic orchestraVienna State Opera chorus(recorded on 29, 30 November and 2, 7, 10 December)Audio CD: Decca RecordsCat: 425 981-21963Jess ThomasIngrid BjonerDietrich Fischer-DieskauInge BorkhMartha MödlJoseph KeilberthBavarian State Orchestra(recorded live at National Theatre Munich on 21 November)Audio CD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 449 584-21964Jess ThomasLeonie RysanekWalter BerryChrista LudwigGrace HoffmanHerbert von KarajanVienna State Opera orchestra & chorus(recorded live on 11 June)Audio CD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 457 678-21964Jess ThomasGundula JanowitzOtto WienerGladys KuchtaGrace HoffmanHerbert von KarajanVienna State Opera orchestra & chorus(recorded live on 17 June)Audio CD: GalaCat: GL 100.6071966James KingLeonie RysanekWalter BerryChrista LudwigIrene DalisKarl BöhmMetropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus(recorded live on 17 Decemmber)Met Opera on Demand1977James KingLeonie RysanekWalter BerryBirgit NilssonRuth HesseKarl BöhmVienna State Opera orchestra & chorus(recorded live on 23 and 27 October)Audio CD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 445 325-21978James KingLeonie RysanekWalter BerryUrsula Schröder-FeinenMignon DunnKarl BöhmMetropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus(recorded live on 1 April)Met Opera on Demand1987René KolloCheryl StuderAlfred MuffUte VinzingHanna SchwarzWolfgang SawallischBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra(recorded in February, March, November and December)Audio CD: EMICat: EX 749074-41989Robert SchunkJohanna MeierJames CourtneyJanis MartinHelga DerneschChristof PerickMetropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus(recorded live on 9 December)Met Opera on Demand1989–1991Plácido DomingoJúlia VáradyJosé van DamHildegard BehrensReinhild RunkelGeorg SoltiVienna Philharmonic orchestra and Vienna State Opera chorus(recorded in March, April, September,October 1989 and October 1991)Audio CD: Decca RecordsCat: 436 243-21992Thomas MoserCheryl StuderRobert HaleÉva MartonMarjana LipovšekGeorg SoltiVienna Philharmonic orchestraVienna State Opera chorus(recorded live at Salzburg Festival)DVD Video: Decca Cat: 071425-91996Ben HeppnerDeborah VoigtFranz GrundheberSabine HaasHanna SchwarzGiuseppe SinopoliStaatskapelle DresdenAudio CD: TeldecCat: 0630-13516-22002Thomas MoserDeborah VoigtWolfgang BrendelGabriele SchnautReinhild RunkelChristian ThielemannMetropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus(recorded live on 5 January)Met Opera on Demand2013Torsten KerlAnne SchwanewilmsJohan ReuterChristine GoerkeIldikó KomlósiVladimir JurowskiMetropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus(recorded live on 26 November)Met Opera on Demand2015Burkhard FritzTamara WilsonTerje StensvoldSabine HogrefeTanja Ariane BaumgartnerSebastian WeigleFrankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester(recorded live at Oper Frankfurt, October/November 2014)Audio CD: OEHMS Classic Cat: OV 9642020Stephen GouldCamilla NylundWolfgang KochNina StemmeEvelyn HerlitziusChristian Thielemann Vienna State OperaAudio CD: OrfeoCat: C9912032024Issachah SavageElza van den HeeverMichael VolleLise LindstromNina StemmeYannick Nézet-SéguinMetropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus(recorded live 7 December)Met Opera on Demand
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