This is a list of recordings of Ariadne auf Naxos, an opera by Richard Strauss with a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The work was first performed at the Hoftheater in Stuttgart on 25 October 1912. A radically revised version was performed in at the Hofoper in Vienna on 4 October 1916. (All the recordings listed on this page are of the revised version.) This list is incomplete.
Recordings
YearCast(Ariadne, Composer, ZerbinettaBacchus, Music master)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel Recordings of Ariadne auf Naxos on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk1935Viorica UrsuleacErna BergerHelge RosvaengeClemens KraussBerlin Radio Symphony Orchestra(recorded on 11 June)CD: Pristine AudioCat: PACO 021 (Opera only)1944Maria ReiningIrmgard SeefriedAlda NoniMax LorenzPaul SchöfflerKarl BöhmVienna State Opera orchestra(recorded on 11 June)CD: Myto HistoricalCat: 001631954Hilde ZadekSena JurinacRita StreichHans HopfAlfred PoellJoseph KeilberthWDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne(recorded on 18 May)CD: CapriccioCat: C67166-67Elisabeth SchwarzkopfIrmgard SeefriedRita StreichRudolf SchockKarl DönchHerbert von KarajanPhilharmonia Orchestra(recorded at Kingsway Hall on 30 June and 1–7 July)CD: NaxosCat: 8.111033-34Lisa Della CasaIrmgard SeefriedHilde GüdenRudolf SchockPaul SchöfflerKarl BöhmVienna Philharmonic(recording at Salzburg Festival on 7 August)CD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 445 332-21958Leonie RysanekSena JurinacRoberta PetersJan PeerceWalter BerryErich LeinsdorfVienna PhilharmonicCD: DeccaCat: 443 675-21965Hildegard HillebrechtSena JurinacReri GristJess ThomasPaul SchöfflerKarl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic(recorded at Salzburg Festival on 21 August)DVD: ORF, TDKCat:1968Gundula JanowitzSylvia GesztyTeresa Zylis-GaraJames KingTheo AdamRudolf KempeStaatskapelle DresdenLP: ETERNACat: 8 26 009-111969Hildegard HillebrechtTatiana TroyanosReri GristJess ThomasDietrich Fischer-DieskauKarl BöhmBavarian Radio Symphony OrchestraCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 463 544-21976Montserrat CaballéTatiana TroyanosRuth WeltingAlberto RemediosWilliam DooleyJames LevineMetropolitan Opera orchestra(recorded on 20 March)CD: Celestial AudioCat: CA 3891977Leontyne Price, Tatiana TroyanosEdita GruberovaRené KolloWalter BerryGeorg SoltiLondon Philharmonic OrchestraCD: Decca Cat: 1992-05-121986Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes BaltsaKathleen BattleGary LakesHermann PreyJames LevineVienna PhilharmonicCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 453 122-21988Jessye Norman, Tatiana TroyanosKathleen BattleJames KingFranz Ferdinand NentwigJames LevineMetropolitan Opera orchestraDVD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 073 028-9Jessye Norman, Julia VaradyEdita GruberovaPaul FreyDietrich Fischer-DieskauKurt MasurGewandhaus orchestraCD: PhillipCat:2000Deborah VoigtAnne Sofie von OtterNatalie DessayBen HeppnerAlbert DohmenGiuseppe SinopoliStaatskapelle DresdenCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 471 323-2CD: Brilliant ClassicsCat: 90842003Deborah VoigtSusanne MentzerNatalie DessayRichard MargisonWolfgang BrendelJames LevineMetropolitan Opera orchestra(telecast of 3 April; also recorded on 28 and 31 March)DVD: Virgin ClassicsCat: VCL 4186792008Adrianne PieczonkaDaniela SindramDiana DamrauBurkhard FritzMartin GantnerKent NaganoBayerisches Staatsorchester(recorded at Prinzregententheater in July)CD: Premiere OperaCat:2010Christine BrewerAlice CooteGillian KeithRobert Dean SmithAlan OpieRichard ArmstrongScottish Chamber Orchestra(sung in English)CD: Chandos DigitalCat: CHAN 3168 Recording details of Ariadne on chandos.net Retrieved 9 January 2011
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