Der Rosenkavalier discography
This is a select list of recordings of Der Rosenkavalier, a three-act opera by Richard Strauss with a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The work was first performed at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden on 26 January 1911 under the direction of Max Reinhardt.
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| Year | Cast (Marschallin, Octavian, Sophie, Ochs, Italian singer) |
Conductor Opera house and orchestra |
Label[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Sena Jurinac, Anneliese Rothenberger, Otto Edelmann, Giuseppe Zampieri |
Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic, (1960 film dir: Paul Czinner) |
Videoland Cat: VLD 379 Kultur Video Cat.: D4686 (Blu-ray); Restored and digitally remastered. |
| 1979 | Dame Gwyneth Jones, Brigitte Fassbaender, Lucia Popp, Manfred Jungwirth, Francisco Araiza |
Carlos Kleiber Bayerische Staatsoper (Live recording of a performance at the Bavarian State Opera) |
Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 073 4072 GH2 |
| 1982 | Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Tatiana Troyanos, Judith Blegen, Kurt Moll, Luciano Pavarotti |
James Levine Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (production by Nathaniel Merrill; live recording of a telecast on 7 October)[2] |
DVD: The Metropolitan Opera Cat. No. 811357013304[3] |
| 1984 | Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Janet Perry, Kurt Moll, Vinson Cole |
Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Live recording of a performance at the 1984 Salzburger Festspiele) |
DVD: Sony Cat: 88697296039 |
| 1985 | Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Howells, Barbara Bonney, Aage Haugland, Dennis O'Neill |
Sir Georg Solti Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orchestra and Chorus (Live recording of a performance of 14 February) |
Warner Vision Cat: 0630 19391-2 |
| 1994 | Dame Felicity Lott, Anne Sofie von Otter, Barbara Bonney, Kurt Moll, Keith Ikaya-Purdy |
Carlos Kleiber Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera Chorus (Live recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera, 24 March) |
Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 073 008-9 |
| 2004 | Adrianne Pieczonka, Angelika Kirchschlager, Miah Persson, Franz Hawlata, Piotr Beczała |
Semyon Bychkov Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
TDK Cat: DVWW OPROKA |
| 2004 | Nina Stemme, Vesselina Kasarova, Malin Hartelius, Alfred Muff, Boiko Zvetanov |
Franz Welser-Möst Zürich Opera House |
EMI Cat: 5 44258 9 |
| 2009 | Renée Fleming, Sophie Koch, Diana Damrau, Franz Hawlata, Jonas Kaufmann |
Christian Thielemann Münchner Philharmoniker and the Philharmonia Chorus, Vienna |
Encore Cat: DVD 3407 |
| 2012 | Cheryl Barker, Catherine Carby, Emma Pearson, Manfred Hemm, Henry Choo |
Andrew Litton, Opera Australia (recorded 13 and 19 October 2010) |
EPC Distribution (Naxos) DVD: OPOZ56026DVD[4] Blu-ray: OPOZ56027BD CD: OPOZ56028CD |
References[edit]
Notes
- ^ a b Recordings of Der Rosenkavalier on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- ^ Met telecast of 7 October 1982 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine at the Met Opera Archive.
- ^ Recording details taken from the 2010 Met DVD of the October 1982 telecast, from the DVD collection "James Levine Celebrating 40 Years at the Met"
- ^ Eddins, Stephen. Der Rosenkavalier at AllMusic. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
Sources
- "Der Rosenkavalier (1911)". The Opera Quarterly. 15 (3). Oxford University Press: 503–519. 1999. doi:10.1093/oq/15.3.503. (subscription required)
- Discography, Schott Music, accessed 2 February 2010
