Year
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Cast Alberich Wotan Fricka Loge Freia Fasolt Fafner Donner Froh Erda Mime
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Conductor, Opera house and orchestra
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Label
[1]
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1937
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Eduard Habich
Friedrich Schorr
Karin Branzell
René Maison
Dorothee Manski Norman Cordon
Emanuel List
Julius Huehn
Hans Clemens Doris Doe
Karl Laufkötter
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Artur Bodanzky
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
|
CD: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.110047-48 Mono
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1947
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Fred Destal
Herbert Janssen
Elsa Cavelti
Set Svanholm Nilda Hofmann Jorge Dantón
Emanuel List Angelo Mattiello Umberto di Toto Lydia Kinderman Roberto Maggiolo
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Erich Kleiber
Teatro Colón orchestra and chorus
|
CD: Gebhardt Cat: JGCD 0036
|
1948
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Jean Stern Carl Kronenberg Carin Carlsson Joachim Sattler Meta Maria Kopp
Otto von Rohr Wolfgang Etterer Günther Ambrosius Kurt Wolinsky Maria-Luise Schirp Willy Hofmann
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Winfried Zillig Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks
|
CD: Cantus Classics Cat: 500074
|
1948
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Adolf Vogel
Ferdinand Frantz
Elisabeth Höngen Julius Pölzer Ilona Steingruber Marjan Rus
Herbert Alsen
Alfred Poell Willy Friedrich
Rosette Anday
William Wernigk
|
Rudolf Moralt
Vienna Symphony
|
CD: Myto Cat: MCD00188 Mono
|
1950
|
Alois Pernerstorfer
Ferdinand Frantz
Elisabeth Höngen Joachim Sattler
Walburga Wegner
Ludwig Weber Albert Emmerich Angelo Mattiello
Günther Treptow Margret Weth-Falke Emil Markwort
|
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
|
CD: Opera d'Oro / Archipel Records Cat: OPD1501
[2] / ARPCD0413 (complete Ring) Mono, Live
|
1950
|
Rolf Heide
Ferdinand Frantz Aga Joetsen Joachim Sattler Hertha Wilfert
Otto von Rohr Helmut Fehn Sanders Schier
Heinrich Bensing Marie-Luise Schilp Willy Hofmann
|
Kurt Schröder Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks
|
CD: Preiser Records Cat: 90450
|
1952
|
Gustav Neidlinger
Hermann Uhde
Ira Malaniuk
Erich Witte
Inge Borkh
Ludwig Weber
Josef Greindl Werner Faulhaber
Wolfgang Windgassen
Melanija Bugarinović
Paul Kuën
|
Joseph Keilberth
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus Recording at Bayreuth Festival
|
CD:
EMI Cat: CZS 7 67124 2 Mono, Live
|
1952
|
Gustav Neidlinger
Ferdinand Frantz
Res Fischer
Wolfgang Windgassen Lore Hoffmann
Gottlob Frick
Josef Greindl
Josef Metternich
Rudolf Schock
Res Fischer
Paul Kuën
|
Wilhelm Schüchter
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
|
CD: Gebhardt Cat: JGCD 0054-2
|
1953
|
Gustav Neidlinger
Ferdinand Frantz
Ira Malaniuk
Wolfgang Windgassen
Elisabeth Grümmer
Josef Greindl
Gottlob Frick
Alfred Poell
Lorenz Fehenberger
Ruth Siewert
Julius Patzak
|
Wilhelm Furtwängler Orchestra Sonfonica e Coro della
RAI
|
CD: Angel, Cat: CDZM 67213 (complete Ring) Mono
|
1953
|
Gustav Neidlinger
Hans Hotter
Ira Malaniuk Erich Witte Bruni Falcon
Ludwig Weber
Josef Greindl
Hermann Uhde
Gerhard Stolze Erika Zimmermann
Paul Kuën
|
Clemens Krauss
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus Recording at Bayreuth Festival
|
CD: Gala, Cat: 100.519 Mono, Live
|
1955
|
Gustav Neidlinger
Hans Hotter
Georgine von Milinkovič Rudolf Lustig Hertha Wilfert
Ludwig Weber
Josef Greindl
Toni Blankenheim
Josef Traxel
Maria von Ilosvay
Paul Kuën
|
Joseph Keilberth
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus Recording at Bayreuth Festival
|
CD: Testament Cat: SBT21390 Stereo, Live
|
1957
|
Gustav Neidlinger
Hans Hotter
Georgine von Milinkovič
Ludwig Suthaus
Elisabeth Grümmer
Arnold van Mill
Josef Greindl
Toni Blankenheim
Josef Traxel
Maria von Ilosvay
Paul Kuën
|
Hans Knappertsbusch
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus Recording at Bayreuth Festival
|
CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD 0216 Mono, Live
|
1957
|
Otakar Kraus
Hans Hotter
Georgine von Milinkovič Erich Witte Elisabeth Lindermeier
Kurt Böhme Friedrich Dalberg
Robert Allman
Maria von Ilosvay
Peter Klein
|
Rudolf Kempe
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
|
CD: Testament Cat: SBT131426 (complete Ring) Mono, Live
|
1957
|
Lawrence Davidson
Hermann Uhde
Blanche Thebom
Ramón Vinay Mariquita Moll
Kurt Böhme
Dezső Ernster Arthur Budney
James McCracken
Jean Madeira
Norman Kelley
|
Fritz Stiedry Orchestra of the
Metropolitan Opera
|
CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD 232
|
1958
|
Gustav Neidlinger
George London
Kirsten Flagstad
Set Svanholm
Claire Watson
Walter Kreppel
Kurt Böhme
Eberhard Wächter
Waldemar Kmentt
Jean Madeira
Paul Kuën
|
Georg Solti
Vienna Philharmonic
|
CD: Decca Cat: 4780382 Stereo
|
1958
|
Frans Andersson
Hans Hotter
Rita Gorr
Fritz Uhl
Elisabeth Grümmer
Theo Adam
Josef Greindl Eric Saedén
Sándor Kónya
Maria von Ilosvay
Gerhard Stolze
|
Hans Knappertsbusch
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus Recording at Bayreuth Festival
|
CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD 0246 Mono, Live
|
1959
|
Otakar Kraus
Hans Hotter
Ursula Boese Richard Holm
Una Hale
Kurt Böhme
Michael Langdon
David Kelley
Edgar Evans
Marga Höffgen
Peter Klein
|
Franz Konwitschny Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
|
CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD0334 Live 18 Sept 1959
|
1962
|
Zoltán Kelemen
George London
Elisabeth Schärtel
Herbert Schachtschneider Ingeborg Kjellgren
Gerd Nienstedt Heiner Horn Karl Sablotzke
Hermann Winkler Helen Raab
Erwin Wohlfahrt
|
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne
|
CD: Living Stage Cat: LS 1004 Mono, Live
|
1963
|
Otakar Kraus
Otto Wiener
Grace Hoffman
Gerhard Stolze Jutta Mayfarth Walter Kreppel
Peter Roth-Ehrang
Marcel Cordes
Horst Wilhelm
Marga Höffgen Eric Klaus
|
Rudolf Kempe
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus Recording at Bayreuth Festival
|
Published by houseofopera.com Mono, Live
|
1966
|
Gustav Neidlinger
Theo Adam
Annelies Burmeister
Wolfgang Windgassen
Anja Silja
Martti Talvela
Kurt Böhme
Gerd Nienstedt
Hermin Esser
Věra Soukupová
Erwin Wohlfahrt
|
Karl Böhm
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus Recording at Bayreuth Festival
|
CD:
Philips Cat: 412 475-2 Stereo, Live
|
1967
|
Zoltán Kelemen
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Josephine Veasey
Gerhard Stolze Simone Mangelsdorff
Martti Talvela
Karl Ridderbusch
Robert Kerns
Donald Grobe
Oralia Domínguez
Erwin Wohlfahrt
|
Herbert von Karajan
Berlin Philharmonic
|
CD:
Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 457 781-2 Stereo
|
1968
|
Theo Adam
Zoltán Kelemen
Janis Martin
Herbert Schachtschneider
Leonore Kirschstein
Gerd Nienstedt
Karl Ridderbusch
Thomas Tipton
Hermann Winkler
Oralia Domínguez
Erwin Wohlfahrt
|
Wolfgang Sawallisch RAI Roma
|
CD: Myto Cat: MCD 054 316
|
1974
|
Franz Mazura
Donald McIntyre
Anna Reynolds
Hermin Esser
Hannelore Bode
Karl Ridderbusch
Kurt Moll
Gerd Nienstedt Heribert Steinbach
Marga Höffgen
Heinz Zednik
|
Horst Stein
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus Recording at Bayreuth Festival
|
CD: Opera Depot Cat: OD 10185-2
|
1974
|
Derek Hammond-Stroud
Norman Bailey Katherine Pring
Emile Belcourt
Lois McDonall
Robert Lloyd
Clifford Grant Norman Welsby Robert Ferguson
Anne Collins Gregory Dempsey
|
Reginald Goodall
English National Opera Recorded in English
|
CD: Chandos Cat: CHAN 3054
|
1980
|
Hermann Becht
Donald McIntyre
Hanna Schwarz
Heinz Zednik
Carmen Reppel
Matti Salminen
Fritz Hübner
Martin Egel
Siegfried Jerusalem
Ortrun Wenkel
Helmut Pampuch
|
Pierre Boulez
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus Recording at Bayreuth Festival
|
CD:
Philips Cat: 434 422-2 Stereo
|
1983
|
Siegmund Nimsgern
Theo Adam
Yvonne Minton
Peter Schreier
Marita Napier Roland Bracht
Matti Salminen Karl-Heinz Stryczek
Eberhard Büchner
Ortrun Wenkel Christian Vogel
|
Marek Janowski
Staatskapelle Dresden orchestra and chorus
|
CD: RCA Cat: B00011MJV6 (RCA reissue) (complete Ring) Stereo
|
1988
|
Ekkehard Wlaschiha
James Morris
Christa Ludwig
Siegfried Jerusalem MarieAnne Häggander
Kurt Moll
Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Siegfried Lorenz Mark Baker
Birgitta Svendén
Heinz Zednik
|
James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
|
CD:
Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 445 295-2 Stereo
|
1989
|
Theo Adam
James Morris
Marjana Lipovšek
Heinz Zednik
Eva Johansson Hans Tschammer
Kurt Rydl
Andreas Schmidt
Peter Seiffert
Jadwiga Rappé Peter Haage
|
Bernard Haitink
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Bayerischen Rundfunks chorus
|
CD:
EMI Cat: CDS 7 49853 2 Stereo
|
1991
|
Ekkehard Wlaschiha
Robert Hale
Marjana Lipovšek
Robert Tear
Nancy Gustafson
Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Kurt Moll
Florian Cerny
Josef Hopferwieser
Hanna Schwarz
Helmut Pampuch
|
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Bavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus Recording at National Theater, Munich, November
|
CD:
EMI Cat: 724357273121 (complete Ring) Stereo, Live
|
1991
|
Günter von Kannen
John Tomlinson
Linda Finnie
Graham Clark
Eva Johansson
Matthias Hölle Philip Kang Bodo Brinkmann Kurt Schreibmayer
Birgitta Svendén
Helmut Pampuch
|
Daniel Barenboim
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus
|
CD:
Teldec Cat: 4509 91185 2 Stereo, Live
|
1993
|
Franz-Josef Kapellmann
Robert Hale
Hanna Schwarz Kim Begley
Nancy Gustafson
Jan-Hendrik Rootering Walter Fink
Eike Wilm Schulte Thomas Sunnegårdh
Elena Zaremba
Peter Schreier
|
Christoph von Dohnányi
Cleveland Orchestra
|
CD:
Decca Cat: 443 690-2 Stereo
|
2002
|
Esa Ruuttunen Wolfgang Probst
Michaela Schuster Robert Künzli Helga Rós Indridadóttir Roland Bracht Phillip Ens Motti Kastón Bernhard Schneider Mette Ejsing Eberhard Francesco Lorenz
|
Lothar Zagrosek
Staatsoper Stuttgart orchestra and chorus Recordings at Württembergische Staatsoper
|
CD:
Naxos Records Cat: 8.660170-71 Stereo, Live
|
2003 /2004
|
Günter von Kannen
Falk Struckmann
Lioba Braun
Graham Clark
Elisabete Matos
Kwangchul Youn Matthias Hölle Wolfgang Rauch Jeff Dowd Andrea Bönig Francisco Vas
|
Bertrand de Billy
Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu Recordings at the
Liceu, Barcelona
|
DVD: Opus Arte ASIN: B000IFRPY6 Surround Sound, Live
|
2004
|
John Wegner
John Bröcheler Elizabeth Campbell
Christopher Doig Kate Ladner Andrew Collis David Hibbard Timothy DuFore Andrew Brunsdon Liane Keegan Richard Greager
|
Asher Fisch
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
|
CD: Melba Recordings Cat: 301089-90
|
2007
|
Franz-Josef Kapellmann Juha Uusitalo
Anna Larsson John Daszak Sabina von Walter
Matti Salminen
Stephen Milling Ilya Bannik
Germán Villar
Christa Mayer
Gerhard Siegel
|
Zubin Mehta Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciano
|
DVD and Blu-ray: C Major Cat: 700508 Surround Sound, Live
|
2008
|
Wolfgang Koch
Falk Struckmann Katja Pieweck Peter Galliard Hellen Kwon Tigran Martirossian
Alexander Tsymbalyuk Jan Buchwald Ladislav Elgr Deborah Humble Jürger Sacher
|
Simone Young
Philharmoniker Hamburg
|
CD:
Oehms Classics CAT: OC 929 Stereo, Live
|
2009
|
Andrew Shore
Albert Dohmen Michelle Breedt Arnold Bezuyen Edith Haller Kwangchul Youn
Hans-Peter König Ralf Lukas
Clemens Bieber Christa Mayer
Gerhard Siegel
|
Christian Thielemann
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus Recording at Bayreuth Festival
|
CD: Opus Arte Cat: OACD9000BD Stereo (SACD), Live
|
2010
|
Jochen Schmeckenbecher Terje Stensvold Martina Dike
Kurt Streit
Barbara Zechmeister Alfred Reiter Magnus Baldvinsson Dietrich Volle Richard Cox Meredith Arwady Hans-Jürgen Lazar
|
Sebastian Weigle
Frankfurt Opera orchestra
|
CD:
Oehms Cat: OC 935 Stereo Live
|
2011
|
Tomasz Konieczny
Albert Dohmen
Janina Baechle
Adrian Eröd Alexandra Reinprecht
Lars Woldt
Ain Anger Markus Eiche
Herbert Lippert
Anna Larsson Wolfgang Schmidt
|
Christian Thielemann
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus
|
CD:
Deutsche Grammophon Stereo, Live
|
2012
|
Nikolai Putilin
René Pape
Ekaterina Gubanova Stephan Rügamer
Viktoria Yastrebova Jewgeni Nikotin
Mikail Petrenko Alexei Markov Sergei Semishkur Zlata Bulycheva Andrei Popov
|
Valery Gergiev
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
|
CD: Mariinsky Cat: MAR 0526 Stereo
|
2013
|
Jochen Schmeckenbecher
Tomasz Konieczny
Iris Vermillion
Christian Elsner Ricarda Merbeth
Günther Groissböck Timo Riihonen Antonio Yang Kor-Jan Dusseljee
Maria Radner Andreas Conrad
|
Marek Janowski
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Radio Choir Live recording at Berlin Philharmonie, 22 November 2012
|
SACD:
Pentatone Cat: PTC 5186406 Stereo (SACD), Live
|
2013
|
Richard Paul Fink
Greer Grimsley
Stephanie Blythe Mark Schowalter Wendy Bryn Harmer Andrea Silvestrelli Daniel Sumegi Markus Brück Ric Furman Lucille Beer Dennis Peterson
|
Asher Fisch
Seattle Symphony orchestra and chorus
|
CD:
Avie Records Cat: AVR 2313 Stereo, Live
|
2015
|
Peter Sidhom
Matthias Goerne
Michelle DeYoung Kim Begley Anna Samuil
Kwangchul Youn
Stephen Milling Oleksandr Pushniak Charles Reid Deborah Humble David Cangelosi
|
Jaap van Zweden
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
|
CD:
Naxos Cat: 866037475 Stereo, Live
|
2015
|
Tomasz Konieczny
Michael Volle
Elisabeth Kulman Burkhard Ulrich
Annette Dasch Peter Rose
Eric Halfvarson Christian van Horn Benjamin Bruns
Janina Baechle Herwig Pecoraro
|
Simon Rattle Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
|
CD: BR Klassics Cat: 900133 Stereo, Live
|
2016
|
Samuel Youn
Iain Paterson Susan Bickley Will Hartmann Emma Bell Reinhard Hagen Clive Bayley David Stout
David Butt Philip Susanne Resmark
Nicky Spence
|
Mark Elder
The Hallé
|
CD: Hallé Cat: CDHLD 7549 Stereo, Live
|
2020
|
Jochen Schmeckenbecher
James Rutherford Katarzyna Kuncio Raymond Very Sylvia Hamvasi Thorsten Grümbel
Łukasz Konieczny David Jerusalem Bernhard Berchtold Ramona Zaharia Florian Simson
|
Axel Kober
Duisburg Philharmonic
|
CD: cAvi
|