Year |
Cast Alberich Wotan Fricka Loge Freia Fasolt Fafner Donner Froh Erda Mime |
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra |
Label[1] |
1937 |
Eduard Habich Friedrich Schorr Karin Branzell René Maison Dorothee Manski Norman Cordon Emanuel List Julius Huehn Hans Clemens Doris Doe Karl Laufkötter |
Artur Bodanzky Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus |
CD: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.110047-48 Mono |
1947 |
Fred Destal Herbert Janssen Elsa Cavelti Set Svanholm Nilda Hofmann Jorge Dantón Emanuel List Angelo Mattiello Umberto di Toto Lydia Kinderman Roberto Maggiolo |
Erich Kleiber Teatro Colón orchestra and chorus |
CD: Gebhardt Cat: JGCD 0036 |
1948 |
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 |
Winfried Zillig Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks |
CD: Cantus Classics Cat: 500074 |
1948 |
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
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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 |