Der Rosenkavalier discography

This is a discography of Der Rosenkavalier,^[1][2][3] an opera in three acts with music by Richard Strauss to a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Der Rosenkavalier was first performed at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden on 26 January 1911 under the direction of Max Reinhardt.

Audio recordings

Year	Cast (Marschallin, Octavian, Sophie, Ochs, Faninal, Italian singer)	Conductor Orchestra, chorus	Label
1933	Lotte Lehmann, Maria Olszewska, Elisabeth Schumann, Richard Mayr Viktor Madin	Robert Heger Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna State Opera Chorus	Naxos "Historical" Cat: 8.110191-92 (abridged version; no selections with Faninal or the Italian Singer)[4]
1942	Viorica Ursuleac, Georgine von Milinkovič, Adele Kern, Ludwig Weber, Georg Hann, Franz Klarwein	Clemens Krauss Munich State Opera (Broadcast performance of June 1942[5])	Vox Records Cat: PL 7774 (Concert Version)
1949	Eleanor Steber, Rise Stevens, Erna Berger, Emanuel List, Hugh Thompson, Giuseppe di Stefano	Fritz Reiner Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Recording of a live performance, 21 November 1949)	Naxos Cat: 8.110277-79[6]
1949	Maria Reining, Jarmila Novotná, Hilde Güden, Jaro Prohaska, Georg Hann, Helge Rosvaenge	George Szell Vienna Philharmonic Chorus of the Vienna State Opera (live recording, 12 August 1949, Salzburg Festival)	Andante Cat: AND 3985[1][7]
1954	Maria Reining, Sena Jurinac, Hilde Gueden, Ludwig Weber, Alfred Poell, Anton Dermota	Erich Kleiber Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna State Opera Chorus	Decca Legends Cat: 289 467-111-2 (CD reissue)[1][8]
1955	Maria Reining, Sena Jurinac, Hilde Gueden, Kurt Böhme, Alfred Poell, Karl Terkal	Hans Knappertsbusch Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera Vienna State Opera Chorus (Recorded live, 16 November 1955, Vienna State Opera[9])	RCA Cat: 69431[1]
1956	Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Teresa Stich-Randall, Otto Edelmann, Eberhard Waechter, Nicolai Gedda	Herbert von Karajan Philharmonia Orchestra Philharmonia Chorus	EMI Cat: 77357[10]
1958	Marianne Schech, Irmgard Seefried, Rita Streich, Kurt Böhme, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Rudolf Francl	Karl Böhm Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden Chorus of the Staatsoper Dresden	Deutsche Grammophon Cat: SLPM 138 040/43[1][11]
1960	Lisa della Casa, Sena Jurinac, Hilde Gueden, Otto Edelmann, Erich Kunz, Giuseppe Zampieri	Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Chorus of the Vienna State Opera (Recorded live, 26 July 1960, Salzburg Festival, Großes Festspielhaus)[12]	Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 289 453-200-2
1965	Montserrat Caballé, Teresa Zylis-Gara, Edith Mathis, Otto Edelmann, John Modenos, Jon Andrew	John Pritchard London Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus of Glyndebourne Opera (live recording from 30 May 1965)	Glyndebourne Cat: GFOCD010-65[13][14]
1968/69	Régine Crespin, Yvonne Minton, Helen Donath, Manfred Jungwirth, Otto Wiener, Luciano Pavarotti	Sir Georg Solti Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus of the Vienna State Opera	Decca Cat: 475 9988[1]
1969	Christa Ludwig, Tatiana Troyanos, Edith Mathis, Theo Adam, Anton de Ridder	Karl Böhm Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Live recording 27 July, Salzburg Festival)	Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 445 338-2[1][15]
1971	Gwyneth Jones, Christa Ludwig, Lucia Popp, Walter Berry, Ernst Gutstein, Plácido Domingo	Leonard Bernstein Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus of the Vienna State Opera	Sony Cat: M3K 42546[1]
1973	Claire Watson, Brigitte Fassbaender, Lucia Popp, Karl Ridderbusch, Benno Kusche, Gerhard Unger	Carlos Kleiber Bavarian State Orchestra Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera (live recording, 13 July 1973)	Orfeo d'Or Cat: C581083[1]
1976	Evelyn Lear, Frederica von Stade, Ruth Welting, Jules Bastin, Derek Hammond-Stroud, José Carreras	Edo de Waart Rotterdam Philharmonic Chorus of Netherlands Opera	Philips Cat: 289 442 338-2 (CD reissue)[16]
1984	Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Janet Perry, Kurt Moll, Gottfried Hornik, Vinson Cole	Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Chorus of the Vienna State Opera	Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 423850
1985	Anna Pusar-Joric, Ute Walther, Margot Stejskal, Theo Adam, Rolf Haunstein, Klaus König	Hans Vonk Staatskapelle Dresden Chorus of the Dresden State Opera (live recording, February 1985, Semperoper, Dresden)	Denon Cat: C37 7482/4[1]
1990	Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Sofie von Otter, Barbara Hendricks, Kurt Rydl, Franz Grundheber, Richard Leech	Bernard Haitink Staatskapelle Dresden, Staatsopernchor Dresden Knaben des Dresdner Kreuzchores	EMI Cat: CDCC 7 54259 2[1]
1995	Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Ann Murray, Barbara Bonney, Kurt Moll, Alan Opie, Bonaventura Bottone	Andrew Davis, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (live performance from 1995)	Opus Arte Cat: OACD9006D[17]
2009	Renée Fleming, Sophie Koch, Diana Damrau, Franz Hawlata, Franz Grundheber, Jonas Kaufmann	Christian Thielemann Münchner Philharmoniker Philharmonia Chor Wien	Decca 289 478-150-7[1]
2017	Camilla Nylund, Paula Murrihy, Hanna-Elisabeth Muller, Peter Rose, Martin Gantner, Yosep Kang	Marc Albrecht Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus of Dutch National Opera	Challenge Classics Cat: CC72741

Video recordings

Year	Cast (Marschallin, Octavian, Sophie, Ochs, Faninal, Italian singer)	Conductor, Orchestra, Chorus (Production details)	Label[1]
1960	Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Sena Jurinac, Anneliese Rothenberger, Otto Edelmann, Erich Kunz, Giuseppe Zampieri	Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna State Opera Chorus (Film of the 1960 Salzburg Festival production; film director: Paul Czinner;[18][19] stage director: Rudolf Hartmann [de][20])	Blu-ray/DVD: Kultur Video[21] Cat: D4686 (Blu-ray)
1979	Gwyneth Jones, Brigitte Fassbaender, Lucia Popp, Manfred Jungwirth, Benno Kusche, Francisco Araiza	Carlos Kleiber, Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Staged and directed by Otto Schenk; recorded in May, National Theatre, Munich)[22]	DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 073 4072 GH2
1982	Kiri Te Kanawa, Tatiana Troyanos, Judith Blegen, Kurt Moll, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Luciano Pavarotti	James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Production: Nathaniel Merrill; designer: Robert O'Hearn; recorded live 7 October)[23]	DVD: The Metropolitan Opera[24] Streaming video: Met Opera on Demand[25]
1984	Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Janet Perry, Kurt Moll, Gottfried Hornik, Vinson Cole	Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus (Stage director: Herbert von Karajan; recorded live, 1984 Salzburg Festival)	DVD: Sony Cat: 88697296039
1985	Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Howells, Barbara Bonney, Aage Haugland, Jonathan Summers, Dennis O'Neill	Georg Solti, Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Stage director: John Schlesinger; recorded live, 14 February)	DVD: Opus Arte;[26] Warner Vision Cat: 0630 19391-2[27]
1994	Felicity Lott, Anne Sofie von Otter, Barbara Bonney, Kurt Moll, Gottfried Hornik, Keith Ikaya-Purdy	Carlos Kleiber, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus (Stage director: Otto Schenk; recorded live in March, Vienna State Opera)	DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 073 008-9[28]
2004	Adrianne Pieczonka, Angelika Kirchschlager, Miah Persson, Franz Hawlata, Franz Grundheber, Piotr Beczała	Semyon Bychkov, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus (Stage director: Robert Carsen)	DVD: TDK Cat: DVWW OPROKA
2004	Nina Stemme, Vesselina Kasarova, Malin Hartelius, Alfred Muff, Adrian Eröd, Boiko Zvetanov	Franz Welser-Möst, Orchestra and Chorus of Zurich Opera (Stage director: Sven-Eric Bechtolf)	DVD: EMI Cat: 5 44258 9
2009	Renée Fleming, Sophie Koch, Diana Damrau, Franz Hawlata, Franz Grundheber, Jonas Kaufmann	Christian Thielemann, Münchner Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Chorus Vienna (Production: Herbert Wernicke; recorded 31 January, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden)	Blu-ray/DVD/CD: Decca[29] Cat: 0044007433409
2010	Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Christine Schäfer, Kristinn Sigmundsson, Thomas Allen, Eric Cutler	Edo de Waart, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Production: Nathaniel Merrill; designer: Robert O'Hearn; stage director: Robin Guarino;[30] recorded live 1 January)	HD video: Met Opera on Demand[31]
2010	Cheryl Barker, Catherine Carby, Emma Pearson, Manfred Hemm, Warwick Fyfe, Henry Choo	Andrew Litton, Opera Australia (Director: Brian FitzGerald; recorded 13 and 19 October, Sydney Opera House)	Blu-ray/DVD/CD: Opera Australia[32][33] OPOZ56027BD OPOZ56026DVD OPOZ56028CD
2014	Kate Royal, Tara Erraught, Teodora Gheorghiu, Lars Woldt, Michael Kraus, Andrej Dunaev	Robin Ticciati, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus (Stage director: Richard Jones; recorded live, 5 and 8 June, Glyndebourne Opera House)	Blu-ray/DVD: Opus Arte[34] Cat: OA1170D Streaming: Glyndebourne Encore[35]
2014	Krassimira Stoyanova, Sophie Koch, Mojca Erdmann, Günther Groissböck, Adrian Eröd, Ștefan Pop	Franz Welser-Möst, Vienna Philharmonic, (Stage director: Harry Kupfer; recorded live in August, Salzburg Festival, Großes Festspielhaus)	Blu-ray/DVD: C Major (Naxos) Cat: 719404[36]
2017	Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Erin Morley, Günther Groissböck, Markus Brück, Matthew Polenzani	Sebastian Weigle, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Production: Robert Carsen; recorded live 13 May)	HD video: Met Opera on Demand[37] Blu-ray/DVD: Decca[38] Cat: 004400743945
2020	Camilla Nylund, Michele Losier, Nadine Sierra, Gunther Groissbock, Atalla Ayan, Roman Trekel	Zubin Mehta, Staatskapelle Berlin, Chorus of the Berlin State Opera (Stage director: André Heller; recorded live in February, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin)	Blu-ray/DVD: Arthaus Musik[39] Cat: 109446
2023	Lise Davidsen, Samantha Hankey, Erin Morley, Günther Groissböck, Brian Mulligan, René Barbera	Simone Young, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Production: Robert Carsen; recorded live, 15 April)	HD video: Met Opera on Demand[40]

References

1. Recordings of Der Rosenkavalier on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk (archive copy, 30 March 2012)
2. Baxter, Robert (Summer 1999). "Der Rosenkavalier (1911)". The Opera Quarterly. 15 (3): 503–519. doi:10.1093/oq/15.3.5039.
3. Ralph Moore (October 2018). "Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier: A survey of all ten studio recordings and selected live performances" (PDF). MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
4. Jonathan Woolf (November 2002). "Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (review of Naxos Historical 8.110191-92)". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
5. Alan Blyth, Review of Preiser's digital reissue of Vox PL7774, Gramophone (August 1996), pp. 102–103.
6. Christopher Howell (February 2004). "Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (review of Naxos Historical 8.110277-79)". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
7. John Quinn (March 2004). "Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (review of Andante AND 3985)". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
8. Christopher Howell (December 2000). "Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (review of Decca 467 111-2)". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
9. Alan Blyth, "Strauss Heroines", Gramophone (March 2000), pp. 122, 124.
10. Christopher Howell (December 2001). "Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (review of EMI Classics CMS 5 67605 2)". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
11. Christopher Fifield (May 2002). "Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (review of Deutsche Grammophon 463 668-2)". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
12. Alan Blyth, Review of 1960 Salzburg live audio recording, Gramophone (September 1999), p. 98.
13. Tim Ashley (2011-06-09). "Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier – review [Caballé / Zylis-Gara / Mathis / Edelmann / LPO / Pritchard (Glyndebourne, 3 CDs)]". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
14. Max Loppert, "Der Rosenkavalier, Strauss", Opera (July 2011), pp. 863–865.
15. Ralph Moore (February 2018). "Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (review of Deutsche Grammophon 445338-2)". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
16. Göran Forsling (February 2013). "Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (review of Brilliant Classics 9248 [reissue])". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
17. Göran Forsling (March 2011). "Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (review of Opus Arte OA CD9006 D)". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
18. Quita Chavez, "Der Rosenkavalier at the Festival Hall" [review of the film], Gramophone (August 1962), p. 96.
19. Arthur Jacobs, "The Rosenkavalier Film", Opera (October 1962), pp. 696–697: "What we are seeing was not an ordinary, public festival performance recorded with all its necessary human impeiiections by the cameras in the presence of an audience. This was - as the positioning of the cameras must indicate - a special performance, doubtless filmed in sections. A very occasional tiny non-correspondence of sound and lip-movement indicates that part, at least, of the sound-track was recorded on a different occasion from the actual filming. I understand, indeed, that Dr Paul Czinner, who produced and directed the film, makes three alternative 'pools' of complete sound-material - recording the score in a special recording session, at an actual festival performance, and at the shooting of the film itself. But the 'fake' is an artistic one. That is, it is aimed to give the impression of an opera performance in an opera house, and this is subtly and superbly done."
20. Rodney Milnes, "Video" [comparative review of the 1960 film with the 1985 ROH video], Gramophone (July 1986), p. 150.
21. Salzburg (1960), Blu-ray: OCLC 806237317; DVD: OCLC 679703641. Restored and digitally remastered from the 35mm film.
22. Bavarian State Opera (1979), OCLC 654328912.
23. Met telecast of 7 October 1982, Met Opera Archive at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 March 2016)
24. Met Opera (1982), DVD: OCLC 670430686.
25. Der Rosenkavalier, 7 October 1982, Met Opera on Demand.
26. Royal Opera House (1985), DVD (2021): OCLC 1280904005.
27. Paul Corfield Godfrey (December 2021). "Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (review of Opus Arte OA1341D DVD)". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
28. Marc Bridle (May 2001). "Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (review of DG 073 008-9)". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
29. Baden-Baden (2009), Blu-ray: OCLC 914232337; DVD: OCLC 462912011; CD: OCLC 828531037.
30. Der Rosenkavalier, 2009 season premiere, Met Opera DB.
31. Der Rosenkavalier, 9 January 2010, Met Opera on Demand; CID: 353293, Met Opera DB.
32. Opera Australia (2010): Blu-ray, OCLC 1113689627; DVD, OCLC 808668227; CD, OCLC 852210197.
33. Eddins, Stephen. Der Rosenkavalier at AllMusic. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
34. Glyndebourne (2014), Blu-ray: OCLC 919277016; DVD: OCLC 911188470.
35. Der Rosenkavalier (2014), Glyndebourne Encore.
36. "STRAUSS, R.: Rosenkavalier (Der) (Salzburg Festival, 2014)", naxos.com, OCLC 1242277986.
37. Der Rosenkavalier, 13 May 2017, Met Opera on Demand; CID: 356724, Met Opera DB.
38. Met Opera (2017), Blu-ray: ‹See Tfd›ASIN B075VWJB42; DVD: ‹See Tfd›ASIN B075VVSFBX.
39. Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin (2020), Blu-ray: ‹See Tfd›ASIN B099X5YVZX; OCLC 1334594171; DVD: OCLC 1292592852; Online resource: OCLC 1146030734.
40. Der Rosenkavalier, 15 April 2023, Met Opera on Demand; CID: 357870, Met Opera DB.