This is a partial discography of Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre. It was first performed at the National Theatre Munich on 26 June 1870.

Recordings

Year Cast
Siegmund
Sieglinde
Wotan
Brünnhilde
Hunding
Fricka
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label[1]
1929 Walter Kirchhoff
Olga Schramm-Tschörner
Ludwig Weber
Henriette Gottlieb
Franz von Hoesslin
Orchestre Walter Staram
CD: Gebhardt
Cat: JGCD 0016-3
Excerpts
1935 Lauritz Melchior
Lotte Lehmann
Emanuel List
Bruno Walter
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
78rpm: HMV
Act 1 only, Mono
1935 Paul Althouse
Kirsten Flagstad
Emanuel List
Artur Bodanzky
Metropolitan Opera
CD: Archipel
Cat: ARPCD 0039-3
Act 1 only
1936 Lauritz Melchior
Lotte Lehmann
Friedrich Schorr
Kirsten Flagstad
Emanuel List
Kathryn Meisle
Fritz Reiner
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
CD: Music & Arts CD-1272
Act 2 only, Mono, Live
1940 Lauritz Melchior
Marjorie Lawrence
Julius Huehn
Kirsten Flagstad
Emanuel List
Karin Branzell
Erich Leinsdorf
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: Sony Classical
Cat: 88765-42717-2
Mono, Live
1941 Lauritz Melchior
Astrid Varnay
Friedrich Schorr
Helen Traubel
Alexander Kipnis
Kerstin Thorborg
Erich Leinsdorf
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.110058-60
Mono, Live
1944 Lauritz Melchior
Rose Bampton
Helen Traubel
Herbert Janssen
Alexander Kipnis
Kerstin Thorborg
George Szell
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: MYTO
Cat: 022.H065
Mono, Live
1945 Irene Jessner
Herbert Janssen
Helen Traubel
Artur Rodzinsky
New York Philharmonic
CD: PACO180
Act three only
1949 Max Lorenz
Rose Bampton
Joel Berglund
Helen Traubel
Lyobumir Videnov
Kerstin Thorborg
Fritz Stiedry
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: Archipel
Mono, Live
1949 Günther Treptow
Hilde Konetzni
Ferdinand Frantz
Helena Braun
Herbert Alsen
Rosette Anday
Rudolf Moralt
Vienna Philharmonic
CD: Myto
1950 Günther Treptow
Hilde Konetzni
Ferdinand Frantz
Kirsten Flagstad
Ludwig Weber
Elisabeth Höngen
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus
CD: Opera d'Oro
Cat: OPD1501[2]
(complete Ring) Mono, Live
1951 Torsten Ralf
Helene Werth
Ludwig Hofmann
Gertrude Grob-Prandl
Herbert Alsen
Georgine von Milinkovic
Robert F. Denzler
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
CD: Walhall
Cat: WLCD 0134
Mono, Live
1951 Leonie Rysanek
Sigurd Björling
Astrid Varnay
Herbert von Karajan
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
CD: EMI
Act 3 only
1951 Ludwig Suthaus
Maria Müller
Josef Herrmann
Paula Buchner
Josef Greindl
Margarete Klose
Ferenc Fricsay
Deutsche Oper Berlin
CD: Myto
1953 Ramon Vinay
Regina Resnik
Hans Hotter
Astrid Varnay
Josef Greindl
Ira Malaniuk
Clemens Krauss
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
CD: Gala Records
Cat: GL 100.652
Mono, Live
1953 Wolfgang Windgassen
Hilde Konetzni
Ferdinand Frantz
Martha Mödl
Gottlob Frick
Elsa Cavelti
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro della RAI
CD: EMI
Cat: CHS 7 63045 2
Mono, Studio
1954 Ludwig Suthaus
Leonie Rysanek
Ferdinand Frantz
Martha Mödl
Gottlob Frick
Margarete Klose
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Vienna Philharmonic
CD: EMI
Cat: CHS 7 63045 2
Mono, Studio
1954 Max Lorenz
Martha Mödl
Hans Hotter
Astrid Varnay
Josef Greindl
Georgine von Milinkovic
Joseph Keilberth
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
CD: Archipel
Cat: CHS 7 63045 2
Mono, Live
1955 Ramón Vinay
Gré Brouwenstijn
Hans Hotter
Astrid Varnay
Josef Greindl
Georgine von Milinkovic
Joseph Keilberth
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
CD: Testament
Cat: SBT41391
Stereo, Live
1956 Wolfgang Windgassen
Gré Brouwenstijn
Hans Hotter
Astrid Varnay
Josef Greindl
Georgine von Milinkovic
Hans Knappertsbusch
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
CD: Orfeo
1957 Ramón Vinay
Sylvia Fisher
Hans Hotter
Birgit Nilsson
Friedrich Dalberg
Georgine von Milinkovic
Rudolf Kempe
Royal Opera House orchestra & chorus
CD: Testament
Cat: SBT131426
(complete Ring) Mono, Live
1959 Ramón Vinay
Amy Shuard
Hans Hotter
Astrid Varnay
Kurt Böhme
Ursula Boese
Franz Konwitschny
Royal Opera House orchestra & chorus
CD: Walhall
Cat: WLCD 0316
Mono, Live
1961 Jon Vickers
Gré Brouwenstijn
George London
Birgit Nilsson
David Ward
Rita Gorr
Erich Leinsdorf
London Symphony Orchestra
CD: Decca
Cat: 430 391-2
Stereo, Studio
1965 James King
Régine Crespin
Hans Hotter
Birgit Nilsson
Gottlob Frick
Christa Ludwig
Georg Solti
Vienna Philharmonic
CD: Decca
Cat: 414 105-2
Stereo, Studio
1966 Jon Vickers
Gundula Janowitz
Thomas Stewart
Régine Crespin
Martti Talvela
Josephine Veasey
Herbert von Karajan
Berlin Philharmonic
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 415 145-2
Stereo, Studio
1967 Jess Thomas
Helga Dernesch
Theo Adam
Anja Silja
NN
Grace Hoffman
Thomas Schippers
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
(at Osaka International Festival)
DVD: Premiere Opera
Cat: 5853
Live
1973 James King
Leonie Rysanek
Theo Adam
Birgit Nilsson
Gerd Nienstedt
Annelies Burmeister
Karl Böhm
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
CD: Philips
Cat: 412 478-2
Stereo, Live
1975 Alberto Remedios
Margaret Curphey
Norman Bailey
Rita Hunter
Clifford Grant
Ann Howard
Reginald Goodall
English National Opera
CD: Chandos
1980 Peter Hofmann
Jeannine Altmeyer
Donald McIntyre
Gwyneth Jones
Matti Salminen
Hanna Schwarz
Pierre Boulez
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
CD: Philips
Cat: 434 422-2
Stereo, Studio
1981 Siegfried Jerusalem
Jessye Norman
Theo Adam
Jeannine Altmeyer
Kurt Moll
Yvonne Minton
Marek Janowski
Staatskapelle Dresden orchestra & chorus
CD: Eurodisc / RCA
Cat: RCA 7 4321 45417 2
(complete Ring) Stereo, Studio
1987 Gary Lakes
Jessye Norman
James Morris
Hildegard Behrens
Kurt Moll
Christa Ludwig
James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 423 389-2
Stereo, Studio
1988 Reiner Goldberg
Cheryl Studer
James Morris
Éva Marton
Matti Salminen
Waltraud Meier
Bernard Haitink
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
CD: EMI
Cat: CDS 7 49534 2
Stereo, Studio
1989 Robert Schunk
Julia Varady
Robert Hale
Hildegard Behrens
Kurt Moll
Marjana Lipovšek
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Bavarian State Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: EMI
Cat: 724357273121
(complete Ring) Stereo, Live
1992 Poul Elming
Nadine Secunde
John Tomlinson
Anne Evans
Matthias Hölle
Linda Finnie
Daniel Barenboim
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
CD: Teldec
Cat: 4509-91186-2
Stereo, Live
1997 Poul Elming
Alessandra Marc
Robert Hale
Gabriele Schnaut
Alfred Muff
Anja Silja
Christoph von Dohnányi
Cleveland Orchestra
CD: Decca
Cat: 440 371-2
Stereo, Studio
1995 Edward Cook
Gabriele Maria Ronge
John Wegner
Carla Pohl
Frode Olsen
Zlatomira Nikolova
Günter Neuhold
Badische Staatskapelle
CD: Brilliant Classics
Cat: 99801[3]
(complete Ring) Stereo, Live
2002 Peter Seiffert
Waltraud Meier
John Tomlinson
Gabriele Schnaut
Kurt Rydl
Mihoko Fujimura
Zubin Mehta
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
CD: Farao
Cat: A 108088
Stereo, Live
2002–2003 Robert Gambill
Angela Denoke
Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Renate Behle
Attila Jun
Tichina Vaughn
Lothar Zagrosek
Staatsoper Stuttgart orchestra & chorus
(Recordings at Württembergische Staatsoper)
CD: Naxos Records
Cat: 8.660172-74
DVD: TDK "Mediactive"
Cat: DV-OPRDNW
Stereo (SACD), Live
2003–2004 Richard Berkeley-Steele
Linda Watson
Falk Struckmann
Deborah Polaski
Eric Halfvarson
Lioba Braun
Bertrand de Billy
Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
DVD: Opus Arte
ASIN: B000IFRPY6
Surround Sound, Live
2004 Stuart Skelton
Deborah Riedel
John Bröcheler
Lisa Gasteen
Richard Green
Elizabeth Campbell
Asher Fisch
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
CD: Melba
Cat: MR 301091-94
Stereo (SACD), Live
2006 Robert Gambill
Eva-Maria Westbroek
Willard White
Eva Johansson
Mikhail Petrenko
Lilli Paasikivi
Simon Rattle
Berlin Philharmonic
DVD: Bel Air Classiques
2006 Stig Fogh Andersen
Gitta-Marie Sjöberg
James Johnson
Iréne Theorin
Stephen Milling
Randi Stene
Michael Schønwandt
Royal Danish Orchestra
DVD: Decca
2008 Stuart Skelton
Yvonne Naef
Falk Struckmann
Deborah Polaski
Mikhail Petrenko
Jeanne Piland
Simone Young
Philharmoniker Hamburg
CD: Oehms Classics
CAT: OC 929
Stereo, Live
2009 Endrik Wottrich
Eva-Maria Westbroek
Albert Dohmen
Linda Watson
Kwangchul Youn
Michelle Breedt
Christian Thielemann
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
CD: Opus Arte
Cat: OACD9000BD
(complete Ring) Stereo, Live
2010 Jonas Kaufmann
Eva-Maria Westbroek
Bryn Terfel
Deborah Voigt
Hans-Peter König
Stephanie Blythe
James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 073 4855
Blu-ray DVD, Live
2010 Simon O'Neill
Waltraud Meier
Vitaliji Kowaljow
Nina Stemme
John Tomlinson
Ekaterina Gubanova
Daniel Barenboim
Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus
DVD: Arthaus Musik
Cat: 101694
Blu-ray DVD, Live
2011 Stig Fogh Andersen
Yvonne Howard
Egils Siliņš
Susan Bullock
Clive Bayley
Susan Bickley
Mark Elder
The Hallé
CD: Hallé
Cat: CD HLD 7531
Stereo, Live
2011 Frank van Aken
Eva-Maria Westbroek
Terje Stensvold
Susan Bullock
Ain Anger
Martina Dike
Sebastian Weigle
Frankfurt Opera orchestra
CD: Oehms
Cat: OC 936
Stereo Live
2011 Christopher Ventris
Eric Halfvarson
Albert Dohmen
Waltraud Meier
Katarina Dalayman
Janina Baechle
Christian Thielemann
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 0289 479 1560 7
(complete Ring) Stereo, Live
2012 Jonas Kaufmann
Anja Kampe
René Pape
Nina Stemme
Mikhail Petrenko
Ekaterina Gubanova
Valery Gergiev
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
CD: Mariinsky Label
Cat: MAR0527
Stereo (4 x Hybrid SACD)
2013 Robert Dean Smith
Melanie Diener
Tomasz Konieczny
Petra Lang
Timo Riihonen
Iris Vermillion
Marek Janowski
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Berlin Radio Choir
SACD: Pentatone
Cat: PTC 5186407
Stereo (SACD), Live
2014 Stuart Skelton
Margaret Jane Wray
Greer Grimsley
Alwyn Mellor
Andrea Silverstrelli]
Stephanie Blythe
Asher Fisch
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Seattle Opera Chorus
CD: Avie Records
Cat: AV2313
(complete Ring) Stereo, Live
2016 Stuart Skelton
Heidi Melton
Matthias Goerne
Petra Lang
Falk Struckmann
Michelle DeYoung
Jaap van Zweden,
Hong Kong Philharmonic
CD: Naxos
Cat: 866039497
Stereo, Live
2019 Michael Weinius
Sarah Ferede
James Rutherford
Linda Watson
Łukasz Konieczny
Katarzyna Kuncio
Axel Kober
Duisburg Philharmonic
CD: cAvi
2020 Stuart Skelton
Emily Magee
John Lundgren
Nina Stemme
Ain Anger
Sarah Connolly
Antonio Pappano,
Royal Opera House orchestra, Keith Warner, stage director
DVD:Opus Arte
Cat:OA1308D
2020 Stuart Skelton
Eva-Maria Westbroek
James Rutherford
Iréne Theorin
Eric Halfvarson
Elisabeth Kulman
Simon Rattle,
Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
CD:BR-Klassik
Cat:900177

References

Notes
  1. Recordings of Die Walküre on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  2. "Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (complete cycle)". Allegro Music. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  3. Fifield, Christopher (May 2002). "Richard Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
Sources
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