Ariadne auf Naxos discography
Appearance
This is a list of recordings of Ariadne auf Naxos, an opera by Richard Strauss with a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The work was first performed at the Hoftheater in Stuttgart on 25 October 1912. A radically revised version was performed in at the Hofoper in Vienna on 4 October 1916. (All the recordings listed on this page are of the revised version.) This list is incomplete.
List
Year | Cast: Ariadne, Composer, Zerbinetta, Bacchus, Music master |
Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra |
Label[1] |
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1935 | Viorica Ursuleac, Gertrud Rünger, Erna Berger, Helge Rosvaenge, Eugen Fuchs |
Clemens Krauss, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Opera only performed/recorded on 6 November) |
Audio CD: Pristine Audio Cat: PACO 021 |
1944 | Maria Reining, Irmgard Seefried, Alda Noni, Max Lorenz, Paul Schöffler |
Karl Böhm, Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Recording of a performance at the Staatsoper to celebrate the 80th birthday of the composer, 11 June) |
Audio CD: Myto «Historical» Cat: 00163 |
1954 | Lisa Della Casa, Irmgard Seefried, Hilde Güden (Gueden), Rudolf Schock, Paul Schöffler |
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival, 7 August) |
Audio CD: DG Cat: 445 332-2 |
1954 | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Irmgard Seefried, Rita Streich, Rudolf Schock, Karl Dönch |
Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra (Recorded in Kingsway Hall, London, 30 June and 1–7 July) |
Audio CD: Membrans Cat: 223341 |
1958 | Leonie Rysanek, Sena Jurinac, Roberta Peters, Jan Peerce, Walter Berry |
Erich Leinsdorf, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
Audio CD: Decca Cat: 443 675-2 |
1965 | Hildegard Hillebrecht, Sena Jurinac, Reri Grist, Jess Thomas, Paul Schöffler, Cast also includes: Gerhard Unger, Kurt Equiluz, Lisa Otto |
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, recorded live at Salzburg, August 21, 1965 |
DVD (video): ORF, TDK |
1968 | Gundula Janowitz, Sylvia Geszty, Teresa Zylis-Gara, James King, Theo Adam |
Rudolf Kempe, Staatskapelle Dresden |
3 LP ETERNA 8 26 009-11 |
1969 | Hildegard Hillebrecht, Tatiana Troyanos, Reri Grist, Jess Thomas, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau |
Karl Böhm, Bayerischer Rundfunk |
Audio CD: DG Cat: 463 544-2 |
1976 | Montserrat Caballé, Tatiana Troyanos, Ruth Welting, Alberto Remedios, William Dooley |
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera (This appears to be a recording of the performance at the MET on 20 March which was broadcast) |
Audio CD: Celestial Audio (Australia) Cat: CA 389 |
1977 | Leontyne Price, Tatiana Troyanos, Edita Gruberova, René Kollo, Walter Berry |
Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra |
CD: Decca Cat: 1992-05-12 |
1986 | Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Kathleen Battle, Gary Lakes, Hermann Prey |
James Levine, Wiener Philarmoniker |
CD: DG Cat: 453 122-2 |
1988 | Jessye Norman, Tatiana Troyanos, Kathleen Battle, James King, Franz Ferdinand Nentwig |
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera |
DVD: DG Cat: 073 028-9 |
1988 | Jessye Norman, Julia Varady, Edita Gruberova, Paul Frey, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau |
Kurt Masur, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra |
CD: Phillip Cat: |
2000 | Deborah Voigt, Anne Sofie von Otter, Natalie Dessay, Ben Heppner, Albert Dohmen |
Giuseppe Sinopoli, Dresdner Staatskapelle |
Audio CD: DG Cat: 471 323-2; Brilliant Classics Cat: 9084 |
2003 | Deborah Voigt, Susanne Mentzer, Natalie Dessay, Richard Margison, Wolfgang Brendel |
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera (Telecast of 3 April (performances on 28 and 31 March were also taped) |
DVD: Virgin Classics Cat: VCL 418679 |
2008 | Adrianne Pieczonka, Daniela Sindram, Diana Damrau, Burkhard Fritz, Martin Gantner |
Kent Nagano, Bayerisches Staatsorchester (Recording of a performance in the Primzregententheater, Munich, July) |
Audio CD: Premiere Opera Ltd. Cat: |
2010 | Christine Brewer, Alice Coote, Gillian Keith, Robert Dean Smith, Alan Opie |
Richard Armstrong, Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Performed in English. Includes Suite from Le bourgeois Gentilhomme, Op. 60) |
Audio CD: Chandos Digital Cat: CHAN 3168 [2] |
References
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