Tannhäuser discography

This is a partial discography of the opera Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner. It was first performed in Dresden on 19 October 1845. A revised version was first given in Paris on 13 March 1861.

List

Year	Cast (Tannhäuser, Elisabeth, Venus, Wolfram, Landgrave, Walther)	Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra, Version	Label
1954	Ramon Vinay, Margaret Harshaw, Astrid Varnay, George London, Jerome Hines, Brian Sullivan	George Szell, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Dresden Version	Audio CD: Sony Classical, Cat: 886443900868
1955	Wolfgang Windgassen, Gré Brouwenstijn, Herta Wilfert, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Josef Greindl, Josef Traxel	André Cluytens, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus, (Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival), Dresden Version, featuring Paris Bacchanale	Audio CD: Orfeo d'Or, Cat: C 643043D
1960	Hans Hopf, Elisabeth Grümmer, Marianne Schech, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gottlob Frick, Fritz Wunderlich	Franz Konwitschny, Berlin State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Dresden Version (reverts to Paris for small section in Act II)	Audio CD: EMI, Cat: CMS 7 63214 2
1962	Wolfgang Windgassen, Anja Silja, Grace Bumbry, Eberhard Wächter, Josef Greindl, Gerhard Stolze	Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus, Dresden Version, featuring Paris Bacchanale	Audio CD: Philips, Cat: 434 607-2
1968	Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson, Birgit Nilsson, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Theo Adam, Horst Laubenthal	Otto Gerdes, Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus and Orchestra, Dresden Version (reverts to Paris for small section in Act II)	Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon, Cat: 471 708-2
1970	René Kollo, Helga Dernesch, Christa Ludwig, Victor Braun, Hans Sotin, Werner Hollweg	Georg Solti, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Paris Version (reverts to Dresden for small section in Act II)	Audio CD: Decca, Cat: 470 810-2
1978	Spas Wenkoff, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Bernd Weikl, Hans Sotin, Robert Schunk	Colin Davis, Choir and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Dresden Version, featuring Paris Bacchanale	DVD: DG, Cat: 073 4446
1985	Klaus König, Lucia Popp, Waltraud Meier, Bernd Weikl, Kurt Moll, Siegfried Jerusalem	Bernard Haitink, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Dresden Version	Audio CD: EMI, Cat: CMS 7 47296 8
1988	Plácido Domingo, Cheryl Studer, Agnes Baltsa, Andreas Schmidt, Matti Salminen, William Pell	Giuseppe Sinopoli, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra Paris Version	Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon, Cat: 427 625-2
2001	Peter Seiffert, Jane Eaglen, Waltraud Meier, Thomas Hampson, René Pape, Gunnar Gudbjörnsson	Daniel Barenboim, Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra, Berlin State Opera Chorus Dresden Version (uses Paris Version of Act I, minus ballet sequence)	Audio CD: Teldec, Cat: 8573 88064-2

References

Notes

External links

• Amazon Tannhäuser discography (11 items), accessed 13 March 2009