''Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'' discography

This is a discography of Richard Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg which received its premiere at the Königliches Hof- und National-Theater in Munich, on June 21, 1868.

List

Year Cast
(Sachs, Walther, Beckmesser, David, Eva, Magdalena, Pogner)		 Orchestra and conductor Label
1928Friedrich Schorr, Robert Hutt, Leo Schützendorf, Karl Jöken, Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, Lydia KindermanBerliner Staatsoper under Leo BlechPearl GEMM CD 9340 / Symposium 1232-3
1936Hans Herrmann Nissen, Charles Kullman, Hermann Wiedemann, Richard Sallaba, Lotte Lehmann, Kerstin ThorborgVienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus under Arturo Toscanini, Salzburg FestivalEklipse EKR 54
1936Friedrich Schorr, René Maison, Eduard Habich, Hans Clemens, Elisabeth Rethberg, Karin BranzellMetropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus under Artur BodanzkyMusic and Arts 652 / Guild Immortal Performances GHCD 2244-7
1937Hans Herrmann Nissen, Henk Noort, Hermann Wiedemann, Richard Sallaba, Maria Reining, Kerstin ThorborgVienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus under Arturo Toscanini, Salzburg FestivalEklipse EKR 54 / Grammofono 2000 AB 78017-25 / Andante AND 3040
1943Jaro Prohaska, Max Lorenz, Eugen Fuchs, Erich Zimmermann, Maria Müller, Camilla Kallab, Josef GreindlBayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus under Wilhelm Furtwängler, Bayreuth FestivalEMI
1943Paul Schöffler, Ludwig Suthaus, Erich Kunz, Erich Witte, Hilde Scheppan, Camilla KallabBayreuth Festival under Hermann AbendrothPreiser 90 174
1944Paul Schöffler, August Seider, Erich Kunz, Peter Klein, Irmgard Seefried, Else Schürhoff, Herbert AlsenVienna Philharmonic under Karl BöhmArkadia 78061, Preiser 90234, Cantus CACD 5.00143/44
1949Hans Hotter, Günther Treptow, Benno Kusche, Paul Kuën, Anneliese Kupper, Ruth Michaelis, Max ProebstlBayreuther Staatorchester under Eugen JochumMyto / Walhall
1950/51Paul Schöffler, Günther Treptow, Karl Dönch, Anton Dermota, Hilde Gueden, Else Schürhoff, Otto EdelmannVienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus under Hans KnappertsbuschDecca
1951Otto Edelmann, Hans Hopf, Erich Kunz, Gerhard Unger, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Ira Malaniuk, Gottlob FrickBayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus under Herbert von KarajanEMI
1951Ferdinand Frantz, Bernd Aldenhoff, Heinrich Pflanzl, Gerhard Unger, Tiana Lemnitz, Emilie Walter-Sacks, Kurt BöhmeDresden State Opera Chorus and Saxon State Orchestra under Rudolf KempeUrania, Vox
1955Otto Edelmann, Hans Hopf, Erich Kunz, Gerhard Unger, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Ira Malaniuk, Ludwig WeberOrchestra Sinfonica e coro della RAI di Milano, under Hans RosbaudWalhall Eternity Series
1956Ferdinand Frantz, Rudolf Schock, Benno Kusche, Gerhard Unger, Elisabeth Grümmer, Marga Höffgen, Gottlob FrickBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Rudolf KempeElectrola, HMV, Angel, EMI
1956Hans Hotter, Wolfgang Windgassen, Karl Schmitt-Walter, Gerhard Stolze, Gre Brouwenstijn, Georgine von Milinkovic, Josef Greindl (and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as Fritz Kothner)Chor and Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele under André Cluytens
1957Gustav Neidlinger, Walter Geisler, Karl Schmitt-Walter, Gerhard Stolze, Elisabeth Grümmer, Georgine von Milinkovic, Josef GreindlChor and Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele under André CluytensMelodram / Walhall
1960Josef Greindl, Wolfgang Windgassen, Karl Schmitt-Walter, Gerhard Stolze, Elisabeth Grümmer, Elisabeth Schärtel, Theo AdamChor and Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele under Hans KnappertsbuschMelodram, Myto, Orfeo
1962Giuseppe Taddei, Luigi Infantino, Renato Capecchi, Carlo Franzini, Bruna Rizzoli, Fernanda Cadoni, Boris ChristoffOrchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Tarrino della RAI under Lovro von MatačićDatum DAT 12310 (in Italian (I Maestri Cantori di Norimberga), with some cuts)
1964Otto Wiener, Jess Thomas, Benno Kusche, Friedrich Lenz, Claire Watson, Lillian Bennigsen, Hans HotterOrchester and the Chorus of the Staatsoper Bavaria etc. under Joseph KeilberthBMG
1967Thomas Stewart, Sándor Kónya, Thomas Hemsley, Gerhard Unger, Gundula Janowitz, Brigitte Fassbaender, Franz CrassChorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio under Rafael KubelíkArts Music / Calig / Myto
1968Theo Adam, Waldemar Kmentt, Thomas Hemsley, Hermin Esser, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Janis Martin, Kurt MollOrchestra and Chorus of the Bayreuth Festival under Karl BöhmOrfeo
1968Norman Bailey, Alberto Remedios, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Gregory Dempsey, Margaret Curphey, Ann RobsonSadler's Wells Orchestra & Chorus under Reginald GoodallChandos. (Sung in English)
1970Theo Adam, René Kollo, Geraint Evans, Peter Schreier, Helen Donath, Ruth Hesse, Karl RidderbuschStaatskapelle Dresden and Staatsoper Chorus under Herbert von KarajanEMI
1974Karl Ridderbusch, Jean Cox, Klaus Hirte, Frieder Stricker, Hannelore Bode, Anna Reynolds, Hans SotinChor and Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele under Silvio VarvisoPhillips
1975Norman Bailey, René Kollo, Bernd Weikl, Adolf Dallapozza, Hannelore Bode, Julia Hamari, Kurt MollVienna Philharmonic under Sir Georg SoltiDecca/London.
1976Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Plácido Domingo, Roland Hermann, Horst R Laubenthal, Catarina Ligendza, Christa Ludwig, Peter LaggerChorus and Orchestra of the German Opera, Berlin, under Eugen JochumDeutsche Grammophon
1993Bernd Weikl, Ben Heppner, Siegfried Lorenz, Deon van der Walt, Cheryl Studer, Cornelia KallischMunich Staatsorchester under Wolfgang SawallischEMI
1997John Tomlinson, Gösta Winbergh, Thomas Allen, Herbert Lippert, Nancy Gustafson, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Gwynne HowellOrchestra of the Royal Opera House under Bernard HaitinkOpus Arte
1997José van Dam, Ben Heppner, Alan Opie, Herbert Lippert, Karita Mattila, Iris VermillonChicago Symphony Orchestra under Sir Georg SoltiDecca/London
1999Robert Holl, Peter Seiffert, Andreas Schmidt, Endrik Wottrich, Emily Magee, Birgitta SvendénBayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus under Daniel BarenboimTeldec
2001James Morris, Ben Heppner, Sir Thomas Allen, Matthew Polenzani, Karita Mattila, Jill Grove, René PapeMetropolitan Opera under James LevineDeutsche Grammophon
2008Franz Hawlata, Klaus Florian Vogt, Michael Volle, Norbert Ernst, Michaela Kaune, Carola Guber, Artur KornBayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus; Sebastian Weigle,
Staged and directed by Katharina Wagner		2-DVD set: Opus Arte,
ASIN: B0046HCOOS

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