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This is a list of recordings of Arabella, a three-act opera by Richard Strauss with a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It was first performed on 1 July 1933, at the Dresden Sächsisches Staatstheater.

Recordings

Year Cast
(Arabella, Zdenka,
Mandryka)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label
1942 Viorica Ursuleac
Trude Eipperle
Hans Reinmar
Clemens Krauss
Salzburg Festival
CD: Opera Depot
Cat: OD 11496-2
1947 Maria Reining
Lisa della Casa
Hans Hotter
Karl Böhm
Vienna Philharmonic orchestra and chorus
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 445 342-2
1953 Lisa della Casa
Elfride Trötschel
Hermann Uhde
Rudolf Kempe
Bavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus
(recorded at Royal Opera House on 21 Sept)
CD: Testament
Cat: SBT2 1367
1955 Eleanor Steber
Hilde Güden
George London
Rudolf Kempe
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(recorded on 26 February; sung in English)
CD: Andromeda
Cat: ANDRCD 5013
1957 Lisa della Casa
Hilde Güden
George London
Georg Solti
Vienna Philharmonic orchestra and chorus
CD: Decca
Cat: 478 1400
1958 Lisa della Casa
Anneliese Rothenberger
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Joseph Keilberth
Vienna Philharmonic orchestra and chorus
CD: Orfeo
Cat: C651053D
1963 Lisa della Casa
Anneliese Rothenberger
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Joseph Keilberth
Bavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 477 5625
1977 Julia Varady
Edith Mathis
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Bavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: Golden Melodram
Cat: 3.0046-2
Gundula Janowitz
Sona Ghazarian
Bernd Weikl
Georg Solti
Vienna Philharmonic orchestra and chorus
DVD: Decca
Cat: B0011WMWX4
1981 Julia Varady
Helen Donath
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Bavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: Orfeo
Cat: C169882H
1984 Ashley Putnam
Gianna Rolandi
John Bröcheler
Bernard Haitink
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Glyndebourne Festival chorus
(recorded on 22 August)
DVD: Warner Music Vision
Cat: 0630-16912-2
1986 Kiri te Kanawa
Gabriele Fontana
Franz Grundheber
Jeffrey Tate
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
CD: Decca
Cat: 417 623-2
1994 Kiri te Kanawa
Marie McLaughlin
Wolfgang Brendel
Christian Thielemann
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 073 005-9
2008 Renée Fleming
Julia Kleiter
Morten Frank Larsen
Franz Welser-Möst
Zürich Opera House orchestra and chorus
DVD: Decca
Cat: 074 3263
Cat: 11380
2015 Jacquelyn Wagner
Agneta Eichenholz,
James Rutherford
Marc Albrecht
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
CD: Challenge Classics
Cat: 72686

References

Notes
  1. Recordings of Arabella on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
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