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Ariadne auf Naxos discography

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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.

Recordings

Year Cast
(Ariadne, Composer, Zerbinetta
Bacchus, Music master)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label
1935 Viorica Ursuleac
Gertrud Rünger
Erna Berger
Helge Rosvaenge
Eugen Fuchs
Clemens Krauss
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
(recorded on 6 November)
CD: Pristine Audio
Cat: PACO 021
1944 Maria Reining
Irmgard Seefried
Alda Noni
Max Lorenz
Paul Schöffler
Karl Böhm
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus
(recorded on 11 June)
CD: Myto Historical
Cat: 00163
1954 Lisa Della Casa
Irmgard Seefried
Hilde Güden
Rudolf Schock
Paul Schöffler
Karl Böhm
Vienna Philharmonic
(recording at Salzburg Festival on 7 August)
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 445 332-2
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Irmgard Seefried
Rita Streich
Rudolf Schock
Karl Dönch
Herbert von Karajan
Philharmonia Orchestra
(recorded at Kingsway Hall on 30 June and 1–7 July)
CD: Membrans
Cat: 223341
1958 Leonie Rysanek
Sena Jurinac
Roberta Peters
Jan Peerce
Walter Berry
Erich Leinsdorf
Vienna Philharmonic
CD: Decca
Cat: 443 675-2
1965 Hildegard Hillebrecht
Sena Jurinac
Reri Grist
Jess Thomas
Paul Schöffler
Karl Böhm,
Vienna Philharmonic
(recorded at Salzburg Festival on 21 August)
DVD: ORF, TDK
Cat:
1968 Gundula Janowitz
Sylvia Geszty
Teresa Zylis-Gara
James King
Theo Adam
Rudolf Kempe
Staatskapelle Dresden
LP: ETERNA
Cat: 8 26 009-11
1969 Hildegard Hillebrecht
Tatiana Troyanos
Reri Grist
Jess Thomas
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Karl Böhm
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 463 544-2
1976 Montserrat Caballé
Tatiana Troyanos
Ruth Welting
Alberto Remedios
William Dooley
James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(recorded on 20 March)
CD: Celestial Audio
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
Vienna Philharmonic
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 453 122-2
1988 Jessye Norman,
Tatiana Troyanos
Kathleen Battle
James King
Franz Ferdinand Nentwig
James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 073 028-9
Jessye Norman,
Julia Varady
Edita Gruberova
Paul Frey
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Kurt Masur
Gewandhaus orchestra and chorus
CD: Phillip
Cat:
2000 Deborah Voigt
Anne Sofie von Otter
Natalie Dessay
Ben Heppner
Albert Dohmen
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Staatskapelle Dresden
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 471 323-2
CD: Brilliant Classics
Cat: 9084
2003 Deborah Voigt
Susanne Mentzer
Natalie Dessay
Richard Margison
Wolfgang Brendel
James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(telecast of 3 April; also recorded on 28 and 31 March)
DVD: Virgin Classics
Cat: VCL 418679
2008 Adrianne Pieczonka
Daniela Sindram
Diana Damrau
Burkhard Fritz
Martin Gantner
Kent Nagano
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
(recorded at Prinzregententheater in July)
CD: Premiere Opera
Cat:
2010 Christine Brewer
Alice Coote
Gillian Keith
Robert Dean Smith
Alan Opie
Richard Armstrong
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
(sung in English)
CD: Chandos Digital
Cat: CHAN 3168

References

Notes
  1. Recordings of Ariadne auf Naxos on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  2. Recording details of Ariadne on chandos.net Retrieved 9 January 2011
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