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.

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Year	Cast (Sachs, Walther, Beckmesser, David, Eva, Magdalena, Pogner)	Orchestra and conductor	Label
1928	Friedrich Schorr, Robert Hutt, Leo Schützendorf, Karl Jöken, Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, Lydia Kinderman	Berliner Staatsoper under Leo Blech	Pearl GEMM CD 9340 / Symposium 1232-3
1936	Hans Herrmann Nissen, Charles Kullman, Hermann Wiedemann, Richard Sallaba, Lotte Lehmann, Kerstin Thorborg	Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus under Arturo Toscanini, Salzburg Festival	Eklipse EKR 54
1936	Friedrich Schorr, René Maison, Eduard Habich, Hans Clemens, Elisabeth Rethberg, Karin Branzell	Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus under Artur Bodanzky	Music and Arts 652 / Guild Immortal Performances GHCD 2244-7
1937	Hans Herrmann Nissen, Henk Noort, Hermann Wiedemann, Richard Sallaba, Maria Reining, Kerstin Thorborg	Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus under Arturo Toscanini, Salzburg Festival	Eklipse EKR 54 / Grammofono 2000 AB 78017-25 / Andante AND 3040
1943	Jaro Prohaska, Max Lorenz, Eugen Fuchs, Erich Zimmermann, Maria Müller, Camilla Kallab, Josef Greindl	Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus under Wilhelm Furtwängler, Bayreuth Festival	EMI
1943	Paul Schöffler, Ludwig Suthaus, Erich Kunz, Erich Witte, Hilde Scheppan, Camilla Kallab	Bayreuth Festival under Hermann Abendroth	Preiser 90 174
1944	Paul Schöffler, August Seider, Erich Kunz, Peter Klein, Irmgard Seefried, Else Schürhoff, Herbert Alsen	Vienna Philharmonic under Karl Böhm	Arkadia 78061, Preiser 90234, Cantus CACD 5.00143/44
1949	Hans Hotter, Günther Treptow, Benno Kusche, Paul Kuën, Anneliese Kupper, Ruth Michaelis, Max Proebstl	Bayerische Staatsoper, München under Eugen Jochum	Myto / Walhall
1950/51	Paul Schöffler, Günther Treptow, Karl Dönch, Anton Dermota, Hilde Gueden, Else Schürhoff, Otto Edelmann	Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus under Hans Knappertsbusch	Decca
1951	Otto Edelmann, Hans Hopf, Erich Kunz, Gerhard Unger, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Ira Malaniuk, Gottlob Frick	Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus under Herbert von Karajan	EMI
1951	Ferdinand Frantz, Bernd Aldenhoff, Heinrich Pflanzl, Gerhard Unger, Tiana Lemnitz, Emilie Walter-Sacks, Kurt Böhme	Dresden State Opera Chorus and Saxon State Orchestra under Rudolf Kempe	Urania, Vox
1955	Otto Edelmann, Hans Hopf, Erich Kunz, Gerhard Unger, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Ira Malaniuk, Ludwig Weber	Orchestra Sinfonica e coro della RAI di Milano, under Hans Rosbaud	Walhall Eternity Series
1956	Ferdinand Frantz, Rudolf Schock, Benno Kusche, Gerhard Unger, Elisabeth Grümmer, Marga Höffgen, Gottlob Frick	Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Rudolf Kempe	Electrola, HMV, Angel, EMI
1956	Hans 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
1957	Gustav Neidlinger, Walter Geisler, Karl Schmitt-Walter, Gerhard Stolze, Elisabeth Grümmer, Georgine von Milinkovic, Josef Greindl	Chor and Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele under André Cluytens	Melodram / Walhall
1960	Josef Greindl, Wolfgang Windgassen, Karl Schmitt-Walter, Gerhard Stolze, Elisabeth Grümmer, Elisabeth Schärtel, Theo Adam	Chor and Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele under Hans Knappertsbusch	Melodram, Myto, Orfeo
1962	Giuseppe Taddei, Luigi Infantino, Renato Capecchi, Carlo Franzini, Bruna Rizzoli, Fernanda Cadoni, Boris Christoff	Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Tarrino della RAI under Lovro von Matačić	Datum DAT 12310 (in Italian (I Maestri Cantori di Norimberga), with some cuts)
1964	Otto Wiener, Jess Thomas, Benno Kusche, Friedrich Lenz, Claire Watson, Lillian Bennigsen, Hans Hotter	Orchester and the Chorus of the Staatsoper Bavaria etc. under Joseph Keilberth	BMG
1967	Thomas Stewart, Sándor Kónya, Thomas Hemsley, Gerhard Unger, Gundula Janowitz, Brigitte Fassbaender, Franz Crass	Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio under Rafael Kubelík	Arts Music / Calig / Myto
1968	Theo Adam, Waldemar Kmentt, Thomas Hemsley, Hermin Esser, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Janis Martin, Kurt Moll, Karl Ridderbusch	Orchestra and Chorus of the Bayreuth Festival under Karl Böhm	Orfeo
1968	Norman Bailey, Alberto Remedios, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Gregory Dempsey, Margaret Curphey, Ann Robson	Sadler's Wells Orchestra & Chorus under Reginald Goodall	Chandos. (Sung in English)
1970	Theo Adam, René Kollo, Geraint Evans, Peter Schreier, Helen Donath, Ruth Hesse, Karl Ridderbusch	Staatskapelle Dresden and Staatsoper Chorus under Herbert von Karajan	EMI
1974	Karl Ridderbusch, Jean Cox, Klaus Hirte, Frieder Stricker, Hannelore Bode, Anna Reynolds, Hans Sotin	Chor and Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele under Silvio Varviso	Phillips
1975	Norman Bailey, René Kollo, Bernd Weikl, Adolf Dallapozza, Hannelore Bode, Julia Hamari, Kurt Moll	Vienna Philharmonic under Sir Georg Solti	Decca/London.
1976	Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Plácido Domingo, Roland Hermann, Horst Laubenthal, Catarina Ligendza, Christa Ludwig, Peter Lagger	Chorus and Orchestra of the German Opera, Berlin, under Eugen Jochum	Deutsche Grammophon
1993	Bernd Weikl, Ben Heppner, Siegfried Lorenz, Deon van der Walt, Cheryl Studer, Cornelia Kallisch	Munich Staatsorchester under Wolfgang Sawallisch	EMI
1997	John Tomlinson, Gösta Winbergh, Thomas Allen, Herbert Lippert, Nancy Gustafson, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Gwynne Howell	Orchestra of the Royal Opera House under Bernard Haitink	Opus Arte
1997	José van Dam, Ben Heppner, Alan Opie, Herbert Lippert, Karita Mattila, Iris Vermillon	Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Sir Georg Solti	Decca/London
1999	Robert Holl, Peter Seiffert, Andreas Schmidt, Endrik Wottrich, Emily Magee, Birgitta Svendén	Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus, Daniel Barenboim directing	Teldec
2001	James Morris, Ben Heppner, Sir Thomas Allen, Matthew Polenzani, Karita Mattila, Jill Grove, René Pape	Metropolitan Opera under James Levine	Deutsche Grammophon
2008	Franz Hawlata, Klaus Florian Vogt, Michael Volle, Norbert Ernst, Michaela Kaune, Carola Guber, Artur Korn	Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus; Sebastian Weigle, Staged and directed by Katharina Wagner	2-DVD set: Opus Arte, ASIN: B0046HCOOS

References[]

Operadis discography (89 items), accessed 3 September 2010