Tannhäuser discography

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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.

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Year Cast
(Tannhäuser, Elisabeth,
Venus, Wolfram,
Landgrave, Walther) 		Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra 		Label
1930 Sigismund Pilinszky,
Maria Müller,
Ruth Jost-Arden,
Herbert Janssen,
Ivar Andrésen,
Geza Belti-Pilinszky 		Karl Elmendorff,
Bayreuth Festival orchestra and chorus,
Paris Version 		Audio CD: Naxos,
Cat: 8.110094-95
1941 Lauritz Melchior,
Kirsten Flagstad,
Kerstin Thorborg,
Herbert Janssen,
Emanuel List,
John Dudley 		Erich Leinsdorf,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus,
Paris Version 		Audio CD: Immortal Performances,
Cat: IPCD 1101-3
1942 Lauritz Melchior,
Helen Traubel,
Kerstin Thorborg,
Herbert Janssen,
Alexander Kipnis,
John Garris 		George Szell,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus,
Paris Version 		Audio CD: Immortal Performances,
Cat: IPCD 1053-3
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,
Dresden Version
(featuring Paris Bacchanale) 		Audio CD: Orfeo d'Or,
Cat: C 643 043 D
1960 Hans Hopf,
Elisabeth Grümmer,
Marianne Schech,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Gottlob Frick,
Fritz Wunderlich 		Franz Konwitschny,
Berlin State Opera orchestra and chorus,
Dresden Version
(reverts to Paris for small section in Act II) 		Audio CD: EMI,
Cat: CMS 7 63214 2
1961 Wolfgang Windgassen,
Victoria de los Ángeles,
Grace Bumbry,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Josef Greindl,
Gerhard Stolze 		Wolfgang Sawallisch,
Bayreuth Festival orchestra and chorus,
Dresden Version
(featuring Paris Bacchanale) 		Audio CD: Orfeo d'Or,
Cat: C 888 143 D
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
1963 Hans Beirer,
Gré Brouwenstijn,
Christa Ludwig,
Eberhard Wächter,
Gottlob Frick,
Waldemar Kmentt 		Herbert von Karajan,
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus,
Paris Version 		Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon,
Cat: 457682
1968 Wolfgang Windgassen,
Birgit Nilsson,
Birgit Nilsson,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Theo Adam,
Horst Laubenthal 		Otto Gerdes,
Deutsche Oper Berlin orchestra and chorus,
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,
Bayreuth Festival orchestra and chorus,
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,
Philharmonia Orchestra,
Royal Opera House chorus,
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
2014 Peter Seiffert,
Ann Petersen,
Marina Prudenskaya,
Peter Mattei,
René Pape,
Peter Sonn 		Daniel Barenboim,
Staatskapelle Berlin,
Berlin State Opera chorus,
Dresden Version
(uses Paris Version of Act I, Scene I, including ballet sequence) 		DVD: Bel Air Classiques,
ASIN: B0168HCVM8
2010 Stig Fogh Andersen,
Tina Kiberg,
Susanne Resmark,
Tommi Hakala,
Stephen Milling,
Peter Lodahl 		Friedemann Layer,
Royal Danish Opera,
Royal Danish Orchestra and chorus,
 2 DVD: DECCA,
cat: 074 3390
2020 Stephen Gould,
Lise Davidsen,
Elena Zhidkova,
Markus Eiche,
Stephen Milling 		Valery Gergiev,
Bayreuth Festival orchestra and chorus,
Tobias Kratzer, stage director 		DVD: Deutsche Grammophon,
Cat:735760

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