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.

List

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

References

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