Selected Recordings
Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer - Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival
- Conductor: Joseph Keilberth
- Principal singers: Hermann Uhde (Dutchman); Astrid Varnay (Senta); Ludwig Weber (Daland); Rudolf Lustig (Erik); Josef Traxel (Helmsman); Elisabeth Schärtel (Mary)
- Recording location & date: Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 7, 15, & 19 August 1955 (stereo)
- Label: Testament SBT2 1384 (2 CDs)
Wagner: Lohengrin - Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival
- Conductor: Eugen Jochum
- Principal singers: Wolfgang Windgassen (Title role); Birgit Nilsson (Elsa); Astrid Varnay (Ortrud); Theo Adam (Konig Heinrich); Hermann Uhde (Telramund); Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Heerrufer)
- Recording location & date: Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 1954
- Label: Archipel
Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival
- Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch
- Principal singers: Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde); Josef Greindl (Hagen); Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried); Otto Wiener (Gunther)
- Recording location & date: Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 1958
- Label: Walhall Eternity Series WLCD 0249 (4 CDs)
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