Fidelio Discography - Audio Recordings of Fidelio

Audio Recordings of Fidelio

Year Cast
(Fidelio/Leonore,
Florestan, Pizarro,
Rocco, Marzelline)		 Conductor,
Opera House and/or Orchestra		 Label
1936 Lotte Lehmann,
Koloman von Pataky,
Alfred Jerger,

Anton Baumann,
Luise Helletsgruber

 Arturo Toscanini,
Salzburg Festspielchor, Vienna Philharmonic, Salzburg		 Audio CD: (act one only) Radio Years, Grammophono
1938 Kirsten Flagstad,
René Maison,
Friedrich Schorr,

Emmanuel List,
Marita Farell

 Artur Bodanzky,
Metropolitan Opera, New York		 Audio CD: Naxos Historical
1943 Hilde Konetzni,
Torsten Ralf,
Paul Schöffler,
Herbert Alsen,
Irmgard Seefried		 Karl Böhm,
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus		 Audio LP: Vox
Audio CD:Andante (Cat. No.3090)
1944 Rose Bampton,
Jan Peerce,
Herbert Janssen,

Sid Belarsky,
Eleanor Steber

 Arturo Toscanini,
NBC Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Chorus		 Audio CD: RCA
Cat. No. 60273
1948 Erna Schlüter,
Julius Patzak,
Herbert Alsen,
Ferdinand Frantz,
Lisa Della Casa		 Wilhelm Furtwängler,
Wiener Philharmoniker and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper
(Live performance)		 Audio CD: Melodram
Cat. No. CDM 25009
1948 Anna Bathy,
Endre Rösler,
Oszkár Maleczky,
Mihály Székely,
Mária Mátyás		 Otto Klemperer,
Hungarian State Opera State Opera and Orchestra
(Live performance)		 Audio CD: Urania
Cat. No. URN 22246
1950 Kirsten Flagstad,
Julius Patzak,
Paul Schöffler,
Josef Greindl,
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf		 Wilhelm Furtwängler,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus of the Vienna State Opera
(Live recording at the Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 5 August 1950		 Audio CD: Regis Records Ltd
Cat. No. RRC2048
1953 Martha Mödl,
Wolfgang Windgassen,
Otto Edelmann,
Gottlob Frick,
Sena Jurinac		 Wilhelm Furtwängler,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus		 Audio CD: EMI
Cat. No. 64496
1956 Birgit Nilsson,
Hans Hopf,
Gottlob Frick,
Paul Schöffler,
Ingeborg Wenglor		 Erich Kleiber,
Chor und Orchester des Westdeutschen Rundfunks
(Live recording)		 Audio CD: Opera d'Oro
Cat. No. OPD 1332
1957 Leonie Rysanek,
Ernst Haefliger,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Gottlob Frick,
Irmgard Seefried		 Ferenc Fricsay,
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and chorus		 Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat. No. DG 453106-2
1957 Gladys Kuchta,
Julius Patzak,
Heinz Rehfuss,
Karl Kümmel,
Melitta Muszely		 Carl Bamberger,
North German Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Nonesuch Records
1957 Christel Goltz,
Giuseppe Zampieri,
Paul Schöffler,

Otto Edelmann
Sena Jurinac

 Herbert von Karajan,
Vienna Philharmonic orchestra and chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper.
(Live recording)		 Audio CD: Orfeo
Cat. No. C 7710821
1958 Gré Brouwenstijn,
Hans Hopf,
Paul Schöffler,
Arnold van Mill,
Olga Chelavine		 Thomas Beecham,
Orchestra and chorus of the Teatro Colón
(Live recording)		 Audio CD: Legato Classics
Cat. No. LCD 226-2
1960 Galina Vishnevskaya,
Georgi Nelepp,
Aleksey Petrovich Ivanov,
Nikolai Shchelgolkov,
Irina Maslennikova		 Alexander Melik-Pashayev,
Orchestra and chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre		 Audio CD: Audio Encyclopedia
Cat. No. AE 207
1961 Sena Jurinac,
Jan Peerce,
Gustav Neidlinger,
Dezsö Ernster,
Maria Stader		 Hans Knappertsbusch,
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Westminster
Cat. No. 471 204-2
1961 Sena Jurinac,
Jon Vickers,
Hans Hotter,
Gottlob Frick,
Elsie Morrison		 Otto Klemperer,
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra and Chorus
(Live performance recording)		 Audio CD: Testament
Cat. No. SBT2 1328
1962 Christa Ludwig,
Jon Vickers,
Walter Berry,
Gottlob Frick,
Ingeborg Hallstein		 Otto Klemperer,
Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus		 Audio CD: EMI
Cat. No. 67361
1962 Christa Ludwig,
Jon Vickers,
Walter Berry,
Walter Kreppel,
Gundula Janowitz		 Herbert von Karajan, live
Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Live recording of May performance)		 Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat. No.477 7364
1963 Christa Ludwig,
James King,
Gustav Neidlinger,
Josef Greindl,
Lisa Otto		 Karl Böhm,
Orchestra and chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
(Live recording)		 Audio CD: Canyon Classics
Cat. No. PCCL 00060
1964 Birgit Nilsson,
James McCracken,
Tom Krause,
Kurt Böhme,
Graziella Sciutti		 Lorin Maazel,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera Chorus		 Audio CD: Decca
Cat. No. 448104
1969 Christa Ludwig,
James King,
Ingvar Wixell,
Franz Crass,
Edith Mathis		 Karl Böhm,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
(Live recording, August performance at the Salzburg Festival)		 Audio CD: Opera d’Oro
Cat. No. 1380
1969 Gwyneth Jones,
James King,
Theo Adam,
Franz Crass,
Edith Mathis		 Karl Böhm,
Dresden Staatskapelle Orchestra and Dresden Opera Chorus
 Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat. No. DG 477 5584
1970 Gwyneth Jones,
James King,
Theo Adam,
Franz Crass,
Lucia Popp		 Leonard Bernstein,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
(Live recording, June performance at the Vienna State Opera)		 Audio CD: Opera Depot
Cat. No.OD 10175-2
1970 Helga Dernesch,
Jon Vickers,
Zoltan Kelemen,
José van Dam,
Helen Donath		 Herbert von Karajan,
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus		 Audio CD: EMI
Cat. No. CMS 7 69290-2
1976 Teresa Kubiak,
Jon Vickers,
Donald Gramm,
Mac Morgan,
Magdelena Falewicz		 Sarah Caldwell,
Boston Opera Orchestra and Chorus and Harvard Glee Club
(Live recording)		 Audio CD: VAI
Cat. No. VAIA 1222-2
1978 Gundula Janowitz,
René Kollo,
Hans Sotin,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Lucia Popp		 Leonard Bernstein,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus		 Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat. No. 526702
1978 Hildegard Behrens,
James King,
Donald McIntyre,
Kurt Moll
Lucia Popp		 Karl Böhm,
Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Premiere Opera Ltd
Cat. No. CDNO 1142-2
1979 Hildegard Behrens,
Peter Hofmann,
Theo Adam,

Hans Sotin,
Sonia Ghazarian

 Georg Solti,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus		 Decca
Cat. No. 410227
1982 Jeannine Altmeyer,
Siegfried Jerusalem,
Siegmund Nimsgern,
Peter Meven
Carola Nossek		 Kurt Masur.
Leipziger Gewandhaus Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Eurodisc
Cat. No. GK 69030
1989 Jessye Norman,
Reiner Goldberg,
Kurt Moll,
Pamela Coburn,
Ekkehard Wlaschiha		 Bernard Haitink,
Dresden Staatskapelle, Dresden State Opera Chorus		 Audio CD: Philips
Cat. No. 426308
1990 Gabriele Schnaut,
Josef Protschka,
Hartmut Welker,
Kurt Rydl,
Ruth Ziesak		 Christoph von Dohnányi,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera Chorus		 Audio CD: Decca
Cat. No. 436627
1994 Chaltotte Margiano,
Peter Seiffert,
László Polgár,
Sergei Leiferkus,
Barbara Bonney		 Nikolaus Harnoncourt,
Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Arnold Schoenberg Choir		 Audio CD: Teldec
Cat. No. 994560
1995 Deborah Voigt,
Ben Heppner,
Günter von Kannen,
Matthias Hölle,
Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz		 Colin Davis,
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: BMG-RCA Victor
Cat. No.09026 68344-2
1997 Gabriela Beňačková,
Anthony Rolfe Johnson,
Franz-Josef Kapellmann,
Siegfried Vogel,
Ildiko Vogel		 Charles Mackerras,
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival Chorus		 Audio CD: Teldarc
Cat. No. 80439
1999 Waltraud Meier,
Plácido Domingo,
Falk Struckmann,
René Pape,
Soile Isokoski		 Daniel Barenboim,
Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra and Deutsche Oper Chorus		 Audio CD: Teldec
Cat. No. 3984 25249-2
2003 Angela Denoke,
Jon Villars,
Alan Held,
Laszlo Polgár
Juliane Banse		 Simon Rattle,
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Arnold Schoenberg Choir		 Audio CD: EMI
Cat. No. 0724355755520
2006 Christine Brewer,
John MacMaster,
Juha Uusitalo,
Kristinn Sigmundsson,
Sally Matthews		 Colin Davis,
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
(Live recording, May performances)		 Audio CD: LSO Live
Cat. No. 0593

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