This is a discography of Siegfried, the third of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner, which received its premiere at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 16 August 1876.

Recordings

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Year Cast
Siegfried
Brünnhilde
Mime
Wanderer
Alberich
Erda
Fafner
Waldvogel)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label[1]
1937 Lauritz Melchior
Kirsten Flagstad
Karl Laufkötter
Friedrich Schorr
Eduard Habich
Kerstin Thorborg
Emanuel List
Stella Andreva
Artur Bodanzky
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.110211-13
Mono, Live
1949 Gunther Treptow
Gertrude Grob-Prandl
William Wernigk
Ferdinand Frantz
Adolf Vogel
Rosette Anday
Herbert Alsen
Ruthilde Boesch
Rudolf Moralt
Vienna Symphony
CD: Myto
Cat: 3MCD 972-155
Mono, studio
1950 Set Svanholm
Kirsten Flagstad
Peter Markwort
Josef Herrmann
Alois Pernerstorfer
Elisabeth Höngen
Ludwig Weber
Julia Moor
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus
CD: Opera d'Oro
Cat: OPD1501[2]
(complete Ring) Mono, Live
1951 Set Svanholm
Helen Traubel
Peter Klein
Ferdinand Frantz
Gerhard Pechner
Karin Branzell
Dezső Ernster
Erna Berger
Fritz Stiedry
Metropolitan Opera
CD: Gebhardt
1952 Bernd Aldenhoff
Astrid Varnay
Paul Kuen
Hans Hotter
Gustav Neidlinger
Melanija Bugarinović
Kurt Böhme
Rita Streich
Joseph Keilberth
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
CD: Myto
1953 Wolfgang Windgassen
Astrid Varnay
Paul Kuen
Hans Hotter
Gustav Neidlinger
Maria von Ilosvay
Josef Greindl
Rita Streich
Clemens Krauss
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
CD: Gala
Cat: GL100.653
Mono, Live
1953 Ludwig Suthaus
Martha Mödl
Julius Patzak
Ferdinand Frantz
Alois Pernerstorfer
Margarete Klose
Josef Greindl
Rita Streich
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI
CD: EMI
Cat: CZS 7 67131 2
Mono, Live
1955 Wolfgang Windgassen
Astrid Varnay
Paul Kuen
Hans Hotter
Gustav Neidlinger
Maria von Ilosvay
Josef Greindl
Ilse Hollweg
Joseph Keilberth
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
CD: Testament
Cat: SBT41392
Stereo, Live
1956 Wolfgang Windgassen
Astrid Varnay
Paul Kuen
Hans Hotter
Gustav Neidlinger
Jean Madeira
Arnold van Mill
Ilse Hollweg
Hans Knappertsbusch
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
CD: Orfeo
complete Ring
1957 Wolfgang Windgassen
Birgit Nilsson
Peter Klein
Hans Hotter
Otakar Kraus
Maria von Ilosvay
Frederick Dalberg
Jeannette Sinclair
Rudolf Kempe
Royal Opera House orchestra & chorus
CD: Testament
Cat: SBT131426
(complete Ring) Mono, Live
1962 Wolfgang Windgassen
Birgit Nilsson
Gerhard Stolze
Hans Hotter
Gustav Neidlinger
Marga Höffgen
Kurt Böhme
Joan Sutherland
Georg Solti
Vienna Philharmonic
CD: Decca
Cat: 455 564-2
Stereo, Studio
1962 Hans Hopf
Birgit Nilsson
Erich Klaus
Otto Wiener
Otakar Kraus
Marga Höffgen
Peter Roth-Ehrang
Ingeborg Moussa-Felderer
Rudolf Kempe
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
CD: Myto
Cat: P/2013
Mono, Live
1966 Wolfgang Windgassen
Birgit Nilsson
Erwin Wohlfahrt
Theo Adam
Gustav Neidlinger
Věra Soukupová
Kurt Böhme
Erika Köth
Karl Böhm
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
CD: Philips
Cat: 412 483-2
Stereo, Live
1968 Jean Cox
Naděžda Kniplová
Erwin Wohlfahrt
Theo Adam
Zoltán Keleman
Oralia Domínguez
Karl Ridderbusch
Ingrid Paller
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Orchestra di Roma della RAI
CD: Myto
3MCD 055.318
Live
1969 Jess Thomas
Helga Dernesch
Gerhard Stolze
Thomas Stewart
Zoltán Keleman
Oralia Domínguez
Karl Ridderbusch
Catherine Gayer
Herbert von Karajan
Berlin Philharmonic
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 457 790-2
Stereo, Studio

1970 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording

1973 Alberto Remedios
Rita Hunter
Gregory Dempsey
Norman Bailey
Derek Hammond-Stroud
Anne Collins
Clifford Grant
Maurine London
Reginald Goodall
English National Opera
CD: Chandos
Recorded in English
1980 Manfred Jung
Gwyneth Jones
Heinz Zednik
Donald McIntyre
Hermann Becht
Ortrun Wenkel
Fritz Hübner
Norma Sharp
Pierre Boulez
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
CD: Philips
Cat: 434 423-2
Stereo, Studio
1982 René Kollo
Jeannine Altmeyer
Peter Schreier
Theo Adam
Siegmund Nimsgern
Ortrun Wenkel
Matti Salminen
Norma Sharp
Marek Janowski
Staatskapelle Dresden orchestra & chorus
CD: Eurodisc, RCA
Cat: 6100-7023, B00011MJV6
(complete Ring) Stereo, Studio
1989 René Kollo
Hildegard Behrens
Helmut Pampuch
Robert Hale
Ekkehard Wlaschina
Hanna Schwarz
Kurt Moll
Julie Kaufmann
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Bavarian State Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: EMI
Cat: 724357273121
(complete Ring) Stereo, Live
1990 Reiner Goldberg
Hildegard Behrens
Heinz Zednik
James Morris
Ekkehard Wlaschina
Birgitta Svendén
Kurt Moll
Kathleen Battle
James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 429 407-2
Stereo, Studio
1990 Siegfried Jerusalem
Éva Marton
Peter Haage
James Morris
Theo Adam
Jadwiga Rappé
Kurt Rydl
Kiri Te Kanawa
Bernard Haitink
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
CD: EMI
Cat: CDS 7 54290 2
Stereo, Studio
1992 Siegfried Jerusalem
Anne Evans
Graham Clark
John Tomlinson
Günter von Kannen
Birgitta Svendén
Philip Kang
Hilde Leidland
Daniel Barenboim
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
CD: Teldec
Cat: 4509 94193 2
Stereo, Live
1995 Edward Cook
Carla Pohl
Hans-Jörg Weinschenk
John Wegner
Oleg Bryjak
Ortrun Wenkel
Simon Yang
Tiny Peters
Günter Neuhold
Badische Staatskapelle
CD: Brilliant Classics
1999 Alan Woodrow
Elisabeth-Maria Wachutka
Thomas Harper
Juha Uusitalo
Andrea Martin
Julia Oesch
Xiaoliang Li
Hiroko Kouda
Gustav Kuhn
Tiroler Festspiele Orchestra
CD: Arte Nova
2002–
2003
Jon Fredric West
Lisa Gasteen
Heinz Göhrig
Wolfgang Schöne
Bjorn Waag
Helene Ranada
Attila Jun
Gabriela Herrera
Lothar Zagrosek
Staatsoper Stuttgart orchestra & chorus
CD: Naxos Records
Cat: 8.660175-78
Stereo (SACD), Live
2003–
2004
John Treleaven
Deborah Polaski
Graham Clark
Falk Struckmann
Günter von Kannen
Andrea Bönig
Eric Halfvarson
Cristina Obregón
Bertrand de Billy
Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
DVD: Opus Arte
ASIN: B000IFRPY6
Surround Sound, Live
2004 Gary Rideout
Linda Gasteen
Richard Greager
John Bröcheler
John Wegner
Liane Keegan
David Hibbard
Shu-Cheen Yu
Asher Fisch
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
CD: Melba Recordings
2006 Stig Fogh Andersen
Iréne Theorin
Bengt-Ola Morgny
James Johnson
Sten Byriel
Susanne Resmark
Christian Christiansen
Gisella Stille
Michael Schønwandt
Royal Danish Orchestra
DVD: Decca
2009 Stephen Gould
Linda Watson
Gerhard Siegel
Albert Dohmen
Andrew Shore
Christa Mayer
Hans-Peter König
Robin Johannsen
Christian Thielemann
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
CD: Opus Arte
Cat: OACD9000BD
(complete Ring) Stereo, Live
2013 Stephen Gould
Violeta Urmana
Christian Elsner
Tomasz Konieczny
Jochen Schmeckenbecher
Anna Larsson
Matti Salminen
Sophie Klußmann
Marek Janowski
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Berlin Radio Choir
SACD: PENTATONE
Cat: PTC 5186408
Stereo (SACD), Live
2017 Simon O'Neill
Heidi Melton
David Cangelosi
Matthias Goerne
Werner Van Mechelen
Deborah Humble
Falk Struckmann
Valentina Farcas
Jaap van Zweden
Hong Kong Philharmonic
CD: Naxos
2019 Simon O'Neill
Rachel Nicholls
Gerhard Siegel
Iain Paterson
Martin Winkler
Anna Larson
Clive Bayley
Malin Christensson
Mark Elder
The Hallé
CD: Hallé
2021 Corby Welch
Linda Watson
Cornel Frey
James Rutherford
Jochen Schmeckenbecher
Renée Morloc
Łukasz Konieczny
Aisha Tuemmler
Axel Kober
Duisburg Philharmonic
CD: cAvi
2023 Simon O'Neill
Anja Kampe
Peter Hoare
Michael Volle
Georg Nigl
Gerhild Romberger
Franz-Josef Selig
Danae Kontora
Simon Rattle
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
CD: BR Klassik

References

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Notes
  1. ^ "CLWASIEG.HTM". www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk.
  2. ^ "Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (complete cycle)". Allegro Music. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
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