# Salome discography

This is a partial discography for Richard Strauss' opera Salome.
| Year | Cast: (Salome, Jochanaan, Herodes, Herodias, Narraboth) | Conductor and orchestra | Label |
| 1947 | Maria Cebotari, Marko Rothmüller, Julius Patzak, Elisabeth Höngen, Karl Friedrich | Clemens Krauss, Vienna Philharmonic (Live performance by Vienna State Opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 30 September) | CD: Gebhardt Cat: JGCD 0011 |
| 1949 | Ljuba Welitsch, Herbert Janssen, Frederick Jagel, Kerstin Thorborg, Brian Sullivan | Fritz Reiner Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra (Live performance the Metropolitan Opera House on 12 March) | CD: Gebhardt Cat: JGCD 0013 |
| 1951 | Inge Borkh, Hans Hotter, Max Lorenz, Irmgard Barth, Lorenz Fehenberger | Joseph Keilberth Bavarian State Orchestra | CD: Cantus Classics Cat: 500705 |
| 1952 | Inge Borkh, Ferdinand Frantz, Max Lorenz, Margarete Klose, Franz Fehringer | Karl Schröder Sinfonieorchester des Hessischen Rundfunks | CD: Myto Cat: 00211 |
| 1952 | Ljuba Welitsch, Hans Hotter, Set Svanholm, Elisabeth Höngen, Brian Sullivan | Fritz Reiner, Metropolitan Opera (Recording of a performance at the MET, 19 January) | CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD 0201 |
| 1955 | Christel Goltz, Paul Schöffler, Ramón Vinay, Blanche Thebom, Brian Sullivan | Dimitri Mitropoulos, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Recording 8 January) | CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD 143 |
| 1958 | Montserrat Caballé, Alexander Welitsch, Zbyslaw Wozniak, Sabine Zimmer, Karl Brock | Silvio Varviso, Orchester und Chor des Opernhaus Basel (Recording Basel, January) | CD: Gala Cat: GL 100.799 |
| 1961 | Birgit Nilsson, Eberhard Wächter, Gerhard Stolze, Grace Hoffman, Waldemar Kmentt | Georg Solti Vienna Philharmonic | CD: Decca Cat: 475 7528; 000692102 (USA) |
| 1969 | Montserrat Caballé, Sherrill Milnes, Richard Lewis, Regina Resnik, James King | Erich Leinsdorf London Symphony Orchestra | CD: RCA Red Seal Cat: 88843058482 (2) |
| 1970 | Gwyneth Jones, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Richard Cassilly, Mignon Dunn, Wiesław Ochman | Karl Böhm Orchestra of the Hamburg State Opera/Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Recording of a performance at the Hamburg State Opera, 4 November) | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 445 319-2 |
| 1972 | Leonie Rysanek, Eberhard Wächter, Hans Hopf, Grace Hoffman, Waldemar Kmentt | Karl Böhm Vienna Philharmonic/Wiener Staatsoper (Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera, 22 December) | CD: Opera d'Oro Cat: OPD 7004 |
| 1974 | Teresa Stratas, Bernd Weikl, Hans Hopf, Astrid Varnay, Wiesław Ochman | Karl Böhm Vienna Philharmonic | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: DG 000907209 |
| 1977 | Hildegard Behrens, José van Dam, Karl-Walter Böhm, Agnes Baltsa, Wiesław Ochman | Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic (Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival, 26 July) | CD: Celestial Audio Cat: CA 645 |
| 1990 | Jessye Norman, James Morris, Walter Raffeiner, Kerstin Witt, Richard Leech | Seiji Ozawa Staatskapelle Dresden | CD: Philips Cat: 432 153-2 |
| 1991 | Catherine Malfitano, Simon Estes, Horst Hiestermann, Leonie Rysanek, Clemens Bieber | Giuseppe Sinopoli Orchestra Deutsche Oper Berlin Stage director: Petr Weigl, Video director: Brian Large | DVD: Warner Music Vision Cat: 9031-73827-2 |
| 1991 | Karen Huffstodt, José van Dam, Jean Dupouy, Hélène Jossoud, Jean-Luc Viala | Kent Nagano Opera de Lyon Orchestra (A recording of the French version) | CD: Virgin Classics Cat: VCD7 91477-2 |
| 1992 | Maria Ewing, Michael Devlin, Kenneth Riegel, Gillian Knight, Robin Leggate | Edward Downes Royal Opera Chorus & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House | DVD: Opus Arte Cat: OAR3108D |
| 1994 | Catherine Malfitano, Bryn Terfel, Kenneth Riegel, Hanna Schwarz, Kim Begley | Christoph von Dohnányi Vienna Philharmonic | CD: Decca Cat: 478 3241 |
| 1997 | Catherine Malfitano, Bryn Terfel, Kenneth Riegel, Anja Silja, Robert Gambill | Christoph von Dohnányi Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden | DVD: Decca Cat: 074105-9 |
| 1999 | Inga Nielsen, Robert Hale, Reiner Goldberg, Anja Silja, Deon van der Walt | Michael Schønwandt, Danish National Symphony Orchestra | Chandos, 2 CDs Cat: CHAN9611 |
| 2007 | Nadja Michael, Falk Struckmann, Peter Bronder, Iris Vermillon, Matthias Klink | Daniel Harding Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala | DVD: TDK Cat: DVWW-OPSALOME |
| 2008 | Nadja Michael, Michael Volle, Thomas Moser, Michaela Schuster, Joseph Kaiser | Philippe Jordan Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Director: David McVicar Recording of performances at the Royal Opera House on 3, 6, 8 March | DVD: Opus Arte OA0996D |
| 2008 | Karita Mattila, Juha Uusitalo, Kim Begley, Ildikó Komlósi, Joseph Kaiser | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Conductor: Patrick Summers | DVD: Sony Masterworks. Release 2011 |
| 2011 | Angela Denoke, Alan Held, Kim Begley, Doris Soffel, Marcel Reijans | Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Director: Nikolaus Lehnhoff Conductor: Stefan Soltesz | DVD: Arthaus 101593 |
| 2017 | Emily Magee, Wolfgang Koch, Peter Bronder, Michaela Schuster, Benjamin Bruns | Frankfurt Radio Symphony Conductor: Andrés Orozco-Estrada | CD: Pentatone Cat: PTC 5186602 |