# Tannhäuser discography

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 |