# Götterdämmerung discography

This is a discography of Götterdämmerung, the fourth of the four operas that make up Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner, which received its premiere at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 17 August 1876.

## Recordings

| Year | Cast Siegfried Brünnhilde Hagen Gunther Gutrune Alberich Waltraute) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 1936 | Lauritz Melchior Marjorie Lawrence Ludwig Hofmann Friedrich Schorr Dorothee Manski Eduard Habich Kathryn Meisle | Artur Bodanzky Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera | CD: Naxos Historical |
| 1942 | Set Svanholm Marta Fuchs Frederick Dalberg Egmont Koch Else Fischer Robert Burg Camilla Kailab | Karl Elmendorff Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus (Recording at Bayreuth Festival) | CD: Music & Arts Cat: CD 1058 Mono, Live |
| 1947 | Set Svanholm Astrid Varnay Emanuel List Herbert Janssen Rose Bampton Fred Destal Lydia Kinderman | Erich Kleiber Teatro Colon | CD: Gebhardt |
| 1949 | Günther Treptow Gertrude Grob-Prandl Ludwig Weber Karl Kamann Hilde Konetzni Adolf Vogel Rosette Anday | Rudolf Moralt Vienna Symphony Orchestra & chorus | CD: Myto Cat: 4MCD 973.159 Mono |
| 1950 | Max Lorenz Kirsten Flagstad Ludwig Weber Josef Herrmann Hilde Konetzni Alois Pernerstorfer Elisabeth Höngen | Wilhelm Furtwängler Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus | CD: Opera d'Oro Cat: OPD1501 (complete Ring) Mono, Live |
| 1951 | Bernd Aldenhoff Astrid Varnay Ludwig Weber Hermann Uhde Martha Mödl Heinrich Pflanzl Elisabeth Höngen | Hans Knappertsbusch Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus (Recording at Bayreuth Festival) | CD: Testament Cat: SBT4175 Mono, Live |
| 1951 | Set Svanholm Helen Traubel Dezső Ernster Herbert Janssen Regina Resnik Gerhard Pechner Margaret Harshaw | Fritz Stiedry Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera | CD: Gebhardt |
| 1952 | Max Lorenz Astrid Varnay Josef Greindl Hermann Uhde Martha Mödl Gustav Neidlinger Ruth Siewert | Joseph Keilberth Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus (Recording at Bayreuth Festival) | CD: Myto Cat: 4CD 00206 Mono, Live |
| 1953 | Wolfgang Windgassen Astrid Varnay Josef Greindl Hermann Uhde Natalie Hinsch-Gröndahl Gustav Neidlinger Ira Malaniuk | Clemens Krauss Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus (Recording at Bayreuth Festival) | CD: Opera d'Oro Cat: OPD1500 (complete Ring) Mono, Live |
| 1953 | Ludwig Suthaus Martha Mödl Josef Greindl Alfred Poell Sena Jurinac Alois Pernerstorfer Margarete Klose | Wilhelm Furtwängler Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro della RAI | CD: EMI Cat: CZS 7 67136 2 Mono |
| 1955 | Wolfgang Windgassen Astrid Varnay Josef Greindl Hermann Uhde Gré Brouwenstijn Gustav Neidlinger Maria von Ilosvay | Joseph Keilberth Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus (Recording at Bayreuth Festival) | CD: Testament Cat: SBT41393 Stereo, Live |
| 1955 | Wolfgang Windgassen Martha Mödl Josef Greindl Hermann Uhde Gré Brouwenstijn Gustav Neidlinger Maria von Ilosvay | Joseph Keilberth Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus (Recording at Bayreuth Festival) | CD: Testament Cat: SBT41433 Stereo, Live |
| 1955 | Bernd Aldenhoff Birgit Nilsson Gottlob Frick Hermann Uhde Leonie Rysanek Otakar Kraus Ira Malaniuk | Hans Knappertsbusch Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | CD: Orfeo |
| 1956 | Set Svanholm Kirsten Flagstad Egil Nordsjø Waldemar Johnsen Ingrid Bjoner Per Grönneberg Eva Gustavson | Øivin Fjeldstad Norwegian Radio Chorus & Orchestra | CD: Naxos Cat: 8.112066-69 Mono, Live |
| 1957 | Wolfgang Windgassen Birgit Nilsson Kurt Böhme Hermann Uhde Elisabeth Lindermeier Otakar Kraus Maria von Ilosvay | Rudolf Kempe Royal Opera House orchestra & chorus | CD: Testament Cat: SBT131426 (complete Ring) Mono, Live |
| 1964 | Wolfgang Windgassen Birgit Nilsson Gottlob Frick Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Claire Watson Gustav Neidlinger Christa Ludwig | Georg Solti Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper chorus | CD: Decca Cat: 455 569-2 Stereo |
| 1967 | Wolfgang Windgassen Birgit Nilsson Josef Greindl Thomas Stewart Ludmila Dvořáková Gustav Neidlinger Martha Mödl | Karl Böhm Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus (Recording at Bayreuth Festival) | CD: Philips Cat: 412 488-2 Stereo, Live |
| 1969 | Helge Brilioth Helga Dernesch Karl Ridderbusch Thomas Stewart Gundula Janowitz Zoltán Kelemen Christa Ludwig | Herbert von Karajan Berliner Philharmoniker, Deutsche Oper Berlin chorus | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 457 795-2 Stereo |
| 1977 | Alberto Remedios Rita Hunter Aage Haugland Norman Welsby Margaret Curphey Derek Hammond-Stroud Katherine Pring | Reginald Goodall English National Opera | CD: Chandos Performed in English |
| 1979 | Manfred Jung Gwyneth Jones Fritz Hübner Franz Mazura Jeannine Altmeyer Hermann Becht Gwendolyn Killebrew | Pierre Boulez Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus (Recording at Bayreuth Festival) | CD: Philips Cat: 434 424-2 Stereo |
| 1983 | René Kollo Jeannine Altmeyer Matti Salminen Hans Günter Nöcker Norma Sharp Siegmund Nimsgern Ortrun Wenkel | Marek Janowski Staatskapelle Dresden, Staatsoper Dresden chorus | CD: Eurodisc / RCA Cat: RCA B00011MJV6 (complete Ring) Stereo |
| 1987 | Elliot Palay Laila Andersson-Palme Aage Haugland Lars Waage Eva Johansson Jorgen Klint Margrethe Danielsen | Francesco Cristofoli Aarhus Symphony Orchestra | CD: Sterling |
| 1989 | Reiner Goldberg Hildegard Behrens Matti Salminen Bernd Weikl Cheryl Studer Ekkehard Wlaschiha Hanna Schwarz | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 429 385-2 Stereo |
| 1989 | René Kollo Hildegard Behrens Matti Salminen Hans Günter Nöcker Lisbeth Balslev Ekkehard Wlaschiha Waltraud Meier | Wolfgang Sawallisch Bavarian State Opera orchestra & chorus (Recorded at National Theater, Munich) | CD: EMI Cat: 724357273121 (complete Ring) Stereo, Live |
| 1990 | Siegfried Jerusalem Hildegard Behrens Matti Salminen Anthony Raffell Hanna Lisowska Ekkehard Wlaschiha Christa Ludwig | James Levine Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Corus (Recorded live, 5 May; Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production) | SD video: Met Opera on Demand (complete ring) |
| 1991 | Siegfried Jerusalem Éva Marton John Tomlinson Thomas Hampson Eva-Maria Bundschuh Theo Adam Marjana Lipovšek | Bernard Haitink Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Bayerischen Rundfunks chorus | CD: EMI Cat: CDS 7 54485 2 Stereo |
| 1991 | Siegfried Jerusalem Anne Evans Philip Kang Bodo Brinkmann Eva-Maria Bundschuh Günter von Kannen Waltraud Meier | Daniel Barenboim Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus (Recording at Bayreuth Festival) | CD: Teldec Cat: 4509941942 Stereo, Live |
| 1995 | Edward Cook Carla Pohl Markku Tervo Bodo Brinkmann Gabriele Maria Ronge Oleg Bryjak Zlatomira Nikolova | Günter Neuhold Badische Staatskapelle | CD: Brilliant Classics |
| 2002–2003 | Albert Bonnema Luana DeVol Roland Bracht Hernan Iturralde Eva-Maria Westbroek Franz-Josef Kappellmann Tichina Vaughn | Lothar Zagrosek Staatsoper Stuttgart orchestra & chorus (Recording at Württembergische Staatsoper). | DVD: TDK "Mediactive", Cat: DV-OPRDNG CD: Naxos Records Cat: 8.660179-82 Stereo, Live |
| 2003–2004 | John Treleaven Deborah Polaski Matti Salminen Falk Struckmann Elisabete Matos Günter von Kannen Julia Juon | Bertrand de Billy Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu | DVD: Opus Arte ASIN: B000IFRPY6 Surround Sound, Live |
| 2004 | Timothy Mussard Lisa Gasteen Duccio Dal Monte Jonathan Summers Joanna Cole John Wegner Elizabeth Campbell | Asher Fisch Adelaide Symphony Orchestra | CD: Melba |
| 2006 | Stig Fogh Andersen Iréne Theorin Peter Klaveness Guido Paëvatalu Ylva Kihlberg Sten Byriel Anette Bod | Michael Schønwandt Royal Danish Orchestra | DVD: Decca |
| 2009 | Stephen Gould Linda Watson Hans-Peter König Ralf Lukas Edith Haller Andrew Shore Christa Mayer | Christian Thielemann Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus (Recording at Bayreuth Festival) | CD: Opus Arte Cat: OA CD9000B D Stereo, Live |
| 2010 | Lance Ryan Jennifer Wilson Matti Salminen Ralf Lukas Elisabete Matos Franz-Josef Kapellmann Catherine Wyn-Rogers | Zubin Mehta Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana | DVD Unitel Classica ASIN: B002ZCUEKM |
| 2013 | Lance Ryan Petra Lang Matti Salminen Markus Brück Edith Haller Jochen Schmeckenbecher Marina Prudenskaya | Marek Janowski Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra | CD: Pentatone |
| 2018 | Daniel Brenna Gun-Brit Barkmin Eric Halfvarson Shenyang Amanda Majeski Peter Kálmán Michelle DeYoung | Jaap van Zweden Hong Kong Philharmonic | CD: Naxos |
| 2022 | Corby Welch Linda Watson Sami Luttinen Richard Šveda Anke Krabbe Jochen Schmeckenbecher Sarah Ferede | Axel Kober Duisburg Philharmonic | CD: cAvi |