# Ariadne auf Naxos discography

This is a list of recordings of Ariadne auf Naxos, an opera by Richard Strauss with a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The work was first performed at the Hoftheater in Stuttgart on 25 October 1912. A radically revised version was performed in at the Hofoper in Vienna on 4 October 1916. (All the recordings listed on this page are of the revised version.) This list is incomplete.

## Recordings

| Year | Cast (Ariadne, Composer, Zerbinetta Bacchus, Music master) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 1935 | Viorica Ursuleac Gertrud Rünger Erna Berger Helge Rosvaenge Eugen Fuchs | Clemens Krauss Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (recorded on 6 November) | CD: Pristine Audio Cat: PACO 021 |
| 1944 | Maria Reining Irmgard Seefried Alda Noni Max Lorenz Paul Schöffler | Karl Böhm Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus (recorded on 11 June) | CD: Myto Historical Cat: 00163 |
| 1954 | Lisa Della Casa Irmgard Seefried Hilde Güden Rudolf Schock Paul Schöffler | Karl Böhm Vienna Philharmonic (recording at Salzburg Festival on 7 August) | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 445 332-2 |
| | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Irmgard Seefried Rita Streich Rudolf Schock Karl Dönch | Herbert von Karajan Philharmonia Orchestra (recorded at Kingsway Hall on 30 June and 1–7 July) | CD: Membrans Cat: 223341 |
| 1958 | Leonie Rysanek Sena Jurinac Roberta Peters Jan Peerce Walter Berry | Erich Leinsdorf Vienna Philharmonic | CD: Decca Cat: 443 675-2 |
| 1965 | Hildegard Hillebrecht Sena Jurinac Reri Grist Jess Thomas Paul Schöffler | Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic (recorded at Salzburg Festival on 21 August) | DVD: ORF, TDK Cat: |
| 1968 | Gundula Janowitz Sylvia Geszty Teresa Zylis-Gara James King Theo Adam | Rudolf Kempe Staatskapelle Dresden | LP: ETERNA Cat: 8 26 009-11 |
| 1969 | Hildegard Hillebrecht Tatiana Troyanos Reri Grist Jess Thomas Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Karl Böhm Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 463 544-2 |
| 1976 | Montserrat Caballé Tatiana Troyanos Ruth Welting Alberto Remedios William Dooley | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (recorded on 20 March) | CD: Celestial Audio Cat: CA 389 |
| 1977 | Leontyne Price, Tatiana Troyanos Edita Gruberova René Kollo Walter Berry | Georg Solti London Philharmonic Orchestra | CD: Decca Cat: 1992-05-12 |
| 1986 | Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa Kathleen Battle Gary Lakes Hermann Prey | James Levine Vienna Philharmonic | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 453 122-2 |
| 1988 | Jessye Norman, Tatiana Troyanos Kathleen Battle James King Franz Ferdinand Nentwig | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 073 028-9 |
| | Jessye Norman, Julia Varady Edita Gruberova Paul Frey Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Kurt Masur Gewandhaus orchestra and chorus | CD: Phillip Cat: |
| 2000 | Deborah Voigt Anne Sofie von Otter Natalie Dessay Ben Heppner Albert Dohmen | Giuseppe Sinopoli Staatskapelle Dresden | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 471 323-2 CD: Brilliant Classics Cat: 9084 |
| 2003 | Deborah Voigt Susanne Mentzer Natalie Dessay Richard Margison Wolfgang Brendel | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (telecast of 3 April; also recorded on 28 and 31 March) | DVD: Virgin Classics Cat: VCL 418679 |
| 2008 | Adrianne Pieczonka Daniela Sindram Diana Damrau Burkhard Fritz Martin Gantner | Kent Nagano Bayerisches Staatsorchester (recorded at Prinzregententheater in July) | CD: Premiere Opera Cat: |
| 2010 | Christine Brewer Alice Coote Gillian Keith Robert Dean Smith Alan Opie | Richard Armstrong Scottish Chamber Orchestra (sung in English) | CD: Chandos Digital Cat: CHAN 3168 |