This is a discography of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner, which received its premiere at the Königliches Hof- und National-Theater in Munich, on June 21, 1868.
| Year | Cast (Sachs, Walter, Beckmesser, David, Eva, Magdalena) |
Orchestra and conductor | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Friedrich Schorr, Robert Hutt, Leo Schützendorf, Karl Jöken, Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, Lydia Kinderman |
Berliner Staatsoper under Leo Blech | Pearl GEMM CD 9340 / Symposium 1232-3 |
| 1936 | Hans Herrmann Nissen, Charles Kullman, Hermann Wiedemann, Richard Sallaba, Lotte Lehmann, Kerstin Thorborg |
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus under Arturo Toscanini, Salzburg Festival | Eklipse EKR 54 |
| 1936 | Friedrich Schorr, René Maison, Eduard Habich, Hans Clemens, Elisabeth Rethberg, Karin Branzell |
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus under Artur Bodanzky | Music and Arts 652 / Guild Immortal Performances GHCD 2244-7 |
| 1937 | Hans Herrmann Nissen, Henk Noort, Hermann Wiedemann, Richard Sallaba, Maria Reining, Kerstin Thorborg |
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus under Arturo Toscanini, Salzburg Festival | Eklipse EKR 54 / Grammofono 2000 AB 78017-25 / Andante AND 3040 |
| 1943 | Jaro Prohaska, Max Lorenz, Eugen Fuchs, Erich Zimmermann, Maria Müller, Camilla Kallab |
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus under Wilhelm Furtwängler, Bayreuth Festival | EMI |
| 1943 | Paul Schoeffler, Ludwig Suthaus, Erich Kunz, Erich Witte, Hilde Scheppan, Camilla Kallab |
Bayreuth Festival under Hermann Abendroth | Preiser 90 174 |
| 1949 | Hans Hotter, Günther Treptow, Benno Kusche, Paul Kuen, Anneliese Kupper, Ruth Michaelis |
Bayreuther Staatorchester under Eugen Jochum | Myto / Walhall |
| 1950/51 | Paul Schöffler, Günther Treptow, Karl Dönch, Anton Dermota, Hilde Gueden, Else Schürhoff |
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus under Hans Knappertsbusch | Decca |
| 1951 | Otto Edelmann, Hans Hopf, Erich Kunz, Gerhard Unger, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Ira Malaniuk |
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus under Herbert von Karajan | EMI |
| 1956 | Ferdinand Frantz, Rudolf Schock, Benno Kusche, Gerhard Unger, Elisabeth Grümmer, Marga Höffgen |
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Rudolf Kempe | EMI |
| 1957 | Gustav Neidlinger, Walter Geisler, Karl Schmitt-Walter, Gerhard Stolze, Elisabeth Grümmer, Georgine von Milinkovic |
Chor and Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele under André Cluytens | Melodram / Walhall |
| 1960 | Josef Greindl, Wolfgang Windgassen, Karl Schmitt-Walter, Gerhard Stolze, Elisabeth Grümmer, Elisabeth Schärtel |
Chor and Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele under Hans Knappertsbusch | Melodram |
| 1962 | Giuseppe Taddei, Luigi Infantino, Renato Capecchi, Carlo Franzini, Bruna Rizzoli, Fernanda Cadoni |
Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Tarrino della RAI under Lovro von Matacic | Datum DAT 12310 (Sung in Italian, with some cuts in dialogue and arias, as "I Maestri Cantori di Norimberga") |
| 1964 | Otto Wiener, Jess Thomas, Benno Kusche, Friedrich Lenz, Claire Watson, Lillian Bennigsen |
Orchester and the Chorus of the Staatsoper Bavaria etc. under Joseph Keilberth | BMG |
| 1967 | Thomas Stewart, Sándor Kónya, Thomas Hemsley, Gerhard Unger, Gundula Janowitz, Brigitte Fassbaender, |
Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio under Rafael Kubelík | Arts Music / Calig / Myto |
| 1968 | Theo Adam, Waldemar Kmentt, Thomas Hemsley, Hermin Esser, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Janis Martin |
Orchestra and Chorus of the Bayreuth Festival under Karl Böhm | Orfeo |
| 1968 | Norman Bailey, Alberto Remedios, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Gregory Dempsey, Margaret Curphey, Ann Robson |
Sadler's Wells Orchestra & Chorus under Reginald Goodall | Chandos. (Sung in English) |
| 1970 | Theo Adam, René Kollo, Geraint Evans, Peter Schreier, Helen Donath, Ruth Hesse |
Staatskapelle Dresden and the Chorus of the Staatsoper Dresden etc. under Herbert von Karajan | EMI |
| 1974 | Karl Ridderbusch, Jean Cox, Klaus Hirte, Frieder Stricker, Hannelore Bode, Anna Reynolds |
Chor and Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele under Silvio Varviso | Phillips |
| 1975 | Norman Bailey, René Kollo, Bernd Weikl, Adolf Dallapozza, Hannelore Bode, Julia Hamari |
Vienna Philharmonic under Sir Georg Solti | Decca/London. |
| 1976 | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Plácido Domingo, Roland Hermann, Horst R Laubenthal, Catarina Ligendza, Christa Ludwig |
Chorus and Orchestra of the German Opera, Berlin, under Eugen Jochum | DG |
| 1993 | Bernd Weikl, Ben Heppner, Siegfried Lorenz, Deon van der Walt, Cheryl Studer, Cornelia Kallisch |
Munich Staatsorchester under Wolfgang Sawallisch | EMI |
| 1997 | José van Dam, Ben Heppner, Alan Opie, Herbert Lippert, Karita Mattila, Iris Vermillon |
Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Sir Georg Solti | Decca/London |
| 1999 | Robert Holl, Peter Seiffert, Andreas Schmidt, Endrik Wottrich, Emily Magee, Birgitta Svendén |
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus under Daniel Barenboim | Teldec |
| 2001 | James Morris, Ben Heppner, Sir Thomas Allen, Matthew Polenzani, Karita Mattila, Jill Grove |
Metropolitan Opera under James Levine | DG |