Die Frau ohne Schatten discography

This is a list of recordings of Die Frau ohne Schatten, a three-act opera by Richard Strauss with a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The work was first performed in Vienna on 10 October 1919.

List

Year Cast
(Kaiser,
Kaiserin,
Barak,
Färberin,
Amme)
Conductor/Orchestra Label[1]
1955 Hans Hopf
Leonie Rysanek
Ludwig Weber
Christel Goltz
Elisabeth Höngen
Karl Böhm
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus
(Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera, 9 November)
Audio CD: Orfeo
Cat: C 668 053 D
1963 Jess Thomas
Ingrid Bjoner
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Inge Borkh
Martha Mödl
Joseph Keilberth
Bavarian State Orchestra
(Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater Munich, 21 November)
Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 449 584-2
1964 Jess Thomas
Gundula Janowitz
Otto Wiener
Gladys Kuchta
Grace Hoffman
Herbert von Karajan
Vienna Philharmonic, Wiener Staatsoper
Audio CD: Gala
Cat: GL 100.607
1964 Jess Thomas
Leonie Rysanek
Walter Berry
Christa Ludwig
Grace Hoffman
Herbert von Karajan
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera chorus
Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 457 678-2
1986 James King
Leonie Rysanek
Walter Berry
Birgit Nilsson
Ruth Hesse
Karl Böhm
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus
(Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera, October 23rd and 27th, 1977)
Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 445-325-2
1987 René Kollo
Cheryl Studer
Alfred Muff
Ute Vinzing
Hanna Schwarz
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Audio CD: EMI
Cat: EX 749074-4
1989-91 Plácido Domingo
Julia Varady
José van Dam
Hildegard Behrens
Reinhild Runkel
Georg Solti
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Audio CD: Decca
Cat: 436 243-2
1992 Thomas Moser,
Cheryl Studer,
Robert Hale,
Eva Marton,
Marjana Lipovšek
Georg Solti,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Stage director: Götz Friedrich
(live recording from the Salzburger Festspiele)
DVD Video: Decca
Cat: 071425-9
Video director: Brian Large
1996 Ben Heppner
Deborah Voigt
Franz Grundheber
Sabine Haas
Hanna Schwarz
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Audio CD: Teldec
Cat: 0630-13516-2

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