Global InformationSalome discography information
This is a partial discography for Richard Strauss' opera Salome.
| Year | Cast: (Salome, Jochanaan, Herodes, Herodias, Narraboth) |
Conductor and orchestra | Label[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Maria Cebotari, Marko Rothmüller, Julius Patzak, Elisabeth Höngen, Karl Friedrich |
Clemens Krauss, Vienna Philharmonic (Live performance by Vienna State Opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 30 September) |
CD: Gebhardt Cat: JGCD 0011 |
| 1949 | Ljuba Welitsch, Herbert Janssen, Frederick Jagel, Kerstin Thorborg, Brian Sullivan |
Fritz Reiner Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra (Live performance the Metropolitan Opera House on 12 March) |
CD: Gebhardt Cat: JGCD 0013 |
| 1951 | Inge Borkh, Hans Hotter, Max Lorenz, Irmgard Barth, Lorenz Fehenberger |
Joseph Keilberth Bavarian State Orchestra |
CD: Cantus Classics Cat: 500705 |
| 1952 | Inge Borkh, Ferdinand Frantz, Max Lorenz, Margarete Klose, Franz Fehringer |
Karl Schröder Sinfonieorchester des Hessischen Rundfunks |
CD: Myto Cat: 00211 |
| 1952 | Ljuba Welitsch, Hans Hotter, Set Svanholm, Elisabeth Höngen, Brian Sullivan |
Fritz Reiner, Metropolitan Opera (Recording of a performance at the MET, 19 January) |
CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD 0201 |
| 1955 | Christel Goltz, Paul Schöffler, Ramón Vinay, Blanche Thebom, Brian Sullivan |
Dimitri Mitropoulos, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Recording 8 January) |
CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD 143 |
| 1958 | Montserrat Caballé, Alexander Welitsch, Zbyslaw Wozniak, Sabine Zimmer, Karl Brock |
Silvio Varviso, Orchester und Chor des Opernhaus Basel (Recording Basel, January) |
CD: Gala Cat: GL 100.799 |
| 1961 | Birgit Nilsson, Eberhard Wächter, Gerhard Stolze, Grace Hoffman, Waldemar Kmentt |
Georg Solti Vienna Philharmonic |
CD: Decca Cat: 475 7528; 000692102 (USA) |
| 1969 | Montserrat Caballé, Sherrill Milnes, Richard Lewis, Regina Resnik, James King |
Erich Leinsdorf London Symphony Orchestra |
CD: RCA Red Seal Cat: 88843058482 (2) |
| 1970 | Gwyneth Jones, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Richard Cassilly, Mignon Dunn, Wiesław Ochman |
Karl Böhm Orchestra of the Hamburg State Opera/Hamburgischen Staatsoper (Recording of a performance at the Hamburg State Opera, 4 November) |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 445 319-2 |
| 1972 | Leonie Rysanek, Eberhard Wächter, Hans Hopf, Grace Hoffman, Waldemar Kmentt |
Karl Böhm Vienna Philharmonic/Wiener Staatsoper (Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera, 22 December) |
CD: Opera d'Oro Cat: OPD 7004 |
| 1974 | Teresa Stratas, Bernd Weikl, Hans Hopf, Astrid Varnay, Wiesław Ochman |
Karl Böhm Vienna Philharmonic |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: DG 000907209 |
| 1977 | Hildegard Behrens, José van Dam, Karl-Walter Böhm, Agnes Baltsa, Wiesław Ochman |
Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic (Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival, 26 July) |
CD: Celestial Audio Cat: CA 645 |
| 1990 | Jessye Norman, James Morris, Walter Raffeiner, Kerstin Witt, Richard Leech |
Seiji Ozawa Staatskapelle Dresden |
CD: Philips Cat: 432 153-2 |
| 1991 | Catherine Malfitano, Simon Estes, Horst Hiestermann, Leonie Rysanek, Clemens Bieber |
Giuseppe Sinopoli Orchestra Deutsche Oper Berlin Stage director: Petr Weigl, Video director: Brian Large |
DVD: Warner Music Vision Cat: 9031-73827-2 |
| 1991 | Karen Huffstodt, José van Dam, Jean Dupouy, Hélène Jossoud, Jean-Luc Viala |
Kent Nagano Opera de Lyon Orchestra (A recording of the French version) |
CD: Virgin Classics Cat: VCD7 91477-2 |
| 1992 | Maria Ewing, Michael Devlin, Kenneth Riegel, Gillian Knight, Robin Leggate |
Edward Downes Royal Opera Chorus & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House |
DVD: Opus Arte Cat: OAR3108D |
| 1994 | Catherine Malfitano, Bryn Terfel, Kenneth Riegel, Hanna Schwarz, Kim Begley |
Christoph von Dohnányi Vienna Philharmonic |
CD: Decca Cat: 478 3241 |
| 1997 | Catherine Malfitano, Bryn Terfel, Kenneth Riegel, Anja Silja, Robert Gambill |
Christoph von Dohnányi Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden |
DVD: Decca Cat: 074105-9 |
| 1999 | Inga Nielsen, Robert Hale, Reiner Goldberg, Anja Silja, Deon van der Walt |
Michael Schønwandt, Danish National Symphony Orchestra | Chandos, 2 CDs Cat: CHAN9611 |
| 2007 | Nadja Michael, Falk Struckmann, Peter Bronder, Iris Vermillon, Matthias Klink |
Daniel Harding Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala |
DVD: TDK Cat: DVWW-OPSALOME |
| 2008 | Nadja Michael, Michael Volle, Thomas Moser, Michaela Schuster, Joseph Kaiser |
Philippe Jordan Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Director: David McVicar Recording of performances at the Royal Opera House on 3, 6, 8 March |
DVD: Opus Arte OA0996D |
| 2008 | Karita Mattila, Juha Uusitalo, Kim Begley, Ildikó Komlósi, Joseph Kaiser |
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Conductor: Patrick Summers |
DVD: Sony Masterworks. Release 2011 |
| 2011 | Angela Denoke, Alan Held, Kim Begley, Doris Soffel, Marcel Reijans |
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Director: Nikolaus Lehnhoff Conductor: Stefan Soltesz |
DVD: Arthaus 101593 |
| 2017 | Emily Magee, Wolfgang Koch, Peter Bronder, Michaela Schuster, Benjamin Bruns |
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Conductor: Andrés Orozco-Estrada |
CD: Pentatone Cat: PTC 5186602 |
- ^ Recordings of Salome listed on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk