| Year
|
Cast
Siegmund
Sieglinde
Wotan
Brünnhilde
Hunding
Fricka
|
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
|
Label[1]/Notes
|
| 1929
|
Walter Kirchhoff
Olga Schramm-Tschörner
Ludwig Weber
Henriette Gottlieb
|
Franz von Hoesslin
Orchestre Walter Staram
|
CD: Gebhardt
Cat: JGCD 0016-3
Excerpts
|
| 1935
|
Lauritz Melchior
Lotte Lehmann
Emanuel List
|
Bruno Walter
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
|
78rpm: HMV
Act 1 only, Mono
|
| 1935
|
Paul Althouse
Kirsten Flagstad
Emanuel List
|
Artur Bodanzky
Metropolitan Opera
|
CD: Archipel
Cat: ARPCD 0039-3
Act 1 only
|
| 1936
|
Lauritz Melchior
Lotte Lehmann
Friedrich Schorr
Kirsten Flagstad
Emanuel List
Kathryn Meisle
|
Fritz Reiner
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
|
CD: Music & Arts CD-1272
Act 2 only, Mono, Live
|
| 1940
|
Lauritz Melchior
Marjorie Lawrence
Julius Huehn
Kirsten Flagstad
Emanuel List
Karin Branzell
|
Erich Leinsdorf
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
|
CD: Sony Classical
Cat: 88765-42717-2
Mono, Live
|
| 1941
|
Lauritz Melchior
Astrid Varnay
Friedrich Schorr
Helen Traubel
Alexander Kipnis
Kerstin Thorborg
|
Erich Leinsdorf
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
|
CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.110058-60
Mono, Live
|
| 1944
|
Lauritz Melchior
Rose Bampton
Helen Traubel
Herbert Janssen
Alexander Kipnis
Kerstin Thorborg
|
George Szell
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
|
CD: MYTO
Cat: 022.H065
Mono, Live
|
| 1945
|
Irene Jessner
Herbert Janssen
Helen Traubel
|
Artur Rodzinsky
New York Philharmonic
|
CD: PACO180
Act three only
|
| 1949
|
Max Lorenz
Rose Bampton
Joel Berglund
Helen Traubel
Lyobumir Videnov
Kerstin Thorborg
|
Fritz Stiedry
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
|
CD: Archipel
Mono, Live
|
| 1949
|
Günther Treptow
Hilde Konetzni
Ferdinand Frantz
Helena Braun
Herbert Alsen
Rosette Anday
|
Rudolf Moralt
Vienna Philharmonic
|
CD: Myto
|
| 1950
|
Günther Treptow
Hilde Konetzni
Ferdinand Frantz
Kirsten Flagstad
Ludwig Weber
Elisabeth Höngen
|
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus
|
CD: Opera d'Oro
Cat: OPD1501[2]
(complete Ring) Mono, Live
|
| 1951
|
Torsten Ralf
Helene Werth
Ludwig Hofmann
Gertrude Grob-Prandl
Herbert Alsen
Georgine von Milinkovic
|
Robert F. Denzler
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
|
CD: Walhall
Cat: WLCD 0134
Mono, Live
|
| 1951
|
Leonie Rysanek
Sigurd Björling
Astrid Varnay
|
Herbert von Karajan
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
|
CD: EMI
Act 3 only
|
| 1951
|
Ludwig Suthaus
Maria Müller
Josef Herrmann
Paula Buchner
Josef Greindl
Margarete Klose
|
Ferenc Fricsay
Deutsche Oper Berlin
|
CD: Myto
|
| 1953
|
Ramon Vinay
Regina Resnik
Hans Hotter
Astrid Varnay
Josef Greindl
Ira Malaniuk
|
Clemens Krauss
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
|
CD: Gala Records
Cat: GL 100.652
Mono, Live
|
| 1953
|
Wolfgang Windgassen
Hilde Konetzni
Ferdinand Frantz
Martha Mödl
Gottlob Frick
Elsa Cavelti
|
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro della RAI
|
CD: EMI
Cat: CHS 7 63045 2
Mono, Studio
|
| 1954
|
Ludwig Suthaus
Leonie Rysanek
Ferdinand Frantz
Martha Mödl
Gottlob Frick
Margarete Klose
|
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Vienna Philharmonic
|
CD: EMI
Cat: CHS 7 63045 2
Mono, Studio
|
| 1954
|
Max Lorenz
Martha Mödl
Hans Hotter
Astrid Varnay
Josef Greindl
Georgine von Milinkovic
|
Joseph Keilberth
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
|
CD: Archipel
Cat: CHS 7 63045 2
Mono, Live
|
| 1955
|
Ramón Vinay
Gré Brouwenstijn
Hans Hotter
Astrid Varnay
Josef Greindl
Georgine von Milinkovic
|
Joseph Keilberth
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
|
CD: Testament
Cat: SBT41391
Stereo, Live
|
| 1956
|
Wolfgang Windgassen
Gré Brouwenstijn
Hans Hotter
Astrid Varnay
Josef Greindl
Georgine von Milinkovic
|
Hans Knappertsbusch
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
|
CD: Orfeo
|
| 1957
|
Ramón Vinay
Sylvia Fisher
Hans Hotter
Birgit Nilsson
Friedrich Dalberg
Georgine von Milinkovic
|
Rudolf Kempe
Royal Opera House orchestra & chorus
|
CD: Testament
Cat: SBT131426
(complete Ring) Mono, Live
|
| 1959
|
Ramón Vinay
Amy Shuard
Hans Hotter
Astrid Varnay
Kurt Böhme
Ursula Boese
|
Franz Konwitschny
Royal Opera House orchestra & chorus
|
CD: Walhall
Cat: WLCD 0316
Mono, Live
|
| 1961
|
Jon Vickers
Gré Brouwenstijn
George London
Birgit Nilsson
David Ward
Rita Gorr
|
Erich Leinsdorf
London Symphony Orchestra
|
CD: Decca
Cat: 430 391-2
Stereo, Studio
|
| 1965
|
James King
Régine Crespin
Hans Hotter
Birgit Nilsson
Gottlob Frick
Christa Ludwig
|
Georg Solti
Vienna Philharmonic
|
CD: Decca
Cat: 414 105-2
Stereo, Studio
1967 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording
|
| 1966
|
Jon Vickers
Gundula Janowitz
Thomas Stewart
Régine Crespin
Martti Talvela
Josephine Veasey
|
Herbert von Karajan
Berlin Philharmonic
|
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 415 145-2
Stereo, Studio
|
| 1967
|
Jess Thomas
Helga Dernesch
Theo Adam
Anja Silja
NN
Grace Hoffman
|
Thomas Schippers
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
(at Osaka International Festival)
|
DVD: Premiere Opera
Cat: 5853
Live
|
| 1973
|
James King
Leonie Rysanek
Theo Adam
Birgit Nilsson
Gerd Nienstedt
Annelies Burmeister
|
Karl Böhm
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
|
CD: Philips
Cat: 412 478-2
Stereo, Live
|
| 1975
|
Alberto Remedios
Margaret Curphey
Norman Bailey
Rita Hunter
Clifford Grant
Ann Howard
|
Reginald Goodall
English National Opera
|
CD: Chandos
|
| 1980
|
Peter Hofmann
Jeannine Altmeyer
Donald McIntyre
Gwyneth Jones
Matti Salminen
Hanna Schwarz
|
Pierre Boulez
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
|
CD: Philips
Cat: 434 422-2
Stereo, Studio
|
| 1981
|
Siegfried Jerusalem
Jessye Norman
Theo Adam
Jeannine Altmeyer
Kurt Moll
Yvonne Minton
|
Marek Janowski
Staatskapelle Dresden orchestra & chorus
|
CD: Eurodisc / RCA
Cat: RCA 7 4321 45417 2
(complete Ring) Stereo, Studio
|
| 1987
|
Gary Lakes
Jessye Norman
James Morris
Hildegard Behrens
Kurt Moll
Christa Ludwig
|
James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
|
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 423 389-2
Stereo, Studio
|
| 1988
|
Reiner Goldberg
Cheryl Studer
James Morris
Éva Marton
Matti Salminen
Waltraud Meier
|
Bernard Haitink
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
|
CD: EMI
Cat: CDS 7 49534 2
Stereo, Studio
|
| 1989
|
Robert Schunk
Julia Varady
Robert Hale
Hildegard Behrens
Kurt Moll
Marjana Lipovšek
|
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Bavarian State Opera orchestra & chorus
|
CD: EMI
Cat: 724357273121
(complete Ring) Stereo, Live
|
| 1992
|
Poul Elming
Nadine Secunde
John Tomlinson
Anne Evans
Matthias Hölle
Linda Finnie
|
Daniel Barenboim
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
|
CD: Teldec
Cat: 4509-91186-2
Stereo, Live
|
| 1997
|
Poul Elming
Alessandra Marc
Robert Hale
Gabriele Schnaut
Alfred Muff
Anja Silja
|
Christoph von Dohnányi
Cleveland Orchestra
|
CD: Decca
Cat: 440 371-2
Stereo, Studio
|
| 1995
|
Edward Cook
Gabriele Maria Ronge
John Wegner
Carla Pohl
Frode Olsen
Zlatomira Nikolova
|
Günter Neuhold
Badische Staatskapelle
|
CD: Brilliant Classics
Cat: 99801[3]
(complete Ring) Stereo, Live
|
| 2002
|
Peter Seiffert
Waltraud Meier
John Tomlinson
Gabriele Schnaut
Kurt Rydl
Mihoko Fujimura
|
Zubin Mehta
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
|
CD: Farao
Cat: A 108088
Stereo, Live
|
| 2002–2003
|
Robert Gambill
Angela Denoke
Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Renate Behle
Attila Jun
Tichina Vaughn
|
Lothar Zagrosek
Staatsoper Stuttgart orchestra & chorus
(Recordings at Württembergische Staatsoper)
|
CD: Naxos Records
Cat: 8.660172-74
DVD: TDK "Mediactive"
Cat: DV-OPRDNW
Stereo (SACD), Live
|
| 2003–2004
|
Richard Berkeley-Steele
Linda Watson
Falk Struckmann
Deborah Polaski
Eric Halfvarson
Lioba Braun
|
Bertrand de Billy
Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
|
DVD: Opus Arte
ASIN: B000IFRPY6
Surround Sound, Live
|
| 2004
|
Stuart Skelton
Deborah Riedel
John Bröcheler
Lisa Gasteen
Richard Green
Elizabeth Campbell
|
Asher Fisch
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
|
CD: Melba
Cat: MR 301091-94
Stereo (SACD), Live
|
| 2006
|
Robert Gambill
Eva-Maria Westbroek
Willard White
Eva Johansson
Mikhail Petrenko
Lilli Paasikivi
|
Simon Rattle
Berlin Philharmonic
|
DVD: Bel Air Classiques
|
| 2006
|
Stig Fogh Andersen
Gitta-Marie Sjöberg
James Johnson
Iréne Theorin
Stephen Milling
Randi Stene
|
Michael Schønwandt
Royal Danish Orchestra
|
DVD: Decca
|
| 2008
|
Stuart Skelton
Yvonne Naef
Falk Struckmann
Deborah Polaski
Mikhail Petrenko
Jeanne Piland
|
Simone Young
Philharmoniker Hamburg
|
CD: Oehms Classics
CAT: OC 929
Stereo, Live
|
| 2009
|
Endrik Wottrich
Eva-Maria Westbroek
Albert Dohmen
Linda Watson
Kwangchul Youn
Michelle Breedt
|
Christian Thielemann
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus
|
CD: Opus Arte
Cat: OACD9000BD
(complete Ring) Stereo, Live
|
| 2010
|
Jonas Kaufmann
Eva-Maria Westbroek
Bryn Terfel
Deborah Voigt
Hans-Peter König
Stephanie Blythe
|
James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra
|
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 073 4855
Blu-ray DVD, Live
|
| 2010
|
Simon O'Neill
Waltraud Meier
Vitaliji Kowaljow
Nina Stemme
John Tomlinson
Ekaterina Gubanova
|
Daniel Barenboim
Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus
|
DVD: Arthaus Musik
Cat: 101694
Blu-ray DVD, Live
|
| 2011
|
Stig Fogh Andersen
Yvonne Howard
Egils Siliņš
Susan Bullock
Clive Bayley
Susan Bickley
|
Mark Elder
The Hallé
|
CD: Hallé
Cat: CD HLD 7531
Stereo, Live
|
| 2011
|
Frank van Aken
Eva-Maria Westbroek
Terje Stensvold
Susan Bullock
Ain Anger
Martina Dike
|
Sebastian Weigle
Frankfurt Opera orchestra
|
CD: Oehms
Cat: OC 936
Stereo Live
|
| 2011
|
Christopher Ventris
Eric Halfvarson
Albert Dohmen
Waltraud Meier
Katarina Dalayman
Janina Baechle
|
Christian Thielemann
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
|
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 0289 479 1560 7
(complete Ring) Stereo, Live
|
| 2012
|
Jonas Kaufmann
Anja Kampe
René Pape
Nina Stemme
Mikhail Petrenko
Ekaterina Gubanova
|
Valery Gergiev
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
|
CD: Mariinsky Label
Cat: MAR0527
Stereo (4 x Hybrid SACD)
|
| 2013
|
Robert Dean Smith
Melanie Diener
Tomasz Konieczny
Petra Lang
Timo Riihonen
Iris Vermillion
|
Marek Janowski
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Berlin Radio Choir
|
SACD: Pentatone
Cat: PTC 5186407
Stereo (SACD), Live
|
| 2014
|
Stuart Skelton
Margaret Jane Wray
Greer Grimsley
Alwyn Mellor
Andrea Silverstrelli]
Stephanie Blythe
|
Asher Fisch
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Seattle Opera Chorus
|
CD: Avie Records
Cat: AV2313
(complete Ring) Stereo, Live
|
| 2016
|
Stuart Skelton
Heidi Melton
Matthias Goerne
Petra Lang
Falk Struckmann
Michelle DeYoung
|
Jaap van Zweden,
Hong Kong Philharmonic
|
CD: Naxos
Cat: 866039497
Stereo, Live
|
| 2019
|
Michael Weinius
Sarah Ferede
James Rutherford
Linda Watson
Łukasz Konieczny
Katarzyna Kuncio
|
Axel Kober
Duisburg Philharmonic
|
CD: cAvi
|
| 2020
|
Stuart Skelton
Emily Magee
John Lundgren
Nina Stemme
Ain Anger
Sarah Connolly
|
Antonio Pappano,
Royal Opera House orchestra, Keith Warner, stage director
|
DVD:Opus Arte
Cat:OA1308D
|
| 2020
|
Stuart Skelton
Eva-Maria Westbroek
James Rutherford
Iréne Theorin
Eric Halfvarson
Elisabeth Kulman
|
Simon Rattle,
Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
|
CD:BR-Klassik
Cat:900177
|
