Der fliegende Holländer discography

This is a partial discography of Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) by Richard Wagner. The list includes live and studio performances in audio and/or video recordings.

## Recordings

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Year  | Cast
(Der Holländer,
Senta, Daland,
Erik,
Der Steuermann,
Mary)  | Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra  | Label

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1936  | Hans-Hermann Nissen
Margarete Teschemacher
Ludwig Weber
Torsten Ralf
Karl Ostertag
Magda Strack  | Carl Leonhardt
Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden Orchestra & Chorus
(studio recording)  | Audio CD: Preiser
Cat: PR90132
1936  | Fred Destal
Marjorie Lawrence
Alexander Kipnis
René Maison
Hanns Fleischer
Irra Petina | Fritz Busch
Teatro Colón Orchestra & Chorus  | Audio CD: Pearl[1]
Cat:
1937  | Herbert Janssen
Kirsten Flagstad
Ludwig Weber
Max Lorenz
Ben Williams
Mary Jarred | Fritz Reiner
Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus  | Audio CD: Discocorp
Cat: 170863
1942  | Joel Berglund
Maria Müller
Ludwig Hofmann
Franz Völker
Erik Zimmermann
Lilo Asmus  | Richard Kraus
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus  | Audio CD: Preiser
Cat:
1944  | Hans Hotter
Viorica Ursuleac
Georg Hann
Karl Ostertag
Franz Klarwein
Luise Willer | Clemens Krauss
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra & Chorus  | Audio CD: Preiser
Cat: PR90250
1950  | Hans Hotter
Astrid Varnay
Sven Nilsson
Set Svanholm
Thomas Hayward
Hertha Glaz | Fritz Reiner
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus  | Audio CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.110189-90
1951  | Hans Hotter
Helene Werth
Kurt Böhme
Bernd Aldenhoff
Helmut Krebs
Res Fischer | Wilhelm Schüchter
Norddeutscher Rundfunk Orchestra
(studio recording)  | Audio CD: Walhall
Cat:WLCD0038
1952  | Josef Metternich
Annelies Kupper
Josef Greindl
Wolfgang Windgassen
Ernst Haefliger
Sieglinde Wagner | Ferenc Fricsay
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
(studio recording)  | Audio CD: Preiser
Cat: PR20036
1955  | Hermann Uhde
Astrid Varnay
Ludwig Weber
Rudolf Lustig
Josef Traxel
Elisabeth Schärtel | Joseph Keilberth
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus  | Audio CD: Testament
Cat: SBT21384
1955  | Hermann Uhde
Astrid Varnay
Ludwig Weber
Wolfgang Windgassen
Josef Traxel
Elisabeth Schärtel | Hans Knappertsbusch
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus  | Audio CD: Walhall
Cat: WLCD0161
1956  | George London
Astrid Varnay
Arnold van Mill
Josef Traxel
Jean Cox
Elisabeth Schärtel | Joseph Keilberth
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus  | Audio CD: Walhall
Cat: WLCD0190
1959  | George London
Leonie Rysanek
Josef Greindl
Fritz Uhl
Georg Paskuda
Res Fischer | Wolfgang Sawallisch
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus  | Audio CD: Opera D'Oro
Cat: ODO 7030
1960  | George London
Leonie Rysanek
Giorgio Tozzi
Karl Liebl
Richard Lewis
Rosalind Elias | Antal Doráti
Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus
(recorded at Waltham Forest Town Hall)  | Audio CD: Decca Records
Cat:
1960  | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Marianne Schech
Gottlob Frick
Rudolf Schock
Fritz Wunderlich
Sieglinde Wagner | Franz Konwitschny
Berliner Staatskapelle
Berlin State Choir
(studio recording)  | Audio CD: Brilliant Classics[2]
Cat:
1961  | Franz Crass
Anja Silja
Josef Greindl
Fritz Uhl
Georg Paskuda
Res Fischer | Wolfgang Sawallisch
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus  | Audio CD: Philips
Cat:
1963  | George London
Leonie Rysanek
Giorgio Tozzi
Sándor Kónya
George Shirley
Lili Chookasian | Karl Böhm
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus  | Audio CD: Gala
Cat: GL100728
1966  | Franz Crass
Leonie Rysanek
Karl Ridderbusch
Claude Heater
???
Anne Marie Bessel  | Wolfgang Sawallisch
Teatro alla Scala Orchestra & Chorus  | Audio CD: Opera D'oro
Cat:
1968  | Theo Adam
Anja Silja
Martti Talvela
Ernst Kozub
Gerhard Unger
Annelies Burmeister | Otto Klemperer
Philharmonia Orchestra
BBC Chorus
(studio recording)  | Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 5674082
1969  | Franz Crass
Ingrid Bjoner
Karl Ridderbusch
Sven Olof Eliasson
Thomas Lehrberger
Regina Fonseca  | Wolfgang Sawallisch
Orchestra Sinfonica and Coro di Roma RAI
(studio recording)  | Audio CD: Myto
Cat: 78936879412
1971  | Thomas Stewart
Gwyneth Jones
Karl Ridderbusch
Hermin Esser
Harald Ek
Sieglinde Wagner | Karl Böhm
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus  | Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: E4377102
1974 | Donald McIntyre
Catarina Ligendza
Bengt Rundgren
Hermann Winkler
Harald Ek
Ruth Hesse | Wolfgang Sawallisch
Bavarian State Orchestra and Chorus  | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 073 4433
Cat: 001099309
1976  | Norman Bailey
Janis Martin
Martti Talvela
René Kollo
Werner Krenn
Isola Jones | Georg Solti
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
(studio recording)  | Audio CD: Decca/London
Cat: 4833102
1981-
1983  | José van Dam
Dunja Vejzovic
Kurt Moll
Peter Hofmann
Thomas Moser
Kaja Borris  | Herbert von Karajan
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna State Opera Chorus
(studio recording)  | Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat:
1985  | Simon Estes
Lisbeth Balslev
Matti Salminen
Robert Schunk
Graham Clark
Anny Schlemm | Woldemar Nelsson
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus  | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 0734041
Audio CD: Philips "Digital Classics"
Cat: 416300-2 (2cd)
1989 | Franz Grundheber
Hildegard Behrens
Matti Salminen
Raimo Sirkiä
Jorma Silvasti
Anita Välkki | Leif Segerstam
Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra & Chorus  | DVD: Warner Music
Cat: 903 71486 2
1991  | Bernd Weikl
Cheryl Studer
Hans Sotin
Plácido Domingo
Peter Seiffert
Uta Priew | Giuseppe Sinopoli
Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra & Chorus
(studio recording)  | Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 4377782
1991  | Robert Hale
Hildegard Behrens
Kurt Rydl
Peter Josef Protschka
Uwe Heilmann
Iris Vermillion | Christoph von Dohnányi
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera Chorus
(studio recording)  | Audio CD: Decca
Cat: 436 418-2[3]
1991  | Robert Hale
Julia Varady
Jaakko Ryhänen
Peter Seiffert
Ulrich Ress
Anny Schlemm | Wolfgang Sawallisch
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra & Chorus  | VHS: EMI[4]
Cat: 77801
Cat: MVD 99 1311-3
1992  | Alfred Muff
Ingrid Haubold
Erich Knodt
Peter Seiffert
Jörg Hering
Marga Schiml | Pinchas Steinberg
Vienna ORF Symphony Orchestra
Budapest Radio Chorus
(studio recording)  | Audio CD: Naxos
Cat:8660025-26
1994  | James Morris
Deborah Voigt
Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Ben Heppner
Paul Groves
Birgitta Svendén | James Levine
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
(studio recording)  | Audio CD: Sony
Cat:
2001  | Falk Struckmann
Jane Eaglen
Robert Holl
Peter Seiffert
Rolando Villazón
Felicity Palmer | Daniel Barenboim
Berlin State Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Berliner Staatskapelle
(studio recording)  | Audio CD: Teldec
Cat:
2004  | John Tomlinson
Nina Stemme
Eric Halfvarson
Kim Begley
Peter Wedd
Patricia Bardon  | David Parry
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
(studio recording)  | Audio CD: Chandos
Cat:
2005  | Terje Stensvold
Astrid Weber
Franz-Josef Selig
Jörg Dürmüller
Kobie van Rensburg
Simone Schröder | Bruno Weil
Cappella Coloniensis Orchestra & Chorus
(studio recording)  | Audio CD: DHM
Cat: 82876 64071 2
2005  | Juha Uusitalo
Päivi Nisula
Matti Salminen
Jorma Silvasti
Dan Karlström
Tiina Penttinen  | Pertti Pekkanen
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus  | DVD: TFO live
Cat:[5]
2013  | Samuel Youn
Ricarda Merbeth
Franz-Josef Selig
Tomislav Mužek
Benjamin Bruns
Christa Mayer | Christian Thielemann
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & chorus  | DVD: Opus Arte
Cat:
2013  | Terje Stensvold
Kwangchul Youn
Anja Kampe
Christopher Ventris
Jane Henschel
Thomas Russell  | Andris Nelsons
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
WDR Rundfunkchor Köln
NDR Chor
(Recorded live at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam)  | SACD/CD: RCO Live
Cat: RCO14004
2019  | Thomas Gazheli
Marjorie Owens
Mikhail Petrenko
Bernhard Berchtold
Timothy Oliver
Annette Jahns | Fabio Luisi
Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino | DVD: C Major
Cat:753904[6]
2020  | Evgeny Nikitin
Anja Kampe
Franz-Josef Selig
Sergey Skorokhodov
David Portillo
Mihoko Fujimura | Valery Gergiev
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera | Streaming HD video:
Met Opera on Demand[7]
2024  | Gerald Finley
Lise Davidsen
Brindley Sherratt
Stanislas de Barbeyrac
Eirik Grøtvedt
Anna Kissjudi  | Edward Gardner,
Norwegian National Opera Orchestra and Chorus  | CD: Decca
Cat: 4870952[8]

## References

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Notes

1. ^ OCLC 84434012.
2. ^ Brilliant Classics CD: OCLC 881433653; Angel LP: OCLC 8471329.
3. ^ OCLC 222424693.
4. ^ OCLC 34031154.
5. ^ The Flying Dutchman DVD, Turku, Finland, 2005
6. ^ OCLC 1200457605, 1152201039.
7. ^ Der Fliegende Holländer at Met Opera on Demand.
8. ^ David A. McConnell (28 April 2025). "Review: Wagner – Der fliegende Holländer – Lise Davidsen, Gerald Finley, Edward Gardner", The Classic Review website.

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