| Year
|
Cast
Alberich
Wotan
Fricka
Loge
Freia
Fasolt
Fafner
Donner
Froh
Erda
Mime
|
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
|
Label[1]
|
| 1937
|
Eduard Habich
Friedrich Schorr
Karin Branzell
René Maison
Dorothee Manski
Norman Cordon
Emanuel List
Julius Huehn
Hans Clemens
Doris Doe
Karl Laufkötter
|
Artur Bodanzky
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
|
CD: Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.110047-48
Mono
|
| 1947
|
Fred Destal
Herbert Janssen
Elsa Cavelti
Set Svanholm
Nilda Hofmann
Jorge Dantón
Emanuel List
Angelo Mattiello
Umberto di Toto
Lydia Kinderman
Roberto Maggiolo
|
Erich Kleiber
Teatro Colón orchestra and chorus
|
CD: Gebhardt
Cat: JGCD 0036
|
| 1948
|
Jean Stern
Carl Kronenberg
Carin Carlsson
Joachim Sattler
Meta Maria Kopp
Otto von Rohr
Wolfgang Etterer
Günther Ambrosius
Kurt Wolinsky
Maria-Luise Schirp
Willy Hofmann
|
Winfried Zillig
Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks
|
CD: Cantus Classics
Cat: 500074
|
| 1948
|
Adolf Vogel
Ferdinand Frantz
Elisabeth Höngen
Julius Pölzer
Ilona Steingruber
Marjan Rus
Herbert Alsen
Alfred Poell
Willy Friedrich
Rosette Anday
William Wernigk
|
Rudolf Moralt
Vienna Symphony
|
CD: Myto
Cat: MCD00188
Mono
|
| 1950
|
Alois Pernerstorfer
Ferdinand Frantz
Elisabeth Höngen
Joachim Sattler
Walburga Wegner
Ludwig Weber
Albert Emmerich
Angelo Mattiello
Günther Treptow
Margret Weth-Falke
Emil Markwort
|
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
|
CD: Opera d'Oro / Archipel Records
Cat: OPD1501[2] / ARPCD0413
(complete Ring) Mono, Live
|
| 1950
|
Rolf Heide
Ferdinand Frantz
Aga Joetsen
Joachim Sattler
Hertha Wilfert
Otto von Rohr
Helmut Fehn
Sanders Schier
Heinrich Bensing
Marie-Luise Schilp
Willy Hofmann
|
Kurt Schröder
Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks
|
CD: Preiser Records
Cat: 90450
|
| 1952
|
Gustav Neidlinger
Hermann Uhde
Ira Malaniuk
Erich Witte
Inge Borkh
Ludwig Weber
Josef Greindl
Werner Faulhaber
Wolfgang Windgassen
Melanija Bugarinović
Paul Kuën
|
Joseph Keilberth
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus
Recording at Bayreuth Festival
|
CD: EMI
Cat: CZS 7 67124 2
Mono, Live
|
| 1952
|
Gustav Neidlinger
Ferdinand Frantz
Res Fischer
Wolfgang Windgassen
Lore Hoffmann
Gottlob Frick
Josef Greindl
Josef Metternich
Rudolf Schock
Res Fischer
Paul Kuën
|
Wilhelm Schüchter
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
|
CD: Gebhardt
Cat: JGCD 0054-2
|
| 1953
|
Gustav Neidlinger
Ferdinand Frantz
Ira Malaniuk
Wolfgang Windgassen
Elisabeth Grümmer
Josef Greindl
Gottlob Frick
Alfred Poell
Lorenz Fehenberger
Ruth Siewert
Julius Patzak
|
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orchestra Sonfonica e Coro della RAI
|
CD: Angel,
Cat: CDZM 67213
(complete Ring) Mono
|
| 1953
|
Gustav Neidlinger
Hans Hotter
Ira Malaniuk
Erich Witte
Bruni Falcon
Ludwig Weber
Josef Greindl
Hermann Uhde
Gerhard Stolze
Erika Zimmermann
Paul Kuën
|
Clemens Krauss
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus
Recording at Bayreuth Festival
|
CD: Gala, Cat: 100.519
Mono, Live
|
| 1955
|
Gustav Neidlinger
Hans Hotter
Georgine von Milinkovič
Rudolf Lustig
Hertha Wilfert
Ludwig Weber
Josef Greindl
Toni Blankenheim
Josef Traxel
Maria von Ilosvay
Paul Kuën
|
Joseph Keilberth
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus
Recording at Bayreuth Festival
|
CD: Testament
Cat: SBT21390
Stereo, Live
|
| 1957
|
Gustav Neidlinger
Hans Hotter
Georgine von Milinkovič
Ludwig Suthaus
Elisabeth Grümmer
Arnold van Mill
Josef Greindl
Toni Blankenheim
Josef Traxel
Maria von Ilosvay
Paul Kuën
|
Hans Knappertsbusch
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus
Recording at Bayreuth Festival
|
CD: Walhall
Cat: WLCD 0216
Mono, Live
|
| 1957
|
Otakar Kraus
Hans Hotter
Georgine von Milinkovič
Erich Witte
Elisabeth Lindermeier
Kurt Böhme
Friedrich Dalberg
Robert Allman
Maria von Ilosvay
Peter Klein
|
Rudolf Kempe
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
|
CD: Testament
Cat: SBT131426
(complete Ring) Mono, Live
|
| 1957
|
Lawrence Davidson
Hermann Uhde
Blanche Thebom
Ramón Vinay
Mariquita Moll
Kurt Böhme
Dezső Ernster
Arthur Budney
James McCracken
Jean Madeira
Norman Kelley
|
Fritz Stiedry
Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera
|
CD: Walhall
Cat: WLCD 232
|
| 1958
|
Gustav Neidlinger
George London
Kirsten Flagstad
Set Svanholm
Claire Watson
Walter Kreppel
Kurt Böhme
Eberhard Wächter
Waldemar Kmentt
Jean Madeira
Paul Kuën
|
Georg Solti
Vienna Philharmonic
|
CD: Decca
Cat: 4780382
Stereo
|
| 1958
|
Frans Andersson
Hans Hotter
Rita Gorr
Fritz Uhl
Elisabeth Grümmer
Theo Adam
Josef Greindl
Eric Saedén
Sándor Kónya
Maria von Ilosvay
Gerhard Stolze
|
Hans Knappertsbusch
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus
Recording at Bayreuth Festival
|
CD: Walhall
Cat: WLCD 0246
Mono, Live
|
1959
|
Otakar Kraus
Hans Hotter
Ursula Boese
Richard Holm
Una Hale
Kurt Böhme
Michael Langdon
David Kelley
Edgar Evans
Marga Höffgen
Peter Klein
|
Franz Konwitschny
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
|
CD: Walhall
Cat: WLCD0334
Live 18 Sept 1959
|
| 1962
|
Zoltán Kelemen
George London
Elisabeth Schärtel
Herbert Schachtschneider
Ingeborg Kjellgren
Gerd Nienstedt
Heiner Horn
Karl Sablotzke
Hermann Winkler
Helen Raab
Erwin Wohlfahrt
|
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne
|
CD: Living Stage
Cat: LS 1004
Mono, Live
|
| 1963
|
Otakar Kraus
Otto Wiener
Grace Hoffman
Gerhard Stolze
Jutta Mayfarth
Walter Kreppel
Peter Roth-Ehrang
Marcel Cordes
Horst Wilhelm
Marga Höffgen
Eric Klaus
|
Rudolf Kempe
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus
Recording at Bayreuth Festival
|
Published by houseofopera.com
Mono, Live
|
| 1966
|
Gustav Neidlinger
Theo Adam
Annelies Burmeister
Wolfgang Windgassen
Anja Silja
Martti Talvela
Kurt Böhme
Gerd Nienstedt
Hermin Esser
Věra Soukupová
Erwin Wohlfahrt
|
Karl Böhm
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus
Recording at Bayreuth Festival
|
CD: Philips
Cat: 412 475-2
Stereo, Live
|
| 1967
|
Zoltán Kelemen
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Josephine Veasey
Gerhard Stolze
Simone Mangelsdorff
Martti Talvela
Karl Ridderbusch
Robert Kerns
Donald Grobe
Oralia Domínguez
Erwin Wohlfahrt
|
Herbert von Karajan
Berlin Philharmonic
|
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 457 781-2
Stereo
|
| 1968
|
Theo Adam
Zoltán Kelemen
Janis Martin
Herbert Schachtschneider
Leonore Kirschstein
Gerd Nienstedt
Karl Ridderbusch
Thomas Tipton
Hermann Winkler
Oralia Domínguez
Erwin Wohlfahrt
|
Wolfgang Sawallisch
RAI Roma
|
CD: Myto
Cat: MCD 054 316
|
| 1974
|
Franz Mazura
Donald McIntyre
Anna Reynolds
Hermin Esser
Hannelore Bode
Karl Ridderbusch
Kurt Moll
Gerd Nienstedt
Heribert Steinbach
Marga Höffgen
Heinz Zednik
|
Horst Stein
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus
Recording at Bayreuth Festival
|
CD: Opera Depot
Cat: OD 10185-2
|
| 1974
|
Derek Hammond-Stroud
Norman Bailey
Katherine Pring
Emile Belcourt
Lois McDonall
Robert Lloyd
Clifford Grant
Norman Welsby
Robert Ferguson
Anne Collins
Gregory Dempsey
|
Reginald Goodall
English National Opera
Recorded in English
|
CD: Chandos
Cat: CHAN 3054
|
| 1980
|
Hermann Becht
Donald McIntyre
Hanna Schwarz
Heinz Zednik
Carmen Reppel
Matti Salminen
Fritz Hübner
Martin Egel
Siegfried Jerusalem
Ortrun Wenkel
Helmut Pampuch
|
Pierre Boulez
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus
Recording at Bayreuth Festival
|
CD: Philips
Cat: 434 422-2
Stereo
|
| 1983
|
Siegmund Nimsgern
Theo Adam
Yvonne Minton
Peter Schreier
Marita Napier
Roland Bracht
Matti Salminen
Karl-Heinz Stryczek
Eberhard Büchner
Ortrun Wenkel
Christian Vogel
|
Marek Janowski
Staatskapelle Dresden orchestra and chorus
|
CD: RCA
Cat: B00011MJV6 (RCA reissue)
(complete Ring) Stereo
|
| 1988
|
Ekkehard Wlaschiha
James Morris
Christa Ludwig
Siegfried Jerusalem
MarieAnne Häggander
Kurt Moll
Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Siegfried Lorenz
Mark Baker
Birgitta Svendén
Heinz Zednik
|
James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
|
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 445 295-2
Stereo
|
| 1989
|
Theo Adam
James Morris
Marjana Lipovšek
Heinz Zednik
Eva Johansson
Hans Tschammer
Kurt Rydl
Andreas Schmidt
Peter Seiffert
Jadwiga Rappé
Peter Haage
|
Bernard Haitink
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Bayerischen Rundfunks chorus
|
CD: EMI
Cat: CDS 7 49853 2
Stereo
|
| 1991
|
Ekkehard Wlaschiha
Robert Hale
Marjana Lipovšek
Robert Tear
Nancy Gustafson
Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Kurt Moll
Florian Cerny
Josef Hopferwieser
Hanna Schwarz
Helmut Pampuch
|
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Bavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus
Recording at National Theater, Munich, November
|
CD: EMI
Cat: 724357273121
(complete Ring) Stereo, Live
|
| 1991
|
Günter von Kannen
John Tomlinson
Linda Finnie
Graham Clark
Eva Johansson
Matthias Hölle
Philip Kang
Bodo Brinkmann
Kurt Schreibmayer
Birgitta Svendén
Helmut Pampuch
|
Daniel Barenboim
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus
|
CD: Teldec
Cat: 4509 91185 2
Stereo, Live
|
| 1993
|
Franz-Josef Kapellmann
Robert Hale
Hanna Schwarz
Kim Begley
Nancy Gustafson
Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Walter Fink
Eike Wilm Schulte
Thomas Sunnegårdh
Elena Zaremba
Peter Schreier
|
Christoph von Dohnányi
Cleveland Orchestra
|
CD: Decca
Cat: 443 690-2
Stereo
|
| 2002
|
Esa Ruuttunen
Wolfgang Probst
Michaela Schuster
Robert Künzli
Helga Rós Indridadóttir
Roland Bracht
Phillip Ens
Motti Kastón
Bernhard Schneider
Mette Ejsing
Eberhard Francesco Lorenz
|
Lothar Zagrosek
Staatsoper Stuttgart orchestra and chorus
Recordings at Württembergische Staatsoper
|
CD: Naxos Records
Cat: 8.660170-71
Stereo, Live
|
2003
/2004
|
Günter von Kannen
Falk Struckmann
Lioba Braun
Graham Clark
Elisabete Matos
Kwangchul Youn
Matthias Hölle
Wolfgang Rauch
Jeff Dowd
Andrea Bönig
Francisco Vas
|
Bertrand de Billy
Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
Recordings at the Liceu, Barcelona
|
DVD: Opus Arte
ASIN: B000IFRPY6
Surround Sound, Live
|
| 2004
|
John Wegner
John Bröcheler
Elizabeth Campbell
Christopher Doig
Kate Ladner
Andrew Collis
David Hibbard
Timothy DuFore
Andrew Brunsdon
Liane Keegan
Richard Greager
|
Asher Fisch
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
|
CD: Melba Recordings
Cat: 301089-90
|
| 2007
|
Franz-Josef Kapellmann
Juha Uusitalo
Anna Larsson
John Daszak
Sabina von Walter
Matti Salminen
Stephen Milling
Ilya Bannik
German Viller
Christa Mayer
Gerhard Siegel
|
Zubin Mehta
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciano
|
DVD and Blu-ray: C Major
Cat: 700508
Surround Sound, Live
|
| 2008
|
Wolfgang Koch
Falk Struckmann
Katja Pieweck
Peter Galliard
Hellen Kwon
Tigran Martirossian
Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Jan Buchwald
Ladislav Elgr
Deborah Humble
Jürger Sacher
|
Simone Young
Philharmoniker Hamburg
|
CD: Oehms Classics
CAT: OC 929
Stereo, Live
|
| 2009
|
Andrew Shore
Albert Dohmen
Michelle Breedt
Arnold Bezuyen
Edith Haller
Kwangchul Youn
Hans-Peter König
Ralf Lukas
Clemens Bieber
Christa Mayer
Gerhard Siegel
|
Christian Thielemann
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus
Recording at Bayreuth Festival
|
CD: Opus Arte
Cat: OACD9000BD
Stereo (SACD), Live
|
| 2010
|
Jochen Schmeckenbecher
Terje Stensvold
Martina Dike
Kurt Streit
Barbara Zechmeister
Alfred Reiter
Magnus Baldvinsson
Dietrich Volle
Richard Cox
Meredith Arwady
Hans-Jürgen Lazar
|
Sebastian Weigle
Frankfurt Opera orchestra
|
CD: Oehms
Cat: OC 935
Stereo Live
|
| 2011
|
Tomasz Konieczny
Albert Dohmen
Janina Baechle
Adrian Eröd
Alexandra Reinprecht
Lars Woldt
Ain Anger
Markus Eiche
Herbert Lippert
Anna Larsson
Wolfgang Schmidt
|
Christian Thielemann
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus
|
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Stereo, Live
|
| 2012
|
Nikolai Putilin
René Pape
Ekaterina Gubanova
Stephan Rügamer
Viktoria Yastrebova
Jewgeni Nikotin
Mikail Petrenko
Alexei Markov
Sergei Semishkur
Zlata Bulycheva
Andrei Popov
|
Valery Gergiev
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
|
CD: Mariinsky
Cat: MAR 0526
Stereo
|
| 2013
|
Jochen Schmeckenbecher
Tomasz Konieczny
Iris Vermillion
Christian Elsner
Ricarda Merbeth
Günther Groissböck
Timo Riihonen
Antonio Yang
Kor-Jan Dusseljee
Maria Radner
Andreas Conrad
|
Marek Janowski
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Berlin Radio Choir
Live recording at Berlin Philharmonie, 22 November 2012
|
SACD: Pentatone
Cat: PTC 5186406
Stereo (SACD), Live
|
| 2013
|
Richard Paul Fink
Greer Grimsley
Stephanie Blythe
Mark Schowalter
Wendy Bryn Harmer
Andrea Silvestrelli
Daniel Sumegi
Markus Brück
Ric Furman
Lucille Beer
Dennis Peterson
|
Asher Fisch
Seattle Symphony orchestra and chorus
|
CD: Avie Records
Cat: AVR 2313
Stereo, Live
|
| 2015
|
Peter Sidhom
Matthias Goerne
Michelle DeYoung
Kim Begley
Anna Samuil
Kwangchul Youn
Stephen Milling
Oleksandr Pushniak
Charles Reid
Deborah Humble
David Cangelosi
|
Jaap van Zweden
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
|
CD: Naxos
Cat: 866037475
Stereo, Live
|
| 2015
|
Tomasz Konieczny
Michael Volle
Elisabeth Kulman
Burkhard Ulrich
Annette Dasch
Peter Rose
Eric Halfvarson
Christian van Horn
Benjamin Bruns
Janina Baechle
Herwig Pecoraro
|
Simon Rattle
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
|
CD: BR Klassics
Cat: 900133
Stereo, Live
|
| 2016
|
Samuel Youn
Iain Paterson
Susan Bickley
Will Hartmann
Emma Bell
Reinhard Hagen
Clive Bayley
David Stout
David Butt Philip
Susanne Resmark
Nicky Spence
|
Mark Elder
The Hallé
|
CD: Hallé
Cat: CDHLD 7549
Stereo, Live
|
| 2020
|
Jochen Schmeckenbecher
James Rutherford
Katarzyna Kuncio
Raymond Very
Sylvia Hamvasi
Thorsten Grümbel
Łukasz Konieczny
David Jerusalem
Bernhard Berchtold
Ramona Zaharia
Florian Simson
|
Axel Kober
Duisburg Philharmonic
|
CD: cAvi
|
