DIE WALKÜRE This is a list of all the complete (or abridged) recordings of DIE WALKÜRE in THE DURBECK ARCHIVE. All opera entries in THE DURBECK ARCHIVE are fully documented, as shown immediately below. Following this fully documented entry is a listing of all of the other complete recordings of DIE WALKÜRE in THE DURBECK ARCHIVE. These listings are in an abbreviated form, listed in the chronological order of their recording dates. This is a full document entry ******************* About this opera Opera: WALKÜRE, DIE (1870) Libretto: Text by the composer Composer: Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) National Origin: NO/German   About this recording Number: JALP 1257/58/59/60/61 Individual LP Numbers: JALP 1257, JALP 1258, JALP 1259,                                  JALP 1260, JALP 1261 Label: HMV-South Africa, monaural Number of LPs: 5 - 12" LPs; automatic playing sequence Accompanying Text: no libretto, no liner notes Recording Location: Vienna; Musikvereinssaal Recording Date: 28 September-6 October 1954 Year: 1954 Packaging:  single hinge, standard size opera box Notes: Studio recording; libretti were an optional purchase with           these early sets and not generically included Also issued as: IE 6012, ALP 1257/58/59/60/61, D 033019-28,                       LHMV 900, WALP 1257/58/59/60/61   About the performers Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra CAST: Role ........................................................ Performer Siegmund: ........................................................................ Ludwig Suthaus Sieglinde: ......................................................................... Leonie Rysanek Hunding: ................................................................................ Gottlob Frick Wotan: ............................................................................ Ferdinand Frantz Brünnhilde: .............................................................................. Martha Mödl Fricka: .............................................................................. Margarete Klose Gerhilde: ........................................................................... Gerda Schreyer Helmwige: .................................................................................. Erika Köth Waltraute: ................................................................... Dagmar Schmedes Schwertleite: .......................................................................... Ruth Siewert Ortlinde: ................................................................................ Judith Hellwig Siegrune: ............................................................................ Hertha Töpper Grimgerde: ........................................................................ Johanna Blatter Rossweisse: ................................................................. Dagmar Hermann Note: roles not included in the above cast are not listed on this specific recording. Remaining recordings of DIE WALKÜRE in THE DURBECK ARCHIVE Note: in the Wagner Opera Discography, all of these operas will be listed in full document form just as the one shown above and not in the abbreviated form as listed below.   (listed in abbreviated form e.g. year of recording; performer of the role of Brünnhilde; the conductor; the orchestra) 1940 Brünnhilde .................................................................................... Kirsten Flagstad Erich Leinsdorf;   Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 1940 Brünnhilde .................................................................................... Kirsten Flagstad Erich Leinsdorf;   Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 1941 Brünnhilde ....................................................................................... Helen Traubel Erich Leinsdorf;   Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 1950 Brünnhilde .................................................................................... Kirsten Flagstad Wilhelm Furtwängler;   Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala 1950 Brünnhilde .................................................................................... Kirsten Flagstad Wilhelm Furtwängler;   Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala 1950 Brünnhilde .................................................................................... Kirsten Flagstad Wilhelm Furtwängler;   Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala  1950 Brünnhilde .................................................................................... Kirsten Flagstad Wilhelm Furtwängler;   Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala 1950 Brünnhilde .................................................................................... Kirsten Flagstad Wilhelm Furtwängler;   Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala 1950 Brünnhilde .................................................................................... Kirsten Flagstad Wilhelm Furtwängler;   Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala 1950 Brünnhilde .................................................................................... Kirsten Flagstad Wilhelm Furtwängler;   Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala 1950 Brünnhilde .................................................................................... Kirsten Flagstad Wilhelm Furtwängler;   Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala 1952 Brünnhilde ....................................................................................... Astrid Varnay Joseph Keilberth;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth 1953 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Martha Mödl Wilhelm Furtwängler;   RAI Roma Orchestra 1953 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Martha Mödl Wilhelm Furtwängler;   RAI Roma Orchestra 1953 Brünnhilde ....................................................................................... Astrid Varnay Clemens Krauss;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth 1953 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Martha Mödl Joseph Keilberth;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth 1953 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Martha Mödl Wilhelm Furtwängler;   RAI Roma Orchestra 1953 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Martha Mödl Wilhelm Furtwängler;   RAI Roma Orchestra 1953 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Martha Mödl Wilhelm Furtwängler;   RAI Roma Orchestra 1953 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Martha Mödl Wilhelm Furtwängler;   RAI Roma Orchestra 1954 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Martha Mödl Wilhelm Furtwängler;   Wiener Philharmoniker 1954 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Martha Mödl Wilhelm Furtwängler;   Wiener Philharmoniker 1954 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Martha Mödl Wilhelm Furtwängler;   Wiener Philharmoniker 1954 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Martha Mödl Wilhelm Furtwängler;   Wiener Philharmoniker 1954 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Martha Mödl Wilhelm Furtwängler;   Wiener Philharmoniker 1954 Brünnhilde ....................................................................................... Astrid Varnay Joseph Keilberth;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth 1955 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Martha Mödl Joseph Keilberth;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth 1956 Brünnhilde ....................................................................................... Astrid Varnay Hans Knappertsbusch;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth 1957 Brünnhilde ....................................................................................... Astrid Varnay Hans Knappertsbusch;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth 1957 Brünnhilde ....................................................................................... Astrid Varnay Hans Knappertsbusch;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth 1957 Brünnhilde ....................................................................................... Astrid Varnay Hans Knappertsbusch;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth 1957 Brünnhilde ....................................................................................... Astrid Varnay Hans Knappertsbusch;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth 1957 Brünnhilde ....................................................................................... Astrid Varnay Hans Knappertsbusch;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth 1957 Brünnhilde ................................................................................ Margaret Harshaw Dimitri Mitropoulos;   The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 1958 Brünnhilde ....................................................................................... Astrid Varnay Hans Knappertsbusch;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth 1960 Brünnhilde ....................................................................................... Astrid Varnay Rudolf Kempe;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth 1962 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Birgit Nilsson Erich Leinsdorf;   London Symphony Orchestra 1962 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Birgit Nilsson Erich Leinsdorf;   London Symphony Orchestra 1962 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Birgit Nilsson Erich Leinsdorf;   London Symphony Orchestra 1962 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Birgit Nilsson Erich Leinsdorf;   London Symphony Orchestra 1965 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Birgit Nilsson Georg Solti;   Wiener Philharmoniker 1965 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Birgit Nilsson Georg Solti;   Wiener Philharmoniker 1965 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Birgit Nilsson Georg Solti;   Wiener Philharmoniker 1965 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Birgit Nilsson Georg Solti;   Wiener Philharmoniker 1965 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Birgit Nilsson Georg Solti;   Wiener Philharmoniker 1965 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Birgit Nilsson Georg Solti;   Wiener Philharmoniker 1965 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Birgit Nilsson Georg Solti;   Wiener Philharmoniker 1965 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Birgit Nilsson Georg Solti;   Wiener Philharmoniker 1966 Brünnhilde ...................................................................................... Régine Crespin Herbert von Karajan;   Berliner Philharmoniker 1966 Brünnhilde ...................................................................................... Régine Crespin Herbert von Karajan;   Berliner Philharmoniker 1966 Brünnhilde ...................................................................................... Régine Crespin Herbert von Karajan;   Berliner Philharmoniker 1967 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Birgit Nilsson Karl Böhm;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth 1967 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Birgit Nilsson Karl Böhm;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth 1967 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................ Birgit Nilsson Karl Böhm;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth 1968 Brünnhilde ................................................................................ Nadezda Kniplová Hans Swarovsky;   Süddeutsche Philharmonie Orchestra 1975 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................... Rita Hunter Reginald Goodall;   English National Opera Orchestra 1975 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................... Rita Hunter Reginald Goodall;   English National Opera Orchestra 1975 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................... Rita Hunter Reginald Goodall;   English National Opera Orchestra 1980 Brünnhilde ...................................................................................... Gwyneth Jones Pierre Boulez;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth 1981 Brünnhilde ................................................................................. Jeannine Altmeyer  Marek Janowski;   Staatskapelle Dresden 1981 Brünnhilde ................................................................................. Jeannine Altmeyer  Marek Janowski;   Staatskapelle Dresden 1987 Brünnhilde ................................................................................. Hildegard Behrens James Levine;   The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 1988 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................... Eva Marton Bernard Haitink;   Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks 1989 Brünnhilde ................................................................................. Hildegard Behrens James Levine;   The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 1990 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................... Eva Marton Bernard Haitink;   Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks 1990 Brünnhilde ........................................................................................... Eva Marton Bernard Haitink;   Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Return to the Home Page of The Durbeck Archive