Die Frau ohne Schatten discography

This is a list of recordings of Die Frau ohne Schatten, a three-act opera by Richard Strauss with a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The work was first performed in Vienna on 10 October 1919.

Recordings

Year	Cast (Kaiser, Kaiserin, Barak, Färberin, Amme)	Conductor, Opera house and orchestra	Label
1955	Hans Hopf Leonie Rysanek Ludwig Weber Christel Goltz Elisabeth Höngen	Karl Böhm Vienna State Opera orchestra & chorus (recorded live on 9 November)	Audio CD: Orfeo Cat: C 668 053 D
1955	Hans Hopf Leonie Rysanek Paul Schöffler Christel Goltz Elisabeth Höngen	Karl Böhm Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus (recorded on 29, 30 November and 2, 7, 10 December)	Audio CD: Decca Records Cat: 425 981-2
1963	Jess Thomas Ingrid Bjoner Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Inge Borkh Martha Mödl	Joseph Keilberth Bavarian State Orchestra (recorded live at National Theatre Munich on 21 November)	Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 449 584-2
1964	Jess Thomas Leonie Rysanek Walter Berry Christa Ludwig Grace Hoffman	Herbert von Karajan Vienna State Opera orchestra & chorus (recorded live on 11 June)	Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 457 678-2
1964	Jess Thomas Gundula Janowitz Otto Wiener Gladys Kuchta Grace Hoffman	Herbert von Karajan Vienna State Opera orchestra & chorus (recorded live on 17 June)	Audio CD: Gala Cat: GL 100.607
1966	James King Leonie Rysanek Walter Berry Christa Ludwig Irene Dalis	Karl Böhm Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus (recorded live on 17 Decemmber)	Met Opera on Demand
1977	James King Leonie Rysanek Walter Berry Birgit Nilsson Ruth Hesse	Karl Böhm Vienna State Opera orchestra & chorus (recorded live on 23 and 27 October)	Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 445 325-2
1978	James King Leonie Rysanek Walter Berry Ursula Schröder-Feinen Mignon Dunn	Karl Böhm Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus (recorded live on 1 April)	Met Opera on Demand
1987	René Kollo Cheryl Studer Alfred Muff Ute Vinzing Hanna Schwarz	Wolfgang Sawallisch Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (recorded in February, March, November and December)	Audio CD: EMI Cat: EX 749074-4
1989	Robert Schunk Johanna Meier James Courtney Janis Martin Helga Dernesch	Christof Perick Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus (recorded live on 9 December)	Met Opera on Demand
1989– 1991	Plácido Domingo Júlia Várady José van Dam Hildegard Behrens Reinhild Runkel	Georg Solti Vienna Philharmonic orchestra and Vienna State Opera chorus (recorded in March, April, September, October 1989 and October 1991)	Audio CD: Decca Records Cat: 436 243-2
1992	Thomas Moser Cheryl Studer Robert Hale Éva Marton Marjana Lipovšek	Georg Solti Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus (recorded live at Salzburg Festival)	DVD Video: Decca Cat: 071425-9
1996	Ben Heppner Deborah Voigt Franz Grundheber Sabine Haas Hanna Schwarz	Giuseppe Sinopoli Staatskapelle Dresden	Audio CD: Teldec Cat: 0630-13516-2
2002	Thomas Moser Deborah Voigt Wolfgang Brendel Gabriele Schnaut Reinhild Runkel	Christian Thielemann Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus (recorded live on 5 January)	Met Opera on Demand
2013	Torsten Kerl Anne Schwanewilms Johan Reuter Christine Goerke Ildikó Komlósi	Vladimir Jurowski Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus (recorded live on 26 November)	Met Opera on Demand
2015	Burkhard Fritz Tamara Wilson Terje Stensvold Sabine Hogrefe Tanja Ariane Baumgartner	Sebastian Weigle Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester (recorded live at Oper Frankfurt, October/November 2014)	Audio CD: OEHMS Classic Cat: OV 964
2020	Stephen Gould Camilla Nylund Wolfgang Koch Nina Stemme Evelyn Herlitzius	Christian Thielemann Vienna State Opera	Audio CD: Orfeo Cat: C991203
2024	Issachah Savage Elza van den Heever Michael Volle Lise Lindstrom Nina Stemme	Yannick Nézet-Séguin Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus (recorded live 7 December)	Met Opera on Demand