Die Entführung aus dem Serail discography

This is a partial discography of the Singspiel Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, which was premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 16 July 1782. As of January 2012, at least 52 complete recordings were in circulation: 18 videos, 17 studio audio recordings, and at least 17 live audio recordings.

Audio recordings

Year	Cast: Konstanze, Blonde, Belmonte, Pedrillo, Osmin	Conductor, opera house and orchestra	Label
1945	Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Emmy Loose, Anton Dermota, Peter Klein, Herbert Alsen	Rudolf Moralt, Wiener Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester	Gala, Cat: GL100.501
1949	Sarai Barabas, Rita Streich, Anton Dermota, Helmut Krebbs, Josef Greindl	Ferenc Fricsay, RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin	Walhall, Cat: WLCD 0043
1950	Wilma Lipp, Emmy Loose, Walther Ludwig, Peter Klein, Endre Koréh	Josef Krips, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra	Decca, Cat: LXT 2536-2538
1954	Maria Stader, Rita Streich, Ernst Haefliger, Martin Vantin, Josef Greindl	Ferenc Fricsay, RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester	Deutsche Grammophon, Cat: 457730
1956	Erika Köth, Hanny Steffek, Anton Dermota, Murray Dickie, Josef Greindl	Karl Böhm, Chor und Sinfonieorchester des Hessischen Rundfunks, Frankfurt	Walhall Eternity Series, Cat: WLCD 0188
1956	Lois Marshall, Ilse Hollweg, Léopold Simoneau, Gerhard Unger, Gottlob Frick	Sir Thomas Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Beecham Choral Society	Columbia, Cat: 33CX 1462–3
1961	Ruth-Margret Pütz, Renate Holm, Fritz Wunderlich, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Gyorgy Littasy	István Kertész, Mozartium Orchester, Wiener Staatsopernchor	Operadepot.com
1965	Erika Köth, Lotte Schadle, Fritz Wunderlich, Friedrich Lenz, Kurt Böhme	Eugen Jochum, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus	Deutsche Grammophon, Cat: 459424
1966	Anneliese Rothenberger, Lucia Popp, Nicolai Gedda, Gerhard Unger, Gottlob Frick	Josef Krips, Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna State Opera Chorus	EMI Classics, Cat: 63263
1967	Ingeborg Hallstein, Reri Grist, Luigi Alva, Gerhard Unger, Fernando Corena	Zubin Mehta, Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna State Opera Chorus Salzburg Festival	Video Artists International Cat: VAI DVD 4521
1967	Mattiwilda Dobbs Jenifer Eddy Nicolai Gedda John Fryatt Noel Mangin	Yehudi Menuhin, The Bath Festival Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers Abbey Road Studios recording in English	Chandos Records, Cat: CHAN 3081[1]
1973	Arleen Auger, Reri Grist, Peter Schreier, Harald Neukirch, Kurt Moll	Karl Böhm, Staatskapelle Dresden, Leipzig Radio Chorus	Deutsche Grammophon, Cat: 429868
1978	Christiane Eda-Pierre, Norma Burrowes, Stuart Burrows, Robert Tear, Robert Lloyd	Sir Colin Davis, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, John Alldis Choir	CD: Phillips, Cat: 422 810-2
1985	Edita Gruberová, Kathleen Battle, Gösta Winbergh, Heinz Zednik, Martti Talvela	Sir Georg Solti, Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna State Opera Chorus	CD: Decca, Cat: 417402
1990	Lynne Dawson, Marianne Hirsti, Uwe Heilmann, Wilfried Gahmlich, Gunter von Kannen	Christopher Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music, Academy of Ancient Music Chorus	CD: L'Oiseau-Lyre, Cat: 473804
1991	Luba Orgonášová, Cyndia Sieden, Stanford Olsen, Uwe Peper, Cornelius Hauptmann	John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir	CD: Archiv, Cat: 458102
1997	Christine Schäfer, Patricia Petibon, Ian Bostridge, Iain Paton, Alan Ewing	William Christie, Les Arts Florissants	CD: Erato, Cat: 3984-25490-2 [2]
1999	Yelda Kodalli, Desirée Rancatore, Paul Groves, Lynton Atkinson, Peter Rose	Sir Charles Mackerras, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Chorus	CD: Telarc, Cat: 80544
2015	Diana Damrau, Anna Prohaska, Rolando Villazón, Paul Schweinester, Franz-Josef Selig	Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Vocalensemble Rastatt	CD: Deutsche Grammophon

References

Notes

1. The Abduction From the Seraglio, Chandos Records
2. Gramophone, London, March 1999, pag. 92.

Sources

• Recordings of Die Entführung aus dem Serail on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk