In the list below, "Year" indicates the date of the original recording. Most of these recordings have had multiple reissues, and in some cases are currently available on more than one label. The label information provided is usually the most recent issue of the recording, and where possible the release date has been provided.
Year |
Cast
(Tamino; Pamina; Sarastro; Queen of the Night; Papageno) |
Conductor, opera house and/or orchestral and choral forces |
Label information |
Notes |
1937 |
Helge Rosvaenge
Jarmila Novotná
Alexander Kipnis
Júlia Osváth
Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender |
Arturo Toscanini
Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera |
Download only: Naxos 8110828-29
Released October 1999 |
Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (30 July 1937) |
1937 |
Walther Ludwig
Trude Eipperle
Josef von Manowarda
Lea Piltti
Karl Schmitt-Walter |
Joseph Keilberth
Reichsenders Stuttgart Chorus and Orchestra |
CD (2 discs): Preiser PR90254 |
Radio broadcast, recorded 10 December 1937 |
1937–38 |
Helge Rosvaenge
Tiana Lemnitz
Wilhelm Strienz
Erna Berger
Gerhard Hüsch |
Thomas Beecham
Berlin Philharmonic and Favres Solisten Vereinigung |
CD (2): Naxos 8110127-28 |
Recorded between 8 November 1937 and 8 March 1938 |
1942 |
Charles Kullman
Jarmila Novotná
Ezio Pinza
Josephine Antoine
John Brownlee |
Bruno Walter
New York Metropolitan Opera |
CD (2): Andromeda ANDRCD5020
Released July 2007 |
Recorded at the New York Met, 26 December 1942 |
1949 |
Walther Ludwig
Irmgard Seefried
Josef Greindl
Wilma Lipp
Karl Schmitt-Walter
Cast also includes: Gertrude Grob-Prandl
Paul Schöffler
Ernst Haefliger
Hermann Uhde |
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera |
CD (3): Orfeo C650053D
Released September 2005 |
Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (27 July 1949) |
1950 |
Anton Dermota
Irmgard Seefried
Ludwig Weber
Wilma Lipp
Erich Kunz |
Herbert von Karajan
Wiener Philharmoniker and Singverein der Gesellschaft der Muskifreunde in Wien |
CD (2): EMI Historical 3367692
Released November 2005 |
Dialogue not included |
1953 |
Nicolai Gedda
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Mario Petri
Rita Streich
Giuseppe Taddei |
Herbert von Karajan
RAI Roma chorus and orchestra |
CD (2): Walhall WLCD001
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Recorded from radio broadcast 20 December 1953, in Italian. |
1954 |
Rudolf Schock
Teresa Stich-Randall
Josef Greindl
Wilma Lipp
Erich Kunz |
Joseph Keilberth
Orchester des Westdeutschen Rundfunk
Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks |
CD (2): Capriccio C67157
Released January 2006 |
Recording of a radio broadcast, without dialogue, on 19 December 1954. |
1955 |
Ernst Kozub
Elisabeth Grümmer
Gottlob Frick
Erika Köth
Günther Ambrosius |
Georg Solti
Hessischer Rundfunk Orchestrra and Chorus |
CD (2): Gala GL100743 |
|
1955 |
Léopold Simoneau
Hilde Güden
Kurt Böhme
Wilma Lipp
Walter Berry |
Karl Böhm
Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera |
CD (2): Decca E4487342
Released January 1999 |
Without dialogue; first recording in stereo |
1955 |
Ernst Haefliger
Maria Stader
Kim Borg
Rita Streich
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau |
Ferenc Fricsay
RIAS Symphonie-Orchester und Kammerchor |
Download only: Naxos Classical Archives 980720-21
REleased September 2008 |
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1956 |
Brian Sullivan
Lucine Amara
Jerome Hines
Roberta Peters
Theodor Uppman |
Bruno Walter
New York Metropolitan Opera and Chorus |
CD (2): Walhall WLCD0181
Released February 2007 |
Recording of a performance at the MET 3 March 1956: Sung in English |
1958 |
Fritz Wunderlich
Maria van Dongen
Albert van Haasteren
Julianna Farkas
Jan Derksen |
Bernard Haitink
Het Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus |
CD (2): Myto MCD00278
Released May 2011 |
Recording of a broadcast performance 24 May 1958 |
1959 |
Léopold Simoneau
Lisa Della Casa
Kurt Böhme
Erika Köth
Walter Berry |
George Szell
Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera |
CD (2):Gala GL100502 |
Recorded at the Salzburg Festival 27 July 1959 |
1960 |
Richard Lewis
Pilar Lorengar
Mihály Székely
Margareta Hallin
Geraint Evans |
Colin Davis
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Glyndebourne Festival Chorus |
CD (2): Walhall WLCD0323
Released February 2011 |
Recorded at the 1960 Glyndebourne Festival |
1960 |
Fritz Wunderlich
Liselotte Fölser
Gottlob Frick
Erika Köth
Walter Berry |
Joseph Keilberth
Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera |
CD (3):Andromeda ANDRCD9077
Released January 2011 |
Recorded at the Salzburg Festival, 12 August 1960 |
1964 |
Nicolai Gedda
Gundula Janowitz
Gottlob Frick
Lucia Popp
Walter Berry
Cast also includes:
Elizabeth Schwarzkopf
Christa Ludwig |
Otto Klemperer
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus |
CD (2): EMI The Opera Series 9667932
Released October 2009 |
Dialogue not included |
1964 |
Fritz Wunderlich
Evelyn Lear
Franz Crass
Roberta Peters
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Cast also includes: Hans Hotter |
Karl Böhm
Berliner Philharmoniker & RIAS Kammerchor |
CD (2): DG Originals 4497492
Released February 1997 |
|
1964 |
Fritz Wunderlich
Anneliese Rothenberger
Karl Christian Kohn
Erika Köth
Hermann Prey |
Fritz Rieger
Münchner Philharmoniker und Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper |
CD (3): Golden Melodram Opera Live GM50027
Released Jone 2010 |
Recorded at the Nationaltheater, Munich, 26 July 1964 |
1969 |
Stuart Burrows
Pilar Lorengar
Martti Talvela
Cristina Deutekom
Hermann Prey
Cast also includes: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as the Speaker |
Georg Solti
Wiener Philharmoniker and Wiener Staatsopernchor |
CD (3): Decca Originals 4780394
Released June 2008 |
|
1970 |
Peter Schreier
Helen Donath
Theo Adam
Sylvia Geszty
Günther Leib |
Otmar Suitner
Staatskapelle Dresden & Rundfunkchor Leipzig |
CD (3): RCA Victor 6511-2-RG
Released December 1995 |
|
1972 |
Peter Schreier
Anneliese Rothenberger
Kurt Moll
Edda Moser
Walter Berry |
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Bayerischen Staatsoper orchestra and chorus |
CD (2): EMI Electrola Collection 0882742
Released November 2011 |
|
1975 |
Josef Köstlinger
Irma Urrila
Ulrik Cold
Birgit Nordin
Håkan Hagegård |
Eric Ericson
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir |
SR Records/EMI RXLP 1226/28 (LP) / 7498712 (CD reissue) |
The actual soundtrack to the 1975 film of the same name; recorded in Cirkus April-May 1974 |
1980 |
Francisco Araiza
Edith Mathis
José van Dam
Karin Ott
Gottfried Hornik |
Herbert von Karajan
Berliner Philharmoniker, Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus |
CD (2): DG Opera! 4779115
Released August 2011 |
|
1980 |
Éric Tappy
Ileana Cotrubaș
Martti Talvela
Zdzisława Donat
Christian Boesch |
James Levine
Wiener Philharmoniker and Wiener Staatsopernchor |
CD (3): RCA Victor 82876-87760-2
Released August 2006 |
|
1984 |
Peter Schreier
Margaret Price
Kurt Moll
Luciana Serra
Mikael Melbye |
Colin Davis
Dresdener Staatskapelle und Kreuzchor, Leipziger Rundfunkchor |
CD (2): Decca Duo 4425682 |
|
1987 |
Hans-Peter Blochwitz
Barbara Bonney
Matti Salminen
Edita Gruberová
Anton Scharinger |
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Zurich Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
CD (2): Teldec 2292427162 |
|
1989 |
Francisco Araiza
Kiri Te Kanawa
Samuel Ramey
Cheryl Studer
Olaf Bär |
Neville Marriner
Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Ambrosian Opera Chorus |
CD (2): Philips 426 276-2
Released September 1990 |
|
1989 |
Stefan Dahlberg
Ann Christine Biel
László Polgár
Birgit Louise Frandsen
Mikael Samuelson |
Arnold Östman
Drottningholm Palace Theatre Orchestra and Chorus |
CD (2): Decca 4700562
Released July 2002 |
|
1990 |
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Dawn Upshaw
Cornelius Hauptmann
Beverly Hoch
Andreas Schmidt |
Roger Norrington
London Classical Players and Schütz Choir of London |
CD (2): Virgin Veritas 4820732
Released February 2005 |
|
1990 |
Uwe Heilmann
Ruth Ziesak
Kurt Moll
Sumi Jo
Michael Kraus |
Georg Solti
Wiener Philharmoniker and Wiener Staatsopernchor |
CD (2): Decca Opera Sets E4332102
|
|
1991 |
Jerry Hadley
Barbara Hendricks
Robert Lloyd
June Anderson
Thomas Allen |
Charles Mackerras
Scottish Chamber Orchestra and chorus |
CD (2): Telarc 2CD80727
Released December 2008 |
|
1992 |
Kurt Streit
Barbara Bonney
Kristinn Sigmundsson
Sumi Jo
Gilles Cachemaille |
Arnold Östman
Drottingholm Court Theatre Orchestra and Chorus |
CD (2): Decca Operas 4783443
Released February 2012 |
|
1993 |
Herbert Lippert
Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz
Kurt Rydl
Hellen Kwon
Georg Tichy |
Michael Halász
Failoni Orchestra, Hungarian Festival Chorus |
CD (2): Naxos Opera Classics 8660030-31 |
|
1995 |
Michael Schade
Christiane Oelze
Harrie Peeters
Cyndia Sieden
Gerald Finley |
John Eliot Gardiner
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir |
CD (2): DG Archiv E4491662 |
|
1995 |
Hans Peter Blochwitz
Rose Mannion
Reinhard Hagen
Natalie Dessay
Anton Scharinger |
William Christie
Les Arts Florissants |
CD (2): Erato 2564677426 |
|
2004 |
Christoph Genz
Suzie Le Blanc
Cornelius Hauptmann
Isolde Siebert
Stephan Genz |
Sigiswald Kuijken
La petite bande |
CD (3): Brilliant Classics Opera Collection 94239 Released October 2011 |
Recorded at the Festival d'Opéra Baroque de Beaune, 2–4 July 2004 |
2004 |
Barry Banks
Rebecca Evans
John Tomlinson
Elisabeth Vidal
Simon Keenlyside |
Charles Mackerras
London Philharmonic Orchestra with the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir |
CD (2): Chandos CHAN 3121 |
|
2005 |
Christoph Strehl
Dorothea Röschmann
René Pape
Erika Miklósa
Hanno Müller-Brachmann |
Claudio Abbado
Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Arnold Schönberg Chor |
CD (2): DG 4775789 |
|
2009 |
Daniel Behle
Marlis Petersen
Marcos Fink
Anna-Kristiina Kaappola
Daniel Schmutzhard |
René Jacobs
RIAS Kammerchor
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin |
CD (3); HMC 902 068 70 |
Almost-complete original libretto |
Year |
Cast
(Tamino; Pamina; Sarastro; Queen of the Night; Papageno) |
Conductor, opera house and/or orchestral and choral forces |
Label information |
Notes |
1964 |
Waldemar Kmentt
Pilar Lorengar
Walter Kreppel
Roberta Peters
Walter Berry |
István Kertész
Vienna State Opera and Philharmonic |
DVD: VAI 4520
Released June 2010 |
Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (1964) |
1968 |
Peter Schreier
Helen Donath
Theo Adam
Sylvia Geszty
Günther Leib |
Otmar Suitner
Dresdner Staatskapelle und Leipziger Rundfunkchor Chor |
DVD: DG Unitel 0734106
Released November 2005 |
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1971 |
Nicolai Gedda
Edith Mathis
Hans Sotin
Cristina Deutekom
William Workman |
Horst Stein
Philharmonische Staatsorchester Hamburg und Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper |
DVD: Arthaus Musik
Released 2007 |
A film, with the singers lip-synching a previously-sung recording |
1978 |
Leo Goeke
Felicity Lott
Thomas Thomaschke
May Sandoz
Benjamin Luxon |
Bernard Haitink
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus |
DVD: Arthaus Musik 101085
Released June 2004 |
|
1982 |
Peter Schreier
Ileana Cotrubaș
Martti Talvela
Edita Gruberová
Christian Boesch |
James Levine
Wiener Philharmoniker and Wiener Staatsopernchor |
DVD: Arthaus Musik 107199
Released October 2011 |
|
1983 |
Francisco Araiza
Lucia Popp
Kurt Moll
Edita Gruberová
Wolfgang Brendel |
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Bayerischen Staatsoper orchestra and chorus |
DVD: DG 0734106
Released 2005 |
Recorded at the Bavarian State Opera 19–20 September 1983 |
1991 |
Francisco Araiza
Kathleen Battle
Kurt Moll
Luciana Serra
Manfred Hemm |
James Levine,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus |
DVD: DG 073 003-9
Released 2000 |
Recorded at the New York Met, February 1991 |
1992 |
Deon Van Der Walt
Ulrike Sonntag
Cornelius Hauptmann
Andrea Frei
Thomas Mohr |
Wolfgang Gönnenwein
Ludwigsburger Festspiele |
DVD: Arthaus Musik 100188 |
Recorded at the Ludwigsburg Festival, August 1992 |
2000 |
Piotr Beczała
Malin Hartelius
Matti Salminen
Elena Mosuc
Anton Scharinger |
Franz Welser-Möst
Zurich Opera |
DVD: TDK – DVOPMF |
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2000 |
Piotr Beczała
Dorothea Röschmann
Matti Salminen
Natalie Dessay
Detlef Roth |
Iván Fischer
Opéra National de Paris |
DVD: Arthaus Musik 107233 Released February 2011 |
Recorded at the Palais Garnier, Paris, December 2000 |
2003 |
Will Hartmann
Dorothea Röschmann
Franz-Josef Selig
Diana Damrau
Simon Keenlyside[1] |
Colin Davis
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
directed by David McVicar |
Blu-ray: Opus Arte OABD7002D
DVD: Opus Arte OAHD5002D |
Recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 27 January 2003 |
2007 |
Christoph Strehl
Julia Kleiter
Matti Salminen
Elena Moșuc
Ruben Drole |
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Zurich Opera |
DVD: DG 00440 073 4367 |
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