Tetralogy `Der Ring des Nibelungen.` Part I: Prologue - Opera `Das Rheingold`, WWV 86a

Broadcast - 1951 - Berlin State Opera - with Fridolin Mosbacher, Albert Kunz, Julius Bronbacher, Manfred Jungwirth, Siegfried Tappolet, Inge Borkh, Gerty Wiessner, Waltraud Derrmer

Theo Adam (Wotan), Gerd Nienstedt (Donner), Hermin Esser (Froh), Wolfgang Windgassen (Loge), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Erwin Wohlfahrt (Mime), Martti Talvela (Fasolt) Kurt Böhme (Fafner), Annelies Burmeister (Fricka), Anja Silja (Freia), Vera Soukupova (Erda), Dorothea Siebert (Woglinde), Helga Dernesch (Wellgunde), Ruth Hesse (Flosshilde). 1967 (live).

Live - 3 April 1937 - Metropolitan Opera, New York - with Julius Huehn, Hans Clemens, Karl Laufkotter, Norman Cordon, Emmanuel List, Karen Branzell, Dorothee Manski, Doris Doe

1980. Wotan - Donald McIntyre, Donner - Martin Egel, Froh - Siegfried Jerusalem, Loge - Heinz Zednik, Fasolt - Matti Salminen, Fafner - Fritz Hübner, Alberich - Hermann Becht, Mime - Helmut Pampuch, Fricka - Hanna Schwarz, Freia - Carmen Reppel, Erda - Ortrun Wenkel, Woglinde - Norma Sharp, Wellgunde - Ilse Gramatzki, Flosshilde - Marga Schiml.

Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, December, 1993. Wotan - Robert Hale, Fricka - Hanna Schwarz, Loge - Kim Begley, Mime - Peter Schreier, Alberich - Franz-Josef Kapellmann, Freia - Nancy Gustafson, Froh - Thomas Sunnegardh, Donner - Eike Wilm Schulte, Erda - Elena Zaremba, Fasolt - Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Fafner - Walter Fink, Woglinde - Gabriele Fontana, Wellgunde - Ildiko Komlósy, Floßhilde - Margaretha Hintermeier.

Live - 15 February 1975 - New York - Donald McIntyre, William Dooley, Kolbjörn Höiseth, Glade Petersen, Marius Rintzler, Ragnar Ulfung, Bendt Rundgren, John Macurdy, Mignon Dunn, Mary Ellen Pracht, Lili Chookasian, Christine Weidinger, Marcia Baldwin, Batyah Godfrey Ben-David - New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

27 July 2001 - Live - Bayreuth - Alan Titus, Hans Joachim Ketelsen, Endrik Wottrisch, Graham Clark, Gunter von Kannen, Michael Howard, Johann Tiili, Philip Kang, Birgit Remmert, Ricarda Merbeth, Mette Ejsing, Dorothea Jansen, Natasha Petrinsky, Laura Nykanen - Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Sung in En. London Coliseum, July 31, 1973. Wotan - Norman Bailey , Alberich - Derek Hammond-Stroud, Loge - Emile Belcourt, Fricka - Anne Howard, Froh - Kenneth Woolam, Donner - Norman Welsby, Freia - Lois McDonall, Mime - Gregory Dempsey, Erda - Anne Collins, Fasolt - Harold Blackburn, Fafner - Clifford Grant, Woglinde - Audrey Gunn, Wellgunde - Sarah Walker, Flosshilde - Maureen Morelle. Sadler`s Wells Orchestra.

March 1975 - Live - Norman Bailey, Norman Welsby, Robert Ferguson, Emile Belcourt, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Gregory Dempsey, Robert Lloyd, Clifford Grant, Katherine Pring, Lois McDonnall, Anne Collins, Valerie Masterson, Shelagh Squires, Helen Attfield - English National Opera Orchestra

Live (In house) - 7 October 1975 - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London - David Ward (Wotan), Zoltan Keleman (Alberich), George Shirley (Loge), John Dobson (Mime), Josephine Veasey (Fricka), Jeannine Altmeter (Freya), Raimund Herincx (Donner), Robert Tear (Froh), Patricia Payne (Erda), Robert Lloyd (Fasolt), Matti Salminen (Fafner), Valerie Masterson (Woglinde), Eiddwen Harrhy (Wellgunde), Gillian Knight (Flosshilde)

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Wotan - James Morris, Fricka - Marjana Lipovsek, Loge - Heinz Zednik, Mime - Peter Haage, Alberich - Theo Adam, Freia - Eva Johannson, Froh - Peter Seiffert, Donner - Andreas Schmidt, Erda - Jadwiga Rappé, Fasolt - Hans Tschammer, Fafner - Kurt Rydl, Woglinde - Julie Kaufmann, Wellgunde - Sylvia Herman, Floßhilde - Susan Quittmeyer. 1988.

1980. Wotan - Theo Adam, Fricka - Yvonne Minton, Loge - Peter Schreier, Mime - Christian Vogel, Alberich - Siegmund Nimsgern, Freia - Marita Napier, Froh - Eberhard Büchner, Donner - Karl-Heinz Stryczek, Erda - Ortrun Wenkel, Fasolt - Roland Bracht, Fafner - Matti Salminen, Woglinde - Lucia Popp, Wellgunde - Uta Priew, Floßhilde - Hanna Schwarz.

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Robert Kerns, Donald Grobe, Gerhard Stolze, Zoltan Kelemen, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Martti Talvela, Karl Ridderbusch, Josephine Veasey. 1967, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin.

Live - 11 August 1951 - Bayreuth - with Werner Faulhaber, Robert Bernauer, Paul Kuen, Ludwig Weber, Friedrich Dalberg, Paula Brivkalne, Ruth Siewert, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Lore Wissman, Herta Topper, Ira Malaniuk (Took over and learned the role of Fricka at short notice - hence she makes some mistakes)

July 1953. Wotan - Hans Hotter, Donner - Hermann Uhde, Froh - Gerhard Stolze, Loge - Erich Witte, Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger, Mime - Paul Kuen, Fasolt - Ludwig Weber, Fafner - Josef Greindl, Fricka - Ira Malaniuk, Freia - Bruni Falcon, Erda - Maria von Ilosvay, Woglinde - Erika Zimmermann, Wellgunde - Hetty Plümacher, Flosshilde - Gisela Litz.

12 August 1952. Hermann Uhde, Werner Faulhaber, Wolfgang Windgassen, Erich Witte, Ira Malaniuk, Inge Barth, Melanie Bugarniovic, Gustav Neidlinger, Paul Kuen, Ludwig Weber, Josef Greindl, Erika Zimmermann, Hertha Topper, Hanna Ludwig.

Wotan-Hermann Uhde, Donner-Thomas Stewart, Froh-Georg Paskuda, Loge-Gerhard Stolze, Alberich-Otokar Kraus, Mime-Herold Kraus, Fasolt-Arnold van Mill, Fafner-Peter Roth-Ehrang, Fricka-Hertha Töpper, Freia-Ingrid Bjoner, Erda-Marga Höffgen, Woglinde-Dorothea Siebert, Wellgunde-Claudia Hellmann, FloBhilde-Sona Cervená. 1960.

Hans Hotter - Wotan, Georgine von Milinkovič - Fricka, Erich Witte - Loge, Ottakar Kraus - Alberich, Peter Klein - Mime, Maria von Ilosvay - Erda, Joan Sutherland - Woglinde, Una Hale - Wellgunde, Marjorie Thomas - Floßhilde, Elisabeth Lindermeier - Freia, Kurt Böhme - Fasolt, Frederick Dalberg - Fafner, Edgar Evans - Froh, Robert Allmann - Donner. September 25, 1957, London.

Wotan - Hans Hotter, Fricka - Rita Gorr, Loge - Fritz Uhl, Mime - Gerhard Stolze, Alberich - Frans Andersson, Freia - Elisabeth Grümmer, Froh - Sándor Kónya, Donner - Erik Saedén, Erda - Maria von Ilosvay, Fasolt - Theo Adam, Fafner - Josef Greindl, Woglinde - Dorothea Siebert, Wellgunde - Claudia Hellmann, Floßhilde - Ursula Böse. 1958.

Live - 13 August 1956 - Bayreuth - with Alfons Herwig, Josef Traxel, Paul Kuen, Josef Greindl, Arnold van Mill, Georgine von Milinkovic, Gre Brouwnestijn, Jean Madeira

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival. Conductor Clemens Krauss / Wotan - Hans Hotter, Fricka - Ira Malaniuk, Loge - Erich Witte, Mime - Paul Kuen, Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger, Freia - Bruni Falcon, Froh - Gerhard Stolze, Donner - Hermann Uhde, Erda - Maria von Ilosvay, Fasolt - Ludwig Weber, Fafner - Josef Greindl, Woglinde - Erika Zimmermann, Wellgunde - Hetty Plümacher, Floßhilde - Gisela Litz. – 1953 (live)

Live - 15 September 1967 - Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires - with Erwin Wohlfahrt, Heinz Hagenau, Michael Langdon, Grace Hoffman, Angel Mattielo, Carlo Cossutto, Hilda Hofmann, Marga Hoffgen

Live - 11 March 1972 - London Coliseum - In English - Norman Bailey (Wotan), Norman Welsby (Donner), Robert Ferguson (Froh), Emile Belcourt (Loge), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Alberich), Gregory Dempsey (Mime), Robert Lloyd (Fasolt), Clifford Grant (Fafner), Anne Howard (Fricka), Lois McDonall (Freia), Anne Collins (Erda), Barbara Walker (Woglinde), Elizabeth Tippett (Welgunde), Georgetta Psaros (Flosshilde) - English National Opera Chorus - Please note sound is variable (Broadcast) -Performed as Sadl

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper. Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch / Wotan - Robert Hale, Fricka - Marjana Lipovsek, Loge - Robert Tear, Mime - Helmut Pampuch, Alberich - Ekkehard Wlaschina, Freia - Nancy Gustafson, Froh - Josef Hopferwieser, Donner - Florian Cerny, Erda - Hanna Schwarz, Fasolt - Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Fafner - Kurt Moll, Woglinde - Julie Kaufmann, Wellgunde - Angela Maria Blasi, Floßhilde - Birgit Calm. – 1989 (live)

Live - 22 May 1962 - with Erwin Wohlfahrt, Karl Sablotzke, Hermann Winkler, Gerd Nienstedt, Heiner Horn, Elisabeth Schartel, Ingeborg Kjellgren, Halan Raab, Helen Donath

1958. Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker. / Wotan - George London, Fricka - Kirsten Flagstad, Loge - Set Svanholm, Mime - Paul Kuen, Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger, Freia - Claire Watson, Froh - Waldemar Kmentt, Donner - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter), Erda - Jean Madeira, Fasolt - Walter Kreppel, Fafner - Kurt Böhme, Woglinde - Oda Balsborg, Wellgunde - Hetty Plümacher, Floßhilde - Ira Malaniuk

WOTAN - SIEGMUND NIMSGERN, DONNER - HANS-JURGEN DREWITZ, FROH - MALDWYN DAVIES, LOGE - MANFRED JUNG, MIME - PETER HAAGE, ALBERICH - HERMANN BECHT,
FASOLT - DIETER SCHWEIKHARDT, FAFNER - MANFRED SCHENK, FRICKA - DORIS SOFFEL, FREIA - ANITA SOLDH, ERDA - ANNE GYEVANG, WOGLINDE - AGNES-ADELE HABEREDER, WELLGUNDE- DIANA MONTAGUE, FLOSSHILDE - BRIGITTA SVENDEN. July 27, 1983.

Live - 28 July 1973 - Bayreuth Festival - Theo Adam (Wotan), Gerd Nienstedt (Donner), Heribert Steinbach (Froh), Hermin Esser (Loge), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Heinz Zednik (Mime), Karl Ridderbusch (Fasolt), Hartmut Bauer (Fafner), Anna Reynolds (Fricka), Hannelore Bode (Freia), Marga Hoffgen (Erda), Yoko Kawahara (Woglinde), Ursula Rhein (Wellgunde), Ilse Grematzki (Flosshilde)

Live - 28 July 1975 - Bayreuth Festival - Donald NcIntyre (Wotan), Gerd Nienstedt (Donner), Heribert Steinbach (Froh), Hermin Esser (Loge), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Heinz Zednik (Mime), Karl Ridderbusch (Fasolt), Kurt Moll (Fafner), Anna Reynolds (Fricka), Rachel Yakar (Freia), Marga Hoffgen (Erda), Yoka Kawahara (Woglinde), Trudeliese Schmidt (Wellgunde), Hanna Schwatrz (Flosshilde)

Hans Hotter (Wotan), Set Svanholm (Loge), Lawrence Davidson (Alberich), Margaret Harshaw (Fricka), Leslie Chabay (Mime), Jarmila Novotná (Freia), Brian Sullivan (Froh), Osie Hawkins (Donner), Jean Madeira (Erda), Jerome Hines (Fasolt), Dezsö Ernster (Fafner), Erna Berger (Woglinde), Lucine Amara (Wellgunde), Hertha Glaz (Flosshilde). 1951 (live).