Christa Ludwig

Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) & Fritz Wunderlich (tenor) New Philharmonia & Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Maria Callas (Norma), Christa Ludwig (Adalgisa), Franco Corelli (Pollione), Nicola Zaccaria (Oroveso), Edda Vincenzi (Clotilde), Piero De Palma (Flavio) Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin

Jerry Hadley (Candide), June Anderson (Cunegonde), Adolph Green (Dr. Pangloss/Martin), Christa Ludwig (Old Lady), Nicolai Gedda (Governor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski) London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), David Oistrakh (violin), Ralph Downes, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Nicolai Gedda (Tamino), Gundula Janowitz (Pamina), Walter Berry (Papageno), Lucia Popp (Königin der Nacht), Gottlob Frick (Sarastro), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Marga Höffgen (Drei Damen), Ruth-Margret Pütz (Papagena), Gerhard Unger (Monostatos), Karl Liebl, Franz Crass (Zwei Geharnischten), Agnes Giebel, Anna Reynolds & Josephine Veasey (Drei Knaben), Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Peter Pears (Evangelist), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Christus), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Christa Ludwig (alto), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Walter Berry (baritone) Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Jerry Hadley, June Anderson, Christa Ludwig, Adolph Green, Nicolai Gedda, Della Jones, Kurt Ollmann London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Leonard Bernstein

Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Gottlob Frick (Hagen), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Gunther), Claire Watson (Gutrune), Christa Ludwig (Waltraute) Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Walter Berry (Bluebeard), Christa Ludwig (Judith) London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész

Christa Ludwig New York Choral Artists, Brooklyn Boys Chorus & New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein

Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Régine Crespin (Sieglinde), James King (Siegmund), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Gottlob Frick (Hunding) Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Aase Nordmo Løvberg (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Philharmonia Chorus (Wilhelm Pitz chorus master), Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Christa Ludwig, Geoffrey Parsons, Gervase de Peyer, Gerald Moore

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eberhard Wächter, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Nicolai Gedda, Hans Hotter, Christa Ludwig Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Martti Talvela (King Henry), Jess Thomas (Lohengrin), Claire Watson (Elsa), Walter Berry (Telramund), Christa Ludwig (Ortrud), Eberhard Waechter (Herald), Kurt Equiluz, Fritz Sperlbauer, Herbert Lackner & Ljubomir Pantscheff Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, New Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Carlo Maria Giulini, Otto Klemperer, Paavo Järvi, Jascha Horenstein, Klaus Tennstedt, Bruno Walter, Sir John Barbirolli, George Szell

René Kollo (Tannhauser), Helga Dernesch (Elisabeth), Christa Ludwig (Venus), Victor Braun (Wolfram), Manfred Jungwirth (Biterolf), Hans Sotin (Hermann), Kurt Equiluz (Heinrich), Norman Bailey (Reinmar) Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Horst Stein

Christa Ludwig (Leonore), Jon Vickers (Florestan), Walter Berry (Don Pizarro), Gottlob Frick (Rocco), Ingeborg Hallstein (Marzelline), Gerhard Unger (Jaquino), Franz Crass (Don Fernando) Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Christa Ludwig (contralto), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Joseph Flummerfelt (chorus master), James McCarthy (chorus master), Jaap van Zweden (violin), Helmut Wittek (boy soprano), Friedrich Pfeiffer (horn), Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Rudolf Scholz (organ), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), José van Dam (bass (vocal)), Hermann Prey (baritone), Agnes Baltsa (contralto), Walter Hagen-Groll (chorus master), Trudeliese Schmidt (contralto), Helmut Froschauer (chorus master), Judith Blegen (soprano), Uwe Theimer (chorus master), Gerti Zeumer (soprano), James King (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Lucia Popp (soprano), Andreas Schmidt (baritone), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, The Westminster Choir, New York Choral Artists, Brooklyn Boys Chorus, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Sängerknaben, Berliner Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein

Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Aase Nordmo Løvberg (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Hans Hotter (bass, contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer

[b] Das Rheingold [/b] James Morris (Wotan), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Siegfried Jerusalem (Loge), Heinz Zednik (Mime), Kurt Moll (Fasolt), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Fafner), Mark Baker (Froh), MarieAnne Häggander (Freia), Hei-Kyung Hong (Woglinde), Diane Kesling (Wellgunde), Meredith Parsons (Flosshilde) [b] Die Walküre [/b] Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde), Jessye Norman (Sieglinde), Gary Lakes (Siegmund), Kurt Moll (Hunding), Linda Kelm (Helmwige), Marilyn Mims (Ortlinde), Marita Napier (Gerhilde), Reinhild Runkel (Waltraute), Diane Kesling (Siegrune), Anne Wilkens (Rossweisse), Meredith Parsons (Grimgerde), Ruthild Engert-Ely (Schwertleite) [b] Siegfried [/b] Reiner Goldberg (Siegfried), James Morris (Der Wanderer), Kurt Moll (Fafner), Birgitta Svendén (Erda), Kathleen Battle (Waldvogel) [b] Götterdämmerung [/b] Matti Salminen (Hagen), Bernd Weikl (Gunther), Cheryl Studer (Gutrune), Hanna Schwarz (Waltraute), Helga Dernesch (First Norn), Tatiana Troyanos (Second Norn), Andrea Gruber (Third Norn) Metropolitan Opera & Chorus, James Levine

Kathleen Battle (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine

Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, Werner Krenn, Walter Berry, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Wiener Singverein & Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan

Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Walter Berry (bass) Wiener Singverein & Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

James King (tenor), Régine Crespin (soprano), Gottlob Frick (bass), Hans Hotter (bass), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Ernst Wiemann (bass), Vera Schlosser (soprano), Berit Lindholm (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto), Helen Watts (contralto), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Vera Little (mezzo-soprano), Claudia Hellmann (mezzo-soprano), Marilyn Tyler (soprano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Sherrill Milnes (Macbeth), Christa Ludwig (Lady Macbeth), Karl Ridderbusch (Banquo), Carlo Cossutta (Macduff), Gildis Flossman (Dama) & Ewald Aichberger (Malcolm) Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm

Helen Donath, Christa Ludwig, Robert Tear & Robert Lloyd Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

Gerhard Unger (tenor), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Kurt Wehofschitz (tenor), Ingeborg Hallstein (soprano), Gottlob Frick (bass), Walter Berry (bass-baritone), Raymond Wolansky (baritone), Franz Crass (bass), Jon Vickers (tenor), Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Christa Ludwig (Carmen), Melitta Muszely (Micaëla), Ursula Schirrmacher (Frasquita), Ursula Gust (Mercédès), Rudolf Schock (Don José), Hermann Prey (Escamillo); Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Berliner Symphoniker, Horst Stein

Nicolai Gedda (Tamino), Gundula Janowitz (Pamina), Walter Berry (Papageno), Lucia Popp (Königin der Nacht), Gottlob Frick (Sarastro), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Marga Höffgen (Drei Damen) Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Mikhail Rudy (piano), Jessye Norman (soprano), Irwin Gage (piano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Dresdner Philharmonie, Philadelphia Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Michel Plasson, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Jeffrey Tate, Marek Janowski, Otto Klemperer

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Marschallin), Christa Ludwig (Octavian), Teresa Stich-Randall (Sophie), Otto Edelmann (Ochs), Eberhard Wächter (Faninal), Ljuba Welitsch (Marianne), Paul Kuen (Valzacchi/Tierhändler), Kerstin Meyer (Annina), Nicolai Gedda (Italian Singer) Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Mirella Freni (Butterfly), Luciano Pavarotti (Pinkterton), Christa Ludwig (Suzuki), Robert Kerns (Sharpless) Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Jess Thomas (Lohengrin), Elisabeth Grümmer (Elsa), Christa Ludwig (Ortrud), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Telramund), Gottlob Frick (Heinrich), Otto Wiener (Herald) Wiener Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe

Wolfgang Windgassen (Tristan), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde), Christa Ludwig (Brangäne), Martti Talvela (King Marke), Eberhard Waechter (Kurwenal), Peter Schreier (Seemann Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Karl Böhm

Helen Donath (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass), Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

Wolfgang Windgassen (Tristan), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde), Christa Ludwig (Brangäne), Martti Talvela (King Marke), Eberhard Waechter (Kurwenal), Claude Heater (Melot), Erwin Wohlfahrt (Hirt), Gerd Nienstedt (Steuermann), Peter Schreier (Seemann) Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther, Karl Böhm

Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Catarina Ligendza, Christa Ludwig, Plácido Domingo, Horst R Laubenthal, Roland Hermann Chorus & Orchestra of German Opera Berlin, Eugen Jochum

Helga Dernesch (Brünnhilde), Helge Brilioth (Siegfried), Karl Ridderbusch (Hagen), Gundula Janowitz (Gutrune), Christa Ludwig (Waltraute/Zweite Norn), Catarina Ligendza (Dritte Norn), Thomas Stewart (Gunther), Lili Chookasian (Erste Norn), Zoltán Kéléman (Alberich), Liselotte Rebmann (Woglinde), Edda Moser (Wellgunde), Anna Reynolds (Flosshilde) Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Nicolai Ghiaurov (Don Giovanni), Franz Crass (Commendatore), Claire Watson (Donna Anna), Nicolai Gedda (Don Ottavio), Christa Ludwig (Donna Elvira), Walter Berry (Leporello), Mirella Freni (Zerlina) & Paolo Montarsolo (Masetto) New Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Mirella Freni (Madama Butterfly), Luciano Pavarotti (B.F. Pinkerton), Christa Ludwig (Suzuki), Robert Kerns (Sharpless), Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Herbert von Karajan

Jon Vickers (Florestan), Christa Ludwig (Leonore), Gottlob Frick (Rocco), Walter Berry (Pizarro), Ingeborg Hallstein (Marzelline), Gerhard Unger (Jaquino), Gerhard Unger (Fernando) Philharmonia Orchestra, with Philharmonia Choir, Otto Klemperer

Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) & Charles Spencer (piano), Directed by Claus Viller

Walter Berry (Falstaff), Giorgio Zancanaro (Ford), Francisco Araiza (Fenton), Heinz Zednik (Doctor Caius), Wilfried Gahmlich (Bardolfo), Rudolf Mazzola (Pistola), Pilar Lorengar (Alice), Patricia Wise (Nanetta), Christa Ludwig (Mistress Quickly) & Alexandrina Milcheva (Meg Page) Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Lorin Maazel

Barbara Hendricks & Christa Ludwig The Westminster Choir & New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein

Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Michel Schwalbé (violin), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Walter Berry (bass-baritone), Christa Ludwig (contralto), Reinhold Schmid (chorus master), Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Singverein, Herbert von Karajan

Jess Thomas (Lohengrin), Elisabeth Grümmer (Elsa von Brabant), Christa Ludwig (Ortrud), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Friedrich von Telramund), Gottlob Frick (König Heinrich der Vogler) & Otto Wiener (Herald) Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) & Hilde Rössl-Majdan (mezzo-soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Christa Ludwig (contralto) & Fritz Wunderlich (tenor) Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Peter Schreier (tenor), Jon Vickers (tenor), Walter Berry (bass-baritone), Bernd Weikl (bass-baritone), Karl Ridderbusch (bass), Martin Vantin (bass-baritone), Berliner Philharmoniker, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Herbert von Karajan

Evelyn Lear, Christa Ludwig, Teresa Stich-Randall, Anna Reynolds, Ernst Haefliger, John Shirley-Quirk, Lorin Maazel RIAS Kammerchor, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Franklin Cohen (clarinet), Jean-Rodolphe Kars (piano), Vera Badings (harp), Krystian Zimerman (piano), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano), Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Zoltan Kocsis (piano), Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky (pianos), Augustin Dumay (violin), Maria-Joao Pires (piano), Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (piano), Wolfgang Schulz (flute), Véronique Dietschy (soprano), Philippe Cassard (piano), Emmanuel Strosser (piano), Maria Ewing, François Le Roux (Pelléas), Christa Ludwig (Genevieve), José van Dam (Golaud), Jean-Phillipe Courtis (Arkel), Patrizia Pac (Yniold), Rudolf Mazzola (Docteur), Suzanne Danco (soprano), Marie-Lise de Montmollin (mezzo), Nancy Wough (alto) The Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Melos Quartet, Ensemble Wien-Berlin, Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Monteverdi Choir, Union Chorale de La Tour-de-Peilz, Pierre Boulez, Alexander Gibson, Bernard Haitink, Eduard van Beinum, Riccardo Chailly, Claudio Abbado, John Eliot Gardiner, Ernst Ansermet

Sena Jurinac (soloist), Christa Ludwig (soloist), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), John Mitchinson (soloist), Heather Harper (soloist), Peter Pears (tenor), Alfreda Hodgson (soloist), John Shirley-Quirk (soloist), Donald Mitchell, Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Marianne Häggander (soloist), Robert Tear (soloist), Gwynne Howell (soloist), Shura Cherkassky (piano), Rudolf Serkin (piano), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Henryk Szeryng (violin), José Luis Garcia, Emil Gilels (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, The Men’s Voices of the BBC Northern Singers, Aldeburgh Festival Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Malcolm Sargent, André Cluytens, Pierre Monteux, Wilhelm Kempff, Leopold Stokowski, Jascha Horenstein, Benjamin Britten, Klaus Tennstedt, Sir Georg Solti, Eugen Jochum, Evgeny Svetlanov, Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Max Lorenz, Aga Joesten, Carl Kronenberg, Christa Ludwig Hessian Radio Orchestra & Chorus, Kurt Schröder

Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor), The John Alldis Choir (Chorus), Montserrat Caballé (Soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor), Mirella Freni (Soprano), Renée Fleming (Soprano), José Carreras (Tenor), Domenico Trimarchi (Baritone), Renata Tebaldi (Soprano), Wiener Staatsopernchor (Chorus), Roberto Alagna (Tenor), Rolando Panerai (Baritone), Plácido Domingo (Tenor), Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano), Anna Netrebko (Soprano), Rolando Villazón (Tenor), Jonas Kaufmann (Tenor), Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano), Roberto de Candia (Baritone), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Bass), Simon Keenlyside (Baritone), Sherrill Milnes (Baritone), Robin Stapleton, Christa Ludwig (Mezzo-Soprano), Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano), Andrea Bocelli (Tenor), Giuseppe di Stefano (Tenor), Neil Howlett (Bass), Robert Kerns (Baritone) Wandsworth School Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, The National Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta, Sir Colin Davis, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Herbert von Karajan, Sir Charles Mackerras, Tullio Serafin, Bruno Bartoletti, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Jeffrey Tate, Richard Bonynge, Nicola Luisotti, Marco Armiliato, Riccardo Chailly