Character Wotan (Die Walküre)
Character Details
Portrayals
Year
Singer
Conductor
Other Singers
1935
Alfred Jerger
Bruno Walter
Melchior, List, Lehmann
1935
Friedrich Schorr
Artur Bodanzky
Melchior, Flagstad, Votipka
1940
Herbert Janssen
Erich Kleiber
Maison, List, Janssen
1940
Friedrich Schorr
Erich Leinsdorf
Melchior, List, Votipka
1940
Julius Huehn
Erich Leinsdorf
Melchior, Flagstad, Votipka
1941
Friedrich Schorr
Erich Leinsdorf
Melchior, Varnay, Votipka
1944
Herbert Janssen
George Szell
Melchior, Thorborg, Votipka
1946
Joel Berglund
Paul Breisach
Melchior, Varnay, Votipka
1949
Joel Berglund
Fritz Stiedry
Resnik, Votipka, Madeira
1949
Ferdinand Frantz
Rudolf Moralt
Treptow, Frantz, Konetzni
1950
Ferdinand Frantz
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Weber, Frantz, Wagner
1951
Ferdinand Frantz
Fritz Stiedry
Frantz, Varnay, Votipka
1951
Ludwig Hofmann
Robert F. Denzler
Alsen, Hofmann, Milinkovic
1951
Josef Herrmann
Ferenc Fricsay
Suthaus, Greindl, Klose
1952
Hans Hotter
Joseph Keilberth
Greindl, Hotter, Varnay
1953
Hans Hotter
Joseph Keilberth
Greindl, Hotter, Mödl
1953
Ferdinand Frantz
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Windgassen, Frick, Mödl
1953
Hans Hotter
Clemens Krauss
Greindl, Hotter, Varnay
1954
Ferdinand Frantz
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Mödl, Frick, Rysanek
1954
Hans Hotter
Joseph Keilberth
Varnay, Greindl, Hotter
1955
Hans Hotter
Joseph Keilberth
Windgassen, Greindl, Hotter
1955
Hans Hotter
Joseph Keilberth
Greindl, Hotter, Varnay
1956
Hans Hotter
Hans Knappertsbusch
Greindl, Hotter, Varnay
1957
Hans Hotter
Hans Knappertsbusch
Greindl, Hotter, Varnay
1957
Otto Edelmann
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vinay, Böhme, Elias
1958
Hans Hotter
Herbert von Karajan
Frick, Hotter, Ludwig
1958
Hans Hotter
Hans Knappertsbusch
Greindl, Hotter, Varnay
1959
Wilhelm Schirp
Alexander Krannhals
Traxel, Schirp, Wilfert
1959
Hans Hotter
Franz Konwitschny
1959
Hans Hotter
Franz Konwitschny
Vinay, Hotter, Varnay
1960
Jerome Hines
Rudolf Kempe
Windgassen, Frick, Varnay
1961
George London
Erich Leinsdorf
Vickers, Nilsson, London
1961
Jerome Hines
Rudolf Kempe
Frick, Hines, Varnay
1961
Otto Edelmann
Erich Leinsdorf
Vickers, Edelmann, Nilsson
1962
Otto Wiener
Rudolf Kempe
Uhl, Wiener, Varnay
1965
Hans Hotter
Georg Solti
Frick, Hotter, Ludwig
1966
Theo Adam
Karl Böhm
Adam, Rysanek, Nilsson
1966
Thomas Stewart
Herbert von Karajan
Vickers, Talvela, Janowitz
1967
Herbert Fliether
Edward Downes
Böhme, Minton, Sinclair
1967
Thomas Stewart
Herbert von Karajan
Vickers, Janowitz, Ludwig
1968
Rolf Polke
Hans Swarowsky
Rohr, Kniplová, Hesse
1968
Theo Adam
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Nienstedt, Adam, Martin
1968
Thomas Stewart
Herbert von Karajan
Vickers, Stewart, Janowitz
1968
Thomas Stewart
Berislav Klobucar
Rysanek, Nilsson, Ludwig
1969
Theo Adam
Herbert von Karajan
Vickers, Nilsson, Adam
1969
David Ward
Leopold Ludwig
Vickers, Crespin, Lilowa
1969
David Ward
Leopold Ludwig
Vickers, Crespin, Lilowa
1972
Thomas Stewart
Otmar Suitner
Grant, Stewart, Nilsson
1973
Norman Bailey
Reginald Goodall
Grant, Bailey, Walker
1978
Donald McIntyre
Pierre Boulez
Salminen, Jones, Schwarz
1980
Theo Adam
Marek Janowski
Moll, Adam, Studer
1980
Donald McIntyre
Pierre Boulez
Salminen, Jones, Schwarz
1987
James Morris
Christof Prick
Hofmann, Salminen, Morris
1987
Leif Roar
Francesco Cristofoli
Eliasson, Roar, Andersson-Palme
1988
James Morris
Bernard Haitink
Salminen, Morris, Studer
1988
James Morris
James Levine
Moll, Morris, Ludwig
1989
Robert Hale
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Moll, Varady, Lipovsek
1990
James Morris
James Levine
Moll, Morris, Ludwig
1991
John Tomlinson
Daniel Barenboim
Hölle, Tomlinson, Svendén
1991
Leslie Guinn
George Alexander Albrecht
Kruse, Stephinger, Behle
1992
John Tomlinson
Daniel Barenboim
Hölle, Tomlinson, Svendén
1992
Robert Hale
Christoph von Dohnányi
Schnaut, Muff, Silja
1993
John Wegner
Gunther Neuhold
Olsen, Wegner, Wulkopf
1999
John Bröcheler
Hartmut Haenchen
Rydl, Altmeyer, Schaer
2001
Ducio dal Monte
Gustav Kuhn
Ottenthal, Oesch, Saito
2002
John Tomlinson
Zubin Mehta
Rydl, Tomlinson, Meier
2002
Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Lothar Zagrosek
Gambill, Rootering, Denoke
2003
Falk Struckmann
Bertrand de Billy
Halfvarson, Struckmann, Polaski
2004
John Bröcheler
Asher Fisch
Bröcheler, Gasteen, Campbell
2008
Falk Struckmann
Simone Young
Skelton, Struckmann, Polaski
2008
Albert Dohmen
Christian Thielemann
Wottrich, Dohmen, Watson
2011
Egils Silins
Mark Elder
Andersen, Silins, Bullock
2011
Albert Dohmen
Christian Thielemann
Ventris, Dohmen, Dalayman
2012
Bryn Terfel
Fabio Luisi
Terfel, Westbroek, Dalayman
2012
Terje Stensvold
Sebastian Weigle
Aken, Stensvold, Bullock
2013
Tomasz Konieczny
Marek Janowski
Smith, Konieczny, Lang
2013
James Rutherford
Simon Rattle
Skelton, Rutherford, Theorin
2015
Matthias Goerne
Jaap van Zweden
Skelton, Goerne, Lang
2019
James Rutherford
Axel Kober
Weinius, Rutherford, Watson