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 Krebs Josef Greindl | Ferenc Fricsay Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin | Walhall Cat: WLCD 0043 |
1950 | Wilma Lipp Emmy Loose Walther Ludwig Peter Klein Endre Koréh | Josef Krips Vienna Philharmonic orchestra | Decca Records Cat: LXT 2536-2538 |
1954 | Maria Stader Rita Streich Ernst Haefliger Martin Vantin Josef Greindl | Ferenc Fricsay Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin | Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 457730 |
1956 | Erika Köth Hanny Steffek Anton Dermota Murray Dickie Josef Greindl | Karl Böhm Hessischer Rundfunk Radio orchestra & chorus | Walhall Eternity Series Cat: WLCD 0188 |
Lois Marshall Ilse Hollweg Léopold Simoneau Gerhard Unger Gottlob Frick | 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 Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg Vienna State Opera chorus | Operadepot.com Cat: |
1965 | Erika Köth Lotte Schädle 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 | DVD: VAI Cat: 4521 |
Mattiwilda Dobbs Jenifer Eddy Nicolai Gedda John Fryatt Noel Mangin | Yehudi Menuhin Bath Festival orchestra Ambrosian Singers (sung in English) | Chandos Records Cat: CHAN 3081[1] |
1973 | Arleen Auger Reri Grist Peter Schreier Harald Neukirch Kurt Moll | Karl Böhm Staatskapelle Dresden orchestra Leipzig Radio chorus | Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 429868 |
1978 | Christiane Eda-Pierre Norma Burrowes Stuart Burrows Robert Tear Robert Lloyd | Colin Davis Academy of St Martin in the Fields John Alldis Choir | CD: Philips Records Cat: 422 810-2 |
1985 | Edita Gruberová Kathleen Battle Gösta Winbergh Heinz Zednik Martti Talvela | Georg Solti Vienna Philharmonic Vienna State Opera chorus | CD Label: Warner Music Cat: |
1989 | Yvonne Kenny Lillian Watson Peter Schreier Wilfred Gahmlich Matti Salminen | Nikolaus Harnoncourt Mozartorchester des Opernhauses Zürich Chor des Opernhauses Zürich | CD: Decca Cat: 417402 |
1990 | Lynne Dawson Marianne Hirsti Uwe Heilmann Wilfried Gahmlich Gunter von Kannen | Christopher Hogwood 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 Records Cat: 3984-25490-2 [2] |
1999 | Yelda Kodalli Desirée Rancatore Paul Groves Lynton Atkinson Peter Rose | Charles Mackerras Scottish Chamber Orchestra & 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 Cat: |
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1. ^The Abduction From the Seraglio, Chandos Records
2. ^Gramophone, London, March 1999, pag. 92.