All of the following, twenty essentially complete operas and three partial recordings, are contained on a single CD-ROM. See below for audio clip descriptions.
Opera Year Conductor Partial cast
Die Ägyptische Helena 1987 Sawallisch G. Jones, Reppel; Nimsgern
Arabella 1985 Sawallisch Popp; Brendel
Ariadne auf Naxos 1984 Sawallisch Plowright, Schmidt, Gruberova; King
Ariadne auf Naxos (Prologue) 1998 Stein Voigt, Murray, Schäfer; Moser
Capriccio [Salzburg] 1987 Stein Popp; Schöne, Büchner, Grundheber
Daphne 1977 Sawallisch Sukis; Schreier, Lindroos
Elektra 1984 Mund Bjoner, Hass, Varnay
Elektra 1989 Leitner Behrens, Hass, Ludwig
Elektra 1994 Runnicles Martin, Hass, Rysanek
Feuersnot 1988 Kuhn Hass; Raffeiner, Hopf
Die Frau ohne Schatten 1984 Sawallisch Hass, Trekel-Burckhardt, Bjoner; King, Adam
Die Frau ohne Schatten 1988 Sawallisch Studer, Dernesch, Bjoner; Schunk, Muff
Friedenstag 1988 Sawallisch Hass; Weikl, Ryhänen, Güra
Guntram 1988 Kuhn Hass; König, Rootering, Moll
Intermezzo 1990 Kuhn Lott, Jungwirth; Prey, Dallapozza
Die Liebe der Danae 1990 Sawallisch Hass; Bröcheler, Frey, Ahnsjö
Der Rosenkavalier 1973 Kleiber Watson, Fassbaender, Popp; Ridderbusch
Der Rosenkavalier 1984 Kleiber Beckmann, Fassbaender, Bonney; Sotin
Der Rosenkavalier (incomplete) 1985 Kout Popp, Fassbaender, Donath; Jungwirth
Der Rosenkavalier (incomplete) 1994 Schneider -, Ziegler, Bonney; Rydl
Salome 1987 Tate Behrens, Fassbaender; Wlaschiha
Die schweigsame Frau 1977 Sawallisch Mödl, Grist; Böhme, Grobe
Die schweigsame Frau 1988 Sawallisch Bence, Kaufmann; Moll, Araiza
Clips with Descriptions
Lucia Poppsings Richard Strauss
The seventh volume of the Audio Encyclopedia surveys the operas of Richard Strauss in live performances from Munich and Salzburg. Among the artists noted for their performances of Strauss and heard largely in those venues was the remarkable Lucia Popp. As early as 1964 and continuing until her final performances, she was noted for her portrayal of such roles as Sophie, the Marschallin and Arabella. The disc includes all of those and her Gräfin in Capriccio. Of those, only her Sophie (as seen in the photo here) is available on commercial recording.
These files are necessarily large and the sound quality is not as high as one would like. But they are unique and they are honest representations of what is on the CD-ROM.
Here is a bit of that Sophie in performance in 1973 under Carlos Kleiber with Claire Watson and Brigitte Fassbaender.
Her Arabella stands with any I know; see if you concur in this portion of the end of Act I.