Duesing made his debut as director at Frankfurt Opera with Il viaggio a Reims.Other of his recordings include Così fan tutte (conducted by Bernard Haitink, 1986), Hans Zender's Stephen Climax (with Ronald Hamilton as St Simeon Stylites, 1990), and La vie avec un idiot (conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich, 1992).
On DVD are Wozzeck (1996) and Moses und Aron (2009).