Richard Wagner

Opera “Das Rheingold” (prologue to “Der Ring des Nibelungen”), WWV 86A

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The prologue to the tetralogy, in one act and four scenes. Wagner wrote both the music and the German text. It premiered in Munich in 1869 and was first performed as part of the complete cycle in Bayreuth in 1876.
Broadcast - 1949 - Alfred Poell (Donner), Willy Friedrich (Froh), Adolf Vogel (Alberich), William Wernigk (Mime), Marjan Rus (Fasolt), Elisabeth Hongen (Fricka), Ilona Steingruber (Freia), Rosette Anday (Erde), Ester Rethy (Woglinde), Martha Rohs (Wellgunde), Sieglinde Wagner (Flosshilde)Read moreCollapse
Broadcast - 1949 - Alfred Poell (Donner), Willy Friedrich (Froh), Adolf Vogel (Alberich), William Wernigk (Mime), Marjan Rus (Fasolt), Elisabeth Hongen (Fricka), Ilona Steingruber (Freia), Rosette Anday (Erde), Ester Rethy (Woglinde), Martha Rohs (Wellgunde), Sieglinde Wagner (Flosshilde)

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