Opera “Das Rheingold” (prologue to “Der Ring des Nibelungen”), WWV 86ADownload sheet music
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.
Clemens Krauss
(conductor)
,
Hans Hotter
(bas-baritone),
Hetty Plümacher
(mezzo-soprano),
Josef Greindl
(bass),
Gustav Neidlinger
(bass baritone),
Ludwig Weber
,
Ira Malaniuk
(mezzo-soprano),
Erich Witte
(tenor),
Paul Kuen
(Tenor),
Bruni Falcon
(soprano)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival. Fricka - Ira Malaniuk, Loge - Erich Witte, Mime - Paul Kuen, Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger, Freia - Bruni Falcon, Froh - Gerhard Stolze, Donner - Hermann Uhde, Erda - Maria von Ilosvay, Fasolt - Ludwig Weber, Fafner - Josef Greindl, Woglinde - Erika Zimmermann, Wellgunde - Hetty Plümacher, Floßhilde - Gisela Litz. 1953 (live)Read moreCollapseOrchestra - Bayreuth Festival. Fricka - Ira Malaniuk, Loge - Erich Witte, Mime - Paul Kuen, Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger, Freia - Bruni Falcon, Froh - Gerhard Stolze, Donner - Hermann Uhde, Erda - Maria von Ilosvay, Fasolt - Ludwig Weber, Fafner - Josef Greindl, Woglinde - Erika Zimmermann, Wellgunde - Hetty Plümacher, Floßhilde - Gisela Litz. 1953 (live)
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