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Joseph Keilberth
 (conductor), 
Brigitte Fassbaender
 (mezzo-soprano), 
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
 (baritone), 
Hans Hotter
 (bas-baritone), 
Bayerische Staatsoper Orchester, 
Bavarian State Opera Choir
   
Emperor - Jess Thomas, Empress - Ingrid Bjoner, Wet Nurse - Martha Moedl, Barrack, Dyer - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Barrack`s Wife - Inge Borkh, Messenger (Keykobad) - Hans Hotter, Guardian of the temple threshold -Ingeborg Hallstein, Ghost of a young man - Georg Paskuda, Voice of a falcon - Gerda Sommerschuh, Voice from the sky - Hertha Toepper. Recording - November 21, 1963, Munich. | ||