Richard Wagner
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Tetralogy `Der Ring des Nibelungen.` Part I: Prologue - Opera `Das Rheingold` (1851-54), WWV 86a
Georg Solti (conductor), George London (bass-baritone), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Set Svanholm , Wiener Philharmoniker
1958. Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker. / Wotan - George London, Fricka - Kirsten Flagstad, Loge - Set Svanholm, Mime - Paul Kuen, Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger, Freia - Claire Watson, Froh - Waldemar Kmentt, Donner - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter), Erda - Jean Madeira, Fasolt - Walter Kreppel, Fafner - Kurt Böhme, Woglinde - Oda Balsborg, Wellgunde - Hetty Plümacher, Floßhilde - Ira Malaniuk
Modest Mussorgsky
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Opera `Boris Godunov` (1868-73), MM 52
George London (bass-baritone), Dimitri Mitropoulos (conductor), Mildred Miller (mezzo-soprano) , Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera (New York City)
In English on 03 10 1956 (live). Metropolitan Opera. Dir. Dimitris Mitropoulos. George London (Godunov), Giorgio Tozzi (Pimen), Charles Cullman (Shuisky), Blanche Tebom (Marina), Giulio Gary (Gregory), Clifford Harvut (Rangoni), Lorenzo Alvari (Varlaam), Charles Anthony (the fool), Laurel Harley (Xenia), Mildred Miller (Fedor), Sandra Wofield (wet nurse), Martha Lipton (shinkarka), Thomas Hayward (Misail), Osaya Hawkins (bailiff), Gabor Carelli (Khrushchev
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Opera `Le Nozze di Figaro` (1786), KV492
Herbert von Karajan (conductor), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Irmgard Seefried (soprano), George London (bass-baritone) , Wiener Philharmoniker, Vienna State Opera Choir
Irmgard Seefried - Susanna, Erich Kunz - Figaro, George London - Almaviva, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - The Countess of Almaviva, Sena Jurinac - Cherubino, Marjan Russ - Bartolo, Elisabeth Höngen - Marcelina, Erich Majkut - Don Basilio & Don Curzio, Rösl Schwaiger - Barbarina, Wilhelm Felden - Antonio, Anny Felbermeyer, Hilde Czeska - two girls. 1959, Vienne.
Richard Wagner
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Opera `Tannhäuser`, WWV 70
George Szell (conductor), Ramon Vinay (tenor / baritone), Astrid Varnay (soprano / mezzo-soprano), George London (bass-baritone) , Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera (New York City), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (New York)
Ramon Vinay (Tannhäuser), Margaret Harshaw (Elisabeth), Astrid Varnay (Venus), George London (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Jerome Hines (Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen), Brian Sullivan (Walther von der Vogelweide), Clifford Harvuot (Biterolf), Paul Franke (Heinrich der Schreiber), Norman Scott (Reinmar von Zweter), Roberta Peters (Hirt). 1954 (live).
Richard Wagner
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Opera `Parsifal` (1857-82), WWV 111
Clemens Krauss (conductor), Ramon Vinay (tenor / baritone), Martha Moedl , George London (bass-baritone)
Bayreuth, 1953. Dir. K.Krauss. George London (Amfortas), Joseph Grindl (Titurel), Ludwig Weber (Gurnemanz), Ramon Vinay (Parsifal), Hermann Ude (Klingsor). Marta Medl (Kundry), Gene Tobin, Theo Adam (1st and 2nd Grail Knights), Maria von Ilosvai (voice), Hetty Plumacher, Gisela Litz, Hugo Kratz, Gerhard Stolze (4 squires), Rita Streich, Erica Zimmermann, H. Plumacher, Anna Tassopoulos, Gerda Wismar, G.Litz (flower maidens).
Hector Berlioz
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`La Damnation de Faust` - Dramatic Legend for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra (1846), op. 24
Georg Solti (conductor), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), George London (bass-baritone), Josephine Veasey (mezzo-soprano) , Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Live - 18 August 1963 - Usher Hall, Edinburgh - Nicolai Gedda (Faust), George London (Mephistopheles), Josephine Veasey (Marguerite), Robert Savoie (Brander) - The Boys of St. Mary`s Catholic Cathedral, Edinburgh - Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - Please note: Poor sound and the inclusion of the UK national anthem prior to the performance.
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