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Theo Adam (Wotan), Gerd Nienstedt (Donner), Hermin Esser (Froh), Wolfgang Windgassen (Loge), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Erwin Wohlfahrt (Mime), Martti Talvela (Fasolt) Kurt Böhme (Fafner), Annelies Burmeister (Fricka), Anja Silja (Freia), Vera Soukupova (Erda), Dorothea Siebert (Woglinde), Helga Dernesch (Wellgunde), Ruth Hesse (Flosshilde). 1967 (live).
Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera (the `Met`) (New York City)
Artur Bodanzky Friedrich Schorr (bass baritone) Eduard Habich (Baritone) René Maison (tenor) ![]()
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Pierre Boulez (conductor) Marga Schiml (mezzo-soprano) Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor) ![]()
1980. Wotan - Donald McIntyre, Donner - Martin Egel, Froh - Siegfried Jerusalem, Loge - Heinz Zednik, Fasolt - Matti Salminen, Fafner - Fritz Hübner, Alberich - Hermann Becht, Mime - Helmut Pampuch, Fricka - Hanna Schwarz, Freia - Carmen Reppel, Erda - Ortrun Wenkel, Woglinde - Norma Sharp, Wellgunde - Ilse Gramatzki, Flosshilde - Marga Schiml.
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi (conductor) Hanna Schwarz (contralto) Peter Schreier (tenor) Peter Seiffert (tenor) ![]()
Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, December, 1993. Wotan - Robert Hale, Fricka - Hanna Schwarz, Loge - Kim Begley, Mime - Peter Schreier, Alberich - Franz-Josef Kapellmann, Freia - Nancy Gustafson, Froh - Thomas Sunnegardh, Donner - Eike Wilm Schulte, Erda - Elena Zaremba, Fasolt - Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Fafner - Walter Fink, Woglinde - Gabriele Fontana, Wellgunde - Ildiko Komlósy, Floßhilde - Margaretha Hintermeier.
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Live - 15 February 1975 - New York - Donald McIntyre, William Dooley, Kolbjörn Höiseth, Glade Petersen, Marius Rintzler, Ragnar Ulfung, Bendt Rundgren, John Macurdy, Mignon Dunn, Mary Ellen Pracht, Lili Chookasian, Christine Weidinger, Marcia Baldwin, Batyah Godfrey Ben-David - New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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27 July 2001 - Live - Bayreuth - Alan Titus, Hans Joachim Ketelsen, Endrik Wottrisch, Graham Clark, Gunter von Kannen, Michael Howard, Johann Tiili, Philip Kang, Birgit Remmert, Ricarda Merbeth, Mette Ejsing, Dorothea Jansen, Natasha Petrinsky, Laura Nykanen - Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI
Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor) Ferdinand Frantz (Bass Baritone) Ira Malaniuk (mezzo-soprano) Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) ![]()
Sung in En. London Coliseum, July 31, 1973. Wotan - Norman Bailey , Alberich - Derek Hammond-Stroud, Loge - Emile Belcourt, Fricka - Anne Howard, Froh - Kenneth Woolam, Donner - Norman Welsby, Freia - Lois McDonall, Mime - Gregory Dempsey, Erda - Anne Collins, Fasolt - Harold Blackburn, Fafner - Clifford Grant, Woglinde - Audrey Gunn, Wellgunde - Sarah Walker, Flosshilde - Maureen Morelle. Sadler`s Wells Orchestra.
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March 1975 - Live - Norman Bailey, Norman Welsby, Robert Ferguson, Emile Belcourt, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Gregory Dempsey, Robert Lloyd, Clifford Grant, Katherine Pring, Lois McDonnall, Anne Collins, Valerie Masterson, Shelagh Squires, Helen Attfield - English National Opera Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Reginald Goodall (conductor) David Ward (Bass Baritone) Zoltan Kelemen (Bass Baritone) Josephine Veasey (mezzo-soprano) ![]()
Live (In house) - 7 October 1975 - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London - David Ward (Wotan), Zoltan Keleman (Alberich), George Shirley (Loge), John Dobson (Mime), Josephine Veasey (Fricka), Jeannine Altmeter (Freya), Raimund Herincx (Donner), Robert Tear (Froh), Patricia Payne (Erda), Robert Lloyd (Fasolt), Matti Salminen (Fafner), Valerie Masterson (Woglinde), Eiddwen Harrhy (Wellgunde), Gillian Knight (Flosshilde)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Bavarian Radio Choir Bernard Haitink (conductor) Mariana Lipovshek (mezzo-soprano) Andreas Schmidt (baritone) Theo Adam (bass-baritone) ![]()
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Wotan - James Morris, Fricka - Marjana Lipovsek, Loge - Heinz Zednik, Mime - Peter Haage, Alberich - Theo Adam, Freia - Eva Johannson, Froh - Peter Seiffert, Donner - Andreas Schmidt, Erda - Jadwiga Rappé, Fasolt - Hans Tschammer, Fafner - Kurt Rydl, Woglinde - Julie Kaufmann, Wellgunde - Sylvia Herman, Floßhilde - Susan Quittmeyer. 1988.
Staatskapelle Dresden
Marek Janowski (conductor) Lucia Popp (soprano) Peter Schreier (tenor) Theo Adam (bass-baritone) ![]()
1980. Wotan - Theo Adam, Fricka - Yvonne Minton, Loge - Peter Schreier, Mime - Christian Vogel, Alberich - Siegmund Nimsgern, Freia - Marita Napier, Froh - Eberhard Büchner, Donner - Karl-Heinz Stryczek, Erda - Ortrun Wenkel, Fasolt - Roland Bracht, Fafner - Matti Salminen, Woglinde - Lucia Popp, Wellgunde - Uta Priew, Floßhilde - Hanna Schwarz.
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Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) Sigurd Bjorling (baritone) Walter Fritz (tenor) ![]()
Live - 11 August 1951 - Bayreuth - with Werner Faulhaber, Robert Bernauer, Paul Kuen, Ludwig Weber, Friedrich Dalberg, Paula Brivkalne, Ruth Siewert, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Lore Wissman, Herta Topper, Ira Malaniuk (Took over and learned the role of Fricka at short notice - hence she makes some mistakes)
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Joseph Keilberth (conductor) Hans Hotter (baritone) Josef Greindl (bass) ![]()
July 1953. Wotan - Hans Hotter, Donner - Hermann Uhde, Froh - Gerhard Stolze, Loge - Erich Witte, Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger, Mime - Paul Kuen, Fasolt - Ludwig Weber, Fafner - Josef Greindl, Fricka - Ira Malaniuk, Freia - Bruni Falcon, Erda - Maria von Ilosvay, Woglinde - Erika Zimmermann, Wellgunde - Hetty Plümacher, Flosshilde - Gisela Litz.
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Wotan-Hermann Uhde, Donner-Thomas Stewart, Froh-Georg Paskuda, Loge-Gerhard Stolze, Alberich-Otokar Kraus, Mime-Herold Kraus, Fasolt-Arnold van Mill, Fafner-Peter Roth-Ehrang, Fricka-Hertha Töpper, Freia-Ingrid Bjoner, Erda-Marga Höffgen, Woglinde-Dorothea Siebert, Wellgunde-Claudia Hellmann, FloBhilde-Sona Cervená. 1960.
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Royal Opera House Covent-Garden Choir Rudolf Kempe (conductor) Joan Sutherland (soprano) Hans Hotter (baritone) ![]()
Hans Hotter - Wotan, Georgine von Milinkovič - Fricka, Erich Witte - Loge, Ottakar Kraus - Alberich, Peter Klein - Mime, Maria von Ilosvay - Erda, Joan Sutherland - Woglinde, Una Hale - Wellgunde, Marjorie Thomas - Floßhilde, Elisabeth Lindermeier - Freia, Kurt Böhme - Fasolt, Frederick Dalberg - Fafner, Edgar Evans - Froh, Robert Allmann - Donner. September 25, 1957, London.
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Hans Knappertsbusch (conductor) Rita Gorr (mezzo-soprano) Hans Hotter (baritone) Theo Adam (bass-baritone) ![]()
Wotan - Hans Hotter, Fricka - Rita Gorr, Loge - Fritz Uhl, Mime - Gerhard Stolze, Alberich - Frans Andersson, Freia - Elisabeth Grümmer, Froh - Sándor Kónya, Donner - Erik Saedén, Erda - Maria von Ilosvay, Fasolt - Theo Adam, Fafner - Josef Greindl, Woglinde - Dorothea Siebert, Wellgunde - Claudia Hellmann, Floßhilde - Ursula Böse. 1958.
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Hans Knappertsbusch (conductor) Hans Hotter (baritone) Ludwig Suthaus (tenor) Gustav Neidlinger (Bass Baritone) ![]() ![]()
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival. Conductor Clemens Krauss / Wotan - Hans Hotter, 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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English National Opera Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor) Norman Bailey (Bass Baritone) Derek Hammond-Stroud (Baritone) Emile Belcourt (Tenor) ![]()
Live - 11 March 1972 - London Coliseum - In English - Norman Bailey (Wotan), Norman Welsby (Donner), Robert Ferguson (Froh), Emile Belcourt (Loge), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Alberich), Gregory Dempsey (Mime), Robert Lloyd (Fasolt), Clifford Grant (Fafner), Anne Howard (Fricka), Lois McDonall (Freia), Anne Collins (Erda), Barbara Walker (Woglinde), Elizabeth Tippett (Welgunde), Georgetta Psaros (Flosshilde) - English National Opera Chorus - Please note sound is variable (Broadcast) -Performed as Sadl
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Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper. Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch / Wotan - Robert Hale, Fricka - Marjana Lipovsek, Loge - Robert Tear, Mime - Helmut Pampuch, Alberich - Ekkehard Wlaschina, Freia - Nancy Gustafson, Froh - Josef Hopferwieser, Donner - Florian Cerny, Erda - Hanna Schwarz, Fasolt - Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Fafner - Kurt Moll, Woglinde - Julie Kaufmann, Wellgunde - Angela Maria Blasi, Floßhilde - Birgit Calm. – 1989 (live)
Gürzenich Orchester Köln
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor) Helen Donath (soprano) George London (bass) ![]()
Wiener Philharmoniker
Georg Solti (conductor) George London (bass) Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) Set Svanholm ![]()
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
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WOTAN - SIEGMUND NIMSGERN, DONNER - HANS-JURGEN DREWITZ, FROH - MALDWYN DAVIES, LOGE - MANFRED JUNG, MIME - PETER HAAGE, ALBERICH - HERMANN BECHT,
FASOLT - DIETER SCHWEIKHARDT, FAFNER - MANFRED SCHENK, FRICKA - DORIS SOFFEL, FREIA - ANITA SOLDH, ERDA - ANNE GYEVANG, WOGLINDE - AGNES-ADELE HABEREDER, WELLGUNDE- DIANA MONTAGUE, FLOSSHILDE - BRIGITTA SVENDEN. July 27, 1983.
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Horst Stein (conductor) Theo Adam (bass-baritone) Gustav Neidlinger (Bass Baritone) Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano) ![]()
Live - 28 July 1973 - Bayreuth Festival - Theo Adam (Wotan), Gerd Nienstedt (Donner), Heribert Steinbach (Froh), Hermin Esser (Loge), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Heinz Zednik (Mime), Karl Ridderbusch (Fasolt), Hartmut Bauer (Fafner), Anna Reynolds (Fricka), Hannelore Bode (Freia), Marga Hoffgen (Erda), Yoko Kawahara (Woglinde), Ursula Rhein (Wellgunde), Ilse Grematzki (Flosshilde)
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Horst Stein (conductor) Donald McIntyre (Bass-Baritone) Gustav Neidlinger (Bass Baritone) Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano) ![]()
Live - 28 July 1975 - Bayreuth Festival - Donald NcIntyre (Wotan), Gerd Nienstedt (Donner), Heribert Steinbach (Froh), Hermin Esser (Loge), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Heinz Zednik (Mime), Karl Ridderbusch (Fasolt), Kurt Moll (Fafner), Anna Reynolds (Fricka), Rachel Yakar (Freia), Marga Hoffgen (Erda), Yoka Kawahara (Woglinde), Trudeliese Schmidt (Wellgunde), Hanna Schwatrz (Flosshilde)
Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera (the `Met`) (New York City)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus Fritz Stiedry (conductor) Erna Berger (soprano) Set Svanholm Hans Hotter (baritone) ![]()
Hans Hotter (Wotan), Set Svanholm (Loge), Lawrence Davidson (Alberich), Margaret Harshaw (Fricka), Leslie Chabay (Mime), Jarmila Novotná (Freia), Brian Sullivan (Froh), Osie Hawkins (Donner), Jean Madeira (Erda), Jerome Hines (Fasolt), Dezsö Ernster (Fafner), Erna Berger (Woglinde), Lucine Amara (Wellgunde), Hertha Glaz (Flosshilde). 1951 (live).
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