Richard Wagner (1813–1883)Tetralogy `Der Ring des Nibelungen.` Part I: Prologue - Opera `Das Rheingold` (1851-54), WWV 86a Download Sheet Music Show records by: listenings count | performer's rating | alphabetical
Herbert von Karajan
(conductor)
,
Sigurd Bjorling
(baritone),
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
(soprano),
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Live - 11 August 1951 - Bayreuth - with Werner Faulhaber, Robert Bernauer, Paul Kuen, Ludwig Weber, Friedrich Dalberg, Paula Brivkalne, Ruth Siewert, Walter Fritz tenor, Lore Wissman, Herta Topper, Ira Malaniuk (Took over and learned the role of Fricka at short notice - hence she makes some mistakes)
Wilhelm Furtwängler
(conductor)
,
Ferdinand Frantz
(bass-baritone),
Ira Malaniuk
(mezzo-soprano),
Wolfgang Windgassen
(tenor),
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI
Rome, Italian radio. Directed by W. Furtw?ngler. 1953. Ferdinand Franz (Wotan), Ira Malanyuk (Fricka), Wolfgang Windgassen (Loge), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Julius Patzak (Mime), Alfred P?ll (Donner ), Lorenz Fechenberger (Fro), Elisabeth Gr?mmer (Freya), Ruth Sievert (Erda), Josef Greindl (Fasolt), Gottlob Frick (Fafner), Zena Jurinacz (Woglinda), Magda Gabori (Vellgunda), Hilde R?ssl-Maidan (Flossgilda ).
Wilhelm Furtwängler
(conductor)
,
Ferdinand Frantz
(bass-baritone),
Ludwig Weber
,
Guenther Treptow
,
Orchestra Teatro alla Scala (Milano)
Live - 4 March 1950 - La Scala, Milan - Ferdinand Frantz (Wotan), Anelo Mattiello (Donner), Gunther Treptow (Froh), Joachim Sattler (Loge), Alois Pernerstorfer (Alberich), Emil Markwort (Mime), Ludwig Weber (Fasolt), Albert Emmerich (Fafner), Elisabeth Hongen (Fricka), Walburga Wegener (Freia), Margret Weth-Falke (Erda), Magda Gabory (Woglinde), Margarita Keney (Wellgunde), Sieglinde Wagner (Flosshilde)
Karl Böhm
(conductor)
,
Theo Adam
(bass-baritone),
Kurt Boehme
(bass),
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
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 - 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)
Wolfgang Sawallisch
(conductor)
,
Helen Donath
(soprano),
George London
(bass-baritone),
Gürzenich Orchester Köln
Pierre Boulez
(conductor)
,
Marga Schiml
(mezzo-soprano),
Siegfried Jerusalem
(tenor),
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
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.
Bernard Haitink
(conductor)
,
Mariana Lipovshek
(mezzo-soprano),
Andreas Schmidt
(baritone),
Theo Adam
(bass-baritone),
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Bavarian Radio Choir
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.
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
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.
Charles Mackerras
(conductor)
,
Norman Bailey
(Bass Baritone),
Derek Hammond-Stroud
(Baritone),
Emile Belcourt
(Tenor),
English National Opera Orchestra
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
Christoph von Dohnányi
(conductor)
,
Hanna Schwarz
(contralto),
Peter Schreier
(tenor),
Peter Seiffert
(tenor),
Cleveland Orchestra
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.
1984. Wotan - Naoki Ikeda, Fricka - Yuko Tsuji, Loge - Tetsuya Ohno, Mime - Yoshiaki Shinozaki, Alberich - Michio Tatara, Freia - Fumiko Nishimatsu, Froh - Shizuo Tanei, Donner - Futoru Katsube, Erda - Akemi Nishi, Fasolt - Chikara Kishimoto, Fafner - Keizo Takahashi, Woglinde - Yuko Kamahora, Wellgunde - Misako Watanabe, Floßhilde - Noriko Makikawa.
Artur Bodanzky
(conductor)
,
Friedrich Schorr
(bass baritone),
Eduard Habich
(Baritone),
René Maison
(tenor),
Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera (New York City)
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
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.
Reginald Goodall
(conductor)
,
David Ward
(bass baritone),
Zoltan Kelemen
(Bass Baritone),
Josephine Veasey
(mezzo-soprano),
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
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)
Marek Janowski
(conductor)
,
Lucia Popp
(soprano),
Peter Schreier
(tenor),
Theo Adam
(bass-baritone),
Staatskapelle Dresden
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.
Joseph Keilberth
(conductor)
,
Hans Hotter
(bas-baritone),
Josef Greindl
(bass),
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
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.
Joseph Keilberth
(conductor)
,
Josef Greindl
(bass),
Ludwig Weber
,
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
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.
Rudolf Kempe
(conductor)
,
Joan Sutherland
(soprano),
Hans Hotter
(bas-baritone),
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House,
Royal Opera House Covent-Garden Choir
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.
Hans Knappertsbusch
(conductor)
,
Rita Gorr
(mezzo-soprano),
Hans Hotter
(bas-baritone),
Theo Adam
(bass-baritone),
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
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.
Hans Knappertsbusch
(conductor)
,
Hans Hotter
(bas-baritone),
Ludwig Suthaus
(tenor),
Gustav Neidlinger
(bass baritone),
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
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)
Rudolph Moralt
(conductor)
,
Ferdinand Frantz
(bass-baritone),
Julius Polzer
(Tenor),
Wiener Symphoniker
Broadcast - 1949 - Ferdinand Frantz (Wotan), Alfred Poell (Donner), Willy Friedrich (Froh), Julius Polzer (Loge), Adolf Vogel (Alberich), William Wernigk (Mime), Marjan Rus (Fasolt), Herbert Alsen (Fafner), Elisabeth Hongen (Fricka), Ilona Steingruber (Freia), Rosette Anday (Erde), Ester Rethy (Woglinde), Martha Rohs (Wellgunde), Sieglinde Wagner (Flosshilde)
Gunter Neuhold
(conductor)
,
John Wegner
(baritone),
Hans-Jorg Weinschenk
(Tenor),
Oleg Bryjak
(Bass-Baritone),
Badische Staatskapelle, Karlsruhe
1993-1995 - John Wegner (Wotan), Tero Hannula (Donner), Mario Muraro (Froh), Heinz-Jorg Weinschenk (Loge), Oleg Bryjak (Alberich), Micahel Nowak (Mime), Simon Yang (Fasolt), Malcolm Smith (Fafner), Wilja Ernsc-Mosuraitis (Fricka/Flosshilde), Ruth Floeren (Freia), Mette Ejsing (Erda), Doris Bruggemann (Woglinde), Ruxandra Boda (Wellgunde)
Horst Stein
(conductor)
,
Theo Adam
(bass-baritone),
Gustav Neidlinger
(bass baritone),
Anna Reynolds
(mezzo-soprano),
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
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)
Horst Stein
(conductor)
,
Donald McIntyre
(Bass-Baritone),
Gustav Neidlinger
(bass baritone),
Anna Reynolds
(mezzo-soprano),
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
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)
Fritz Stiedry
(conductor)
,
Erna Berger
(soprano),
Set Svanholm
,
Hans Hotter
(bas-baritone),
Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera (New York City),
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (New York)
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).
Christian Thielemann
(conductor)
,
Albert Dohmen
(Bass Baritone),
Arnold Bezuyen
(Tenor),
Andrew Shore
(baritone),
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Live - Jul/Aug 2008 - Bayreuth Festspiele - Albert Dohmen (Wotan), Ralf Lukas (Donner), Clemens Bieber (Froh), Arnold Bezuyen (Loge), Andrew Shore (Alberich), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), Kwangchul Youn (Fasolt), Hans-Peter Konig (Fafner), Michelle Breedt (Fricka), Edith Haller (Freia), Christa Mayer (Erda), Fionnuala McCarthy (Woglinde), Ulrike Helzel (Wellgunde), Simone Schroder (Flosshilde)
Christian Thielemann
(conductor)
,
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele,
Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele
Bayreuth, 27 July 2007. Wotan - Albert Dohmen, Donner - Ralf Lukas, Froh - Clemens Bieber, Loge - Arnold Bezuyen, Fasolt - Kwangchul Youn, Fafner - Hans-Peter Konig, Alberich - Andrew Shore, Mime - Gerhard Siegel, Fricka - Michelle Breedt, Freia - Edith Haller, Erda - Mihoko Fujimura, Woglinde - Fionnuala McCarthy, Wellgunde - Ulrike Helzel, Flosshilde - Marina Prudenskaya.
Christian Thielemann
(conductor)
,
Michael Volle
(baritone),
Rolando Villazon
(tenor),
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Simone Young
(conductor)
,
Falk Struckmann
(Bass-Baritone),
Wolfgang Koch
(baritone),
Peter Galliard
(Tenor),
Orchester der Hamburgischen Staatsoper
March 2008 - Falk Struckmann (Wotan), Jan Buchwald (Donner), Ladislav Elgr (Froh), Peter Galliard (Loge), Wolfgang Koch (Alberich), Jurgen Sacher (Mime), Tigran Martirassian (Fasolt), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Fafner), Katja Pieweck (Fricka), Hellen Kwon (Freia), Deborah Humble (Erda), Ha Young Lee (Woglinde), Gabriele Rossmanith (Wellgunde), Ann Beth Solvang (Flosshilde)
Hans Wallat
(Conductor)
,
Franz Mazura
(Bass-Baritone),
Jean Cox
(Tenor),
Orchester des Nationaltheaters Mannheim
Live - 27 June 1976 - Nationaltheater Mannheim - Franz Mazura (Wotan), Bodo Brinkmann (Donner), Thomas Hehrberger (Froh), Jean Cox (Loge), Karl Heinz Herr (Alberich), Gerhard Kupiert (Mime), Erik Syri (Fasolt), Hans Rosslling (Fafner), Regine Fongeca (Fricka), Doris Deweler (Freia), Ilse Kohlier (Erda), Maria Cleva (Woglinde), Aurelia Schweninser (Wellgunde), Truila Niemnien (Flosshilde)
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