RICHARD WAGNER Der Ring des Nibelungen

 

Das Rheingold

Hans Hotter, Otakar Krauss, Erich Witt, Kurt Böhme

 

Die Walküre

Birgit Nilsson, Hans Hotter, Sylvia Fisher, Ramón Vinay

 

Siegfried

Wolfgang Windgassen, Hans Hotter, Peter Klein, Birgit Nilsson

 

Götterdämmerung

Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Kurt Böhme, Hermann Uhde

 

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Rudolf Kempe

 

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 25, 27 September & 1, 4 October, 1957

 

The cast is headed by a galaxy of top class singers at the peak of their powers, including Hans Hotter (Wotan/Wanderer), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Ramón Vinay (Siegmund) and Sylvia Fischer (Sieglinde).

 

The supporting singers are equally distinguished and include Otakar Kraus (Alberich), Georgine von Milinkovicˇ (Fricka), Kurt Böhme (Hagen), Hermann Uhde (Gunther) and Joan Sutherland (Woglinde).

 

The annual Ring cycle at Covent Garden in the late 1950s was highly regarded by audiences and critics alike for presenting the leading Wagnerian singers of the day in outstanding performances, most of which at that time were conducted by the much-admired Rudolf Kempe.

 

The transfers are being made using high quality source material from Lord Harewood’s collection.

 

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