Martha Mödl
Born: 22nd March 1912, Nuremberg
Died: 17th December 2001, Stuttgart
Nationality: German
One of the most admired and dramatic of the postwar generation of German opera singers, Martha Mödl, died in 2001aged 89. She enjoyed an extraordinarily long career, beginning in 1942 and continuing for almost fifty years. She will be best remembered for her Wagnerian roles at Bayreuth in the 1950s, where her intense portrayals of Brünnhilde, Isolde, and above all Kundry epitomised Wieland Wagner’s New Bayreuth style. Like her rival, Astrid Varnay, she made audiences forget the strain sometimes evident in her singing, by virtue of her riveting interpretations. For although she valued musical accuracy, it was the dramatic potential of a role which interested her most of all.
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New. Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (1952 Bayreuth Festival)
Ramon Vinay (tenor), Martha Mödl, Hans Hotter, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
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Wagner: Parsifal
Wolfgang Windgassen (Parsifal), Martha Mödl (Kundry), Ludwig Weber (Gurnemanz), George London (Amfortas), Arnold van Mill (Titurel), Hermann Uhde (Klingsor) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Hans Knappertsbusch
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Wagner: Parsifal
Martha Mödl (Kundry), Wolfgang Windgassen (Parsifal), George London (Amfortas), Ludwig Weber (Gurnemanz), Hermann Uhde (Klingsor), Kurt Böhme (Titurel) Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Hans Knappertsbusch
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Evangelos Markelos (Don Fernando), Costantino Ego (Don Pizarro), Giuseppe Zampieri (Florestan), Martha Mödl (Leonore), Dezsö Ernster (Rocco), Zoe Vlachopoulou (Marzelline) & Aristos Pantzinakos (Jaquino) Orchestra of the Athens Festival, Jascha Horenstein
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New. Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (1952 Bayreuth Festival)
Ramon Vinay (tenor), Martha Mödl, Hans Hotter, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
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Walter Zimmermann, Lucas Fels (soloist), Barry Hanner (soloist), Karl-Heinz Thiemann (soloist), Marion Schweizer (actor), Monika Kienzl (soloist), Fabio Giongo (soloist), Hannu Ilmolahti (soloist), Richard Kindley (soloist), Sonja Pascale (ensemblerole), Nancy Hermiston (ensemblerole), Gudrun Ebel (soloist), Martha Mödl (soloist), Anne Vonnau-Spannagel (speaker), Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Nürnberger Philharmoniker, Erik Nielsen, Wolfgang Gayler
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