Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
James Morris (Wotan/Der Wanderer), Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde), Siegfried Jerusalem (Loge/Siegfried), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich), Christa Ludwig (Fricka/Waltraute), Gary Lakes (Siegmund), Jessye Norman (Sieglinde), Kurt Moll (Hunding), Matti Salminen (Fafner/Hagen)
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None of the four video-recorded versions can be called ideal; but this Met cycle has plenty of strong points. It's the only one Wagner would have recognised – no small consideration. It's frequently... — More…
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
- [b] Das Rheingold [/b] James Morris (Wotan), Siegfried Jerusalem (Loge), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Fasolt), Matti Salminen (Fafner), MariAnne Häggander (Freia), Alan Held (Donner), Jean-Mark Baker (Froh), Heinz Zednik (Mime), Birgitta Svendén (Erda), Kaaren Erickson (Woglinde), Diane Kesling (Wellgunde), Meredith Parsons (Flosshilde) [b] Die Walküre [/b] Gary Lakes (Siegmund), Jessye Norman (Sieglinde), Kurt Moll (Hunding), Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde), James Morris (Wotan), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Pyramid Sellers (Gerhilde), Martha Thigpen (Ortlinde), Joyce Castle (Waltraute), Sondra Kelly (Schwertleite), Katarina Ikonomu (Helmwige), Diane Kesling (Siegrune), Wendy Hillhouse (Grimgerde), Jacalyn Bower (Rossweisse) [b] Siegfried [/b] Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried), Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde), Heinz Zednik (Mime), James Morris (Der Wanderer), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich), Matti Salminen (Fafner), Birgitta Svend
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