Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Otto Wiener (bass), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Toni Blankenheim (baritone), Eberhard Waechter (baritone), Hans Habietinek (bass), Eugen Fuchs (baritone), Josef Traxel (tenor), Gerhard Stolze (tenor), Elisabeth Grummer (soprano), Elisabeth Schartel (alto)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth...
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Otto Wiener (bass), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Toni Blankenheim (baritone), Eberhard Waechter (baritone), Hans Habietinek (bass), Eugen Fuchs (baritone), Josef Traxel (tenor), Gerhard Stolze (tenor), Elisabeth Grummer (soprano), Elisabeth Schartel (alto)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth...
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About
Taken from a performance from Bayreuth in 1958, this recording is newly remastered. The performance marked the occasion of Hans Hotter changing to the bass role of Pogner, giving a new reading of Evas father. The critics at the time deemed it less tender and more intellectual than is usual.
Artists
Otto Wiener (bass), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Toni Blankenheim (baritone), Eberhard Waechter (baritone), Hans Habietinek (bass), Eugen Fuchs (baritone), Josef Traxel (tenor), Gerhard Stolze (tenor), Elisabeth Grummer (soprano), Elisabeth Schartel (alto)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Andre Cluytens
Contents and tracklist
- Otto Wiener (bass), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Toni Blankenheim (baritone), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Hans Habietinek (bass), Eugen Fuchs (baritone), Josef Traxel (tenor), Gerhard Stolze (tenor), Elisabeth Grümmer (soprano), Elisabeth Schartel (alto)
- Bayreuth Festival, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
- André Cluytens
- Recorded: 1958
- Recording Venue: Bayreuth, Germany
