Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Jerome Hines (Wotan), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Hans Hopf (Siegfried), Regine Crespin (Sieglinde/Third Norn), Fritz Uhl (Siegmund), Otakar Kraus (Alberich), James Milligan (Der Wanderer), Regina Resnik (Fricka), Gottlob Frick (Hagen/Hunding), Gerhard Stolze (Loge), Thomas Stewart (Donner/Gunther),...
The Wanderer of Siegfried is the most interesting and melancholy of all the performances in this Ring. James Milligan was a 33 year old Canadian sounding too young for the Wanderer, but what...
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Jerome Hines (Wotan), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Hans Hopf (Siegfried), Regine Crespin (Sieglinde/Third Norn), Fritz Uhl (Siegmund), Otakar Kraus (Alberich), James Milligan (Der Wanderer), Regina Resnik (Fricka), Gottlob Frick (Hagen/Hunding), Gerhard Stolze (Loge), Thomas Stewart (Donner/Gunther),...
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The Wanderer of Siegfried is the most interesting and melancholy of all the performances in this Ring. James Milligan was a 33 year old Canadian sounding too young for the Wanderer, but what...
About
Richard Wagner’s Ring was performed in the highly reduced version by Wieland Wagner at the eight Bayreuth festivals since the re-opening of the theatre in 1951. However, by 1960 it seemed that the time had come for a new production, a task placed in the hands of Wieland’s brother Wolfgang, whilst direction of the production was given to the then 48-year-old conductor Rudolf Kempe. The reaction to the refreshingly new musical portrayal of the Bayreuth debutant from Saxony was unanimously positive and remained so for the five years that Kempe conducted the orchestra; indeed, the impression was retrospectively reinforced (one critic many years later compiled a now famous, comprehensive and comparative discography, citing a recording of Kempe’s Bayreuth Ring as the best recording ever). Originally trained as an oboist, the Dresden-born Kempe began conducting in the 1930s and after the war became director of the Dresden, and then of the Bavarian state opera companies. In the course of the 1950s he enjoyed great success as a guest conductor at London’s Covent Garden (including Wagner’s Ring), and in 1961, the second year he conducted the Ring in Bayreuth, he assumed direction of the Royal Philharmonic. This recording, available for the first time, has been remastered from the original tapes of the Bavarian Broadcasting Company. What makes this release so unique is its cast, many of whom can be heard giving their debut’s in Bayreuth.
Artists
Jerome Hines (Wotan), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Hans Hopf (Siegfried), Regine Crespin (Sieglinde/Third Norn), Fritz Uhl (Siegmund), Otakar Kraus (Alberich), James Milligan (Der Wanderer), Regina Resnik (Fricka), Gottlob Frick (Hagen/Hunding), Gerhard Stolze (Loge), Thomas Stewart (Donner/Gunther), David Ward (Fasolt), Peter Roth-Ehrang (Fafner), Herold Kraus (Mime), Wilma Schmidt (Freia/Ortlinde/Gutrune), Marga Höffgen (Erda), Ingeborg Felderer (Woglinde/Helmwige/Waldvogel, Elisabeth Steiner (Wellgunde/Grimgerde), Elisabeth Schärtel (Flosshilde/Waltraute), Lilo Brockhaus (Schwertleite), Ruth Hesse (Rossweisse), Gertraud Hopf (Gerhilde)
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Rudolf Kempe
Contents and tracklist
- Jerome Hines (baritone), Herold Kraus (tenor), Marga Höffgen (alto), Ingeborg Felderer (soprano), Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano), Elisabeth Steiner (mezzo-soprano), Wilma Schmidt (soprano), Elisabeth Schärtel (mezzo-soprano), David Ward (bass), Otakar Kraus (baritone), Peter Roth-Ehrang (bass), Thomas Stewart (baritone), David Thaw (tenor), Gerhard Stolze (tenor)
- Bayreuther Festspielorchester
- Rudolf Kempe
- Recorded: 1961
- Recording Venue: Live recording, Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, Germany
- Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano), Gertraud Hopf (soprano), Jerome Hines (bass), Astrid Varnay (soprano), Wilma Schmidt (soprano), Elisabeth Schärtel (mezzo-soprano), Fritz Uhl (tenor), Lilo Brockhaus (alto), Régine Crespin (soprano), Ingeborg Felderer (soprano), Gottlob Frick (bass), Grace Hoffmann (mezzo-soprano), Elisabeth Steiner (alto), Ruth Hesse (mezzo-soprano)
- Bayreuther Festspielorchester
- Rudolf Kempe
- Recorded: 1961
- Recording Venue: Live recording, Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, Germany
- Ingeborg Moussa-Felderer (soprano), Marga Höffgen (alto), Otakar Kraus (baritone), Peter Roth-Ehrang (bass), Ingeborg Felderer (soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Herold Kraus (tenor), Hans Hopf (tenor), James Milligan (bass-baritone)
- Bayreuther Festspielorchester
- Rudolf Kempe
- Recorded: 1961
- Recording Venue: Live recording, Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, Germany
- Elisabeth Steiner (mezzo-soprano), Elisabeth Schärtel (soprano), Thomas Stewart (baritone), Otakar Kraus (baritone), Ingeborg Moussa-Felderer (vocals), Grace Hoffmann (alto), Gottlob Frick (bass), Régine Crespin (mezzo-soprano), Wilma Schmidt (soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Hans Hopf (tenor)
- Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele, Bayreuther Festspielorchester
- Rudolf Kempe
- Recorded: 1961
- Recording Venue: Live recording, Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, Germany
Awards and reviews
April 2017
The Wanderer of Siegfried is the most interesting and melancholy of all the performances in this Ring. James Milligan was a 33 year old Canadian sounding too young for the Wanderer, but what a voice, and what an interpretation! This wouldn't be the first Ring cycle I would advise anyone to buy, but it would be among the top five.
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