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Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen |
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Conductor |
Rudolf Moralt
Die Wiener Symphoniker, |
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orchestra della Scala, |
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Das Rheingold: |
1948 (without interval) |
4 March, 1950 |
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Wotan |
Ferdinand Frantz |
Ferdinand Frantz |
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Fricka |
Elisabeth Höngen |
Elisabeth Höngen |
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Alberich |
Adolf Vogel |
Alois Pernerstorfer |
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Loge |
Dr. Julius Pölzer |
Joachim Sattler |
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Donner |
Alfred Poell |
Angelo Mattiello |
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Froh |
Willy Friedrich |
Günther Treptow |
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Freia |
Ilona Steingruber |
Walburga Wegener |
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Erda |
Rosette Anday |
Margret Weth-Falke |
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Mime |
William Wernigk |
Peter Markwort |
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Fasolt |
Marjan Rus |
Ludwig Weber |
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Fafner |
Herbert Alsen |
Albert Emmerich |
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Woglinde |
Ester Rethy |
Magda Gabory |
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Wellgunde |
Martha Rohs |
Margherita Kenney |
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Flosshilde |
Sieglinde Wagner |
Sieglinde Wagner |
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Die Walküre: |
1949 (one act at a time) |
9 March, 1950 |
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Wotan |
Ferdinand Frantz |
Ferdinand Frantz |
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Fricka |
Rosette Anday |
Elisabeth Höngen |
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Brünnhilde 858g614i |
Helena Braun |
Kirsten Flagstad |
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Sieglinde |
Hilde Konetzni |
Hilde Konetzni |
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Siegmund |
Günther Treptow |
Günther Treptow |
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Hunding |
Herbert Alsen |
Ludwig Weber |
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Schwertleite |
Alice Ostrowsky |
Polly Batic |
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Helmwige |
Ilona Steingruber |
Ilona Steingruber |
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Siegrune |
Gertrude Burgstaller-Schuster |
Margherita Kenney |
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Gerhilde |
Judith Hellwig |
Walburga Wegener |
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Ortlinde |
Ester Rethy |
Karen Marie Crkall |
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Waltraute |
Rosette Anday |
Dagmar Schmedes |
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Grimgerde |
Dagmar Hermann |
Sieglinde Wagner |
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Rossweisse |
Else Schürhoff |
Margret Weth-Falke |
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Siegfried: |
1949 (one act at the time) |
22 March, 1950 |
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Siegfried |
Günther Treptow |
Max Lorenz |
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Brünnhilde 858g614i |
Gertrude Grob-Prandl |
Kirsten Flagstad |
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Der Wanderer (Wotan) |
Ferdinand Frantz |
Josef Herrmann |
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Mime |
William Wernigk |
Peter Markwort |
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Erda |
Rosette Anday |
Elisabeth Höngen |
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Alberich |
Adolf Vogel |
Alois Pernerstorfer |
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Fafner |
Herbert Alsen |
Ludwig Weber |
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Waldvogel |
Ruthilde Boesch |
Julia Moor |
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Götterdämmerung |
1949 (one act at the time) |
4 April, 1950 |
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Siegfried |
Günther Treptow |
Max Lorenz |
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Brünnhilde 858g614i |
Gertrude Grob-Prandl |
Kirsten Flagstad |
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Gunther |
Karl Kamann |
Josef Herrmann |
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Gutrune (Act 1/2) |
Hilde Konetzni |
Hilde Konetzni |
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Gutrune (Act 3) |
Judith Hellwig |
Hilde Konetzni |
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Waltraute |
Rosette Anday |
Elisabeth Höngen |
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Alberich |
Adolf Vogel |
Alois Pernerstorfer |
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Ludwig Weber |
Ludwig Weber |
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Erste Norn |
Rosette Anday |
Margret Weth-Falke |
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Zweite Norn |
Georgine von Milinkovic |
Margherita Kenney |
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Dritte Norn |
Hilde Konetzni |
Hilde Konetzni |
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Woglinde |
Elisabeth Rutgers |
Magda Gabory |
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Wellgunde |
Martha Rohs |
Margherita Kenney |
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Flosshilde |
Sieglinde Wagner |
Sieglinde Wagner |
Rudolf Moralt
Biographical notes:
b
Teachers: Studied at
the
Career: Debut as répétiteur at the Vienna State Opera in 1919 under Bruno
Walter and Hans Knappertsbusch.
Comment: Rudolf Moralt was an unaffected and deeply understanding conductor who was responsible for a high standard of repertory performances at the Vienna State Opera for almost 20 years. His musical and stylistic competence as well as his profound knowledge about singing achieved many fine performances, especially of works by Mozart, Wagner, Pfitzner and Richard Strauss.
This Ring testifies Moralt's reputation as a highly gifted conductor who was able to breath with his singers
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Recordings: |
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Recital (Arias by Beethoven, Wagner, Gounod, Bizet, Offenbach, Mussorgsky, Borodin, Verdi) |
Preiser-CO |
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D'Albert - Tiefland (Moralt 1957/Brouwenstijn, Hopf, Schöffler, Czerwenka, Waechter) |
Philips |
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Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Moralt 1957, without dialogues/Schwarzkopf, Loose, Dermota, Klein, Alsen) |
Gala |
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Mozart - Don Giovanni (Moralt 1955/London, Zadek, Jurinac, Simoneau, Berry, Waechter, Sciutti, Weber) |
Philips |
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Mozart - Così fan tutte (Moralt 1955/Stich-Randall, Malaniuk, Sciutti, Kmentt, Berry, Ernster) |
Philips |
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Strauss R. - Salome (Moralt 1952 live/Wegner, von Milinkovic, Szemere, Kmentt, Metternich) |
Philips |
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Wagner - Parsifal (Moralt 1948 live/Treptow, Anny Konetzni, Schöffler, Braun, Weber, Vogel) |
Myto |
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Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Moralt 1948/49 live) |
Gebhardt Records |
Ferdinand Frantz
Wilhelm Furtwängler's favorite Wotan
Biographical notes:
b
Teachers: Mostly self-trained as a bass (!). From 1943 onwards he switched to "Heldenbariton" roles.
Debut: In 1927 as Hermann Ortel (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) at the Staatstheater Kassel.
Career:
Repertoire: King Marke, Rocco, König Heinrich, Daland, Wotan, Hans Sachs, Kurwenal, Pizarro, Morone in Pfitzner's Palestrina, Orest, Jochanaan, Jupiter in Strauss' Daphne,Telramund, Title role in Zillig's Das Opfer, Méphistophélès, Galitsy in Borodin's Prince Igor. Ferdinand Frantz was also a noted concert and oratorio singer.
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Recordings: |
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Beethoven - Fidelio (Furtwängler 1948 live/Schlüter, Patzak, Alsen, Edelmann, della Casa, Schock) |
Melodram (LP) |
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Pfitzner - Palestrina (Heger 1951 live/Patzak, Hotter, Nentwig, Szabo) |
Melodram |
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Strauss R. - Salome (Schröder 1952 live/Borkh, Klose, Lorenz, Fehringer) |
Myto |
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Strauss R. - Elektra (Schröder 1953 live/Borkh, Kupper, Klose, Bensing) |
Golden Melodram |
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Wagner - Lohengrin (Jochum 1952/Fehenberger, Kupper, Braun, von Rohr) |
DGG (LP) |
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Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Kempe 1951/Aldenhoff, Pflanzl, Böhme, Unger, Lemnitz, Walter-Sacks) |
Myto |
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Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Kempe 1956/Rudolf Schock, Benno Kusche, Gottlob Frick, Gerhard Unger, Elisabeth Grümmer, Marga Höffgen) |
EMI |
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Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Moralt 1948/49 live --> see below) |
Gebhardt Records |
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Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Furtwängler 1950 live --> see below) |
Gebhardt Records |
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Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Furtwängler 1953, broadcast/ Windgassen Konetzni, Frick, Mödl, Cavelti, Suthaus, Patzak, Greindl, Klose, Streich, Poll, Pernetsdorfer, Jurinac) |
EMI |
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Wagner - Tristan und Isolde (Knappertsbusch 1950 live/Treptow, Braun, Schöffler, Klose. Bonus on Gala: Wesendonck-Lieder and several duets with Ferdinand Frantz) |
Gala Orfeo d'or |
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Wagner - Die Walküre (Furtwängler 1954/Mödl, Suthaus, Rysanek, Frick, Klose) |
EMI |
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Zoppot - |
Preiser-LV |
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Aus Münchens Operngeschichte |
Preiser-LV |
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Sie sangen im Prinzregententheater München |
Preiser-LV |
Ferdinand Frantz as Wotan
Helena Braun
A fine and (today) underrated dramatic soprano
Biographical notes:
b Düsseldorf, 1903; d Sonthofen-Allgäu, 1990 (married to Ferdinand Frantz)
Teachers: Studied in
Düsseldorf and
Debut: In 1928 at the Stadttheater Koblenz (role not known to me).
Career:
Repertoire: Donna Elvira, Donna Anna, The Countess, Leonore, Martha (Tiefland), Venus, Brünnhilde 858g614i , Waltraute, Ortrud, Kundry, Senta, Isolde, Octavian, Johanna (in Wagner-Régeny's Johanna Balk), Elektra, Herodias, Klytämnestra, The Mother in Hänsel und Gretel, Ariadne, Minneleide in Pfitzner's Die Rose vom Liebesgarten, Esmeralda in Schmidt's Notre Dame, Ulrica, Aida, Amneris, Carmen, Santuzza, Yaroslawna in Borodin's Prince Igor.
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Recordings: |
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Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro (Krauss 1942 live/Hotter, Beilke, Kunz, Fischer, Witt) |
Preiser |
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Wagner - Lohengrin (R. Kraus 1951/Anders, Eipperle, Kronenberg, Greindl) |
Myto |
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Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Moralt 1949, broadcast --> see below) |
Gebhardt Records |
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Wagner - Tristan und Isolde (Knappertsbusch 1950 live/Treptow, Frantz, Schöffler, Klose). Bonus on Gala: Wesendonck-Lieder and several duets with Ferdinand Frantz |
Gala Orfeo d'or |
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Four Famous Sopranos (+ Viorica Ursuleac, Hildegard Ranczak and Trude Eipperle) |
Preiser-LV |
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Zoppot - |
Preiser-LV |
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Unvergessene Stimmen der Wiener Staatsoper |
Preiser-LV |
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Aus Münchens Opergeschichte |
Preiser-LV |
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Sie sangen im Prinzregententheater München |
Preiser-LV |
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Grosse Mozartsänger Vol. 1 (1922-1942) |
Orfeo d'or |
As Isolde - one of her greatest achievements
As Ortrud
Gertrude Grob-Prandl
Truly a "Hochdramatische"
Biographical notes:
Dates: b
Teachers: Studied at the
Debut: In 1939 as Satuzza at the Vienna Volksoper (then Opernhaus der Stadt Wien)
Career:
Repertoire: Santuzza Amelia, Elisabetta, Aida, Tosca, Ariadne, Martha in d'Albert's Tiefland, Donna Anna, Rosalinde, Isolde, Brünnhilde 858g614i , Turandot, Donna Anna, First Lady (Die Zauberflöte).
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Recordings: |
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Recital (R. Strauss, Schumann, Wagner, Weber) |
Myto |
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Mozart - Idomeneo (von Zallinger/G. Hopf, Taubmann, Menzel, Handt) |
Vox |
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Mozart - Don Giovanni (Swarowsky 1950/Stabile, H. Konetzni, Handt, Pernerstorfer, Poell, Czerwenka) |
Preiser |
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Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (Furtwängler 1949 live/Seefried, Ludwig, Schmitt-Walter, Lipp, Greindl) |
Arlecchino |
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Puccini - Turandot (Capuana 1953 live/Ferrari-Ongaro, Srpuzzola-Zola, Scott, Rossi) |
Melodram |
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Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Moralt 1949, broadcast --> see below) |
Gebhardt Records |
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Wagner - Tristan und Isolde (de Sabata 1951 live/Lorenz, S. Nilsson, Björling, Cavelti) --> to be released in near future! |
Gebhardt Records |
In her debut role as Santuzza
Günther Treptow
"Heldentenor" admired by Clemens Krauss
Biographical notes:
Dates: b
Teachers: He trained as a baritone at the Musikhochschule Berlin, further studies with the Italian bass Giovanni Scarmeo. He changed to a tenor before his debut in 1939.
Debut: In 1939 as
Italian Singer in Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier at the
Career: Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 1936-1942. Vienna Volksoper
(Opernhaus der Stadt Wien), 1938. Zoppot Waldfestspiele, 1939.
State Opera
Repertoire: Italian singer (Rosenkavalier), Otello, Max, Rienzi, Florestan, Tannhäuser, Siegmund, Rienzi, Stolzing, Balthasar Zorn, Ulrich Eisslinger, Siegfried, Pedro, Evangelimann, Max, Aegisth, Stewa, Canio, Tristan, Parisfal, Jörg in Bittner's Der Bergsee, Aminta La Rocca (his last stage appearance in Henze's Der junge Lord).
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Recordings: |
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Bittner - Der Bergsee (Prohaska 1953 live/H. Konetzni, Patzak, Waechter) |
Myto |
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Henze - Der junge Lord (von Dohnány 1967 live/Mc Daniel, Little, Sardi, Krebs, Hesse, Mathis) |
DGG |
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Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Jochum 1949 live/Hotter, Kusche, Proebstl, Kuen, Kupper, Michaelis) |
Myto |
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Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Knappertsbusch 1951/Schöffler, Dönch, Edelmann, Dermota, Güden, Schürhoff) |
Decca |
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Wagner - Parsifal (Moralt 1948 live/A. Konetzni, Schöffler, Weber) |
Myto |
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Wagner - Rienzi (Zillig 1950 live/Eipperle, Gonszar, Schlüter) |
Melodram |
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Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Moralt 1949, broadcast --> see below) |
Gebhardt Records |
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Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Furtwängler 1950 live --> see below) |
Gebhardt Records |
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Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Keilberth 1952 live/Uhde, Witte, Neidlinger, Weber, Windgassen, Hotter, Varnay, Aldenhoff, Lorenz) |
Arlecchino |
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Wagner - Tannhäuser (Schröder 1949/Eipperle, Joesten, Schlusnus, von Rohr) |
Gebhardt Records |
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Wagner - Tristan und Isolde (Knappertsbusch 1950 live/Braun, Schöffler, Frantz, Klose) |
Gala Orfeo d'or |
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Recital (Arias of Wagner, Goldmark, Kienzl, Leoncavallo, Puccini, Lehár) |
Preiser-LV |
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Zoppot - |
Preiser-LV |
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Aus Münchens Operngeschichte |
Preiser-LV |
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Sie sangen im Prinzregententheater München |
Preiser-LV |
Siegmund (and Siegfried)
Hilde Konetzni (Konerczny)
"Wiener Kammersängerin"
Biographical notes:
b
Teachers: Studied with
Rudolf Nilius at the
Debut: In 1929 as Sieglinde at the Stadttheater Chemnitz (to her sister's Brünnhilde 858g614i )
Career: German
Theatre,
Repertoire: Sieglinde, Gutrune, Leonore (Il Trovatore), Agathe, Elisabeth, Donna Elvira, Chrysothemis, Färberin, Kaiserin, Rezia, Leonore, Rosalinde, Elisabetta, Amelia, Marschallin, Title role in Fried Walter's Königin Elisabeth, Yaroslavna in Borodin's Prince Igor, title role in Hans Sutermeister's Niobe. Many smaller character parts after 1970.
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Recordings: |
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Beethoven - Fidelio (Böhm 1944/Seefried, Ralf, Klein, Schöffler, Alsen) |
Preiser |
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Bittner - Der Bergsee (Prohaska 1953 live/Treptow, Patzak, Waechter) |
Myto |
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Giordano - Andrea Chénier (von Matacic 1960 live/Tebaldi, Corelli, Bastianini, Höngen) |
Melodram |
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Mozart - Don Giovanni (Swarowsky 1950/Stabile, Grob-Prandl, Handt, Pernerstorfer, Poell, Czerwenka) |
Preiser |
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Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (Toscanini 1937 live/Novotná, Roswaenge, Domgraf-Fassbaender) |
Melodram |
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Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (Böhm 1944 live/Reining, Anders, Piltti, Poell, Weber) |
Myto |
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Smetana - The Bartered Bride (Beecham 1939 live/Tauber, Krenn, Tessmer, Rothmüller, Kalter) |
Melodram |
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Verdi - Macbeth (Böhm 1944/Höngen, Ahlersmeyer) |
Preiser |
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Verdi - Otello (Böhm 1944 live/Ralf, Schöffler, Nikolaidi, Witt) |
Preiser |
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Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Moralt 1949, broadcast --> see below) |
Gebhardt Records |
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Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Furtwängler 1950 live --> see below) |
Gebhardt Records Urania |
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Recital - Arias of Wagner, Beethoven, Puccini, Mozart, Smetana, Verdi, R. Strauss |
Preiser-LV |
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Four Austrian Sopranos of the Past (+ Berta Kiurina, Luise Helletsgruber, Maria Reining) |
Preiser-LV |
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Richard Wagner on Record |
Preiser-LV |
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Unvergessene Stimmen der Wiener Staatsoper |
Preiser-LV |
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Aus Münchens Operngeschichte |
Preiser-LV |
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Wiener Opernlieblinge seinerzeit |
Preiser-LV |
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Stars der Wien Oper Vol. 1 |
ORF |
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Richard Strauss accompanies Anton Dermota, Hilde Konetzni and Alfred Poell |
Preiser |
Agathe Elsa
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