Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen

Varnay/Resnik/Hotter/Windgassen/Vinay/Krauss/Bayreuther Festspiele(Orfeo, 13 CDs)Yet another Ring cycle from the golden age that was Bayreuth in the 1950s, this time from the 1953 festival. Conductor Clemens Krauss was making his debut there, brought in as a last-minute replacement for Hans Knappertsbusch, who had withdrawn in protest at Wieland Wagner's radical production. Astonishing though it is by today's standards, the cast was the regular one at Bayreuth in those days, headed by Astrid Va...

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