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Historical Gems: Keilberth’s Bayreuth Rheingold

Jed Distler

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Das Rheingold marked the third installment of the so-called “missing” […]
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Reference Recording: Solti (Decca)

    Soloists: Josef Traxel, Rudolf Lustig, Paul Kuen (tenor)
    Hertha Wilfert, Jutta Vulpius (soprano)
    Hans Hotter, Toni Blankenheim, (bass-baritone)
    Gustav Neidlinger (baritone)
    Josef Greindl, Ludwig Weber (bass)
    Maria von Ilosvay, Georgine von Millinkovic (mezzo-soprano)
    Maria von Ilosvay, Maria Graf (contralto)

  • Conductor: Keilberth, Joseph
  • Orchestra: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

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