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Label/No. & Format Sony 88765427172 25CD
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Release Date: April 2013


* Wagner at The MET
- Legendary Performances from the Metropolitan Opera

* Der fliegende Holländer, 1950
Fritz Reiner/ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Hans Hotter (DerHolländer), Astrid Varnay (Senta), Set Svanholm (Erik),
Sven Nilsson (Daland), Hertha Glaz (Mary), Thomas Hayward (Steuermann)

* Tannhäuser, 1954
George Szell/ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Ramon Vinay (Tannhäuser), Margaret Harshaw (Elisabeth), Astrid Varnay (Venus),
George London (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Jerome Hines (Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen),
Brian Sullivan (Walther von der Vogelweide), Clifford Harvuot (Biterolf), Paul Franke
(Heinrich der Schreiber), Norman Scott (Reinmar von Zweter), Roberta Peters (Hirt)

* Lohengrin, 1943
Erich Leinsdorf/ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Lauritz Melchior (Lohengrin), Astrid Varnay (Elsa), Kerstin Thorborg (Ortrud),
Alexander Sved (Telramund), Norman Cordon (König Heinrich), Mack Harrell
(Der Heerrufer des Königs)

* Das Rheingold, 1951
Fritz Stiedry/ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Hans Hotter (Wotan), Set Svanholm (Loge), Lawrence Davidson (Alberich), Margaret
Harshaw (Fricka), Leslie Chabay (Mime), Jarmila Novotná (Freia), Brian Sullivan
(Froh), Osie Hawkins (Donner), Jean Madeira (Erda), Jerome Hines (Fasolt), Dezsö
Ernster (Fafner), Erna Berger (Woglinde), Lucine Amara (Wellgunde), Hertha Glaz
(Flosshilde)

* Die Walküre, 1940
Erich Leinsdorf/ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde), Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund), Julius Huehn (Wotan),
Marjorie Lawrence (Sieglinde), Karin Branzell (Fricka), Emanuel List (Hunding)

* Siegfried, 1937
Artur Bodanzky/ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Lauritz Melchior (Siegfried), Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde), Friedrich Schorr
(Wanderer), Karl Laufkötter (Mime), Eduard Habich (Alberich), Emanuel List
(Fafner), Stella Andreva (Waldvogel)

* Götterdämmerung, 1936
Artur Bodanzky/ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Marjorie Lawrence (Brünnhilde), Lauritz Melchior (Siegfried), Ludwig Hofmann
(Hagen), Dorothee Manski (Gutrune), Kathryn Meisle (Waltraute), Friedrich Schorr
(Gunther), Doris Doe (Erste Norn/Flo©¬hilde), Irra Petina (Zweite Norn), Inge Manski
(Dritte Norn), Edita Fleischer (Woglinde), Irra Petina (Wellgunde)

* Tristan und Isolde, 1938
Artur Bodanzky/ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Lauritz Melchior (Tristan), Karin Branzell (Brangaene),
Emanuel List (Konig Marke), Julius Huehn (Kurwenal), Karl Laufkötter (Ein Hirt),
Louis d¡¯Angelo (Ein Steuermann), Arnold Gabor (Melot), Karl Laufkötter (Stimme
eines jungen Seemanns)

* Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, 1953
Fritz Reiner/ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Paul Schöffler (Hans Sachs), Hans Hopf (Walther von Stolzing), Victoria de los
Angeles (Eva), Gerhard Pechner (Beckmesser), Richard Holm (David), Hertha Glaz
(Magdalena), Josef Greindl (Pogner), Mack Harrell (Kothner), Clifford Harvuot (Ein
Nachtwächter)

No. Composer Works Performance Information
1 Wagner, Richard Die Götterdämmerung, opera Artur Bodanzky/ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
(Marjorie Lawrence, Lauritz Melchior, Ludwig Hofmann, Dorothee Manski, Kathryn Meisle, Friedrich Schorr, Doris Doe, Edita Fleischer)
2 Wagner, Richard Der fliegende Holländer, opera Fritz Reiner/ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
(Hans Hotter, Astrid Varnay, Set Svanholm, Sven Nilsson, Hertha Glaz, Thomas Hayward)
3 Wagner, Richard Lohengrin, opera Erich Leinsdorf/ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
(Lauritz Melchior, Astrid Varnay, Kerstin Thorborg, Alexander Sved, Norman Cordon, Mack Harrell)
4 Wagner, Richard Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera Fritz Reiner/ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
(Paul Schöffler, Victoria de los Angeles, Hans Hopf, Gerhard Pechner, Josef Greindl, Richard Holm, Hertha Glaz)
5 Wagner, Richard Das Rheingold, opera Fritz Stiedry/ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
(Hans Hotter, Set Svanholm, Lawrence Davidson, Margaret Harshaw, Leslie Chabay, Brian Sullivan, Erna Berger)
6 Wagner, Richard Siegfried, opera Artur Bodanzky/ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
(Lauritz Melchior, Kirsten Flagstad, Friedrich Schorr, Karl Laufkötter, Eduard Habich, Emanuel List, Stella Andreva)
7 Wagner, Richard Tannhäuser, opera George Szell/ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
(Ramon Vinay, Margaret Harshaw, Astrid Varnay, George London, Jerome Hines, Brian Sullivan, Clifford Harvuot)
8 Wagner, Richard Tristan und Isolde, opera Artur Bodanzky/ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
(Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior, Karin Branzell, Emanuel List, Julius Huehn, Karl Laufkötter, Louis d¡¯Angelo, Arnold Gabor)
9 Wagner, Richard Die Walküre, opera Erich Leinsdorf/ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
(Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior, Julius Huehn, Marjorie Lawrence, Karin Branzell, Emanuel List)
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