A New Ring Cycle
 Bayreuth, 1952
I spent the Christmas break remastering this remarkable performance of Der Ring des Nibelungen, recorded at Bayreuth in 1952. Coming in the second season after the postwar reopening of the Festival, the cast brought together an exceptional mix of emerging and veteran Wagnerians, including Astrid Varnay as Brünnhilde, Hans Hotter and Hermann Uhde as Wotan, Inge Borkh as Sieglinde, and Martha Mödl as Gutrune. |
