Wagner: Siegfried - Windgassen, Hotter, Varnay, Kuen, Greindl, Neidlinger, Streich; C. Krauss. Bayreuth, 1953
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Pros:
- Wolfgang Windgassen makes one of his first appearances as Siegfried, a role that he would go on to own for the next two decades.
- The Siegfried Wanderer shows a softer side of Wotan, and Hans Hotter excels in finding the rich ambiguity of a god who still has pugilistic impulses, but whose priorities have shifted from world-domination to tending to his family.
Cons:
- Windgassen gets hopelessly lost during the forging scene.
In Mono
OD 12112-4