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Wagner: Das Rheingold - Hotter, Malaniuk, Witte, Neidlinger, Weber, Greindl, Stolze, Uhde; C. Krauss. Bayreuth, 1953
Wagner: Das Rheingold - Hotter, Malaniuk, Witte, Neidlinger, Weber, Greindl, Stolze, Uhde; C. Krauss. Bayreuth, 1953 Wagner: Das Rheingold - Hotter, Malaniuk, Witte, Neidlinger, Weber, Greindl, Stolze, Uhde; C. Krauss. Bayreuth, 1953

Wagner: Das Rheingold - Hotter, Malaniuk, Witte, Neidlinger, Weber, Greindl, Stolze, Uhde; C. Krauss. Bayreuth, 1953

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Description:

Hans Hotter pretty much owned the role of Wotan at Bayreuth throughout the 1950s. Although his interpretation would deepen over the years, the demands of the role would eventually take a toll on his voice. In this 1953 performance, he is still in excellent voice and effortlessly conveys the character’s take-no-prisoners approach to leadership. Ludwig Weber delivers one of the most sympathetic readings of Fasolt’s monologue I have ever heard. Erich Witte and Paul Kuen are both effective as Loge and Mime, respectively—and one imagines Gerhard Stolze, singing the lesser role of Froh, was quietly taking notes.

In Mono

OD 12110-2

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