Omar Suitner's Siegfried has gone largely unheard because most opera lovers have focused on Karl Bohm's traversal of the cycle on Philips. Except for the Erda (here Marga Hoffgen, Vera Soukupova in the Bohm), the casts are the same. Yet it is fascinating what the same singers do under a different conductor. Wohlfahrt really sings Mime well (his top B towards the end of Act One is thrilling) and if he overindulges in the cackling (especially at the end of Act One) we probably have Wieland Wagner to blame. I rather like it; Mime is slowly going mad and Wohlfahrt amply conveys that. Windgassen remains a great Siegfried. His voice and diction are very clear. He still manages to get ahead of the beat in the final scene (he finishes the opera slightly before Nilsson), but given how good he is in the rest of the opera it hardly matters. Nilsson is again a terrific Brunnhilde, relishing the high Bs and Cs in the last ten minutes. Bohme is a frightening Fafner though his roars are a bit subdued compared to some of the sounds he makes the previous year. Hoffgen is a majestic Erda with rich low tones. Adam, Neidlinger, and Koth are equally good.Except for a few brief radio crackles here and there, the sound is good broadcast stereo. What a pity Suitner's Walkure and Gotterdammerung weren't broadcast too. Bayreuth archivists should get this entire 1967 cycle whether they have the Philips Bohm cycle or not!