Wagner At The Met: Legendary Performances From The

1. Der fliegende Holländer 1950 Hans Hotter (DerHolländer), Astrid Varnay (Senta), Set Svanholm (Erik), Sven Nilsson (Daland), Hertha Glaz (Mary), Thomas Hayward (Steuermann) Fritz Reiner 2. Tannhäuser 1954 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) George Szell 3. Lohengrin 1943 Lauritz Melchior (Lohengrin), Astrid Varnay (Elsa), Kerstin Thorborg (Ortrud), Alexander Sved (Telramund), Norman Cordon (König Heinrich), Mack Harrell (Der Heerrufer des Königs) Erich Leinsdorf 4. Das Rheingold 1951 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) Fritz Stiedry 5. Die Walküre 1940 Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde), Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund), Julius Huehn (Wotan), Marjorie Lawrence (Sieglinde), Karin Branzell (Fricka), Emanuel List (Hunding) Erich Leinsdorf 6. Siegfried 1937 Lauritz Melchior (Siegfried), Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde), Friedrich Schorr (Wanderer), Karl Laufkötter (Mime), Eduard Habich (Alberich), Emanuel List (Fafner), Stella Andreva (Waldvogel) Artur Bodanzky 7. Götterdämmerung 1936 Marjorie Lawrence (Brünnhilde), Lauritz Melchior (Siegfried), Ludwig Hofmann (Hagen), Dorothee Manski (Gutrune), Kathryn Meisle (Waltraute), Friedrich Schorr (Gunther), Doris Doe (Erste Norn/Floßhilde), Irra Petina (Zweite Norn), Inge Manski (Dritte Norn), Edita Fleischer (Woglinde), Irra Petina (Wellgunde) Artur Bodanzky 8. Tristan und Isolde 1938 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) Artur Bodanzky 9. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 1953 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) Fritz Reiner

Richard Wagner's operatic masterpieces - including the complete Ring Cycle - captured live in historic broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera. With casts that include such celebrated Wagnerians as Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior and Hans Hotter led by iconic conductors including Fritz Reiner, George Szell and Erich Leinsdorf, these recordings have been newly restored from the original sources and vividly display the grandeur and immediacy of these legendary, once in a lifetime performances. The set comes in a lift-off box with all discs packaged in mini-jackets plus a 120-page perfect bound book. There will be synopses and essays about each opera within the book, and the audio is newly restored from the original tapes

Price: $199.98