Wagner: Tannhauser / Sawallisch

Greindl; Windgassen; Fischer-Dieskau; Stolze; Crass; Paskuda; Adam; De los Angeles; Bumbry; Gardelli; Bayreuth Festival Choir and Orchestra; Sawallisch

Composed by: Wagner, Richard

This 1961, Wieland Wagner directed Bayreuth Tannhäuser, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch, stars Victoria de los Angeles as Elisabeth and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (at his last Bayreuth Festival) in the role of Wolfram. + This discovery in the radio archives of a Tannhäuser from the first of the subsequent performances to a less-than-optimal initial performance is a real find, and is here released on CD in the series of historical recordings of the Bayreuth Festival. + By a stroke of luck, all the protagonists were on form on this early August evening, as can now be heard for the first time.

Price: $48.98