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1983 Bayreuth Ring

BBC Radio 3
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Das Rheingold
Text and music by Richard Wagner
(Sung in German)
ANDREW PORTER introduces the first of the four parts of the new ' English '
Ring Cycle, and describes some of the features about which critical opinion divided.
BAYREUTH FESTIVAL CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR GEORG SOLTI
(Given on 25 July at the Bayreuth
Festspielhaus) /, (Bavarian Radio recording) 4

Contributors

Music By:
Richard Wagner
Introduces:
Andrew Porter
Conducted By:
Sir Georg Solti
Source: Radio Times

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