Three short programmes featuring the leading singers of three major opera houses in Germany during the period of the Third Reich.
1: Berlin State Opera
Wagner Einsam wachend in der Nacht (Tristan und Isolde)
Brangane MARGARETE KLOSE (mezzo-soprano) ORCHESTRA OF THE BERLIN STATE
OPERA/WILHELM
FURTWANGLER Strauss So wie Sie sind ... Und du wirst mein Gebieter sein (Arabella)
Arabella TIANA LEMNITZ (soprano)
Mandryka
GERHARD husch (baritone)
ORCHESTRA OF THE BERLIN STATE
OPERA/BRUNO SEIDLER-WINKLER Strauss Zerbinetta 's aria (Ariadne auf Naxos) ERNA BERGER (soprano)
BERLIN RSO/CLEMENS
KRAUSS Wagner Rienzi ! Rienzi! Hoch Rienzi , hoch ... Erstehe hohe Roma neu (Rienzi)
Rienzi .............MAX LORENZ (tenor) Cecco del Vecchio
WILHELM HILLER (bass)
Adriano MARGARETE KLOSE (mezzo-soprano)
Baroncelli.....GUSTAV v rodin (tenor) Irene .....HILDE SCHEPPAN (soprano) CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE
BERLIN STATE OPERA/
JOHANNES SCHULER : records
(Werner Egk 's 'Peer Gynt' tomorrow
2.45pm)
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