Tue, 15 August 2006  This performance of Götterdämmerung brings to a close the new production of the Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Bayreuth Festival. One of the shining stars of the last evening was Hans-Peter König who, in the role of Hagen, is positively chilling in the third scene of Act II. You will also hear Christian Thielemann conducting the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra in Siegfried's Funeral Music, as well as the thrilling voice of Linda Watson as Brünnhilde in the climactic Immolation Scene which ends the work.Comments[4] |
Thank you for these marvellous podcasts, especially for the opportunity to savour Thielemann's revelatory soundscapes. For me, the highlight of your podcasts so far has been the wartime recording of Hans Hotter in Der Fliegende Hollander. I have long treasured Hotter's EMI version of Bach's Ich Habe Genug, and here his voice is (understandably) fresher and no less authoritative.
Dermot
Dermot
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