Charles Kuestner
Charles Kuestner was a singer represented in the Pristine catalogue through Leinsdorf’s Metropolitan Opera Götterdämmerung and Ring cycle.
His appearances place him in a Wagner company with Birgit Nilsson, Gottlob Frick, Hans Hopf, Jean Madeira and other major Met artists.
Because wider public biographical detail is limited, this note is deliberately tied to the recording evidence.
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WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 4. Götterdämmerung
Live broadcast performance, 1962
Total duration: 4hr 05:15 (includes radio announcements)
Siegfried - Hans Hopf
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Gunther - Norman Mittelmann
Gutrune - Gladys Kuchta
Hagen - Gottlob Frick
Waltraute - Irene Dalis
Alberich - Ralph Herbert
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 1. Das Rheingold
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 2. Die Walküre
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 3. Siegfried
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 4. Götterdämmerung
Recorded in 1961/62
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
