Ernst Wiemann
Ernst Wiemann (1919-1980) was a German bass-baritone, active in opera and especially associated with Wagner. He sang at the Metropolitan Opera and other major houses.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Leinsdorf’s Metropolitan Opera Ring cycle, including Das Rheingold and Die Walküre.
Wiemann’s singing brought weight, steadiness and dramatic authority to Wagnerian roles. Such parts require not only vocal s...
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 1. Das Rheingold
Live broadcast performance, 1961
Total duration: 2hr 27:46 (includes radion announcements)
Wotan - George London
Fricka - Irene Dalis
Alberich - Ralph Herbert
Mime - Paul Kuen
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 2. Die Walküre
Live broadcast performance, 1961
Total duration: 3hr 31:04 (includes radio announcements)
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegmund - Jon Vickers
Sieglinde - Gladys Kuchta
Wotan - Otto Edelmann
Fricka - Irene Dalis
Hunding - Ernst Wiemann
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
