Ferdinand Frantz
Ferdinand Frantz (1906-1959) was a German bass-baritone, one of the major Wagner singers of the mid-twentieth century. He was especially associated with Wotan and other heroic German roles.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears repeatedly in Furtwängler’s Wagner Ring recordings from La Scala and Rome.
Frantz’s singing had breadth, authority and the dark verbal weight required by Wagner’s gods and rulers. He brought command withou...
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 1950
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
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 1953
Rome Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of RAI
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
Recorded in 1950
Total duration: 2hr 30:07
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
Recorded in 1953
Total duration: 2hr 37:50
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
Recorded in 1950
Total duration: 3hr 32:13
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
Recorded in 1953
Total duration: 3hr 51:30
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
