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: 3. Siegfried
Recorded in 1953
Total duration: 4hr 06:25
Rome Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of RAI
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Studio recording from 1956
XR remastering by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio, August-October 2010
Cover artwork based on a photograph of Rudolf Kempe
Total duration: 4hr 21:32
Ferdinand Frantz - Hans Sachs
Gottlob Frick - Veit Pogner
Elisabeth Grümmer - Eva
Gerhard Unger - Davis
Hermann Prey - Ein Nachtwächter
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Rudolf Kempe
R. STRAUSS Salome
R. STRAUSS Elektra (excerpts)*
Studio recordings, 1961 (stereo) & *1952 (Ambient Stereo)
Total duration: 2hr 25:30
Birgit Nilsson – Salome
Gerhard Stolze – Herod
Grace Hoffman – Herodias
Eberhard Wächter – Jokanaan
*Christel Goltz - Elektra
*Elisabeth Höngen - Klytemnestra
*Ferdinand Frantz - Orest
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
*Bayerisches Staatsorchester
conducted by Georg Solti