Florence Austral
Florence Austral (1892-1968) was an Australian dramatic soprano, celebrated especially in Wagner. She became one of the major English-speaking Wagnerian sopranos of the early twentieth century.
In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Wagner’s Ring excerpts, including the Potted Ring releases and related early recordings.
Austral’s voice was large, brilliant and commanding, with the stamina and gleam required by heroic ...
WAGNER The Potted Ring - Volume One
DAS RHEINGOLD
DIE WALKÜRE
Studio recordings, 1926-32
Total duration: 2hr 33:07
Frida Leider ∙ Friedrich Schorr ∙ Emmi Leisner
Florence Austral ∙ Walter Widdop ∙ Göta Ljungberg
Albert Coates ∙ Leo Blech, conductors
WAGNER The Potted Ring - Volume 3: Götterdämmerung, Motives and Extras
Studio recordings, 1926-31
Total duration: 2hr 23:59 and 60:30
Florence Austral ∙ Walter Widdop
Rudolf Laubenthal ∙ Maartje Offers ∙ Ivar Andrésen
Lauritz Melchior ∙ Friedrich Schorr
Götterdämmerung: Albert Coates ∙ Leo Blech
Appendix: Lawrance Collingwood ∙ Leo Blech ∙ Karl Muck
WAGNER The Potted Ring - Volume One: DAS RHEINGOLD, DIE WALKÜRE
WAGNER The Potted Ring - Volume Two: SIEGFRIED
WAGNER The Potted Ring - Volume Three: GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG, Motives and Extras
Studio recordings, 1926-32
