Hans Hotter

Hans Hotter (1909-2003) was a German bass-baritone, one of the towering Wagner singers of the twentieth century. He was especially celebrated as Wotan, Hans Sachs, the Dutchman and in German Lieder.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears extensively in Wagner, Strauss, Mozart and German opera, with conductors including Knappertsbusch, Karajan, Jochum and Stiedry.

Hotter’s singing combined vast vocal authority with inwardness, verb...

KNAPPERTSBUSCH The 1956 Wagner Ring: 1. Das Rheingold (Bayreuth, 1956) - PACO210

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WAGNER Das Rheingold

Live performance, 1956
Total duration: 2hr 37:32

Wotan - Hans Hotter
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Mime - Paul Kuen
Fasolt - Josef Greindl
Fricka - Georgine von Milinkovic

Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch

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KNAPPERTSBUSCH The 1956 Wagner Ring: 2. Die Walküre (Bayreuth, 1956) - PACO211

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WAGNER Die Walküre

Live performance, 1956
Total duration: 3hr 50:30

Siegmund - Wolfgang Windgassen
Sieglinde - Gré Brouwenstijn
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Hunding - Josef Greindl

Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch

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KNAPPERTSBUSCH The 1956 Wagner Ring: 3. Siegfried (Bayreuth, 1956) - PACO212

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WAGNER Siegfried

Live performance, 1956
Total duration: 4hr 10:55

Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Mime - Paul Kuen
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wanderer - Hans Hotter
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger

Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch

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KONWITSCHNY Wagner’s Ring: 1. Das Rheingold (Covent Garden, 1959) - PACO235

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WAGNER Das Rheingold

Live broadcast performance, 1959
Total duration: 2hr 30:46

Wotan - Hans Hotter
Loge - Richard Holm
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Fasolt - Kurt Böhme
Fafner - Michael Langdon
Erda - Marga Höffgen

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
conducted by Franz Konwitschny

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KONWITSCHNY Wagner’s Ring: 2. Die Walküre (Covent Garden, 1959) - PACO237

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WAGNER Die Walküre

Live broadcast performance, 1959
Total duration: 3hr 38:06

Siegmund - Ramón Vinay
Sieglinde - Amy Shuard
Hunding - Kurt Böhme
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Ursula Böse

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
conducted by Franz Konwitschny

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KRAUSS Wagner Ring Cycle & Parsifal (Bayreuth, 1953) - PABX004

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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
WAGNER Parsifal

Recorded in 1953

conducted by Clemens Krauss
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus

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KRAUSS Wagner Ring Cycle: 1. Das Rheingold (1953) - PACO039

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WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 1. Das Rheingold

Live concert recording from 1953
Total duration: 2hr 25:15

Featuring Hans Hotter as Wotan
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Clemens Krauss

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KRAUSS Wagner Ring Cycle: 2. Die Walküre (1953) - PACO040

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WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 2. Die Walküre

Live concert recording from 1953
Total duration: 3hr 30:55

Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Clemens Krauss

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