Hertha Glaz
Hertha Glaz (1910-2006) was an Austrian-American contralto and mezzo-soprano, active at the Metropolitan Opera and in European repertory. She was especially valued in Wagner and Strauss.
In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Wagner and Richard Strauss broadcasts, including Parsifal, Die Walküre, Salome and Elektra.
Glaz’s singing supplied dark colour, textual clarity and theatrical steadine...
WAGNER Parsifal
Live broadcast performance, 1954
Total duration: 4hr 24:04
Parsifal - Set Svanholm
Kundry - Astrid Varnay
Amfortas - George London
Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
Conducted by Fritz Stiedry
WAGNER Die Walküre (Act 3)
Studio recording, 1945
Total duration: 61:52
Helen Traubel (soprano) - Brünnhilde
Herbert Janssen (baritone) - Wotan
Irene Jessner (soprano) - Sieglinde
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
conducted by Artur Rodziński
R. STRAUSS Salome
R. STRAUSS Elektra
Live recordings, 1952
Total duration: 3hr 12:58
Ljuba Welitsch – Salome
Hans Hotter – Jochanaan
Set Svanholm – Herodes
Astrid Varnay – Elektra
Elisabeth Höngen – Clytemnestra
Paul Schöffler – Orest
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conducted by Fritz Reiner
