Joyce Barker
Joyce Barker (1931-1992) was a South African soprano, active in opera and concert repertory. She sang internationally and became associated with dramatic soprano roles.
In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Mahler and Wagner, including Horenstein’s Mahler Eighth and Covent Garden Wagner under Konwitschny.
Barker’s singing brought the strength, line and projection required by large late-Romantic and Wagnerian contexts.
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MAHLER Symphony No. 8 in E flat Major ("Symphony of a Thousand")
WAGNER Der fliegende Holländer - Overture
WAGNER Tannhäuser - Bacchanale
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll Siegfried Idyll
Live and studio recordings, 1959 and 1962
Total duration: 2hr 1:13
Jascha Horenstein, conductor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
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
