Ludwig Suthaus
Ludwig Suthaus (1906-1971) was a German heldentenor, especially associated with Wagner. He sang at Bayreuth and in major German houses during the post-war period.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Furtwängler’s Rome Ring cycle and Knappertsbusch’s 1956 Bayreuth Ring.
Suthaus’s singing brought the stamina, strength and darkened heroic tone required by Wagner’s great tenor roles.
His page is essential in the Wagner str...
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 Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 4. Götterdämmerung
Recorded in 1953
Total duration: 4hr 27:40
Rome Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of RAI
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde
Recorded in 1952
Total duration: 4hr 16:25
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Philharmonia Orchestra
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
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
