Max Proebstl
Max Proebstl was a German bass, active in opera and concert repertory. He became associated with Bavarian and German musical life after the Second World War.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Wagner, Bach and Strauss, including Jochum’s Die Meistersinger, Richter’s St Matthew Passion and Solti/Nilsson Strauss material.
Proebstl’s singing brought firm bass weight and ensemble discipline to repertory that r...
WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Live broadcast performance, 1949
Total duration: 4hr 16:47
Hans Hotter
Günther Treptow
Annelies Kupper
Benno Kusche
Max Proebstl
Franz Klarwein
Karl Hoppe
Chor und Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper
Conducted by Eugen Jochum
Studio recording, 1958
Total duration: 3hr 18:41
Antoine Fahberg soprano
Hertha Töpper alto
Ernst Haefliger tenor
Kieth Engen bass
Max Proebstl bass
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau bass
Munich Bach Choir
Munich Bach Orchestra
Karl Richter conductor
R. STRAUSS Salome
R. STRAUSS Elektra (excerpts)*
Studio recordings, 1961 (stereo) & *1952 (Ambient Stereo)
Total duration: 2hr 25:30
Birgit Nilsson – Salome
Gerhard Stolze – Herod
Grace Hoffman – Herodias
Eberhard Wächter – Jokanaan
*Christel Goltz - Elektra
*Elisabeth Höngen - Klytemnestra
*Ferdinand Frantz - Orest
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
*Bayerisches Staatsorchester
conducted by Georg Solti
