Otto Edelmann
Otto Edelmann was an Austrian bass-baritone, one of the notable German-language opera singers of the post-war period. He was especially admired in Wagner, Strauss, Mozart and Beethoven.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Wagner, Beethoven and Mozart, including performances with Furtwängler, Leinsdorf, Fricsay and other major conductors.
Edelmann’s singing combined vocal weight, verbal clarity and stage authority, qualities ...
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 "Choral"
Recorded Lucerne, 1954
Total duration: 76:12
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Elsa Cavelti, alto
Ernst Häfliger, tenor
Otto Edelmann, bass
Lucerne Festival Choir
Philharmonia Orchestra
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
R. STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier
Studio recording, 1956
Total Duration: 3hr 11:57
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Die Feldmarschallin
Christa Ludwig - Octavian
Teresa Stich-Randall - Sophie
Otto Edelmann - Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau
Eberhard Wächter - Herr von Faninal
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
conducted by Herbert von Karajan
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 2. Die Walküre
Live broadcast performance, 1961
Total duration: 3hr 31:04 (includes radio announcements)
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegmund - Jon Vickers
Sieglinde - Gladys Kuchta
Wotan - Otto Edelmann
Fricka - Irene Dalis
Hunding - Ernst Wiemann
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
BACH St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Live recording, 1954
Total duration: 2hr 41:58
Elisabeth Grümmer, soprano
Marga Höffgen, contralto
Anton Dermota, tenor - Evangelist
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone - Jesus
Otto Edelmann, bass - arias, Peter, Pilate, Judas
Wiener Philharmoniker
Wiener Singakademie
Wiener Sängerknaben
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
BEETHOVEN Fidelio
Recorded 1953
Total duration: 2hr 14:42
Leonore - Martha Mödl
Florestan – Wolfgang Windgassen
Don Pizarro - Otto Edelmann
Rocco – Gottlob Frick
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor