Ralph Herbert
Ralph Herbert was an American baritone and bass-baritone, active for many years at the Metropolitan Opera and in broadcast performance.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears repeatedly in Leinsdorf’s Metropolitan Opera Ring cycle, including Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung.
Herbert’s singing brought clarity, firmness and theatrical reliability to Wagner’s large ensemble...
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 1. Das Rheingold
Live broadcast performance, 1961
Total duration: 2hr 27:46 (includes radion announcements)
Wotan - George London
Fricka - Irene Dalis
Alberich - Ralph Herbert
Mime - Paul Kuen
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 3. Siegfried
Live broadcast performance, 1962
Total duration: 3hr 49:17 (includes radio announcements)
Siegfried - Hans Hopf
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 4. Götterdämmerung
Live broadcast performance, 1962
Total duration: 4hr 05:15 (includes radio announcements)
Siegfried - Hans Hopf
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Gunther - Norman Mittelmann
Gutrune - Gladys Kuchta
Hagen - Gottlob Frick
Waltraute - Irene Dalis
Alberich - Ralph Herbert
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 1. Das Rheingold
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 2. Die Walküre
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 3. Siegfried
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 4. Götterdämmerung
Recorded in 1961/62
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
