Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra
The Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra are the resident festival forces of the Bayreuth Festival in Bavaria.
The festival was founded by Richard Wagner for the performance of his stage works and opened in 1876.
The orchestra performs in the Festspielhaus’s covered pit, a distinctive acoustic arrangement central to the Bayreuth sound, while the chorus is central to the festival’s Wagnerian stage tradition.
WAGNER Der Ring des Nibelungen
1. Das Rheingold
2. Die Walküre
3. Siegfried
4. Götterdämmerung
Live performances, Bayreuth Festival, 1956
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch
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
WAGNER Die Walküre
Live performance, 1956
Total duration: 3hr 50:30
Siegmund - Wolfgang Windgassen
Sieglinde - Gré Brouwenstijn
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Hunding - Josef Greindl
conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch
WAGNER Götterdämmerung
Live performance, 1956
Total duration: 4hr 33:28
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Gré Brouwenstijn
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch
WAGNER Siegfried
Live performance, 1956
Total duration: 4hr 10:55
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Mime - Paul Kuen
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wanderer - Hans Hotter
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch
