Happy moments in Wagner? Enjoying it while it lasts are Kirsten Flagstad and Set Svanholm in Siegfried, and Astrid Varnay and Wolfgang Windgassen in Götterdämmerung. If you are a Wagner fan, this program is definitely for you!
Brünnhilde and Siegfried in Love
Playlist
“Ewig war ich ewig bin ich” Act III, Scene 3, from Siegfried by Richard Wagner
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano; Set Svanholm, tenor; Philharmonia Orchestra; Georges Sébastian, conductor
(London 1951. EMI 5 65215 2)
“Zu neuen Taten” Prologue from Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner
Astrid Varnay, soprano; Wolfgang Windgassen, heldentenor; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Joseph Keilberth, conductor
(Bayreuth Festival 1955. TESTAMENT SBT4 1393)