RAI Ring - Wolfgang Sawallisch

These performances from the early 1970's, represent characteristic productions without the greatest stars of Bayreuth, the Met and similar venues. There are individual performances of great interest and Sawallisch conducts the forces of RAI Rome far more than competently. Note that there are difficulties with recording level, notably in Walküre Act II, but scattered elsewhere. My apologies, but my original was imperfect.

CAST

Wotan / Wanderer: Theo Adam
Brünnhilde: Nadezda Kniplova
Siegfried: Jean Cox
Sieglinde: Hildegard Hillebrecht
Siegmund: Eberhard Katz
Fricka: Janis Martin
Loge: Herbert Schachtschneider
Alberich: Zoltan Keleman
Mime: Erwin Wohlfahrt
Fafner: Karl Ridderbsuch
Fasolt / Hagen / Hunding: Gerd Nienstedt
Gutrune: Leonore Kirchstein
Gunther / Donner: Thomas Tipton
Freia: Leonore Kirchstein
Froh: Hermann Winkler
Erda: Oralia Dominguez
Forest Bird: Ingrid Paller
Helmwige: Daniza Mastilovic
Ortlinde: Elisabeth Schwarzenberg
Gerhilde: Liselotte Rebmann
Waltraute: Irene Dalis
Siegrune: Jane Murray Dillard
Rossweisse: Raili Kostia
Grimgerde: Cvetka Ahlin
Schwertleite: Aili Puroner
Woglinde: Liselotte Hammes / Christa Lehnert
Wellgunde: Ingrit Liljeberg
Flosshilde: Ilse Gramatzki
First Norn: Ruza Pospinov
Second Norn: Helga Dernesch
Third Norn: Elisabeth Schwarzenberg

Das Rheingold

Die Walküre

Act I
Act II
Act III

Siegfried

Act I
Act II
Act III

Götterdämmerung

Prologue and Act I
Act II


Act III