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 Richard Wagner - The Opera Collection / Sir Georg Solti
Release Date: 05/31/2002 
Label:  Decca   Catalog #: 470600   Spars Code: ADD 
Composer:  Richard Wagner
Performer:  René Kollo,  Werner Krenn,  Isola Jones,  Janis Martin,  Norman Bailey, 
Martti Talvela,  Christa Ludwig,  Manfred Jungwirth,  Kurt Equiluz, 
Werner Hollweg,  Victor Braun,  Helga Dernesch,  Hans Sotin, 
Jessye Norman,  Eva Randová,  Siegmund Nimsgern,  Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, 
Anna Gonda,  Alfred Sramek,  Czslawa Slania,  Madelyn Renee, 
Brigitte Poschner-Klebel,  Anton Scharinger,  Thomas Mohr,  Peter Jelosits, 
Placido Domingo,  Arnold Van Mill,  Ernst Kozub,  Regina Resnik, 
Tom Krause,  Birgit Nilsson,  Fritz Uhl,  Peter Klein, 
Theodore Kirschbichler,  Waldemar Kmentt,  René Pape,  Karita Mattila, 
Stephen Morscheck,  Ben Heppner,  Gary Martin,  Steven Tharp, 
John Horton Murray,  Richard Byrne,  Kevin Deas,  Alan Opie, 
Albert Dohmen,  Herbert Lippert,  Iris Vermillion,  Kelly Anderson, 
Roberto Saccŕ,  José Van Dam,  Birgit Finnilä,  Alison Hargan, 
Anne Howells,  Herbert Lackner,  Robert Tear,  Zoltan Kélémén, 
Rotraud Hansmann,  Marga Schiml,  Heinz Zednik,  Ewald Aichberger, 
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,  Gillian Knight,  Lucia Popp,  Margarita Lilowa, 
Gottlob Frick,  Hans Hotter
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra,  Chicago Symphony Chorus,  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,  Vienna Opera Chorus, 
Vienna Boys' Choir,  Vienna State Opera Chorus Konzertvereinigung,  Vienna Friends of Music Society Chorus

Number of Discs: 22 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 21 Hours 44 Mins. 

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Notes & Reviews   Works on This Recording  
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This box set includes a bonus 31'55" CD called "The Birth of an Opera." It features rehearsals for the Tristan und Isolde's performance included in this set. The rehearsals were recorded in September 1960. The CD is narrated by John Culshaw.
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1.  Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner
Performer:  René Kollo (Tenor), Werner Krenn (Tenor), Isola Jones (Mezzo Soprano),
Janis Martin (Soprano), Norman Bailey (Bass Baritone), Martti Talvela (Bass)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra,  Chicago Symphony Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1841/1852; Germany 
 		Date of Recording: 1976 
Venue:  Medinah Temple, Chicago, Illinois 
Length: 138 Minutes 45 Secs. 
Language: German 
2.  Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano), Norman Bailey (Baritone), Manfred Jungwirth (Bass),
Kurt Equiluz (Tenor), Werner Hollweg (Tenor), Victor Braun (Baritone),
René Kollo (Tenor), Helga Dernesch (Soprano), Hans Sotin (Bass)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,  Vienna Opera Chorus,  Vienna Boys' Choir
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845/1861; Germany 
 		Date of Recording: 10/1970 
Venue:  Sofia Hall, Vienna, Austria 
Length: 187 Minutes 39 Secs. 
Language: German 
3.  Lohengrin by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Jessye Norman (Soprano), Eva Randová (Mezzo Soprano), Hans Sotin (Bass),
Siegmund Nimsgern (Baritone), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Anna Gonda (Mezzo Soprano),
Alfred Sramek (Baritone), Czslawa Slania (Mezzo Soprano), Madelyn Renee (Soprano),
Brigitte Poschner-Klebel (Soprano), Anton Scharinger (Bass), Thomas Mohr (Baritone),
Peter Jelosits (Tenor), Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,  Vienna State Opera Chorus Konzertvereinigung
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1846-1847; Germany 
 		Date of Recording: 1985-86 
Venue:  Sofia Hall, Vienna, Austria 
Length: 222 Minutes 46 Secs. 
Language: German 
4.  Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Arnold Van Mill (Bass), Ernst Kozub (Tenor), Regina Resnik (Mezzo Soprano),
Tom Krause (Baritone), Birgit Nilsson (Soprano), Fritz Uhl (Tenor),
Peter Klein (Tenor), Theodore Kirschbichler (Bass), Waldemar Kmentt (Tenor)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,  Vienna Friends of Music Society Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1857-1859; Germany 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1960 
Venue:  Sofia Hall, Vienna, Austria 
Length: 239 Minutes 21 Secs. 
Language: German 
5.  Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner
Performer:  René Pape (Bass), Karita Mattila (Soprano), Stephen Morscheck (Bass),
Ben Heppner (Tenor), Gary Martin (Bass), Steven Tharp (Tenor),
John Horton Murray (Baritone), Richard Byrne (Tenor), Kevin Deas (Bass),
Alan Opie (Baritone), Albert Dohmen (Baritone), Herbert Lippert (Tenor),
Iris Vermillion (Mezzo Soprano), Kelly Anderson (Bass), Roberto Saccŕ (Tenor),
José Van Dam (Bass Baritone)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra,  Chicago Symphony Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1862-1867; Germany 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1995 
Venue:  Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois 
Length: 255 Minutes 26 Secs. 
Language: German 
6.  Parsifal by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Birgit Finnilä (Alto), Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano), Alison Hargan (Soprano),
Anne Howells (Mezzo Soprano), Herbert Lackner (Baritone), Robert Tear (Tenor),
Zoltan Kélémén (Bass), Rotraud Hansmann (Soprano), Marga Schiml (Mezzo Soprano),
Heinz Zednik (Tenor), Ewald Aichberger (Tenor), Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano),
Gillian Knight (Mezzo Soprano), Lucia Popp (Soprano), Margarita Lilowa (Mezzo Soprano),
René Kollo (Tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Gottlob Frick (Bass),
Hans Hotter (Bass Baritone)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,  Vienna State Opera Chorus Konzertvereinigung,  Vienna Boys' Choir
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877-1882; Germany 
 		Date of Recording: 1972 
Venue:  Sofia Hall, Vienna, Austria 
Length: 260 Minutes 10 Secs. 
Language: German 
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