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COPYRIGHT 2005 Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc.
WAGNER: Tannhauser
Brouwenstijn, Wilfert; Windgassen, Fischer-Dieskau, Greindl, Traxel, Blankenheim, Stolze, Herwig, Horn; chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival (August 9, 1955), Schonberger Sangerknaben, Cluytens. Notes, synopsis, no text. Orfeo C643 043D (mono)
Once upon a time, about fifty years ago, Bayreuth was a wondrous mecca. The world's leading singers came, rehearsed and stayed. They even accepted small parts. The world's leading conductors regarded an engagement...
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