Aldenhoff, Bernd

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner( )

13 editions published between 1976 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 395 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Master-Singers of Nuremberg): Overture performed by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra with Yevgeny Mravinsky conducting. [Note: This product is an authorized CD-R and is manufactured on demand]

Die Ägyptische Helena by Richard Strauss( )

16 editions published between 1956 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 344 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Deborah Voigt brings sumptuous vocalism and dramatic presence to the title role of Strauss and Hofmannsthal's re-imagination of the Helen myth. Set in the aftermath of the Trojan War, the story is based on the premise that the Helen who came to Troy was a phantom, while the real, faithful one was spirited away. After the war, she is reunited with her husband, Menelas, sung by Torsten Kerl. Diana Damrau is Aithra, the sorceress who helps Helen regain Menelas's love, and Wolfgang Brendel sings Altair, a desert chieftain who falls in love with Helen. Fabio Luisi conducts the ravishing score

Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner( )

10 editions published between 1984 and 2003 in German and held by 289 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Soloists: Wiener Philharmoniker Georg Solti, con

Siegfried by Richard Wagner( )

35 editions published between 1951 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 128 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is one of the legendary performances from the Met's vast archive of historic broadcasts. The incomparable Lauritz Melchior stars in the title role of the young hero who sets out to explore the world--killing the fierce dragon Fafner (Eduard Habich) and the evil dwarf Mime (Karl Laufkötter) along the way. When Wotan (the great Friedrich Schorr) tries to stop him, Siegfried uses his sword to break the god's spear and makes his way to the sleeping Brünnhilde (a radiant Kirsten Flagstad). He awakens her with a kiss--and sets in motion the events that, in the following opera, will bring about the end of the world. Kerstin Thorborg co-stars as Erda and Artur Bodanzky conducts

Der Dresdner Freischütz : für das "Weber-Jahr 1951" = for the "Weber anniversary year of 1951" by Carl Maria von Weber( )

3 editions published in 2012 in German and held by 92 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fidelio : Festaufführung zur Eröffnung des Grossen Hauses der Staatstheater 1948 = celebratory performance for the opening of the Large House of the Dresden Staatstheater in 1948 by Ludwig van Beethoven( )

2 editions published in 2011 in German and held by 87 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Hans Knappertsbusch conducts Wagner : Götterdämmerung : Bayreuth 1951 by Richard Wagner( Recording )

4 editions published in 1999 in German and French and held by 80 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Der Freischutz by Carl Maria von Weber( Recording )

11 editions published between 1951 and 2001 in German and French and held by 62 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The opera holds a crucial place in history, setting the course of German Romantic opera. Nikolaus Harnoncourt's typically probing approach produced an interpretation that, in the words of the distinguished critic Alan Blyth, 'has the ring of reality about it, uncovering the troubled psyche and element of superstition in this extraordinary piece.'

Parsifal (Auszüge) by Richard Wagner( Recording )

8 editions published in 2009 in German and Undetermined and held by 53 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Salome by Richard Strauss( Recording )

11 editions published between 1956 and 1992 in 3 languages and held by 51 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A dark Biblical tale of hubris, lust, and self-destruction, written in the inimitable voice of Oscar Wilde. The beautiful Salomé is King Herod's stepdaughter, who helps her mother Herodias exact a gruesome revenge on the prophet John the Baptist