Becht, Hermann

Overview

Works:	191 works in 528 publications in 4 languages and 3,697 library holdings
Genres:	Operas Live sound recordings Musical settings Drama Librettos Cantatas Filmed performances Excerpts Opera films Original cast recordings
Roles:	Performer, Singer, Other, Author, Vocalist
Classifications:	M1500, 782.1

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works by Hermann Becht

Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner( Visual )

26 editions published between 1983 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 419 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A much deeper and darker tragedy in the form of this opera, a yearning for death in the guise of homesickness for the "dark land of night from which Tristan's mother sent him forth", determines Tristan's disposition and destiny from the beginning

Siegfried by Richard Wagner( )

30 editions published between 1981 and 2005 in 5 languages and held by 388 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

Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner( )

26 editions published between 1981 and 2002 in 4 languages and held by 369 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Soloists: Wiener Philharmoniker Georg Solti, con

Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner( )

25 editions published between 1981 and 2002 in 3 languages and held by 367 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Under James Levine's thrilling direction the famous Met Orchestra is at its best in this first installment of Wagner's Ring cycle. From the dark, mysterious beginning in the depths of the Rhine River to the blazing end as the gods cross the rainbow bridge into their new home of Valhalla, this is a searing performance. James Morris is the commanding Wotan, the god who thinks he has everything under control, even as he unwittingly sows the seeds of his own destruction

Gurrelieder ; Chamber symphony no. 1 ; Verklärte Nacht by Arnold Schoenberg( )

4 editions published between 1993 and 2003 in German and held by 287 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Klarinettenkonzert ; Media in vita by Herbert Blendinger( )

2 editions published in 2006 in German and held by 277 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner( Visual )

34 editions published between 1976 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 248 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In this final opera of the Ring cycle, Siegfried leaves Brünnhilde and sets off down the Rhine, where he meets Günther, king of the Gibichung, his sister Gutrune, and their half-brother Hagen, son of Alberich. Conspiring together, the siblings induce Siegfried to drink a magic potion to forget Brünnhilde, then retrieve her that she may marry Günther. This deed accomplished, Hagen then murders Siegfried during a hunt. When Brünnhilde sacrifices herself upon Siegfried's pyre, Hagen attempts to steal the magic ring, but is thwarted as the waters of the Rhine rise, washing over everything, and the Rhine maidens retrieve their treasure, as Valhalla appears in flames above

Gurre-Lieder by Arnold Schönberg( Recording )

4 editions published between 1990 and 2003 in German and held by 193 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Recorded May 1992 in the Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien

Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner( Visual )

28 editions published between 1980 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 144 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The crucible set for the Gods is heated when the forge begins to form the powerful ring in the underworld of Nibelheim. Wotan bargains with the Giants to build the glory of Valhalla and risks the Gods immortality. To appease the Giants and ensure eternal youth, Wotan steals the Rhinegold and the ring from the evil dwarf, Alberich and gives it to the Giants. In fury, Alberich bitterly spits forth the ring's unforgiving curse

Siegfried by Richard Wagner( Visual )

16 editions published between 1980 and 2005 in German and Undetermined and held by 132 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sung in German; English subtitles available

Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner( Visual )

13 editions published between 1980 and 2005 in German and Undetermined and held by 73 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presentation of Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold, recorded at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, West Germany in 1980

Gurrelieder by Arnold Schoenberg( Recording )

21 editions published between 1990 and 2003 in 3 languages and held by 64 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Gurzenich-Orchester of Cologne has a pedigree second to none. It can count Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss among those who have entrusted it with premieres of their works

Der Ring des Nibelungen : a stage festival drama for three days and a preliminary evening, produced at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus by Richard Wagner( Visual )

3 editions published between 1988 and 2001 in German and held by 53 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An allegory telling the mythic tale of the battle for power between the Nibelung dwarfs, the giants and the gods

Der Ring des Nibelungen : a stage festival drama for three days and a preliminary evening by Richard Wagner( Visual )

10 editions published between 1980 and 2005 in German and held by 52 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The four operas of The Ring Cycle

Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner( Visual )

9 editions published between 1987 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 42 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An allegory telling the mythic tale of the battle for power between the Nibelung dwarfs, the giants, and the gods

Arbeiten aus dem Fachausschuß V by Kommission zum Schutze der Zivilbevölkerung( Book )

1 edition published in 1996 in German and held by 41 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The threepenny opera by Kurt Weill( Recording )

3 editions published in 1990 in German and held by 37 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Recorded at Afifa Studio, Tempelhof Berlin, January 11-15, 1958

Wagner's Ring by Richard Wagner( Visual )

3 editions published in 1983 in German and held by 36 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Die Sprache des Lebens : eine Einführung in die Genetik by George Wells Beadle( Book )

1 edition published in 1969 in German and held by 35 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Die Gezeichneten by Franz Schreker( Recording )

6 editions published in 2002 in German and Undetermined and held by 28 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This audio of WQXR's "Music from Germany" (December 1978 special) is the first American radio broadcast of Franz Schreker's opera "Die Gezeichhneten" ("The branded"), which was previously recorded in Hamburg on North German Radio in 1960