Wagner - Das Rheingold - Entry of the gods into Walhall - Hans Hotter - Krauss (1953)

Richard Wagner
Das Rheingold
Schwüles Gedünst schwebt in der Luft ... Heda! Heda! Hedo! ... Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge ... Ihrem Ende eilen sie zu ... Rheingold! Rheingold! Reines Gold!
Donner - Hermann Uhde
Froh - Gerhard Stolze
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Ira Malaniuk
Loge - Erich Witte
Woglinde - Erika Zimmermann
Wellgunde - Hetty Plümacher
Flosshilde - Gisela Litz
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Clemens Krauss, conductor
Bayreuth Festspielhaus, August 08, 1953

[@eddihaskell]

Wow the recording quality is incredible. From 1953? its amazing,

[@stephenkur7759]

The famous Met Opera Rheingold naturalistic production was the best ever, but this one with Hotter looks very good too.
If you listen very carefully at the end, you can hear a stinger from the orchestra...I've seen it in the actual score, and it wraps up everything perfectly.

[@bod9317]

Das ist die besten.