Rudolf Moralt Biographical notes: b
Munich, 1902; d Vienna, 1958 (nephew of Richard Strauss) Teachers:
Studied at the Munich University and with Walter Courvoisier at the Vienna Music Academy. Career: Debut as répétiteur at the Vienna State Opera in 1919 under Bruno Walter and Hans
Knappertsbusch. Kaiserslautern, 1923-1927. Music director at the German Theatre in Brno, 1928-1931. Kaiserslautern, 1932-1933. Braunschweig, 1934-1936. Graz, 1937-1940. Debut at the
Vienna State Opera in 1937. Salzburg Festival, 1952. Chief conductor at the Vienna State Opera, 1940-1958 (the year of his early death). Comment:
Rudolf Moralt was an unaffected and deeply understanding conductor who was responsible for a high standard of repertory performances at the Vienna State Opera for almost
20 years. His musical and stylistic competence as well as his profound knowledge about singing achieved many fine performances, especially of works by Mozart, Wagner, Pfitzner and Richard Strauss.
This Ring testifies Moralt’s reputation as a highly gifted conductor who was able to breath with his singers -->
CAST
Recordings:
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Recital (Arias by Beethoven, Wagner, Gounod, Bizet, Offenbach, Mussorgsky, Borodin, Verdi) |
Preiser-CO |
D’Albert - Tiefland (Moralt 1957/Brouwenstijn, Hopf, Schöffler, Czerwenka, Waechter) |
Philips |
Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Moralt 1957, without dialogues/Schwarzkopf, Loose, Dermota,
Klein, Alsen) |
Gala |
Mozart - Don Giovanni (Moralt 1955/London, Zadek, Jurinac, Simoneau, Berry, Waechter, Sciutti, Weber)
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Philips |
Mozart - Così fan tutte (Moralt 1955/Stich-Randall, Malaniuk, Sciutti, Kmentt, Berry, Ernster) |
Philips |
Strauss R. - Salome (Moralt 1952 live/Wegner, von Milinkovic, Szemere, Kmentt, Metternich) |
Philips |
Wagner - Parsifal (Moralt 1948 live/Treptow, Anny Konetzni, Schöffler, Braun, Weber, Vogel) |
Myto |
Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Moralt 1948/49 live) |
Gebhardt Records |
Ferdinand Frantz Wilhelm Furtwängler’s favorite Wotan Biographical notes: b Kassel, 1906; d Munich, 1959 (married to Helena Braun) Teachers:
Mostly self-trained as a bass (!). From 1943 onwards he switched to “Heldenbariton” roles. Debut: In 1927 as Hermann Ortel (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) at the Staatstheater Kassel. Career:
Chemnitz, 1932-1937. Hamburg State Opera, 1937-1942. Munich State Opera, 1943-1959. Waldfestspiele Zoppot, 1940-1941. Guest appearances at the Vienna State Opera,
Dresden Semper Opera, La Scala. Covent Garden, 1953-1954. Teatro San Carlo, Naples, 1949-1951. Met, 1953-1954. Salzburg Festival, 1948 and 1955. Until his untimely death he remained a member of the Munich State Opera.
Repertoire:
King Marke, Rocco, König Heinrich, Daland, Wotan, Hans Sachs, Kurwenal, Pizarro, Morone in Pfitzner’s Palestrina, Orest, Jochanaan, Jupiter in Strauss’ Daphne,Telramund, Title
role in Zillig’s Das Opfer, Méphistophélès, Galitsy in Borodin’s Prince Igor. Ferdinand Frantz was also a noted concert and oratorio singer.
Recordings:
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Beethoven - Fidelio (Furtwängler 1948 live/Schlüter, Patzak, Alsen, Edelmann, della Casa,
Schock) |
Melodram (LP) |
Pfitzner - Palestrina (Heger 1951 live/Patzak, Hotter, Nentwig, Szabo) |
Melodram |
Strauss R. - Salome (Schröder 1952 live/Borkh, Klose, Lorenz, Fehringer) |
Myto |
Strauss R. - Elektra (Schröder 1953 live/Borkh, Kupper, Klose, Bensing) |
Golden Melodram |
Wagner - Lohengrin (Jochum 1952/Fehenberger, Kupper, Braun, von Rohr) |
DGG (LP) |
Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Kempe 1951/Aldenhoff, Pflanzl, Böhme, Unger, Lemnitz,
Walter-Sacks) |
Myto |
Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Kempe 1956/Rudolf Schock, Benno Kusche, Gottlob Frick, Gerhard
Unger, Elisabeth Grümmer, Marga Höffgen) |
EMI |
Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Moralt 1948/49 live --> see below) |
Gebhardt Records |
Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Furtwängler 1950 live --> see below) |
Gebhardt Records |
Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Furtwängler 1953, broadcast/ Windgassen Konetzni, Frick, Mödl,
Cavelti, Suthaus, Patzak, Greindl, Klose, Streich, Poll, Pernetsdorfer, Jurinac) |
EMI |
Wagner - Tristan und Isolde (Knappertsbusch 1950 live/Treptow, Braun, Schöffler, Klose. Bonus on Gala:
Wesendonck-Lieder and several duets with Ferdinand Frantz) |
Gala Orfeo d’or |
Wagner - Die Walküre (Furtwängler 1954/Mödl, Suthaus, Rysanek, Frick, Klose) |
EMI |
Zoppot - Bayreuth of the North |
Preiser-LV |
Aus Münchens Operngeschichte |
Preiser-LV |
Sie sangen im Prinzregententheater München |
Preiser-LV |
Ferdinand Frantz as Wotan Als junger Liebe Lust mir verblich (Wotan in Die Walküre, Act 2) Helena Braun A fine and (today) underrated dramatic soprano
Biographical notes: b
Düsseldorf, 1903; d Sonthofen-Allgäu, 1990 (married to Ferdinand Frantz) Teachers: Studied in Düsseldorf and Cologne as a contralto. From 1933onwards she switched to high dramatic soprano roles. Debut:
In 1928 at the Stadttheater Koblenz (role not known to me). Career: Bielefeld, 1930-1931. Wuppertal, 1932. Wiesbaden, 1933-1940. Munich State Opera,
1940. Vienna State Opera, 1939-1949. Waldfestspiele Zoppot, 1939 and 1941. Salzburg Festival, 1941-1942 . Guest appearances at the State operas of Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart as well as at La
Scala, Covent Garden, Grand Opéra Paris, Rome, Monte Carlo and the Met. Repertoire: Donna Elvira, Donna Anna, The Countess, Leonore, Martha (Tiefland), Venus,
Brünnhilde, Waltraute, Ortrud, Kundry, Senta, Isolde, Octavian, Johanna (in Wagner-Régeny’s Johanna Balk), Elektra, Herodias, Klytämnestra, The Mother in Hänsel und Gretel, Ariadne,
Minneleide in Pfitzner’s Die Rose vom Liebesgarten, Esmeralda in Schmidt’s Notre Dame, Ulrica, Aida, Amneris, Carmen, Santuzza, Yaroslawna in Borodin’s Prince Igor.
Recordings: |
Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro (Krauss 1942 live/Hotter, Beilke, Kunz, Fischer, Witt) |
Preiser |
Wagner - Lohengrin (R. Kraus 1951/Anders, Eipperle, Kronenberg, Greindl) |
Myto |
Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Moralt 1949, broadcast --> see below) |
Gebhardt Records |
Wagner - Tristan und Isolde (Knappertsbusch 1950 live/Treptow, Frantz, Schöffler, Klose). Bonus on Gala:
Wesendonck-Lieder and several duets with Ferdinand Frantz |
Gala Orfeo d’or |
Four Famous Sopranos (+ Viorica Ursuleac, Hildegard Ranczak and Trude Eipperle) |
Preiser-LV |
Zoppot - Bayreuth of the North |
Preiser-LV |
Unvergessene Stimmen der Wiener Staatsoper |
Preiser-LV |
Aus Münchens Opergeschichte |
Preiser-LV |
Sie sangen im Prinzregententheater München |
Preiser-LV |
Grosse Mozartsänger Vol. 1 (1922-1942) |
Orfeo d’or |
As Isolde - one of her greatest achievements As Ortrud So sah ich Siegvater nie (Brünnhilde in Die Walküre, Act 2) Gertrude Grob-Prandl Truly a “Hochdramatische” Biographical notes: Dates: b Vienna, 1917; d Vienna, 1995 Teachers: Studied at the Vienna Music Academy.
Debut:
In 1939 as Satuzza at the Vienna Volksoper (then Opernhaus der Stadt Wien) Career: Vienna Volksoper, 1939-1945. Zurich, 1945-1947. Vienna State Opera, 1947-1964. Guest
appearances in Italy (Naples, Rome, Florence, La Scala) where she was particularly admired. Guest appearances at Covent Garden, Buenos Aires and Barcelona. Salzburg Festival, 1949. From
1954 onwards she became a member of the Berlin State Opera as well as of the Vienna State Opera. Opera of San Francisco, 1953. Arena di Verona, 1954. Hamburg State Opera, 1961-1964. She completed her career in 1972.
Repertoire:
Santuzza,
Amelia, Elisabetta, Aida, Tosca, Ariadne, Martha in d’Albert’s Tiefland, Donna Anna, Rosalinde, Isolde, Brünnhilde, Turandot, Donna Anna, First Lady (Die Zauberflöte).
Recordings:
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Recital (R. Strauss, Schumann, Wagner, Weber) |
Myto |
Mozart - Idomeneo (von Zallinger/G. Hopf, Taubmann, Menzel, Handt) |
Vox |
Mozart - Don Giovanni (Swarowsky 1950/Stabile, H. Konetzni, Handt, Pernerstorfer, Poell, Czerwenka)
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Preiser |
Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (Furtwängler 1949 live/Seefried, Ludwig, Schmitt-Walter, Lipp, Greindl) |
Arlecchino |
Puccini - Turandot (Capuana 1953 live/Ferrari-Ongaro, Srpuzzola-Zola, Scott, Rossi) |
Melodram |
Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Moralt 1949, broadcast --> see below) |
Gebhardt Records |
Wagner - Tristan und Isolde (de Sabata 1951 live/Lorenz, S. Nilsson, Björling, Cavelti) --> to be
released in near future! |
Gebhardt Records |
In her debut role as Santuzza
Heil dir, Sonne! Heil dir, Licht! with Günther Treptowas Siegfried (Brünnhilde in Siegfried, Act 3) Günther Treptow “Heldentenor” admired by Clemens Krauss Biographical notes: Dates: b Berlin, 1907; d Berlin, 1981
Teachers: He trained as a baritone at the Musikhochschule Berlin, further studies with the
Italian bass Giovanni Scarmeo. He changed to a tenor before his debut in 1939. Debut: In 1939 as Italian Singer in Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin. Career:
Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 1936-1942. Vienna Volksoper (Opernhaus der Stadt Wien), 1938. Zoppot Waldfestspiele, 1939. State Opera Munich, from 1940. Vienna State Opera, 1947-1955.
La Scala Milan, 1950. Covent Garden, 1953. Guest appearances in France, Spain, Russia and Switzerland. Met, 1950-1951. Bayreuth Festival, 1951-1952/1961/1963-1964/1968. Teatro Colón
Buenos Aires, 1954. Théâtre de la Monnaie Brussels, 1954-1955. Berlin State Opera, 1955-1961. Deutsche Oper Berlin, 1962-1972. Repertoire:
Italian singer (Rosenkavalier), Otello, Max, Rienzi, Florestan, Tannhäuser, Siegmund, Rienzi, Stolzing, Balthasar Zorn, Ulrich Eisslinger, Siegfried, Pedro, Evangelimann, Max,
Aegisth, Stewa, Canio, Tristan, Parisfal, Jörg in Bittner’s Der Bergsee, Aminta La Rocca (his last stage appearance in Henze’s Der junge Lord).
Recordings:
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Bittner - Der Bergsee (Prohaska 1953 live/H. Konetzni, Patzak, Waechter) |
Myto |
Henze - Der junge Lord (von Dohnány 1967 live/Mc Daniel, Little, Sardi, Krebs, Hesse, Mathis)
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DGG |
Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Jochum 1949 live/Hotter, Kusche, Proebstl, Kuen, Kupper,
Michaelis) |
Myto |
Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Knappertsbusch 1951/Schöffler, Dönch, Edelmann, Dermota, Güden,
Schürhoff) |
Decca |
Wagner - Parsifal (Moralt 1948 live/A. Konetzni, Schöffler, Weber) |
Myto |
Wagner - Rienzi (Zillig 1950 live/Eipperle, Gonszar, Schlüter) |
Melodram |
Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Moralt 1949, broadcast --> see below) |
Gebhardt Records |
Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Furtwängler 1950 live --> see below) |
Gebhardt Records |
Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Keilberth 1952 live/Uhde, Witte, Neidlinger, Weber, Windgassen,
Hotter, Varnay, Aldenhoff, Lorenz) |
Arlecchino |
Wagner - Tannhäuser (Schröder 1949/Eipperle, Joesten, Schlusnus, von Rohr) |
Gebhardt Records |
Wagner - Tristan und Isolde (Knappertsbusch 1950 live/Braun, Schöffler, Frantz, Klose) |
Gala Orfeo d’or |
Recital (Arias of Wagner, Goldmark, Kienzl, Leoncavallo, Puccini, Lehár) |
Preiser-LV |
Zoppot - Bayreuth of the North |
Preiser-LV |
Aus Münchens Operngeschichte |
Preiser-LV |
Sie sangen im Prinzregententheater München |
Preiser-LV |
Siegmund (and Siegfried) Ein trauriges Kind rief mich zum Trutz (Siegmund in Die Walküre, Act 1) Hilde Konetzni (Konerczny) “Wiener Kammersängerin” Biographical notes: b Vienna, 1905; d Vienna, 1980. Her sister Anny Konetzni was a highly acclaimed dramatic soprano. Teachers:
Studied with Rudolf Nilius at the Vienna Music Academy and in Prague with Ludmila Prohasková-Neumannová. Debut:
In 1929 as Sieglinde at the Stadttheater Chemnitz (to her sister’s Brünnhilde) Career:
German Theatre, Prague, 1932-1935. Vienna State Opera, from 1936-1973! Salzburg Festival, 1936. Covent Garden, 1938/1947/1955. Zurich, 1946. Repertoire:
Sieglinde, Gutrune, Leonore (Il Trovatore), Agathe, Elisabeth, Donna Elvira, Chrysothemis, Färberin, Kaiserin, Rezia, Leonore, Rosalinde, Elisabetta, Amelia, Marschallin,
Title role in Fried Walter’s Königin Elisabeth, Yaroslavna in Borodin’s Prince Igor, title role in Hans Sutermeister’s Niobe. Many smaller character parts after 1970.
Recordings:
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Beethoven - Fidelio (Böhm 1944/Seefried, Ralf, Klein, Schöffler, Alsen) |
Preiser |
Bittner - Der Bergsee (Prohaska 1953 live/Treptow, Patzak, Waechter) |
Myto |
Giordano - Andrea Chénier (von Matacic 1960 live/Tebaldi, Corelli, Bastianini, Höngen) |
Melodram |
Mozart - Don Giovanni (Swarowsky 1950/Stabile, Grob-Prandl, Handt, Pernerstorfer, Poell, Czerwenka) |
Preiser |
Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (Toscanini 1937 live/Novotná, Roswaenge, Domgraf-Fassbaender) |
Melodram |
Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (Böhm 1944 live/Reining, Anders, Piltti, Poell, Weber) |
Myto |
Smetana - The Bartered Bride (Beecham 1939 live/Tauber, Krenn, Tessmer, Rothmüller, Kalter) |
Melodram |
Verdi - Macbeth (Böhm 1944/Höngen, Ahlersmeyer) |
Preiser |
Verdi - Otello (Böhm 1944 live/Ralf, Schöffler, Nikolaidi, Witt) |
Preiser |
Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Moralt 1949, broadcast --> see below) |
Gebhardt Records |
Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Furtwängler 1950 live --> see below) |
Gebhardt Records Urania |
Recital - Arias of Wagner, Beethoven, Puccini, Mozart, Smetana, Verdi, R. Strauss |
Preiser-LV |
Four Austrian Sopranos of the Past (+ Berta Kiurina, Luise Helletsgruber, Maria Reining) |
Preiser-LV |
Richard Wagner on Record |
Preiser-LV |
Unvergessene Stimmen der Wiener Staatsoper |
Preiser-LV |
Aus Münchens Operngeschichte |
Preiser-LV |
Wiener Opernlieblinge seinerzeit |
Preiser-LV |
Stars der Wien Oper Vol. 1 |
ORF |
Richard Strauss accompanies Anton Dermota, Hilde Konetzni and Alfred Poell |
Preiser |
Agathe Elsa
Hinweg! hinweg! flieh’ die Entweihte (Sieglinde in Die Walküre, Act 2)
Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen |
Conductor |
Rudolf
Moralt
Die Wiener Symphoniker, Vienna --> broadcast, concert performances |
Wilhelm
Furtwängler Orchestra della Scala,
Milan --> Opera performances |
Das Rheingold: |
1948 (without interval) |
4 March, 1950 |
Wotan |
Ferdinand Frantz |
Ferdinand Frantz |
Fricka |
Elisabeth Höngen |
Elisabeth Höngen |
Alberich |
Adolf Vogel |
Alois Pernerstorfer |
Loge |
Dr. Julius Pölzer |
Joachim Sattler |
Donner |
Alfred Poell |
Angelo Mattiello |
Froh |
Willy Friedrich |
Günther Treptow |
Freia |
Ilona Steingruber |
Walburga Wegener |
Erda |
Rosette Anday |
Margret Weth-Falke |
Mime |
William Wernigk |
Peter Markwort |
Fasolt |
Marjan Rus |
Ludwig Weber |
Fafner |
Herbert Alsen |
Albert Emmerich |
Woglinde |
Ester Rethy |
Magda Gabory |
Wellgunde |
Martha Rohs |
Margherita Kenney |
Flosshilde |
Sieglinde Wagner |
Sieglinde Wagner |
Die Walküre: |
1949 (one act at a time) |
9 March, 1950 |
Wotan |
Ferdinand Frantz |
Ferdinand Frantz |
Fricka |
Rosette Anday |
Elisabeth Höngen |
Brünnhilde |
Helena Braun |
Kirsten Flagstad |
Sieglinde |
Hilde Konetzni |
Hilde Konetzni |
Siegmund |
Günther Treptow |
Günther Treptow |
Hunding |
Herbert Alsen |
Ludwig Weber |
Schwertleite |
Alice Ostrowsky |
Polly Batic |
Helmwige |
Ilona Steingruber |
Ilona Steingruber |
Siegrune |
Gertrude Burgstaller-Schuster |
Margherita Kenney |
Gerhilde |
Judith Hellwig |
Walburga Wegener |
Ortlinde |
Ester Rethy |
Karen Marie Crkall |
Waltraute |
Rosette Anday |
Dagmar Schmedes |
Grimgerde |
Dagmar Hermann |
Sieglinde Wagner |
Rossweisse |
Else Schürhoff |
Margret Weth-Falke |
Siegfried: |
1949 (one act at the time) |
22 March, 1950 |
Siegfried |
Günther Treptow |
Max Lorenz |
Brünnhilde |
Gertrude Grob-Prandl |
Kirsten Flagstad |
Der Wanderer (Wotan) |
Ferdinand Frantz |
Josef Herrmann |
Mime |
William Wernigk |
Peter Markwort |
Erda |
Rosette Anday |
Elisabeth Höngen |
Alberich |
Adolf Vogel |
Alois Pernerstorfer |
Fafner |
Herbert Alsen |
Ludwig Weber |
Waldvogel |
Ruthilde Boesch |
Julia Moor |
Götterdämmerung: |
1949 (one act at the time) |
4 April, 1950 |
Siegfried |
Günther Treptow |
Max Lorenz |
Brünnhilde |
Gertrude Grob-Prandl |
Kirsten Flagstad |
Gunther |
Karl Kamann |
Josef Herrmann |
Gutrune (Act 1/2) |
Hilde Konetzni |
Hilde Konetzni |
Gutrune (Act 3) |
Judith Hellwig |
Hilde Konetzni |
Waltraute |
Rosette Anday |
Elisabeth Höngen |
Alberich |
Adolf Vogel |
Alois Pernerstorfer |
Hagen |
Ludwig Weber |
Ludwig Weber |
Erste Norn |
Rosette Anday |
Margret Weth-Falke |
Zweite Norn |
Georgine von Milinkovic |
Margherita Kenney |
Dritte Norn |
Hilde Konetzni |
Hilde Konetzni |
Woglinde |
Elisabeth Rutgers |
Magda Gabory |
Wellgunde |
Martha Rohs |
Margherita Kenney |
Flosshilde |
Sieglinde Wagner |
Sieglinde Wagner |
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