In addition to this month’s Mystery Voice Quiz, we present excerpts from historic performances of Wagner’s light-hearted opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, focusing on the historical figure of Hans Sachs.
Die Meistersinger
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Playlist:
12:00 pm
- Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Overture (excerpt)
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
- CD/Album: Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail
- Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80544
- Release Year: 2000
12:01 pm
- Aïda: "Celeste Aïda"
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Soloists: Richard Tucker, tenor
- Conductor: Arturo Toscanini
- CD/Album: The Verdi Recordings
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 67893
- Release Year: 2005
12:05 pm
- Die Meistersinger: Prelude and Opening Chorus
- Composer: Richard Wagner
- Ensemble: Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
- Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
- CD/Album: Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 63500
- Release Year: 1952
12:18 pm
- Die Meistersinger: "Was duftet doch der Flieder"
- Composer: Richard Wagner
- Ensemble: Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
- Soloists: Otto Edelmann, bass
- Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
- CD/Album: Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 63500
- Release Year: 1952
12:25 pm
- Die Meistersinger: "Wahn! Wahn! Ãœberall wahn!"
- Composer: Richard Wagner
- Ensemble: Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
- Soloists: Otto Edelmann, bass
- Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
- CD/Album: Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 63500
- Release Year: 1952
12:34 pm
- Die Meistersinger: "Selig, wie die Sonne"
- Composer: Richard Wagner
- Ensemble: Chorus of the Dresden State Opera; Saxon State Orchestra
- Soloists: Tiana Lemnitz, soprano ; Emilie Walther-Sachs, mezzo-soprano ; Bernd Aldenhoff, tenor ; Gerhard Unger, tenor ; Ferdinand Frantz, bass
- Conductor: Rudolf Kempe
- CD/Album: Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
- Record co./Cat #: Vox OPBX 1425 [vinyl]
- Release Year: 1951
12:40 pm
- Die Meistersinger: Conclusion
- Composer: Richard Wagner
- Ensemble: Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
- Soloists: Hans Hopf, tenor ; Otto Edelmann, bass
- Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
- CD/Album: Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 63500
- Release Year: 1952