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Classic Rheingold cast with Theo Adam resurfaces among opera fans

Original: @ classicalmusic Wagner - DAS RHEINGOLD Wotan: Theo Adam Loge: Peter Schreier Donner: Kieth Engen Froh: Toni Krämer Faso

Opera lovers are sharing a recording cast of Wagner's Das Rheingold, led by Wotan sung by Theo Adam with Peter Schreier as Loge, Karl Ridderbusch as Fafner and Kurt Moll as Fasolt, alongside Hermann Becht's Alberich and Gerhard Unger's Mime. Listeners are swapping memories of the line-up, which pairs two of the most celebrated East German voices of the twentieth century in Wagner's opening Ring opera.

Why now: Music fans are circulating and reminiscing over a historically significant Wagner recording and its all-star cast.

Richard WagnerTheo AdamPeter SchreierKurt MollDas Rheingold

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• @ classicalmusic Wagner - DAS RHEINGOLD Wotan: Theo Adam Loge: Peter Schreier Donner: Kieth Engen Froh: Toni Krämer Fasolt: Kurt Moll Fafner: Karl Ridderbusch Alberich: Hermann Becht Mime: Gerhard Unger Fricka: Ruza Baldani Freia: Sabine Hass Erda: Cornelia Wulkopf Woglinde:… · Boerps@nrw.social · 3

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