Tannhäuser (CD, Paris Version): Georg Solti, René Kollo, Helga Dernesch, Christa Ludwig, Hans Sotin, Victor Braun
Conductor: Georg Solti
Landgraf Hermann Hans Sotin
Tannhäuser René Kollo
Wolfram Victor Braun
Walther Werner Hollweg
Biterolf Manfred Jungwirth
Heinrich Stephan Rügamer
Reinmar Norman Bailey
Elisabeth Helga Dernesch
Venus Christa Ludwig
Ein junger Hirt Member of the Vienna Boys Choir
4 pages Members of the Vienna Boys Choir
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic
One of my favourite Wagner recordings thanks to Georg Solti's intense reading, René Kollo's passionate Tannhäuser (not liked by everyone) and Christa Ludwig's unsurpassed (?) Venus. Even compared to Waltraud Meier. Solti chose the Paris Version of the opera. For the Dresden Version, see Franz Konwitschny's recording.
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Georg Solti - Daniel Barenboim - Franz Konwitschny - Giuseppe Sinopoli - Karl Elmendorff 1930 -