tracks cd 1-2, 7-10, 11-14 alto vocals [erda & waltraute] Ortrun Wenkel
tracks cd 1-2, 11-14 alto vocals [flosshilde] Hanna Schwarz
tracks cd 3-6 alto vocals [grimgerde] Kathleen Kuhlmann
tracks cd 3-6, 11-14 alto vocals [schwerleite & erste norn / first norn] Anne Gjevang
tracks cd 11-14 baritone vocals [gunther] Hans Günter Nöcker
tracks cd 1-2 bass vocals [donner] Karl-Heinz Stryczek
tracks cd 1-2, 7-10, 11-14 bass vocals [fafner & hagen] Matti Salminen
tracks cd 3-6 bass vocals [hunding] Kurt Moll
tracks cd 1-2, 7-10, 11-14 bass vocals, baritone vocals [alberich] Siegmund Nimsgern
tracks cd 1-2, cd 3-6, cd 7-10 bass vocals, baritone vocals [wotan & der wanderer] Theo Adam
choir Chor der Staatsoper Dresden
tracks cd 1-2, 3-6, 7-10 conductor [assistant] Gottfried Hämpel
conductor [staatskapelle dresden] Marek Janowski
tracks cd 1-2, 3-6 edited by Annelene Dziengel
tracks cd 11-14 edited by Ingrid Trumpf
tracks cd 7-10, 11-14 edited by Thomas Albrecht
engineer Helmut Hanusch
engineer [balance] Claus Strüben
engineer [balance] Manfred Melchior
tracks cd 1-2, 3-6, 11-14 engineer [recording] Gerald Junge
engineer [technical] Hans Jürgen Oehlke
tracks cd 1-2, 3-6 mezzo-soprano vocals [fricka] Yvonne Minton
tracks cd 3-6 mezzo-soprano vocals [siegrune] Christel Borchers
tracks cd 1-2, 11-14 mezzo-soprano vocals [wellgunde] Uta Priew
tracks cd 11-14 mezzo-soprano vocals [zweite norn / second norn] Daphne Evangelatos
orchestra Staatskapelle Dresden
producer Oskar Waldeck
tracks cd 3-6, 7-10, 11-14 soprano vocals [brünnhilde] Jeannine Altmeyer
tracks cd 1-2 soprano vocals [freia] Marita Napier
tracks cd 3-6 soprano vocals [gerhilde] Eva-Maria Bundschuh
tracks cd 3-6, 11-14 soprano vocals [helmwiege & dritte norn / third norn] Ruth Falcon
tracks cd 3-6 soprano vocals [ortlinde] Cheryl Studer
tracks cd 3-6 soprano vocals [sieglinde] Jessye Norman
tracks cd 7-10, 11-14 soprano vocals [stimme des waldvogels / voice of a forest bird & gutrune] Norma Sharp
tracks cd 1-2, 11-14 soprano vocals [woglinde] Lucia Popp
tracks cd 1-2, 7-10 tenor vocals [loge & mime] Peter Schreier
tracks cd 1-2 tenor vocals [froh] Eberhard Büchner
tracks cd 1-2 tenor vocals [mime] Christian Vogel
tracks cd 7-10, 11-14 tenor vocals [siegfried] René Kollo
tracks cd 3-6 tenor vocals [siegmund] Siegfried Jerusalem
Phonographic Copyright (p) BMG Ariola München GmbH
Copyright (c) BMG Music International
Recorded At Studio Lukaskirche, Dresden

Das Rheingold

Götter . Gods · Dieux
Wotan: Theo Adam bass-baritone
Donner: Karl-Heinz Stryczek bass
Froh: Eberhard Büchner tenor
Loge: Peter Schreier tenor
Nibelungen · Nibelungs
Alberich: Siegmund Nimsgern bass-baritone
Mime: Christian Vogel tenor
Riesen · Giants · Géants
Fasolt: Roland Bracht bass
Fafner: Matti Salminen bass
Göttinnen · Goddesses · Déesses
Fricka: Yvonne Minton mezzo-soprano
Freia: Marita Napier soprano
Erda: Ortrun Wenkel contralto
Rheintöchter · Rhinemaidens · Filles du Rhin
Woglinde: Lucia Popp soprano
Wellgunde: Uta Priew mezzo-soprano
Flosshilde: Hanna Schwarz contralto

Staatskapelle Dresden
MAREK JANOWSKI
conductor
Gottfried Hämpel
assistant
Recording: Lukaskirche, Dresden, December 8–11, 1980
Producer: Oskar Waldeck
Recording Supervision: Helmut Hanusch
Balance Engineer: Manfred Melchior
Technical Engineer: Hans Jürgen Oehlke
Music Supervision: Heinz Wegner
Balance Supervision: Claus Strüben
Cutter: Annelene Dziengel
Recording Engineer: Gerald Junge
A Soundstream Digital Recording
A Co-Production of Ariola-Eurodisc with VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin/DDR
Art Direction: Manfred Vormstein
Original Design: Ariola-Eurodisc Studios, Annette Krämer
Photos © Hansjoachim Mirschel
1980 BMG Ariola München GmbH.

Die Walküre

Siegmund: Siegfried Jerusalem tenor
Hunding: Kurt Moll bass
Wotan: Theo Adam bass-baritone
Sieglinde: Jessye Norman soprano
Fricka: Yvonne Minton mezzo-soprano
Walküren · Valkyries · Walkyries
Brünnhilde : Jeannine Altmeyer soprano
Gerhilde: Eva-Maria Bundschuh soprano
Ortlinde: Cheryl Studer soprano
Waltraute: Ortrun Wenkel contralto
Schwertleite: Anne Gjevang contralto
Helmwige: Ruth Falcon soprano
Siegrune: Christel Borchers mezzo-soprano
Grimgerde: Kathleen Kuhlmann contralto
Rossweiße: Uta Priew mezzo-soprano

Staatskapelle Dresden
MAREK JANOWSKI
conductor
Gottfried Hämpel
assistant
Recording: Lukaskirche Dresden, August 22–29, 1981
Producer: Oskar Waldeck
Recording Supervision: Helmut Hanusch
Balance Engineer: Manfred Melchior
Technical Engineer: Hans Jürgen Oehlke
Music Supervision: Heinz Wegner
Balance Supervision: Claus Strüben
Cutter: Annelene Dziengel
Recording Engineer: Gerald Junge
A Soundstream Digital Recording
A Co-Production of Ariola-Eurodisc with VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin/DDR
Art Direction: Manfred Vormstein
Original Design: Ariola-Eurodisc Studios, Annette Krämer
1981 BMG Ariola München GmbH.


Siegfried

Siegfried: René Kollo tenor
Mime: Peter Schreier tenor
Der Wanderer (Wotan):Theo Adam bass-baritone
Alberich: Siegmund Nimsgern bass-baritone
Fafner: Matti Salminen bass
Erda: Ortrun Wenkel contralt o
Brünnhilde: Jeannine Altmeyer soprano
Stimme des Waldvogels: Norma Sharp soprano

Staatskapelle Dresden
MAREK JANOWSKI
conductor
Gottfried Hämpel
assistant
Recording: Lukaskirche, Dresden, February & March, 1982
Producer: Oskar Waldeck
Recording Supervision: Helmut Hanusch
Balance Engineer: Manfred Melchior
Technical Engineer: Hans Jürgen Oehlke
Music Supervision: Heinz Wegner
Balance Supervision: Claus Strüben
Cutter: Thomas Albrecht
Recording Engineer: Gerald Junge
A Soundstream Digital Recording
A Co-Production of Ariola-Eurodisc with VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin/DDR
Art Direction: Manfred Vormstein
Original Design: Ariola-Eurodisc Studios, Annette Krämer
Photos © Hansjoachim Mirschel
1982 BMG Ariola München GmbH.


Götterdämmerung

Siegfried:René Kollo tenor
Gunther: Hans Günter Nöcker baritone
Alberich: Siegmund Nimsgern bass-baritone
Hagen: Matti Salminen bass
Brünnhilde: Jeannine Altmeyer soprano
Gutrune: Norma Sharp soprano
Waltraute: Ortrun Wenkel mezzo-soprano
Erste Norn: Anne Gjevang contralto
Zweite Norn: Daphne Evangelatos mezzo-soprano
Dritte Norn: Ruth Falcon soprano
Rheintöchter
Woglinde: Lucia Popp soprano
Wellgunde: Uta Priew mezzo-soprano
Floßhilde: Hanna Schwarz contralto

Rundfunkchor Leipzig · Staatsopernchor Dresden
Staatskapelle Dresden
MAREK JANOWSKI
conductor
Gottfried Hämpel
assistant
Recording: Lukaskirche, Dresden, January, March & April, 1983
Producer: Oskar Waldeck
Recording Supervision: Helmut Hanusch · Balance Engineer: Manfred Melchior
Technical Engineer: Hans Jürgen Oehlke · Music Supervision: Heinz Wegner
Balance Supervision: Claus Strüben · Cutter: Ingrid Trumpf, Thomas Albrecht
Recording Engineer: Horst Langheinrich
A Soundstream Digital Recording
A Co-Production of Ariola-Eurodisc with VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin/DDR
Art Direction: Manfred Vormstein
Original Design: Ariola-Eurodisc Studios, Annette Krämer
Photos © Hansjoachim Mirschel
1983 BMG Ariola München GmbH.
Barcode: 035626900328
Label Code: LC 0202
SPARS Code: DDD