 One of the most admired and dramatic of the postwar generation of German opera singers, Martha Mödl, died in 2001aged 89. She enjoyed an extraordinarily long career, beginning in 1942 and continuing for almost fifty years. She will be best remembered for her Wagnerian roles at Bayreuth in the 1950s, where her intense portrayals of Brünnhilde, Isolde, and above all Kundry epitomised Wieland Wagner’s New Bayreuth style. Like her rival, Astrid Varnay, she made audiences forget the strain sometimes evident in her singing, by virtue of her riveting interpretations. For although she valued musical accuracy, it was the dramatic potential of a role which interested her most of all. |
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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Giuseppe di Stefano - The Vienna Debut 1953
Giuseppe di Stefano, Martha Mödl & Wolfgang Windgassen Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Wilhelm Schüchter Live concert given in Vienna 8th July 1953, including arias and duets from Wagner, Puccini and Verdi. | 
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Josef Metternich & Martha Modl | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 6 working days. |
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Hans Hotter, Hans Hopf, Martha Modl & Benno Kusche Eugen Jochum | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 6 working days. |
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Siegfried Jerusalem, Ellen Shade, Ivan Rebroff, Janet Perry, Martha Mödl, Willi Brokmeier, Hans Kraemmer, Biserka Cvejic & Wolfgang Brendel Südfunkchor Stuttgart & Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Kurt Eichhorn Filmed and recorded in Hungary and Germany, Stuttgart, 1975 “…director Arthur Maria Rabenalt… makes the most of location shots of Hungarian landscapes to create a convincingly fast-moving and musically invigorating film out of material that on stage risks seeming slightly turgid.” Gramophone Magazine, October 2008 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Martha Mödl (Penthesilea), Paula Brivkalne (Prothoe), Paula Lenchner-Schmidt (Meroe), Res Fischer (High priestess), Eberhard Waechter (Achilles) & Stefan Schwer (Diomedes) Stuttgart State Opera, Ferdinand Leitner 1957 Recording | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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RIAS, Cologne and Bamberger Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Alexander Welitsch (Boris), Anneliese Rothenberger (Feodor), Margot Guilleaume (Xenia), Maria von Ilosvay (Nurse), Peter Markwort (Shuisky), Georg Hann (Pimen), Rudolf Schock (Grigory/Dimtri), Martha Mödl (Marina Minishek) & Gustav Neidlinger (Varlaam) NDR Hamburg, Wilhelm Schüchter 1950 Recording | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Josef Metternich, Martha Mödl, Theo Hermann, Alfred Hülgert, Karlheinz Stracke Chor und Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin, Joseph Keilberth | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Peter Pears, Martha Mödl, Heinz Rehfuss, Otto von Rohr, Helmut Krebs & Werner Hessenland Verstäkter Männerchor of Northwest German Radio & Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky Recorded in Cologne 8th October 19512 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Fritz Wunderlich (Thebanischer Alter), Martha Mödl (Antigonae), Hetty Plümacher (Ismene), Hermann Uhde (Kreon), Gerhard Stolze (Ein Wächter), Helmut Schindler (Hämon), Josef Traxel (Tiresias), Otto von Rohr (Bote) & Grace Hoffman (Eurydice) Stuttgart Opera, Ferdinand Leitner live recording 9/3/1956 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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