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Wolfgang Windgassen sings Wagner

Here, in extracts from eight Wagner operas he displays all the lyrical and dramatic qualities of his beautifully natural voice to great advantage. Annelies Küpper also appears, as Elizabeth, in an extended extract from Tannhäuser.

To this day Wagner presents special challenges to every singer, and natural Wagner interpreters are rare. One such was the unforgettable Wolfgang Windgassen, the leading postwar Heldentenor, who sang all the major tenor roles – from Rienzi, Tannhäuser and Lohengrin to Siegfried, Tristan and Parsifal – at Bayreuth from 1951 to 1970