Wolfgang Windgassen, my all time favorite singer. What an extraordinary voice, a gift from God!
@brunegilda24533 жыл бұрын
Mine as well!
@Gioachino8210 жыл бұрын
Ausgezeichnet. Elegant und perfekt wie immer. Windgassen ist ein Genie gewesen.
@berndschlothauer70673 жыл бұрын
Kein Genie, das war Wagner, aber ein wahrhaft großer Tenor. Mr. Lohengrin und er konnte noch viel mehr.
@roideschats87994 жыл бұрын
quelle musique ! ... c'était quelque chose l'Europe à l'époque !
@iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiivy4 жыл бұрын
Windgassen is one of my favorite Wagnerian Heldentenors. Maybe it's because the first Wagner I listened to was Siegfried in the famous Solti Decca recording. At any rate, his voice carried a softness that is very nice in Wagner, especially with the younger heroes of Siegfried and Parsifal.
@margueritereed50352 жыл бұрын
I'd love to know how many of us imprinted on that recording, never to be satisfied with any other rendition.
@MarkyMarc7810 жыл бұрын
One of the most intelligent tenors I've ever heard - though he is not one of the massively big-voiced guys ;-) Here he shows his ability to form passion as well as tragic. I am fond of his live perfomances such as Tristan, Tannhäuser and Siegfried in Bayreuth...
@johannmarlowe9 жыл бұрын
Thoroughly agree, Marky. Maybe Melchior could have blown him away (but, then again, Melchior could have blown anyone away), but can you imagine Melchior singing Tamino? Yet that was Windgassen's professional debut role. He combined the elegance needed for roles like that with sufficient power to master the heldentenor repertory--and when you add in the dramatic commitment, musicianship, and brains he brought to everything he sang--well, it's hard to think of another Wagnerian voice I would have rather spent an entire night listening to. If Alfredo Kraus had been a heldentenor, he would have been Wolfgang Windgassen.
@MarkyMarc789 жыл бұрын
johannmarlowe A genuine comment of yours! I don't know so many Windgassen fans myself ;-)
@MarkyMarc788 жыл бұрын
+Milo M Thanks for your reply! I am glad (very glad!) you share my opinion! Melchior and Lorenz are a class of their own. Windgassen had his special dramatic impact on each and every role he sang (and performed).
@Pugovitsa468 жыл бұрын
+MarkyMarc78 You're exactly right I believe. His Tristan with Nilsson (Karl Bohm, I believe) is as good as I've ever heard. As much as I like Melchior, Vinay et al their coloration is just not really heldentenorish. Power is their forte; Windgassen probably was a real heldentenor - but didn't have the voice necessary for the really big houses like the Met. All this just my opinion, of course.
@MarkyMarc788 жыл бұрын
+Thomas and Jacqueline Groome Yeah, Böhm's Bayreuth Tristan (1966) is legendary. I love this recording so much! The verve of Böhm conducting, the cast (even the minor roles) and finally Windgassen's desperate agony and his delirious sining in Act III
@brunegilda24533 жыл бұрын
Windgassen, he best Parsifal ever.
@christianvandeputte73515 жыл бұрын
J'ai eu le bonheur de le voir plusieurs fois sur scène et il a été pour moi une des plus grandes voix du 20e siècle et restera inoubliable.
@tarakb76063 жыл бұрын
Quelle chance!
@tarakb76064 жыл бұрын
Wonderful singer!!
@richardallen38105 жыл бұрын
Outstanding vocal control and such beautiful sound. Saw Parsifal at Bayreuth in Aug experienced the greatest musical experience of my life. If you love Wagner make it your goal to visit.
@erikaleksandermoe1634 Жыл бұрын
I have always loved his Parsifal and found it more profound and moving than any other I have heard, including Melchior. His performance in act 2 in Kna's 1951 performance is miraculous. Here he conveys most of the same, but his voice isn't as fresh as in '51. What strikes me is the effortlessness he displays when singing these difficult passages. Yet glorious sounds are produced. He may not have been a traditional heldentenor, but if he were not a heldentenor then close to no one after Melchior and Lorenz were. He had the strength, sensitivity and stamina to do roles like Tristan and Siegfried, two of the most demanding of tenor roles in all of opera, and singing them successfully for decades. If that isn't the mark of a heldentenor I don't know what is.
@helmuthuber7665 ай бұрын
Gänsehaut, wie 2:48 großartig Windgassen singt! Selten so eine klare Stimme bei einem Parsifal gehört!
@adriantinti63699 ай бұрын
Bellísima música, gran interpretación de Windgassen
@vittoriodipaola13753 жыл бұрын
The best wagnerian tenor ever
@germanquintero101219462 ай бұрын
exquisito
@miroslavmartinu75727 жыл бұрын
On pourrait préciser que c'est Georges Sebastian qui dirige...On voit aussi Gottlob Frick.Dommage que les autres extraits autrefois présents aient disparu de KZbin...
@user-il5oq5df6l20 күн бұрын
Windgassen ranks alongside Set Svanholm and Lauritz Melchior as one of the leading Wagnerian tenors.
@2009Guillaume2 жыл бұрын
J'adore sa placidité. Imperturbable !
@user-dq4mt8wm6z3 ай бұрын
Windgassen in einer seiner Hauptrollen. dazu ein Dirigent wie Georges Sebastian, der für die französischen Opern bekannt war, aber gleichzeitig ein hervorragender Wagner-Dirigent war. Leider nicht komplett!!!
@033330322 жыл бұрын
A Great-uncle of me called Adolf Daman sung this part on the premiere of ''Parcifal'' here in Antwerp, Belgium in the 1920 ies.
@jordipanadesribera6890 Жыл бұрын
👏👏👏👏
@A.C.Ozturk11 жыл бұрын
harika
@ransomcoates5462 жыл бұрын
I have the impression Wind.’s career was made late and by his association with Decca and Solti. Where was he prominent in his 30’s and 40’s?
@brunegilda24532 жыл бұрын
Yes and no. His carreer was cut short by the war. Then, concentration camp. Then, back to normal life. Stuttgart in the late 40s ( very late ) where Wagner brothers ( and Hans Knapperstbuch ) heard him and immediately engaged him for Bayreuth in 1951, where he sang every Wagner's tenor-role, from Erik to Parsifal, for 20 years. He was, according to Wieland Wagner, "Bayreuth's hero" and one of the festival pillars. He sang his first Siegfried in Bayreuth in 1953, over ten years prior to Solti's "Siegfried" and "Götterdämmerung".