Wagner, Richard: Das Rheingold (Historic Recording)

Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner
Cast: Hans Hotter, Toni Blankenheim, Josef Traxel, Ludwig Suthaus, Georgine von Milinkovic, Elisabeth Grummer, Gustav Neidlinger, Paul Kuen, Arnold van Mill, Josef Greindl, Maria von Ilosvay, Dorothea Seibert, Paula Lechner & Elisabeth Schartel,  with the Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch
Libretto by Richard Wagner
Label: Melodram
Catalogue number: MEL 576
Country of Issue: Italy
Date: 1982
Live recording
Mono
Analogue
Format: LP Boxed Set (3 discs plus booklet)
Label design: standard Melodram cream label
Discs: Mint, unmarked
Outer box: Near Mint,  but a bit sun faded on left edge.
Inner sleeves: original, polylined, as new
Booklet: full size 4pp, perfect. Notes in Italian and German with photos. No libretto

This item appears as new throughout except as mentioned above. Acquired by us in 2007 as part of a large collection but never played since.

Das Rheingold is the first part of the RIng Cycle and needs no introduction.  This recording was  made at the 1957 Bayreuth Festival and is issued here as part of the series '12 Years of New Bayreuth' from the Italian label Melodram.