Ridderbusch, Karl

Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner( )

37 editions published between 1971 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 366 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An opera about the captain of an infamous Dutch ghost ship who can be freed only by a woman who consents to marry him

Siegfried by Richard Wagner( )

23 editions published between 1968 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 350 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is one of the legendary performances from the Met's vast archive of historic broadcasts. The incomparable Lauritz Melchior stars in the title role of the young hero who sets out to explore the world--killing the fierce dragon Fafner (Eduard Habich) and the evil dwarf Mime (Karl Laufkötter) along the way. When Wotan (the great Friedrich Schorr) tries to stop him, Siegfried uses his sword to break the god's spear and makes his way to the sleeping Brünnhilde (a radiant Kirsten Flagstad). He awakens her with a kiss--and sets in motion the events that, in the following opera, will bring about the end of the world. Kerstin Thorborg co-stars as Erda and Artur Bodanzky conducts

Mass in B minor = Messe in h-Moll = Messe en si mineur by Johann Sebastian Bach( )

16 editions published between 1974 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 332 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Recorded at St. Lukes in London, a live recording of the soaring Mass in B Minor performed with the never-mailed-in performance by the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists led by John Eliot Gardiner during the course of their wildly successful 2014 European tour

Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi( )

16 editions published between 1970 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 322 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Macbeth and Banquo encounter three prophesying witches on their journey home from battle. Macbeth's ambitions are kindled by the witches' prediction that he will someday be king. In an effort to hasten the prophecy, he and Lady Macbeth plot the murders of those in the way. Under the strain of the heinous crimes, Lady Macbeth dies and Macbeth edges toward insanity. In the tragic climax, Macbeth is killed in a duel and Malcolm becomes king

Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner( )

21 editions published between 1972 and 2016 in German and Undetermined and held by 321 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

El anillo del nibelungo en alemán, es un ciclo de cuatro óperas épicas, basadas libremente en figuras y elementos de la mitología germánica, particularmente las Sagas islandesas. Estas operas son, El oro del Rin (Das Rheingold), La valquiria (Die Walküre), Sigfrido (Siegfried) y El ocaso de los dioses (Götterdämmerung)

Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss( )

25 editions published between 1970 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 315 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Karl Bohm's only studio version of the work was recorded in 1958. When Deutsche Grammophon originally planned to record the work, there were already two rival versions on the market: the Decca recording under Erich Kleiber and EMI's version under Herbert von Karajan. Karajan's recording was made in December 1956 and should have included Irmgard Seefried as Octavian and Rita Streich as Sophie, but in both cases cast changes became necessary: Seefried was replaced by the young Christa Ludwig, and pregnancy forced Rita Streich to withdraw. As a result, Deutsche Grammophon was able to use both these singers for its own recording exactly two years later. It boasts a wonderful cast, with the full-throated Marianne Schech as the Marschallin, Irmgard Seefried bringing a range of colour to the 'trouser' role of Octavian, Rita Streich light and exquisite as Sophie, and a rounded, lyrical portrait of Faninal from Fischer-Dieskau. The recording also reunited Bohm with his 'old' orchestra, the Dresden Staatskapelle, an orchestra often referred to as the Zauberharfe or Magic Harp for the fluent and airborne quality of its sound

Leonore (1805) by Ludwig van Beethoven( )

9 editions published between 1977 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 313 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner( )

26 editions published between 1970 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 308 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gotter-Dammerung:Last in "Der Ring des Nibelungen" Helge Brilioth, tenor; Thomas Stewart, tenor; Zoltan Kelemen, bass; Karl Ridderbusch, bass; Helga Dernesch, soprano; Gundula Janowitz, soprano; Chista Ludwig, mezzo-soprano; Lili Chookasian, contralto; Catarina Ligendza, soprano; Liselotte Rebmann, soprano; Edda Moser, soprano; Anna Reynolds, mezzo-soprano. Herbert von Karajan, conductor Libretto and notes included

Die Walküre by Richard Wagner( )

6 editions published between 1997 and 2012 in German and held by 295 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Wagner's powerful and wrenching tale of ill-fated love requires a cast of great singing actors, and that's just what this broadcast provides. Jon Vickers and Régine Crespin are the brother and sister who fall rapturously in love, only to be torn apart by death. The legendary Birgit Nilsson sings Brünnhilde, the Valkyrie of the title who is punished by her father (the magnificent Theo Adam as Wotan) for doing what he really wants her to do. Herbert von Karajan conducts his final Met performance

Der Freischutz by Carl Maria von Weber( )

15 editions published between 1991 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 268 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Wagner said this early-Romantic gem was the most German of German operas. Its irresistible mix of colorful folklore, the spooky supernatural, a tender romance, and the passionate struggle between good and evil are all captured in Weber's tuneful and dramatic score. The cast in this rare U.S. performance is sensational: Sándor Kónya as our hero, the forester Max, who must win a shooting contest in order to marry his beloved Agathe (the ravishing Pilar Lorengar), despite the dark plotting of Caspar (Gerd Feldhoff)