It may seem unimaginable to audiences of postwar generations that Dresden opera lovers had to wait four years after 1945 for a performance of a stage work by Wagner due to negative associations with the Third Reich. These excerpts from radio broadcasts of the first Wagner productions after 1945 capture great singers of the era in a truly historic setting.
It may seem unimaginable to audiences of postwar generations that Dresden opera lovers had to wait four years after 1945 for a performance of a stage work by Wagner due to negative associations with the Third Reich. These excerpts from radio broadcasts of the first Wagner productions after 1945 capture great singers of the era in a truly historic setting.
