Hans Hotter

Bass-Baritone

Hans Hotter was especially known for his portrayal of Wotan in Der Ring des Nibelungen. At the end of his prime vocal powers, his interpretation of Wotan in the operas Die Walkure and Siegfried was documented as part of the first commercial recording of the cycle in the early 1960s, with conductor Georg Solti and record producer John Culshaw. He also directed a complete Ring at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden from 1961 to 1964. His magnificent portrayal of Gurnemanz in Parsifal was captured on record in Hans Knappertsbusch's second live recording at Bayreuth.

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Handel: Giulio Cesare

Sung in German

Hans Hotter (Giulio Cesare), Walter Geisler (Sesto), Dagmar Herrmann (Cornelia), Rudolf Bockelmann (Achilla), Walburga Wegner (Cleopatra), Sigmund Roth (Tolomeo) & Carl Bay (Nireno, Curio)

Hamburg Radio, Hans-Schmidt Isserstedt

September 1950

Walhall - WLCD0220

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Wagner - Opera Arias and Duets

Wagner:

Opera Arias

Duets

Birgit Nilsson, Hans Hotter & Leopold Ludwig

Philharmonia Orchestra

EMI Great Recordings of the Century - 5097022

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Wagner: Das Rheingold

Hans Hotter (Wotan);Toni Blankenheim (Donner); Georgine von Milinkovic (Fricka); Ludwig Suthaus (Loge); Josef Traxel (Froh); Elisabeth Grümmer (Freia); Maria von Ilosvay (Erda); Paul Kuën (Mime); Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich); Arnold van Mill (Fasolt); Josef Greindl (Fafner); Dorothea Siebert (Woglinde); Paula Lenchner (Wellgunde) & Elisabeth Schärtel (Flosshilde)

Hans Knappertsbusch

Bayreuth 1957

Walhall - WLCD0216

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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov

Hans Hotter, Martha Modl, Hans Hopf, Kim Borg & Lorenz Fehenberger

Chor & Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum

Myto - MCD00138

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Wagner: Das Rheingold

Hans Hotter, Georgine von Milinkovic, Rudolf Lustig, Gustav Neidlinger, Paul Kuen, Toni Blankenheim, Josef Traxel, Hertha Wilfert, Maria von Ilosvay, Ludwig Weber, Josef Greindl, Jutta Vulpius, Elisabeth Schärtel, Maria Graf

Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth

Testament is releasing the first-ever stereo recording of The Ring Cycle with Hans Hotter, Astrid Varnay and Wolfgang Windgassen. In January Testament released Siegfried (SBT4 1392), the first instalment of a ‘lost’ Ring recorded at the Bayreuth Festival in 1955 with Die Walküre (SBT4 1391), the second opera in the Cycle, following in May. Thrillingly conducted by Joseph Keilberth (called by the late Astrid Varnay "a conductor with so much love, who was always there for you"), the cycle provides the opportunity to hear complete for the first time on commercial release the definitive performances of Hans Hotter (Wotan/Wanderer), Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde), Ramon Vinay (Siegmund), Josef Greindl (Hagen) and Paul Kuen (Mime), in addition to the much-loved Siegfried of Wolfgang Windgassen, here heard in his prime.

Building a Library

First Choice - January 2008

BBC Music Magazine

Opera Choice - February 2007

Testament - SBT21390

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Wagner: Die Walküre

Georgine von Milinkovic, Hans Hotter, Ramón Vinay, Gré Brouwenstijn, Josef Greindl, Astrid Varnay, Gerda Lammers, Elisabeth Schärtel, Maria von Ilosvay, Hilde Scheppan, Jean Watson, Maria Graf & Hertha Wilfert

Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth

Gramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - September 2006

Penguin Guide

Rosette Winner

Testament - SBT41391

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Wagner: Siegfried

Recorded live at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival

(Siegfried) Wolfgang Windgassen, (Brünnhilde) Astrid Varnay, (Wanderer) Hans Hotter, (Alberich) Gustav Neidlinger, (Mime) Paul Kuen & (Erda) Maria von Ilosvay

Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth

These 'live' Bayreuth performances were taped by a Decca team led by Peter Andry and including the noted engineers Kenneth Wilkinson and Roy Wallace, with Gordon Parry as assistant. Using a new six-channel mixer designed by Wallace, the team made both stereo and mono recordings of each opera. Three microphones were placed in the sunken orchestra pit and three hung from a lighting bridge about 20 feet above the stage. "This was brilliant; it worked beautifully", remembers Wallace. The company prepared for an expected release, but John Culshaw, recently returned to Decca, vetoed the project. He disliked 'live' recordings and already had plans for a studio Ring with Solti which began four years later.

Gramophone Awards 2006