Langhammer, Irmgard

Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann - excerpts / Rother, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne
Performers: Anders, Peter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Langhammer, Irmgard; Muller, Anneliese; Prohaska, Jaro; Reimann, Kurt; Soot, Fritz; Stoll, Walter; Streich, Rita; Stumpf, Franz; Witting, Gerhard
Conductors: Rother, Artur

The young Offenbach had been thrilled by the first performance of this fantastic play by Barbier and Carre in 1851, and would eventually produce the...continue...

Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Live 1942 Bayreuth / Elmendorff

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2008-02-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Booth, Margary; Dalberg, Frederick; Fuchs, Marta; Kallab, Camilla; Koch, Egmont; Langhammer, Irmgard; Scheppan, Hilde; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus

"...His [Elmendorff's] leadership in this performance reflects long experience in keeping up the forward momentun while relaxing tempos for dramatic emphasis in the climaxes. He...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - Legendary Opera Duets

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-07-10

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Don Carlos; Simon Boccanegra; Otello; Henry Pur...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Baillie, Isobel; Bampton, Rose; Beuf, Augusto; Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; de Luca, Giuseppe; Eames, Emma; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Fr...

This is a unique collection of some operatic rarities, some sung by famous singers, some by names now forgotten, but belonging to artists of surprising...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - Great Moments from Wagner Operas

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-07-10

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Bohnen, Michael; Destinn, Emmy; Flagstad, Kirsten; Hotter, Hans; Kinderman, Lydia; Knupfer, Paul; Kraus, Ernst; Kuttner, Max; Langhammer, Irmgard; Manowarda, Josef von; Melchior, Lauritz; Reinmar, Ha...

This companion set to ODO 8002 (Ring Highlights) reverberates with the mightiest Wagnerian voices of the past century, from 1906 to 1948, recorded in their...continue...

Set Svanholm Live

2 CD / Preiser / 1998-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Götterdämmerung; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Berglund, Joel; Björling, Sigurd; Bjorker, Leon; Booth, Margary; Dalberg, Frederick; Edwards, Simon [Tenor Vocal 2]; Jonsson, Folke; Koch, Egmont; Langhammer, Irmgard; Lindberg, Gosta; Molin, Co...
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: Royal Stockholm Opera Chorus; Royal Stockholm Opera Orchestra

Von der Königlichen Hofoper zur Staatsoper Unter den Linden

4 CD / Preiser / 1998-07-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figar...
Performers: Alpar, Gitta; Anders, Peter; Armster, Carl; Bachmann, Hermann; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Berger, Rudolf; Bettendorf, Emmy; Bockelmann, Rudolf; Bohnen, Michael; Brandt, Marianne; Branzell, Karin;...