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A series of great OPERA Records from early G&Ts to World War II recordings on 78 rpm Victrola Records
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VOICES OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF OPERA
Johanna Gadski:one of her great records: Tristan Dein Werk? o tör'ge Magd!
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Dein Werk?
Tristan und Isolde
Richard Wagner (composer)
Johanna Gadski (vocalist : soprano vocal)
Victor Orchestra (Musical group)
Description: Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra
4/30/1909 Camden, New Jersey 1 Master Victor 88165
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Perhaps that is the key to Gadski. She was a monumental singer, always choosing the "grand manner." Her education had evolved at a time when Wagnerian opera was thought of as "the music of the future." Eduard Hanslick (1825-1904) had written in 1879 that "The last remnant of beautiful singing in Germany will be destroyed by Wagner's Ring." For a singer trained in Germany during that period, Gadski was remarkably Italianate. Her voice was smoothly produced with a velvety timbre. She had a brilliant upper register, full and ringing, unlike many heroic sopranos who tend to squeeze or become shrill. Her interpretations, especially of Wagner, are often inspired. When she returned to New York in 1926, W. J. Henderson (1855-1937) wrote that she had become "almost a legend". Like an endangered species, recordings of singers like Johanna Gadski should be closely studied and finally, treasured.
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