Sung in Italian (chorus) and German, it has the most feminine, most beautiful Kundry I know (Marjorie Lawrence). Fortunately, Ward Marston has restored the performance superbly and that is one of my most treasured CD sets.
A favorite Wagner performance from Remko Jas
All of the Teatro Colón live opera recordings conducted by Fritz Busch are special, but his 1936 Parsifal is my favorite.
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