Richard Wagner His Life and His Dramas / A Biographical Study of the Man and an Explanation of His Work

by W. J. Henderson

This performance was against the wish of Wagner. The first authorised performance was that at the Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, August 13, 1876, when the cast was as follows:

Wotan	Franz Betz.
Donner	Eugen Gura.
Froh	Georg Unger.
Loge	Heinrich Vogel.
Alberich	Carl Hill.
Mime	Carl Schlosser.
Fasolt	Albert Eilers.
Fafner	Franz von Reichenberg.
Fricka	Friedericke Grün.
Freia	Marie Haupt.
Erda	Luise Jäide.
Woglinde	Lilli Lehmann.
Wellgunde	Marie Lehmann.
Flosshilde	Marie Lammert.

Weimar, Vienna, Leipsic, Hamburg, Brunswick, 1878; Mannheim, Cologne, 1879; Frankfort, London, 1882.

First performed in America at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Jan. 4, 1889.

Cast.

Wotan	Emil Fischer.
Donner	Alois Grienauer.
Froh	Albert Mittelhauser.
Loge	Max Alvary.
Alberich	Joseph Beck.
Mime	Wilhelm Sedlmayer.
Fasolt	Ludwig Mödlinger.
Fafner	Eugen Weiss.
Fricka	Fanny Moran-Olden.
Freia	Katti Bettaque.
Erda	Hedwig Reil.
Woglinde	Sophie Traubmann.
Wellgunde	Felice Koschoska.
Flosshilde	Hedwig Reil.

Conductor, Anton Seidl.

DIE WALKÜRE

Music Drama in Three Acts.