Erich Kunz
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Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Hilde Güden (Rosalinde), Waldemar Kmentt (Eisenstein), Giuseppe Zampieri (Alfred), Erika Köth (Adele), Regina Resnik (Orlofsky), Peter Klein (Blind), Walter Berry (Falke), Eberhard Wächter (Franke), Erich Kunz (Frosch)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan
Camp charm, beguiling lyricism, all the dialogue and star turns flown in for the traditional gala party, from Leontyne Price singing 'Summertime' to Birgit Nilsson trading a hit from My Fair... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2026, Archive Choice
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The Record of Singing – The Very Best of Volumes 1-4
RecommendedFrom 1899 to the end of the 78 era: 1899-1952
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Historical
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Reissue
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Gramophone Awards, 1977, Winner - Historical
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Special offer. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Erich Kunz (Figaro), Irmgard Seefried (Susanna), Paul Schöffler (Count), Lisa Della Casa (Countess), Sena Jurinac (Cherubino), Oskar Czerwenka (Bartolo), Rosette Anday (Marcellina), Murray Dickie (Basilio), Anny Felbermayer (Barbarina), Walter Berry (Antonio)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,...
The singers here are vocally pre-eminent and the performance is alert, theatrically motivated and (at times) moving…Despite Böhm’s efforts there is sometimes a struggle between the old portentous... —
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Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus
RecommendedHilde Güden (Rosalinde), Eberhard Wächter (Eisenstein), Giuseppe Zampieri (Alfred), Rita Streich (Adele), Gerhard Stolze (Orlofsky), Peter Klein (Blind), Walter Berry (Falke), Erich Kunz (Frank), Josef Meinrad (Frosch), Elfriede Ott (Ida)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker,...
The most luxuriantly Viennese of all Fledermice, with Karajan and the Philharmonic at their most effervescent and a delectable Staatsoper cast, plus a gala of 1950s Decca stars including Björling,... —
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Building a Library, September 2022, Also Recommended
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Strauss: Die Fledermaus
Complete Opera plus Gala Scene & Ballet Music
Hilde Gueden (Rosalinde), Waldemar Kmentt (Eisenstein), Giuseppe Zampieri (Alfred), Erika Köth (Adele), Regina Resnik (Orlofsky), Eberhard Wachter (Frank), Walter Berry (Falke), Erich Kunz (Frosch), Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Giulietta Simionato (mezzo), Ettore Bastianini...
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New. Strauss, R: Salome, Op. 54
Gerd Nienstedt (bass), Heljä Angervo (contralto), Kurt Rydl (bass), Wiesław Ochman (tenor), Helge von Bömches (bass), José van Dam (bass-baritone), Hildegard Behrens (soprano), Horst Nitsche (tenor), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Karl-Walter Böhm (tenor), David Knutson (tenor), Erich Kunz (baritone),...
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Special offer. Strauss, J, II: Eine Nacht in Venedig
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nicolai Gedda, Erich Kunz, Karl Dönch, Peter Klein, Emmy Loose & Hanna Ludwig
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Otto Ackermann
[On the original 1955 release] A Night in Venice (1883), with the canals running with schmaltz and many a German joke about macaroni and La donna being mobile,may put off the ultra austere,... —
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Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Erich Kunz, Nicolai Gedda, Emmy Loose
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Otto Ackermann
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100 Best Karajan
James Galway (flute), Fritz Helmis (harp), Bernard Walton (clarinet), Dennis Brain (french horn), Erich Kunz (baritone), Wilma Lipp (soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Nan Merriman (contralto), Sesto Bruscantini (baritone), Lothar Koch (oboe), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Maurice André (trumpet),...
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Special offer. Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus
Eberhard Wächter (Eisenstein), Hilde Güden (Rosalinde), Erika Köth (Adele), Giuseppe Zampieri (Alfred), Erich Kunz (Frosch), Hedwig Schubert (Ida), Walter Berry (Falke), Peter Klein (Blind), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor - party scene)
Choir and Orchestra Vienna State Opera, Herbert von Karajan