Original Photo - Siegfried, 15 August 1933 (a) Autographs Singers 50 or less H Bernhard Kontarsky Tom Souster: Triple

Bernhard Kontarsky Tom Souster: Triple Music II (version 1973) (world premiere) David Bedford: Star´s End for rock instruments (German premiere) Program

one of Joseph Joachim`s students

Watch Renée Fleming sing Thaïs' aria "Dis moi que je suis belle":

together with Ileana Romanian-born soprano Ileana Cotrubas in the title role

Concert with Fritz Busch conducting Dresden Staatskapelle

Original Photo - Siegfried, 15 August 1933 (a) Autographs Singers 50 or less H Bernhard Kontarsky Tom Souster: TripleConducted by Karl Elmendorff, 1st act, 1st scene with Max Lorenz and Erich Zimmermann. Part of a set of ORIGINAL (unpublished) pictures of the Ring performances during the Bayreuther Bhnenfestspiele, August 12 17, 1933. Rare pictures of the first version of the legendary Preetorius stage decors which were used only in 1933, the second version was presented between 1934 1939. These are the probably the only prints made or still surviving. All