The Ring 1930s



	U.S. Premieres Photos from the 1930s Ring of the Nibelung, 1935-36


	Ring of the Nibelung, 1935-36 All photos: MORTON


	Walküre San Francisco Opera audiences didn't hear Wagner's Die Walküre until 1935, the time it arrived as part of the complete Ring cycle. But, that first outing, however, boasted a cast that included the Brünnhilde of Kirsten Flagstad.

	Walküre The 1935 Walküre cast featured Lauritz Melchior in the role of Siegmund, about to pull a sword out of the tree for the benefit of the photographer.

	Walküre Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde) and Friedrich Schorr (Wotan) in the final moments of our 1935 presentation of Die Walküre.

	The Ring, 1936 In 1936, our 1935 complete Ring returned, but with a different conductor. Just before starting Act II of Die Walküre, Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund), and Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde) posed for a photo with the legendary Fritz Reiner.

	Siegfried Backstage between acts of our 1935 Siegfried, the evening's Alberich, Gustav Schützendorf, tries to look the appropriately baleful look for the benefit of the photographer.

	Siegfried Lauritz Melchior (Siegfried) and Marek Windheim (Mime) in the 1935 presentation of Siegfried.

	Götterdämmerung Our 1935 Ring was a career 'first' for Kirsten Flagstad, who sang her first Siegfried Brünnhilde anywhere on November 6th. Here she is center stage in Götterdämmerung. Behind her is Lauritz Melchior (Siegfried) and Dorothee Manski (Gutrune). Down front with his back turned is Friedrich Schorr's Gunther; far left, among the spears, is Emanuel List's mustachioed Hagen.

	Götterdämmerung Kirsten Flagstad as the Götterdämmerung Brünnhilde, is in full cry between Friedrich Schorr's Gunther (top) and Emanuel List's Hagen.