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...Most remarkable was Gerhard Siegel, who exulted in the desperate pomposity of Herod....
...Gerhard Siegel, the canny Mime, replaced traditional cackling and whining with fervour worthy of a Siegfried (a challenge he has undertaken elsewhere)....
...Patricia Bardon sounds meek as the subterranean Erda. The eyes and ears of the music world were supposed to be magnetised by this epochal Rheingold....
...Gerhard Siegel struggles with Alwa’s crucial top notes but at least Sten Byriel’s gorilla-suited athlete takes over the stage with expert projection....
...(Dis boast by Patricia Bosworth.)...
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