Gustav Schwegler
Gustav Schwegler (7 September 1860 — 7 October 1922, Munich) was a German operatic bass. He debuted in 1887 and primarily performed at Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden and Staatsoper Berlin. Schwegler also toured abroad in Belgium and [url=https://discogs.com/label/335984]Covent Garden Opera[/url] in the UK. Gustav specialized in [url=https://discogs.com/artist/294746]Wagner[/url]'s repertoire, including the roles of King Marke in Tristan and Isolde, Hunding in Die Walküre, Heinrich der Vogler in Lohengrin, Hermann in Tannhäuser, and Fafner in Das Rheingold. He also sang Sarastro in [url=https://discogs.com/artist/95546]Mozart[/url]'s Die Zauberflöte and Tommaso in Tiefland by Eugen D'Albert.
In 1913, Gustav Schwegler participated in one of the earliest extant recordings of [url=https://discogs.com/artist/294746]Wagner[/url]'s "Der Ring des Nibelungen" on the German label Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, co-starring with tenor Jacques Decker as Siegmund and soprano Erna Denera as Sieglinde in Die Walküre's first act recorded with [url=https://discogs.com/artist/959901]Blüthner-Orchester[/url] conducted by Edmund von Strauss.
From Which We Came (The First Opera Sets)
Various
1999
Audio Encyclopedia
CD-ROM, Comp, mp3
So Viel Der Helden: Wagnertenöre Der Kaiserzeit (1871-1918)
Richard Wagner
Lebendige Vergangenheit
CD, Comp, Mono