Wagner - Die Walküre: Wotan’s Farewell - Berglund, King Frederik IX [live 1952]

King Frederik IX of Denmark conducts Wotans Abschied (“Leb wohl, du kühnes herrliches Kind“) from Wagner’s “Die Walküre“. Heldenbaritone: Joel Berglund. Live-recording, 1952 - from an era in which the Scandinavian monarchies apparently had more to offer than just the endless saga of Madde’s ex-boyfriends. Truly majestic reading of Wagner’s score by the King - grand and noble singing by the great Joel Berglund.