Gustav Neidlinger

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Gustav Neidlinger (March 21, 1910–December 26, 1991) was a German bass-baritone. He was born in Mainz and died in Bad Ems. He studied in Frankfurt and debuted in 1931 in Mainz. His interpretation of the role of Alberich in Der Ring des Nibelungen was celebrated worldwide. He sang at the Bayreuth Festival from the reopening in 1951 until 1966, mainly Alberich, but also Klingsor from Parsifal, Fritz Kothner from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and even Hans Sachs.

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Bass solos in Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B Minor. Vienna 1959, Dir.: Hermann Scherchen (Deutsche Grammophon).
Jules Massenet: Manon. 1950, Dir.: Wilhelm Schüchter (Myto).
van Bett in Albert Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann. Stuttgart 1952, Dir.: Ferdinand Leitner (Deutsche Grammophon).
Ollendorf in Karl Millöcker: Der Bettelstudent, Dir.: Werner Schmidt-Bölcke.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro. Vienna, Dir.: Clemens Krauss (Preiser).
Leporello in W.A. Mozart: Don Giovanni. NDR Hamburg 1951, Dir.: Leopold Ludwig (Urania).
Strolch in Carl Orff: Die Kluge. London 1956, Dir.: Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI).
Richard Strauss: Daphne. NDR, Dir.: Arthur Grüber (Myto).
Colonna in Richard Wagner: Rienzi. Stuttgart 1957, Dir.: Lovro von Matačić (Living Stage).
Telramund in Richard Wagner: Lohengrin. La Scala 1965, Dir.: Wolfgang Sawallisch (Living Stage).
Kurwenal in Richard Wagner: Tristan and Isolde. Bayreuth 1953, Dir.: Eugen Jochum (Melodram).
Kurwenal, Holland Festival The Hague 1959, Dir.: Ferdinand Leitner (Myto).
Kurwenal, Staatsoper Stuttgart 1973, Dir.: Carlos Kleiber (Living Stage).
Kothner in Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 1956, Dir.: Rudolf Kempe (EMI).
Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Buenos Aires 1968, Dir.: Ferdinand Leitner (Living Stage).
Alberich in Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold. RAI 1953, Dir.: Wilhelm Furtwängler (EMI).
Alberich in Der Ring des Nibelungen (Das Rheingold, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung). Bayreuth 1953, Dir.: Clemens Krauss (Gala); 1953, Dir.: Joseph Keilberth (Andromeda); 1956 und 1957, Dir.: Hans Knappertsbusch (Melodram); 1967 Dir.: Karl Böhm (Philips).
Alberich, Ring. Vienna 1958, 1962, 1964. Dir.: Georg Solti (Decca).
Klingsor in Richard Wagner: Parsifal. Bayreuth 1954. Dir.: Hans Knappertsbusch (Melodram).
Klingsor in Richard Wagner: Parsifal. Bayreuth 1962. Dir.: Hans Knappertsbusch (Philips).

Persondata
NAME	Neidlinger, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	German opera singer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 21, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mainz
DATE OF DEATH	December 26, 1991
PLACE OF DEATH	Bad Ems