CURSES!! IT'S ORTRUD!!

Published: Nov. 18, 2007, 6:49 a.m.

A comparison of several mezzos/sopranos singing the Ortrud Curse from act two of Wagner's "Lohengrin."\xa0 Included are:

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Astrid Varnay(in photo),Margarete Klose, Janis Martin,
Mignon Dunn, Eva Randova, Nadine Denize, Gwyneth Jones,
Janina Baechle, Linda Watson, Margaret Harshaw,
Kerstin Thorborg, Marjorie Lawrence, Edith Walker

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