Sarastro........................................... Wilhelm Strienz, Bass
Tamino................................................ Helge Roswaenge, Tenor
Speaker / Second Armed Man..................... Walter Grossman, Bass
Second Priest............................................. Ernst Fabbry, Tenor
Queen of the Night......................................... Erna Berger, Soprano
Pamina (her daughter)....................................... Tiana Lemnitz, Soprano
First Lady.......................................................... Hilde Scheppan, Soprano
Second Lady.......................................................... Elfride Marherr, Soprano
Third Lady / Third Boy.............................................. Rut Berglund, Contralto
Papageno................................................................... Gerhard Husch, Baritone
An Old Woman, Papagena / First Boy................................... Irma Beilke, Soprano
Monostatos, a Moor / First Armed Man................................... Heinrich Tessmer, Tenor
Second Boy........................................................................... Carla Spletter, Soprano
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra & Favres Soloisten Vereinigung conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart.
EMI World Records SH 158-160. Circa 1970 LP transfers /c.1980 pressings. Matrices: 2XEA 630-35 -3G /-4 /-4G /-3G /-3G /-4G
Overture, Act One / Act Two 3 files zip FLAC Mega Download 1938 HMV Libretto frontispiece >>> Re-edited: April 2023
Recorded: Beethovensaal, Berlin - 8-10, 12/13, 15 November 1937 (except 'O zittre nicht' : 2 March 1938 - Berlin Staatsoper Orchestra - Bruno Seidler-Winkler).
Published April 1938 as HMV DB.3465-83 (Matrices: 2RA 2416-39 & 2RA 2447-59). First LP issue: 1955 - as HMV ALP 1273-5. 1955 transfer from metalwork by Anthony Griffith.Overture, Act One / Act Two 3 files zip FLAC Mega Download 1938 HMV Libretto frontispiece >>> Re-edited: April 2023
