Siegfried - Brussels playbill 1916 Programs Special Sections Composers Performing plus 3 of the performers

plus 3 of the performers at the world premiere: star French baritone Victor Maurel (1848-1923) (who was the first Falstaff ever)

shown as Pollione in Norma

1953) and opera company director

and composer (1880-1933)

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Siegfried - Brussels playbill 1916 Programs Special Sections Composers Performing plus 3 of the performersPerformance by an all German cast during German Occupation of Belgium in World War I. Siegfried, May 9th, 1916 with Walther Kirchhof, Julius Lieban, Walter Soomer, Julius Roether, Rudolf Sollfrank, Hertha Dehmlow, Zdenka Mottl Fassbender, Marta Weber Neubeck. The orchestra was composed by Belgian and German Army Bands. Conductor : Richard Hagel. A rarity!