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Ortrun Wenkel
Ortrun Wenkel is credited on 253 releases across 47 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1964–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
253
Pressings credited
47
Albums
7
Decades active
1
In collections
Biography
Ortrun Wenkel-Rothe (25 October 1937 – 14 December 2025) was a German operatic contralto. She notably portrayed the role of Erda in the Bayreuth Jahrhundertring (Centenary Ring) in 1976 and was awarded a Grammy Award as a principal soloist in 1983.
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Credited work
253 releases · 47 albums · active 1964–2024
- Performance · 281
- Other credits · 11
Studios: Studio Lukaskirche, Dresden · Studio Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche, Leipzig · Kingsway Hall · Herkulessaal, München
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Wagner
- Richard Wagner
- Bach
- Mahler
- Shostakovich
- Mozart
- Pierre Boulez
- Richard Strauss
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