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Siegmund Nimsgern (born 14 January 1940) is a German bass-baritone, born in Sankt Wendel, Saarland, Germany. After leaving school in 1960 he studied singing and musical education at the Hochschule für Musik Saar with Sibylle Fuchs, Jakob Stämpfli and Paul Lohmann. He made his debut at the Saarländisches Staatstheater in Saarbrücken in 1967. In 1971 he went to the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf and Duisburg. From there he began his international career as an opera singer. He sang at La Scala in Milan, at Covent Garden in London, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and at the Vienna State Opera. In the years 1983 to 1987 he sang Wotan at the Bayreuth Festival under Georg Solti and Peter Hall in The Ring of the Nibelung. He has recorded numerous operas including Der Vampyr, Schwanda the Bagpiper, Martha, Hansel and Gretel, La serva padrona, Parsifal, and a 1989 Grammy Award-winning recording of Lohengrin. He lives with his family in Sankt Ingbert, Saarland, Germany. His son is the musical theatre composer Frank Nimsgern. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Lohengrin (1997 - Remaster), Act I: Dank, König, dir, daß du zu richten kamst! (Friedrich/Chor)
732Wagner: Parsifal / Act 2 - Prelude - "Die Zeit ist da"
593Turandot / Act 1: Popolo di Pechino! (Un Mandarino, Coro)
514Lohengrin (1997 - Remaster), Act II: Erhebe dich, Genossin meiner Schmach! (Friedrich/Ortrud)
435Lohengrin, Act I: Dank, König, dir, daß du zu richten kamst! (Friedrich/Chor)
396Lohengrin (1997 - Remaster), Act II: Euch Lüften, die mein Klagen (Elsa/Ortrud/Friedrich)
387Lohengrin (1997 - Remaster), Act II: Du wilde Seherin, wie willst du doch (Friedrich/Ortrud)
388Lohengrin (1997 - Remaster), Act II: Der Rache Werk sei nun beschworen (Ortrud/Friedrich)
379Lohengrin (1997 - Remaster), Act II: Was macht dich in so wilder Klage doch vergeh'n? (Ortrud/Friedrich)
3610Wagner: Parsifal / Act 2 - "Ach! Ach! Tiefe Nacht! Wahnsinn!" - "Furchtbare Not!"
33Wagner - Lohengrin
Wagner: Parsifal
Puccini: Turandot
La Serva Padrona - Intermezzo in 2 Acts
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantatas, BWV 41-42
Zemlinsky: Lyrische Symphonie, Op. 18
DHM Splendeurs: Pergolese: La Serva Padrona
Plácido Domingo - The Opera Collection
Puccini: Turandot (2 CD's)
Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Bwv 41-42
Wagner: Lohengrin
Pergolesi: La Serva Padrona