Kurt Moll: Wanger - Siegfried, 'Wer Bist du, Kühner Knabe'

Kurt Moll (born April 11, 1938) is a German operatic bass. He has made innumerable recordings of opera, sacred music, and lieder with many of the great conductors and piano-accompanists. In 1991, he won a Grammy Award for his recording of Das Rheingold. He can be seen in many roles on video, including Sarastro (twice), Osmin, the Commendatore, Dr. Bartolo (Mozart), Hunding, Gurnemanz, and Baron Ochs (several times). His voice was notable for its range, a true infra-bass including full, resonant low and very-low notes with relaxed vibrato; also for its unusual combination of extreme size and purring, contrabassoon-like timbre. Although he was large enough for most of Wagner's noble-bass roles, he was not a thunderer and he never performed as Hagen, Hans Sachs, nor Wotan. His interpretations tended to be restrained and intelligent, even in buffo roles like Baron Ochs and Osmin. His recording of Schubert's philosophical "Lieder für Bass" set a new standard for these songs... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Moll
Lyrics & English Translation

Who are you, bold boy,
that have pierced my heart?
Who kindled your childish courage
to this deadly deed?
Your brain did not conceive
what you have carried out.

You bright-eyed boy,
who do not know yourself,
I will tell you
whom you have murdered.
Of the towering race of giants,
the brothers Fasolt and Fafner
both now are dead.
For the accursed gold
gained from the gods
I dealt death to Fasolt.
He who defended the hoard
as a dragon,
Fafner, last of the giants,
has fallen to a fresh-faced hero.
Keep a sharp watch,
jubilant boy;
he who prompted you in your blindness to this deed
now, after your triumph, is obviously plotting your death...
Please enjoy!

I send my kind and warm regards,

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