This recording features the Choir and Symphony Orchestra of the Hessischer Rundfunk, with choir direction by Edmund von Michnay and Winfried Zillig.
Hans Heiling is a Romantic opera in three acts with a prelude, with the libretto written by Philipp Eduard Devrient.
Discographical research and digital audio restoration for this album were performed by Christian Zwarg of truesoundtransfers.de.
The recording was made in December 1951 at the Altes Frankfurter Funkhaus in Frankfurt.
The album includes bonus arias from Hans Heiling, with some dating back to 1903.
Heinrich Marschner, the composer of this opera, lived from 1795 to 1861.
