Nilsson; Birgit

’54 Lohengrin/Nilsson/Bayreuth/Operadoro C

Robert Levine

This 1954 live-from-Bayreuth recording is a fine souvenir of the great Birgit Nilsson’s early career, and it was, I believe, her Bayreuth debut. Her Elsa

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Erich Kleiber Missa etc/Urania C

Jed Distler

Though not without sonic problems, these live 1948 broadcasts are significant additions to Erich Kleiber’s formidable Beethoven legacy. The mike placement for the Stockholm Missa

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Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde

Jed Distler

This 1971 Tristan was recorded live at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. Its principal value lies with the protangonists. The occasion marked Jon Vickers’

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