Birgit Nilsson & Hans Knappertsbusch "Liebestod"

Wiener Philharmoniker. Vienna. 1962

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Opera
• Wagner
• Tristan
• und
• Isolde
• Birgit
• Nilsson
• Han
• Knappertsbusch

[billyguns2]

Knappertsbusch reigned supreme in DUTCHMAN, TRISTAN, WALKURE and PARSIFAL, surpassing even Furtwangler IMO; he maintains superb tension even at the slowest tempi, something that today's conductors are totally incapable of doing. The result is a shimmering mysticism and theatricality which is 100% suitable to Wagner's music. I heard Nilsson many times in the theatre, and none of her recordings do her justice; no microphone could capture her uniqueness.

[eflaspo]

I love the Chinese subtitles, which come no where near expressing pithyness of the Wagnerian sentiments.

And of course, Nilsson, the greatest Wagnerian soprano ever.

Thanks.

[calaftheeast]

Thank you, you goddess among men.

[seattle813]

The great Wiener Philharmoniker nearly comes completely off the track (6:28 to 6:35) thanks to "der alte Kna" -- who's the "Arschloch" there??

[fernandofernandezgar]

@astronomo16 Excelente.



[fernandofernandezgar]

Mas allá de Nilsson y Kna... Wagner, Wagner, Wagner.

[toranuguitars]

@JRZGRL55 your comment brings me a smile, too:D

[VivaRenata]

@billyguns2 I too, Swedish by birth, heard Nilsson many times. In Stockholm, Chicago and at the Met. I would still like to define her as an exceptional interpreter of the Strauss roles but vastly inferior to Flagstad in the Wagnerian repertoire. Sorry, I even heard dress rehearsals of Götterdämmerung with Nilsson at the Met and the experience can only be described as painful. Her high notes cut right through your body, if that's what you were looking for, it was a great performance.

[JRZGRL55]

I read an article about Birgit in Opera News several years ago. She had 2 cows named Tristan and Isolde. That just brings a smile to my face. This is simply amazing singing - thank you for this video!!

[dnettles]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SigfriedNothung]

@eflaspo mmmmmmmmmmm Flagstad is unhappy!!!

[P1B1U1H1]

@eflaspo How can one be sure about this? Chinese tends to be succinct, according to those who speak it. By contrast, German, well, what can one say about a language wherein a single word can occupy two pages of print?