[lbo-talk] Birgit Nilsson, RIP

[KJ]

On 1/12/06, John Lacny <jlacny at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I don't think there's ever been anything quite like Nilsson singing
> Bruennhilde's Immolation. The Solti recording is the most famous example of
> this; I highly recommend it.

Not even Flagstad with Furtwangler?

And Gwyneth Jones with Boulez in the "marxist" ring really doesn't
quite deserve the bad press: somehow the wobbles fit.

Also, wasn't Brunnhilde in Wagner the ultimate suicide bomber?

kj