Word: melchior
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...every way equal to her, especially when the Irish bride is so commandingly portrayed, the Met's production does not satisfy entirely. Though Ramon Vinay and Karl Liebl are seasoned, intelligent performers, neither has the considerable vocal resources or discipline requisite for the taxing part. When Melchior left the Metropolitan's stage in 1949, there was no Heldentenor to replace him. By that time, Set Svanhom, his beautiful voice always a bit too lyric for the heaviest Wagnerian tenor roles such as Tristan and Parsifal, was also to retire. After Svanholm's few remaining years with the company...
Nilsson is not only notable for her Isolde; she also sings, apparently with comparable success, Turandot, all the Brunnehildes, and Leonora and Senta (both of which she will do later in the Met season). The roles, all extremely taxing, do not tire Nilsson out. Like the famed stamina of Melchior, who missed only three performances out of the over 500 scheduled for him at the Met, Nilsson's endurance is phenomenal. She thinks nothing of singing three Isoldes in a week, a feat which she plans for later in the season. Any other soprano would request four days separating each...