Word: nilsson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...music and Cocks' story, has also made a fan of TIME's culture editor, though the conversion came relatively late. Concedes Duffy: "Back when The Who was being launched, I was in line at the Metropolitan, trying to get tickets for Birgit Nilsson...
Phil Esposito, aided by first-year man Don Maloney, is on a nostalgia kick, pumping home points (including the overtime series winner against LA) like he did in the Bad Old Days. While injured Ulf Nilsson watches from the stand, fellow Swede Anders Hedberg, slick-skating Pat Kickey, a cooled-out Don Murdoch and Ron Duguay will be counted on to supply the offense, with help from a suddenly rejuvenjted Steve Vickers. Steady Walt Tkaczuk remains the team's top checker...
...YORK RANGERS vs. LOS ANGELES: New coach Fred Shero has indoctrinated his Rangers with Russian hockey philosophy to get new life. Phil Esposito had an amazing season, John Davidson improved three-fold in the net, and Swedes Anders Hedberg and Ulf Nilsson scored stylishly. Nilsson, however, is currently out with a broken ankle. Last year, young defensemen like Greschner and DeBlois needed coaching. This year, they...
...Walter Bohm, Baritone Jose Van Dam, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan conductor, Angel; 2 LPs). With Karajan, the orchestral music comes first, even in opera. Here he conducts a vibrant, sensuous performance of Strauss's lurid opera. Behrens as Salome may lack the cruel edge of Birgit Nilsson's performance on London. But Behrens' pure voice contrasts chillingly with Salome's lust, while Van Dam's ringing Jochanaan is a saintly counterpoint in a savage world...
Richard Wagner has not been particularly well served at the Metropolitan Opera in recent seasons. One reason, to give the Met the benefit of the doubt, is that neither Tristan und Isolde nor the Ring cycle makes much sense without Heldensoprano Birgit Nilsson, who has been away from the U.S. for several seasons and gives no sign of returning. Last week the Met considerably shored up its Wagnerian wing with a new production of Tannhäuser that was spectacular to behold, breathtaking (with one major exception) to hear and immensely satisfying in the way it made dramatic sense...