Birgit Nilsson Montserrat Caball R. Cassilly T. Stewart DIE WALKRE (Barcelona '77)

This channel is the re-establishment of previous channels that have been sadly terminated. ========================= Birgit Nilsson--Brünnhilde Montserrat Caballé--Sieglinde Richard Cassilly--SIegmund Thomas Stewart--Wotan Matti Salminen--Hunding Patricia Payne--Fricka Hans Wallat--conductor Orquestra del Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona 1977 =============================== Although this performance is an astounding gathering of the greatest Wagner singers of their day, it is most notable because it represents the role debut of Montserrat Caballé as Sieglinde. On paper this role may seem like an odd choice for a bel canto specialist, but she proves herself to be almost ideal. By the late seventies Caballé was starting to lose her ability to float exquisite high notes but to make up for it her voice seemed to gain in size and certainly steel. This makes for some ravishing Wagnerian outbursts. What is doubly remarkable is that she apparently showed u