Kirsten Flagstad - Set Svanholm - Siegfried

An excerpt from Act III of Richard Wagner's opera, Siegfried.
Brunnhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Siegfried - Set Svanholm

[@Johnny1206]

This is the most beautiful voice ever ! God bless all the engineers who recorded her sublime and unique voice!

[@frederik451000]

Great line singing by the most beautiful voice that ever existed.

[@Prometheus2013]

Flagstad here is glorious. Nilsson sounds as a child in front of Flagstad

[@johnnybouhaha]

Her timbre was indeed that of an ideal wagnerian soprano.

[@Johnny1206]

Il n'y a pas une voix qui soit plus belle que celle de Flagstad! Je l'adore...

[@DimitrisLian]

I think it is a studio recording of the final duet from July 1951 with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Georges Sebastian.

[@VivaRenata]

The standard by wich all others should be measured. Svanholm and Flagstad - the Wagnerian couple.

[@VivaRenata]

Thankyou for posting, but how sad that this single incident which was badly handled by EMI-Decca has given young music-lovers the impression that all of Flagstad's high-C's were sung by Schwarzkopf! Fortunately, I was given an opportunity to confront this in a program for Swedish classical radio (P2) from 1995, which was aired on July 12, 1995, the 100th anniversary of Flagstad's birth.

[@lindosgrimsdyke]

Exceptional recording - Flagstad wonderful. Her responses to Siegfried e.g. 5.50 really moving.

[@giloubreizh]

Plus que génial! +++++ - SILENCE - Ecoutez!

[@VivaRenata]

Couldn't agree with you more!

[@edro3638]

Her tones! simply stunning! The rest of you are frustrated critics/ student singers that will never get past where you are. You're dissapating your energy! Sleep well!

[@sprinter846]

Does anyone know the source of this magnificent performance, when and where, live or in studio? Thanks.

[@angryjalapeno]

I don't know, that high C at 3:21 seems spliced in. But beautiful warm voice.