Set Svanholm - Lohengrin "In fernem land"

Lohengrin- In Fernem Land Set Svanholm tenor San Francisco Orchestra, Conductor: Gaetono Merola
Rec. 1950's

[@mackjay1777]

The great, underrated Set Svanholm..born to sing Lohengrin

[@violetta47]

Underbar Set Svanholm...jag gråter av skönheten..

[@AfroPoli]

This is the true voice of the Wagnerian hero. Unsurpassed.

[@roideschats8799]

oui... sa voix est absolument unique pour ce répertoire... son timbre de voix le place au-dessus de Lorenz et Melchior, à mon avis... il a d'autres choses moins bien qu'eux, sur d'autres aspects... Mais le "visage de sa voix", son "empreinte vocale", est stupéfiante d'adéquation pour Wagner.

[@siegfriedschwert1352]

I also enjoy his Grail Song under Frieder Weissmann in the late 1940s. He is such a very special singer.

[@KaleidoscopeAct]

Just discovered Mr. Svanholm. He is stunning. Why isn't a household name? Such power and Italian (Caruso-esque)sensitivity on the softer parts. Thank you so much for sharing such a great artist.

[@aliena2979]

Italian sensitivity? You must be joking. There's no need of that so-called "Italian-whatever" in Wagner.

[@christ6424]

Amazing continuity of intensity and awareness of meaning. I agree best yet

[@aliena2979]

I wish we HAD a recording of Svanhom's Lohengrin ( complete, no highlights ).

[@younglemeshevist]

Heroic performance! Thanks for the video

[@giuseppedimarco8358]

Wonderful!

[@VivaRenata]

Thank you for posting. There is no other interpreter that can be compared to Svanholm in this repertoire, at least in my humble opinion.

[@roideschats8799]

d'une certaine façon, je partage votre avis ! Sur certains points j'ai toujours préféré Svanholm à Lorenz et Melchior... Il a quelque chose d'absolument unique. Pour moi, c'est dans le timbre de sa voix. Je ne vois pas d'autre explication, car il semble rationnellement "moins bon"... Mais en fait, il y a un truc mystérieux avec lui... Grand chanteur !

[@lastofdmelocchians]

U can say that again AfroPoli!!! Has & always will be my favorite Heldentenor:) His approach is so forward. Other so called Heldens, sing this & approach it very safely...they save here & there(cheatin' 2 me!) While Svanholm sings w/such stamina & amazing technique that he doesn't need 2 do any of those nonsense! He holds nothing back. Now, I don't mean he just belts out everytime either! & Again, that steel in his voice! That's what's needed 2 cut thru Wagner's orchestration! "Live" vid please!

[@VivaRenata]

@opera1232010 Thank you for your comment with such insight. It is hard to compare any singers and say - who was the greatest in that category "Fach". However, Set Svanholm is a singer who has not yet received the appreciation that he deserved - one of the finest Heldentenoren of the last century.

[@roideschats8799]

Set Svanhlom, un de mes ténors favoris ! Même si sa musicalité est parfois un peu "brute", son timbre de voix est absolument unique, profondément et naturellement littéraire et narratif (même plus que Melchior et Lorenz, sur cet aspect là), lumineux, héroïque, mâle, touchant, profond, spontanément mystique. Et ses défaillances passagères sont touchantes, signifiantes, "véridiques"

[@paulostroff99]

Sensational! TY petro f4056 for posting.

[@VivaRenata]

Set - den enda - den eneste!

[@AlcaeusTnr]

is there anywhere video footage of Svanholm?

[@tomlagerborg4298]

he sings wagnermost tenor scream him set is the best

[@fvandernoordt8041]

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[@brunaazzurra]

Lohengrin- In Fernem Land - Svanholm tenor- San Francisco Orchestra, Conductor: Gaetono Merola Rec. 1950's

[@jmccracken1963]

The show was "The Standard Hour." This has to be either 1950, 1951, or 1952, because Gaetano Merola (who was the founder and long-time General Manager of the San Francisco Opera, in addition to conducting a number of the company's productions) died quite suddenly of a heart attack in the fall of 1953.

[@karlmulnier900]

Lyrics in german bitte

[@karlmulnier900]

Paroles de IM FERNEN LAND, en Allemand

[@012121958]

Einer der Großen !!! Leider nicht gut verkauft...

[@perrehn7192]

Sang in Germany during World war II.......

[@aliena2979]

So what.

[@perrehn7192]

@@aliena2979 Study history and read his bio. Perhaps you’ll understand.

[@aliena2979]

@@perrehn7192 I love tiresome monothematic obsessed people who have such a good opinion of themselves ( and such a bad opinion of some others ), who know exactly what should have been done in the past, and how, and where… in the 21st century. Good for them.

[@perrehn7192]

@@aliena2979 So what.

[@VivaRenata]

Be my guest and start listening to some other tenors who actually knew the score, who did not have to have some chorister standing in the wings to help them out when they forgot what they were supposed to sing or even what role they were singing. Sure, there are few who can touch the feet of Melchior but who would want to? Melchior was the tenor who was fired most frequently by the great conductors and managers because of his lacking musical skills. He was good enough for Hollywood. FEET OF CLAY

[@valdengo1]

..not bad, but look, he cannot touch the feet of Melchior with his thin, forced voice....course, nobody can come close to Melchior.....Melchior had a poured honey tone, no other Wagnerian tenor has ever equalled....but ok, I will also listen to Svanholm.....

[@aliena2979]

Melchior did nothing but yell, yell and yell, all the time yelling. Every character sounded the same. Melchior's Lohengrin is a sort of angry Siegfried with no sweetness, lyricism, sadness...

[@christ6424]

Amazing continuity of intensity and awareness of meaning. I agree best yet

[@fvandernoordt8041]

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