George London & Birgit Nilsson. Final de Die Walküre (Met, 1965).

Metropolitan Opera de Nueva York, 6 de marzo de 1965. Direccción musical: William Steinberg. Review of Irving Kolodin in the March 13, 1965 issue of the Saturday Review: «“Walküre“. William Steinberg’s first venture as a Wagner conductor at the Metropolitan coincided with the first performance of “Die Walküre“ in three seasons. Presumably this should have provided him with more opportunity to evolve a personal treatment of the work than was the case with “Aida,“ in which he made his debut there several weeks ago. If the understated, rather anemic sound that emerged from the pit was truly representative of his desires, the estimate of his capacities as an opera conductor will have to be revised. By comparison with some conductors who have found a pace and momentum for the first act that leads it in an uninterrupted surge from curtain rise to curtain fall, Steinberg’s treatment rendered it episodic and nonconsecutive. Such purpo