George London
George London (1920-1985) was a Canadian-American bass-baritone, one of the major dramatic voices of the mid-twentieth century. He was especially admired in Wagner, Mozart, Mussorgsky and twentieth-century opera.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Debussy, Wagner and Metropolitan Opera repertory, including Parsifal from Bayreuth and Pelléas et Mélisande from the Met.
London’s singing combined dark vocal sp...
DEBUSSY Pelléas et Mélisande
Live broadcast performance, 1962
Total duration: 2hr 37:06
Additional 15 minute Ansermet interview included with downloads
George London - Golaud
Anna Moffo - Mélisande
Nicolai Gedda - Pelléas
Blanche Thebom - Geneviève
Jerome Hines - Arkel
Teresa Stratas - Yniold
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Ernest Ansermet
WAGNER Parsifal
Live recording, 1951
Total duration: 4hr 29:23
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Arnold van Mill
Gurnemanz - Ludwig Weber
Parsifal - Wolfgang Windgassen
Klingsor - Hermann Uhde
Kundry - Martha Mödl
Altsolo - Ruth Siewert
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch
WAGNER Parsifal
Live concert recording from 1953
Total duration: 3hr 54:50
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Clemens Krauss
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 1. Das Rheingold
Live broadcast performance, 1961
Total duration: 2hr 27:46 (includes radion announcements)
Wotan - George London
Fricka - Irene Dalis
Alberich - Ralph Herbert
Mime - Paul Kuen
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 3. Siegfried
Live broadcast performance, 1962
Total duration: 3hr 49:17 (includes radio announcements)
Siegfried - Hans Hopf
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
VERDI Aïda
Live broadcast recording, 1953
Total duration: 2hr 24:33
Aida - Zinka Milanov
Radamès - Mario Del Monaco
Amneris - Blanche Thebom
Amonasro - George London
Ramfis - Jerome Hines
King - Luben Vichey
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by Fausto Cleva
