Ilona Steingruber was a singer represented in the Pristine catalogue through Herbert Häfner’s 1951 recording of Berg’s Lulu.

The recording is a rare early post-war document of Berg’s opera, with Vienna Symphony forces and a cast including Otto Wiener, Waldemar Kmentt and Maria Cerny.

Berg’s theatre demands precision, character and the ability to make modern vocal writing register as drama rather than diagram.

This page is modest but useful, giving a securely identified artist a marker in an important modern-opera recording.