A Karl Marx 'double'.What a voice-such sadness that he died so young.He must have been incredible on stage at 6 foot 9 inches tall.He was Wotan and Boris...thanks for this upload-it's a little treasure.
La bellezza della voce di Talvela è struggente... è stato, tra l'altro, il miglior Sarastro di tutti i tempi. E' davvero commovente pensare che, nonostante la malattia lo avesse oramai debilitato nel fisico, la sua immensa voce rimase così impressionante, maestosa e ammaliante, quasi come se avesse essa stessa una volontà di sopravvivere superiore al suo corpo mortale.
Great singer. What really is incredible is his Russian. It is probably the best Russian I've ever heard from non-Slavic singer. There is virtualy no accent!
I hated Talvela's Hunding under Karajan. He sang softly and apologetically. The OPPOSITE of Hunding's personality. Karajan must have told him to be quiet, who knows why. Talvela was much better as Fasolt under Karl Bohm, at Bayreuth 1967.
Edward Lear wrote: "There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, 'It is just as I feared! Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard!"
