I have heard about this performance from Tatiana Troyanos, who took part. BTW Luisa Bosabalian, not an American, was born in Marseilles of Armenian descent: besides Hamburg she sang at Vienna, Montreal, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Munich, Aix-en Provence and on tour with Glyndebourne in Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen. So she did "get out"a bit.

Hi thereYou mention Dalis’ studio recording of Bel Raggio which I heard many many years ago on a german LP at a friend’s home maybe 40 years ago and remember how great it was.Do you have a copy of that recital. I’ve looked for it for years and until your mention never even found a reference to it let alone a copy.Thanks,Andy

Irene Dalis was one of the most intense and committed performers I have ever seen. She also had a formidable coloratura technique, as anyone who has ever heard her studio recording of “Bel Raggio” can attest. For me, her most unforgettable role was as Amme in “Frau”. The stakes were life and death every night for Dalis in this role, and nobody has equalled the excitement of her Bb at the end of Act II on “Her zu mir!”, followed by her headlong run into that driftwood boat with Rysanek.