The other reviewers here have just about said it all: Birgit Nilsson is phenomenal, giving a performance that sears itself into ones memory. She uses her full range to enact Salome's curiosity, petulance, and fatal obsession with Jokanaan. Grace Hoffman is a rich voiced Herodias sung without the wobble we usually encounter in this role. Fritz Uhl is a good Herodes, really singing his part rather than screaming it. He's not as individual as Gerhard Stolze perhaps, but he holds up his end. Eberhard Wachter sings marvelously as Jokanaan. The supporting singers all do their roles with great conviction. I would rather have had Karl Bohm or Rudolf Kempe in the pit, but Georges Sebastian holds his forces together admirably. I wish the sound on all live recordings could be as good as the sound is here.You haven't heard Salome until you've heard this white hot night in Buenos Aires!

Nilsson superlative and some truly lovely singing from Waechter.

Only George Sebastian's square conducting threatens to spoil this "Salome." Birgit Nilsson is caught in prime estate (than which there is no primer), gleaming of voice and raring to go. The tigerish performance heard herein suggests a spoiled, 16-year-old Isolde, just as maniacal and destined for death. Eberhard Waechter's vibrato has begun to loosen but he still sounds like a young, handsome Jokanaan (a rarity in the theater) and declaims the text with Biblical fervor. Fritz Uhl's needle-point tenor makes for an unsavory Herod, obsessive and willing to brook no quarter. He meets his match in Grace Hoffman's regal Herodias, about as good as you will hear in this part. Renato Sassola's sweet-toned Narraboth meets a too-speedy end and the supporting cast as a whole was evidently feeling the high dramatic temperature of this night in Buenos Aires.

Super performance from all the singers

As you can see by my email address, Salome is one of my favorite operas. I heard ALL of Nilsson’s Salomes at the Met. In this live performance at Buenos Aires she is nothing short of a miracle. The voice is on fire here. Blazing top notes, fantastic middle and bottom range. With her maturity she manages to sound young. And what an actress on this night, she is utterly amazing. She said she does not like her studio recordings. This live performance was on of her favorites on record. God bless you Birgit. Rest in peace. You have left a recorded legacy for all the world to marvel at.