Triumph Tragedy His Greatest Performances

The highly regarded bass-baritone George London was born to a Russian Jewish family in Montreal, Canada, and grew up in Los Angeles. He went on to become one of the key figures on the operatic stage during the 1950s and early 60s. The recordings in this 10-CD box set present London's vocal legacy from Broadway to Bayreuth, from Mozart to Mussorgsky. George London could duel like a movie idol and dance like a Broadway star, but for a singer hungry for the opera stage, there were few opportunities in the USA, so he headed for Europe. When the Vienna State Opera was on tour in Holland and Belgium in 1949, he auditioned for conductor Karl Bhm in Brussels, and for the next decade and a half he experienced great success on the stages of Vienna, Bayreuth and New York. Sadly the onset of medical problems forced him to retire from the stage in the mid-1960s. Personnel: George London (tenor), New York Met Opera House Orchestra and Chorus, Rudolf Kempe (conductor), Wiener Philharmoniker, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Hans Knappertsbusch (conductor), Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti (conductor) and others

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