OP1879. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Live Performance, 15 Jan., 1944, w.Walter Cond. Zinka Milanov, Jan Peerce, Leonard Warren, Kerstin Thorborg, Frances Greer, etc. (E.U.) 2–Myto 00200. Specially priced. - 8014399502009

CRITIC REVIEW: “A first-class of group of principals responds to Walter’s leadership. Thorborg is the most convincing of Ulricas, primarily because she has a sizable, well-knit voice which surmounts the ungainly aspects of her music…she is wonderfully mysterious and conspiratorial….The vocal honors of the afternoon fall to…Warren [who] has reached full mastery of his powers….His vocal command is complete….The entire afternoon is his triumph. Peerce, equally self-assured, gives one of his finest performances….Fear and agitation are the built-in mental states of Amelia throughout of the opera, and Milanov suffers no deficiency there….she is actively involved in the dramatic situation….The [rarely occasional] Milanov blemishes are like a chip on a fine Titian….”

- Paul Jackson, SIGN-OFF FOR THE OLD MET, pp.347-49