V1636. SET SVANHOLM, BIRGIT NILSSON & SIGURD BJÖRLING, w.Grevillius, Ehrling, Larsson, Mann & Sandberg Cond.: Arias from Barbiere, Der Freischütz, Die Meistersinger, Otello, Die Walküre, Götterdämmerung & Ariadne auf Naxos; Kung Heimer och Aslög (Söderman). (Sweden) Bluebell ABCD 058, Live Performances, 1943-58, Stockholm. Final copy! - 7391711005822

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“Set Svanholm was a Swedish operatic tenor, considered the leading Tristan and Siegfried of the first decade following World War II. Svanholm studied with the famous baritone John Forsell, who also taught Aksel Schiøtz and Jussi Björling. He made his operatic début as a baritone (Stockholm, 1930), singing the role of Silvio in PAGLIACCI. He sang as a baritone for several years. Then in 1936, after further study, he débuted as a tenor, singing the rôle of Radamès in AÏDA. His first Wagnerian tenor rôles (Lohengrin and Siegfried) followed in 1937. Svanholm sang regularly at the Metropolitan Opera (1946-1956), the Vienna State Opera (1938-42), and The Royal Opera House in London (1948-57). He became the director of the Royal Swedish Opera in 1956, a post he held until 1963.”