Feeling somewhat abashed that I might have traduced such singers as Rehfuss and Forrester I devoted my monthly period of physical exercise to climbing into my loft to retrieve the LP in question (GL5684). I'm pleased to report that, although Prohaska is the conductor of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra, the singers are Lorna Sydney and Alfred Poell. After giving the record another "Spin" it's clear to me that the problem -for me- is not so much Mr.Poell as Ms. Sydney who I could well believe was Dame Edith Evans, in "Handbag" mode - masquerading under another name. It doesn't help matters that the recording engineers (for the original Vanguard issue) seem to have decided that the ideal position for the microphones was as near to the singers' adenoids as it was possible to be without entirely drowning-out the orchestra.