“The performance has all the sparkle one could ask for. If anything Karajan is even more brilliant than before and the Decca recording scintillating. Hilde Gueden is a deliciously vivacious Rosalinde, a beautifully projected interpretation. The Karajan ‘gala performance’ featured Decca stars appearing in their turn at the cabaret -in the Orlovsky Ball sequence. This was a famous tradition of performances at the New York Met in the early years of the 20th Century”
-Penguin Guide
