Melchior had sung all the previous Tannhäuser broadcasts and is again the reluctant penitent, always undaunted by the high tessitura. He splendidly outgoing in his final evocation of Venus, but saves the purest of headtones for a magical naming of “Elisabeth”. Maria Müller joins the list of notable broadcast Elisabeths (Jeritza, Rethberg, Lehmann) portraying a more girlish saint than we are accustomed to, and one more indulgent in self-pity (“mein Herz sich abgewandt von dir”) than internally devout in her prayer. Yet her pianissimo “Nimm dich gnädig meiner an!” is very lovely, and her singing gains quietude as she nears heavenly grace. The radio audience would hear this engaging artist again in Don Giovanni before her Metropolitan career of eleven seasons ended.