A Night at the Opera.

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg

Hans Sachs ..... Albert Dohmen (baritone)
Veit Pogner ..... Georg Zeppenfeld (bass)
Kunz Vogelgesang ..... Clemens Bieber (tenor)
Konrad Nachtigall ..... Sebastian Noack (bass)
Sixtus Beckmesser ..... Dietrich Henschel (bass)
Fritz Kothner ..... Detlef Roth (bass)
Balthasar Zorn ..... Timothy Fallon (tenor)
Ulrich Eisslinger ..... Tobias Ebenstein (tenor)
Augustin Moser ..... Thorsten Scharnke (tenor)
Hermann Ortel ..... Tobias Berndt (bass)
Hans Schwarz ..... Greg Ryerson (bass)
Hans Foltz ..... Kouta Rasanen (bass)
Walther von Stolzing ..... Robert Dean Smith (tenor)
David ..... Christoph Strehl (tenor)
Eva ..... Edith Haller (soprano)
Magdalena ..... Michelle Breedt (soprano)
Nightwatchman ..... Matti Salminen (bass).

Berlin Radio Chorus
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marek Janowski (conductor)

Recorded from a Radio 3 broadcast a few years back---just got around to listening to it.

Good performances all around. Nothing out of the ordinary.

Ray
 
Not found on Discogs, but listed in Billboards October 13, 1951, don't expect any reissues of this performance.

French Operatic Arias

By Gladys Swarthout

Samson And Delilah
Werther
La Perichole

RCA Victor Orchestra - Jean Paul Morel Conductor

And Songs Of The Aubergne

RCA Victor Red Seal Records
LM 1156 (Mono Release 1951)

 
As a Jazz Aficionado, you'd think the last thing I'd listen to would be Opera.

You'd be wrong. I have been into Opera since I was about 17. I was actually in the Chorus for three Operas when I was a teen, also taking voice lessons from a Baritone Opera Singer at the time. I was in "Die Fledermaus", "La Traviata" and "Il Trovatore".

Tonight, I'm taking a break from Jazz and listening to "Die Fledermaus" in English from the Metropolitan - Met Opera Association Orchestra, 2010. Some prefer this in German, and I understand. However, this is one opera(etta) that I actually prefer in English. When I was in the Chorus years ago, we did two in German, and one in English.

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BillyBatts said:
As a Jazz Aficionado, you'd think the last thing I'd listen to would be Opera.

You'd be wrong. I have been into Opera since I was about 17. I was actually in the Chorus for three Operas when I was a teen, also taking voice lessons from a Baritone Opera Singer at the time. I was in "Die Fledermaus", "La Traviata" and "Il Trovatore".

Tonight, I'm taking a break from Jazz and listening to "Die Fledermaus" in English from the Metropolitan - Met Opera Association Orchestra, 2010. Some prefer this in German, and I understand. However, this is one opera(etta) that I actually prefer in English. When I was in the Chorus years ago, we did two in German, and one in English.

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Billy you sound like a man of many talents, and I like Jazz to!
 
Ken Boyd said:
Billy you sound like a man of many talents, and I like Jazz to!
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Thank you, sir. Well, like most here on the Forum, I've had a very full and rich life. But I would not get too Jazzed-Up :) about me being in the Chorus for those three operas. Anyone whom was taking voice lessons with any of the Leads in that Opera Company was automatically in the Chorus by virtue of the fact that the voice teacher would "vouch" for you, giving you an auto-pass to enter the Chorus. And, it was NO-PAY. You did it for free. A lot of work for free, but I was a young teen. What did I know. Great experience. I'd not do it today, but I am glad I have the experience and the memories.
 
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From The Treasury Of Immortal Performances

Mozart

The Marriage Of Figaro
K. 492 Complete

Not found on Discogs, but I did find this on a internet search.

However, performances of Busch released uniquely on the new medium, the Long Playing record, were non existent, except for the odd Concert Hall Society CHC-61 of Schubert's Fifth Symphony with the Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, released in the fall of 1950.
Concert Hall CHC-61 Schubert Symphony No. 5: Fritz Busch conducting the Winterthur Symphony Orchestra.

Dubbings of 78 RPM plates would only gradually appear in the new format. The first was RCA Victor's 2 LP set (LCT 6001) of the 1934 production of 'The Marriage of Figaro', issued in 1952. Singers were Roy Henderson (baritone), Aulikki Rautavaara (soprano), Audrey Mildmay (soprano), Wili Domgraf-Fassbänder (baritone), Haddle Nash (tenor), Norman Allin and Italo Tajo (bass), Constance Willis (mezzo soprano), Luise Hellesgruber (soprano), Fergus Dunlop (bass), Morgan Jones (tenor), Winifred Radford, Fritz Busch conducting.

RCA Victor Red Seal Collectors Issue
LCT 6001 (Mono Released 1952)

 
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Offenbach--Tales from Hoffman
N Gedda
G D'Angelo
E Schwarzkopf
Victoria de los Ángeles

Rene Duclos Choir
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
A Cluytens

EMI (3 LPs)


One of my favourite Tales-- a lot of big names, big production, all living up to the promise. Probably couldn't be done today, so marvel at the good old days!

Ray
 

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Puccini's "Turandot" this evening. This is a 1955 Recording.

One of my favorite Arias, "Nessun Dorma" is from this Opera.

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Nessun Dorma sung by Sarah Brightman was what moved me to like opera, I suppose everyone has a starting point and that was mine.



Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Karl Böhm ‎– Don Giovanni, (Excerpt / Opernquerschnitt)

Label:
Deutsche Grammophon ‎– 136 282
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo

Country:
Germany
Released:
1978?

Genre:
Classical
Style:
Opera

http://www.discogs.com/Wolfgang-Ama...anni-Excerpt-Opernquerschnitt/release/6909276

 
Charles Gounod - "Romeo and Juliet"
Saturday Afternoon at the Opera with Ben Heppner, via CBC Radio 2, 89.9 Windsor, Ontario

Superb! :music:
 
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Great Thread...:thmbsp:
Will be keeping an eye on here to pick up some recommendations...whether CD/Vinyl...
My humble contribution...Lesley Garrett with an old friend!...
 

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Verdi -- La Forza del Destino
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Lamberto Gardelli

Martina Arroyo
Carlo Bergonzi
Piero Cappuccilli
Ruggero Raimondi

EMI (4 LPs )

Ray
 

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Puccini

La Boheme

The Cast
Mimi - Lucine Amara
Musetta - Hiedi Krall
Rodofo - Daniele Barioni
Marcello - Frank Valentino
Colline - Nicola Moscona
Schaunard - Clifford Havuot
Alcindoro - Alessio De Paolis
Parpignol - Frank D'Elia
Officer - Carlo Tomanelli

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra under the direction of Fausto Cleva

The Metropolitan Opera Record Club
MO 610

Not found on Discogs.

 
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Rome Opera Orch & Chorus
E Leinsdorf

BNilsson
JBjorling
UTozzi
RTebaldi

Ray
 
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