ORFEO ED EURIDICE:Gluck
Original Air Date: 03/10/1962
Morel; Meyer, Amara, Rothenberger
SID.19150529
This is Meyer’s broadcast debut (she appears the following season in the Met’s first round of Ariadnes. I like my Orfeo with more profile, though I do prefer it with a mezzo instead of a countertenor. Kolodin’s contemporary review is mild indeed. *** I’m not sure what occasions this unearthing. I like Orfeo, and I admire Jean Morel, but Meyer’s voice is not one that makes a particularly interesting effect on the radio. Rothenberger is a far sight better than Murphy was on the recent Live in HD. *** This might in fact be new to Sirius. Stevens in 1955 and 1958 performances has been on the air as has Bumbry’s from 1971. What is missing is one of the grand Orfeos from 940 with Thorborg and Novotna under Leinsdorf.
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