SAMSON ET DALILA:Saint-Saëns
Abravanel; Maison, Wettergren, Pinza
Original Air Date: 12/26/1936
MOD Audio
SID.19430107
This is the second oldest Met performance to have been rebroadcast on Sirius — the Lawrence/Melchior Gotterdammerung also from 1936 (but previous season) is the oldest. Abravanel is more remembered as longtime conductor of the Utah Symphony, but his three Met seasons beginning with this broadcast showed him as a sure hand in the French and German wings of the repertory. The principals have plenty of profile, and Pinza is an excellent High Priest.
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