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AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY:Picker
Original Air Date: 12/24/2005
Conlon; Gunn, Racette, Graham, Zajick, Larmore
MOD Audio SID.19310101
An American Tragedy was premiered at the Met and should have been HDd during a scheduled revival in 2008 which was taken by Last Emperor (in hopes of a China tour which did not materialize). Zambello directed, and she remains faithful to the work which was revived at Glimmerglass in 2014 in a revised edition. On the radio the real standout is Zajick who makes conventional lines sound momentous, but the overall cast was well chosen.
SAMSON ET DALILA:Saint-Saens
Original Air Date: 12/26/1964
Prêtre; Thomas, Dalis, Bacquier
SID.19310317
This is the broadcast from the first season of the new production; Gorr had premiered the production triumphantly (I was there), but the two debutants Bacquier and Pretre were also of high quality. Thomas despite cutting a nice stage figure really wasn’t up to such rarefied company. Dalis is in very good voice, and the high point is her duet with Bacquier. Even Bacquier has a start when she delivers her final lines in the duet. Pretre’s long career has ended up being mostly at La Scala, but when it came to the Saint-Saens score, he had no superiors. Dalis is the subject of a new biography by Linda Riebel which focuses on Dalis’ role in the founding of Opera San Jose. Her major Met career is not omitted.
TURANDOT:Puccini
Original Air Date: 12/03/1966
Mehta; Nilsson, Freni, Corelli, Giaiotti
MOD Audio SID.19310320
This performance is Included in the Met’s 50th Anniversary collection. Turandot: The Best To Date at New Met [Unsigned review in the Journal-American of opening night September 26, 1966] The celebrating the opening of the new opera house over, the Metropolitan Opera settled for repertory last night and put on its best show to date. Puccini’s Turandot began the regular subscription season as a five-year old production that readily adjusted itself to new surroundings. It looked handsome, and it moved handsomely. Sighs. Birgit Nilsson and Franco Corelli took the leading roles as usual, the singing was magnificent. What else is there to say! This was a beautifully knit performance. Cecil Beaton’s sets and costumes rate among the best creations. Nathaniel Merrill has achieved some of the most imaginative staging. The cast is excellent. A new element entered with Zubin Mehta taking the conductor’s assignment. He imparts vitality and usually comprehends everything he does. The live acoustics of the pit led to overloud playing, but most interestingly he restrained himself in giving full rein to Puccini’s romanticism.
Mozart
Original Air Date: 03/10/1984
Tate; Morris, Behrens, Plishka, Neblett, Winbergh, Ewing
SID.19310321
This is Neblett’s final Elvira, but she must have been in a bad patch because shortly before this Elivra, two of the Don Giovannis had featured Eleanor Bergquist, usually a Met chorister. And we think casting today is on the weak side. Behrens is a major singer, but her career is not memorable for either her Anna (for me that’s Steber or Sutherland) or her Idomeneo Elektra.
MOSES UND ARON:Schoenberg
Original Air Date: 12/20/2003
Levine; Tomlinson, Langridge
SID.19310422
This performance was issued in Levine’s 40th anniversary CD box, and is also available in MOoD. This performance is well regarded.Both the MOoD and the CD issued in the Levine 40th anniversary CD box are from the first Met season of MuA in 1999. Both performances have been on Sirius, and here is the 2003 again.
IDOMENEO:Mozart
Original Air Date: 02/25/1989
Stivender; Jerusalem, Martin, Griffel, Quittmeyer, Lewis
SID.19310423
This broadcast finds Siegfried Jerusalem in unfamiliar repertoire, and less stellar than usual casting surrounding him. Of greater interest in my view is the 1991 broadcast with Heppner partnered by Upshaw, Mentzer, and especially Vaness as Elettra in one of Levine’s signature operas. This 1991 performance is on MOoD. Not nearly as strong as the original production under Levine. Stivender is a lamented former chorus master. Marvis Martin now sings in the Met Chorus after spending a decade or more as a lyric soprano soloist at the Met. Stivender was a much beloved chorus master and sometime conductor., who died in 1990. Jerusalem, a marquee name in Wagner roles, is tested by the Idomeneo, and has hefty competition from Pavarotti, Domingo, and Heppner among others.