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IDOMENEO:Mozart
Original Air Date: 02/15/1986
Tate; Rendall, Valente, Behrens, von Stade, Alexander
MOD Audio SID.19240214
Idomeneo has some of Mozart’s greatest music. Valente is a doing double duty this week along with Falstaff, and she’s a sublime lyric for either Nanetta or Ilia. Behrens is tough sledding as Elettra. Carol Vaness has two broadcasts on MOoD which I highly recommend.
DER ROSENKAVALIER:Strauss
Original Air Date: 12/14/1946
Busch; Stevens, Jessner, List, Steber, Lechner
MOD Audio SID.19240315
This performance has been on before, and this is Steber’s only 40s broadcast to have made it to Sirius (and to MOoD). This is the kind of voice I love as Sophie, a full lyric, not a soubrette. Jessner has a lot of time in support mostly on the rocks (she debuted as a Valkyrie in 1936, and ended as Gutrune (but preceded by more “rocks” work). Her solo roles were most often Marschallin (cover for Lehmann?) and Eva. She is OK, and this is Stevens still in reasonably fresh voice. glad to have a peek at the 1940s.
DER FREISCHÜTZ:Weber
Original Air Date: 04/15/1972
Ludwig; Kónya, Lorengar, Feldhoff, Mathis
MOD Audio SID.19240316
This is the only Met broadcast of Freischutz, and despite some good work from the treble/tenor clef, Ludwig’s conducting does not give it the sparkle it needs. Feldhoff is more adequate than commanding. One cannot blame the Met entirely, this work simply is not as much a part of the “standard” opera house repertoire as it was 50 years ago.
FIDELIO:Beethoven
Original Air Date: 02/08/1992
Perick; Behrens, Goldberg, Wlaschiha, Salminen, McNair, Kaasch
SID.19240317
This is the only one of Behrens’ three broadcast Leonores to have made it to Sirius. Her best run in Fidelio with King and Bohm was not broadcast (fall pre-broadcast season in 1978) While I would very much like to hear her first broadcast (1980) with Vickers under Leinsdorf, Perick’s work in the Tannhauser impressed me so I’ll give it a listen. Still this is post Ring for Behrens, and the voice has lost a good deal of its sheen.
DAS RHEINGOLD:Wagner
Original Air Date: 01/26/1957
Stiedry; Uhde, Thebom, Vinay, Davidson, Böhme, Ernster
SID.19240318
The Stiedry Ring from 1957 has been a semi-regular on Sirius, and it’s a slightly different take on the opera than standard Bayreuth.This performance is also available on MOoD and especially for Uhde, Vinay, Thebom, Madeira and Bohme, well worth a listen. This Prologue to the Stiedry Ring is most notable for Vinay’s Loge and Uhde’s Wotan.Not too many global Ring singers from this period, but it gets the job done.
LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT:Donizetti
Original Air Date: 03/25/1972
Bonynge; Sutherland, Di Giuseppe, Sinclair, Corena
SID.19240319
This is the first season of the production minus Pavarotti and Resnik. Both appear the following season in Sutherland’s second and final broadcast. Sutherland has a third season in 1983 with Kraus, but there was no matinee broadcast (the Sirius live broadcasts now capture portrayals, that used to just go missing). If Di Giuseppe does not have the star power of Pavarotti, he provides reasonable support for Sutherland, who is a complete charmer in the title role. I was surprised to discover she has twice as many Maries as Lily Pons. 8/23/11 – Di Giuseppe is not Pavarotti, but this is still a delightful broadcast.
AIDA:Verdi
Original Air Date: 02/13/1999
Domingo; Papian, O’Neill, Zajick, Burchinal, Burchuladze
SID.19240320
I have no specific memory of this performance, but the only major point of interest for me would be Zajick who has several broadcasts with more interesting performers.
ORFEO ED EURIDICE:Gluck
Original Air Date: 01/18/1958
Rudolf; Stevens, Amara, Cundari
MOD Audio SID.19240321
The strongest thing about this performance is Rudolf’s conducting. Stevens was definitely a star Orfeo, but she’s never an audio favorite of mine. A very great artist outstanding advocate for American artists , and the role of the arts in general. She had quite a following, but her audios alone do not make a career. She is still with us, and may she have many more years. For me this is much too late for Stevens (She retires in 1960). I did check Paul Jackson’s authoritative volume on Met broadcasts– and he’s at his best in the 40s and 50s, but has nothing to say about this performance. This performance has been on before and is on MOoD.