At The Opera, Richard Strauss' Salome (1962) February 27, 2021
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Salome, Op. 54, is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss. The libretto is Hedwig Lachmann's German translation of the 1891 French play Salomé by Oscar Wilde and edited by the composer.
The opera is famous (at the time of its premiere, infamous) for its "Dance of the Seven Veils". The final scene is frequently heard as a concert-piece for dramatic sopranos.
The combination of the Christian biblical theme, the erotic and the murderous, which so attracted Wilde to the tale, shocked opera audiences from its first appearance.
Cast:
Salome - Brigit Nilsson
Herod - Gerhard Stolze
Herodias - Grace Hoffman
John the Baptist - Eberhard Wachter
Vienna Philharmonic
Sir Georg Solti - conductor
DECCA 1962
8:00 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
8:17 p.m.
Birgit Nilsson
Richard Strauss
Salome
Vienna Philharmonic; Sir Georg Solti, conductor
10:07 p.m.
Renata Tebaldi
Puccini
Gianni Schicchi, opera: O mio babbino caro
London
10:09 p.m.
Giuseppi Verdi
NABUCCO: Chorus of the Hebrew slaves
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Lamberto Gardelli, conductor Vienna State Opera Chorus [Also:"Wiener Staatsopernchor"]
10:13 p.m.
Marilyn Horne
G.F. Handel
Rodelinda - Dove sei (Art thou troubled)
Vienna Cantata; Henry Lewis, conductor
10:20 p.m.
Giuseppe di Stefano
Donizetti
L'elisir d'amore, opera: Una furtiva lagrima
10:25 p.m.
Joan Sutherland
Leo Delibes
Lakme opera: Bell Song
London Philharmonic; Richard Boynage, conductor Joan Sutherland
10:47 p.m.
Franco Corelli
Tosca, opera: E lucevan le stelle
Franco Corelli
10:50 p.m.
Julia Varady
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana - Easter Hymn
National Philharmonic; Giandrea Gavazenni, conductor
10:55 p.m.
James King
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, opera, WWV 96: Prize Song: Morgenlich leuchtend
James King
11:00 p.m.
Richard Wagner
Tannhauser, opera, WWV 70: Pilgrim's Chorus: Begluckt darf nun dich
11:05 p.m.
Pilar Lorengar
Dvorak
Rusalka: O silver moon
Accademia di Santa Cecilia; Giuseppe Patane, conductor Pilar Lorengar
11:18 p.m.
Ettore Bastianini
Verdi
Ettore Bastianini sings Eri Tu from Un Ballo in Maschera
11:24 p.m.
Ettore Bastianini
Giordano
Nemico della Patria - Andrea Chenier
MET Orchestra; Fausto Cleva, conductor Ettore Bastianini
11:30 p.m.
Ingvar Wixell
Verdi
Rigoletto- Cortigiani
n/a; Fausto Cleva, conductor Ingvar Wixell
11:38 p.m.
Ingvar Wixell
Puccini
Tosca, opera: Act 1: 'Tre shirri... Una carrozza... Presto'/Te Deum
Royal Opera House; Colin Davis, conductor Ingvar Wixell
11:43 p.m.
Joan Sutherlend/Marilyn Horne
Vincenzo Bellini
Norma - Mira, o Norma
Joan Sutherlend/Marilyn Horne
11:50 p.m.
Ferruccio Tagliavini
Italian song Musica Proibita
Turin Orchestra of the Radio Italiana
11:54 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
