The standard repertory of opera is disproportionately represented by the output of composers from four nations – Italy, Germany, France and Austria. In the 21st century the singers who perform those operas come from nations throughout the world, but, for much of the history of opera, up into well into the postwar era of the [...]
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50 Year Anniversaries: Schwarzkopf, Boehme in San Francisco “Rosenkavalier” – September 29, 1960
December 27th, 2010
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50 Year Anniversaries: “Simon Boccanegra” with Tito Gobbi, Giorgio Tozzi – October 6, 1960
December 20th, 2010
The first Italian opera that I had experienced in live performance was Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” with a trio of legendary singers – baritone Leonard Warren (Boccanegra), soprano Renata Tebaldi (Maria Amelia) and basso Boris Christoff (Fiesco Grimaldi). (For my 50 year retrospective, see: Simon Boccanegra – October 20, 1956.) When San Francisco Opera announced its 1960 [...]
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50 Year Anniversaries: Sandor Konya, Irene Dalis in “Lohengrin” – San Francisco Opera, October 27, 1960
December 16th, 2010
Note from William. The 50-year anniversary observances of performances I attended at San Francisco Opera continue with three other works from the 1960 season (the first season that I attended operas in San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House, rather than the venues in Los Angeles and San Diego the San Francisco Opera used for its [...]
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