Ensemble
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Ensemble
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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History
Name:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Name variations:
Met Orchestra. Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera Association.
Active from:
1883
Country:
United States
Information:
Wikipedia
Performances
69 Performances
69 Performances
Performance
Tannhäuser, große tragische Oper
1942-12-19 in Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Timings: 02:46:08
George Szell - Conductor
Alexander Kipnis - Bass | Hermann
Lauritz Melchior - Tenor | Tannhäuser
Herbert Janssen - Baritone | Wolfram
John Garris - Tenor | Walther
Osie Hawkins - Bass/Baritone | Biterolf
Emery Darcy - Tenor | Heinrich
John Gurney - Bass | Reinmar
Helen Traubel - Soprano | Elisabeth
Kerstin Thorborg - Mezzo-soprano/Soprano | Venus
Maxine Stellman - Mezzo-soprano/Soprano | Hirt
Boris Godunov
1943-02-13 in Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Timings: 02:31:00
George Szell - Conductor
Alexander Kipnis - Bass/Bass-baritone | Boris
Irra Petina - Mezzo-soprano | Feodor
Marita Farell - Soprano | Ksenija
Anna Kaskas - Mezzo-soprano/Contralto | Ksenija's nurse
Alessio De Paolis - Tenor | Shujskij
George Cehanovsky - Baritone/Bass-Baritone | Shchelkalov
Nicola Moscona - Bass | Pimen
René Maison - Tenor | Pretender (Grigoriy)
Kerstin Thorborg - Mezzo-soprano | Marina
Leonard Warren - Bass/Baritone | Rangoni
Norman Cordon - Bass/Bass-baritone | Varlaam
John Dudley - Tenor | Misail
Doris Doe - Mezzo-soprano | Hostess
John Garris - Tenor | Jurodivyj
John Gurney - Bass | Nikitich
Emery Darcy - Tenor | Bojar
Lansing Hatfield - Bass | Lavitsky
Lorenzo Alvary - Bass/Baritone | Chernikovsky
Boris Godunov
1943-12-04 in Metropolitan Opera House, New York
George Szell - Conductor
Ezio Pinza - Bass/Bass-baritone | Boris
Thelma Altman - Mezzo-soprano | Feodor
Marita Farell - Soprano | Ksenija
Anna Kaskas - Mezzo-soprano/Contralto | Ksenija's nurse
Alessio De Paolis - Tenor | Shujskij
Mack Harrell - Baritone/Bass-Baritone | Shchelkalov
Nicola Moscona - Bass | Pimen
Armand Tokatyan - Tenor | Pretender (Grigoriy)
Kerstin Thorborg - Mezzo-soprano | Marina
Leonard Warren - Bass/Baritone | Rangoni
Salvatore Baccaloni - Bass/Bass-baritone | Varlaam
John Dudley - Tenor | Misail
Doris Doe - Mezzo-soprano | Hostess
John Garris - Tenor | Jurodivyj
John Gurney - Bass | Nikitich
Emery Darcy - Tenor | Bojar
Gerhard Pechner - Bass | Lavitsky
Lorenzo Alvary - Bass/Baritone | Chernikovsky
Elektra, tragödie
1952-02-23 in Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Timings: 01:42:27
Fritz Reiner - Conductor
Elisabeth Höngen - Mezzo-soprano | Klytämnestra
Astrid Varnay - Soprano | Elektra
Walburga Wegner - Soprano | Chrysothemis
Set Svanholm - Tenor | Aegisth
Paul Schöffler - Baritone | Orest
Alois Pernerstorfer - Bass | Der Pfleger des Orest
Jean Madeira - Soprano | Die Vertraute
Paula Lenchner - Soprano | Die Schleppträgerin
Paul Franke - Tenor | Ein junger Diener
Lubomir Vichegonov - Bass | Ein alter Diener
Thelma Votipka - Soprano | Die Aufseherin
Martha Lipton - Contralto | Erste Magd
Hertha Glaz - Mezzo-soprano | Zweite Magd
Lucine Amara - Mezzo-soprano | Dritte Magd
Mildred Miller - Soprano | Vierte Magd
Geneviève Warner - Soprano | Fünfte Magd
Der Rosenkavalier, Komödie für musik
1949-12-21 in Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Timings: 03:01:06
Fritz Reiner - Conductor
Eleanor Steber - Soprano | Marschallin
Risë Stevens - Mezzo-soprano | Octavian
Emanuel List - Bass | Ochs
Hugh Thompson - Baritone | Faninal
Erna Berger - Soprano | Sophie
Thelma Votipka - Mezzo-soprano/Soprano | Marianne
Peter Klein - Tenor | Valzacchi
Martha Lipton - Contralto | Annina
Lorenzo Alvary - Bass | Polizeikommissar
Emery Darcy - Tenor | Haushofmeister
Giuseppe Di Stefano - Tenor | Sänger
Gerhard Pechner - Bass | Notar
László Csabay - Tenor | Wirt
László Csabay - Tenor | Tierhändler
Lois Hunt - Soprano | Modistin
Paula Lenchner - Soprano | Erste Waise
Maxine Stellman - Mezzo-soprano | Zweite Waise
Thelma Altman - Mezzo-soprano | Dritte Waise
Paul Franke - Tenor | Haushofmeister bei Faninal
Der Rosenkavalier, Komödie für musik
1953-02-28 in Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Fritz Reiner - Conductor
Astrid Varnay - Soprano | Marschallin
Risë Stevens - Mezzo-soprano | Octavian
Endre Koréh - Bass | Ochs
John Brownlee - Baritone | Faninal
Nadine Conner - Soprano | Sophie
Thelma Votipka - Mezzo-soprano/Soprano | Marianne
Alessio De Paolis - Tenor | Valzacchi
Hertha Glaz - Contralto | Annina
Osie Hawkins - Bass | Polizeikommissar
Emery Darcy - Tenor | Haushofmeister
Thomas Hayward - Tenor | Sänger
Gerhard Pechner - Bass | Notar
Paul Franke - Tenor | Wirt
Gabor Carelli - Tenor | Tierhändler
Geneviève Warner - Soprano | Modistin
Laura Castellano - Soprano | Erste Waise
Paula Lenchner - Soprano | Zweite Waise
Margaret Roggero - Mezzo-soprano | Dritte Waise
Paul Franke - Tenor | Haushofmeister bei Faninal
The Rake's Progress, opera
1953-02-14 in Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Timings: 02:21:23
Fritz Reiner - Conductor
Kurt Adler - Choirmaster
Eugene Conley - Tenor | Tom
Hilde Gueden - Soprano | Anne
Mack Harrell - Bass/Baritone | Nick
Blanche Thebom - Mezzo-soprano | Baba
Norman Scott - Bass | Trulove
Paul Franke - Tenor | Sellem
Martha Lipton - Contralto | Mother Goose
Lawrence Davidson - Bass | Keeper
Falstaff, commedia lirica
1949-02-26 in Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Timings: 02:10:58
Fritz Reiner - Conductor
Leonard Warren - Bass-baritone | Falstaff
Giuseppe Valdengo - Baritone | Ford
Giuseppe Di Stefano - Tenor | Fenton
László Csabay - Tenor | Dr. Cajus
Alessio De Paolis - Tenor | Bardolfo
Lorenzo Alvary - Bass | Pistola
Regina Resnik - Soprano | Alice
Licia Albanese - Soprano | Nannetta
Cloë Elmo - Contralto | Mrs. Quickly
Martha Lipton - Mezzo-soprano | Mrs. Meg Page
Der fliegende Holländer, romantische Oper
1950-12-30 in Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Timings: 02:08:22
Fritz Reiner - Conductor
Sven Nilsson - Bass | Daland
Astrid Varnay - Soprano | Senta
Set Svanholm - Tenor | Erik
Hertha Glaz - Contralto | Mary
Thomas Hayward - Tenor | Steuermann
Hans Hotter - Baritone | Holländer
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Oper
1952-03-22 in Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Fritz Reiner - Conductor
Paul Schöffler - Bass-baritone | Sachs
Alois Pernerstorfer - Bass | Pogner
Thomas Hayward - Tenor | Vogelgesang
Algerd Brazis - Bass | Nachtigall
Gerhard Pechner - Bass | Beckmesser
Herbert Janssen - Bass/Baritone | Kothner
Alessio De Paolis - Tenor | Zorn
Emery Darcy - Tenor | Eisslinger
Gabor Carelli - Tenor | Moser
Osie Hawkins - Bass | Ortel
Lawrence Davidson - Bass | Schwarz
Lorenzo Alvary - Bass | Foltz
Hans Hopf - Tenor | Walther
Richard Holm - Tenor | David
Walburga Wegner - Soprano | Eva
Hertha Glaz - Mezzo-soprano | Magdalene
Clifford Harvuot - Baritone | Nachtwächter
Editions
12 Editions
12 Editions
Wagner: Walkure - Melchior, Traubel, Bampton, Janssen, Thorborg, Kipnis, cond.Szell (r.live,1944)
Wagner: Tannhauser - Vinay, Harshaw, London, Varnay, Hines, MET Ch&Orch, cond.Szell (r.live,MET,1954)
Szell: Verdi: Otello - Ralf, Roman, Warren, Lipton, MetOpCh&Orch (r.live,MET,1946)
Wagner: Tristan & Isolde - Vinay, Traubel, Thebom, Nilsson, Schoffler, Thompson (r.live,MET,1950)
Bizet: Carmen - Barbieri, Del Monaco, Gueden, Guarrera, cond.Reiner (r.live,1953)
Bizet: Carmen - Stevens, Tucker, Conner, Silveri, cond.Reiner (r.live,1952)
Tourel, Jennie: Unknown and Little Known Recordings (r.1937-1961)
Walter: Verdi: Requiem - Milanov\Krall, Elias, Bergonzi, Tozzi - Metropolitan Opera O (r.live 1959) (Milanov faints at the Offertorio, her place is taken by Krall)
Walter: Smith: The Star-Spangled Banner, Verdi: La forza del destino (d'Angelo, Roman, Tibbett, Jagel), Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten excerpt (Mazzolini), Mozart: Mass no.17 excerpt (Mazzolini) - Metropolitan Opera O, San Francisco SO (r.live 1943, 1954)
Mozart: Die Zauberflote - Pinza, Kullman, Novotna, Cordon, d'Angelo, Dudley, Metropolitan Opera O, cond. Walter (r.live 1942)
Stokowski: Beethoven: Sym 3, Bach-Stokowski: Wachet auf, Wagner: Lohengrin Act III Prel, Tannhäuser Festmarsch - Philadelphia O, Met OpO (r.live 1935,1963,1966)
Beethoven: Fidelio - Hines, Schoffler, Svanholm, Flagstad, Ernster, Metropolitan Opera O, cond. Walter (r.live 1951)