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Toscanini IV – La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera
Toscanini IV – La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera Trying to find a balance between what the verbal descriptions of Toscanini’s conducting during the period of roughly 1895-1915 say of him and what he actually did can be like trying to capture lightning in a bottle. Since he made no recordings before December 1920, and instrumental recordings at that, we cannot say with any real certainty what his conducting style was like during those years. We do know, from the complaints of Tito Ricordi, some of which reached Giuseppe Verdi’s ears, that Italian audiences hated much of what Toscanini was doing: conducting operas at the written tempos, not allowing most unwritten high notes (but not all, at least not then), refusing to encore well-loved arias and ensembles, and insisting in silence as long as the music was being played and sung. In short, he instituted the kind of audience decorum we come to expect today, although of course even now (particularly in Italy and America, not so much in England) we still have audiences interrupting the flow of an opera to inject their bravos and bravas when they should just let well enough alone. Ricordi complained to Verdi that Toscanini was ruining his operas, which led Verdi to ask Arrigo Boïto, whom he trusted, for an assessment. Boïto, as a friend and champion of the conductor, told Verdi that he was simply conducting the operas pretty much as he wrote them and not allowing excess high notes, repeats or breaks in the action. Verdi was pleased to hear this; it is well known that he detested slowly-paced performances of his operas and, worse yet, the interpolated high notes he did not write. -
Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 35,1915
PARSONS THEATRE HARTFORD Thirty-fifth Season. 1915-1916 Dr. KARL MUCK. Conductor WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 27 AT 8.15 COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY C. A.-ELLIS PUBLISHED BY C. A. ELLIS, MANAGER €i Yes, It's a Steinway" ISN'T there supreme satisfaction in being able to say that of the piano in your home? Would you have the same feeling about any other piano? " It's a Steinway." Nothing more need be said. Everybody knows you have chosen wisely; you have given to your home the very best that money can buy. You will never even think of changing this piano for any other. As the years go by the words "It's a Steinway" will mean more and more to you, and thousands of times, as you continue to enjoy through life the com- panionship of that noble instrument, absolutely without a peer, you will say to yourself: "How glad I am I paid the few extra dollars and got a Steinway." STEINWAY HALL 107-109 East 14th Street, New York Subway Express Station at the Door Represented by the Foremost Dealers Everywhere Thirty-fifth Season, 1915-1916 Dr. KARL MUCK, Conductor PERSONNEL Violins. Witek, A. Roth, O. Hoffmann, J. Rissland, K. Concert-master. Koessler, M. Schmidt, E. Theodorowicz, J. Noack, S. Mahn, F. Bak, A. Traupe, W. Goldstein, H. Tak, E. Ribarsch, A. Baraniecki, A. Sauvlet. H. Habenicht, W. Fiedler, B. Berger, H. Goldstein, S. Fiumara, P. Spoor, S. Siilzen, H. Fiedler, A. Griinberg, M. Pinfield, C. Gerardi, A. Kurth, R. -
04-30-2019 Walkure Eve.Indd
RICHARD WAGNER der ring des nibelungen conductor Die Walküre Philippe Jordan Opera in three acts production Robert Lepage Libretto by the composer associate director Tuesday, April 30, 2019 Neilson Vignola 6:00–11:00 PM set designer Carl Fillion costume designer François St-Aubin lighting designer Etienne Boucher The production of Die Walküre was made video image artist possible by a generous gift from Ann Ziff and Boris Firquet the Ziff Family, in memory of William Ziff revival stage directors The revival of this production is made possible Gina Lapinski J. Knighten Smit by a gift from Ann Ziff general manager Peter Gelb jeanette lerman-neubauer music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin In collaboration with Ex Machina 2018–19 SEASON The 541st Metropolitan Opera performance of RICHARD WAGNER’S die walküre conductor Philippe Jordan in order of vocal appearance siegmund waltr aute Stuart Skelton Renée Tatum* sieglinde schwertleite Eva-Maria Westbroek Daryl Freedman hunding ortlinde Günther Groissböck Wendy Bryn Harmer* wotan siegrune Michael Volle Eve Gigliotti brünnhilde grimgerde Christine Goerke* Maya Lahyani frick a rossweisse Jamie Barton Mary Phillips gerhilde Kelly Cae Hogan helmwige Jessica Faselt** Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 6:00–11:00PM Musical Preparation Carol Isaac, Jonathan C. Kelly, Dimitri Dover*, and Marius Stieghorst Assistant Stage Directors Stephen Pickover and Paula Suozzi Stage Band Conductor Gregory Buchalter German Coach Marianne Barrett Prompter Carol Isaac Scenery, properties, and electrical props constructed and painted -
Centenary of "The Barber of Seville" This Week Concerts of the Week
" ' x" ' " ' " " 8 THE SUN, SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 1916. CENTENARY OF "THE BARBER OF SEVILLE" THIS WEEK CONCERTS OF THE WEEK. THE WEEK OF OPERA. SUNDAY Philharmonic Society, Crnrie Hall, 3 P. M. Metropolitan Opera Hotue. Symphony Society, Aeolian Hall, 3 P. M. P. M. MONDAY, "Lucia di Lammermoor." Maria Harrientos Maurice Beck, sonif recKal, Princess Theatre, 8:lo 8:1G P. 1. Opera House, 8 JO P. M. ; and Amuto. Opera concert, Metropolitan (debut) Messrs. Martinelli Aeolian Hall. 3 :30 P. M. WEDNESDAY "Cavallcriu RuMicnna." Mmo. Zarska and Braalau: MONDAY Adelaide Fischer, aonr reclUl. "Coyoscus," Mmes. Fltxiu and Pcrint; Vivian Gosnell, barytone, Aeolian Hall, 8:15 P. M. Messrs. Botta an.l De Luca. Herbert, conductor, Hotel Astor, Messrs. Martinelli and De 1. Glee Club concert, Victor lt.ii!iruroId," Mtncs. Riippold. Mutzc- - THURSDAY, 2:30 P. M. "Das TUeIdAY song recital, Fran, nauer and Ober; Messrs. Scmbacli, Weil, Goritz, Braun, Scott and Mme. Madeleine D'Espinoy, Theatre c'als, 3 P. M. M. Bohcme," Mmes. Alda and Cnjatti; Gino Ciaparelll-Viafor- a, Aeolian Hall. 8:15 P. M. THURSDAY, 8:lTi P. "La Society, Carnegie Hall, 8:16 P. M. Messrs. Caruso, Scotti and Didur. THURSDAY People's Symphony Zaubcrfloete," Mmes. Gadski, Hempel and Mason; Ethel Newcomb, pianoforte reciUl, Aeolian Hall, 3 P. M. FRIDAY "Die 3 P. M. Messrs. Urlus, Goritr, and Hraun. ijjl Marian Clark, soprano, Princess Theatre, Slvio-Hu,- " Society, Aeolian Hall, M. SATURDAY, 2 P. M. "II Barbiero dl Mme. Barricntos; New York Chamber Music 8:15 P. De Luca, De Seffurola and Malatesta. FRIDAY Philharmonic Society, Carnegie Hall, 2:80 P. -
Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 42,1922
SANDERS THEATRE . CAMBRIDGE HARVARD UNIVERSITY Thursday Evening, April 12, at 8.00 PRoGRKttttE SSfflfflffl Steinway & Sons STEINERT JEWETT WOODBURY « PIANOS v Duo-Art REPRODUCING PIANOS AND PIANOLA PIANOS victroLas victor records M. STEINERT & SONS SANDERS THEATRE . CAMBRIDGE HARVARD UNIVERSITY FORTY-SECOND SEASON 1922-1923 INC. PIERRE MONTEUX, Conductor SEASON 1922-1923 THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, at 8.00 WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY PHILIP HALE COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, INC. THE OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Inc. FREDERICK P. CABOT President GALEN L. STONE Vice-President ERNEST B. DANE . Treasurer ALFRED L. AIKEN ARTHUR LYMAN FREDERICK P. CABOT HENRY B. SAWYER ERNEST B. DANE GALEN L. STONE M. A. DE WOLFE HOWE BENTLEY W. WARREN JOHN ELLERTON LODGE E. SOHIER WELCH W. H. BRENNAN, Manager G. E. JUDD, Assistant Manager l 'CHE INSTRUMENT OF THE IMMORTALS Q OMETIMES people who want a Steinway think it economi- cal to buy a cheaper piano in the beginning and wait for a Steinway. Usually this is because they do not realize with what ease Franz Liszt and convenience a Steinway can at his Steinway be bought. This is evidenced by the great number of people who come to exchange some other piano in partial payment for a Steinway, and say: "If I had only known about your terms I would have had a Steinway long ago!" You may purchase a new Steinway piano with a cash deposit of 10%, and the bal- ance will be extended over a period of two years. 'Prices: $875 and up Convenient terms. -
05-07-2019 Walkure Eve.Indd
Synopsis Act I Mythical times. Pursued by enemies during a storm, Siegmund exhaustedly stumbles into an unfamiliar home. Sieglinde finds him lying by the hearth, and the two feel an immediate attraction. Sieglinde’s husband, Hunding, interrupts them, asking the stranger who he is. Calling himself “Woeful,” Siegmund tells of a disaster-filled life, only to learn that Hunding is a kinsman of his enemies. Hunding tells his guest that they will fight to the death in the morning. Alone, Siegmund calls on his father, Wälse—who was in fact Wotan, leader of the gods, in human disguise—for the sword that he once promised him. Sieglinde reappears, having given Hunding a sleeping potion. She tells of her wedding, at which a one-eyed stranger thrust into a tree a sword that has since resisted every effort to pull it out. Sieglinde confesses her unhappiness to Siegmund, and he embraces her and promises to free her from her forced marriage to Hunding. As moonlight floods het room, Siegmund compares their feelings to the marriage of love and spring. Sieglindeaddr esses him as “Spring” but asks if his father was really “Wolf,” as he said earlier. When Siegmund gives his father’s name as “Wälse” instead, Sieglinde recognizes him as her twin brother. Siegmund pulls the sword from the tree and claims Sieglinde as his bride, rejoicing in the union of the Wälsungs. The pair rush off together into the night. Act II In the mountains, Wotan tells his warrior daughter, the Valkyrie Brünnhilde, that she must defend his mortal son Siegmund in his upcoming battle with Hunding. -
Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 34, May 14 To
PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Wednesday, May 26, 1915 /J^WlH^ BOSTON ^^W^M^ SYAPMONY 0RO1ESTRH THIRTY-FOURTH SEASON W4-W5 ^Iff PRdGR7W\E Thirty-fourth Season, 1914-1915 Dr. KARL MUCK, Conductor Violins. Witek, A. Roth, 0. Hoffmann, J. Rissland, K. Concert-master. Koessler, M. Schmidt, E. Theodorowicz, J. Noack, S. Mahn, F. Bak, A. Traupe, W. Goldstein, H. Tak, E. Ribarsch, A. Baraniecki, A. Sauvlet, H. Habenicht, W. Fiedler, B. Berger, H. Goldstein, S. Fiumara, P. Spoor, S. Siilzen, H. Kurth, R. Griinberg, M. Pinfield, C. Gerardi, A. Ringwall, R. Gunderson, R. Gewirtz, J. Violas. Ferir, E. Werner, H. Gietzen, A. v.Veen, H. Wittmann, F. Schwerley, P. Berlin, W. Kautzenbach, W Van Wynbergen, C. Blumenau, W. Violoncellos. Warnke, H. Keller, J. Barth, C. Belinski, M. Steinke, B. Malkin, J. Nagel, R. Nast, L. Folgmann, E. Warnke, J. Basses. Kunze, M. Agnesy, K. Seydel, T. Ludwig, 0. Gerhardt, G. Jaeger, A. Huber, E. Schurig, R. Flutes. Oboes. Clarinets. Bassoons. Maquarre, A. Longy, G. Sand, A. Sadony, P. Brooke, A. Lenom, C. Mimart, P. Mueller, E. Chevrot, A. Stanislaus, H. Vannini, A. Fuhrmann, M. Battles, A. English Horn. Bass Clarinet. Contra-Bassoon. Mueller, F. Stumpf, K. Mosbach, J. Horns. Ho*NS. Trumpets. Trombones. Wendler, G. Jaenicke, B. Heim, G. Alloo, M. Lorbeer, H. Miersch, E. Mann, J. Belgiorno, S. Hain, F. Hess, M. Bach, V. Mausebach, A. Resch, A. Hiibner, E. Kloepfel, L. Kenfield, L. Tuba. Harps. Tympani. Percussion. Mattersteig, P. Holy, A. Neumann, S Zahn, F. Senia, T. Cella, T. Kandler, F. Burkhardt, H. Organ. Librarian. -
Wagner Aan De Noordzee
Wagner aan de Noordzee 160 jaar Wagnertraditie in Nederland (3) door Leo M. Cornelissen De tijdgeest in de periode 1900 - 1919 In het voorgaande werd al de tijdgeest gedurende het laatste kwart van de 19e eeuw in Europa aangestipt en uitvoeriger ook het maatschappelijk en cultureel leven in ons land beschreven. Dat was ook de periode waarin de belangstelling voor Wagners muziekwerken in heel Europa een absolute hype werden. De overgangsjaren van de 19e naar de 20e eeuw, dus globaal de decennia rondom het jaar 1900, brachten daar geen grote verandering in. Bayreuth was aan het eind van de 19e eeuw de toonaangevende festivalstad in de wereld. Het klimaat daar werd beheerst door de geest van de Bayreuther Wagnergetrouwen en de als een godin vereerde Cosima Wagner, ‘die hohe Frau’. Zij bewaakte met ijzeren discipline wat zij zag als haar taak: de ongewijzigde voortzetting en internationale promotie van Richards werk, met name door sterk de regie te voeren over de Wagnerfestspiele in haar eigen zomertheater. Het tijdvak tussen de Frans-Duitse oorlog van 1870 en de Eerste Wereldoorlog, de zgn. ’Kaiserzeit’, staat internationaal te boek als een periode van grote technische vooruitgang, maar ook een van geestelijke decadentie en een toenemende verengde vorm van nationalisme. Ook in de tweede helft van deze periode, dus van 1900 tot de Eerste wereldoorlog, werd Wagners werk overal ter wereld zeer frequent uitgevoerd en enthousiast onthaald. Werkelijk in alle operahuizen van enig niveau, zowel in de oude als de nieuwe wereld, buitelde de ene Wagnervoorstelling over de andere: Wenen, Berlijn, München, New York, Amsterdam, Londen, Parijs, Brussel. -
New York As the Operatic Metropolis by Henry T
NEW YORK AS THE OPERATIC METROPOLIS BY HENRY T. FINCK HETHER New York really is the rar and Caruso in the same opera, because W operatic center of the universe, as the fame of either alone fills the house. some critics and observers claim, is a ques Grau used to delight in arranging all-star tion worth considering. Doubtless the casts that took one's breath away. Once, Metropolitan has a larger number of great when he gave "Les Huguenots" with singers than any foreign opera-house; but Sembrich, Nordica, Jean and Edouard de it is also true that there have been years Reszke, besides Maurel, and Plangon, he when the number of first-class artists asked two dollars extra for parquet seats; gathered under its roof was greater than but often he provided casts nearly or quite it is now. This is particularly the case as remarkable without raising the prices. with the lowest voices. Among fourteen We recall, for instance, "Carmen," with mezzo-sopranos and contraltos, Louise Calve, Fames, Jean and Edouard de Homer alone upholds the high standards Reszke; "Tristan und Isolde" with Lilli of the past; and while Allen Hinckley, Lehmann (or Nordica), Schumann- Andrea de Segurola, and Herbert Wither- Heink, Jean and Edouard de Reszke, and spoon are good bas^s, they do not'rank Bispham (or Van Rooy). These cannot with Edouard de Reszke, Emil Fischer, be equaled to-day. Nevertheless, some of and Pol Plangon. Among the baritones, the present Metropolitan casts are not at however, there are no fewer than seven all to be sneered at. -
"The Bohemians" (New York Musicians' Club) : a Historical
ML A/S" """"^ "^"^ ML 28.N5B64" ^''niiBMiWiil!!™,.,!'''** ^'"* mu'lcians' clu 3 1924 022 246 346 CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MUSIC Cornell University Library The original of tiiis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924022246346 Cl^orneU HntoetHitg ffiihratg JIttiata, STetP ^atk ^ Rafael Joseffy "THE BOHEMIANS" {New York Musicians' Club) A HISTORICAL NARRATIVE AND RECORD Written and Compiled for the Celebration of the Fifteenth Anniversary of The Foundation of The Club By H. E. KREHBIEL NEW YORK, DECEMBER 1921 Franz Kneisel, President Vice-Presidents Rubin Goldmark Sigmund Herzog Abraham W. Lilienthal Ernest T. Carter, Secretary Hugo Grunwald, Treasurer BOARD OF GOVERNORS Walter L. Bogert Edouard Dethier George Hnnili William H. Humiston Ernest Hulcheson Gardner Lamson Cornelius Rybner Herbert Witherspoon • I THE STORY OF THE BOHEMIANS 'Tis written: "In the Beginning was the Word." Here am I balked: who now can help afford? The WORD?—impossible so high to rate it; And otherwise must I translate it. If by the Spirit I am truly taught. Then thus : "In the Beginning was the THOUGHT," This first line let me weigh completely. Lest iriy im,patient pen proceed too fieetly. Is it the THOUGHT which works, creates, vndeed? "In the Begimrdng was the POWER," I read. Yet, as I write, a warning is suggested That I the sense may not have fairly tested. The Spirit aads me: now I see the light I "In the beginning was the ACT," I write. -—Goethe, "Faust," Scene III, HE problem which vexed the mind of Fav^t, pondering the philosophy formulated at the outset of The Gospel according to St. -
Die Grossen Sänger Unseres Jahrhunderts
Jürgen Kesting DIE GROSSEN SÄNGER UNSERES JAHRHUNDERTS ECON Verlag Düsseldorf • Wien • New York • Moskau V Inhalt Zur Neuausgabe XQI Vorwort XV EINLEITUNG Eine Stimme zur rechten Zeit Vorspiel auf dem Theater 3 Dialog mit der Ewigkeit 5 Sänger und Schallplatte 6 Von verlorener und wiedergefundener Zeit 9 Von Treue und Untreue 10 Von den Perspektiven der Zeit 12 I. KAPITEL Der ferne Klang oder: Die alte Schule Belcanto 17 Nachtigall: Adelina Patti 18 • Grandeur: Lilli Lehmann 25 • The Ideal Voice of Song: Nellie Melba 32 • »Ich habe gelernt, nie zu schreien«: Ernestine Schumann-Heink 42 • Die einzigartige Stimme der Welt: Francesco Tamagno 46 Tenor-Virtuose: Fernando de Lucia 50 • La Gloria d'Italia: Mattia Battistini 57 • Der vollkommene Sänger: Pol Plancon 62 II. KAPITEL Zeitenwende oder: Die Wandlungen des Singens Vollendung und Ende des Belcanto 69 Wer hat DICH geschickt? Gott? Enrico Caruso 71 Im Schatten Carusos 83 Esultate: Giovanni Zenatello 84 • Tenore di grazia: Alessandro Bonci 86 • Femme fatale: Emma Calve 90 • Eines von drei Wundern: Rosa Ponselle 95 • Der singende Löwe: Titta Ruffo 103 Goldenes Zeitalter der Baritone 108 Sänger-Schauspieler: Antonio Scotti 109 • Energie und Stimmpracht: Pasquale Amato in • Flexibilität und Phrasierungskunst: Giuseppe de Luca 114 Dämon der Darstellung: 119 Der Mephisto von Kasan: Fedor Schaljapin 119 VI INHALT III. KAPITEL Italien: Die Geburt des Verismo Arturo Toscanini und die Folgen 131 Italienische Diven 137 Memento an den Belcanto: Giannina Russ 138 Zwei große Primadonnen 139 Mischung -
VOCAL 78 Rpm Discs Minimum Bid As Indicated Per Item
VOCAL 78 rpm Discs Minimum bid as indicated per item. Listings “Just about 1-2” should be considered as mint and “Cons. 2” with just slight marks. For collectors searching top copies, you’ve come to the right place! The further we get from the era of production (in many cases now 100 years or more), the more difficult it is to find such excellent extant pressings. Some are actually from mint dealer stocks and others the result of having improved copies via dozens of collections purchased over the past fifty years. * * * For those looking for the best sound via modern reproduction, those items marked “late” are usually of high quality shellac, pressed in the 1950-55 period. A number of items in this particular catalogue are excellent pressings from that era. Also featured are many “Z” shellac Victors, their best quality surface material (later 1930s) and PW (Pre-War) Victor, almost as good surface material as “Z”. Likewise laminated Columbia pressings (1923- 1940) offer particularly fine sound. * * * Please keep in mind that the minimum bids are in U.S. Dollars, a benefit to most collectors. * * * “Text label on verso.” For a brief period (1912-‘14), Victor pressed silver-on-black labels on the reverse sides of some of their single-faced recordings, usually featuring translations of the text or similarly related comments. VERTICALLY CUT RECORDS. There were basically two systems, the “needle-cut” method employed by Edison, which was also used by Aeolian-Vocalion and Lyric and the “sapphire ball” system of Pathé, also used by Rex. and vertical Okeh.