Le Spectre de la rose
Eleanor Steber sings "Le Spectre de la rose" from Hector Berlioz's Les Nuits d'été. The Columbia Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos.
Eleanor Steber BerliozLe spectre
The Greeks Have Left The Plain
Dame Janet Baker (above) is Cassandra and Raimund Herincx is Chorebus in the great monologue and duet from Berlioz's PRISE DE TROIE, sung in English and conducted by Sir Colin Davis.
The Norns In Seattle
Above: Mmes. Podleś, Wray, and Blythe as the Norns; photo by Chris Bennion
The Norn Scene in Wagner's GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG is one of my favorite scenes in the RING Cycle; in fact,
The Orchestra of St. Luke's ~ Bernstein's Kaddish @ Carnegie Hall (January 2025)
(Bringing this article from 2025 forward to the Vale; its original setting featured production photos and various links, but I wanted to preserve the gist of my story of this unforgettable evening.)
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Sandra Porter sings Poulenc
Scottish mezzo-soprano Sandra Porter began her working life as a concert and chamber soloist, performing throughout Britain and abroad in Tokyo, Milan, Beijing, Germany, the Middle East and France with Scottish Symphonia,