Marc Chagall’s only opera production opened at the New Met in 1967. The artist had also created the two giant murals that hover over the house’s lobby.
In December 1972, there was a broadcast of the production, a recording of which has recently surfaced. It boasts a cast full of wonderful singers whose performances at The Met I remember vividly.
Listen here.
CAST:
Pamina: Adriana Maliponte; Tamino: Stuart Burrows; Queen of the Night: Edda Moser; Sarastro: Hans Sotin; Papageno: John Reardon; Papagena: Loretta Di Franco; Monostatos: Paul Franke; Speaker: Donald Gramm; First Lady: Mary Ellen Pracht; Second Lady: Shirley Love; Third Lady: Nedda Casei; Genii: William Newman/Baron Fitz-Gerald/Robert Fitz-Gerald; Priests: Nico Castel and Russell Christopher; Guards: Rod MacWherter and Louis Sgarro
Conductor: Peter Maag
All of these names are so dear to me; it’s especially lovely to have an Italian Pamina!
~ Oberon
Oberon's Glade 