The Dutch soprano Miranda van Kralingen competed at the 1991 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. Her performance of ‘Beim Schlafengehn’ from Strauss’s Four Last Songs stood out among much fine singing at that prestigious event, and I’ve preserved my tape of it over the years, despite a radio dropout during the orchestral interlude.
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Miranda van Kralingen – Beim Schlafengehn ~ R Strauss – Cardiff 1991
The American soprano Pamela Coburn (above) sings the Four Last Songs of Richard Strauss from a 1994 concert given by the Munich Radio Orchestra, with Roberto Abbado conducting.
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In 1982, I had the great pleasure of seeing Ms. Coburn in Beni Montresor’s gorgeous staging of Cavalli’s L’ORMINDO given by the Chamber Opera Theatre of New York. In the above production photo, Ronald Naldi is Ormindo and Ms. Coburn is Erisbe. Click on the photo to enlarge.
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