The great American basso Norman Treigle (above) sings songs from Carlisle Floyd’s Pilgrimage. Listen here.
Pilgrimage is described as a “solo cantata on Biblical texts, for low voice and piano or orchestra”; it was premiered by Mr. Treigle at Syracuse, New York, in 1960. Further information on this work may be found here.
Above: Beverly Sills as the Queen of Shemakhan
The New York City Opera’s 1971 televised production of Rimsky-Korsakov’s LE COQ D’OR has been restored. Watch and listen to the freshened version here.
Beverly Sills, Norman Treigle, and Enrico di Giuseppe have the principal roles, and Julius Rudel conducts.
Above: Beverly Sills as the Queen of Shemakhan
The New York City Opera’s 1971 televised production of Rimsky-Korsakov’s LE COQ D’OR has been restored. Watch and listen to the freshened version here.
Beverly Sills, Norman Treigle, and Enrico di Giuseppe have the principal roles, and Julius Rudel conducts.
Above: the great basso Norman Treigle as Mefistofele in the Boito opera at New York City Opera 1969; photo copyright Beth Bergman.
I have just discovered Ms. Bergman’s blog, The Opera Lenz, which features images from her years working at New York City Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, and music venues in our City.
The photos bring back so many memories: I even found pictures of Nadja Witkowska – the soprano who sang in the very first opera performance I ever saw (RIGOLETTO at the Cincinnati Zoo in 1962!) – when she attended a NYCO reunion in 2012. And there’s a lovely tribute to Claramae Turner (Toscanini’s Ulrica) who passed away in 2013. And so much more…both photos and recollections.
Beth Bergman’s other site, The Beth Lenz, features many incredible images from nature.
Oberon's Glade 