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Eleanor Steber In Opera And Oratorio


Release Date: 04/30/2013 
Label:  Kultur Video   Catalog #: 2408  
Composer:  Various,  George Frideric Handel,  Giacomo Puccini,  Richard Wagner,   ... 
Performer:  Eleanor Steber
Conductor:  Howard Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1 
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Notes and Editorial Reviews

Eleanor Steber (1914-1990) is remembered as perhaps the greatest American soprano, and certainly one of the most technically refined voices of the century.

Miss Steber is seen and heard in excerpts from opera, operetta, and oratorio.

For a program of this variety, her interpretive range is truly phenomenal; she brings an incisive musical and dramatic character to each piece.

On encountering these performances, it is difficult to again hear the music without recalling the way in which Miss Steber makes a precious gem of each aria.

Region: 1 (US & Canada Only)
Running Time: 65 minutes
Color: B&W
 Eleanor Steber (1914-1990) is remembered as perhaps the greatest American soprano, and certainly one of the most technically refined voices of the century.

Miss Steber is seen and heard in excerpts from opera, operetta, and oratorio.

For a program of this variety, her interpretive range is truly phenomenal; she brings an incisive musical and dramatic character to each piece.

On encountering these performances, it is difficult to again hear the music without recalling the way in which Miss Steber makes a precious gem of each aria.

Region: 1 (US & Canada Only)
Running Time: 65 minutes
Color: B&W
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Works on This Recording

1.
Work(s) by Various
Performer:  Eleanor Steber (Soprano)
Conductor:  Howard Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
2.
Lohengrin: Einsam in trüben Tagen "Elsa's dream" by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Eleanor Steber (Soprano)
Conductor:  Howard Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1847; Germany 
3.
Die lustige Witwe: Waltz by Franz Lehár
Performer:  Eleanor Steber (Soprano)
Conductor:  Howard Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1905; Vienna, Austria 
 Language: English 
4.
I Pagliacci: Ballatella by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:  Eleanor Steber (Soprano)
Conductor:  Howard Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Post-Romantic 
Written: 1892; Italy 
5.
Messiah, HWV 56: I know that my redeemer liveth by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Eleanor Steber (Soprano)
Conductor:  Howard Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1742; London, England 
6.
Manon: Je marche sur tous chemins "Gavotte" by Jules Massenet
Performer:  Eleanor Steber (Soprano)
Conductor:  Howard Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883-1884; France 
7.
Tosca: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Eleanor Steber (Soprano)
Conductor:  Howard Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; Italy 
8.
La Bohčme: Si, mi chiamano Mimě by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Eleanor Steber (Soprano)
Conductor:  Howard Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
9.
La Bohčme: Quando m'en vo' soletta "Musetta's Waltz" by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Eleanor Steber (Soprano)
Conductor:  Howard Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
10.
Otello: Ave Maria by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Eleanor Steber (Soprano)
Conductor:  Howard Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Italy 
11.
La traviata: Ah, fors' č lui by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Eleanor Steber (Soprano)
Conductor:  Howard Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
12.
La Traviata, opera: Act 3. Addio, del passato by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Eleanor Steber (Soprano)
Conductor:  Howard Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853 
13.
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Giunse alfin il momento...Deh vieni, non tardar by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Eleanor Steber (Soprano)
Conductor:  Howard Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria 

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