Leontyne Price in -Die Liebe der Danae- London 1959
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The tenor sound like Nicholai Gedda! Leontyne sounds like an angel.
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The tenor in this recording was my first singing teacher. He celebrates his 90th birthday tomorrow (on the same day as Schubert). He is a wonderful technician, a real gentleman and a sublime artist: Lloyd Strauss-Smith
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Divine.
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Legato Classics CD [LCD 234-1] gives a single excerpt (17'27") from this opera:
DIE LIEBE DER DANAE Finale to Act I
'Ein Schiff! Ein Schiff!...Leuchtet mein Traum?'
as well as 'Zweite Brautnacht' from DIE AGYPTISCHE HELENA'. These excerpts are all the material from this broadcast I have ever seen. The 'Helena' excerpt on the same program suggests an all-Strauss concert, but not a complete 'Danae'.
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Was the original bradcast of the complete opera?
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The Legato CD gives this info:
Danae - Leontyne Price
Midas - Lloyd Strauss-Smith
Jupiter - John Nobel
Peter Herman Adler, conductor
May 27, 1959
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No complete recording.THis was an excerpt from a radio broadcast on BBC. Who is the tenor, I wonder? He's good.
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I never knew that she sang this early in her career. Later, in the 70s, she made an entire recording of Strauss scenes and notably added Ariadne to her opera repertoire and made an excellent recording of the entire opera (with Solti, I believe).
Always wonderful to hear anything from this unjustly underated opera and full marks to Ms Price for some classy and full-throtled singing. Would be great to hear more from the same recording if possible.
doodlecalf 3 years ago 4
Price was and still is the Best!
benderpm 3 years ago 4