Program:
Ich sah das kind
Grausamer!
Good Friday Spell
A new tradition! A historic broadcast of Richard Wagner's Parsifal over Good Friday weekend.
A live 1960 performance from La Scala featuring: Rita Gorr (mezzo-soprano); Sandor Konya (tenor); Gustav Neidlinger (bass-baritone); Georg Stern (bass-baritone); Boris Christoff (bass); Andre Cluytens (conductor); La Scala Orchestra & Chorus.
Ich Sah Das Kind-Martha Modl (soprano); Ferdinand Leitner (conductor); Paris Opera Orchestra.
Grausamer!-Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano); Lorin Maazel (conductor); Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.
Good Friday Spell-Arturo Toscanini (conductor); NBC Symphony Orchestra.
Victoria Fassrainer hosted the first hour, and Stepan Atamian took over the rest of the five-hour program.
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