Composer(s): Strauss, Richard
Conductor(s): Reiner, Fritz
Label: Naxos Historical
Genre: Opera
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.110277-79
Barcode: 0636943127728
Distribution Note(s):
Not available in the United States due to possible copyright restrictions
Release Date: 11/2003

STRAUSS, R.: Rosenkavalier (Der) (Stevens, Steber / Metropolitan Opera / Reiner) (1949)

This acclaimed performance of Der Rosenkavalier opened the 1949-50 season at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and was televised live by ABC. The sound track of the transmission has been restored for this release. The inimitable Fritz Reiner, whose mastery of orchestral balance and excellent sense of line and architecture made him one of the greatest conductors of the music of Richard Strauss, directs a superb cast which includes two American-born singers, Eleanor Steber, who created the eponymous rôle in Barber’s Vanessa, and Risë Stevens, whose varied career included Hollywood films and Broadway musicals.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Strauss, Richard
Hofmannsthal, Hugo von - Lyricist
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Darcy, Emery (tenor)
List, Emanuel (bass)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Choir)
Lenchner, Paula (soprano)
Stellman, Maxine (vocals)
Altman, Thelma (mezzo-soprano)
Hunt, Lois (soprano)
Chabay, Leslie (soprano)
Klein, Peter (tenor)
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Pechner, Gerhard (vocals)
Lipton, Martha (mezzo-soprano)
Thompson, Hugh (baritone)
Votipka, Thelma (mezzo-soprano)
Berger, Erna (soprano)
Vittucci, Matthew (vocals)
Franke, Paul (tenor)
Chabay, Leslie (tenor)
Alvary, Lorenzo (bass)
1Act I: Introduction03:10
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
2Act I: Wie du warst! Wie du bist! (Octavian, Marschallin)02:48
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
3Act I: Du bist mein Bub', du bist mein Schatz! (Marschallin, Octavian)05:14
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
4Act I: Der Feldmarschall sitzt im krowatischen Wald (Octavian, Marschallin)04:14
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
5Act I: Quinquin, es ist ein Besuch (Marschallin, Major-domo, Baron, Octavian)01:51
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Darcy, Emery (tenor)
List, Emanuel (bass)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
6Act I: Selbstverstandlich empfangt mich Ihro Gnaden (Baron, Footmen, Marschallin, Major-domo)08:29
List, Emanuel (bass)
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Darcy, Emery (tenor)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Choir)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
7Act I: Hat Sie schon einmal (Baron, Octavian, Marschallin)00:52
List, Emanuel (bass)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
8Act I: Macht das einen lahmen Esel aus mir? (Baron, Marschallin, Octavian)01:38
List, Emanuel (bass)
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
9Act I: Geben mir Euer Gnaden den Grasaff' da (Baron, Marschallin, Octavian)01:43
List, Emanuel (bass)
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
10Act I: Wollen Euer Gnaden leicht den jungen Herrn da (Marschallin, Baron, Octavian)01:16
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
List, Emanuel (bass)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
11Act I: I komm' glei...Drei arme adelige Waisen (Octavian, Orphans, Milliner, Animal Vendor, Marschallin, Valzacchi)02:52
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Lenchner, Paula (soprano)
Stellman, Maxine (vocals)
Altman, Thelma (mezzo-soprano)
Hunt, Lois (soprano)
Chabay, Leslie (soprano)
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Klein, Peter (tenor)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
12Act I: Di rigori armato il seno (Italian Singer)02:04
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
13Act I: Als Morgengabe... (Baron, Notary, Italian Singer)02:49
List, Emanuel (bass)
Pechner, Gerhard (vocals)
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (tenor)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
14Act I: Mein lieber Hippolyte (Marschallin, Valzacchi, Baron, Annina)03:37
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Klein, Peter (tenor)
List, Emanuel (bass)
Lipton, Martha (mezzo-soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
15Act I: Da geht er hin, der aufgeblasene schlechte Kerl (Marschallin)04:58
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
16Act I: Ach, du bist wieder da! (Marschallin, Octavian)05:13
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
17Act I: Die Zeit, die ist ein sonderbar Ding (Marschallin)02:05
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
18Act I: Mein schöner Schatz (Octavian, Marschallin)03:56
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
19Act I: Ich werd' jetzt in die Kirchen geh'n (Marschallin, Octavian, Footmen)06:57
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Choir)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
20Broadcast commentary01:41
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
Disc 2
1Act II: Introduction00:44
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
2Act II: Ein ernster Tag, ein grosser Tag (Faninal, Marianne, Major-domo)01:13
Thompson, Hugh (baritone)
Votipka, Thelma (mezzo-soprano)
Darcy, Emery (tenor)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
3Act II: In dieser feierlichen Stunde der Prufung (Sophie, Marianne)03:20
Berger, Erna (soprano)
Vittucci, Matthew (vocals)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
4Act II: Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren (Octavian, Sophie)07:01
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Berger, Erna (soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
5Act II: Ich kenn' ihn schon recht wohl (Sophie, Octavian)03:51
Berger, Erna (soprano)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
6Act II: Jetzt aber kommt mein Herr Zukunftiger (Sophie, Faninal, Baron, Octavian, Marianne)02:15
Berger, Erna (soprano)
Thompson, Hugh (baritone)
List, Emanuel (bass)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Votipka, Thelma (mezzo-soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
7Act II: Brav, Faninal, er weiss, was sich gehort (Baron, Octavian, Sophie, Faninal, Marianne)04:36
List, Emanuel (bass)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Berger, Erna (soprano)
Thompson, Hugh (baritone)
Votipka, Thelma (mezzo-soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
8Act II: Wird kommen uber Nacht (Baron, Octavian, Marianne, Faninal)02:13
List, Emanuel (bass)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Votipka, Thelma (mezzo-soprano)
Thompson, Hugh (baritone)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
9Act II: Hab' nichts dawider (Baron, Octavian, Sophie, Faninal's Major-domo, Marianne)03:36
List, Emanuel (bass)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Berger, Erna (soprano)
Franke, Paul (tenor)
Votipka, Thelma (mezzo-soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
10Act II: Was Sie ist...Mit Ihren Augen voll Tranen (Marschallin, Sophie, Octavian)02:40
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Berger, Erna (soprano)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
11Act II: Herr Baron von Lerchenau! (Valzacchi, Annina, Baron, Sophie, Octavian, Baron's Servants, Faninal's Servants, Marianne, Faninal)06:27
Klein, Peter (tenor)
Lipton, Martha (mezzo-soprano)
List, Emanuel (bass)
Berger, Erna (soprano)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Votipka, Thelma (mezzo-soprano)
Thompson, Hugh (baritone)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Choir)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
12Act II: Er muss mich pardonieren (Octavian, Faninal, Sophie, Marianne, Baron)06:17
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Thompson, Hugh (baritone)
Berger, Erna (soprano)
Votipka, Thelma (mezzo-soprano)
List, Emanuel (bass)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
13Act II: Da lieg' ich (Baron, Baron's Servants, Annina)03:18
List, Emanuel (bass)
Lipton, Martha (mezzo-soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Choir)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
14Act II: Da!...Herr Cavalier! (Baron, Annina)04:35
List, Emanuel (bass)
Lipton, Martha (mezzo-soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
15Broadcast commentary00:42
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
Disc 3
1Act III: Introduction and Pantomime06:38
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
2Act III: Hab'n Euer Gnaden noch weitre Befehle? (Landlord, Waiters, Baron)01:49
Chabay, Leslie (tenor)
List, Emanuel (bass)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Choir)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
3Act III: Nein, nein, nein, nein! I trink' kein Wein (Octavian, Baron)01:26
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
List, Emanuel (bass)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
4Act III: Ach, lass Sie schon einmal das fade Wort! (Baron, Octavian)02:55
List, Emanuel (bass)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
5Act III: Die schöne Musi! (Octavian, Baron)02:22
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
List, Emanuel (bass)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
6Act III: Wie die Stund' hingeht (Octavian, Baron, Annina, Landlord, Children, Waiters, Valzacchi)04:09
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
List, Emanuel (bass)
Lipton, Martha (mezzo-soprano)
Chabay, Leslie (tenor)
Klein, Peter (tenor)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Choir)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
7Act III: Oh weh, was maken wir?... / Halt! Keiner ruhrt sich! (Police Officer, Octavian, Baron &c. as above..., Sophie, Faninal)04:34
Alvary, Lorenzo (bass)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
List, Emanuel (bass)
Lipton, Martha (mezzo-soprano)
Klein, Peter (tenor)
Berger, Erna (soprano)
Thompson, Hugh (baritone)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Choir)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
8Act III: Sind desto eher im Klaren (Baron, Police Officer, Octavian, Annina, Landlord, Children, Waiters, Valzacchi)01:33
List, Emanuel (bass)
Alvary, Lorenzo (bass)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Lipton, Martha (mezzo-soprano)
Chabay, Leslie (tenor)
Klein, Peter (tenor)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Choir)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
9Act III: Muss jetzt partout zu ihr!... / Ihre hochfurstliche Gnaden (Baron, Landlord, Police Officer, Octavian, Marschallin, Sophie)10:06
List, Emanuel (bass)
Alvary, Lorenzo (bass)
Chabay, Leslie (tenor)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Berger, Erna (soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
10Act III: Ist halt vorbei (Marschallin, Sophie, Baron, Valzacchi, Annina, Waiters, Children, Landlord, Musicians, Coachmen, House-Boy)02:24
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Berger, Erna (soprano)
List, Emanuel (bass)
Klein, Peter (tenor)
Lipton, Martha (mezzo-soprano)
Chabay, Leslie (tenor)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Choir)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
11Act III: Mein Gott, es war nicht mehr als eine Farce (Sophie, Octavian, Marschallin)02:13
Berger, Erna (soprano)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
12Act III: Heut oder morgen oder den ubernachsten Tag (Marschallin, Octavian, Sophie)04:13
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Berger, Erna (soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
13Act III: Marie Theres'!...Hab'mir's gelobt (Octavian, Marschallin, Sophie)05:57
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Steber, Eleanor (soprano)
Berger, Erna (soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
14Act III: Ist ein Traum, kamm nicht wirklich sein (Sophie, Octavian)03:33
Berger, Erna (soprano)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
15Act III: Ist ein Traum...Spur nur dich (Sophie, Octavian)02:54
Berger, Erna (soprano)
Stevens, Risë (mezzo-soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)
16Broadcast commentary04:11
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Reiner, Fritz (Conductor)

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