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Otto Edelmann
Alfred Hubay, in his twelfth season as an usher for the Metropolitan Opera, remembers the debuts of Otto Edelmann, Dmitri Mitropuolos, Christel Goltz, a revised production of Manon with Victoria de los Angeles and Cesare Valletti and the Met premiere of Arabella with Eleanor Steber,George London and Hilde Güden. (Part 2 of 2).
(Recorded 29 September 2011)
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Martial Singher
The 1955-1956 season of the Metropolitan Opera was Alfred Hubay’s thirteenth season as an usher. Here he talks about the opening night new production of Les contes d’Hoffmann, new productions of Don Pasquale and The Magic Flute and the debut of Thomas Schippers. (Part 1 of 3).
(Recorded 11 October 2011)
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Tito Gobbi
The 1955-1956 season of the Metropolitan Opera was Alfred Hubay’s thirteenth season as an usher. Here he talks about Renata Tebaldi’s first Met Aida, the debuts of Mario Ortica, Gianni Poggi and Tito Gobbi, the Tosca of Renata Tebaldi conducted by Dmitri Mitropoulos, Manon Lescaut with Jussi Björllig, the Rigoletto of Ettore Bastianini, the first Met Lucia of Roberta Peters, a 25th Anniversary Gala for Lily Pons, Josef Metternich and the Forza Leonore of Renata Tebaldi. (Part 2 of 3).
(Recorded 11 October 2011)
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Renata Tebaldi
The 1955-1956 season of the Metropolitan Opera was Alfred Hubay’s thirteenth season as an usher. Here he talks about star-studded Fledermaus party scenes, the debut of Daniele Barioni, the Don Jose of Giuseppe di Stefano, Rudolf Kempe conducting two revivals: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg with Albert Da Costa, Paul Schöffler and Victoria de los Angeles and Der Rosenkavalier with Rise Stevens, Lisa della Casa, Hilde Güden and Otto Edelmann. (Part 3 of 3).
(Recorded 11 October 2011)
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