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Salvatore Baccaloni
The season of 1952-1953 was Alfred Hubay’s tenth season as an usher for the Metropolitan Opera. Here he talks about a nationwide telecast of Carmen, a Met Jamboree, the mergence of George London, the debuts of Erich Kunz and Hilde Zadek, the Marschallin of Astrid Varnay and the Italianate Carmen of Fedora Barbieri and Mario del Monaco. (Part 2 of 2).
(Recorded 16 August 2011)
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Jussi Bjorling
The 1953-1954 season was Alfred Hubay’s eleventh seasons an usher for the Metropolitan Opera. Here he reminiscences about the opening night new production of Faust with Jussi Björling and Victoria de los Angeles, a new production of Tannhäuse with Ramon Vinay, George London and Margaret Harshaw, a new production of Il barbiere di Siviglia with Robert Merrill, Roberta Peters, Cesare Valletti and the debuts of Fernando Corena, Lisa della Casa, Irmgaard Seefried and Ettore Bastianini. (Part 1 of 2).
(Recorded 16 August 2011)
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James McCracken
The 1953-1954 season was Alfred Hubay’s eleventh season as an usher for the Metropolitan Opera. Here he reminiscences about the debuts of James McCracken, Rosalind Elias, Charles Anthony, Theodor Uppman, and Gino Penno, the Mimi of Hilde Güden, the Count of George London and the revival of Norma for Zinka Milanov. (Part 2 of 2).
(Recorded 16 August 2011)
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Marian Anderson
Alfred Hubay, in his twelth season as usher for the Metropolitan Opera, remembers the opening night closed circuit telecast of an “all-star gala;” the debuts of Marian Anderson as Ulrica, Robert McFerrin as Amonasro, Renata Tebaldi as Desdemona; and a new production of Andrea Chenier with Mario del Monaco, Zinka Milanov, and Leonard Warren. (Part 1 of 2).
(Recorded 29 September 2011)
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