Jan Peerce
Jan Peerce (1904-1984) was an American tenor, one of the leading American singers of the mid-twentieth century. He was closely associated with the Metropolitan Opera and with Arturo Toscanini.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Verdi, Beethoven and operetta, including Toscanini’s NBC performances and Reiner’s Die Fledermaus highlights.
Peerce’s singing combined lyric brightness, firmness and superb discipline, qual...
J. STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus (in English)
Recorded 20 September, 1950
Total duration: 59:19
Regina Resnik • Patrice Munsel • Risë Stevens
Jan Peerce • James Melton • Robert Merrill
RCA Victor Orchestra
Robert Shaw Chorale
Fritz Reiner, conductor
VERDI Luisa Miller - Don Carlo - Un ballo in maschera -La forza del destino - Rigoletto excerpts
Live recording · 1943
Total duration: 64:14
Gertrude Ribla, soprano
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Jan Peerce, tenor
Frank Valentino, baritone
Nicola Moscona, bass
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 2
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 'Choral'
Unbroadcast live performance, 1945
Total duration: 76:06
Norma Andreotti, soprano
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Jan Peerce, tenor
Lorenzo Alvary, bass
Collegiate Chorale, dir. Robert Shaw
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
BEETHOVEN Fidelio
Broadcast performance, 1944
Total duration: 1hr 51:08
Jan Peerce Florestano
Rose Bampton Leonora
Chorus directed by Peter Wilhousky
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, conductor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 'Choral'
Recorded 1952
Total duration: 65:06
Eileen Farrell, soprano
Nell Merriman, mezzo
Jan Peerce, tenor
Norman Scott, bass
Robert Shaw Chorale
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
PUCCINI La Bohème
Live broadcast recordings · 1946
Total duration: 1hr 41:34
Licia Albanese
Jan Peerce
NBC Symphony Orchestra and Choruses
conducted by Arturo Toscanini