Josephine Veasey
Josephine Veasey (1930-2022) was an English mezzo-soprano, one of the major British singers of the post-war period. She was admired in Verdi, Wagner, Strauss, Berlioz and English repertory.
In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Verdi, Strauss, Tippett and Wagner, including Covent Garden broadcasts and Solti-linked performances.
Veasey’s singing combined strength, warmth and dramatic intelligence, with the ability to bring gra...
R. STRAUSS Salome
R. STRAUSS Elektra (excerpts)*
Studio recordings, 1961 (stereo) & *1952 (Ambient Stereo)
Total duration: 2hr 25:30
Birgit Nilsson – Salome
Gerhard Stolze – Herod
Grace Hoffman – Herodias
Eberhard Wächter – Jokanaan
*Christel Goltz - Elektra
*Elisabeth Höngen - Klytemnestra
*Ferdinand Frantz - Orest
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
*Bayerisches Staatsorchester
conducted by Georg Solti
VERDI Falstaff
Live performance, 1961
Total duration: 2hr 8:13
Geraint Evans Sir John Falstaff
Robert Bowman Bardolph
Michael Langdon Pistol
Regina Resnik Mistress Quickly
Mirella Freni Anne Ford
Luigi Alva Fenton
Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Covent Garden Orchestra
conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini
Live broadcast performance, 1959
Total duration: 2hr 30:46
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Loge - Richard Holm
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Fasolt - Kurt Böhme
Fafner - Michael Langdon
Erda - Marga Höffgen
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
conducted by Franz Konwitschny
TIPPETT King Priam
Live world première performance, 1962
Total duration: 2hr 22:56
Priam - Forbes Robinson
Hecuba - Marie Collier
Hector - Victor Godfrey
Andromache - Josephine Veasey
Paris - John Dobson
Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra
conducted by John Pritchard
WAGNER Die Walküre
Live broadcast performance, 1959
Total duration: 3hr 38:06
Siegmund - Ramón Vinay
Sieglinde - Amy Shuard
Hunding - Kurt Böhme
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Ursula Böse
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
conducted by Franz Konwitschny
