Ljuba Welitsch
Ljuba Welitsch (1913-1996) was a Bulgarian soprano, one of the most electrifying dramatic singers of the mid-twentieth century. She was especially famous for Richard Strauss’s Salome.
In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Strauss and Johann Strauss, including Salome, Der Rosenkavalier and Die Fledermaus.
Welitsch’s singing combined sensual brilliance, theatrical fearlessness and a voice tha...
R. STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier
Studio recording, 1956
Total Duration: 3hr 11:57
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Die Feldmarschallin
Christa Ludwig - Octavian
Teresa Stich-Randall - Sophie
Otto Edelmann - Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau
Eberhard Wächter - Herr von Faninal
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
conducted by Herbert von Karajan
R. STRAUSS Salome
R. STRAUSS Elektra
Live recordings, 1952
Total duration: 3hr 12:58
Ljuba Welitsch – Salome
Hans Hotter – Jochanaan
Set Svanholm – Herodes
Astrid Varnay – Elektra
Elisabeth Höngen – Clytemnestra
Paul Schöffler – Orest
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conducted by Fritz Reiner
J STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus: Ballet & Gala (various composers)
J STRAUSS II Waltzes and Overtures
Recorded Vienna 1960 and Berlin 1940-42
Total duration: 74:28
Renata Tebaldi, Birgit Nilsson,
Jussi Björling, Leontyne Price
Ettore Bastianini, Joan Sutherland
Ljuba Welitsch et al
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & State Opera Chorus
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
J. STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus (in English)
Recorded 1950-51
Total duration: 89:47
Ljuba Welitsch
Lily Pons
Martha Lipton
Richard Tucker
Charles Kullman
John Brownlee
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Ormandy
