Margaret Roggero
Margaret Roggero was an American singer represented in the Pristine catalogue through Metropolitan Opera broadcasts and RCA studio opera recordings.
Her appearances include Stiedry’s Parsifal, Leinsdorf’s Met Ring and Björling-era Mascagni and Leoncavallo recordings.
Because wider public biographical detail is limited, this note is kept focused on the recording evidence and her recurring catalogue presence.
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WAGNER Parsifal
Live broadcast performance, 1954
Total duration: 4hr 24:04
Parsifal - Set Svanholm
Kundry - Astrid Varnay
Amfortas - George London
Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
Conducted by Fritz Stiedry
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 2. Die Walküre
Live broadcast performance, 1961
Total duration: 3hr 31:04 (includes radio announcements)
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegmund - Jon Vickers
Sieglinde - Gladys Kuchta
Wotan - Otto Edelmann
Fricka - Irene Dalis
Hunding - Ernst Wiemann
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
MASCAGNI Cavalleria Rusticana
LEONCAVALLO Pagliacci
Studio recordings, 1953
Total duration: 2hr 20:44
Turiddu - Jussi Björling
Santuzza - Zinka Milanov
Alfio - Robert Merrill
Mamma Lucia - Margaret Roggero
Lola - Carol Smith
Canio - Jussi Björling
Nedda - Victoria de los Angeles
Tonio - Leonard Warren
Silvio - Robert Merrill
Beppe - Paul Franke
The Columbus Boychoir
The Robert Shaw Chorale
RCA Victor Orchestra
conducted by Renato Cellini
GLUCK Alceste (performed in English)
Live broadcast performance, 1952
Total duration: 2hr 11:59
Alceste - Kirsten Flagstad
Admète - Brian Sullivan
High Priest - Frank Valentino
Oracle - Alois Pernerstorfer
Évandre - Emery Darcy
Herald - Norman Scott
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by Alberto Erede
