Martha Lipton
Martha Lipton was an American mezzo-soprano, long associated with the Metropolitan Opera and concert repertory. She was admired in opera, oratorio and American broadcast performance.
In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Verdi, Wagner, Monteverdi and Cantelli’s New York broadcasts, including Rigoletto and Die Walküre.
Lipton’s singing combined warmth, clarity and ensemble discipline, making her a valuable pr...
VERDI Rigoletto
Live performance, 1945
Total duration 1hr 58:51
Rigoletto - Leonard Warren
Gilda - Bidú Sayão
Duke of Mantua - Jussi Björling
Maddalena - Martha Lipton
Sparafucile - Norman Cordon
Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by Cesare Sodero
WAGNER Parsifal - Good Friday Spell
VERDI Te Deum
BRAHMS Alto Rhapsody
MONTEVERDI Magnificat
HANDEL Xerxes - Largo
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
HINDEMITH Concert Music For Strings And Brass
Live broadcast concerts, 1956
Total duration: 2hr 15:36
Martha Lipton, alto
Rudolf Firkušný, piano
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Guido Cantelli
WAGNER Die Walküre (Act 3)
Studio recording, 1945
Total duration: 61:52
Helen Traubel (soprano) - Brünnhilde
Herbert Janssen (baritone) - Wotan
Irene Jessner (soprano) - Sieglinde
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
conducted by Artur Rodziński
MAHLER Symphony No. 2, 'Resurrection'
BRUCKNER Te Deum
Live and studio recordings, 1948 & 1953
Total duration: 1hr 43:10
Nadine Conner, soprano
Jean Watson, contralto
Frances Yeend, soprano
Martha Lipton, contralto
David Lloyd, tenor
Mack Harrell, baritone
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
Westminster Choir (Dr John Finley Williamson, director)
conducted by Bruno Walter
Recorded 1950-51
Total duration: 89:47
Lily Pons
Martha Lipton
Richard Tucker
Charles Kullman
John Brownlee
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Ormandy
