Nan Merriman
Nan Merriman was an American mezzo-soprano, admired in opera, concert and recital repertory. She sang widely in Europe and the United States and became especially associated with Mozart, French music and song.
In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Karajan’s Mozart Così fan tutte, Stokowski’s Falla, and Toscanini’s Verdi Falstaff.
Merriman’s singing combined warmth, clarity and a finely poised sense of style,...
MOZART Così fan tutte
Studio recording, 1954
Total duration: 2hr 40:31
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Fiordiligi
Nan Merriman - Dorabella
Lisa Otto - Despina
Leopold Simoneau - Ferrando
Rolando Panerai - Guglielmo
Sesto Bruscantini - Don Alfonso
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan
FALLA El Amor Brujo (Love the Magician)
FALLA Noches en los jardines de España (Nights in the Gardens of Spain)
Recorded 1948 & 1949
Total duration: 44:44
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
William Kapell, piano
New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
VERDI Luisa Miller - Don Carlo - Un ballo in maschera -La forza del destino - Rigoletto excerpts
Live recording · 1943
Total duration: 64:14
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
Live broadcast recording, Carnegie Hall, 28th March, 1953
Total duration: 79:27
Lois Marshall, soprano
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Eugene Conley, tenor
Jerome Hines, bass
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw Chorale
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
Recorded by RCA in Carnegie Hall, New York on 30-31 March and 2 April, 1953
Total duration: 74:12
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Eugene Conley, tenor
Jerome Hines, bass
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw Chorale
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
