René Maison
René Maison was a Belgian tenor, active internationally in opera and concert repertory. He sang at the Metropolitan Opera and in major European houses.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Toscanini’s 1941 Beethoven Ninth and Bruno Walter’s Metropolitan Opera Fidelio.
Maison’s singing brought firmness, clarity and heroic lyric projection to repertory that spans Beethoven’s concert and operatic worlds.
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BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 'Choral'
Recorded Argentina, 1941
Total duration: 63:51
Judith Hellwig, soprano
Lydia Kindermann, alto
René Maison, tenor
Alexander Kipnis, bass
Colón Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
BEETHOVEN Fidelio
Live recording, 22 February 1941
Producer and XR Remastering: Andrew Rose
Cover artwork based on a photograph of Kirsten Flagstad
Total duration: 2hr 25:01
Leonore - Kirsten Flagstad
Florestan - René Maison
Don Pizarro - Julius Huehn
Rocco - Alexander Kipnis
Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
Bruno Walter, conductor
with introductions by Milton Cross
