Sena Jurinac
Sena Jurinac was a Bosnian-born Austrian soprano, one of the great singing actresses of the post-war period. She was especially admired in Mozart, Strauss, Janáček and lyric dramatic repertory.
In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Mozart, Strauss and Wagner, including Le nozze di Figaro, Der Rosenkavalier and Covent Garden Wagner performances.
Jurinac’s singing combined vocal warmth, textual intelligence an...
BERWALD Symphony No. 1 "Symphonie sérieuse"
R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs
BERWALD Estrella de Soria - Overture
ERLING Intermezzo
LARSSON Ostinato
Live and studio recordings, 1939-1951
Total duration: 68:30
Sena Jurinac, soprano
William Damme, violin
Carl Thelin, violoncello
Konsertförenings Orkester
Kungliga Orkester
Stockholm Radiotjaensts Symfoniorkester
conducted by Fritz Busch
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 4. Götterdämmerung
Recorded in 1953
Total duration: 4hr 27:40
Rome Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of RAI
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
R. STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier
Studio recording, 1954
Total duration: 3hr 16:58
Maria Reining - Feldmarschallin
Ludwig Weber - Baron Ochs
Sena Jurinac - Octavian
Alfred Poell - Faninal
Hilde Gueden - Sophie
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Erich Kleiber
R. STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier
Live broadcast performance, 1959
Total duration: 3hr 16:56
Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Kurt Böhme
Octavian - Sena Jurinac
Herr von Faninal - Ronald Lewis
Sophie, his daughter - Hanny Steffek
Covent Garden Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Georg Solti
