Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
The Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera are the orchestral and choral forces of the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
The Metropolitan Opera was founded in 1883 and became one of the leading opera companies in the United States.
The orchestra and chorus have performed the core international opera repertory across Italian, German, French, Russian and other traditions.
VERDI Il Trovatore
Live recording, 1941
Total duration: 2hr 16:13
Manrico - Jussi Björling
Leonora - Norina Greco
Count Di Luna - Frank Valentino
Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
Conductor Ferruccio Calusio
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde
Live broadcast recording, 1960
Producer and XR Remastering: Andrew Rose
Cover artwork based on a photograph of Birgit Nilsson as Isolde, Met Opera 1959/60
Total duration: 3hr 22:30
Tristan - Ramón Vinay
Isolde - Birgit Nilsson
Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
Karl Böhm, conductor
GIORDANO Andrea Chénier
Live recording, 4 December, 1954, Metropolitan Opera House, NYC
Total duration: 1hr 48:25
Andrea Chénier - Mario Del Monaco
Maddalena - Zinka Milanov
Carlo Gérard- Leonard Warren
Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
Fausto Cleva, conductor
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 1. Das Rheingold
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 2. Die Walküre
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 3. Siegfried
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 4. Götterdämmerung
Recorded in 1961/62
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 1. Das Rheingold
Live broadcast performance, 1961
Total duration: 2hr 27:46 (includes radion announcements)
Wotan - George London
Fricka - Irene Dalis
Alberich - Ralph Herbert
Mime - Paul Kuen
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
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