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.
DONIZETTI Lucia di Lammermoor
Live broadcast performance, 1961
Total duration: 1hr 55:34
Joan Sutherland - Lucia
Richard Tucker - Edgardo
Frank Guarrera - Enrico
Nicola Moscona - Raimondo
Robert Nagy - Normanno
Thelma Votipka - Alisa
Charles Anthony - Arturo
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conducted by Silvio Varviso
VERDI Otello
Live broadcast performance, 1958
Total duration: 2 hr 13:32 (including radio announcements)
Otello - Mario Del Monaco
Desdemona - Victoria de los Angeles
Iago - Leonard Warren
Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by Fausto Cleva
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