Strauss: Salome/ Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin [LP 10" 1949] Opera Classical

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(Vinyl looks EX)

Ljuba Welitsch,  Fritz Reiner, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra/ Walter Süsskind, The Philharmonia Orchestra

          Strauss: Salome ( Final Scene)
    Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (Tatiana's Letter Scene, Op. 24)

Label:
 Columbia Masterworks ?– ML 2048
Format:
 Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, 33rpm, Mono
Country:
 US
Released:
 1949
Genre:
 Classical
Style:
 Romantic, Opera

Tracklist

A     Salome - Final Scene
    Composed By – Richard Strauss
Conductor – Fritz Reiner
Orchestra – The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

B     Eugin Onegin - Tatiana's Letter Scene, Op. 24
    Composed By – Tchaikovsky
Conductor – Walter Süsskind
Orchestra – The Philharmonia Orchestra
Words By – Pushkin

    
Credits

    Soprano Vocals – Ljuba Welitsch

Notes

Long Playing Microgroove LP Nonbreakable

- Ljuba Welitsch
Real Name:
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Profile:
Operatic soprano, born 10 July 1913 in Borissovo, Bulgaria and died 2 September 1996, Vienna, Austria.

- Fritz Reiner
Real Name:
Frederick Martin Reiner
Profile:
Prominent conductor of opera and symphonic music in the twentieth century. (December 19, 1888 – November 15, 1963).
 
- Salome, Op. 54, is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by the composer, based on Hedwig Lachmann's German translation of the French play Salomé by Oscar Wilde. Strauss dedicated the opera to his friend Sir Edgar Speyer.

The opera is famous (at the time of its premiere, infamous) for its "Dance of the Seven Veils". The final scene is frequently heard as a concert-piece for dramatic sopranos.

- Eugene Onegin (Russian: ??????? ??????, Yevgény Onégin), Op. 24, is an opera ("lyrical scenes") in 3 acts (7 scenes), composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto, organised by the composer and Konstantin Shilovsky, very closely follows certain passages in Alexander Pushkin's novel in verse, retaining much of his poetry. Shilovsky contributed M. Triquet's verses in Act 2, Scene 1, while Tchaikovsky himself arranged the text for Lensky's arioso in Act 1, Scene 1, and almost all of Prince Gremin's aria in Act 3, Scene 1.

Eugene Onegin is a well-known example of lyric opera, to which Tchaikovsky added music of a dramatic nature. The story concerns a selfish hero who lives to regret his blasé rejection of a young woman's love and his careless incitement of a fatal duel with his best friend.

The opera was first performed in Moscow in 1879. There are several recordings of it, and it is regularly performed. The work's title refers to the protagonist.

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