Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos (original 1912 version)
Claire Watson (Ariadne), Beverly Sills (Zerbinetta), Robert Nagy (Bacchus), John Reardon (Harlekin), Benita Valente (Naiad), Eunice Alberts (Dryad), Carole Bogard (Echo), Malcolm Smith (Truffaldin), John Ferrante (Brighella), James Billings (Scaramuccio)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
The first (concert) performance in the USA of the original Ariadne, minus the play that precedes the opera. There is some dazzling singing from Beverly Sills as Zerbinetta. —
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Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos (original 1912 version)
- Claire Watson (Ariadne), Beverly Sills (Zerbinetta), Robert Nagy (Bacchus), John Reardon (Harlekin), Benita Valente (Naiad), Eunice Alberts (Dryad), Carole Bogard (Echo), Malcolm Smith (Truffaldin), John Ferrante (Brighella), James Billings (Scaramuccio)
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Erich Leinsdorf