COMPOSERS: R Strauss
LABELS: VAI
ALBUM TITLE: Ariadne
WORKS: Ariadne
PERFORMER: Beverly Sills, Claire Watson, Malcom Smith; Boston SO/Erich Leinsdorf
CATALOGUE NO: 4363
PRESENTATION: ***
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. Charming but not great.