Karajan conducted the orchestra regularly in
Successfully enticed guest conductors such as Furtwangler and Toscanini to The Philharmonia lacked a permanent conductor but
Legge used the orchestra he had himselfįounded after the war. With him during the recordings of Le Nozze di Figaro and Die Zauberflöte in 1950. Was chosen to conduct, continuing the relationship that Legge had forged In the summer of 1953 Walter Legge assembled an all-star cast for the veryįirst studio recording of Hansel and Gretel. Time, and in fact this opera was chosen for the debut Saturday matineeīroadcast from the Metropolitan Opera in New York on Christmas Day 1931. Many opera houses inĮurope and the USA deliberately schedule performances around Christmas Reunited and all the other children restored to life. Provides a suitable level of peril and a happy ending with the family (something all children can surely identify with!) a wicked witch who Is often seen as the most child-friendly opera in the standard repertoire.Īs a musical fairy-tale it has all the right ingredients to delight a youngĪudience: youthful protagonists who get into trouble with their mother
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