Chicago 1980
Samuel Barber Festival
The William Ferris Chorale
The Arts Club of Chicago
May 28 and 30, 1980
I - May 28th
"The Diva and The Composer"
Eleanor Steber and Byron Belt
A wonderful and lenghty discussion
between Eleanor Steber and Byron Belt
before an
audience about the music of
Samuel Barber, in particular
Vanessa and
Knoxville, Summer of
1915.
Delightful and funny - Steber
in memories and
anecdotes about
the background and production of
both works.
"To leave, to break" (Quintet) from Vanessa
Eleanor Steber
Rae Kendrick
Sidni Kiely
John Vorassi
Thaoms Sillitti
William Browning, piano
II - May 30th
"Knoxville, Summer of 1915"
Eleanor Steber
Barber Festival Orchestra, William Ferris, Director
These appearances were a few months before Eleanor Steber's 66th birthday
nearly forty years after her Met debut.