stereo

The Eleanor Steber Collection

Composer Work Artists Conductor Theatre / Label
Bach, J. S. Cantata no. 51
"Jauchzeit Gott in allen Landen"
Eleanor Steber
Igor Kipnis
The Igor Kipnis Baroque Ensemble
ST/AND LP
stereo
Bach, J. S. Cantata no. 51
"Jauchzeit Gott in allen Landen"
Eleanor Steber
Edwin Biltcliffe
piano
Recorded during a practice session at her home on Long Island - the date is not known.
J. S. Bach Mass in B Minor Eleanor Steber, Rosalind Elias, Richard Verreau
Eugene Ormandy
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Columbia M3L-280
Barber, Samuel "Sure on This Shining Night" Eleanor Steber Peter Scharf
piano
Stella Solaris Cruise
March 26, 1974
Barber, Samuel "Sure on This Shining Night" Eleanor Steber Martin Smith
piano
Waldorf Astoria
New York
May 17, 1977
Barber, Samuel Hermit Songs Eleanor Steber Edwin Biltcliffe
piano
Tyrone Guthrie Theatre
Minneapolis

October 1, 1967
Barber, Samuel Knoxville Summer of 1915 Eleanor Steber
William Strickland
Dumbarton Oaks Orchestra
Columbia Masterwork Portrait
Barber, Samuel Knoxville Summer of 1915 Eleanor Steber Edwin Biltcliffe
piano
Brussels World's Fair
Sept. 3, 1958
Barber, Samuel Knoxville Summer of 1915 Eleanor Steber Edwin Biltcliffe
piano
Recital in 1956
Venue unknown
Barber, Samuel Knoxville Summer of 1915 Eleanor Steber Nicholas Harsanyi
Trenton Symphony Orchestra
January 13, 1962
ST/AND LP
Barber, Samuel Knoxville Summer of 1915 Eleanor Steber Chamber Symphony
of Philadelphia

Anshel Brusilow, cond.
June 29, 1968
Temple University Music Festival
Barber, Samuel Knoxville Summer of 1915 Eleanor Steber William Ferris
Barber Festival Orchestra
Chicago
May 30, 1980
stereo
Barber, Samuel Vanessa Eleanor Steber
Rosalind Elias, Regina Resnik, Nicolai Gedda, Giorgio Tozzi, George Cehanovsky
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Met Broadcast
February 1, 1958
Barber, Samuel Vanessa
The original cast recording
Eleanor Steber
Rosalind Elias, Regina Resnik, Nicolai Gedda, Giorgio Tozzi, George Cehanovsky
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
RCA Victor
stereo
Beethoven, Ludwig An die ferne Geliebte
Text and translation
Eleanor Steber
with Edwin Biltcliffe at Syracuse University

ST/AND LP
Beethoven, Ludwig An die ferne Geliebte Eleanor Steber
Alexander Fiorillo, piano
Temple University Music Festival
  July 15, 1969
Beethoven, Ludwig Fidelio Rose Bampton, Eleanor Steber, Herbert Janssen, Nicola Moscona Arturo Toscanini
NBC Symphony
RCA
Beethoven, Ludwig Fidelio
"Abscheulicher!" (fragment)
Eleanor Steber
Eleanor very much wanted to sing Leonore, unfortunately she never did. This is just a hint of what it might have been like.
Edwin Biltcliffe
piano
Recorded during a practice session. date unknown
Beethoven, Ludwig van Ah, Perfido! Eleanor Steber
Paul Paray
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
March 22, 1962
Beethoven, Ludwig van Ah, Perfido! Eleanor Steber
Newel Jenkins
Symphony Orchestra
Italian Flood Relief
Carnegie Hall
January 6, 1967
Beethoven, Ludwig van Ah, Perfido! Eleanor Steber
James Levine
The Cleveland Orchestra
VAI Audio
Beethoven, Ludwig van Missa Solemnis Eleanor Steber, Nan Merriman, Walter Hain, Lorenzo Alvary Bruno Walter New York Philharmonic April 1948
Beethoven, Ludwig van Missa Solemnis Eleanor Steber, Nell Tangeman, Harvey-Smith-Spencer, Mack Harrell Dimitri Mitropoulos New York Philharmonic
The Westminster Choir
November 8, 1953
Bellini, Vincenzo Norma
Casta Diva
including the cabaletta
Eleanor Steber
Edwin Biltcliffe
piano


A Boston or New York recital around 1959
Berg, Alban Seven Early Songs
German texts
Eleanor Steber
with Edwin Biltcliffe at Syracuse University

ST/AND LP
Berg, Alban Wozzeck
Met Broadcast Premiere
Hermann Uhde, Eleanor Steber, Kurt Baum, Paul Franke
Complete cast
Karl Böhm Met Broadcast
March 14, 1959
Berg, Alban Wozzeck Hermann Uhde, Eleanor Steber, Kurt Baum, Paul Franke, Charles Anthony, Ralph Herbert, Alessio dePaolis, Margaret Roggero Karl Böhm
Met Broadcast
April 8, 1961
Berg, Alban Wozzeck
Two fragments
"Komm mein Bub" / Bible Scene
Eleanor Steber
Donald Payne
piano
Cleveland Institute
December 6, 1970
Sung in German
Privately recorded - stereo
Berlioz, Hector Damnation of Faust Eleanor Steber, John McCollum, Martial Singher Charles Münch
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tanglewood
August 14,1960
stereo
Berlioz, Hector

Les Troyens
American Opera Society

Eleanor Steber, Regina Resnik, Richard Cassilly, Martial Singher, Regina Safarty, William Lewis, Chester Watson, Glade Peterson Robert Lawrence
Symphony Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
Dec. 24, 1959
stereo
Berlioz, Hector Les Nuits d'Été
and other songs
Eleanor Steber Dmitri Mitropoulos
The Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Columbia
Berlioz, Hector Les Nuits d'Été Eleanor Steber Paul Paray
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
March 23, 1961
Berlioz, Hector Les Nuits d'Été Eleanor Steber Piano
Pianist unknown
Clemson College
October 2, 1958
Berlioz, Hector Les Nuits d'Été
Eleanor Steber Edwin Biltcliffe
Piano
Brussels World's Fair
Sept. 3, 1958
Berlioz, Hector La Captive
Le Jeune Pâtre Breton
Zaîde

Eleanor Steber Jean Morel
The Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Columbia
Bizet, Geroges Carmen
Excerpts with narration
Risë Stevens, Eleanor Steber, Charles Kullman, Mack Harrell Gaetano Merrill
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
The Standard Hour
Radio Broadcast
San Francisco
October 21, 1945
Brahms, Johannes Ein Deutsches Requiem Eleanor Steber, soprano
James Pease, baritone
RCA Victor Chorale
and Symphony Orchestra

Robert Shaw, Conductor
RCA LM 6004
Brahms, Johannes Magelone Lieder
Op. 33

Eleanor Steber Piano Hunter College
March 21, 1968
Brahms, Johannes Von ewiger Liebe
Op. 43 No. 1
Eleanor Steber Victor Babin
Piano
Cleveland Institute
January 10, 1969
stereo
Brahms, Johannes Geistliches Wiegenlied
Op. 90 no. 2
Eleanor Steber Christine Walevska, cello
Edwin Biltcliffe, piano
Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew
New York

December 17, 1976
stereo
Britten, Benjamin Winter Words
Eight Songs in English
Eleanor Steber Victor Babin
piano
February 3, 1967
Cleveland Institute of Music
stereo
Britten, Benjamin Winter Words Eleanor Steber piano Hunter College
March 21, 1968
Britten, Benjamin Winter Words
Eight Songs in English
Eleanor Steber Edwin Biltcliffe
piano
December 7, 1974
Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew, New York
stereo
Caccini, Giulio Amarilli Mia Bella
with embellishments
Text and translation
Eleanor Steber
Unknown
Canteloube, Joseph Songs of the Auvergne

"Passo pel prat"
"Berceuse" (Soun, soun, bèni, bèni)
"Fibilu par una sera"
Eleanor Steber Edwin Biltcliffe
Concert in 1956
Venue unknown
Chausson, Ernest Poème d'Amour et de la Mer
Text and translation
Eleanor Steber Zagreb Philharmonic
Milan Horvat
Conductor
Temple University Festival
Ambler, Penna.
July 12, 1969
Debussy, Claude Songs on Poems of Baudelaire
Le Balcon
Hamonie du Soir
Le Jet d'Eau
Eleanor Steber Edwin Biltcliffe
Piano
Privately recorded
Debussy, Claude Two songs
Le Balcon
la Chevelure
Eleanor Steber Victor Babin
piano
Cleveland Institute
January 10, 1969
stereo
Debussy, Claude Chevaux de Bois
from Ariettes Oubliées
Eleanor Steber Edwin Biltcliffe
Piano
Jordan Hall, Boston
April 20, 1975
stereo
Debussy, Claude "L'Enfant Prodigue"
Aria: "Air de Lia"
Eleanor Steber Private recording
with piano


October 5, 1938

Dvorak, Antonin Moravian Duets
Program
Eleanor Steber
with Florence Kopleff
Smith, piano Aspen Colorado
August 21, 1963
Fauré, Gabriel Nell
Opus 18, No. 1
Eleanor Steber Edwin Biltcliffe
piano
Jordan Hall, Boston
April 20, 1975
Gluck
Christoph Willibald
"O del mio dolce ardor"
from "Paride ed Elena"
Eleanor Steber Michael Murray
piano
Shaker Heights, Ohio
May 21, 1972
stereo
Gounod, Charles Faust Eugene Conley, Eleanor Steber, Cesare Siepi Thelma Votipka, Margaret Roggero
Frank Guarrera
Fausto Cleva
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Columbia Records
Odyssey
Recorded May 1951
Gounod, Charles Faust Brian Sullivan, Eleanor Steber, Vern Shinall Walter Kappesser
Members of the St. Louis Symphony
St. Louis
April 26, 1961
Gruen, John
Eight Songs
in English
Eleanor Steber With piano
the Composer?
stereo
Hindemith, Paul
"Verkündigung über dem Hirten" (Das Marienleben)
Eleanor Steber Donald Payne, piano
Cleveland Institute
December 6, 1970
stereo
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang Marietta's Lied
"Die tode Stadt"
Eleanor Steber with Orchestra
WOR's Let's Go to the Opera"

May 5, 1946
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang Marietta's Lied
"Die tode Stadt"
Eleanor Steber Martin Smith, piano
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
May 15, 1977
LaMontaine, John Songs of the Rose of Sharon Eleanor Steber Nicholas Harsanyi
Trenton Symphony Orchestra
January 13, 1962
ST/AND LP
Mahler, Gustave Symphony No. 4
Fourth movement
sung in English

Eleanor Steber

University of Miami Symphony

Fabian Sevitsky
Miami Beach Auditorium
January 13, 1963
Massenet, Jules "Hérodiade"

Aria: "Il est doux, il est bon"
Eleanor Steber Voice of Firestone


February 12, 1949
Radio Broadcast

Revealing and funny interviews, discussions and remarks.

Interview
Eleanor Steber
with Connie Barnett

KUOM Minneapolis
September 6, 1967
Interview
Eleanor Steber & A. Petrak
WRVR 1969
Interview
Eleanor Steber
with John Charles Miller

Living Opera WNYC
May 7, 1972
Interview
Eleanor Steber
with Bob Sherman
The Listening Room

WQXR FM 1973
Interview
Eleanor Steber
with Andre Bernard

WNYC-FM
December 3, 1977
Interview and
Discussion
A wonderful and lenghty discussion between ES and 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. Eleanor Steber
with Byron Belt

Arts Club of Chicago
May 28, 1980
Interview Eleanor discusses preparation for lieder and opera, where the differences lie, and her approach to building a character and in lieder, creating a mood . Eleanor Steber
with Norman Seaman

October 4, 1962
Discussion
Early career
Eleanor discusses her early days in Boston, including her "shocking" debut as Senta and shares some of her early New York memories - even talks about her first apartment on East 10th Street!. Eleanor Steber
Addressing a group

Canton, Ohio
December 9, 1967
"Hall of Song" Eleanor discusses her many years at the old Metropolitan Opera House with Richard Calhoun, in an interview introduced by Milton Cross. . Eleanor Steber


1966
Short Speech
Chicago Lyric Opera
Eleanor was invited to speak at the 25th Anniversary Gala of the Chicago Lyric. Her short remarks are amusing and touching.. Eleanor Steber
Chicago, Ill.
Radio Discussion Eleanor Steber and Giovanni Martinelli discuss opera and operatic roles. Eleanor Steber
Giovanni Martinelli

Rebroadcast on Chicago Radio on May 5, 2001

Here are nineteen of her legendary
Mozart performances at the Metropolitan Opera

Mozart , Wolfgang Abduction from the Seraglio
Met Broadcast Premiere
Sung in English
Eleanor Steber, Pierette Alarie, Charles Kullman, John Garris, Dezso Ernster Emil Cooper Met Broadcast
January 18, 1947
Mozart , Wolfgang Cosi fan Tutte
Metropolitan Opera Recording
Eleanor Steber, Blanche Thebom, Roberta Peters, Richard Tucker, Frank Guarrera, Lorenzo Alvary Fritz Stiedry Odyssey & Columbia
Mozart , Wolfgang Cosi fan Tutte Eleanor Steber, Blanche Thebom, Patrice Munsel, Richard Tucker, Frank Guarrera, John Brownlee Fritz Stiedry Met Broadcast
January 12, 1952
Mozart , Wolfgang Cosi fan Tutte Eleanor Steber, Blanche Thebom, Roberta Peters, Richard Tucker, Frank Guarrera, John Brownlee Fritz Stiedry Met Broadcast
February 7, 1953
Mozart , Wolfgang Cosi fan Tutti Eleanor Steber, Blanche Thebom, Patrice Munsel, Richard Tucker, Frank Guarrera, John Brownlee Fritz Stiedry Met Broadcast
April 10, 1954
Mozart , Wolfgang Cosi fan Tutti Eleanor Steber, Blanche Thebom, Patrice Munsel, Cesare Valetti, Frank Guarrera, Lorenzo Alvary Fritz Stiedry Met Broadcast
December 17, 1955
Mozart , Wolfgang Don Giovanni Ezio Pinza, Salvatore Baccaloni, Florence Kirk, Eleanor Steber, Bidú Sayão, Kullman, Harrell, Moscona
Steber's rare excursion into the role of Donna Elvira which she sang again only in the 1953/54 season
George Szell Met Broadcast
Dec. 9, 1944
Mozart , Wolfgang Don Giovanni George London, Margaret Harshaw, Eleanor Steber, Nadine Conner, Fernando Corena, Eugene Conley, Lorenzo Alvary, Luben Vichy
Eleanor's other broadcast of donna Elvira
Max Rudolf Met Broadcast
March 13, 1954
Mozart , Wolfgang Don Giovanni Cesare Siepi, Fernando Corena, Eleanor Steber, Lisa della Casa, Jan Peerce, William Wilderman, Robert Peters, Theodore Uppman Karl Böhm Met Broadcast
December 14, 1957
Mozart , Wolfgang Don Giovanni George London, Ezio Flagello, Eleanor Steber, Lisa Della Casa, Laurel Hurley, Cesare Valetti, Theodore Uppman Karl Böhm Met Broadcast
February 14, 1959
Mozart , Wolfgang Don Giovanni Cesare Siepi, Fernando Corena, Eleanor Steber, Lisa della Casa, Nicolai Gedda, William Wilderman, Laurel Hurley, Theodore Uppman Erich Leinsdorf Met Broadcast
January 14, 1961
Mozart, Wolfgang The Magic Flute Jarmilla Novotna, Ezio Pinza
Charles Kullman, John Brownlee, Eleanor Steber (First Lady), Maxine Stellman, Anna Kaskas, Lillian Raymondi, Stella Antoine, Norman Cordon
Complete Cast
Bruno Walter
Conductor
Met Broadcast
December 26, 1942
Mozart, Wolfgang The Magic Flute Eleanor Steber (Pamina), John Brownlee, Jerome Hines, Richard Tucker, Erna Berger
Complete cast
Fritz Stiedry
Conductor
Met Broadcast
November 25, 1950
Mozart , Wolfgang Nozze di Figaro John Brownlee, Herta Glaz, Eleanor Steber, Bidú Sayão, Ezio Pinza, Jarmila Novotna, Alessio de Paolis, Salvatore Baccaloni
Paul Breisach Met Broadcast
April 17, 1943
Mozart , Wolfgang Nozze di Figaro John Brownlee, Eleanor Steber, Bidú Sayão, Ezio Pinza, Jarmila Novotna, Ira Petina, Salvatore Baccaloni Bruno Walter Met Broadcast
January 29, 1944
Mozart , Wolfgang Nozze di Figaro Ezio Pinza, Eleanor Steber, Hjördis Schymberg, John Brownlee, Jarmila Novotna, Herta Glaz, Alessio de Paolis, Salvatore Baccaloni, John Garris, Lorenzo Alvary, Mimi Benzell Fritz Busch Met Broadcast
March 15, 1947
Mozart , Wolfgang Nozze di Figaro Italo Tajo, Bidú Sayão, John Brownlee, Eleanor Steber, Jamila Novotna, Salvatore Baccaloni, Claramae Turner Fritz Busch Met Broadcast
January 8, 1949
Mozart , Wolfgang Nozze di Figaro Italo Tajo, Bidú Sayão, John Brownlee, Eleanor Steber, Jarmila Novotna, Salvatore Baccaloni, Claramae Turner Fritz Reiner Met Broadcast
February 11, 1950
Mozart , Wolfgang Nozze di Figaro Frank Guarrera, Cesare Siepi
Eleanor Steber, Nadine Conner, Mildred Miller, Fernando Corena, Jean Madeira, Alessio de Paolis, Lorenzo Alvary, Vilma Georgiu

Fritz Stiedry Met Broadcast
January 15, 1955
Mozart, Wolfgang Idomeneo
Re di Creta
Complete in three acts
Eleanor Steber, Maria Kerestetzi, Constantino Ego, David Lloyd, Kostas Paskalis, Petrus Hoidas Jonel Perlea
conductor
Epidaurus, Greece
September 17, 1955
Mozart, Wolfgang The Impressario
Der Schauspieldirektor
Opera in one act in English
Eleanor Steber, Jacqueline Moody, John Hume Arnold Gantry
conductor
CBS Television
May 14, 1961
Mozart, Wolfgang Requiem K.626 Eleanor Steber, Enid Szantho
William Hain, Nicola Moscona
Bruno Walter
conductor
The New York Philharmonic
Symphony Orchestra
November 9, 1941
Mozart, Wolfgang Mass in C
Performed at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, New York
Eleanor Steber, Phyllis Curtin
David Lloyd, Mack Harrell
Charles D. Walker
conductor
Canterbury Choral Society
and Orchestra
November 6, 1955
Mozart, Wolfgang Exultate Jubilate Eleanor Steber Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray
March 22, 1962
Mozart, Wolfgang Exultate Jubilate Eleanor Steber The Symphony of the Air
Robert Lawrence
ST/AND Records
and VAI Audio CD
stereo
Mozart, Wolfgang Exultate Jubilate
"Alleluia"
Eleanor Steber Brussels World Fair
September 3, 1958
Edwin Biltcliffe
piano
Mozart, Wolfgang Exultate Jubilate
"Alleluia"
Eleanor Steber Jiulliard School
New York
January 31, 1978
Martin Smith
piano
stereo
Mozart, Wolfgang Five Selections for
Voice and Piano
Eleanor Steber Jiulliard School
New York
January 31, 1978
Martin Smith
piano
stereo
Mozart, Wolfgang Per pietà bel idol mio I kept this only as a curiousity. Although it's very well sung, I was struck more than anything by the break-neck speed at which it was done. Gerald Moore
Piano
Wigmore Hall
London
February 6, 1965
Mozart, Wolfgang Mozartabend A program of arias and lieder given in Graz, Austria in 1979 Robert K. Evans
Piano
Minoretinsaal
Graz
August 4, 1979
Pergolesi, Giovanni Cantata for Soprano
with string quartet, harpsichord and bass
Eleanor Steber
Unknown
Puccini, Giacomo Madama Butterfly Eleanor Steber, Richard Tucker, Jean Madeira, Giuseppe Valdengo Max Rudolf Columbia & Odyssey
Puccini, Giacomo Madama Butterfly Eleanor Steber, Jan Peerce, Richard Bonelli Eugene Ormandy Hollywood Bowl
September 3, 1948
Puccini, Giacomo La Fanciulla del West Eleanor Steber, Mario del Monaco, Giangiacomo Guelfi, Giorgio Tozzi, Paolo Washington, Laura Didier
Complete cast
Dimitri Mitropoulos Maggio Musicale Fiorentino 1954
Puccini, Giacomo La Fanciulla del West Eleanor Steber, Franco Corelli/Cesare Bardini, Anselmo Colzani
Steber was called in to replace an indisposed Dorothy Kirsetn and Corelli became indisposed after the first act. One suspected at the time that he was unhappy about sharing the spotlight! This was Bardini's debut.

Met Performance
January 17, 1966
Puccini, Giacomo Tosca Eleanor Steber, Carlo Bergonzi, George London Kurt Adler Met Broadcast
April 11, 1959
Puccini, Giacomo Tosca Eleanor Steber, Richard Cassilly, Walter Cassel
Complete cast
Robert la Marchina C. W. Post College
Westbury, Long Island

August 8, 1964
Puccini, Giacomo "O mio Babbino caro"
Gianni Schicci

with orchestra Puccini Gala
Avery Fisher Hall
December 11, 1974
Rachmaninoff, Sergei Ne poj, krasavica, pri mne
(Do not sing, my beauty, to me)
Eleanor Steber Piano Jackson, Miss.
December 8, 1956
Rameau, Jean-Philippe Le Bergère Fidèle Eleanor Steber
The Igor Kipnis Baroque Ensemble
Igor Kipnis ST/AND LP
stereo
Rossini, Giacinto Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Una voce poco fa
Eleanor Steber
Edwin Biltcliffe
piano

Privately recorded
Sigmund Romberg
Oscar Hammerstein II
"New Moon"
Stouthearted Men / Marianne / The Girl on the Prow / Wanting You / One Kiss / Gorgeous Alexander / Softly as in a Morning Sunrise / Lover Come Back to Me
Eleanor Steber
with Nelson Eddy
Leon Arnaud
Conductor
Columbia Records
P13878
Scarlatti, Alessandro Christmas Cantata
Eleanor Steber
Stony Baroque Chamber Players
December 17, 1976 Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew, New York
stereo
Schubert, Franz Five Lieder
Im Abendroth
Delphine
Rastlose Liebe
Viola
der Erlkönig
Eleanor Steber James Tannebaum
piano
Recital
January 17, 1973 Cleveland Institute
stereo

Schubert, Franz der Hirt aus den Felsen
Beautifully sung - ES was 64 years old!
Eleanor Steber Martin Smith, piano
Ted Lane, clarinet
Recital
January 31, 1978
Julliard / New York
stereo
Schubert, Franz Two lieder
"Ständchen"
"Im Abendrot"
Eleanor Steber Edwin Biltcliffe, piano
Recital in 1956

Venue Unknown

Schuller, Gunther Six Early Songs After Li-Po
World Premiere
Eleanor Steber Gunther Schuller
New England Conservatory Orchestra
Alice Tully Hall
May 7, 1973
Schumann, Robert Frauenliebe und Leben
"Seit ich in gesehen"
"Nun hast du mir der ersten Schmerz getan"
Eleanor Steber, soprano Victor Babin
piano
Recital
January 10, 1969
Cleveland Institute
stereo
Schumann, Robert Frauenliebe und Leben
Eleanor Steber, soprano James Tannebaum
piano
Recital
January 17, 1973
Cleveland Institute
stereo
Schumann, Robert Frauenliebe und Leben
Eleanor Steber, soprano Lambert Orkis
piano
Recital
February 26, 1973
Alice Tully Hall
Strauss, Johann die Feldermaus
Sung in English
Eleanor Steber, Charles Kullman, Patrice Munsel, Thomas Hayward, Jarmila Novotna, John Brownlee, Paul Franke, Clifford Harvuot Tibor Kozma Met Broadcast
January 23, 1954

All of the Strauss I have by Eleanor Steber.
Please help me find some of her Strauss lieder!

Strauss, Richard Arabella
Met Broadcast Premiere
Eleanor Steber, Hilde Güden, Blanche Thebom, Roberta Peters, George London, Brian Sullivan, Ralph Herbert, Thelma Votipka Rudolf Kempe Met Broadcast - February 26, 1955
superb broadcast sound!
Strauss, Richard Arabella
Mein Elemer
Eleanor Steber Gunther Schuller
New England Conservatory Orchestra
AliceTully Hall
May 7, 1973
Strauss, Richard Arabella
Three selections
He's not the one who is right for me / My Elemer! / I'm very glad
Eleanor Steber Anshel Brusilow
Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
June 29, 1968
Temple Music Festival
Ambler, PA
.
Strauss, Richard Ariadne auf Naxos
Es gibt ein reich
Eleanor Steber Gunther Schuller
New England Conservatory Orchestra
AliceTully Hall
May 7, 1973
Strauss, Richard Four Last Songs Eleanor Steber Lukas Foss
Brooklyn Philharmonia
Brooklyn Academy of Music
April 28, 1973
stereo
Strauss, Richard Four Last Songs Eleanor Steber
James Levine
The Cleveland Orchestra
VAI Audio
May 5, 1970
Strauss, Richard Four Last songs
Also Four Lieder
Eleanor Steber Edwin Biltcliffe, piano Cleveland Institute
December 9, 1964
Strauss, Richard Four lieder
Ständchen
Allerseelen
Schlagendes Herzen
Morgen
Eleanor Steber
Michael Murray, piano

Heights Christian Church
Shaker Heights Ohio
May 21, 1972
Strauss, Richard Seven lieder
Ich liebe Dich
Freundliche Vision
Hochzeitlich Lied
Meinen Kinde
Du meines Herzes Kronelein
Befreit
Morgen
Eleanor Steber Lambert Orkis
piano
AliceTully Hall
February 26, 1973
Strauss, Richard Two lieder
Freundliche Vision
Als mir dein Lied Erklang
Eleanor Steber Unknown Unknown
Strauss, Richard Frau ohne Schatten
abridged
Eleanor Steber, Set Svanholm, Elisabeth Höngen, Christel Goltz, Karl Kamann, Otto Wiener, Ilona Steingruber Karl Böhm Wiener Philharmoniker
Wiener Musikfestwochen
Wiener Konzerthaus
June 11, 1953
Strauss, Richard Frau ohne Schatten
Excerpts, Acts I, II and III
Eleanor Steber Edwin Biltcliffe
piano
Brussels World's Fair
September 3, 1958
Strauss, Richard Der Rosenkavalier
complete cast
Eleanor Steber, Risë Stevens, Erna Berger, Emanuel List, Giuseppe di Stefano, Fritz Reiner Met Broadcast
December 3. 1949
Strauss, Richard Der Rosenkavalier Eleanor Steber, Jarmila Novotna, Erna Berger Fritz Reiner Met Broadcast
February 24, 1951
Strauss, Richard Der Rosenkavalier Risë Stevens, Eleanor Steber, Laurel Hurley, Otto Edelman, Ralph Herbert, Kurt Baum, Martha Lipton Rudolf Kempe Met Broadcast
March 22, 1958
Strauss, Richard Der Rosenkavalier
Final scene, Act III
Eleanor as Sophie
Irene Jessner, Risë Stevens, Eleanor Steber, Kurt Baum Fritz Busch Met Broadcast
December 14, 1946
Strauss, Richard Der Rosenkavalier
Final scene, Act III
Eleanor as Sophie
Irene Jessner, Jarmila Novotna, Eleanor Steber Fritz Busch Met Broadcast
February 14, 1948
Ambroise Thomas "Mignon"
"Aria: "Je suis Titania"
Firestone Hour February 8, 1942 Radio Broadcast
Unusual collections Operatic Party Tape Tassinari, Tagliavini, Rasa, Rysanek, Steber, Leider, Hammond, Schoffler, Modl, Varnay Various Various
Verdi, Giuseppe Don Carlo
Complete cast
Eleanor Steber, Blanche Thebom, Richard Tucker, Jerome Hines
Ettore Bastianini, Nicola Moscona

Kurt Adler Met Broadcast
March 5, 1955
Verdi, Giuseppe Falstaff
Sung in English
Leonard Warren, Eleanor Steber, Frances Greer, Margaret Harshaw, Lucielle Browning, Charles Kullman, John Browning
Thomas Beecham Met Broadcast
March 11, 1944
Verdi, Giuseppe Otello Ramón Vinay, Eleanor Steber, Leonard Warren
Fritz Stiedry Met Broadcast
February 9, 1952
Verdi, Giuseppe La Traviata Eleanor Steber, Giuseppe di Stefano, Robert Merrill
Met Broadcast
January 22, 1949
Verdi, Giuseppe La Traviata Eleanor Steber, Carlo Zampighi, Igor Gorin, Donna Hankla,
Betty Hankin, Edoardo Assali
Robert Faulk, Luigi Marchio
Willfred Pelletier
Conductor
Empire State Festival
Harriman, NY
.
July 30, 1961
Verdi, Giuseppe Macbeth
Una macchia, è qui tuttora
Eleanor Steber Edwin Biltcliffe
piano
Recorded at home
about 1966


The large collection of 78rpm recordings can be found by clicking here

Recorded and Recital Performances Follow


Concert Samuel Barber Festival
Program
Eleanor Steber William Ferris
conductor
Arts Club of Chicago
May 28 & 30, 1980
Brussels Fair
Rectial - 1958
Complete Program Eleanor Steber Edwin Biltcliffe
piano
Sept. 3, 1958
19 American Songs Fifty Years of American Song
Program
Eleanor Steber
with remarks by Miss Steber
Victor Babin, piano Cleveland Institute
February 17, 1971
stereo
American Songs American Songs
Program
Eleanor Steber Edwin Biltcliffe
piano
Vox CDX 5129
Concert York Symphony Association
Arias from Lohengrin, Tannhäusser and Der Freischütz
Eleanor Steber Jaroschny
conductor
October 19, 1965
Concert Waco Symphony Orchestra
Verdi. Wagner and Puccini
Eleanor Steber Daniel Sternberg
conductor
January 8, 1963
Concert Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Exultate Jubilate
Ah, Perfido!
Eleanor Steber Paul Paray
conductor
March 22, 1962
Concert Trenton Symphony Orchestra
Arias and duets from Lohengrin and Tosca
Eleanor Steber
Brian Sullivan
Nicholas Harsanyi
conductor
December 16, 1962
Recital Program Germantown Settlement
Music School
Program
Eleanor Steber Edwin Biltcliffe
Piano
Sept. 30, 1961
Concert Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Non mi dir / Leise, leise
Les Nuits d'Été
Eleanor Steber Paul Paray
Conductor
March 23, 1961
Steber at Tully Hall Alice Tully Hall
Lincoln Center

Schubert, Schumann and Strauss
Program
Eleanor Steber Lambert Orkis, piano February 26, 1973
Steber in Brooklyn Brooklyn Academy

Strauss and Wagner
Program
Eleanor Steber Lukas Foss, The Brooklyn Philharmonia April 28, 1973
Steber at Juilliard Juilliard School, Lincoln Center
Mozart, Schubert and Wolf
Program
Eleanor Steber Martin Smith, piano
Ted Lane, clarinet
January 31, 1978
stereo
Recital Britten's "Winter Words and Brahms' "Magelone Lieder"
Program
Eleanor Steber Piano Hunter College
New York

March 21, 1968
Recording Songs at Eventide
When Day is Done / Bird Songs at Eventide / You and the Night and the Music / Everyt Time We Say Goodbye / I'll Be Seeing You / Out of my Dreams / When I Grow Too Old to Dream / Sing Me to Sleep
Eleanor Steber Howard Barlow
The Firestone Orchestra
Columbia LP
Heights Christian Church
Donna Bigham Memorial Concert
program
Eleanor Steber
Michael Murray
piano
Shaker Heights, Ohio

May 21, 1972

stereo

Recital At Carnegie Hall Eleanor Steber Edwin Biltcliffe, piano STand
Recital Tyrone Guthrie Theatre
Walker Arts Center
Minneapolis, Minn
Program
Eleanor Steber Richard Zgodava, piano
Cynthia Stokes, flute
October 1, 1967
Recording Call Them "Old Chestnuts"
Songs My Mother Taught / Morning / I Love Life / Mighty Like a Rose / Elegie / In the Time of Roses / The Waters of Minnetonka / Spirit Flower / Beloved, It is Morn / None But the Lonely Heart / Calm as the Night / Song of India
Eleanor Steber with Orchestra No other details available
Recital Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew, New York
"Vissi d'Arte" / "Pace, pace"
Eleanor Steber Edwin Biltcliffe, piano December 7, 1974
stereo
Recital Clemson College
"Les Nuits d'Eté"
"Qui la voce"
Eleanor Steber piano October 2, 1958
Recital Salon Musicale
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Complete Program
Eleanor Steber
Martin Smith
piano
New York
May 15, 1977
Recital
Arias and Duets
Chataqua, N.Y.
Complete Program
Eleanor Steber
and
Blanche Thebom
piano June 29, 1967
Recital Cleveland Institute of Music
Songs of Brahms, Debussy, Schubert, Schumann, Loesser, Rogers and Hammerstein and Wagner's "Liebestod"
Complete Program
Eleanor Steber Victor Babin, piano January 10, 1969
stereo
Recital Jackson, Mississippi
Arias and songs by Berlioz, Handel, Menotti, Mozart, Puccini, Rachmaninoff and Schubert; Italian and Spanish songs.
(A slightly foreshortened version of Schubert's "Standchen".)
Eleanor Steber
A lovely recital!
piano December 8, 1956
Concert "The Woolworth Hour"
Summertime / Depuis le Jour
Eleanor just doesn't get any better than this!
Eleanor Steber Percy Faith Orchestra September 22, 1957
Likely a radio broadcast from Penn State Univ.
Recital A Lengthy Reciital
possibly Los Angeles, June 1, 1964
It's easier to look at the complete program on this one!
Eleanor Steber Probably
Edwin Biltcliffe, Piano
Unknown venue
Recording Camden Heart of the Opera
Excerpts from Butterfly, Boheme, Faust, Pagliacci and Traviata with singers such as Armand Tokatyan and Leonard Warren, issued without credits on 78s in the late 40s.
Eleanor Steber Various Originally Camden Records
many subsequent reissues, currently available on CD
Recital Concert & Remarks Eleanor Steber
Wm Patterson State College
Recording of Recital Continental Baths Eleanor Steber Edwin Biltcliffe, piano RCA
Concert Operatic Arias
Arabella, Ariadne auf Naxos, Cosi, Nozze, Don Carlo, Otello, Schuller, Butterfly and Tosca
Eleanor Steber Gunther Schüller
New England Conservatory Orchestra
Alice Tully Hall
May 7, 1973
Christmas Songfest A Program of Christmas Songs
Christmas with Eleanor Steber, her family, friends and pupils

Church of St. Paul and St .Andrew
New York
December 17, 1976
Concert Evanston Symphony Concert
Otello, Forza, Tosca
Eleanor Steber Frank Miller
Evanston Symphony Orchestra
Evanston, Illinois April 11, 1969
Firestone Hour Eleanor Steber Sings
Sylvia / Mi chiamano Mimi / Serenade (Schubert) / Indian Love Call
Eleanor Steber Howard Barlow September 17, 1945
Firestone Hour Eleanor Steber Sings
Waters of Minnetonka / Wiegenlied (Brahms) / Jewel Song (Gounod) / My Hero
Eleanor Steber Howard Barlow November 19, 1945
Firestone Hour Opera and Oratorio
If I Could Tell You / Gavotte (Manon) / Deh vieni (Nozze) / I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Messiah) / Ave Maria (Otello) / Inflammatus (Rossini) / Vilia (Lehar) / Merry Widow Waltz (Lehar) Ballatella (Pagliacci) Si, mi chiamano Mimi / Musetta's Waltz / Vissi d'arte / Elsa's Dream / Addio del passato / Ah, fors'e lui / In My Garden
Eleanor Steber Howard Barlow VAI Video
Also audio only
Firestone Hour Eleanor Steber Sings Love Songs
If I Could Tell You / You Are The Song in My Heart / Orchestra Medley / All The Things You Are / Beautiful Lady / Dancing in the Dark / Stardust / So In Love / You Kissed Me / I'll See You Again / It's a Grand Night For Singing / Song of Songs / Every Time We Say Goodbye / My Hero / I'll Be Seeing You / In My Garden
Eleanor Steber Howard Barlow Kultur Video
Also audio only
Firestone Hour
1940 to 1953
complete program
Eleanor Steber Howard Barlow Legendary Recordings
LR 141
Radio Concert Firestone Hour Christmas
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear / Alleluia / The First Noel / Silent Night
Eleanor Steber and the Vienna Choir Boys Howard Barlow
The
James Melton Show
The Roses That Bloom in the Spring (Melton) O Soave Fanciulla (Both) Danny Boy (Melton) Out of My Dreams (Steber) Comic Opera (Templeton, Melton, Steber) When The Boys Come Home (Melton) James Melton, tenor
Eleanor Steber, guest
Alec Templeton, guest
Al Goodman, conductor
A radio show on which Eleanor was a frequent guest. April 11, 1945
Recording Firestone Favorites
When Day is Done / Bird Songs at Eventide / You and the Night and the Music / Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
Eleanor Steber Howard Barlow
The Firestone Orchestra
Columbia 45rpm
Recording Hymns of Mary Baker Eddy

Eight selections
Eleanor Steber Edwin McDonnell
Organ
Christian Science Mother Church - ST/AND Records
Recording Hymns from the
Christian Science Hymnal

Twelve selections
Eleanor Steber Edwin McDonnell
Organ
Christian Science Mother Church - ST/AND Records
Collection In Memoriam Eleanor Steber Various Legato
Concert Italian Flood Relief Eleanor Steber and Blanche Thebom
Carnegie Hall
January 6, 1967
Recording Mozart Arias
Bester Jüngling / Traurigkeit / Dove sono / Ach, ichs fühl's / Mi tradi quest'alma / Pier Pieta / Non mi dir
Eleanor Steber Bruno Walter
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Columbia and Odyssey LPs
Recording Mozart Arias
Exultate Jubilate / Il Re Pastore / Bella Mia Fiammna - Resta O Cara / A Questo Seno - Or Che il Cielo / Nehmt Meinem Dank / O Smania, O Furie
Eleanor Steber Robert Lawrence
The Symphony of the Air
ST/AND LP
stereo
Recording Mozart Arias
CD reissue of the Robert Lawrence disk above as well as Deh vieni / Voi che sapete / Porgi Amor / Dove sono
Eleanor Steber Robert Lawrence
Wilfrid Pelletier
Howard Barlow
VAI Audio CD
Recording from Television Opera and Oratorio Eleanor Steber Firestone Hour Howard Barlow TV/VAI
Recital Recital - Duets with Blanche Thebom

Eleanor Steber

Edwin Biltcliffe, piano
NY Cultural Center October 1, 1969
Recital Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew Eleanor Steber
On the occasion of the 34th anniversary of her Met debut
Arias from Forza, Freischütz and Tosca
Allen Rogers
Edwin Biltlciffe
December 7, 1974
Recording from Concerts Richard Strauss Eleanor Steber James Levine
Karl Böhm
VAI Audio
Recording Sacred Arias
Bach, Handel
Haydn and Mendelsohn
Eleanor Steber Max Rudolf CBS
Recording Sacred Solos Eleanor Steber
Edwin Biltcliffe, organ

ST/AND LP
Collection The Early Career 1938-1951 Eleanor Steber Songs and Arias VAI Audio CD
Reissue Arias and Songs
Mostly reissues of RCA 78s
Eleanor Steber Various RCA Vocal Series
Recording Verdi Heroines
Ernani Involami / Tu che le Vanita / Pace Pace Mio Dio / Ah, Fors'e Lui - Sempre Libera / Gia Nella Notte Densa* / Dio Ti Gioncondi* / Salce - Ave Maria
*with Ramón Vinay
Eleanor Steber Fausto Cleva
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Odyssey
Recording Victor Herbert Songs
Sweethearts / Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life / I'm Falling in Love With Someone / Thine Alone / Kiss Me Again / A Kiss in the Dark / When You're Away / Italian Street Song
Eleanor Steber Percy Faith Columbia ML 2192
Wagner, Richard Lohengrin Wolfgang Windgassen, Eleanor Steber, Astrid Varnay, Hermann Uhde, Josef Greindl Joseph Keilberth Bayreuth Festival, 1953
London Records
Wagner, Richard Lohengrin Brian Sullivan, Eleanor Steber, Margaret Harshaw, Sigurd Björling, Dezso Ernster Fritz Stiedry Metropolitan Opera
March 11, 1953
Wagner, Richard Lohengrin Brian Sullivan, Eleanor Steber, Margaret Harshaw, Hermann Uhde, Otto Edelmann Fritz Stiedry Metropolitan Opera
December 24, 1955
Wagner, Richard die Meistersinger
von Nürnberg

There are small portions of this performance which are missing.
Herbert Janssen, Eleanor Steber, Kirsten Thorborg, Charles Kullman
Complete cast
George Szell
conductior
Metropolitan Opera
February 10, 1945
Wagner, Richard Tannhäuser
Elisabeth's Prayer
Dich teure Halle!
Eleanor Steber
University of Miami Orchestra
Fabian Sevitsky, conductor Miami Dade Auditorium
January 13, 1963
Wagner, Richard Tristan und Isolde
Liebestod
Eleanor Steber
Victor Babin, piano
Cleveland Institute
January 10, 1969

stereo
Wagner, Richard Tristan und Isolde
Liebestod
Eleanor Steber
Lukas Foss
Brooklyn Philharmonia
April 28, 1973
Brooklyn Acadmey
stereo
Weber der Freischütz "Leise, leise" Detroit Symphony
Paul Paray, cond.
March 23, 1961
Weber der Freischütz "Leise, leise" Bergen Philharmonic
Hammond, cond.
Bergen, New Jersey
October 27, 1973
Weber der Freischütz "Leise, leise" Edwin Biltcliffe
piano
Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew
New York

December 7, 1974
34th Annniversary of her Met debut
Wolf, Hugo Italienisches Liederbuch
Complete
German texts
Eleanor Steber, soprano
Yei Kwe Sze, bass
Paul Schenley
piano
Cleveland Institute
Ferbaury 23, 1972
stereo
Wolf, Hugo Gesitliche Lieder
(Spanisches Liederbuch)
Notes
Eleanor Steber Victor Babin, piano Cleveland Institute
Feb. 3, 1967
Wolf, Hugo Gesitliche Lieder
(Spanisches Liederbuch)
Complete
Eleanor Steber Allen Rogers
Piano
New England Conservatory
Jordan Hall
April 20, 1975
stereo
Wolf, Hugo Gesitliche Lieder
(Spanisches Liederbuch)
Notes
Eleanor Steber Martin Smith
Piano
Juilliard School
January 31, 1978
Wolf, Hugo Elfenlied
translation
Eleanor Steber Pianist unknown unknown

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