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The Eleanor Steber Collection |
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| Composer | Work | Artists | Conductor | Theatre / Label |
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| 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 |
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 | Eleanor Steber | Nicholas Harsanyi January 13, 1962 |
ST/AND LP | |
| Mahler, Gustave | Fourth movement sung in English |
Eleanor Steber University of Miami Symphony |
Fabian Sevitsky |
January 13, 1963 |
| Massenet, Jules | 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 |
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| Interview | Eleanor Steber & A. Petrak | WRVR 1969 | ||
| Interview | Eleanor Steber with John Charles Miller |
Living Opera WNYC May 7, 1972 |
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| Interview | Eleanor Steber with Bob Sherman The Listening Room |
WQXR FM 1973 | ||
| Interview | Eleanor Steber with Andre Bernard |
WNYC-FM December 3, 1977 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| "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. |
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| 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 , 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
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Sigmund Romberg Oscar Hammerstein II |
"New Moon"
Stouthearted Men / Marianne / The Girl on the Prow / Wanting You / One Kiss / / 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. |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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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