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3 unusual facts about Elisabeth Grümmer


Elisabeth Grümmer

"Der Rosenkavalier" by Richard Strauss, conductor Wilhelm Schüchter,(Octavian, highlights) EMI 8264302 CD-Album (1956)

Wilhelm Schüchter

Schüchter recorded operas and excerpts of operas (Querschnitte) for EMI, typically sung in German by notable soloists such as Elisabeth Grümmer and Erika Köth.

He improved the quality of the orchestra and opened the new opera house with a performance of Der Rosenkavalier of Strauss, with Elisabeth Grümmer as Marschallin, Teresa Żylis-Gara as Octavian and Kurt Böhme as Ochs.


Salvador Novoa

He began his tenure with the New York City Opera in 1966, where he appeared regularly until 1972, in Tosca (with Sherrill Milnes as Scarpia), Carmen (opposite Huguette Tourangeau), Gianni Schicchi (with Norman Treigle and Beverly Sills), Der Rosenkavalier (with Elisabeth Grümmer), La traviata, Bomarzo (in its New York premiere), Lucia di Lammermoor (with Sills), Don Rodrigo (of Ginastera), and Mefistofele (with Treigle).


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