For more than thirty years,
The Voice of Firestone brought the worlds greatest artists into the homes of music lovers. Now, through a special arrangement with New England Conservatory in Boston, Kultur is proud to make these rare telecasts available.
Mezzo-soprano Rise Stevens made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1938 and was immediately recognized as a uniquely gifted singer, possessing a voice of exceptional beauty and evenness, and a dramatic presence worthy of the finest stage actresses. In the songs and arias presented in this program, Miss Stevens demonstrates the vocal refinement and interpretive mastery which set her apart as one of this country's most acclaimed opera singers.
Volume 1: Telecast of October 1, 1951:
Rodgers-Hart Falling In Love with Love
Bizet Card Song From Carmen
Friml L'Amour Toujours L'Amour
Telecast of April 2, 1951:
Schumann Widmung (Dedication)
Rodgers & Hammerstein It Might As Well Be Spring
Berlin They Say It's Wonderful
Bizet Gypsy Song from Carmen
Kern Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Bizet Argonaise from Carmen (Orchestra Only)
Bizet Habanera from Carmen
Schubert Ave Maria
Lecuona Siboney
Conductor: Howard Barlow
Volume 2:
Firestone Introduction and If I Could Tell You (2/7/55)
Saint-Saens
Selections from Samson et Dalila
Bacchanale (Orchestra only) (2/7/55)
Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse (2/7/55)
Printemps qui commence (6/23/52)
Mon couer souvre a ta voix (9/30/62)
Willis Under The Starlight (2/7/55)
Rachmaninoff To The Children (6/23/52)
Rodgers & Hammerstein People Will Say We're In Love (7/23/51)
Stolz The Sweetest Story Ever Told from Oklahoma (7/23/51)
Herbert I'm Falling In Love With Someone from Naughty Marietta (7/23/51)
Mozart Voi che sapete from Le Nozze di Figaro (2/16/59)
Debussy Air de Lia from L'Enfant Prodigue (2/16/59)
Berlin Always (9/23/57)
Bizet Seguidille from Carmen
Dietz-Schwartz Dancing In The Dark (9/23/57)
Firestone Closing and In My Garden (9/23/57)
Conductors:
Wilfrid Pelletier (Telecasts 2/7/55)
Howard Barlow (Telecasts of 6/23/52, 7/23/51 & 9/23/57)
Walter Hendl (Telecasts of 2/16/59)
