A report on Sylvia Stahlman

Sylvia Stahlman (2nd from left) in the Netherlands in 1963

American soprano, particularly associated with light, coloratura roles.

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Sylvia Stahlman (2nd from left) in the Netherlands in 1963

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Solti by Allan Warren, 1975

Georg Solti

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Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor, known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt and London, and as a long-serving music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor, known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt and London, and as a long-serving music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Solti by Allan Warren, 1975
Franz Liszt Academy, Budapest
Hungarian State Opera House
Solti (l) with the pianist Nikita Magaloff
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Solti (1975)
Commemorative plaque on the Maros utca building where Solti was born, Budapest
Solti's grave, Budapest

Solti recruited many rising young American singers such as Claire Watson and Sylvia Stahlman, to the extent that the house acquired the nickname "Amerikanische Oper am Main".

Sutherland in 1975

Joan Sutherland

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Australian dramatic coloratura soprano known for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s.

Australian dramatic coloratura soprano known for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s.

Sutherland in 1975
Sutherland in 1962
Joan Sutherland in 1990

La sonnambula—Joan Sutherland (Amina), Nicola Monti (Elvino), Fernando Corena (Rodolfo), Sylvia Stahlman (Lisa), Margreta Elkins (Teresa), Angelo Mercuriali (Notary), Giovanni Fioiani (Alessio), Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Richard Bonynge recorded 1962—Decca 00289 448 9662 6 / 000320702 / 455 823-2—Track listing

Portrait of Carlos Chávez by Carl van Vechten (1937)

Carlos Chávez

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Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra.

Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra.

Portrait of Carlos Chávez by Carl van Vechten (1937)
National Conservatory of Music. México City
Carlos Chávez's tomb in the Panteón de Dolores, Mexico City

The principal singers were Sylvia Stahlman, Frank Porretta, Craig Timberlake, Mary McMurray, Michael Kermoyan, and Thomas Stewart.

Poster for Paris revival, 1878

Orpheus in the Underworld

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Orpheus in the Underworld and Orpheus in Hell are English names for Orphée aux enfers, a comic opera with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy.

Orpheus in the Underworld and Orpheus in Hell are English names for Orphée aux enfers, a comic opera with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy.

Poster for Paris revival, 1878
Offenbach circa 1860
The Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul
Set design by Charles-Antoine Cambon for Act I, Scene 1, in the 1874 revised edition
Marie Garnier as Vénus in the original 1858 production
Jupiter transformed into a fly – Désiré, in the 1858 production
Opening themes of "Quand j'étais roi de Béotie", "J'ai vu le Dieu Bacchus" and the "Galop infernal", showing main notes in common: A–C–E–C–B–A
Gluck's and Offenbach's Orphées compared: "Take us to the theatre where they're doing Orpheus." "The Orpheus that's boring or the Orpheus that's funny?"
Jeanne Granier and Eugène Vauthier as Eurydice and Jupiter, 1887 – "Bel insecte à l'aile dorée"
Programme for the 1876 London production, given in English despite the French title
Poster for 1867 revival

The New York City Opera staged the work, conducted by Erich Leinsdorf, in 1956, with Sylvia Stahlman as Eurydice and Norman Kelley as Pluto.