Josephine Veasey

R. STRAUSS Salome
R. STRAUSS Elektra (excerpts)*

Studio recordings, 1961 (stereo) & *1952 (Ambient Stereo)
Total duration: 2hr 25:30

Birgit Nilsson – Salome
Gerhard Stolze – Herod
Grace Hoffman – Herodias
Eberhard Wächter – Jokanaan

*Christel Goltz - Elektra
*Elisabeth Höngen - Klytemnestra
*Ferdinand Frantz - Orest

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
*Bayerisches Staatsorchester
conducted by Georg Solti

VERDI Falstaff

Live performance, 1961
Total duration: 2hr 8:13

Geraint Evans  Sir John Falstaff
Robert Bowman  Bardolph
Michael Langdon  Pistol
Regina Resnik  Mistress Quickly
Mirella Freni  Anne Ford
Luigi Alva  Fenton

Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Covent Garden Orchestra
conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

TIPPETT King Priam

Live world première performance, 1962
Total duration: 2hr 22:56

Priam - Forbes Robinson
Hecuba - Marie Collier
Hector - Victor Godfrey
Andromache - Josephine Veasey
Paris - John Dobson

Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra
conducted by John Pritchard