Episode 24: 1952-1953

Zinka Milanov

IThe season of 1952-1953 was Alfred Hubay’s tenth season as an usher for the Metropolitan Opera. Here he talks about new productions of La forza del destino and La boheme, the latter in English as well as Italian, the American premiere of Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress and two abridged telecasts of Fledermaus! and La boheme. (Part 1 of 2).
(Recorded 16 August 2011)

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