[Met Performance] CID:224370



Die Frau ohne Schatten
Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, January 29, 1971




Die Frau ohne Schatten (18)
Richard Strauss | Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Empress
Leonie Rysanek

Emperor
Robert Nagy

Dyer's Wife
Inge Borkh

Barak
Walter Berry

Nurse
Irene Dalis

Messenger
William Dooley

Falcon
Carlotta Ordassy

Hunchback
Paul Franke

One-Eyed
Clifford Harvuot

One-Armed
Lorenzo Alvary

Servant
Loretta Di Franco

Servant
Ivanka Myhal

Servant
Carol Wilcox

Apparition
Rod MacWherter

Unborn
Raeschelle Potter

Unborn
Margaret Kalil

Unborn
Frederica von Stade

Unborn
Nedda Casei

Unborn
Shirley Love

Unborn
Judith De Paul

Watchman
Robert Schmorr

Watchman
Charles Anthony

Watchman
Gene Boucher

Voice
Batyah Godfrey Ben-David

Guardian
Mary Ellen Pracht


Conductor
Karl B?hm







Review 1:

Review of Raymond Ericson in The New York Times

INGE BORKH SINGS DYER'S WIFE ROLE

Inge Borkh, a German soprano who last appeared with the Metropolitan Opera 10 years ago, as Elektra in the Richard Strauss opera, returned to the company on Friday night to sing the role of the Dyer's Wife in the same composer's "Die Frau ohne Schatten."

Always an artist to be respected, Miss Borkh gave an honorable performance. She knows the musical style, and her voice cut through the orchestra easily. A veteran singer, she had difficulties with high notes, which lacked body, but she was resourceful enough to make her singing effective on the whole.

Her portrayal was interesting. She stressed the wayward emotions of the part. Her face, in particular, mirrored the feelings of the Dyer's Wife, who is by turns shrewish, exultant, moody and sensuous.



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