Die Fledermaus with Joan Sutherland

Published: Dec. 9, 2011, 6:19 p.m.

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\\xa0 Here are highlights from a 1973 San Francisco Die Fledermaus under Richard Bonynge. The cast features Joan Sutherland, Judith Blegen, Nolan Van Way (Eisenstein), Ragnar Ulfung,\\xa0 and Huguette Tourangeau.

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\\xa0\\xa0 I must make special mention of the wonderful baritone Bruce Yarnell as Dr.Falke. His tragic death in a plane crash shortly after this performance was a great loss to opera, and he had done extensive work on television and in a wonderful revival (which I attended) of Annie Get Your Gun with Ethel Merman. May we always bless the memory of this fine artist.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 ( 70 min.)

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