While we are limping down memory lane, I wanted to just put in a word
for Steber, whom I only heard live on a couple of ocassions. She only
comes to mind now because there was, in Town Hall, some kind of Steber Foundation benefit. I think it may have been a one-off, although
planned for more, and she was giving out some awards. It had to be
late 80s, and after her students sang she came out with them and did
the Rosenkavalier trio, with not a lot of voice, but still pretty
cool. She was done up with furs and jewels, and ended up looking a
little bit at that point like Marie Dressler. I remember all this
because Peerce was there as well, he looked old, although he was still singing and recording, and was dressed in a grey suit and had the very amiable conversation with Steber that I was in earshot of for some
reason, although I don't know why. He was a complete gentleman (no one
else from the real opera community was there).
I heard Steber only a handful of times live, with mixed feelings,
because even then there were mixed results, but for me, having come
into New York from the boonies, it was pretty amazing to see a
'legend' who was still around.
Richard
While we are limping down memory lane, I wanted to just put in a word
for Steber, whom I only heard live on a couple of ocassions. She only
comes to mind now because there was, in Town Hall, some kind of Steber Foundation benefit. I think it may have been a one-off, although
planned for more, and she was giving out some awards. It had to be
late 80s, and after her students sang she came out with them and did
the Rosenkavalier trio, with not a lot of voice, but still pretty
cool. She was done up with furs and jewels, and ended up looking a
little bit at that point like Marie Dressler. I remember all this
because Peerce was there as well, he looked old, although he was still singing and recording, and was dressed in a grey suit and had the very amiable conversation with Steber that I was in earshot of for some
reason, although I don't know why. He was a complete gentleman (no one
else from the real opera community was there).
I heard Steber only a handful of times live, with mixed feelings,
because even then there were mixed results, but for me, having come
into New York from the boonies, it was pretty amazing to see a
'legend' who was still around.
Richard
While we are limping down memory lane, I wanted to just put in a word
for Steber, whom I only heard live on a couple of ocassions. She only
comes to mind now because there was, in Town Hall, some kind of Steber Foundation benefit. I think it may have been a one-off, although
planned for more, and she was giving out some awards. It had to be
late 80s, and after her students sang she came out with them and did
the Rosenkavalier trio, with not a lot of voice, but still pretty
cool. She was done up with furs and jewels, and ended up looking a
little bit at that point like Marie Dressler. I remember all this
because Peerce was there as well, he looked old, although he was still singing and recording, and was dressed in a grey suit and had the very amiable conversation with Steber that I was in earshot of for some
reason, although I don't know why. He was a complete gentleman (no one
else from the real opera community was there).
I heard Steber only a handful of times live, with mixed feelings,
because even then there were mixed results, but for me, having come
into New York from the boonies, it was pretty amazing to see a
'legend' who was still around.
Richard
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