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RCA Red Seal
baritone vocals Hans Hotter
baritone vocals Paul Schöffler
composed by Richard Strauss
conductor Fritz Reiner
contralto vocals Elisabeth Höngen
soprano vocals Astrid Varnay
soprano vocals Ljuba Welitsch
soprano vocals Walburga Wegner
tenor vocals Brian Sullivan
tenor vocals Set Svanholm
Recorded At The Metropolitan Opera House
Salome recorded on January 19, 1951.
Elektra recorded on February 23, 1952.

This was the ninth in a series of gifts to those who gave $125 to The New York Metropolitan Opera in 1981. It comes in a felt-covered box with slide-out insert containing two libretti, a booklet and the four records. The booklet details these historic performances, the singers, the conductors, and recording methods.