Lucia di Lammermoor Metropolitan Opera 1945

Patrice Munsel

American soprano Patrice Munsel holds the record for the youngest professional to appear at the Met, being just 17 on her debut in 1943. At the time of this broadcast, her first as Lucia, Munsel was not yet 20 and she recently celebrated her 85th birthday. All that seems to survive of this broadcast is about an hour, the end of act 1 and a complete act 2, probably from an AFRS relay during the war.

Metropolitan Opera House
January 6, 1945 Matinee Broadcast


LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR {206}

Lucia...................Patrice Munsel
Edgardo.................Jan Peerce
Enrico..................Leonard Warren
Raimondo................Nicola Moscona
Normanno................Lodovico Oliviero
Alisa...................Thelma Votipka
Arturo..................Richard Manning

Conductor...............Cesare Sodero


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