![]() ![]() One day, the Intendant of the opera house here mentioned my name in connection with Munich and, as it happened, Irish soprano Marie-Claire O’Reirdan was in his office. That was about eighteen months ago, and in the meantime the Vienna State Opera were looking for an Elettra. On the previous night, along with some friends from Limerick, I had attended a performance of Mozart’s “Idomeneo,” in which she sang the role of Elettra.ĭespite the icy weather, she was relaxed and in cheerful mood, and when I asked her how she came to be singing in Vienna she was typically forthcoming: ‘I suppose the opportunity initially arose when I stepped in for Margaret Price to sing the title role in “Norma” in Munich. On a bitterly cold morning in early March 1987, Suzanne Murphy joined me for coffee at a small cafe opposite the Vienna State Opera. ![]()
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