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Sarah Caldwell

Enjoying Opera

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Sarah Caldwell began her musical studies with the violin. That led her to the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where she fell in love with opera. She staged her first opera, Ralph Vaughn Williams's Riders to the Sea, at Tanglewood before she turned 20. In 1957 with the help of a small group of Bostonians, she founded the Boston Opera Group, now called the Opera Company of Boston.

Miss Caldwell was the first woman to conduct at the Metropolitan Opera and has also conducted for the New York City Opera. She has been guest conductor with many of the major orchestras in the United States, including Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, and the Philadelphia.

In this conversation, she offers expert advice for enjoying opera.

This program was recorded January 25, 1995 at the Smithsonian Institution

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