[Met Performance] CID:212400
Die Zauberflöte {170} Matinee ed. Metropolitan Opera House: 10/28/1967.
(Debut: Colette Boky
Review)
Metropolitan Opera House
October 28, 1967 Matinee
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE {170}
Pamina..................Judith Raskin
Tamino..................George Shirley
Queen of the Night......Colette Boky [Debut]
Sarastro................Jerome Hines
Papageno................Theodor Uppman
Papagena................Patricia Welting
Monostatos..............Paul Franke
Speaker.................Morley Meredith
First Lady..............Clarice Carson
Second Lady.............Shirley Love
Third Lady..............Nedda Casei
Genie...................Kevin Leftwich
Genie...................Peter Herzberg
Genie...................John Bogart
Priest..................Gabor Carelli
Priest..................Russell Christopher
Guard...................Robert Nagy
Guard...................Paul Plishka
Conductor...............Joseph Rosenstock
Review of Irving Kolodin in the Saturday Review
The Metropolitan's search for an acceptable Queen of the Night continued when Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte" had its first matinee performance of the current season. The opportunity this time went to the Canadian-born Colette Boky, who has had considerable European experience. Despite an expectable amount of difficulty in the unfamiliar surroundings, Miss Boky delivered a well-focused, reasonably assured version of the character's first-act aria. The musical objectives, however, were not distinguished (allowing for stresses and strains), the quality of the voice was somewhat harsh. Of the others in the familiar cast directed by Joseph Rosenstock, George Shirley commended himself for the strength and finesse of his Tamino.