Ned Rorem in Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center) - between 12 December, 1967 and 13 December, 1967
from The Later Diaries of Ned Rorem 1961-1972, page 242:
With Mother, yesterday morn, to rehearsal at Met of Barrault's Carmen. (We leave at intermission.) Dine at Shirley's. Messiaen-Loriod recital at Hunter College. (At intermission we bump into Morton Feldman who's lost a dramatic amount of weight. I mention this to him. "Yes," he answers, "ten more pounds, then I'll publish The Brooklyn Diary of Morty Feldman.") Reception at the Morotsirs'. Baths. Review new Beatles record for Village Voice. Evening, to see Mame with Jerry Lawrence. (He laughs appreciatively at his own script.)
The Later Diaries of Ned Rorem 1961-1972 (San Francisco, ), p. 242. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1421098097680 accessed: 19 April, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
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Carmen
written by Georges Bizet |
performed by Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, Nicolai Gedda, Orchestra of the Metropolitna Opera House, Grace Bumbry, Zubin Mehta |
'Mame'
written by Jerry Herman |
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unspecified music by The Beatles
written by The Beatles |
performed by The Beatles |
unspecified piano music
written by Olivier Messiaen |
performed by Olivier Messiaen, Yvonne Loriod |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | between 12 December, 1967 and 13 December, 1967 |
| Medium | live, playback |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors, in public, solitary |
Notes
Production of Carmen directed by Jean-Louis Barrault. The Beatles album is likely to have been 'Magical Mystery Tour' as this was released in the USA on 27 November 1967, see http://www.beatlesbible.com/albums/magical-mystery-tour/ [accessed 12 January 2015].