On Monday, May 10, 2010 at 9:45:32 AM UTC-10, richergar@hotnail.com wrote:
> While we are limping down memory lane, I wanted to just put in a word
> for Steber, whom I only heard live on a couple of ocassions. She only
> comes to mind now because there was, in Town Hall, some kind of Steber
> Foundation benefit. I think it may have been a one-off, although
> planned for more, and she was giving out some awards. It had to be
> late 80s, and after her students sang she came out with them and did
> the Rosenkavalier trio, with not a lot of voice, but still pretty
> cool. She was done up with furs and jewels, and ended up looking a
> little bit at that point like Marie Dressler. I remember all this
> because Peerce was there as well, he looked old, although he was still
> singing and recording, and was dressed in a grey suit and had the very
> amiable conversation with Steber that I was in earshot of for some
> reason, although I don't know why. He was a complete gentleman (no one
> else from the real opera community was there).
> I heard Steber only a handful of times live, with mixed feelings,
> because even then there were mixed results, but for me, having come
> into New York from the boonies, it was pretty amazing to see a
> 'legend' who was still around.
> Richard

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