Festival In Puerto Rico

Duration: 28

Year Published: 1961

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Features Maureen Forrester in a performance of Scarlatti's 'SALVE REGINA' at the 1960 Casals Festival in San Juan. Shows informal rehearsal for the festival. Includes glimpses of surrounding countryside.

Complete Record: Features the Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester as guest soloist at the Festival Casals in Puerto Rico. Shows Miss Forrester at work with her teacher Bernard Diamant, with accompanist John Newmark, and with the Festival orchestra under the direction of Alexander Schneider. Includes informal glimpses of the soloist touring the island with her family.

Online Copy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MutqZ4Xb0jA

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2 users have this film:
National Film Board of Canada, New York Public Library

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