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The Mapleson Cylinders - Program Notes
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Alfred Hertz
(1872-1942), German conductor from Frankfurt,
became the Metropolitan's chief conductor of German opera with his debut,
leading Lohengrin, on November 28, 1902. During
thirteen seasons, Hertz conducted the world premieres of Humperdinck's
Königskinder and three American works, Parker's
Mona, Converse's The Pipe of
Desire, and Walter Damrosch's Cyrano de Bergerac,
and the American premieres of Parsifal, Salome,
and Rosenkavalier. In 1902-03 season, his
repertory included the four operas of the Ring,
Meistersinger, Tristan, Lohengrin, Tannhäuser, and the American
premiere of Ethel Smyth's Der Wald. For thirty-nine
performances of opera, eight Sunday-night concerts, and a farewell gala, he was
paid $3,192.80, based on a weekly salary of $150. Hertz left the
Met in 1915 to become conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, where
he remained until his retirement in 1929. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Side 11/Bands 6-8
LOHENGRIN: Side 8/Bands 1-9
MEISTERSINGER: Side 10/Bands 1(?), 2(?)
SIEGFRIED: Side 11/Bands 2(?), 5
TANNHÄUSER: Side 9/Bands 3, 4
TRISTAN: Side 9/Bands 6-10
WALKÜRE: Side 10/Bands 3-9
