Extraordinary pit footage of Karajan’s last opera

Extraordinary pit footage of Karajan’s last opera

Orchestras

norman lebrecht

September 27, 2024

Orchestra pit footage has turned up of Herbert von Karajan conducting Tosca at the Salzburg East Festival in March 1989, four months before he died.

The camera is focused on the conductor.

The tenor you can hear is Luciano Pavarotti.

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