Operatic Soprano Maria Ewing (1950–2022) Gives Richard Strauss’s Salome the Full Monty and Sings “Bali Ha’i” Exotically with The John Wilson Orchestra, Just for My Beloved Conductor, John Wilson

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“I’m not given to displays of emotion, but when Maria and I met up again [to record their Rodgers & Hammerstein album] we had tears in our eyes. She’s so exotic!” enthused my bonny conductor about this Detroit-born soprano. “I love her — as a person!”…