BOITO; ARRIGO

Netrebko More Than “At Home” In Verismo

Robert Levine

I won’t attempt comparisons; they really don’t pay anymore when it comes to Anna Netrebko. And so no mention of Callas in the Wally, Chenier,

Schrott…Not

Robert Levine

Erwin Schrott is one of the most charismatic singers around and his voice is a big, healthy bass-baritone, with an easier, more ringing top than

Boito: Mefistofele DVD

Robert Levine

Boito’s Mefistofele is an uneven work, dramatically fragmented, episodic almost to a fault. But at the same time it is so perfectly an echt-Italian opera

Strauss: Salome; Songs/Bernstein

Victor Carr Jr

This disc offers Leonard Bernstein in some quite rare (at least for him, on disc) operatic repertoire. Given his flair for the dramatic, it’s not

Boito: Mefistofele

Dan Davis

Boito’s librettos for Verdi’s Otello and Falstaff are his major legacy, but his music is largely forgotten. His Faust opera, Mefistofele, was performed often in

THE REOPENING OF LA SCALA CONCERT

Robert Levine

Here, in pretty mediocre sound, is the Toscanini-led concert which re-opened La Scala after World War II. Lively performances of Rossini’s overture to La Gazza