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[In memory of soprano Virginia Zeani (October 21, 1925-March 20, 2023) we offer this re-post from our archives.] This historical reissue is, by my count,
Laura Newell (1900-1981) first came to prominence in the 1930s and ’40s as the Cleveland Orchestra’s principal harpist. She also was a major player on
Lisette Oropesa, for all her wonderful coloratura ability and upward extension, is nothing like a soubrette. Her very first notes here, from Le Siège de
Gaetano Donizetti’s reputation as one of the bel canto school’s most influential and prolific composers tends to overshadow his industrious accomplishments in other genres. The
With dozens of good recordings of this opera currently available, this release, recorded live in Vienna in 1978, is notable for being a document of
I first heard the harp/piano Duo Praxedis on their CD containing wonderful arrangements of Brahms’ Hungarian Dances. Their audacious and ingeniously-crafted transcription of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade
What do you want from a CD of baritone arias called “My mind is a volcano”? (Or “There is a volcano in my mind”–it may
I feel about this much as I did about Pretty Yende’s first CD, “A Journey”. Her “journey” from a teensy town in South Africa to
Riccardo Chailly has brought local repertoire to the fore in his two years at the helm of La Scala, and his first release as principal
What a lovely sound Pretty Yende makes! The South African soprano has a warm vibrato, a distinctly forward sound, excellent coloratura, and secure high notes
