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There are a few dozen complete recordings of Puccini’s nasty potboiler, Tosca, but the major labels seem to have gotten tired of it some time
In 2008 EMI (now Warner Classics) marked the 150th anniversary
[A re-post from our archives in memorial tribute to Renata
Puccini’s Turandot was hardly in need of another recording. Extremely well-served on CD and video ( I recently counted 16 on CD and 14 on
John Barbirolli was a much more versatile conductor than we
Thomas Beecham was a one-man cultural revolution, and it’s fair
Giuseppe Sinopoli specialized in romantic Italian opera starting with Verdi;
No matter what kind of opera listener you are–the “serious devotee” whose interest embraces all aspects of opera, from the musical to the theatrical and
One approaches a CD of arias by a soprano with something akin to trepidation as soon as one spots that the opening and closing arias
This is not only a rare recording of Puccini’s first opera, it is the first version of his first opera, never before recorded. It dates
