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This is a very juicy performance of Verdi’s La Forza del destino, with a pretty fine cast, recorded live in Turin in 1971. Carlo Bergonzi’s
If you are looking for an English-language, four-act version of Don Carlos, this is for you. But I doubt you are. Andrew Porter’s translation is
I’d never heard of this recording or conductor–yet even knowing that the 1950s-era Remington Opera Series, of which this is a part, tended to be
A quick look at this cast and you might think it came from the Met sometime in the ’70s, but in fact the live recording
Set designer Ezio Frigerio and costumer Franca Squarciapino have designed a gorgeous, traditional, plush Forza for Florence’s May Festival (originally for the Zurich opera), much
There were apparently as many boos as bravos in Vienna when this production was unveiled, and many viewers/listeners will be annoyed at Peter Konwitschny’s deconstruction
Every so often a recording with known singers and conductor comes along and throws us a fabulous curve ball by giving so much that it
This was the first Traviata I ever owned and I practically memorized it. I saw Anna Moffo on stage and adored her–she seemed so right
Verdi’s first opera, Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio (1839), is a genuine rarity, seldom performed onstage. The score is full of catchy arias, choruses, and
This performance was recorded in July 2008 at the Opernfestspiele St. Margarethen in Austria. The outdoor setting is stunning–it is a massive Roman quarry with
