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All but the most die-hard fans will be put off by the terrible sound of this 1955 in-house-tape-recorded performance, although this “remastering” has made it
This more-than-complete French version of Verdi’s great Don Carlos, containing more than four hours of music, was taped live in Vienna on October 18, 2004.
Carpathian-Ukrainian soprano Georgina von Benza is impressive. The voice is not unattractive and she can color it nicely, and while she has no brilliant insights
If you want to know what perfect legato singing is, listen to Carlo Bergonzi’s Alfredo; if you want to hear pianissimos that startle with their
There is something wonderfully blood-and-thunder about this performance, recorded on Oct 12, 1951. Vittorio Gui leads the type of performance you’d be thrilled with in
This set, dating from 1956, features three fine singers–Carteri, Valletti, and Warren–but none is at his/her best, and the set is led with amazing tedium
This Met broadcast of Verdi’s Falstaff from 1949 has a great deal to recommend it. Judging by the copious amount of audience laughter, the production
I think it’s a shame that the selling point for this new recording will not be the fact that it’s a fine performance of Tchaikovsky’s
Taped opening night at La Scala in 1969, this will be of interest mainly to fans of the young Placido Domingo and Raina Kabaivanska, a
This is a very valuable recording, the only one of Verdi’s original, French version of what is better known as I vespri Siciliani. It was
