

This very famous 1956 recording is considered by many to be a classic, but I have always found it to be Karajan at his most

This is a disappointing performance, the sum of which is less than its parts lead us to expect. Because part of the original Act II

Well, you win some, you lose some, and if you had been present at this performance of Forza by the Metropolitan Opera at the Boston

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

This performance, taken from the Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Jan. 5, l935, has always been somewhat notorious, due mostly to Rosa Ponselle’s almost too-vivid portrayal
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