
Having just come off back-to-back, live performances of Tosca and La bohème at the Met starring Sonya Yoncheva, I quickly gobbled up this newly released,
Have you noticed how recent boxed sets devoted to a
Rather than the slightly overweight, everything-underlined, very broadly comic approach
There’s plenty of impressive swagger here, and you can take
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
What to make of this dark horse candidate into the Otello sweepstakes? Well, were I to have been in Lisbon in July, 2016, and had
There are three recordings of Toscanini’s take on Verdi’s Requiem,
Taken live from the stage of the Macerata (Italy) Festival in July and August of 2016, this performance has much to recommend it despite the
This 1950 broadcast remains one of the finest performances of
This twenty disc set, curated by Christopher Dyment and Harvey