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This is grand verismo opera at its grandest, which is to say, very loud and almost unremitting, but nonetheless viscerally thrilling. It has the extra
What an unexpected pleasure! Having always found Licia Albanese sincere but pallid, I was pleasantly surprised by both her fresh, involved singing and her fiery
It was only a matter of time before the world’s most popular tenor would record the opera with the world’s most famous tenor aria, and
Here’s an excellently curated selection representing VAI’s numerous live releases featuring tenor Jon Vickers. The tenor’s larger-than-life voice and intense communicative gifts transform the Dvorák
Recorded in 1953 and 1954 respectively, these recordings of Cav and Pag remain the most compelling on discs, despite boxy, occasionally distorted sound. Maria Callas
This 1934 Pagliacci features Beniamino Gigli at his prime in one of his signature roles. The dynamism of the voice, the communicativeness, and the total
The most interesting–and significant–aspect of this release is the (re)discovery of soprano Florence (referred to at the time as “Fiorenza”) Quartararo. The California-born soprano sang
Here’s a really interesting rarity, a wonderfully sexy “symphonic poem” for tenor and orchestra set to a text by Alfred de Musset. Leoncavallo composed La
These two sets were recorded as the soundtracks for films by Franco Zeffirelli, which, if I recall, were opulent in the way only Zeffirelli can
This recording looks like one of those projects put together strictly for marketing purposes. Pick a well-known and highly popular opera (who hasn’t heard of
