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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
I feel about this much as I did about Pretty Yende’s first CD, “A Journey”. Her “journey” from a teensy town in South Africa to
This, Bellini’s second opera (actually the first, after the student production Adelson e Salvini) got off to a poor start: scheduled for January 1826 at
If one were to be uncharitable, Adelson e Salvini, Bellini’s first opera, performed in 1825 at the Naples Conservatory by an all-male, student cast, might
Riccardo Chailly has brought local repertoire to the fore in his two years at the helm of La Scala, and his first release as principal
What a lovely sound Pretty Yende makes! The South African soprano has a warm vibrato, a distinctly forward sound, excellent coloratura, and secure high notes
There have been several fine audio-only performances of this, Bellini’s Romeo and Juliet story, with casts that include Elina Garanca and Anna Netrebko, Vesselina Kasarova
Listening to the new Maria Callas Remastered–Complete Studio Recordings is
This bel canto fiesta is filled with mostly unknown pieces. The only familiar works are Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda, Bellini’s I Capuleti (and one of the
With more than a dozen separate performances of Norma starring
