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I’m going to go out on a limb and say that this recording catches the pastoral, small-village ambiance of La sonnambula better than any other
It will be interesting to hear the reaction to this performance, taped live at the Met on January 6, 2007. Anna Netrebko is so close
I must respectfully disagree with the title of this CD. While some of these recordings are priceless and glorious, others are not and later artists
This performance is oddly dead-in-the-water. You would think that the lovely Natalie Dessay, so expressive, so delicate, would be right for the fragile, loving, innocent
This new production of Bellini’s Norma by Jürgen Rose (sets, costumes, stage direction, and lighting) to honor Edita Gruberova’s first staged assumption of the title
This production, by Andrei Serban with sets and costumes by Michael Yeargan, originally was conceived for the Welsh National Opera in a co-production with the
Despite the general darkness of the picture and the antediluvian camera-work, not to mention the fact that this performance took place outdoors (at Orange’s Roman
Bellini’s I Capuleti e I Montecchi was a great success at its Venice premiere in March, 1830, and it soon made the rounds of other
Performances of Norma are still scarce enough so that each one deserves our attention. Any new proponent of the title role is a very brave
These Bellini songs require a voice that’s comfortable with and naturally inclined toward a warm, rich tone and easy legato, “easy” being the most important
