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This is the first and best of Joan Sutherland’s two recorded Normas. Despite La Stupenda’s aversion to consonants, her singing is stunning in a killer
In 1963, the opera world finally was becoming accustomed to Joan Sutherland, who had become an overnight star four years previously at Covent Garden. Here
Aside from the two studio recordings, there are about seven Callas Normas available on disc, and this is close to the best. It marked (I
Here’s a treat–more than two and one half hours of heart-stopping Bellini melodies sung by many of the best voices of the first half of
This impressive concert features Alessandra Marc in a wide range of opera arias, which are divided into three groups. The first is devoted to Bellini
Luciano Pavarotti very rarely sang the role of Arturo in I puritani. Next to Elvino in Sonnambula and Arnold in William Tell, it probably is
This set is a classic, and the only reason to steer clear of it is the uniformly poor sound. Maria Callas and Leonard Bernstein rarely
La Sonnambula is Bellini’s sweetest and most endearing opera, and that is precisely why it is so hard to put across. Amina is the soul
