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In 1967 and 1969, en route to becoming the leading soprano of the 1970s, Montserrat Caballé recorded a trio of “rarity” discs for RCA, each
Recorded in 1971, when Tebaldi was just past her prime, this carefully selected group of Christmas and merely-gentle music is very low-key (in many ways)
For a discussion of this opera, its history and plot, please see my review of the relatively recent, excellent RCA recording (type Q6872 in Search
With grand self-confidence and having an apparently great time, the French-Sicilian tenor Roberto Alagna here presents a generous program of arias and songs taped live
What we’re presented with here is a complete Gioconda from 1964 in Philadelphia with Franco Corelli, Mary Curtis-Verna, Mignon Dunn, and Cesare Bardelli, and 71
Corelli had it all–movie-star looks, a true tenore di forza voice, passionate singing that drove audiences to a frenzy, and the intelligence to explore repertoire
