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Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870), composer of 60 operas, was once up there with Bellini and Donizetti; his operas have taken longer to find 20th and 21st
To paraphrase Mark Twain’s famous comment about Wagner’s music, this live Rachmaninov concerto cycle with pianist Lise de la Salle and the Philharmonia Zurich under
Fabio Luisi likely had good ideas for this 2011 live performance of Mahler’s Sixth symphony, but they largely fail to come through in this new
It’s easy to identify the main problem with this 88-minute,
This new two-CD set contains two hours and 39 minutes of excerpts from the Met’s highly controversial, $16 million Ring Cycle. Without seeing “Le Machine”,
Opera never has shown its contrasts more than in this Rigoletto from the Sächsische Staatskapelle in Dresden. The production is full of harsh conflicts, which
Here is another terrific performance of this opera, better even in some ways than those starring Kasarova and Mei, Gruberova and Baltsa, Baker and Sills,
This is a difficult CD to review. Elina Garanča is a remarkable singer, with a well-trained voice that is comfortable through its entire range; she
This was recorded in 1996 in front of a live audience that either was made up of fewer than three people or a larger group,
Any live performance of this, Rossini’s last opera, is an occasion. Its grand scale, complex plot, and emotional depths on both personal and political levels,
