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Just look at the cast of this 1960 studio recording, […]
L’Amico Fritz, Mascagni’s second opera, is as unlike his first
He was relatively clumsy and unimaginative on stage, and in general he wasn’t as potent and charismatic as Corelli nor as lyrically elegant as Kraus,
Fiorilla was one of two comic roles in Maria Callas’ repertoire, the other being Rossini’s Rosina. Il Turco is a strange work, witty and wry
They’re not making ’em like this anymore. By “’em” I mean both singers and performances. The three leads here, taped at or near their primes
This 1956 Ballo is very exciting and has a wonderful performance by Giuseppe di Stefano at its center. His ardency, beautiful tone, pointed delivery, and
This over-the-top chunk of verismo may require many things, but subtlety is not one of them. And it’s a good thing, too, since this live,
This black-and-white, wonderfully old-fashioned film of a live performance of L’elisir d’amore, complete with faded painted backdrops and no attempt to update or “make relevant”
The authentic “Italian-ness” of this live performance from La Scala in 1962 makes you realize how un-Italianate most of our current Verdi and Puccini singers–and
Here we have one complete Norma and highlights (about an hour and 20 minutes) from three other performances of the opera, with Leyla Gencer–the “Pirate
