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This is a good Orfeo, an amalgam of the original (1762) version and later, attractive additions. It also includes the bravura, razzle-dazzle aria that ends
Janine Micheau was a leading French lyric soprano in the post-World War II period. She was a popular Mélisande, recorded Micaëla for Beecham’s stereo EMI
If you had happened into La Scala some time in 1992 and encountered this performance of Donizetti’s Lucia, you would have left the opera house
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”
Despite one piece of casting that some listeners may find a detriment, this is a marvelous production/performance (from 1991) of Puccini’s impressionistic, fascinatingly scored, under-appreciated
This 1951 performance, never before available on CD (or so goes the claim), has been referred to so often as “legendary” that I was expecting
This is a nasty work about a drunk who, after a particularly besotted evening, is duped by a hateful Earl into believing that he’s a
If it’s Hansel-in-English you’re looking for, this set clearly is your choice. Despite the fact that it isn’t bad, there are several better versions of
While it is true that CD buyers really don’t need another recording of this opera, there’s always room for one that is magnificent, special, and
The attractions here are the conducting of Hans Rosbaud, the Elvira of Suzanne Danco, the Ottavio of Leopold Simoneau, and to a lesser degree, the
