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There are dozens of Trovatores on the market, many rather good (Milanov/Björling, Price/Domingo, Price/Corelli, and more) and a few mediocre ones as well. Into the
When Renata Scotto decided to move out of the bel canto operas and into verismo, she tackled Madama Butterfly first–and brilliantly. Her bel canto training
This performance–one of several during January, 1964–marked Maria Callas’ return to the stage after a period of vocal re-study and hard work. To be sure
There are so many fine Pagliaccis available that this one really should have something great to offer if it is to compete. But, alas, it
This is particularly breathtaking for those who have always wanted a recording of Pavarotti and Freni in their greatest roles, in their primes, but without
Here, in terrible sound and occasionally interrupted by plot commentary in French, is an almost complete performance of Puccini’s one-acter, Il tabarro (actually the first
Parisina d’Este will never be one of Donizetti’s most-performed works. Despite the fact that it comes from 1833, when the composer was at his peak,
Some opera fans might remember Valerie Masterson as one of the leading sopranos of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company back in the late 1960s and
This is really a Salome feast: Not only do we get a very interesting complete reading, but we also get three bonus finales to boot.
This recording of Guglielmo Tell (a somewhat cut, Italian translation of Guillaume Tell, Rossini’s last opera, composed for Paris) has been around in many forms
