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This is for fans of Tiana Lemnitz and Michael Bohnen only. We get highlights from the opera from a l936 Berlin performance sloppily led and
La Sonnambula is Bellini’s sweetest and most endearing opera, and that is precisely why it is so hard to put across. Amina is the soul
This performance of Don Carlos, recorded live in Berlin in 1948 and sung in German, will be of interest only to fans of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Three complete Hans Knappertsbusch Ring Cycles recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival exist via archival or broadcast tapes recorded at the performances. The 1957 and
Czech soprano Emmy Destinn’s stature as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century’s first decades could hardly be more substantiated than by her
Tomás Bretón’s 1895 La Dolores is a full-blown opera, not a zarzuela, and its plot, characters, mood, and music could not belong to any other
Do we really need a Tosca in English? Well, forget the question, because if you think we do you’ll want this set regardless of its
Recorded at a December, 1949, performance, this Meistersinger has just about everything going for it. The sound is quite good for its provenance–better, in fact,
This exciting, fun-filled Fledermaus always has had one fatal flaw, which I will get to in a moment. On the plus side are Carlos Kleiber’s
With a dozen Fidelios on the market, this one doesn’t really have much of a chance, nor does it have particularly grand appeal. Barenboim’s leadership
