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This 1971 Tristan was recorded live at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. Its principal value lies with the protangonists. The occasion marked Jon Vickers’
Warwick Thompson’s moronic notes to this release suggest that producer John Culshaw and conductor Herbert von Karajan’s “soundstage” recording concept realizes this opera more faithfully
Here are two rarities: Just to put them into perspective with regard to Giordano’s career, his great hit, Andrea Chenier, was produced in 1896; the
The positives of this set are: the remarkable playing of the Vienna Philharmonic under Furtwangler’s steady, tight, action-packed, and when necessary tender hand; the sensitive,
Don’t write off this live 1948 Lohengrin (sung in Hungarian) as a mere curiosity. Yes, the sound is just so-so, and the singers are solid
The re-discovery, two years ago, by the American musicologist David J. Buch of a lost opera partly composed by Mozart came as a sensation. Actually,
This justly famous 1955 recording has not lost its power to impress. Erich Kleiber’s leadership is golden–witty and warm, with plenty of breathing space for
The 1940s were a luxurious time for Wagner singing, as this Met broadcast from February 6, l943, confirms. Erich Leinsdorf leads a tight performance, with
This is a disappointing performance, the sum of which is less than its parts lead us to expect. Because part of the original Act II
Here, in pretty awful sound, is the world staged premiere of Howard Hanson’s Merry Mount, performed at the Metropolitan Opera House on February 10, l934
