
Baroque opera at the Met until a few years ago was rather a thorny happening, as is testified to by these nonetheless interesting CDs dating
Well, you win some, you lose some, and if you had been present at this performance of Forza by the Metropolitan Opera at the Boston
For what seems like centuries I have been told that unless I heard Lily Pons as Marie in La Fille du Régiment, I couldn’t appreciate
Operetta fans should race to buy this one-of-a-kind performance of this fluffy masterwork of Johann Strauss, Jr.’s, recorded just before World War II in Berlin.
Recorded in 1911 for Pathé, this first-ever recorded Carmen in French (it was proceded by a German version with Emmy Destin in the title role)
“Hoffmann” is twice as effective when all four heroines and villains are sung by the same soprano and baritone respectively, and so this set has
This performance of “Das Rheingold” by the Metropolitan Opera on tour in Boston in l937 helps let us experience what tends to be referred to
Here, in pretty mediocre sound, is the Toscanini-led concert which re-opened La Scala after World War II. Lively performances of Rossini’s overture to La Gazza
One of the reasons I like this performance so much will be the reason others don’t – there are cuts in each act, with the
Bidú Sayao’s commercial recital discs realy did not do her justice – they present a sweet, clear voice and fine musicianship, and if one listens