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Very chic, this Australian Rigoletto under Elijah Moshinsky’s direction. Think of Fellini’s films and you’ve got it–slickly dressed, wealthy men in tuxedos and sunglasses and
Jussi Björling was among the best of the great tenors of the past century, and his recordings, both studio and live, have been available in
If you had happened into the old Met on the afternoon of February 22, 1964, you would have heard and seen this Rigoletto and you
Remember when recordings of Parsifal were rare? There were a handful of Knas, then Solti, Barenboim, Karajan, and Kubelik. Now every Tom, Dick, Gergiev, and
Please don’t start rejoicing too quickly. On paper this is a fascinating cast, particularly given the performance date: March 7, 1964; but not everything works
Both of these performances have been available in one form or another since 1956 (Figaro) and 1953 (Bastien). Neither is necessary for most collections. Oddly,
Does anyone at a label ever listen to the finished product when they remaster a recording? Do they even know what to listen for? Evidently
Recorded in tubby sound at the 1960 Glyndebourne Festival, this release is notable for the Donna Anna of Joan Sutherland. To be sure there are
When this Franco Zeffirelli production of Turandot was new in 1987 it caused great consternation, admiration, laughter, and headaches. Never, even at the Met in
Early in 1955 The Metropolitan Opera broke the so-called “color-barrier” by engaging the great African-American contralto Marian Anderson to sing the role of Ulrica in
