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I guess that Ring Cycles fall into categories: the tense and intense (Clemens Krauss, Karl Böhm, Joseph Keilberth, Pierre Boulez); epic, broad, and architectural (Wilhelm
This film of Wozzeck was made in 1970 under the aegis of Rolf Liebermann, who was then the innovative General Director of the Hamburg State
Just as the Nikolaus Lehnhoff/Kent Nagano Parsifal is now the finest available on DVD, so has the same team scored brilliantly with this Lohengrin. Taped
This performance, from the Netherlands Opera, was taped in 1998 but just released. It was worth waiting for. Tosca is set specifically in June, 1800,
This live performance, from February, 1962, has been circulating on “private” labels for years; the mono sound was always murky but has been cleaned up
The previous three installments in the State Opera of South Australia’s 2004 live Ring cycle hold considerable allure by way of opulent, vividly detailed surround
This strange work, set in 13th-century India, centers on the Princely ruler Ratan-Sen and his beautiful wife, Padmavati. When the cruel Mogul ruler of Delhi,
No commercially available studio versions of Die Meistersinger in stereo were available until Herbert von Karajan’s 1970 Dresden performance, a “Great Recording of the Century”
Fans of this opera definitely will want this CD–a clean, clear reading of the piece, quite unpretentious and true to the score. Lawrence Rapchack leads
This new entry into the Fidelio sweepstakes is played and sung just about perfectly. If the overture lacks the punch we prefer, it certainly does
