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This film was made by Czech TV in 1975, with a cast of good-looking, convincing actors lip-synching Supraphon’s superb 1961 recording of the opera–except for
Baroque programs devoted to Louis XIV’s richly inspired musical circle at Versailles have been plentiful over the years, but few are as distinctive as this
Elvida was first given in Naples in 1826 for the birthday of the queen. This one-hour one-acter was just a portion of a gala evening
Director Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s re-interpretation of Wagner’s religious festival play is controversial. In notes accompanying this 3-DVD set, he says that “Parsifal is an endgame in
Barabbas Dialogues is a major statement by one of today’s leading composers. It is highly original and imaginative in form, yet its musical style is
This Eloquence disc conveniently gathers all five of César Franck’s tone poems, which, along with his Symphony in C, constitute the bulk of his orchestral
There was a time when DG was a provincial German label, German orchestras were pretty mediocre, and just about any release not containing German basic
You would not think that a part with as many low-lying and darkly exclamatory passages–not to mention one described by Lotte Lehmann as “more difficult
Any live performance of this, Rossini’s last opera, is an occasion. Its grand scale, complex plot, and emotional depths on both personal and political levels,
This vastly entertaining comic work centers around Kate, a talkative, shrewish woman who is avoided by everyone at the village dance. Angry, she announces that
