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This live-from-Munich in ’52 performance turns out to be a notable Tristan, as sensitive as it is intense; a Tristan whose only (!) problem is
Boito’s librettos for Verdi’s Otello and Falstaff are his major legacy, but his music is largely forgotten. His Faust opera, Mefistofele, was performed often in
Luisa Millers are appearing from everywhere lately: first, the re-release of Decca’s fine 1975 studio performance under Peter Maag with Caballé and Pavarotti, and then
There are moments in this opera that (unlike most operas of the period) clearly show how the bel canto is not simply pretty singing. Donizetti
Now here is some really fine singing, with overall performances of the difficult but ever-fascinating and involving Canticles as good as they’ve ever been done
Premiered at La Scala in December, 1834 (and immediately following Maria Stuarda), Gemma di Vergy was a hit, running 26 performances before moving all over
This quasi-legendary performance presents the opera with a few cuts in each act, and with a decidedly–and very welcome–sense of comedy without slapstick. Szell’s pacing
Transferred from what collectors like to call “inside” sources, Music and Arts’ previous edition of Toscanini’s November 23, 1940 Verdi Requiem has long been the
This recording, made in 1968, contains the music (but not the dialogue) for a lovely little Singspiel that was first performed in 1775 at the
This new Beethoven Ninth is a disappointment, especially coming after Telarc’s spectacular Carmina Burana recording with Donald Runnicles and his Atlanta forces. First, something seems
