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Would that this beautifully played and conceived Dutchman were nearly as well sung! Daniel Barenboim opts for quick tempos throughout but never holds back on
Numerous incarnations of the 1952 Karajan/Bayreuth Tristan have danced in and out of circulation on CD. Sonically speaking, it’s on par with other archival Bayreuth
It’s no exaggeration, of course, to say that Bach is one of the most revered figures in music history. But Argentine-born IRCAM mainstay Mauricio Kagel
In 1963, the opera world finally was becoming accustomed to Joan Sutherland, who had become an overnight star four years previously at Covent Garden. Here
This is the first and best of Joan Sutherland’s two recorded Normas. Despite La Stupenda’s aversion to consonants, her singing is stunning in a killer
Here’s a bit of Tenor Trivia: Alan Blyth’s succinctly informative booklet notes to this well-filled, well-selected cross-section of Helge Roswaenge’s long recording career tell us
Die schweigsame Frau was first presented in 1935; Hitler and Goebbels refused to attend because Stefan Zweig, the librettist, was a Jew and Strauss had
Most listeners’ and performers’ experience with the Italian Baroque is primarily confined to the big names–Vivaldi, Corelli, Scarlatti, even Tartini–and only occasionally ventures into the
Offenbach wanted Hoffmann to be a “grand opera” but left the work unfinished at his death. What was premiered in 1881 had little to do
This Traviata features a cast headlined by stars of the operatic firmament circa 1962–Joan Sutherland, Carlo Bergonzi, and Robert Merrill. Alas, it’s a Traviata without
