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[A re-post from our archives, in memorial tribute to Renata Scotto, February 24, 1934–August 16, 2023] Jon Vickers was, and remains, the greatest Peter Grimes
Does anyone not own most of these recordings? If you
Because Fritz Reiner’s reputation primarily rests with his “golden age”
This recording was poorly received upon its initial release. Re-listening,
This is a wonderfully vigorous reading of Puccini’s first success,
Since Wieland Wagner’s “revolution” in staging, it is nearly impossible to watch a performance of Parsifal, unless it is done literally, following Wagner’s stage directions,
When this Metropolitan Opera production of Gounod’s Faust opened near the end of 2011, it was met with almost universal scorn, or less critically, puzzlement.
Here is a collection of Wagner’s major operas, Parsifal excepted
The Met is not known for its Handel productions; the composer would hardly know what to do with 4,000 spectators unless they were on the
This new two-CD set contains two hours and 39 minutes of excerpts from the Met’s highly controversial, $16 million Ring Cycle. Without seeing “Le Machine”,
