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Bidú Sayao was a world-famous Manon, and this performance, her debut at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in February of l937, makes clear why. She temperamentally
This performance, taken from the Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Jan. 5, l935, has always been somewhat notorious, due mostly to Rosa Ponselle’s almost too-vivid portrayal
Bidú Sayao’s commercial recital discs realy did not do her justice – they present a sweet, clear voice and fine musicianship, and if one listens
One of the reasons I like this performance so much will be the reason others don’t – there are cuts in each act, with the
This performance of “Das Rheingold” by the Metropolitan Opera on tour in Boston in l937 helps let us experience what tends to be referred to
“Hoffmann” is twice as effective when all four heroines and villains are sung by the same soprano and baritone respectively, and so this set has
