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Set designer Ezio Frigerio and costumer Franca Squarciapino have designed a gorgeous, traditional, plush Forza for Florence’s May Festival (originally for the Zurich opera), much
Rossini was only 21 when his Tancredi was premiered at Venice’s major operatic venue, La Fenice, in 1813–but he already had nine operas behind him,
This Traviata, recorded in 1962, was the first presented uncut, with both verses of the famous arias, intermediary passages, and the inclusion of both Alfredo’s
Imagine! An all-Italian cast in an Italian opera! What we have here is the four-act Don Carlo with a cast that was considered luxurious for
This was Joan Sutherland’s first recorded Traviata. The performance is note-complete, with cabalettas for both Germonts, the second verses of Violetta’s first and last act
Fans of Andrea Bocelli will race to the stores to hear their pop idol in this, one of Puccini’s most popular operas; but I would
This was Maria Callas’ first undertaking of Cherubini’s Medea, and in 1953 she had the voice and strength to make this impossible role sound practically
La Gioconda was one of the few roles Anita Cerquetti recorded commercially during her peculiarly short career, and it is a very tame, essentially by-the-numbers
