Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Tosca – Gheorghiu, Pappano – EMI C

Robert Levine

This is the soundtrack to a motion picture version of Tosca to be released soon; as a CD version, it can stand handsomely and proudly

FRENCH ARIAS

Victor Carr Jr

This new Roberto Alagna disc offers a welcome and enjoyable collection of popular and less-well-known French opera arias. Along with the more or less standard

THE ART OF THE PRIMA DONNA

Robert Levine

The Art of the Prima Donna was originally released in, I believe, 1961, as two separate LPs. I first heard it a few years later,

Britten: Paul Bunyan

ClassicsToday

This opera/musical was premiered in the middle of 1941 during Britten’s stay in America. A collaboration with Anglo-American poet W. H. Auden, it was the

Callas/Tosca Covent Garden 1964/Operador C

Robert Levine

This performance–one of several during January, 1964–marked Maria Callas’ return to the stage after a period of vocal re-study and hard work. To be sure