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Taped live in Venice’s La Fenice in March, 2005, this performance is noteworthy for its smooth orchestral playing and fleet tempos (237 minutes as opposed
With many fine recordings of this opera starring the likes of Janet Baker, Beverly Sills, Joan Sutherland, Montserrat Caballé, Leyla Gencer, and Edita Gruberova available,
Hot on the heels of Decca’s very fine but not definitive recording of Daphne starring the omnipresent Renée Fleming comes a new recording taped live
Composed for Venice in 1837, just a year-and-a-half after the fantastic success of Lucia di Lammermoor, Pia de’ Tolomei “pleased altogether”, in the composer’s words.
This is the video version of the CDs I previously reviewed (type Q8682 in Search Reviews). The production is quite handsome. Pier Luigi Pizzi has
There is much to enjoy in this forgotten (save for an aria or two), late (1878) Gounod opera. Essentially the same story as Donizetti’s Poliuto,
Tenor Alfredo Kraus had a long and illustrious career. Known for his elegance, smoothness of delivery, unfailing high notes, and equally unfailing musicianship, his not-particularly-Italianate
Billed as the “unabridged edition of the original version” of this opera, the only places on this recording I can find any significant differences are
Recorded live in 1977 at the Martina Franca Festival, this set is recommended to fans of Grace Bumbry and/or those who already own six recordings
Schubert’s Alfonso und Estrella was completed in 1822 but rejected by the Vienna Court Opera and not presented until after the composer’s death, when Liszt
