Menu
Your guide to classical music online
Menu
Menu
Your guide to classical music online
[This review from our archives is in memory of Grace Bumbry, January 4, 1937-May 7, 2023.] This is not to be confused with the (rightly)
[In memory of soprano Virginia Zeani (October 21, 1925-March 20, 2023) we offer this re-post from our archives.] This historical reissue is, by my count,
This live, 1975 performance from La Scala may seem an
I’m not quite sure how this performance, recorded live at
With more than a dozen separate performances of Norma starring
Those of us who think of Herbert von Karajan as a conductor for whom nothing but icy perfection was acceptable will get quite a kick
This is Karajan’s Don Giovanni as it’s never otherwise been heard. Recorded live in Salzburg in 1960, it seems like an almost conscious effort to
Recorded May 15, 1961, this will be a must for fans of the under-recorded, superb soprano Régine Crespin. The world doesn’t need another recording of
This magnificent performance was recorded in Edinburgh in 1960. But caveat emptor: the sound is sub-standard by a long shot. There is a major drop-out:
A quick look at this cast and you might think it came from the Met sometime in the ’70s, but in fact the live recording
