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Anja Silja’s Salome–Live, l965

Robert Levine

This is really a Salome feast: Not only do we get a very interesting complete reading, but we also get three bonus finales to boot.

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Guglielmo Tell/Cerquetti & F-D/Myto C

Robert Levine

This recording of Guglielmo Tell (a somewhat cut, Italian translation of Guillaume Tell, Rossini’s last opera, composed for Paris) has been around in many forms

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Don Carlos auf Deutsche w/Fischer-Dieskau/Myto C

Robert Levine

This performance of Don Carlos, recorded live in Berlin in 1948 and sung in German, will be of interest only to fans of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,

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Wagner Meistersinger/Myto C

Jed Distler

Recorded at a December, 1949, performance, this Meistersinger has just about everything going for it. The sound is quite good for its provenance–better, in fact,

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Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Live ’55/Böhm

Robert Levine June 8, 2025

Richard Strauss: Tone Poems/Abbado

Victor Carr Jr June 8, 2025

Richard Strauss: Opera Suites

David Hurwitz June 8, 2025

Benjamin Bernheim Rules as Met’s Hoffmann
by Robert Levine
October 6, 2024
Benjamin Bernheim Rules as Met’s Hoffmann Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, NY; Oct 24, 2024 Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann is a nasty work. Despite its
RIP David Vernier, Editor-in-Chief
by David Hurwitz
August 4, 2024
David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com’s founding Editor-in-Chief passed away Thursday morning, August 1, 2024 after a long battle with cancer. The end came shockingly quickly. Just a
Finally, It’s SIR John
by ClassicsToday
June 24, 2024
He’d received many honors before, but it wasn’t until last week that John Rutter, best known for his choral compositions and arrangements, especially works related