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This is an odd souvenir, in pretty good sound, of a performance of Gluck’s Alceste from Rome in 1967. It seems to be the same
Otello is the role most closely identified with Mario del Monaco, and indeed there is no dearth of recordings of the opera with him. He
Here’s a surprise entry into the Figaro sweepstakes: A live reading under the energetic, witty-but-firm leadership of Zubin Mehta, a too-infrequent visitor to the opera
Here we have an unnecessary recording of Rossini’s almost indestructible bauble taped live at La Scala in l964, in decent sound. Gabriele Santini leads a
This 1954 live-from-Bayreuth recording is a fine souvenir of the great Birgit Nilsson’s early career, and it was, I believe, her Bayreuth debut. Her Elsa
Joan Sutherland recorded this role commercially for Decca two years before this 1968 Roman RAI broadcast; nonetheless, she is more convincing and in slightly spryer
Luciano Pavarotti very rarely sang the role of Arturo in I puritani. Next to Elvino in Sonnambula and Arnold in William Tell, it probably is
Luciano Pavarotti and Fiorenza Cossotto recorded this opera commercially four years after this 1974 La Scala taping, but on the whole, this performance rings truer
With its odd, brilliant mixture of interpersonal and political relationships, Don Carlos is a very hard opera to put across, and this 1970 Vienna performance
This 1970 live Don Giovanni is an odd performance, not altogether satisfying (and certainly not up to the level of Giulini’s magnificent EMI recording with
