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This, Rossini’s 34th, is his longest and last Italian opera. It is a behemoth–just under four hours of music, with a 10-minute overture, a 25-minute,
One approaches a CD of arias by a soprano with something akin to trepidation as soon as one spots that the opening and closing arias
This is not only a rare recording of Puccini’s first opera, it is the first version of his first opera, never before recorded. It dates
If one were to be uncharitable, Adelson e Salvini, Bellini’s first opera, performed in 1825 at the Naples Conservatory by an all-male, student cast, might
It is ironic that the most famous—indeed, only famous—moment from this opera, the tenor aria “Angelo casto e bel”, was not composed by Donizetti. In
Coming in at a tidy three hours and eight minutes, Donizetti’s huge Les Martyrs, composed (or adapted) for Paris in 1840, is here presented in
This is only the third commercial recording of Bellini’s third opera. Montserrat Caballé recorded it for EMI in 1970 (a “private” recording from ’67 with
Maria di Rohan, one of Donizetti’s last operas, is also one of his leanest. It was composed for Vienna in 1843 for an audience that
Taken from two concert performances in London last year, this note-complete performance of Donizetti’s late, semi-seria Linda di Chamounix, while very good in many ways,
Ermione is Rossini’s darkest, angriest opera. It was such a resounding flop at its premiere that after its initial run Rossini withdrew it entirely. It
