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This straightforward gala evening from the 2006 Salzburg Festival is a stand-up-and-sing affair featuring some of the current mightiest singers on the operatic scene as
This is somewhat of a disappointment. It was recorded live in April, 2007, two months before Rolando Villazón took an extended break from singing, and
Rolando Villazón and Anna Netrebko, opera’s “golden couple” (or is it “dream team?”), have just released their first CD of duets. Oddly, in the DVDs
I fear that I’ll grow accustomed to the directorial fad designed to rip all the delight out of the Mozart/da Ponte operas, but I’m not
Having practically waxed poetic recently about the Traviata from Madrid starring Norah Amsellem, I’m feeling a bit fickle: the one under consideration here, the hit
This compendium of Mozart arias, duets, and a trio, a couple of which have been released before (the two “Flute” arias, by Pape and Miklosa,
Conductor Carlo Rizzi could take the life out of any tenor recital, no matter who the tenor–Caruso could lose his bite, Pavarotti his hanky. This
This stunning new Traviata, fresh from the stage of the Salzburg Festival last summer (2005), is a performance to live with. There’s a big hole
Anna Netrebko’s second CD is even more impressive than her first. She still may not be an absolutely polished, finished artist, but she’s working at
While there is much to admire here–much–I am startled by the extraordinary press Anna Netrebko is getting. She has been called “a miracle”; it is
