Sayao; Bidú

W.A. Mozart: Don Giovanni/Pinza, Sayao/Walter

Robert Levine

What a great show this is! Bruno Walter takes a grand view of this opera, and with big-voiced, big-personality singers like these, who can blame

Met Figaro, 1943

Robert Levine

This recording, from a 1943 NBC Broadcast from the Met (although, as we learn in the accompanying booklet, “five minutes in Act 1, some six

L’elisir – Met ’49 – Naxos C

Robert Levine

This is an entertaining performance of L’elisir d’amore, but it is far from crucial. There are dozens on the market–Pavarotti and Sutherland, Pavarotti and Battle,

Live Rigoletto – Met ’45 C

Robert Levine

Taped live at the Metropolitan Opera House on December 29th, 1945, this Rigoletto has a lot going for it. Leonard Warren is towering in the

Don Pasquale

Robert Levine

Bidú Sayao’s commercial recital discs realy did not do her justice – they present a sweet, clear voice and fine musicianship, and if one listens

Massenet’s Manon

Robert Levine

Bidú Sayao was a world-famous Manon, and this performance, her debut at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in February of l937, makes clear why. She temperamentally