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This live Met broadcast from April 11, 1964 is a mixed bag. Nello Santi’s leadership is unexciting in both operas, and the chorus and orchestra
Please don’t start rejoicing too quickly. On paper this is a fascinating cast, particularly given the performance date: March 7, 1964; but not everything works
The week before this broadcast was recorded–on February 4, 1961–Leontyne Price and Franco Corelli both made their debuts at the Met to wild superlatives, maniacal
The finest recorded Tosca remains the Callas/di Stefano/Gobbi on EMI, but if you won’t miss Callas’ multi-layered insights, di Stefano’s youthful passion and beautiful (for
They’re not making ’em like this anymore. By “’em” I mean both singers and performances. The three leads here, taped at or near their primes
All but the most die-hard fans will be put off by the terrible sound of this 1955 in-house-tape-recorded performance, although this “remastering” has made it
This live, 1957 performance is self-recommending to fans of either Milanov or Corelli, she 10 years from retirement, he only a few years into his
The authentic “Italian-ness” of this live performance from La Scala in 1962 makes you realize how un-Italianate most of our current Verdi and Puccini singers–and
What we’re presented with here is a complete Gioconda from 1964 in Philadelphia with Franco Corelli, Mary Curtis-Verna, Mignon Dunn, and Cesare Bardelli, and 71
Recorded in October, 1961 in Berlin (the Rome Opera must have been on tour), this sonically fine recording is filled with some general excitement and
