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Some boilerplate first, just in case you’re new to Decca’s The Singers series. Each disc is housed in an attractive cardboard cover–goodbye and good riddance,
Corelli had it all–movie-star looks, a true tenore di forza voice, passionate singing that drove audiences to a frenzy, and the intelligence to explore repertoire
Here, in very tubby sound, with solo voices occasionally swamped, is a heretofore unknown reading of Verdi’s Requiem led by Zubin Mehta and recorded live
This is a recording of opening night at La Scala in 1962, a performance whose virtues have been enhanced by the passage of time. It’s
One either loves or hates this 1964 recording of Giordano’s chestnut. I love it: Every time Franco Corelli opens his mouth I’m thrilled, even when
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
Poliuto is Donizetti’s 57th opera and it contains some of his greatest music, including a procession and series of choruses to which Verdi paid homage
I’m certain that there are still hordes of opera lovers out there who have never quite figured out what was so special about Maria Callas.
