Peerce; Jan

Big Boxes: ”Der Kna” In Opera

Jed Distler

Eloquence’s Hans Knappertsbusch Opera Edition brings together all of the […]

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Puccini: Toscanini’s La Bohème–That’s Authenticity!

Jed Distler

Fans of Toscanini’s 1946 recording of Puccini’s La Bohème will

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Verdi: Un Ballo/Anderson, Milanov, Peerce, etc, Met, ’55

Robert Levine

Early in 1955 The Metropolitan Opera broke the so-called “color-barrier” by engaging the great African-American contralto Marian Anderson to sing the role of Ulrica in

Saint-Saëns: Samson/Stokowski

David Hurwitz

Say what you will about Stokowski–he had fun, and it shows. At the end of Samson he has everyone in the NBC studio shrieking their

Beethoven Fidelio Knapperstbusch/Westminster

Jed Distler

Hans Knappertsbusch’s Fidelio had the misfortune (or good fortune, depending on your point of view) to appear about the same time as Klemperer’s superior EMI

1950 Rigoletto – Cellini/Warren, Peerce, Berger – Naxos C

Robert Levine

The drawback to this recording, in addition to its tubby sound, always has been the pedestrian leadership of Renato Cellini, and indeed he is far

warren rigoletto preiser C

Dan Davis

The tragic depths of Verdi’s Rigoletto aren’t explored in this blunt 1950 performance. Leonard Warren’s assumption of the title role is the prime interest. He