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How is it possible that this 40-year-old performance got by me? With the great Riccardo Muti, three of my favorite singers (at the time), and
This live, 1975 performance from La Scala may seem an
What does it say that of the six available videos of this opera, the two best were made in 1958 and 1978? Something about the
There are arguments to be made in favor of both
Recorded live at Barcelona’s Teatre Liceu in September, 1989, Leonardo Balada’s newly composed opera was given a fine premiere: the Catalan composer (who studied with
This generously filled (157 minutes) two-disc set covers a cross-section of Montserrat Caballé’s recordings made between 1970 and 1984, spanning most of her prime years.
Volume 2 of EMI’s comprehensive Herbert von Karajan centenary edition gathers virtually all of the conductor’s operatic and vocal output for the label in one
This is one of those earnest, professional performances that flounders on account of its lack of character. José Carreras, past his prime and sounding strained
Zarzuela, that vaguely undefinable type of musical theater particular to Spain, is an amalgam of opera, operetta, and what we know as musical comedy. Some
If I were feeling unkind, I would request that Arthaus refer to this collection as the “Artist in Decline” series. This volume presents a dual
