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This twenty disc set, curated by Christopher Dyment and Harvey […]
Fans of Toscanini’s 1946 recording of Puccini’s La Bohème will
There are dozens of Bohèmes on the market but this one, now 63 years old, holds a special place in Puccini-lovers’ hearts. It captures Licia
This “classic” 1954 recording is indeed that: I’d be hard pressed to think of a better performance of this opera, either live or on discs.
What an unexpected pleasure! Having always found Licia Albanese sincere but pallid, I was pleasantly surprised by both her fresh, involved singing and her fiery
Yes, there once was a time when Gianni Schicchi and Salome were considered complementary enough to make a double bill at the opera. It must
Licia Albanese was the Met’s house soprano in Italian opera, an audience favorite for 26 years beginning in 1940. She was then still on the
This CD does in fact contain Giuseppe di Stefano’s first recordings (made in Lausanne in 1944), but it also includes some selections from ’47, a
