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This is a wonderfully vigorous reading of Puccini’s first success, […]
L’Amico Fritz, Mascagni’s second opera, is as unlike his first
This 1987 recording may not be the most “authentic” Onegin
There are arguments to be made in favor of both
This is an enormously frustrating set. The best thing about
These are Mirella Freni’s first two recitals, recorded in 1959 and 1961. The voice is a perfect lyric—full bodied, absolutely even over the whole range,
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
Here’s an entry in EMI’s “Very Best Of…” series that–unlike some others–really does include some of the featured singer’s very best recordings. Most stem from
Besides the Act 1 finale and “Teneste le promessa…Addio del passato” from Traviata, which is taken from a 1973 film led by Lamberto Gardelli (with
Aside from the lovely, fragile, beautifully sung Violetta of Mirella Freni, her coloratura in place, “Amami Alfredo” grandly expressive, and final act wonderfully nuanced, this
