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This 45 minutes (all the spoken dialog is omitted) of Tomas Breton’s 1894 zarzuela is a sheer delight, beautifully performed. It’s a wonderfully flavorful work
Placido Domingo is a rare phenomenon. The man is still going strong, taking on new repertoire with a voice that belies his age, even as
These two sets were recorded as the soundtracks for films by Franco Zeffirelli, which, if I recall, were opulent in the way only Zeffirelli can
This performance, taped live in Munich in 1979, is wonderfully sung and excitingly led by Riccardo Muti. Anna Tomowa-Sintow is a big-voiced, dramatically right Aida
Having enjoyed this performance for many years in its LP incarnation, rehearing it on CD brings a measure of disappointment. All three soloists sing very
This new Plácido Domingo pop/sacred crossover album opens with a rather Disney-fied Ave Maria–a vocal arrangement of Mascagni’s “Intermezzo” from Cavalleria rusticana in which the
This is an enormous undertaking, even for “the hardest working man in opera”. Yet, here it is, all the Verdi tenor arias in one four-CD
This, despite some uneven vocal performances, is an important document and a very fine show. Claudio Abbado, for opening night of the 1977 season, chose
The best things about this Verdi Requiem are the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Daniel Barenboim’s exciting interpretation, and the male soloists, in that order.
Tomás Bretón’s 1895 La Dolores is a full-blown opera, not a zarzuela, and its plot, characters, mood, and music could not belong to any other
