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[A re-post from our archives, in memorial tribute to Renata Scotto, February 24, 1934–August 16, 2023] Jon Vickers was, and remains, the greatest Peter Grimes
[A re-post from our archives in memorial tribute to Renata
Just look at the cast of this 1960 studio recording,
This 1959 studio recording of Lucia has held up well. Renata Scotto was just at the start of her international career (1959 was the year
This is a nice find–a live performance from La Scala in l959 in very good sound. All of the standard (for the time) cuts are
The Verdi Requiem is one of those awe-inspiring works that rarely gets a performance matching its greatness. It certainly doesn’t get it in Riccardo Muti’s
This black-and-white, wonderfully old-fashioned film of a live performance of L’elisir d’amore, complete with faded painted backdrops and no attempt to update or “make relevant”
Fifty-six of the best minutes from Bohème are presented here, conducted with general impassiveness by Antonino Votto and sung so hideously by a strained, nasty-sounding
Renata Scotto was one of the leading sopranos of the 1960s, a mainstay of the Met and the big European houses, and one of the
Butterfly was one of Renata Scotto’s great roles; she recorded it commercially twice and performed it often on stage. It could be argued that her
