
Just for the record, there’s about 45 minutes of music cut from this performance, which was recorded live in Rome in 1969 (possibly a concert
To work backwards, taking the bonus material first, we are presented with the type of recital that tenors simply don’t give anymore (date and place
Even those who agree that Thaïs is far too long might find this 1959 French Radio Broadcast too severely cut: almost a third of the
With a cast this good, how can you go wrong? Well, I’ll tell you. Gianandrea Gavazzeni, a La Scala stalwart with great credentials in the
Is it possible for a version of Gounod’s Faust to satisfy if its principals are innocent of traditional French style and replace clear diction with