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Precisely why this recording—made live at Covent Garden in 1973—is […]
These recordings include the last that Stokowski made. They are,
Shirley Verrett had one of the world’s most opulent and versatile mezzo voices from about 1960 to 1990. Her Carmen, Dido, Amneris, Eboli, Azucena, Dalila,
I recall my anticipation when this 1973 recording was first announced, and I equally recall my disappointment upon hearing it. I found James Levine’s conducting
This 2-CD set, slightly more than two hours of music, presents arias and scenes from Beverly Sills’ recordings made between 1959 (Baby Doe) and 1975
Anna Bolena premiered in 1830 and was Donizetti’s first great success–and it remains one of his finest works. Aside from his usual endless fount of
With its odd, brilliant mixture of interpersonal and political relationships, Don Carlos is a very hard opera to put across, and this 1970 Vienna performance
You know there’s something wrong with a recording of Mahler’s 3rd Symphony when its high point is the coda of the third movement Scherzo. RCA’s
