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One might speculate as to why this 2008 performance of Carmen from Zurich has just been released, but frankly, it is not quite worth the
Previously, Vesselina Kasarova has proved herself on CD in lighter fare, in operas by Mozart, Rossini, and Bellini. Here we get another side–or another angle–of
This, Donizetti’s last completed opera, is a rather gloomy affair despite its pomp. Premiered at the Paris Opera in 1843, it is the most gigantic
Mitridate was Mozart’s first opera seria, composed for Milan in 1770. No sane person would call it a masterpiece: even within the standards of opera
Here the wonderful Mexican lyric tenor Ramon Vargas joins with other singers to present a program of duets and one trio. When the pairing and
La favorite is one of Donizetti’s last operas, and one of the few he composed for Paris. It debuted in December of 1840 and was
Even in an age blessed with outstanding mezzo-sopranos Vesselina Kasarova’s ravishing voice and interpretive mastery have catapulted her to international acclaim. After recording some outstanding
Opera doesn’t come any more Romantic (with an uppercase R) than Massenet’s Werther; indeed the hero’s suicide is so textbook-tortured-poet-in-unrequited-love-situation that were the opera not
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