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Die Sänger und die Musiker
Spotlighting artists who sang and played with freedom.
Helping familiarize today’s music lovers with names and performances of those from the past, both singers and instrumentalists.
Louis Musy, French Baritone
July 28, 2021The real point that I'd like to make was that Musy had a great voice. Eventually became a director. His voice... Read More
Zara Dolukhanova (mezzo-soprano) – Rimsky-Korsakov Tchaikovsky Rachmaninov Romances
July 22, 2021Dolukhanova was an important Russian mezzo-soprano of Armenian descent, who was not heard frequently in the West for political reasons. I... Read More
Callas, Callas, Callas – la divina assoluta
July 13, 2021I will not deny it. I am a Callasaholic. I first really learned about opera, well mostly Italian opera, from her... Read More
Michel Sénéchal, French lyric tenor
July 12, 2021In French song, the singer becomes a painter, describing a landscape, suggesting an emotion…One must use the entire palette of colors... Read More
Di Quella Pira, Verdi, Il Trovatore
June 29, 2021Il Trovatore is one of Verdi's most popular operas, yet it is one of his most confusing. Rather than try to... Read More
Lev Sibiriyakov, Russian Bass-Baritone
June 3, 2021There are some voices that you hear, even in very early recordings, and you know that the artist is special. Sibiryakov... Read More
Maria Olszewska, Contralto
May 27, 2021I do not think that Olszewska was a contralto, much in the same way that I don't think that Marian Anderson... Read More
Francis Poulenc-mélodies chantées par Régine Crespin
May 23, 2021This posting is of several works by Francis Poulenc, the French composer. The first is a famous poem by Louis Aragon.... Read More
Giovanni Martinelli, spinto tenor
May 18, 2021Giovanni Martinelli, October 22, 1885 to February 2, 1969, for many years the Metropolitan Opera's leading dramatic tenor, and one of... Read More