Giuseppi De Luca was a small man with by no means a large voice, but he used it to produce such beauty of sound, technically and stylistically so cultivated and...
Read MoreYvonne Gall was a very well known and well regarded soprano of her time. She made her operatic debut at the Paris Opéra in 1908 as Mathilde, and remained on...
Read MoreI have somehow veered away from singing at the moment; but, don't worry, I have not lost sight of it. This posting is devoted to Chopin's Impromptus and to one...
Read MoreThe overture to Wagner's Die Meistersinger is one of the great pieces of German Romantic Music. It is accessible whether or not you know the opera. This particular performance of...
Read MoreGéori Boué was an important French soprano during the post WWII period. She had a bright sound, which probably carried very well in the halls in which she sang. In...
Read MoreIt surprises me that Janine Micheau is not better known today. She had a beautiful voice and was a gifted coloratura. She had excellent vocal production; there was no drag...
Read MoreCesare Siepi was a classic Italian basso cantante, or “singing bass,” with a warm, slightly dark voice that was ideally suited to Mozart. Yet his voice was so robust that...
Read MoreFor someone as famous as he was, there is very little information on the internet about Frederich Schorr. What there is, I have given you below. What there is especially...
Read MoreHans Hopf was a post-war German Heldentenor. He was one of crop of Heldentenors that arose immediately after WWII. He had a large voice. I would caution listeners not to...
Read MoreI am very well aware that this performance takes over 3 hours, and that it is a lot to ask of anyone to sit through three hours of music. However,...
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