Paul Schöffler was an important post WWII singer. He has a beautifully colored voice. He is quite expressive in German and Italian. The sound is round and resonant, and it...
Read MoreI always had a bit of difficulty with Martha Mödl. This was primarily because I had only heard her in her later years, when her voice became one big wobble....
Read MoreAlthough recordings can be found of Baylé on the internet, there is very little with good sound. So, I have selected one aria. There is also very little information on...
Read MoreToday, I am posting two sisters three years apart, who were both successful opera singers. They were both also sopranos. Anny was the elder of the two sisters. Both singers...
Read MoreOne of the really nice things about doing this blog is that I get to discover singers whom I did not know anything about. Ludwig Weber is one of those...
Read MoreThis was a beautiful voice. In his time, Frick was he leading bass in the Austro-German repertory. Frick had a compact, powerful bass aand unchallenged cutting power (in the house)....
Read MoreKunz was a popular singer in Vienna before the war and in international circles after the war. He was known as an excellent character singer with a very broad repertory....
Read MoreThis was a great voice. He had also a strikingly effective stage presence and was regarded as one of the best operatic actors of his time. His voice was resonant,...
Read MoreDermota was a great artist who sang as many as 80 roles. He was an extraordinary Lieder singer. In the example that I have selected below, you can hear him...
Read MoreRuth Michaelis had a very long career with the Munich Opera. Her main stage roles were Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Marthe in Faust, by Charles Gounod, Suzuki in Madama...
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