One of the nice things about doing this blog is that I occasionally discover a musician about whom I knew nothing. Magda Tagliaferro is one of those musicians. She is...
Read MoreNicolai Gedda, a Swedish-born singer who was one of the most renowned lyric tenors of the 20th century and performed dozens of roles on the world’s leading opera stages. From...
Read MoreI posted Alfredo Kraus a few years ago, and I am posting him again because he is a wonderful example of "singing on the breath". To understand what this phrase...
Read MoreVery occasionally, I post artists who have nothing to do with classical music. I am posting a documentary about the life and artistry of Rosetta Tharpe, who was a pioneering...
Read MoreIch bin der Welt abhanden gekommen I have done a posting very similar to this one before, and I am repeating myself, but with different performers. This particular Lied merits...
Read MoreI have never done this before, but I am going to post an entire opera. This is the fabled Lisbon Traviata that Callas sang in Lisbon (hence the name) with...
Read MoreThere is unfortunately not much biographical available about Dinh Gilly. I will provide as much detail as I have been able to find below. Gilly was a wonderful Baritone, who...
Read MoreOne of the nice things about this blog is that I get to find mostly forgotten singers and hear them for the first time. I "discover" a lot of singers...
Read MoreEver on the hunt for good, expressive singing, I came across Jean Panel, who, in his time, was a very well known French tenor. I would have liked to use...
Read MoreI have a friend who mentioned to me today that he feels connected to Chopin. And, so I told him that I could do a posting on Chopin. I have...
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