Eugénie "Ninon" Vallin (September 1886 – November 22 , 1961) was a French soprano who achieved considerable popularity in opera, operetta and classical song recitals during an international career that...
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Mattia Battistini was considered to be one of the greatest singers of opera. He displays on record the perfect blending of his registers and a sophisticated use of ornamentation, portamento...
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Nadezhda Obukhova was one of Russia’s most beloved artists during the post-war years. Already 28 at the outbreak of WorldWar I, she could well be expected to have recorded during...
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Today, I want to talk about German opera, specifically Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss. I am going to reveal my terrible prejudice now - I think that the best...
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Verdi wrote two high dramatic soprano roles: Abigaille in Nabucco, and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. These roles are close to impossible, which is why these works are seldom heard. However,...
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I haven't posted in a while because I have moved across the country, and this blog was not high on my priority list. We have rented a house, and we...
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I have sworn to myself never to discuss a living singer on this blog, but I am making an exception this time. Renée Fleming, who is a world-renowned singer, sings...
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Capriccio: Mondscheinmusik und Letze Szene Capriccio had its premiere at the Munich, National Theater, 1942. It was Richard Strauss’s final opera, and it is a sophisticated “conversation piece for music”...
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I have a recording of Mendelssohn's Quintet in A Major, opus 18. The artists were : Jaime Laredo, violin; Ani Kavafian, violin; Heiichiro Ohyama, viola; Kim Kashkashian, viola; Sharon Robinson,...
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Today, I decided to move back to orchestral music. We are going to hear Tchaikovsky’s final symphony, which many consider to be his masterpiece. And we are going to hear…
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