Here is my tale of woe with respect to this mezzo. There are very few recordings of her on youtube. Pulling excerpts off of youtube makes my life much easier....
Read MoreI have already published this piece under the Dutch violinist Janine Jansen. I am posting this same piece again because of the quality, one could say the legendary stature, of...
Read MoreThis was a great voice; a large lyric soprano. Born in Garons, France, Guiot studied voice with the tenor Marcello Santalouna and later studied at the Conservatoire de Paris for...
Read MoreMademoiselle, as she insisted on being called, was a world-renowned coach, harmony teacher, composition teacher, and much more. I am going to post a piece about her called "An Interview...
Read MoreI thought that for the end of the year/the beginning of next year, I would post what some might call "opera's greatest hits". These are two duets, one from Delibes'...
Read MoreI realized that I have never posted the ending of Der Rosenkavalier. I am correcting that mistake here. I am posting two different performances; one from a 1933 recording, and...
Read MoreThese sonatas by Mozart are the most important single contribution to the classical violin-piano sonata. They were composed in the years between Mozart's early maturity and full ripeness as an...
Read MoreRichard Tucker was a leading tenor for the Metropolitan Opera for 30 years. Only two other star singers in the company's 90‐year history—Giovanni Martinelli, the tenor, and Antonio Scotti, the...
Read MoreEMIL GILELS Emil Gilels (October 19, 1916 – October 14, 1985) is considered by many to be one of the greatest pianists of all time. He led the way to...
Read MoreZara Aleksandrovna Dolukhanova: March 15, 1918 – December 4, 2007 Dolukhanova was an important Russian mezzo-soprano of Armenian descent, who was not heard that frequently in the West for political...
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