What was unique about Hofmann, besides that he was a musical genius, was the quality of the sound that he could get from the piano. The piano is a percussive...
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What is Verismo and who was Magda Olivero? First, let me say that no one can really agree what verismo is. Below is a "median" definition. I am going...
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Auch Kleine Dinge Before moving on from Wolf, there is one more Lied that I wanted to play for you. It is called "Auch kleine Dinge". It is the first...
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My purpose here is to introduce Irmgard Seefried, who was an absolutely wonderful soprano. Here she is singing three Strauss songs to poetic texts. The first song, "Morgen" was written...
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Lemishev was a very famous lyric tenor from a very poor area of Russia. He spent a good deal of time in Harbin, which was a Russian colony (really a...
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This first link is to the love duet from Madame Butterfly. Just by coincidence, I have this recording somewhere. One thing to notice is that Tebaldi is nearly always in...
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Aida - Gina Cigna, Beniamino Gigli, Ebe Stignani, Tancredi Pasero - conductor-Victor De Sabata I would like to reiterate the purpose of this blog. If you listen to the posting...
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This is going to be very tricky to do. I want to give you a youtube link of Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, who was a very great singer, and extremely well known...
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To date, we have not touched on the Ring. Now, this is something that we must do. But before I really launch myself into it, you all need to know...
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Believe it or not, this is a living artist. Evgeny Yevgenievich Nesterenko (Евгений Евгеньевич Нестеренко, born January 8, 1938) is a Russian operatic bass. I have put two versions into this post: one by...
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