Giannini was a spinto (that is, pushed, in Italian) soprano whose sound is not really evident today, especially in the works of Verdi and Puccini. Giannini's singing is from another...
Read MoreConsidered among the finest Mozartean tenors of his day, Wunderlich embraced a wide repertory that expanded to included the works of Strauss, Schubert, Bach, and Mahler, and he left behind...
Read MoreI had a friend who once told me that Giulietta Simionato was an Italian institution. He was only exaggerating slightly. Giulietta Simionato (May 12, 1910 – May 5, 2010) was...
Read MoreMargarete Teschemacher was a very popular soprano in Germany. Considering the number of records that she made, there is little information available about her. I have ordered some British reference...
Read MoreSometimes, I select a singer who is little known today but who, in her time, was considered a great, great classical singer. Rosa Raisa (May 30 , 1893 – September...
Read MoreI am going to post some more recordings by Rosa Ponselle, primarily because she was such an influence on later opera singers, she worked with Tullio Serafin, a famous Italian...
Read MoreBefore introducing Régine Crespin, I want to describe what a Falcon soprano is. The term "Falcon" comes from Marie Cornélie Falcon, a French singer who lived from 1814–1897. Roles that...
Read MoreParisian-born Henri Legay (1920–1992) won first prize at the conservatoire in 1947 but began his career singing in musical shows before making his operatic début in Brussels in 1950. He...
Read MoreThis is going to be an historial posting. If the history of singing does not interest you, I would advise you to skip this posting. I am going to post...
Read MoreLauri-Volpi enjoyed one of history’s longest careers, making his last opera performance at the age of 67 and astonished the world of opera by releasing a recital disc when he...
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