I posted this about 4 years ago, and I am reposting it because I want any viewers who didn't hear it 4 years ago to hear it now. I am...
Read MoreI found a wonderful live, recording on the third act of Aida on youtube, recorded in Rome in 1950. Callas is Aida, and a wonderful baritone, Raffaele de Falchi is...
Read MoreI posted Giangiacomo Guelfi in 2023, but I came across this film from a television production of Tosca with him and Renata Tebaldi, and I suppose that I couldn't resist....
Read MoreOnce again, I present to you a tenor I hadn't heard of . Umberto Borsò was a dramatic tenor who sang in Europe and the Metropolitan Opera in the 50s...
Read MoreI must confess that I did not know who this singer was. However, upon listening to him, I was amazed. Here was a heroic tenor who had slipped from the...
Read MoreThere is not a lot of information about Maria Duchêne on the internet, but there are recordings of her. What there is to note is a large voice that is...
Read MoreDebussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun was premiered twice. First as concert music in 1894, then on May 29, 1912, at the Théâtre du Chatelet, as the score...
Read MoreBruna Castagna was a renowned Italian contralto whose career illuminated the golden era of opera. Born in the early twentieth century, she rapidly rose to prominence as a leading interpreter...
Read MoreGiuseppe de Luca was one of the most famous Bel Canto baritones of his time. He was a student of Antonio Cotogni, and Toscanini called him the greatest baritone that...
Read MoreA friend, who is a voice teacher and a professor of voice at a local university, was discussing what she is going to assign to her students. She mentioned Barber's...
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