Bianca Scacciati was unknown to me. However, she was an important dramatic soprano in Italy in the late 1920s to early 1930s. Her voice noted for its power, dark timbre,...
Read MoreMaria Capuana was a prominent Italian mezzo-soprano with an international opera career in the first half of the 20th century. She was known for her rich, dark-timbred voice and expressive...
Read MoreI seem to be on a Wagner kick. I can't believe that I haven't posted this before. This is the quintet in Act III of Wagner's Die Meistersinger of Nurnberg....
Read MoreI 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 won't make many comments on this post. The piece speaks for itself. This is a scene taken from a 1982 production of Maria Stuarda, sung in English at the...
Read MoreThe overture to Wagner's Die Meistersinger is one of the great pieces of German Romantic Music. It is accessible whether or not you know the opera. This particular performance of...
Read MoreI don't normally post full operas, but this recording is special. Please enjoy it. A synopsis is below. The recording was taken from two specially-lengthened broadcasts on 6th and 13th...
Read MoreI have never done this before, but I am going to post an entire opera. This is the fabled Lisbon Traviata that Callas sang in Lisbon (hence the name) with...
Read MoreMozart's Don Giovanni is a very famous opera. Some say that it is the greatest opera ever written. It is about the adventures of the libertine Don Giovanni. I have...
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...
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