I 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 More
Mozart'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 More
I 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 More
Oh, yes, I've done it. I have steered myself back to vocal music, but I got caught in Wagner. What I am going to post is a very famous recording...
Read More
Galina Vishnevskaya, (Galina Pavlovna Ivanova), Russian soprano (born Oct. 25, 1926, Leningrad, Russia, U.S.S.R. (now St. Petersburg, Russia]—died Dec. 11, 2012, Moscow, Russia),was a leading soprano at the Bolshoi Theatre...
Read More
One of the most famous recordings ever made.
I haven't dipped my toe into Baroque Opera. It is genre unto itself, as anyone who has seen Les arts florissants can attest to. There is university in the city...
Read More
I came across this full version of Tosca on youtube. It was recorded in 1928-1929. The musicians are as follows: Tosca: Carmen Melis Mario Cavaradossi: Piero Pauli Il barone Scarpia: Apollo...
Read More
Author
