I'm not going to write much. The music speaks for itself. The Symphony No. 2 in C minor by Gustav Mahler, known as the Resurrection Symphony, was written between 1888...
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 MoreHelen Watts had a really special contralto voice. She was in the same league as Kathleen Ferrier and Maureen Forrester. Her voice was very rich and sonorous at the same...
Read MoreSometimes, I like to post several performances of the same Lied. In this case, I am posting Wolfe's setting of Goethe's poem "Kennst du das Land". The three singers whom...
Read MoreLouise Homer was an American opera singer, one of the leading operatic contraltos of the first quarter of the 20th century. In 1895 she married the composer Sidney Homer. After...
Read MoreSigrid Onégin was a Franco-German operatic dramatic contralto who enjoyed a major international career prior to World War II. She was celebrated for the richness of its tone, its flexibility,...
Read MoreThere is not very much on the internet about this singer. Although she was a famous concert artist and a very famous teacher, there is just not much information about...
Read MoreRuth Michaelis had a very long career with the Munich Opera. Her main stage roles were Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Marthe in Faust, by Charles Gounod, Suzuki in Madama...
Read MoreAafje Heynes started her musical life early, singing at her father's harmonium from the age of four. She auditioned for teacher Jo Immink with an arrangement of the "Pilgrims' Chorus"...
Read MoreI am letting you hear the Libeslieder Walzer (both opus numbers) at your leisure. For me to have posted a translation of every song would have been madness (on my...
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