Hochdramatische Sopran (High Dramatic Soprano)

I will admit it. I am very partial to big voices who sing in the resonance. Inge Borkh certainly does that. She should be lauded for her vocal placement, if...

Leonie Rysanek was one of the most well-know high dramatic sopranos of the post-WWII period. She had an enormous voice that she used badly. By this, I mean that she...

I have hesitated in the past to post something sung by Birgit Nilsson. This is because she had an enormous voice, and enormous voices are notoriously difficult to record. However,...

This is an aria that is usually sung by lyric sopranos. However, Grob-Prandl, a high dramatic soprano (the loudest female type), sings it beautifully. She is not manipulating words or...

Maria Reining (August 7, 1903 in Vienna – March 11, 1991 in Deggendorf) was an Austrian soprano, honored with the title Kammersängerin (the Austrian equivalent of a knighthood). Reining was...

I have been posting some pianists, and while I am happy to do so, I begin to miss vocal music. So, as I wrote in the title, we are going...

Margarete 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...

Sometimes, 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...

Although this blog posting is ostensibly about the great Swedish dramatic soprano, Birgit Nilsson, it is going to take us little a while to actually listen to clips. The reason...