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...
Read MoreSometimes, 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...
Read MoreBefore introducing Régine Crespin, I want to describe what a Falcon soprano is. The term "Falcon" comes from Marie Cornélie Falcon, a French singer who lived from 1814–1897. Roles that...
Read MoreAlthough 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...
Read MoreAs I have mentioned before, this is t he last scene of the last opera in the Ring cycle. It has a "schwierige" job to do. It has to tie...
Read MoreLina Bruna Rasa was certainly Mascagni's favorite Santuzza and was also a favorite of Toscanini. In 1930. illness began to show itself especially because of her mother's death in 1985....
Read MoreMaria Callas is considered the greatest musician of the 20th century.
The 4th opera in the cycle is nothing if not perplexing.
Gina Cigna was a dramatic soprano whose career flourished in the 1930's and 40's, and who was the first to record the title role of Puccini's ''Turandot". Ms. Cigna, whose...
Read MoreI'm not going to try to put all the lyrics in because there are so many excerpts, and I go half crazy with the formatting of the translations. Rysanek was...
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