There 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 MoreI am posting this entry of Schock not because he was the greatest singer of his day, but because he was so popular and ubiquitous. I don't think that the...
Read MoreRamón Vinay was born in Chile to a French father and a Chilean mother. He received education in France. The family moved to Mexico City where he studied singing with...
Read MoreThis is an interesting post. Ludwig Suthaus was a well known and very popular heldentenor around the time of WWII and after. When you listen to him sing Wagner, you...
Read MoreSet Svanholm was a very well known heroic tenor (heldentenor) during the post WWII period. What is interesting about Svanholm is that he also sang Lieder (Art Song). It is...
Read MorePaul Schöffler was an important post WWII singer. He has a beautifully colored voice. He is quite expressive in German and Italian. The sound is round and resonant, and it...
Read MoreI always had a bit of difficulty with Martha Mödl. This was primarily because I had only heard her in her later years, when her voice became one big wobble....
Read MoreAlthough recordings can be found of Baylé on the internet, there is very little with good sound. So, I have selected one aria. There is also very little information on...
Read MoreToday, I am posting two sisters three years apart, who were both successful opera singers. They were both also sopranos. Anny was the elder of the two sisters. Both singers...
Read MoreOne of the really nice things about doing this blog is that I get to discover singers whom I did not know anything about. Ludwig Weber is one of those...
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