Unfortunately, there is very little information on Lappas on the internet. He has become obscure. However, Lappas was regarded as one of the leading, internationally acclaimed Greek tenors of the...
Read MoreLouis Cazette, was born in 1887, and died April 29, 1922 in Paris. He made his debut 1920 at the Paris Opéra-Comique, and his career was very promising. He died...
Read MoreThis 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...
Read MoreMarcel Journet was categorized as a bass, but, by the timbre of his voice and by the repertory that he sang, he was more of a bass-baritone. This was a...
Read MoreI owe this posting to one of my readers, who suggested Urlus to me. Otherwise, I never would have heard of him! Urlus was one of the great helden tenors...
Read MoreHere is my tale of woe with respect to this mezzo. There are very few recordings of her on youtube. Pulling excerpts off of youtube makes my life much easier....
Read MoreThis was a great voice; a large lyric soprano. Born in Garons, France, Guiot studied voice with the tenor Marcello Santalouna and later studied at the Conservatoire de Paris for...
Read MoreI thought that for the end of the year/the beginning of next year, I would post what some might call "opera's greatest hits". These are two duets, one from Delibes'...
Read MoreRichard Tucker was a leading tenor for the Metropolitan Opera for 30 years. Only two other star singers in the company's 90‐year history—Giovanni Martinelli, the tenor, and Antonio Scotti, the...
Read MoreZara Aleksandrovna Dolukhanova: March 15, 1918 – December 4, 2007 Dolukhanova was an important Russian mezzo-soprano of Armenian descent, who was not heard that frequently in the West for political...
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