Renata Tebaldi was an Italian operatic soprano, a star at both Milan’s La Scala and New York City’s Metropolitan Opera. Tebaldi received her early musical training from her mother, a...
Read MoreGalina Vishnevskaya, (Galina Pavlovna Ivanova), Russian soprano (born Oct. 25, 1926, Leningrad, Russia, U.S.S.R. (now St. Petersburg, Russia]—died Dec. 11, 2012, Moscow, Russia),was a leading soprano at the Bolshoi Theatre...
Read MoreAnsseau started his studies as a baritone but moved into the tenor repertoire, though always retaining a strong lower register that served him well in Wagner and heroic roles later...
Read MoreOn September 23, 1921, Bizet's opera Carmen was performed at the Vienna State Opera, and an unknown 18-year-old woman sang the most difficult arias of the opera. Franz Schalk, the...
Read MoreJussi Björling, (Björling's more formal name was Johan Jonaton Björling), was born February 2, 1911, Stora Tuna, Sweden, and he died on September 9, 1960, Siarö, near Stockholm. He was...
Read MoreBased solely on recordings, I would say that Villabella is one of the greatest tenors who ever lived. The ease of voice production, his ability to singing mezzo piano and...
Read MoreThe noted German soprano, Rita Streich, was born in Russia and moved to Germany with her parents during her childhood, where she grew up bilingual, something that was extremely helpful...
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 MoreOh, this was such a pain in the neck. This particular aria has been attributed to J.S. Bach, but it was really written by Heinrich Stötzel, and it is from...
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....
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