Here we have Jo (Johanna) Vincent, the most famous Dutch singer of the first half of the 20th century. She was not an opera singer. She was rather a recitalist...
Read MoreGiovanni Martinelli (October 22, 1885 – February 2, 1969) stared in the premier of La Fanciulla del West in Rome. He was selected by Puccini and Toscanini . By 1911,...
Read MoreMaria Callas is considered the greatest musician of the 20th century.
The 4th opera in the cycle is nothing if not perplexing.
The power of Melchoir’s voice in Wagner’s opera voice was, and still is, breathtaking.
Madeleine Grey’s legacy of recordings is small but significant.
This French lyric tenor was at one point the Opéra-Comique’s highest paid singer.
Rethberg, née Sättler, was born in Schwarzenberg (Saxony). She first studied the piano. In 1912 she enrolled with the Dresden Conservatory first as a piano student Eventually, her vocal coach,...
Read MoreMarian Anderson was a wonderful contralto and one of the great voices of the 20th century. In spite of her great success, she was still subject to the racial bias...
Read MoreThe following is a duet, a wildly popular duet, from Wagner's opera "Lohengrin". As can happen in Wagner, the story is a bit complicated, and I have inserted a synopsis...
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