Rose Pauly was one of the great high dramatic sopranos. The file below is from Richard Strauss's Die Ägyptische Helena, which never entered the standard repertoire. Part of the reason...
Read MoreI’m not going to say too much about this. It speaks for itself. Tucker was called the American Caruso, and you can see why. When Anna Moffo was a young...
Read MoreAs promised, here is Mme Ljuba Welitsch singing the final scene of Salome. There never was and never has been a Soprano who so engaged her public in large lyric...
Read MoreThis post is very difficult to write. I would like to spread the word about this remarkable Dutch soprano, who is little known today. The difficulty that I have is...
Read MoreSo far, I haven't made a post with only one song. In this case, you will have to forgive me. This is my absolute favorite Brahms Lied. The words are...
Read MoreStich-Randall is unusual in that she came from the Hartford Connecticut area and made her career in Europe, mainly in Vienna. She was also a principal singer at the festival...
Read MoreI really don't have words for this contralto. She had a voice that was a gift from Heaven, but she decided to forsake a career in music to raise a...
Read MoreThree Songs by R. Strauss Three Songs by Richard Strauss on youtube Zueignung, Traum Durch die Dammerung, and Freundliche Vision Zueignung in English Traum Durch die Dammerung in English Freundliche Vision...
Read MoreI know that I still owe you a description of male voice categories (Fach for men), and I will get to that. In the meantime, I am presenting the lowest...
Read MoreIntroduction Ljuba Welitsch has been described as a meteor which flashed across the firmament of opera. Her major career was short, but when she was in her prime, just after...
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