Giuseppi De Luca was a small man with by no means a large voice, but he used it to produce such beauty of sound, technically and stylistically so cultivated and...
Read MoreYvonne Gall was a very well known and well regarded soprano of her time. She made her operatic debut at the Paris Opéra in 1908 as Mathilde, and remained on...
Read MoreGéori Boué was an important French soprano during the post WWII period. She had a bright sound, which probably carried very well in the halls in which she sang. In...
Read MoreCesare Siepi was a classic Italian basso cantante, or “singing bass,” with a warm, slightly dark voice that was ideally suited to Mozart. Yet his voice was so robust that...
Read MoreFor someone as famous as he was, there is very little information on the internet about Frederich Schorr. What there is, I have given you below. What there is especially...
Read MoreHans Hopf was a post-war German Heldentenor. He was one of crop of Heldentenors that arose immediately after WWII. He had a large voice. I would caution listeners not to...
Read MoreToday, Maria Ivogün is considered to have been one of the best and most distinguished female opera singers of the 20th century. She was also a well known teacher. The...
Read MoreI have a confession to make. There was a time that if an opera wasn't one of Wagner's operas, then I couldn't listen to it. Fortunately for me, my Wagner...
Read MoreI came upon this singer while perusing YouTube. I had never heard of him before. Once I heard him, I realized that he was a great artist whose career was...
Read MoreI would like to post Karl Friedrich, who was a famous Austrian tenor during the post-WWII period. There is very little information on Friedrich on the internet, and so I...
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