Soprano

This was a beautiful voice. I discovered Carosio as I have discovered many singers - just by browsing the internet. She was the most famous bel canto soprano of her...

Today, 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...

Today, I am posting two sisters three years apart, who were both successful opera singers. They were both also sopranos. Anny was the elder of the two sisters. Both singers...

Today, I am posting Virginia Zeani. She was a very famous and popular soprano. I am going to ask you to listen closely to her. She has a beautiful voice...

I am posting 4 renditions of "Es gibt ein Reich", from Richard Strauss' opera Ariadne auf Naxos. I have done something like this in the past, but I thought that...

Oda Slobodskaya was a singer who was never properly appreciated. She left Russia and lived abroad at a time when knowledge of and demand for Russian music were far less...

This week, I have decided to focus on French Art Song, or mélodie in French. Teyte, the spelling of whose name she changed from the original "Tate" to "Teyte" so...

After my recent excursion into instrumental music, I decided to return to vocal music with one of my favorite sopranos, Lotte Lehmann. She, like many singers of her time, is...

I wanted to post Rachmaninoff's Vocalise, but I had a hard time finding a singer whom I thought could do it justice. So many recording are out of tune. I...