Bidu Sayao was a Brazilian soprano whose gossamer voice and vivacious personality made her one of the most popular stars of the Metropolitan Opera from the late 1930's through the...
Read MoreDer Rosenkavalier – the Presentation of the Rose, Tiana Lemnitz (Octavian), Maria Cerbotari (Sophie)
This is the Presentation of the Rose from the 2nd Act of Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier. It is a wonderful recording with two singers in their prime. I did a fairly...
Read MoreTeresa Stich-Randall was an American soprano who spent most of her career in Europe, especially in Vienna. She became a Kammersängerin, which is an Austrian title of honor for singers....
Read MoreJussi Björling was one of the great tenors of the 20th century. His timbre won his audience over with its remarkable clarity and warmth; his sound excelled in its plasticity,...
Read MoreAntonín Dvořák's Rusalka is probably the best known Czech opera, in this country anyway. He wrote 10 operas, and, to the best of my knowledge, only Rusalka is performed in...
Read MoreThis section on Jurinac has been taken from an earlier post. Sena Jurinac was one of the greatest sopranos of the 20th century. She was born in what is now...
Read MoreI heard a performance of the Messiah today, and I decided to put up Kathleen Ferrier singing two arias from it. I also came upon a lovely recording by Ferrier...
Read MoreJeritza was an extraordinary famous soprano for her time. I have tried to make selections that haven't been remastered too much. Remastering older recordings tends to kill the higher frequencies...
Read MoreJean de Reszke (Jan Mieczislaw, Warsaw, 1850 to Nice, 1925) Jean de Reske, was the most celebrated tenor of his time. He became even more renowned as an operatic voice...
Read MoreBefreit Strauss set eleven poems by the German poet Richard Dehmel between 1895 and 1901. Dehmel was a controversial figure in the Germany of Kaiser Wilhelm II, a socialist who...
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