La Divina - Maria Callas When I started this blog, which was all but a week ago, I was afraid that I would make it Maria Callas central. I have...
Read MoreRosa Ponselle (January 22, 1897 – May 25, 1981), was an American operatic soprano ( I would say a large lyric, verging on a dramatic soprano) with a large, opulent...
Read MoreOne of my favorite sopranos of all time is Lisa Della Casa, who died in 2012 at 93. She was a full lyric soprano, and just about everything that she...
Read MoreI am going to do something a little unusual. I'm going to have two different artists sing one of my favorite Fauré mélodies - Soir (Evening). The piece sung by...
Read MoreThose who know me well know that my interest in opera was launched by good, Italian pressings of Callas (this was before CDs existed, so I am dating myself). I...
Read MorePlease note that the German poems are below the link. Sena Jurinac was one of the greatest sopranos of the 20th century. She was born in what is now Bosnia,...
Read MoreOne of my favorite sopranos of all time is Lisa Della Casa, who died in 2012 at 93. She was a full lyric soprano, and just about everything that she...
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