A compilation of exciting cabalettas from various
    operas as sung by some of the great artists of the past:

Shirley Verrett, Montserrat Caballe, Virginia Zeani,
Virginia Zeani, Elena Suliotis, Beverly Sills,Mado Robin
Giulietta Simionato, Marilyn Horne, Christa Ludwig,
Antonietta Stella, Joan Sutherland, Nicolai Gedda,
Luciano Pavarotti, Alfredo Kraus, Franco Corelli,
Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov,Sherrill Milnes,
Carlo Bergonzi, and Richard Tucker

   In tribute to this great artist, I present scenes from:
        Mefistofele, Boris, Coq D'or, Susannah, Faust,
                           and Markheim.

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Many selections from the Giordano opera,featuring:

Beniamino Gigli, Jussi Bjoerling, Daniele Barioni,
Giacinto Prandelli, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Piero Pauli
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Galliano Masini, Saturno Meletti,
Giuseppe Giacomini, Diana Soviero, Renata Tebaldi, 
Mirella Freni, Magda Olivero,  and Elena Nicolai

 Exciting music from some of Verdi's early operas such as:

   Attila, Aroldo, Stiffelio, Alzira, Il Corsaro,Oberto,
   I Lombardi,Gerusalemme,Un Giorno di Regno,
   I Masnadieri, I Due Foscari,Giovanna D'Arco,
    and La Battaglia Di Legnano.

Among the artists featured are:

  Renata Tebaldi, Marisa Galvany, Leyla Gencer,
  Luisa Maragliano, Montserrat Caballe, Justino Diaz,
  Piero Cappuccili, Renato Bruson, Renato Cioni,
  Aprile Millo, Antonietta Stella, and Angeles Gulin

 Songs and arias as performed live by the brilliantly
    talented young tenor, Rolando Villazon, who has 
endeared himself to so many operalovers,
by nature of his brilliant voice, ans his
totally captivating personality.

        A historical look at some of the great stars of British Opera:

Eva Turner, Janet Baker, Josephine Veasey, Heddle Nash,
Isobel Baillie, Kathleen Ferrier, Tano Ferendinos,
Florence Austral, Miriam Licette, Gerald Davies,
Muriel Brunskill, Gerald Davies, Peter Dawson
Alexander Young, Lisa Perli (aka Dora Labette),
Elsie Suddaby, and Redvers Llewellyn

Giuseppe Verdi wrote some of his most remarkable music
for baritone and soprano. This podcast features duets from
eleven of his works, and features baritones such as:

Cornell MacNeil, Piero Cappuccili, Leonard Warren,
Roberto Frontali, Gino Bechi, Sherrill Milnes,
Antonio Boyer, Ettore Bastianini, and
Gian-Giacomo Guelfi.

The sopranos include:  Montserrat Caballe, Virginia Zeani,
Zinka Milanov, Leyla Gencer, Renata Tebaldi,
Renata Scotto, Maria Callas, Shirley Verrett, &
Sondra Radnovsky

(Photo: Maria Guleghina and Renato Bruson in Nabucco)

   Part Two of the 100th anniverary tribute to the
      great Zinka Milanov,born on May 17,1906

   Part one of a tribute to the very great Zinka Milanov,
   born on May 17th, 1906. She meant more to me than
   any other singer I ever heard live, and I continue to
   cherish her memory.

        (Photo: Zinka and guess who? circa 1960)

   Highlights from one of the most exciting recordings
   of Verdi's opea. The cast includes Caterina Mancini,
   Gino Penno, Giuseppe Taddei, and Giacomo Vaghi,
   conducted by Fernando Previtali   (1951)