Sun, 3 May 2009
In loving memory of divas who passed away too early. They are as follows: Meta Seinemeyer (1895-1929) |
Fri, 24 April 2009
Zinka Milanov as Santuzza: Cavalleria exc. 1957 w.Tucker,Valentino,Elias,Votipka (Cleva) Voi lo sapete from 1951
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Fri, 24 April 2009
Cari amici, About 40 long years ago, I attended the first rehearsal of Donizetti's "Anna Bolena," at the home of our illustrious maestro and one of my mentors in life, Armen Boyajian. Marisa Galvany (one of her many phony names) was the Bolena (and I loved looking down her throat to see where those phenomenal E flats came from). Then there was this young dude named Sam Ramey, who opened his mouth and out came some of the greatest sounds we ever heard. Gee... maybe he will make it some day, we all exclaimed! Now, as we celebrate Sam's 25th anniversary at the Met, and a 40 year professional career, singing an incredible range of roles and becoming one of the opera icons of our time, we feel so fortunate that he left Kansas to find an "Oz" of magic all over the opera world. I therefore wish to celebrate with you Sam's Met anniversary, and a fabulous career. I still relish those old tapes of our Bartolo/Basilio and am so fortunate I was able to be in on a tiny part of an illustrious career. I recall Sam once telling us about that skinny chain-smoking guy with the enormous voice by the name of Norman Treigle, and how he admired him. Well, they did so many of the same roles (Mefistofele, Boris,Blitch,Escamillo, The Hoffmann villains,Don Giovanni, Figaro,etc.). Happily, Sam Ramey has been able to follow along in this tradition, with so many great performances of a huge number of roles,a remarkable number of recordings, and engagements in every important opera theatre in the opera world. So..a happy 25th Met anniversary to a dear sweet and brilliantly talented guy and all my best to him and to his lovely wife and son (who also has a high F#...and more!) With my sincerest best wishes Charlie
Excerpts are from Italiana,Lombardi,Rinaldo,Attila, Mefistofele, Comte D'Ory, Semiramide,Susannah, South Pacific. (65 min.) |
Thu, 23 April 2009
Norma Podcast Repeated in error(Who know why??) |
Thu, 23 April 2009
16 tenors sing the great "Una furtiva lagrima" from Donizetti's "L'Elisir D'Amore." They are as follows (in exact order on podcast) Giuseppe Anselmi, Enrico Caruso, John McCormack, Hipolito Lazaro, |
Sun, 19 April 2009
The third podcast dedicated to the great Enrico Caruso, a true vocal "God." No words are ever adequate to describe the emotional charge yours truly derives from this man and what he has meant to the world of opera. I hope you enjoy the podcast. Featured are songs, and arias from Otello,Germania,Samson et Delilah, Mme.Butterfly, Andrea Chenier, Pagliacci, and Martha. |
Sat, 18 April 2009
A comparison of 21 tenors singing the great Werther aria. The order is as follows: |
Sun, 5 April 2009
The two beautiful duets from Richard Strauss' "Arabella." In most cases I have included both act one and act two duets;in a few cases, I have only the act one duet. These are the artists, in order of appearance: Viorica Ursuleac/Margarit Bokor/ Alfred Jerger (the 1933 creators of their roles.) |
Sat, 28 March 2009
The great aria from Giordano's "Andrea Chenier." Riccardo Stracciari, Giuseppe Danise, Paolo Silveri, Heinrich Schlusnus, |
Wed, 25 March 2009
Many selections sung by Clara Butt, a very great artist: 1.Softly and gently (Elgar:The Dream of Gerontius)
Clara Butt was born in Southwick, Sussex. Her father was Henry Albert Butt who was a sea captain and who was born in 1848 in Saint Martin, Jersey, Channel Islands. He married Clara Hook in 1869, who was born in Shoreham, the daughter of Joseph Hook, mariner (1861 and 1871 census, in 1881 in New Shoreham workhouse). In 1880 the family moved to Bristol and Clara was educated at South Bristol High School, where her singing talent was recognised and encouraged. At the request of her headmistress, she was trained by the bass Daniel Rootham and joined the Bristol Festival Chorus, of which he was musical director. In January 1890 she won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music. In her fourth year she spent three months studying in Paris at the expense of Queen Victoria. She also studied in Berlin and Italy. She made her professional début at the Royal Albert Hall in London in Sir Arthur Sullivan’s The Golden Legend on 7 December 1892. Three days later she appeared as Orfeo in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice at the Lyceum Theatre. Bernard Shaw wrote in The World that she ‘far surpassed the utmost expectations that could reasonably be entertained’ (14 December 1892). She returned to Paris and made further studies with Jacques Bouhy (the teacher of Louise Homer and Louise Kirkby Lunn) and later with the soprano Etelka Gerster in Berlin. Camille Saint-Saëns wanted her to study Dalila, but due to laws then extant forbidding the representation of biblical subjects on the British stage, nothing came of it. Soon she had acquired an excellent reputation, aided by her physical presence - she was 6 feet 2 inches tall. She made many gramophone recordings, often accompanied by the (uncredited) pianist Miss Lillian Bryant. She was primarily a concert singer and only ever appeared in two opera productions, both of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, in 1892 and 1920. Edward Elgar composed his Sea Pictures for contralto and orchestra with Clara Butt in mind as the soloist, and she sang at the first performance at the Norwich Festival on 5 October 1899, with the composer conducting. In 1900 she married the baritone Kennerly Rumford, and thenceforth often appeared with him in concerts. The couple eventually had three children two sons and a daughter. Besides singing in many important festivals and concerts, she was honoured with royal commands from Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, and King George V. She made tours to Australia, Japan, Canada, the United States and to many European cities. During the First World War she organised and sang in many concerts for service charities, and for this she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours. That year she sang four performances of Gluck's Orphee at Covent Garden under the baton of Sir Thomas Beecham. According to The Times she 'played fast and loose with the time and spoilt the phrasing' and it appears not to have been a success. Butt's three sisters were also singers. One of them, Ethel Hook, became a famous artist in her own right and made some superb solo recordings. In later life Clara Butt was dogged by tragedies. Her elder son died of meningitis while still at school, and the younger committed suicide. During the 1920s she became seriously ill of cancer of the spine, but her faith gave her the strength to continue working. She made many of her later records seated in a wheelchair. She died in 1936 at the age of 63 at her home in North Stoke, Oxfordshire, as a result of an accident she suffered in 1931. Sir Thomas Beecham once said, jokingly, that "on a clear day, you could have heard her across the English Channel". Not all serious musicians admired her booming contralto, which can be mistaken for a man's voice on some recordings, or her rather 'populist' approach to her art.
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Sun, 22 March 2009
The third volume of great artists in the act two scene from Puccini's Tosca. The artists are: Zinka Milanov(in photo),Giangiacomo Guelfi,Franco Corelli (73 minutes)
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Sun, 22 March 2009
Part Two of the great Scarpia/Tosca scene compilation. The artists are: |
Sun, 22 March 2009
The first of three exciting podcasts that feature the dramatic scene between Tosca and Scarpia in Act two, followed by the "Vittoria." |
Sat, 21 March 2009
Volume Two of the Manon Lescaut Act Two duet compilation: Maria Zamboni/Francesco Merli (Photo: Daniela Dessi and Fabio Armiliato) (63 min.) |
Sat, 21 March 2009
Part one of a compilation of the duet from Manon Lescaut Act Two. The pairs are as follows: Renata Tebaldi.Mario Del Monaco |
Fri, 13 March 2009
A series of recordings that were discovered at the St.Petersburg State Museum in Russia. The Russian artists,in order of presentation on the podcast are: Tenors: Boris Slovstov, Yvgenyi Vitting, Lev Klement'yev, Baritones:Nikolai Shevelyov, Oscar Kamionsky, Maximian Maksakov The International artists are: |
Sun, 8 March 2009
A collection of ensembles from 14 Verdi operas. Some of the world's most famous artists are included.The operas,in this order are: Nabucco, Giovanna D'Arco, Attila, Ernani, Ballo in Maschera, (74 min.) |
Fri, 6 March 2009
I have waited far too long to present a podcast that features one of the great artists of all time, Carlo Bergonzi. There is so much material, but at least this is a good start. Included are arias and songs from his earlier days, up to his singing at age 67, and when I saw a New York recital at around age 77, there was still plenty of voice! Werther, Luisa Miller, Le Roi D'Ys, Forza Del Destino (original version), Elisir D'amore, L'Arlesiana, Martha, Mefistofele, the Verdi Requiem, and several songs. (73 min.) |
Mon, 2 March 2009
A compilation of scenes from Giuseppe Verdi's "I Lombardi"(1843) |
Mon, 2 March 2009
Ten versions of the great "Liebestod" from Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde." Astrid Varnay,Helen Traubel, Lotte Lehmann, Nanny Larsen-Todsen,
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Mon, 23 February 2009
In the 1960's, New York opera lovers who attended the La Puma Opera Company "adopted" the diva Olive Middleton whose prime years (including singing at Covent Garden) were in the 1920's. Olive was around 80, and of course the notes were rather "approximate," but she had great feeling for the music, and the spoken material really sounds like a legitimate singer, even at her advanced age. |
Mon, 23 February 2009
A comparison of famous divas performing the Phedre Recitative and the "Poveri Fiori" from Cilea's "Adriana Lecouvreur." Who is your favorite? Magda Olivero,Renata Tebaldi, Aprile Millo, Diana Soviero, Montserrat Caballe,Mafalda Favero,Renata Scotto,Leyla Gencer(Phedre only), and 70 min.) |
Fri, 20 February 2009
A compilation of various Mimi/Marcello scenes from act three of La Boheme. In the following order, the singers are: Renata Scotto/Frank Guarrera
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Sun, 15 February 2009
The opera world has been enriched by the presence of so many artists of Spanish/Hispanic origin. I hope you enjoy this compilation of material featuring many of the wonderful performers from various Spanish-speaking lands: Victoria de los Angeles, Montserrat Caballe, Conchita Supervia, Maria Barrientos, Hina Spani, Maria Galvany, Mercedes Capsir, Pilar Lorengar, Oralia Dominguez, Ramon Vinay, Miguel Fleta, Placido Domingo, Jose Palet, Hipolito Lazaro, Emile Vendrell, Antonio Cortis, Francisco Vinas, and Jose Mardones. (73 minutos) |
Sun, 8 February 2009
Some opera stars really can "crossover" into superb renditions of "Pop" music.(Well,most of them,anyway). Here are some examples featuring: Thomas Hampson,Bryn Terfel, Kip Wilborn, Dorothy Kirsten, Rise Stevens, Sumi Jo, Maureen Forrester, Dorothy Bishop, Thomas Quasthoff, Rene Fleming, Federica Von Stade, Placido Domingo, (72 min.)
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Fri, 6 February 2009
A podcast dedicated to the "lost art" of verismo soprano style. Included are arias by: Magda Olivero,Virginia Zeani, Maria Farnetti, Rosetta Pampanini,
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Tue, 3 February 2009
I have selected some artists I feel belong in my "controversial" category. I love most of them,but some I never could grasp...that is the way of things in life. One person exits a film and raves;the other one is totally negative. Same with opera, so PLEASE do not send me too much hate mail, because after all, I am a fairly nice guy. |
Sat, 31 January 2009
Commercial Recordings from the 1920's of some of the marvelous artists who sang in the Wagner Ring. Included are: Frieda Leider, Lauritz Melchior, Friedrich Schorr, Emil Schipper, Margarete Klose, Florence Austral, Florence Easton, Walter Widdop, Germaine Lubin, Charles Rousseliere, Andre Verdiere, Ludwig Hoffmann, Ludwig Weber, Maria Olzsewska . |
Tue, 20 January 2009
The redone Fanciulla Poker Scene with the following selections: 1. Arlene Saunders/Gianpiero Mastromei Link to the Youtube video featuring Irina Rindzuner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvx5irtKov8 (59 min.)
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Fri, 16 January 2009
A comparison of three tenors who thrilled us in our opera-going days from 1951-1975. DelMonaco 1951-1960 I saw them a total of about 150 times, and my memories are vivid and clear. I will tell you that audiences were astounded by their brilliant voices, and as much as I like many tenors of today, no one has come along with this "brand" of squillo!!!!! (70 min.) |
Thu, 15 January 2009
A comparison of arias as sung by our renowned three tenors, Carreras,Domingo, and Pavarotti. We were lucky to have had these fellows among us. The operas represented are: |
Thu, 15 January 2009
The wonderful Margarete Klose is presented in arias and scenes from: Orfeo,Tristan und Isolde, Alceste, Samson et Delilah, Don Carlo, Gotterdamerung, Il Trovatore, Un Ballo in Maschera, Lohengrin, Elektra, Die Walkure (64 min.) |
Wed, 14 January 2009
An exciting comparison of various singers in the Macbeth Letter Aria from Act One. Included are: Leonie Rysanek, Birgit Nilsson, Regina Resnik, Christa Ludwig, http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Maria+Galvany&hl=en&emb=0&aq=f#q=Marisa%20Galvany&hl=en&emb=0 P.S. On the Marisa Galvany page,you will hear some excerpts from the soprano Maria Galvany, whose rapid-fire staccati are legendary, if also rather strange. |
Fri, 26 December 2008
A comparison of various versions (French and English) of the "O Mio Fernando" aria from Donizetti's "La Favorita." Included are: Giulietta Simionato, Ebe Stignani, Fedora Barbieri, Regina Resnik,
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Thu, 25 December 2008
An exciting podcast that features some of the most exciting live scenes and arias in my collection. You may have heard some of them on previous podcasts, but to have them all together might be a special treat, excellent for parties,etc. |
Sun, 21 December 2008
A podcast that features 15 famous artists of the past singing music appropriate for the holidays. Included are: Rosa Ponselle,Giovanni Martinelli, Enrico Caruso, Sigrid Onegin, Ernstine Schumann-Heink, Beniamino Gigli, Lotte Lehmann, Emmy Destinn, Lawrence Tibbett, John Charles Thomas, John McCormack, Alma Gluck, Elizabeth Schumann, Richard Crooks, and Claudia Muzio (59 min.) |
Sun, 21 December 2008
The remarkable Giacomo Puccini was born on Dec.22, 1858. At (68 min.) |
Wed, 17 December 2008
My most affectionate tribute to Rene Pape, my favorite singer of today. Romeo et Juliette, Fidelio, Zauberflote, Die Meistersinger, |
Mon, 15 December 2008
A comparison of several versions of the Walkure Act 3 scene between Brunnhilde and Sieglinde. Included are many famous voices, and of special interest, one can sample Nilsson,Moedl,Flagstad, and Varnay in both roles. Other artists included are: Leonie Rysanek,Hilde Konetzni, Rita Hunter, Lotte Lehmann, (72 min.) |
Sun, 14 December 2008
A podcast that features the soprano/mezzo career of the great Regina Resnik, one of the music world's legendary personalities, not only owing to her successes in two vocal fachs (soprano and mezzo), but who has achieved international recognition as producer, director, filmmaker, teacher and coach. In addition, her brilliant master classes have inspired so many young artists in the opera world in their careers. The selections are from: (72 min.) |
Mon, 8 December 2008
I have more recently come to love the opera Parsifal, especially the roles of Amfortas and Gurnemanz. The depth of emotion and the spirituality of their music are so touching and I am presenting both the Amfortas act one monologue and part of the act three Good Friday scene: Amfortas: Paul Schoeffler, George London,Thomas Stewart, Thomas Quasthoff. (74 min.) |
Mon, 8 December 2008
You will hear some tremendously exciting singing in this comparison podcast of various Church Scenes from Gounod's Faust. Included are the following singers: Erie Mills/Kristin Sigmundsson |
Sun, 23 November 2008
Soprano Lucia Aliberti in scenes from Beatrice di Tenda, La Traviata, (63 min.) |
Sat, 22 November 2008
With new material, here is the promised podcast of the marvelous My best Charlie (73 min.)
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Wed, 19 November 2008
The second podcast that features some superb tenors of the French school. They are as follows, in order of the podcast: Emile Marcellin, David Devries, Agustarello Affre, Jose De Trevi, I sincerely hope you enjoy these wonderful artists! (73 min.) |
Fri, 14 November 2008
A tribute to the remarkable Placido Domingo on the occasion of his 40th anniversary at the Met, as well as recognition for a career that has emerged as one of the greatest in music history. Selections are from: Cavalleria Rusticana, Rienzi, Lohengrin, Our most sincere congratulations to Mr.Domingo for all he has (73.min.) |
Tue, 11 November 2008
I sincerely hope you enjoy the voice and artistry of the superb Piotr Beczala, one of our very great singers. Here are some excerpts from his new album "Salut" plus the Land of Smiles aria from the complete recording. I know you will enjoy this album as much as I did. If you have any comments, please forward them to me and I will forward them to Mr.Beczala. My best Charlie http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Handelmania&emb=0&aq=f#q=Handelmania%20Beczala&emb=0 |
Tue, 11 November 2008
Highlights from various performances of Verdi's "I Due Foscari"(1844). Renato Bruson, Gian-Giacomo Guelfi, Carlo Bergonzi, Mirto Picchi, Leyla Gencer, Margarita Castro-Alberty, and Linda Vajna. (71 min.) ) |
Mon, 10 November 2008
Twenty Tenors who may not be as well-known as others, but who nevertheless sang beautifully and had major careers, mostly in the earlier part of the 20th century: Contents as follows: 1.Silvano Isalberti "Stelle d'oro" (Denza) 8.Karl Jorn "Ah quel plaisir" (La Dame Blanche) (If you can spell every name without looking, I will give you a gift of
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Sat, 8 November 2008
FINALMENTE!!!! I am happy to be back with you after some problems with the new computer,and I promise to make it up to you. I think you will enjoy these 17 versions of the Otello act two final scene featuring some of the great artists who sang Otello and Iago. I sincerely thank you for your patience. ( 62 min.) |
Wed, 3 September 2008
A compilation of 12 sopranos singing the famous Queen of the Night aria from Mozart's "Die Zauberflote." In order, they are as follows: Lea Piltti, Gitta Alpar, Lucia Popp, Rita Shane, Cynthia Sieden, Aline Kutan, Roberta Peters, Sumi Jo, Erika Koeth, Wilma Lipp, Natalie Dessay, and (an oddity), Maria Galvany. (45 min.) |
Sun, 24 August 2008
Compilation of choruses from 16 operas as follows: Nabucco(in photo), I Lombardi, Macbeth (2 versions), (74 min.) |
Thu, 21 August 2008
Nostalgia Supreme! Highlights from the 1974 Callas/Di Stefano tour. The wear and tear on the voices is quite evident, but it is a final memory of the collaboration of two of the world's greatest singers. (66 minutes) |
Fri, 15 August 2008
Highlights from a blazing hot performance of Puccini"s "La Fanciulla del West," from Florence, 1954, conducted by Dimitri Mitropolous and starring Eleanor Steber, Mario del Monaco, and Giangiacomo Guelfi. (67 min.) |
Fri, 15 August 2008
Some of the greatest artists in opera sang Italian opera in German. Although the vocal line does change somewhat, one must make the "sacrifice," since these are marvelous artists, and deserve to be heard. Maria Cebotari(in photo), Gertrude Runger, Viorica Ursuleac, Gertrude Bindernagel, Maria Reining, Martha Moedl, Emmy Leisner, Karen Branzell, Elizabeth Schumann-Heink, Herman Uhde, Alexander Kipnis, Julius Patzak, Lauritz Melchior, Michael Bohnen, Joseph Schwartz,
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Tue, 12 August 2008
20 selections that feature some of the wonderful tenors of German extraction. Included are: Marcel Wittrisch,(in photo), Richard Tauber,Herbert Ernst Groh,Franz Voelker. In addition, I added one selection as sung by Peter Anders, Rudolf Lustig, and Rudolf Schock. (73 min.) |
Sat, 9 August 2008
A tribute to the phenomenal Rosa Ponselle, one of the greatest singers in opera history. Included are some commercial selections, but mostly live selections from 1951-1954. Enjoy!!!! (73 min.) |
Sat, 2 August 2008
Scenes from one of the greatest performances of La Forza del Destino (1952) with a stellar cast including Zinka Milanov,Richard Tucker, Leonard Warren, and Jerome Hines. I know you will be thrilled by these great artists, as I was so many times in my misspent youth (73 minutes) |
Sat, 26 July 2008
One of the most exciting scenes in opera is the opening of act M.Price/Domingo DeLos Angeles/Del Monaco (74 minutes) |
Thu, 24 July 2008
Commercial and live recordings featuring the very great soprano,Lotte Lehmann (1885-1976). I have always felt that if I had to choose one soprano of the past to have heard (in my time machine), it would be this amazing lady. (72 minutes) |
Wed, 9 July 2008
Many selections from opera and operetta featuring the great Danish tenor, Helge Roswaenge (1897-1972). I know you will enjoy this podcast and will realize what a fabulous career this man had. (72 minutes) |
Sat, 5 July 2008
I have come to the conclusion that Roumanian-born Virginia Zeani has emerged, in my opinion, as one of the greatest divas in opera history. I hope you enjoy the selections on this podcast. The works represented are: Forza del Destino,Maria di Rohan, I Puritani, Tosca, (72 minutes)
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Wed, 2 July 2008
Highlights from two analyses of the great Wagner Ring of the Nibelung.The first is by Speight Jenkins, using scenes from the 1953 Bayreuth Ring, and the second is by Deryck Cook, with material taken from the London Ring Set under Solti. Finally, the legendary Ring Analysis as performed by the hilarious Anna Russell. ("She's not making this up, you know!" (68 min.) |
Sun, 15 June 2008
A compilation of 13 baritones who sang Wagner, among other material. George London, Bryn Terfel, Friedrich Schorr,Ferdinand Frantz, (70 minutes) |
Sun, 8 June 2008
A tribute to the great Jussi Bjoerling (1911-1960) with arias and (73 minutes) |
Tue, 3 June 2008
This is the first of the Jussi Bjoerling tribute podcasts. We present highlights from the remarkable 1947 Romeo et Juliette with Bidu Sayao as the Juliette. (28 min.) |
Mon, 19 May 2008
In tribute to the late marvelous Leyla Gencer, I present (72 minutes)
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Sat, 17 May 2008
A birthday tribute to two of the greatest sopranos who ever Birgit Nilsson, born May 27, 1918 Zinka Milanov, born May 17, 1906 The Nilsson photo is separate,as you see, and the Milanov Our lives would be far less enriched without these two great ladies. (78 minutes) |
Fri, 9 May 2008
I was so entranced by the recent singing in the Seraglio of soprano Diana Damrau that I thought I would present a few samples of her wonderful "Arie di Bravura," available on the Virgin Classics label. Go to YOUTUBE and type her name..and you will see ASTOUNDING performances!!!!!!
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Sun, 4 May 2008
Scenes from each Puccini opera,in chronoligical order, Placido Domingo,Aureliano Pertile, Roberto Alagna, (69 minutes) |
Mon, 21 April 2008
Highlights from this magnificent work (Charlie's second favorite opera). We feature Birgit Nilsson, Leonie Rysanek,Regina Resnik, (71 minutes) |
Mon, 14 April 2008
A selection of unusual material for you to GUESS! I hope you have fun with this venture into some of the oddities in the opera world. (65 minutes) |
Tue, 8 April 2008
NOT FOR PURISTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lowlights from the Die Walkure performance at the REMEMBER! I WARNED YOU!!!! (33 glorious minutes) |
Thu, 3 April 2008
The first podcast dedicated to the art of the legendary Aida, Tosca, Norma, Nabucco, Aroldo, Armida, (73 min.) |
Sat, 29 March 2008
Highlights from a marvelous 1968 performance of Verdi's (60 minutes) |
Mon, 24 March 2008
A Compilation of famous tenors of the "Golden Eras" in opera: Pertile,Martinelli, Gigli, Bjoerling, Schipa, Thill, Slezak, (67 minutes) |
Sun, 23 March 2008
Scenes from Manon, Il Tabarro, Tales of Hoffman, and (63 min.) |
Tue, 11 March 2008
My tribute to Aprile Millo, one of the finest (and nicest) artists I have Trovatore, Fanciulla, Rusalka, Andrea Chenier, Luisa Miller, (67 minutes)
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Sun, 9 March 2008
A memorial tribute to the late Giuseppe Di Stefano ("Pippo") . The opera world mourns his passing and we present him in scenes from live performances of: La Favorita, Faust, Andrea Chenier, Turandot, Iris, Pearl Fishers, (72 min.) |
Fri, 29 February 2008
A comparison of Kunst(art) and Stimme (voice) sopranos. Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi, Joan Sutherland, Martha Moedl, (74 minutes) |
Thu, 28 February 2008
Scenes from some of the great Rossini works as presented Barbiere di Siviglia, Cenerentola, Viaggio a Rheims, Marilyn Horne, Conchita Supervia, Vesselina Kasarova, (73 minutes)
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Fri, 22 February 2008
Scenes from Verdi's Ernani, featuring some of the greatest Anita Cerquetti, Leontyne Price, Zinka Milanov, Grace Bumbry, (76 minutes)
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Thu, 21 February 2008
Songs and Arias as sung by the great Claudia Muzio. (78 minutes) |
Mon, 18 February 2008
Selections from Aida, Trovatore, Ernani, Nabucco, and (44 minutes) |
Fri, 15 February 2008
So, when does the next swan leave????? (You all know the story!) Here are scenes from this great opera featuring some great artists: Leonie Rysanek, Birgit Nilsson, Elizabeth Rethberg, Astrid Varnay, (66 minutes) |
Mon, 11 February 2008
Highlights from Puccini operas featuring many great artists: Rosa Ponselle, Claudia Muzio, Virginia Zeani, Licia Albanese, (73 minutes) |
Sun, 10 February 2008
Selections from live performances conducted by Leopold Stokowski. (73 minutes) |
Sat, 2 February 2008
By popular request (Ruben!!), here are highlights from (66 minutes)
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Wed, 23 January 2008
Famous tenors of past and present whose last names happen Ramon Vinay, Cesar Vezzani, Albert Vaguet, Alessandro Valente, (66 minutes) IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMENTS THAT I LEFT OUT THE WONDERFUL VALLETTI,VICKERS,AND OTHERS, WHAT I HAD DONE WAS JUST GO TO A SHELF THAT HAD THOSE RECITALS. NO CRUELTY INTENDED!!!!! |
Sat, 19 January 2008
Excerpts from the great career of tenor Nicolai Gedda. These Boheme,Tosca,Tales of Hoffmann,Vespri Siciliani, |
Wed, 16 January 2008
An exciting compilation of scenes from Leoncavallo's Richard Tucker, Mario del Monaco, Franco Corelli, (66 min.) |
Mon, 7 January 2008
Great Singers of the "Germanic" School. Included are: Frieda Leider (in photo), Margarita Perras, Alexander Kipnis, (78 minutes) |
Fri, 28 December 2007
Marisa Galvany, one of the most exciting artists, in a podcast This is a re-doing of a previous Galvany podcast, with Let me know all is now well!!!!!!!!! |
Sun, 9 December 2007
Still another "adventure" into some of the unusual happenings (54 minutes) |
Sun, 9 December 2007
Songs, Arias, and opera scenes, as performed by the great (78 minutes) |
Wed, 5 December 2007
Volume One of a compilation of some of the funniest, I strongly recommend you go to: http://www.collup.com Donald Collup has prepared four fabulous volumes of these "oddities" and I think you might want to purchase one or more of them. (70 min.) |
Sat, 1 December 2007
The second part of the celebration of the great Verdi, with Macbeth ( 2 versions), Luisa Miller, Rigoletto, Trovatore, (All casts announced) (71 minutes) |
Sat, 1 December 2007
The first of a two-part celebration of the great Giuseppe Included here are the finales of: (Cast details announced) ( 62 minutes) |
Sun, 25 November 2007
The beautiful aria of Prince Yeletsky in act two Dmitri Hvorostovsky(in photo), Hugo Hasslo, Bernd Weikl, (53 minutes) |
Fri, 23 November 2007
Birgit Nilsson as Elektra from her first (67 minutes)
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