Thu, 6 September 2007
A tribute to the memory of the late Luciano Pavarotti who passed away on Sept.5, 2007. Live selections are from:
Traviata,Lombardi,Fedora,Lucia,Rigoletto, Elisir d'Amore, Fille du Reggiment, Manon, La Favorita, Luisa Miller, and The Verdi Requiem.Also included is the Tosti "Ideale."
Rest in Peace, Luciano, one who brought so much to so many!
(71 minutes)
Direct download: 2007-09-06-10-07-50.mp3
Category: podcasts
-- posted at: 10:28am EST
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Wed, 5 September 2007
My birthday tribute to a wonderful tenor, Daniele Barioni, born on September 6, 1930. The podcasts includes arias from:
Fedora, L'Arlesiana, Turandot, La Rondine, Macbeth, Mme.Butterfly, Boheme (Leoncavallo).
(31 minutes)
Direct download: 2007-09-05-15-57-57.mp3
Category: podcasts
-- posted at: 4:06pm EST
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Wed, 5 September 2007
Great singers, mostly from the 40's and 50's,many of whom were as "Golden" as those of past generations. Included are:
Pavel Lisitsian (in photo), Joel Berglund, Paul Schoeffler, Gino Bechi, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Raoul Jobin, Cloe Elmo, Ebe Stignani, Blanche Thebom, Erna Berger, Rosetta Pampanini, Dorothy Kirsten, Joan Hammond, Sena Jurinac, Sarah Scuderi, Dorothy Maynor, and the late Rose Bampton.
(77 min.)
Direct download: 2007-09-04-23-54-10.mp3
Category: podcasts
-- posted at: 12:13am EST
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Mon, 27 August 2007
Here is the second volume of what I term "Golden Age Stars." There is surely enough wonderful material for literally hundreds of programs, since the number of recordings is incredible. I present:
Eva Turner (pictured), Hina Spani, Marcella Sembrich, Maria Gay, Elvira de Hidalgo, Maria Ivogun, Olympia Boronat, Lotte Schoene, Elizabeth Rethberg, Kathleen Ferrier, Lucrezia Bori, Clara Butt, Francisco Vinas, Francesco Tamagno, Sergei Lemeshev, Dmitri Smirnov, Ezio Pinza, Alesander Kipnis, Riccardo Stracciari, and Enrico Caruso. ENJOY!!!!!
(84 minutes)
Direct download: 2007-08-27-13-32-13.mp3
Category: podcasts
-- posted at: 1:54pm EST
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Sat, 25 August 2007
A comparison of various performances of the finale of Act One of Wagner's "Die Walkure." The pairs of lovers are:
Lauritz Melchior and the late Rose Bampton Ramon Vinay and Regina Resnik Max Lorenz and Martha Moedl Rene Maison and Marjorie Lawrence Placido Domingo and Deborah Polaski Paul Althouse and the Met debut of Kirsten Flagstad Set Svanholm and Birgit Nilsson Rene Verdiere and Germaine Lubin Lauritz Melchior and Lotte Lehmann Max Lorenz and Margarete Teschemacher John Vickers and Leonie Rysanek
(82 minutes)
NOTE:Libsyn was down for 2 days but is working now.
Direct download: 2007-08-25-17-23-29.mp3
Category: podcasts
-- posted at: 5:47pm EST
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Tue, 21 August 2007
Direct download: 2007-08-17-15-02-48.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 3:50pm EST
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Thu, 16 August 2007
Selections from the "Opera Rara" catalogue. Featured are rarities of Donizetti including scenes from:
Emilia di Liverpool, Som Sebastien de Portugal, L'Assedio di Calais, Gabriella di Vergy, Chiara e Serafina, Maria di Rudenz, Maria Padilla, Rosmonda D'Inghilterra, Ugo,Conte di Parigi, Alfredo Il Grande, and Zoraida di Granata.
(79 min.)
Direct download: 2007-08-16-09-37-36.mp3
Category: podcasts
-- posted at: 9:59am EST
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Mon, 13 August 2007
Here are 21 great artists of the past,all on commercial recordings. I sincerely hope you enjoy them and will "turn on" to some of the less familiar voices:
Emma Calve(pictured), Rosa Ponselle, Mafalda Favero, Tito Schipa, Beniamino Gigli, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Alfred Piccaver, Erna Berger, Tiana Lemnitz, Selma Kurz, Gilda Dalla Rizza, Lauritz Melchior, Bernardo de Muro, Adamo Didur, Lawrence Tibbett, Titta Ruffo, Heinrich Schlusnus, John McCormack,Emmy Destinn, Luisa Tetrazzini,Frances Alda.
(79 minutes)
...and a special note of thanks for your wonderful responses to these,my "labors of love." Our average audience is now over 900!!!!
Direct download: 2007-08-13-16-36-40.mp3
Category: podcasts
-- posted at: 4:56pm EST
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Wed, 8 August 2007
A podcast of 16 Aida act two finales,, featuring some of the greatest artists who participated. I hope you enjoy this!!!!
(83 minutes)
Direct download: 2007-08-08-21-29-19.mp3
Category: podcasts
-- posted at: 9:50pm EST
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Thu, 2 August 2007
If you can guess the 20 sopranos singing my favorite opera aria (No cheating!!), you will be permitted to run madly through my apartment with a giant shopping cart and grab whatever you wish in one minute!
I rarely get to play anything anyway so I will not mind!
(78 minutes)
SO! HOW DID YOU? I HOPE YOU WILL ADD YOUR COMMENTS AND TELL US HOW MANY YOU GUESSED AND/OR WHICH ONES YOU LIKED MOST. I ASSUME MY COLLECTION IS SAFE AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE NO ONE HAS WRITTEN ME THAT YOU WILL BE VISITING ME. (CHEATERS NOT WELCOME)
BY THE WAY...DO YOU WISH A VOLUME TWO??????
Direct download: 2007-08-02-08-49-56.mp3
Category: podcasts
-- posted at: 9:09am EST
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