Thu, 7 September 2006
Scenes from the magnificent Richard Strauss opera,featuring Leonie Rysanek, Birgit Nilsson, Ingrid Bjoener, Sabine Hass, James King, Irene Dalis, Regina Resnik, Christa Ludwig, Placido Domingo, Inge Borkh, Hildegard Hillebrecht, Franz Grundheber, Walter Berry, Hanna Schwarz, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and Eleanor Steber
(68 minutes)
Direct download: 2006-09-07-15-45-44.mp3
Category: podcasts
-- posted at: 4:18pm EDT
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Wed, 6 September 2006
A Comparison of 11 sopranos singing "COME SCOGLIO" from Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutte."
I am not listing the names below,since some listeners wish to try to guess them from the podcast.
(68 minutes)
Direct download: 2006-09-06-23-02-12.mp3
Category: podcasts
-- posted at: 11:36pm EDT
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Wed, 23 August 2006
An affectionate birthday tribute to Jose Van Dam, one of the world's most versatile and truly superb artists. Selections include music by:
Verdi, Wagner, Mozart, Mahler, Schumann, Bizet, Ibert, R.Strauss
(74 minutes)
Direct download: 2006-08-23-01-58-27.mp3
Category: podcasts
-- posted at: 2:25am EDT
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Mon, 21 August 2006
Janet Baker,one of the world's greatest artists, was born on August 21, 1933. I present a tribute to her featuring songs and arias by Handel, Mozart, Pergolesi, Schubert, Donizetti, Wagner, and Elgar.
(43 minutes)
BY THE WAY; PLEASE CHECK THIS OUT ON YOUTUBE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61qq0V73ehQ
Direct download: 2006-08-21-17-46-59.mp3
Category: podcasts
-- posted at: 6:02pm EDT
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Mon, 21 August 2006
A Collection of famous German (and Viennese) artists:
Julius Patzak, Leo Slezak, Franz Voelker,Margarete Klose, Maria Olszewska, Karen Branzell, Wilhelm Rode, Emil Scipper, Hans Hotter, Heinrich Schlusnus, Michael Bohnen, Georg Hann, Hilde Gueden, Frida Leider, Erna Berger, Tiana Lemnitz, Maria Cebotari.
(78 minutes)
Direct download: 2006-08-21-12-13-54.mp3
Category: podcasts
-- posted at: 12:40pm EDT
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Tue, 15 August 2006
A comparison, in the form of a quiz, of 15 tenors singing the aria "Amor ti vieta" from Umberto Giordano's "Fedora."
You might enjoy using this podcast for an opera party in order to test your fellow opera buddies!
(44 minutes)
Direct download: 2006-08-15-00-59-49.mp3
Category: podcasts
-- posted at: 1:24am EDT
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Thu, 10 August 2006
A Birthday Tribute to Six Famous Tenors
Leon Escalais 8/8/1859 Cesare Vezzani 8/8/1886 Ferruccio Tagliavini 8/14/13 Leo Slezak 8/18/1873 Helge Roswaenge 8/29/1897 Ramon Vinay 8/31/1911
(57 Minutes)
Direct download: 2006-08-10-01-29-08.mp3
Category: podcasts
-- posted at: 1:50am EDT
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Sun, 6 August 2006
Selections from operas where a doctor (or a so-called doctor) is involved in the action. Operas include:
Elisir d"amore, Macbeth, Forza del Destino, Traviata Don Pasquale, Barbiere di Siviglia, Gianni Schicchi, Cosi Fan Tutte, Wozzeck Nozze di Figaro, Vanessa Tales of Hoffmann.
(64 minutes)
Direct download: 2006-08-06-17-08-33.mp3
Category: podcasts
-- posted at: 5:33pm EDT
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Sat, 5 August 2006
Giacomo Puccini was a composer whose operas tugged at our heartstrings. There are so many emotional moments in his works,and here I include one scene from each of his operas,featuring:
Renata Scotto(in photo), Diana Soviero, Renata Tebaldi, Virginia Zeani, Julia Varady, Krassimira Stoyanova, Beverly Sills, Christina Gallardo-Domas, Magda Olivero, Leontyne Price, Dorothy Kirsten, Richard Tucker, Placido Domingo, Jerry Hadley, and Giovanni Inghilleri
(72 minutes)
Direct download: 2006-08-05-19-43-35.mp3
Category: podcasts
-- posted at: 8:11pm EDT
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Thu, 3 August 2006
A BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO THREE MARVELOUS ARTISTS:
Maria Reining Born 8/7/03
Gundula Janowitz Born 8/2/37
Margarete Klose (photo) Born 8/7/1899
(43 minutes)
Direct download: 2006-08-03-10-03-28.mp3
Category: podcasts
-- posted at: 10:27am EDT
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