Thu, 12 January 2012
Compilation of various Confrontation Scenes from Maria Stuarda of Donizetti.I know you will enjoy the various sopranos/mezzos in this act one finale. The pairs (in order) are: Carmela Remigio/Sona Ganassi Janet Baker/Pauline Tinsley (In English,in mezzo key), Giusy Devinu/Enkelejada Shkosa Monserrat Caballe/ Shirley Verret Edita Gruberova/ Carmen Oprisanu Ruth Ann Swenson/ Lauren Flanigan Leyla Gencer/ Shirley Verret Beverly Sills/ Marisa Galvany (64 exciting minutes) |
Wed, 11 January 2012
Here are the earliest reordings (1956-1959) by Franco Corelli.They originally were on the Cetra label. The arias are from: I Lombardi, Otello, Tosca, Turandot, Cavalleria, Fedora,Mme.Butterfly, Adriana Lecouvreur, Fanciulla, Andrea Chenier, Lodoletta, Mefistofele, Pagliacci, and Werther. (66 min.) How we miss him!!!!!!!! |
Tue, 10 January 2012
What a great cast (except Oscar) in this La Scala 1956 Ballo under Gianandrea Gavazzeni.It features Antonietta Stella, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ebe Stignani, Ettore Bastianini, Eugenia Ratti, Silvio Maionica (Sam), and Nicola Zaccaria (Tom.) (68 glorious minutes) |
Sun, 8 January 2012
I have a dear buddy who turns off any Violetta who can not show the kind of pure JOY that Mme.Perez exhibits. This is her Covent Garden debut, and i will post more (if she approves.) I met her before she became the wife of the equally endearing Steven Costello,but I only heard her today, and went NUTS./.Crabby Charlie...Listen to the way she sings just these lines on the order of Callas, Soviero, and one of her teachers, Virginia Zeani, for whom I played this part on the phone. Destined for STARDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! More later... Charlie http://traffic.libsyn.com/handelmania/02_-_Perez_Trav.Opening.mp3
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Wed, 4 January 2012
From Naples, 1959, under Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, here is a fine performance of Bellini's "La Sonnambula." It features Virginia Zeani, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, and Nicola Monti (70 min.) The photo shows Virginia being honored last year in Bucarest. HAPPY 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Tue, 3 January 2012
January 4 is the birthday of a great artist, Mme.Grace Bumbry,pictured here as a former Kennedy Center Honoree. A happy birthday and all our love for a great career!!!!! You will find a lot of material on Youtube, so go there and enjoy her magnificent talent.
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