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) |