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Birgit Nilsson's Birthday
2012/05/15
Someone must have done something right on May 17, because both Zinka Milanov and Birgit Nilsson were born.(Nilsson in 1918, Zinka in 1906). Anyone here who never saw Nilsson live would need OXYGEN if they heard what that was like in live performance. She was an absolute MIRACLE in opera history, and beloved lady to all.
Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson was born on May 17, 1918 in the town of Vastra Karup in the province of Skane (Scania) in southern Sweden. She married Bertil Niklasson, a veterinary student she met on a train, on September 10, 1948. Miss Nilsson made her operatic debut on October 9, 1946 as Agathe in Der Freischütz with only 3 days notice. Her debut came shortly after she had joined the Swedish Opera School. After her brief stint as Agathe, Miss Nilsson made her breakthrough performance as Lady Macbeth in 1947 at the Royal Opera in Stockholm. Miss Nilsson attained international stardom after a performance as Isolde in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera in New York on December 18, 1959. She says, though, that the single biggest event in her life was when she was asked to perform at the opening of the 370th season at La Scala as Turandot on December 7, 1958. In 1966, Miss Nilsson was asked to appear in a rather unusual performance at the Metropolitan Opera. During a showing of Tannhäuser , she was asked to sing the parts of both Venus and Elisabeth. They did not appear on stage at the same time, of course! Birgit Nilsson is probably best known for her portrayals of Turandot in Turandot , Brünnhilde in Richard Wagner's Der Ring Des Nibelungen (a role with which she made her La Scala debut in 1958), Isolde in Tristan und Isolde , and Elektra in Elektra . Miss Nilsson is also known for her interesting relationship with Rudolf Bing. When Bing was asked if Birgit was difficult, he replied, "Not at all, you put enough money in and a glorious voice comes out." When preparing her taxes Miss Nilsson was asked if she had any dependents. "Yes," she said, "Rudolf Bing." Miss Nilsson retired from opera in 1984.
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God bless my Zinka!!!
2012/05/15
For May 17, Zinka's birthday (1906).No one thrilled me more from my first opera experiences and she became my favorite singer. Was I cute at 19? (Don't answer that!!!) Never to be forgotten!!!!!
Born in Zagreb, Croatia as Zinka Kunc (pronounced [zîːŋka kûnt͡s] ), she studied with the Wagnerian soprano Milka Ternina and her assistant Marija Kostrenčić. She also studied in Milan with Campi and in Vienna with Stickgolt. On October 29, 1927, she made her operatic debut as Leonora in Giuseppe Verdi 's Il Trovatore in Ljubljana , Slovenia , at the young age of 21. Her debut in her native Croatia, at the National Theatre in Zagreb, took place five weeks later as Marguerite in Charles Gounod 's Faust
After an early debut in Dresden (November 5, 1928, also as Leonora), her teacher , Ternina, was not pleased and much work commenced to perfect her technique. She performed in Zagreb and Ljubljana almost exclusively for the next six years. Later she became a member of the New German Theatre in Prague , where all performances were sung in German . She was discovered there by Bruno Walter , who recommended her to Arturo Toscanini for a performance of Verdi's Requiem in Salzburg .
In 1937, the soprano made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera , once again as Leonora. At that time she adopted the name Milanov, which was the stage name of her second husband, an actor. According to Milanov herself, "Kunc" wasn't "glamorous" enough for the Metropolitan Opera. In the article "Zinka Takes Off" (Opera News , November 2004, vol 69, no. 5), it is stated that the name change was deemed necessary since the gentlemen at the Met feared the "implications inherent in what they predicted would be the standard American mispronunciation — but they were never forthright with her about it" .[citation needed ] On November 8, 1937, Erich Simon, who was in charge of engaging Milanov, cabled Edward Ziegler, the assistant manager of the Met, "Mme Zinka KUNZ-MARCOVIC has informed me that she wishes to perform under her husband's stage name, MILANOV." [citation needed ]
She was in romantic relationship with Marshal of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito , before he married Jovanka Broz. In 1947, she left the Met when she married, for the third time, to Yugoslav general and diplomat Ljubomir Ilić, and returned to live in Yugoslavia.[citation needed ] She was at the peak of her artistic and vocal powers when she made her debut at the Teatro alla Scala as Tosca in 1950. Milanov returned to the Metropolitan Opera the same year, invited by Rudolf Bing in his first year there as general manager.[citation needed ]
She gave her final performance in 1966 at the closing night of the old Metropolitan Opera House . Having worked as a voice teacher while still performing, Milanov devoted herself to teaching after her retirement . Among her pupils were Betty Allen, Grace Bumbry , Christa Ludwig , , Dubravka Zubovic and Milka Stojanovic. She recorded prolifically from the 1940s through to the 1960s. Her voice was well-suited to Italian operas such as those of Verdi , Ponchielli , Puccini and the verismo composers. She died in New York City , aged 83.
APPLE TV
2012/05/14
Just to remind you that if you purchase APPLE TV, you can hear my podcasts on your TV in glorious sound....I hope you take advantage of this wonderful and inexpensive equipment. You will also need a "re-router," and you do not have to turn on your computer.
Elisir D'amore with Freni/Gedda
2012/05/14
From 1965, highlights from a delightful "Elisir d'Amore" with Nicolai Gedda,Mirella Freni,Fernando Corena, and Mario Sereni under Thomas Schippers. (71 min.)
L'Amico Fritz
2012/05/14
A beautiful performance of Mascagni's "L'Amico Fritz," one of the operas that they ought to perform more often.This is from Milano, 1953 under Vittorio Gui, and features Cesare Valletti, Rosanna Carteri, Carlo Tagliabue, and Rina Corsi. (65 min.)
Tannhauser from 1955
2012/05/14
A fine live performance of Tannhauser under Rudolf Kempe from 1955. The cast includes Ramon Vinay,Astrid Varnay,George London, Blanche Thebom, and Jerome Hines. (69 min.)
More of the superb soprano, Marisa Galvany
2012/05/12
You all know of my great praise for dear Marisa Galvany, and you have responded with praise to my podcasts of her material. Here is another selection of her material, with some repeats, but sometimes it is more valuable to hear a compilation. Included are scenes and arias from Ernani,Traviata, Cavalleria (with Domingo), and Aida (as Aida and Amneris.) (58 min.)
Galvany studied primarily under Armen Boyajian (also the teacher of Paul Plishka and Samuel Ramey ). She made her professional opera debut at the Seattle Opera in 1968 in the title role of Giacomo Puccini 's Tosca . The following year, she portrayed the title heroine in Simon Mayr 's Medea in Corinto in New York City, a performance which was recorded for Vanguard. She made her first international appearance in 1972 at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City in the title role of Giuseppe Verdi 's Aida .
In 1972 Galvany was offered a contract to join the roster of principal singers at New York City Opera by Julius Rudel . She accepted, making her debut with the company later that year as Elisabetta in Gaetano Donizetti 's Maria Stuarda opposite Beverly Sills in the title role. She continued to sing regularly with that company through 1983, portraying such roles as Abigaille in Nabucco , Amelia in Un ballo in maschera , , Odabella in Attila , Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana , Violetta in La traviata , and the title roles in Anna Bolena and Luigi Cherubini 's Médée . She also sang in several different productions of Tosca where she partnered such tenors as José Carreras and Harry Theyard .
In 1973, Galvany filmed her acclaimed Lady Macbeth, in Macbeth , for the Canadian Broadcasting Company , opposite Louis Quilico . That same year she made her first appearance with the Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company as Aida with Pier Miranda Ferraro as Radamès, Joann Grillo as Amneris, and Gianfranco Rivoli conducting. In 1974 she made her first appearance at the New Orleans Opera opening the 1974-1975 season as Rachel in Fromental Halévy 's La Juive with Richard Tucker as Eléazar. She returned to open the company's next two consecutive seasons as Aida and Valentin in Les Huguenots , the latter production with Rita Shane and Susanne Marsee . She later returned to New Orleans to sing Salomé in Jules Massenet 's Hérodiade .
Galvany made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1979, in the title role of Norma . In 1985, the singing-actress sang Gertrud in Hänsel und Gretel and Ortrud in Lohengrin on tour with the company, then the Kostelnička in Jenůfa during the Fall Season in the theatre. At the Cincinnati Opera , she appeared in Turandot (with Harry Theyard ) and Salome (with Ticho Parly as Herod).
During the mid 1980s, Galvany began to add mezzo-soprano roles to her repertoire. She sang Amneris in Aida at the Cincinnati Opera in 1985. In 1992 she sang the title role in Bizet's Carmen with the New York Grand Opera . (NYGO) She performed frequently with the NYGO up into the early 2000s.
On the international stage Galvany has appeared at the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt , the Liceu , the Great Theatre, Warsaw , the National Theatre in Prague , and the National Theatre in Belgrade among others. She has also sang in operas in Brazil and Venezuela.
References The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia , edited by David Hamilton, Simon and Schuster, 1987. ISBN 0-671-61732-X Galvany, Marisa biography at operissimo.com (in German)
The Superb Soprano, Rosanna Carteri
2012/05/12
Rosanna Carteri is, for me , an example of a "lost art" in opera. She possesses the emotion, the attention to word and phrase, the beauty of voice, and all the elements that I honestly feel are so rare in these days. I am not intending to denigrate anyone, but you "cognoscenti" by now (with slight prejudice from me) might understand what I mean. I hope you enjoy this soprano as I do (71 min.)
Rosanna Carteri (born 14 December 1930) was an Italian soprano primarily active in the 1950s through the mid-1960s.
Rosanna Carteri was born in Verona but was raised in Padua . She studied with Cusinati and started singing in concert at the age of twelve. She won a RAI singing contest in 1948 which led to her operatic debut at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome as Elsa in Lohengrin in 1949, aged only 19. She made her La Scala debut in 1951. Other debuts were at the Salzburg Festival as Desdemona in Otello in 1952 under the direction of Wilhelm Furtwängler , San Francisco as Mimi in La Bohème in 1954, the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Marguerite in Faust in 1955, the Arena di Verona as Mimi in 1958, Covent Garden as Tosca in 1960, Opéra de Paris in 1961 as Violetta in La Traviata .
Carteri made a few recordings for Cetra early in her career, in such operas as Guglielmo Tell , La Bohème and Suor Angelica . She recorded La Traviata for RCA Victor with Cesare Valletti and Leonard Warren under the direction of Pierre Monteux . She participated in several television productions for RAI such as Le nozze di Figaro , La Traviata , Otello , and Falstaff .
Carteri also participated in the creation of some contemporary works such as Ifegenia by Ildebrando Pizzetti in 1950, Proserpine e le straniero by Juan José Castro in 1952, Calzare d'argento again by Pizzetti in 1961 and Il mercante di Venizia by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco also in 1961.
Retirement
Carteri decided to retire from singing in the mid-1960s while still only in her thirties to devote herself to her family.
HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY
2012/05/11
May I wish all the mommies out there a very happy Mothers' Day. I know I am prejudiced, but my ma was a special lady and I am sure all of you out there are special as well.
Love from Charlie
Don Carlo 1980, Part two
2012/05/11
The second part of the 1980 Five Act Don Carlo. (69 min.)
Don Carlo 1980, Part One
2012/05/11
Part one of highlights from a wonderful 1980 Don Carlo under James Levine. The cast features Giuseppe Giacomini, Gilda Cruz-Romo, Tatiana Troyanos, Sherrill Milnes, Paul Plishka, and Jerome Hines. (66 min.)
Il Pirata w.Caballe
2012/05/09
A most exciting reading of Bellini's "Il Pirata" (highlights) with Montserrat Caballe, Flaviano Labo, and Piero Cappuccilli under Franco Cap[uana from Florence, 1967 (68 min.)
...and you thought there were no more Toscas.....
2012/05/06
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn0TfE1Hewc
The link is long..Instead of copying it,go directly to Youtube VASSILKA PETROVA, but be careful you do not eat,drink, or have any small animals near the computer....
Boris Godunov with Hans Hotter
2012/05/05
A most exciting performance of Boris Godunov (In German), featuring Hans Hotter, Hans Hopf, Martha Moedl,Lorenz Fehenberger, Kurt Boehme (Varlaam), Kim Borg (Pimen), under Eugen Jochum. Munich 1957 (65 min.)
A Superb Lohengrin
2012/05/02
Here are highlights from a marvelous Lohengrin from Berlin Radio 1942, under Robert Heger. The cast features two of my all-time favorites, Margarete Klose and Franz Voelker, and stars Maria Muller, Jaro Prohaska, and Ludwig Hofmann(the King.) (71 min.)
Reminder of Mr.Friend of Opera Videos
2012/05/01
Remember that there are 1240 wonderful videos on my "Mrfriendofpera" site." Have fun !!
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=FLES6h-GjCki9eZg4gNu5fLg&feature=mh_lolz
Go to Mr.Friend of opera site and click Zinka's photo at upper right.Then you see, and upper left the "Favorites".....Then scroll for what you want.
Here is the easiest way to access the site:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrFriendofopera
Maria Callas in I Puritani
2012/04/28
Another of the great Callas Mexico performances,a Puritani under Guido Picco from 1952. Although the sound is not the greatest, we can judge how phenomenal Callas was in those historic Mexico performances. The cast includes Giuseppe Di Stefano, Piero Campolonghi, and Roberto Silva. (72 min.)
A Superb Mefistofele from 1965
2012/04/27
This wonderful work is performed by the Chicago Opera, 1965, under Nino Sanzogno, and features Nicolai Ghiaurov,Renata Tebaldi, Alfredo Kraus, and Elena Suliotis. (69 min.)
Celebrating Astrid Varnay on her birthday
2012/04/26
The great Astrid Varnay was born on April 25, 1918. Let us celebrate the memory of this legendary soprano with highlights from her illustrious career. All selections are from the 1950's and they include scenes from Parsifal, Tannhauser (Venus and Elizabeth),Tristan und Isolde, Flying Dutchman (with Hans Hotter),Elektra (w.Hoengen and Schoeffler , and concluding with the Gotterdmaerung Immolation Scene. (68 min.)
She made her sensational debut at the Metropolitan Opera on 6 December 1941 in a broadcast performance singing Sieglinde in Wagner 's Die Walküre , substituting for the indisposed Lotte Lehmann with almost no rehearsal. This was her first appearance in a leading role, and it was a triumph. Six days later she replaced the ailing Helen Traubel as Brünnhilde in the same opera. Varnay and Weigert became closer and were married in 1944. It was also at this time that she had lessons with former Metropolitan Opera tenor, Paul Althouse .
In 1948 she made her debut at Covent Garden and in 1951 in Florence as Lady Macbeth . In that year she also made her debut at Bayreuth after Flagstad, who had declined the invitation to Bayreuth, recommended that Wieland Wagner engage Varnay. She sang at Bayreuth for the next seventeen years, and appeared regularly at the Metropolitan until 1956.
She left when it was clear that the Met director Rudolf Bing did not appreciate her, and went on to become a mainstay of the world's other great opera houses, especially in Germany, in Wagner and Strauss but also several Verdi and other roles. She had already made Munich her home, where audiences considered her a goddess.
In 1969 she gave up her repertoire of heavy dramatic soprano roles and began a new career singing mezzo roles. After being the world's leading Elektra for over twenty years, she now established herself as a great interpreter of Klytemnestra . The role of Herodias in Salome became her most often-performed role: 236 performances. She returned to the Metropolitan in 1974 and last appeared there in Weill 's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny in 1979.
In the mid-1980s, character roles now became Varnay's metier. Her last appearance on stage was in Munich in 1995, fifty-five years after her Metropolitan debut. In 1998 she published her autobiography Fifty-Five Years in Five Acts: My Life in Opera , written with Donald Arthur (German title is Hab'mir's gelobt ).
In 2004, a documentary about her life and first New York career entitled Never Before , produced by Donald Collup, received acclaim in the USA. Her recordings of Strauss heroines such as Elektra and Salome along with the Wagnerian roles are among the treasures of the medium, while transcriptions of broadcast performances of her great roles document her art in sound, and a few video recordings of her late career preserve evidence of her acting ability. Astrid Varnay died in Munich on 4 September 2006, aged 88.
Selected recordings
Some of the best!!
2012/04/24
12 selections featuring live performances by some of opera's greatest singers.Included are:
Renata Tebaldi,Leonie Rysanek,Leontyne Price, Zinka Milanov, Eleanor Steber, Birgit Nilsson, Kiri Te Kanawa,Kirsten Flagstad, Hilde Gueden, Judith Blegen, Renata Scotto, Tatiana Troyanos, Placido Domingo, Jon Vickers, Luciano Pavarotti, Franco Corelli, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and Lauritz Melchior (70 min.)
Die Meistersinger from Vienna, 1955
2012/04/24
Scenes from a wonderful 1955 Meistersinger under Fritz Reiner. The cast includes Paul Schoeffler, Irmgard Seefried, Gottlob Frick, Hans Beirer, and Erich Kunz. (72 min.)
Walkure from Buenos Aires 1940, act Three
2012/04/24
Act Three of the aforementioned Buenos Aires 1940 Walkure. (57 min.)
Die Walkure from Buenos Aires, Part One.
2012/04/24
Highlights from acts and ond two from a historical 1940 Buenos Aires Walkure under Erich Kleiber. The cast includes Marjorie Lawrence, Irene Jessner, Rene Maison, Herbert Janssen, Emanuel List, and,in a rare early performance of Fricka near the start of her illustrious career, Rise Stevens as Fricka. ( 71 min. )
Giulietta in Favorita
2012/04/22
EXCITING STUFF! Naples, 1963 Favorita under Fernando Previtali, with Giulietta Simionato, Gianni Raimondi, Mario Zanasi, and Nicola Zaccaria. (71 min.)
In Memory of Leonard Warren
2012/04/21
Leonard Warren was born on April 21, 1911. He was a sensational singer, up to the moment,on March 4, 1960 that he died on stage before our eyes. I present this 1945 Rigoletto in his memory.
The cast also includes Jussi Bjoerling , Bidu Sayao, and William Hargrave, conducted by Cesare Sodero. (71 min.)
The Opera Debut of the Great Astrid Varnay
2012/04/20
A fascinating event, as the great soprano Astrid Varnay makes her Met debut as Sieglinde,replacing Lotte Lehmann, on the Dec.6 Walkure broadcast...her Met debut, (with no rehearsals) AND the first time she EVER sang on ANY stage. This must go down in opera history as one of the great events.
In the cast are Lauritz Melchior,Helen Traubel,Friedrich Schorr, and Alexander Kipnis, under Erich Leinsdorf. (68 min.)
I must also make mention of Donald Collup,former singer and pianist, who interviewed Mme.Varnay in her later years, and produced a magnificent documentary of her fabulous career. Mr.Collup's fascinating home page can be found at: http://www.collup.com. I must also mention that his remarkable collection can be found at his store at: http://www.collup.com/dczcdz.html.
Die Piraten!!!!
2012/04/15
Gilbert und Sullivan in DEUTSCH????? Why not??? It features my beloived Martha Moedl, the late great Arlene Auger, Gerd Nienstedt,Alexander Malta, and tenor Peter Bahrig. This is from 1968 WDR radio. The conductor is Franz Marszalek. (60 min.)
It's hard enough to sing "patter" in English....well, this should be fun!!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DEAR APRILE MILLO
2012/04/15
Geee.It is "Aprile in Aprile." Happy birthday, April 14, to a dear lady and great singer. She is a sweetheart and I have always felt she was a kind of "spirit" for me personally since we first met.
Love from Charlie
Aprile Millo was born on April 14, 1958, in New York City. She was the daughter of Margherita Ghirosi and tenor Giovanni Millo, the first American hired by La Scala after World War II. She developed an early interest in music, and after graduating from high school in 1977, she was chosen to be one of the first eight apprentices at the San Diego Opera Center. A string of vocal awards followed, including the Geraldine Farrar Award, the Montserrat Caballé Award in Barcelona, and first prize in the Concorso Internazionale di Voci Verdiane in Bussetto, Italy. Upon her return to the United States, Millo joined the Utah Opera Company in Salt Lake City. It was in Salt Lake City that she made her professional stage debut with the Utah Opera in the title role of Verdi's Aïda in 1980. The following year, she travelled to New York to attend the Metropolitan Opera's open-call auditions, where she was invited to take part in the company's Young Artists Development Program. The next several years were spent learning roles, refining her acting style, and perfecting her vocal technique. During this time, she made her La Scala debut replacing Mirella Freni as Elvira in Ernani on January 4, 1983. In 1984, Aprile Millo was signed to a three-year contract by the Met that called for her to work primarily as an understudy. On December 3, 1984, she made her Metropolitan debut replacing Anna Tomowa-Sintow as Amelia in Simon Boccanegra , which critics described as "a blazing success". Three weeks later, on December 22, she performed the same role in her originally scheduled Met debut. The next year, in 1985, Millo took first prize in the Richard Tucker Competition. On January 19, 1986, Millo made her Carnegie Hall debut in a concert version of Verdi's I Lombardi alla prima Crociata . That year, she also achieved success in the role of Aïda, singing the role in New York, as well as all over Europe and South America. It was as Aïda that she opened the 1989-90 Met season in an Emmy-winning production that was also telecast internationally. During her career, Millo has made several recordings, including a debut CD of Verdi arias called Presenting Aprile Millo which was released by Angel Records in 1986. She also recorded the singing voice for Elisabeth Taylor in Zeffirelli's film, "The Young Toscanini". She has an extensive Met repertoire, including the Verdi heroines she is famous for (including Desdemona, Luisa Miller, Leonora in Il Trovatore ) as well as some Puccini roles, including Liù in Turandot and as Tosca, a role she sang at the Met in the 98/99 season.
Go to my Soprano Bios
Un Ballo in Maschera w.Ljuba Welitsch
2012/04/14
The marvelous Ljuba Welitsch as Amelia in Ballo from 1949 Edinbugh under Vittorio Gui . The cast includes Mirto Picchi, Alda Noni, Paolo Silveri, Jean Watson.(Ulrica), Ian Wallace (Sam), and Hervey Alan (Tom). (65 min.)
Farewelll,my Zinka
2012/04/14
Zinka's sad farewell,on Apr.13, 1966, was the 88th and last time I heard that incredible voice live...but it will always be with me...forever. You know that when you are a teen and are turned on to a special artist,entertainer,sports figure,etc...that stays with you all your life.
The greatest voice I ever heard!!!!!!!!!!!!
Photo: Booohooo.I was once cute!!!!!
HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13TH
2012/04/13
I do not know if every country represented on these podcasts "celebrates" Friday the 13th. However, if you do, stay far away from:
1. Black cats
2. Walking under ladders
3. Listening to Rap music
4. Cellphones, I-phones, television, radio,
reading, xxxxxxxxxx.(THAT TOO)
BUT to keep you from being bored...LISTEN TO THESE PODCASTS!!!!!
Love, Carlo il Pazzo Supremo.
Barbro Ericson
2012/04/13
The superb mezzo from Sweden, land of fabulous artists, Barbro Ericson, in selections from the Verdi Requiem,Don Carlo, Ballo, Pique Dame, Boris, Aida, Das Rheingold, Lohengrin, and Saul and David . (68 min.)
Barbro Ericson Hederén Helen Augusta, born April 2 1930 in Halmstad , is a Swedish opera singer ( mezzo-soprano and alto ).
Ericson was educated at the College of Music and Opera School in Stockholm . After debuting at the Opera in 1956 she was employed there in 1958 . She came to portray over 100 roles, mainly in the major mezzo roles in works by Wagner , Verdi and Strauss . She has also made more modern roles such as Mother Goose and Baba in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress , Mescalina in Ligeti's The Great bern wife , Marie in Berg's Wozzeck , and Madame de Croissy in Poulenc's Karmelitsystrarna . Ericsson has also appeared in several scenes in foreign countries such as Bayreuth , Salzburg , Metropolitan , Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, La Scala and Covent Garden .
Her records span from Gluck's Orpheus to Carmen and the high soprano role of Santuzza in Mascagnis In Sicily . Two of her biggest successes was in 1975 as Amman in Richard Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten and previously as Klyteimnestra the same composer's Elektra .
Ericson was awarded a scholarship from the Set Svaneholms Memorial Fund in 1967 . She was appointed to the Royal Court Singer in 1968 and received Litteris et Artibus 1978th
Rest in Peace, Lili Chookasian
2012/04/12
So sorry to hear of the passing of a great singer. Rest in Peace,beloved lady!!!
Lili Chookasian (born August 1, 1921; died April 9, 2012) is an American contralto who has appeared with many of the world's major symphony orchestras and opera houses . She began her career in the 1940s as a concert singer but did not draw wider acclaim until she began singing opera in her late thirties. She arose as one of the world's leading contraltos during the 1960s and 1970s, and notably had a long and celebrated career at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1962 through 1986. She was admired for her sonorous, focused tone as well as her excellent musicianship. She often chose, against tradition, to sing oratorios from memory.
You mean you LIKE opera suddenly?????
2012/04/09
What is this??????? Did the Easter Bunny do something? April just started and my graph of statistics hit the TOP ......even withoutthose new x-rated Netrebko photos..WOW!!!!! Bless you....at this rate, we will pass the number we owe to other countries before 2013!!!!! Loveya!!!!!!!
Manon from 1969, La Scala
2012/04/08
Never mind the "wrong language." I adore French, but Freni and Pavarotti are in such glorious form, I had to do this one. Rolando Panerai is Lescaut,Antonio Zerbini is the Count, and Franco Ricciardi is De Bretigny. Conducted by Peter Maag. (71 min.)
GOD BLESS YOU,FRANCO CORELLI
2012/04/08
What more can we say,as we remember Franco's birthday,on April 8, 1921! I saw him 40 times, and although there were times we wanted to shoot him (well,married to Loretta was not easy), he was ADORED!!!!! God bless him forever!!
With a rich and ringing spinto tenor voice and movie-star good looks, Corelli won a wide public following from early on his career. However, while the public was enthralled with the tenor, music critics were divided, with some complaining about what they perceived as self-indulgence of phrasing and expression. During the 1960s the anti-Corelli sentiment among critics was epitomized by Alan Rich of the The New York Herald Tribune in a 1966 article which, while acknowledged the vibrancy and white heat of his singing, considered Corelli a throwback to an earlier era when, from Mr. Rich's perspective, musical compromises were common and stylistic refinement lacking. Rich said that, Corelli is "not employed by an opera, but employs it to serve purposes it was not meant to serve."[ 2] Also, many critics did not look favourably on his performances in French opera, owing to the tenor’s exotic French diction and style.[ 1] However, Corelli also had his admirers among several highly respected and notable critics, including Harold C. Schonberg of The New York Times , who once defended the expressive liberties taken by Corelli as possessing "its own kind of logic".[ 2]
Cavalleria Rusticana en Francais
2012/04/07
An interesting 1934 recording of Cavalleria Rusticana in French,under Gustave Cloez. In the cast are Germaine Cernay, Gaston Micheletti, and Arthur Endreze, with Cernay singing also arias from Le Cid and Samson et Delilah. (52 min.)
Born: April 28, 1900 - Le Havre, France
Died: 1943 - Paris, France
The French mezzo-soprano, Germaine Cernay (born: Pointu), studied piano and solfeggio when still a child. She joined the Conservatoire of Paris taking singing lessons with Albers and Engel.
Germaine Cernay she made her debut in 1925 at the Paris Opéra as Euryclée in Fauré’s Pénélope but she eventually appeared most of her career at the Opéra-Comique (Salle Favart), where she made her debut in 1927 in Alfano’s Risurrezione opposite Mary Garden. After a number of small parts she sang roles such as Mallika (Lakmé ), Suzuki , Mignon, Geneviève, Carmen and Charlotte, among many others. She was also a star at the La Monnaie of Brussels and at a number of provincial French opera houses. She toured North Africa, England, Ireland, Italy and Switzerland. In a broadcast she tried to sing Mélisande (a soprano role). Without neglecting the stage, her mind continuosly changed to sing melodies and oratorios. She was a famous interpreter of Bach. Germaine believed deeply in God and intended to spend her life in a cloister, but she died before having fulfilled her wish.
VIVA VERDI!!!!!!!
2012/04/07
Decca,Phillips, and DGG put out a special commemorative cd set for the Verdi year,remembering the great man's death in 1901. How could anyone accomplish what he did?????
I announce all selections and casts and I know you will enjoy the variety. (67 min.)
Medea in Corinto
2012/04/07
Giovanni Simone Mayr's rarely heard "Medea in Corinto" under Newell Jenkins.
The Medea is Marisa Galvany (play the high E natural 10 times),Joan Patenaude-Yarnell as Creusa, Allen Cathcart as Jason, Robert White as Aegeus, Thomas Palmer as Creonte, and Molly Stark as Ismene. (72 min.)
(Our photo from the live perf. Galvany is the one with the makeup.)
Parsifal Act 3 for Good Friday
2012/04/05
An almost complete Act 3 1956 Parsifal from Rome under Eugen Jochum, with Wolfgang Windgassen, Ferdinand Frantz, and Ludwig Weber (my personal favorite Gurnemanz.) (61 min.)
Lauritz Melchior in Wagner
2012/04/05
In London in 1926 and 1929, the phenomenal Lauritz Melchior made some recordings under the direction of Albert Coates. I know you will agree with most critics that Melchior was a "one-of-a-kind" artist. He sings the Tannhauser Rome Narrative, and then scenes from Siegfried with Rudolf Bockelman, Albert Reiss, and Norah Gruhn as the Forest Bird. (58 min.)
...and speaking of a "one-of-a-kind Wagner singer, I have seen a few Wagnerian tenors who surely were "one-of-a-kind".....but I won't mention their names.
YOU DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2012/04/03
YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One million!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Send me all names and address and I will send you as a gift, Justin Bieber and Sarah Palin in the new Ring DVD which was just released on the AIUTO.....SOCCORSO>>>>>>HILFE!!!!! label.
Now,Charlie...Is that nice???????????????????????????????
Sorry..It is 2 A.M. NY Time.....I have had some depression lately..and you brought me out of it..so I do not have to call Anna Netrebko to come over.
Look...I am not perfect...I would admit my faults .....if I had any........
A SUPERB RIGOLETTO
2012/03/31
Conductor Rico Saccani seems to fancy himself the reincarnation of Toscanini,(look at his site) but he does have some superb recordings,mostly from Budapest. Unfortunately,he lists only the principals of this Rigoletto,Leo Nucci, Marcello Giordani, and Mariella Devia. (67 min.)
Nucci is still singing and we sadly only had him briefly at the Met;likewise Devia, a great diva. Marcello takes a wild high D natural at the end of "Possente Amor" which made me CWAZY! Have fun!!!
The Great Ljuba Welitsch as Salome
2012/03/29
Ljuba Welitsch made a sensational debut as Salome at the Met. Here is a 1952 perf.under Fritz Reiner, with Elizabeth Hoengen,Set Svanholm, Hans Hotter, and Brian Sullivan. (65 min.)
Walkure Exc.from Buenos Aires, 1960
2012/03/28
Only portions of this Walkure from 1960 Buenos Aires under Ferdinand Leitner exist, and nothing of act three, but there are some exciting moments for you to enjoy. The cast includes Martha Moedl, Hans Hotter, Gre Brouwenstijn, and Hans Beirer. (58 min.).
As I remarked on my narration, Martha Moedl's "Hojotojo" might be termed "OH LORD!" by most of you;we felt that way in 1957 when we first saw her. However, you know how I am crazy for her, and well...how many singers do we know who "let it all hang out?" The lady is still for me and for so many one of the greatest singers ever..as long as you do not expect an easy top. We could use more singers today with such "abandon." Well, not too much!
(Photo:Gre Brouwenstijn.)
Rosa Ponselle in Popular Music, 1925-1950
2012/03/28
21 popular selections (announced) by the sensational Rosa Ponselle. Unimaginable how she sounded live. (65 min.) Bio follows:
Legendary Operatic Diva, Rosa Ponselle, was discovered at age 21, while singing in vaudeville, by Enrico Caruso who brought her to the Met to appear opposite him as the "Leonora" in the 1918 Metropolitan Opera premiere performance of Verdi's La FORZA del DESTINO. She became the first American-born artist to sing a major role at the Met without the benefit of prior European training or experience, and is credited with opening the doors of the Met to the American-trained singer. Most remarkable about Ponselle is that she had no vocal training prior to her operatic debut. Born with a natural gift for singing and acting, she was a true Dramatic Soprano having many revivals done for her. For the 19 seasons that she sang with the Met, she was considered its reigning queen, and was dubbed by Huneker as "The Caruso in Petticoats". Geraldine Farrar is reported to have said when discussing singers, "There are two you must put aside, one is Enrico Caruso, the other is Rosa Ponselle. Then you may begin to discuss all the others." Leonard Bernstein, who credited Ponselle with changing the direction of his young life, wrote in a letter to her, "Yours is the first operatic voice I ever heard, at age eight, on an old Columbia 78, singing 'Suicido'. Even through all the scratchiness and surface noise, that voice rang through in such glory that it made me a music-lover forever. I thank you every day of my life." is is ultimate perfection.'"f us all." Legendary Operatic Diva, Rosa Ponselle, was discovered at age 21, while singing in vaudeville, by Enrico Caruso who brought her to the Met to appear opposite him as the "Leonora" in the 1918 Metropolitan Opera premiere performance of Verdi's La FORZA del DESTINO. She became the first American-born artist to sing a major role at the Met without the benefit of prior European training or experience, and is credited with opening the doors of the Met to the American-trained singer. Most remarkable about Ponselle is that she had no vocal training prior to her operatic debut. Born with a natural gift for singing and acting, she was a true Dramatic Soprano having many revivals done for her. For the 19 seasons that she sang with the Met, she was considered its reigning queen, and was dubbed by Huneker as "The Caruso in Petticoats". Geraldine Farrar is reported to have said when discussing singers, "There are two you must put aside, one is Enrico Caruso, the other is Rosa Ponselle. Then you may begin to discuss all the others." Leonard Bernstein, who credited Ponselle with changing the direction of his young life, wrote in a letter to her, "Yours is the first operatic voice I ever heard, at age eight, on an old Columbia 78, singing 'Suicido'. Even through all the scratchiness and surface noise, that voice rang through in such glory that it made me a music-lover forever. I
Happy No. 70 to my dear Sam Ramey
2012/03/27
Around 1970, after our "first premier basso" Paul Plishka, had already established himself as one of the fine bassos in opera, there arrived from Kansas a young man named Sam Ramey, and as part of the Paterson,New Jersey Company, under the marvelous Armen Boyajian, we began to sing many operas with Sam as the lead.
It was my pleasure to sing in Anna Bolena,Boheme,Tales of Hoffmann, and Barbiere with Sam. We knew he had great talent, but as we know, he has had one of the great opera careers, and on this March 28, I wish him a happy birthday.
Sam!!! Put your shirt on...you DEVIL!!!!! Love Charlie
Georges Thill- Volume 2
2012/03/27
A very great tenor,Georges Thill ,in arias from Herodiade, Aida, La Juive, Alceste, Le Cid, Les Huguenots, Pagliacci, Lohengrin, Traviata,Wm . Tell, Joseph (Mehul), Sapho (Massenet), Romeo et Juliette, Fortunio (Messager), L'Attaque du Moulin (Bruneau), and Parsifal. (67 min.)
Happy Number 60,my beloved Dolora Zajick
2012/03/25
A FORCE OF NATURE!!!! I always told Dolora we need to clone her...because there is NO ONE ELSE these days who sings like the "old-timers."
LOVE from Charlie
HAPPY 102nd BIRTHDAY TO BELOVED MAGDA OLIVERO
2012/03/25
Bless the great lady who reaches 102 on Mar.25. She is a miracle in the world of music, and in her honor here are scenes from the Fanciulla del West from Venice, 1967 under Oliviero de Fabritiis, with Daniele Barioni and Giangiacomo Guelfi. (70 min>).
Words always fail me when I speak of this beloved lady, and i know she will express her usual greeting to you all in our yearly phone conversation. I do not imagine a world without her.
Love to you, my dear Magda.
P.S. Called her Monday and she sounds like a KID!!! Her voice is so clear, and that "Verismo Italiano" is something I treasure.She sends you all her love, knowing how many people appreciate her.
MARTHA MODEL AT 100 !!!!!
2012/03/22
In my opera-going experience, I cannot say any singer touched my heart more than the lady who would be 100 years old this day, March 22, 2012. This 1964 scene from Elektra tells only a tiny fraction of what she was onstage. It had nothing to do with a pure vocal tone, but it was a "total package" of beauty and excitement that opera lovers will remember if they were able to witness at least some of her career, as I did.
I behold her right now, from 55 years ago, as Isolde, and the Brunnhildes, and will never forget her. (19 min.)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY "MIMI"
2012/03/20
In honor of my dear Diana Soviero's 21st birthday, I present highlights from a 1980 Los Angeles Boheme under John Mauceri. This was the opera (in 1977) in which I first heard this very great artist, and you know the rest.
In the cast are Riccardo Calleo, Frederick Burchinall, Robert McFarland (Schaunard),Stephanie Sundine, and Robert Hale. (71 min.)
I follow this with the letter I wrote to everyone on this day.
She means so much to me. Charlie
Hello everyone,
Every March 19 I celebrate the birthdays of two of the greatest divas in my life,those of Diana Soviero, and my ma. Ma didn't have much chest,but she could kick up storm in the Follies in the 1920's.
I will never forget the first time (Mar.13, 1977) that I heard that glorious Soviero voice as Mimi ,and,coupled with the depth of emotion, the attention to phrase, the combination of what we term "Kunsst/Stimm divas (both voice and art divas). I wish my darlings,one in my memory forever, and one who has always been so appreciated by directors,colleagues,audiences and of course her students all my best on this day.
Anyone who does not know her worth, just go to Youtube with 5 Pavarotti towels, and watch her Suor Angelica finale,which is an example of the kind of verismo singing you hear from Muzio,Favero, and Zeani,and does not exist today.
All my love to my two girls.
Charlie
A Brilliant 1970 Scala Vespri
2012/03/12
This is a magnificent Vespri Sicilani from Scala 1970 under Gianandrea Gavazzeni. It features Renata Scotto, Piero Cappuccilli, Ruggero and Gianni Raimondi (no relations) and I know you will enjoy it. The more I hear Scotto, the more I am captivated by her feeling for the line and the style. (71 min.)
The Great Norman Treigle, Born 3/6/23
2012/03/10
Treigle was born in New Orleans , the fifth and final child of a poor carpenter and his wife. Following his 1946 marriage to the former Loraine Siegel, the bass-baritone began vocal studies with the contralto Elisabeth Wood. In 1947, he made his operatic debut with the New Orleans Opera Association, as the Duke of Verona in Roméo et Juliette .
Between 1949 and 1951, he attended Loyola University of the South's College of Music, while performing various roles with the local opera company.
In 1953, Treigle made his New York City Opera debut, as Colline in La bohème . Three years later, the bass-baritone scored his first significant success , as the tormented Reverend Olin Blitch, in the New York premiere of Floyd's Susannah . He made his European debut in this same opera, at the Brussels World's Fair , in 1958.
In succeeding seasons, Treigle became one of the top bass-baritones in North America, and was acclaimed as one of the world's foremost singing-actors. He sang in many experimental productions and participated in several important premieres, in operas by Einem , Copland , Moore , Floyd , Orff , Dallapiccola and Ward (The Crucible ). Perhaps his greatest roles were in Faust (as Méphistophélès), Carmen (as Escamillo), Susannah , Il prigioniero , Les contes d'Hoffmann (the four Villains), Boris Godunov and, especially, Mefistofele .
Strange Child of Chaos: Norman Treigle .
In the autumn of 1974, Treigle made his London debut at Covent Garden in a new production of Faust . On February 16, 1975, Treigle was found dead in his New Orleans apartment. He had been diagnosed as a chronic insomniac and it was determined that he had consumed an accidental overdose of sleeping pills . By his first wife, he had a son (who died in 1993) and a daughter, Phyllis. He had also adopted the daughter of his second wife, from whom he was separated at the time of his death.
Saving $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ at the Met
2012/03/05
Mr.Gelb MUST cut corners at the Met since he spent 500 zillion dollars on the new Ring...so he has to cut down on the chorus...He will therefore use a new chorus for some spectacles.
Will the audience know??????
VIVA LATONIA!!!!!
2012/03/04
So,we had the Talmud, the Koran, War and Peace, Don Quijote (I had to read ALL of it), but now comes my review of the wonderful Latonia Moore's Met debut!!! (Do not worry,it will be somewhat shorter than the above.).For me, the most important element of the Aida was that the DUMB theory, totally dispelled by the marvelous low register of Latonia, that you cannot sing chest because "it shortens the top range." Just take the phrase in act three " O patria,patria,quando mi costi,etc.) or the opening of "Ritorna Vincitor" where unlike every Aida I have heard in recent years cannot say "parola" like a true Italian. (Sweet said, "parowwwwwlah).
Will Gelb understand the importance of someone who today joined "minor" artists like Varnay,Flagstad, and te Kanawa in making a fabulous debut on the eadio? Is it possible that perhaps he will decide that this was a special event and do some cast changing for next season?
Latonia has a luscious voice, with all the elements of a great soprano, as I thought years ago at the "Elgar" performance at Carnegie. I am so happy for her...and did you ever hear such a prolonged ovation after "Ritorna Vincitor," which was in some ways "Zeani-like" in temperament and the lower register (and Virginia loved it, by the way.)
Blythe sang magnificently, but I hate when Armiliato rushes the very end of the Judgement Scene, not allowing the kind of thrills that,for example, Antonino Votto gives with Simionato. Morris is getting on,but he surely has paid his dues. Ataneli sounded excellent with Madama Moore in the duet, and of course Marcello sang as brilliantly as always, with the "squillante" sound I love so.
So you see, the review was not as long as you thought,but at least I expressed what I felt about the "new star" who might end up as famous as that guy on the Knicks...that could be very Linteresting.
VIVA LATONIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chesty Charlie
Latonia Moore to make Met debut as Aida
2012/03/02
At a Licia Albanese gala years ago, and then in the complete Puccini "Edgar" at Carnegie Hall, I heard the magnificent voice of Latonia Moore,who brought the house down, and when I met this sweet and lovely lady, I threatened to picket the Met if they didn't grab her up!!!!
Well, now she joins Astrid Varnay,Kirsten Flagstad, Kiri te Kanawa and others I cannot think of now, making a Met debut on a broadcast (March 3). I am wishing this superb lady all my best for the Aida, and hope and pray the Met will learn something and give her more material over the years.
I have some arthritis these days, so I am glad I do not have to walk around at Lincoln Center with my "Latonia Belongs at the Met" sign.
I wish this beautiful diva all my best!!!!!!!!!!
Sincerely,
Charlie
Rigoletto with Alfredo Kraus
2012/03/01
This is the Met debut (1966) of the fabulous Alfredo Kraus (including a D natural). Francesco Molinari-Pradelli conducts, with Cornell MacNeil, Roberta Peters, and Ruza Baldani. (71 min.)
The Art of Geraldine Farrar
2012/03/01
One of the world's most popular divas was Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967). I present highlights from La Boheme, Mme.Butterfly, Tosca, and Il Segreto di Susanna (Wolf-Ferrari). In the duets we have Enrico Caruso, and in the Boheme quartet we have Caruso, Antonio Scotti, and Gina Viafora
(55 min.)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LUCINE!!!
2012/02/29
As Lucine Amara celebrates birthday no.87 on March 1, I tell you that the voice is STILL as luscious and clear as on my 1948 audition tapes....No kidding!!!!! I give you the Youtube link below......and,trust me, she has never lost that sound!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Lucine+Amara&oq=Lucine+Amara&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=12&gs_upl=0l0l0l118139l0l0l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0l0
Enrico Caruso Birthday
2012/02/25
http://www.henryrosner.org/caruso/
The above link will take you to the GOD of opera, Enrico Caruso, born Feb.23, 1873.
Bless his memory forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Medea with Magda Olivero
2012/02/23
A most exciting performnce of Cherubini's "Medea," from Dallas, 1967 under Nicola Rescigno. Magda Olivero makes a rare appearance in this opera, with Bruno Prevedi, Nicola Zaccaria, and Biancamaria Casoni.
(64 min.)
Walkure Act Three under Wilhelm Furtwaengler
2012/02/22
From Covent Garden, 1937, a live performance of the third act of Die Walkure under Wilhelm Furtwaengler, featuring Kirsten Flagstad, Maria Muller, and Rudolf Bockelman. (64 glorious minutes)
Cesare Siepi as Gurnemanz
2012/02/22
We rarely have heard the great Cesare Siepi in German opera. Here is act three of Parsifal from 1971 with Sandor Konya and Thomas Stewart. The conductor is Leopold Luwig. This is what we call "pure velvet." A great man!!! (74 min.)
Tales of Hoffmann with Zeani, Part Two
2012/02/20
Here is part Two of the Tales of Hoffmann from 1966, Geneva (61 min.)
Tales of Hoffmann from Geneva,Part One
2012/02/20
Virginia Zeani sings the three Hoffmann heroines from a Geneva 1966 perf. Her husband,Nicola Rossi-Lemeni sings the villains, and Jon Crain is the Hoffmann. (Part One-28 min.)
OTELLO, Covent Garden 1962
2012/02/18
A most exciting Otello from Covent Garden under Sir Georg Solti. Mario del Monaco,Tito Gobbi, and Raina Kabaiwanska are the featured artists, supported by Josephine Veasey and John Lanigan.
(70 min.)
Rest in Peace, dear Charles Anthony
2012/02/15
Maybe he did not want to use his name "Caruso," but those who loved him thought he EARNED IT!!!!!!!!
Bless his memory.!!!!!!
Anthony was born in New Orleans, Louisiana , the child of immigrants from Sicily . He studied music at Loyola University New Orleans , where he studied under Dorothy Hulse, also the teacher of Audrey Schuh and Harry Theyard , from where he graduated in 1951. The tenor sang the role of the Messenger in Il trovatore , at the New Orleans Opera Association, in 1947. At the age of twenty-two, he auditioned under his birth name for the Metropolitan Opera's Auditions of the Air. He won the auditions, but Sir Rudolf Bing convinced him to drop his surname, saying that it would invite comparisons with Enrico Caruso .
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Anthony made his debut at the Metropolitan on March 6, 1954, playing the role of the Simpleton in Boris Godunov . Critics were impressed; The New York Times wrote, "Mr Anthony had better be careful. If he does other bit parts so vividly, he'll be stamped as a character singer for life." In the event, this proved true; although Anthony performed some larger roles early in his career (including Don Ottavio, to the Donna Anna of Herva Nelli , in Don Giovanni ), he made his mark as a comprimario singer.
On February 17, 1992, following Act II of a performance of Puccini 's Tosca , Anthony was honored in an onstage ceremony on the occasion of his breaking the record of George Cehanovsky for most appearances by an artist at the Metropolitan Opera. By the time of his retirement, Anthony had performed 2,928 times with the company, over fifty-six seasons.[ 2]
Anthony is an honorary member of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes (IATSE) Local One in New York City.
He
"My song goes round the world."
2012/02/11
In the words of that famous Josef Schmidt film, we are getting close to one million "songs" (downloads) and it is a great pleasure for me to spread the word and share with you the treasures that have enriched my life.
When we reach a million, we will have to do something special.(Any ideas??). perhaps a Lady Gaga orJustin Bieber podcast.(For those in far-off lands, look them up on Wackypedia.).
Thanks again for all your support.
As ever Carlo Magno (I just saw Ernani)
The Great Cesare Siepi, Born 2/10/. 1923
2012/02/10
GREATEST BASSO IN MY LIFE>>>Pure Velvet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
His international reputation was established in 1950, when Sir Rudolf Bing brought him to the Metropolitan Opera in New York to open the 1950 season as King Philip II in Don Carlo . He was to remain principal bass at the Met until 1974, adding roles such as Boris Godunov (in English) and Gurnemanz in Parsifal (in German), and singing all the major roles of the bass repertoire.
His debut at the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden , was in 1950, and he appeared there regularly until the mid 1970s.
In 1953, Siepi debuted at the Salzburg Festival with a legendary production of Don Giovanni conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler , staged by Herbert Graf , and designed by Clemens Holzmeister . He made an immediate impact in the title role of Don Giovanni which became perhaps his best known role, as it had been for the most famous Italian bass of the generation before, Ezio Pinza . This performance has been released on CD, and a 1954 mounting of this production was filmed in color and released in 1955.
Siepi was a frequent guest at the Vienna State Opera . In 43 performances he sang Don Giovanni, more often than any other singer in modern times except for Eberhard Wächter . In 1967 Siepi was Don Giovanni in a controversially received production staged by Otto Schenk and designed by Luciano Damiani that showed Mozart's masterpiece in the light of the commedia dell'arte , emphasizing the comic and ironic elements of this opera (conductor Josef Krips strongly opposed this production's concept). In Vienna he also sang Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia ), Colline (La bohème ), Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra ), Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro ), Padre Guardiano (La forza del destino 1974 in a new production conducted by Riccardo Muti ), Gurnemanz (Parsifal ), Méphistophélès (Faust ), Filippo II (Don Carlos ), and Ramphis (Aida ). His final performance at Vienna was in Norma (Oroveso) at the Austria Center Vienna in 1994.
He was a particularly fine recital artist, especially in Community Concerts under Columbia Artist Management, and a sensitive interpreter of German Lieder. He married Met ballerina Luellen Sibley and they had two children.
Siepi enjoyed a long career, and performed regularly until the 1980s, including lead roles in the ill-fated Broadway musicals Bravo Giovanni and Carmelina . In addition to his studio recordings, there are also many live recordings of performances of his major roles.
Siepi's formal farewell to the operatic stage occurred at the Teatro Carani in Sassuolo on 21 April 1989. Indeed, Capon's List shows live recordings made as late as 1988.
Siepi's last studio recording was as the old King Archibaldo in RCA 's 1976 taping of Italo Montemezzi 's L'amore dei tre re , with Anna Moffo and Plácido Domingo in the cast.
Siepi died at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia on July 5, 2010 after suffering a stroke more than a week earlier.
Elektra with Astrid Varnay
2012/02/04
A brilliant Elektra with Astrid Varnay, Leonie Rysanek, Hans Hotter, and Res Fischer from 1953 under Richard Kraus. (71 min.)
She made her sensational debut at the Metropolitan Opera on 6 December 1941 in a broadcast performance singing Sieglinde in Wagner 's Die Walküre , substituting for the indisposed Lotte Lehmann with almost no rehearsal. This was her first appearance in a leading role, and it was a triumph. Six days later she replaced the ailing Helen Traubel as Brünnhilde in the same opera. Varnay and Weigert became closer and were married in 1944. It was also at this time that she had lessons with former Metropolitan Opera tenor, Paul Althouse .
In 1948 she made her debut at Covent Garden and in 1951 in Florence as Lady Macbeth . In that year she also made her debut at Bayreuth after Flagstad, who had declined the invitation to Bayreuth, recommended that Wieland Wagner engage Varnay. She sang at Bayreuth for the next seventeen years, and appeared regularly at the Metropolitan until 1956.
She left when it was clear that the Met director Rudolf Bing did not appreciate her, and went on to become a mainstay of the world's other great opera houses, especially in Germany, in Wagner and Strauss but also several Verdi and other roles. She had already made Munich her home, where audiences considered her a goddess.
In 1969 she gave up her repertoire of heavy dramatic soprano roles and began a new career singing mezzo roles. After being the world's leading Elektra for over twenty years, she now established herself as a great interpreter of Klytemnestra . The role of Herodias in Salome became her most often-performed role: 236 performances. She returned to the Metropolitan in 1974 and last appeared there in Weill 's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny in 1979.
In the mid-1980s, character roles now became Varnay's metier. Her last appearance on stage was in Munich in 1995, fifty-five years after her Metropolitan debut. In 1998 she published her autobiography Fifty-Five Years in Five Acts: My Life in Opera , written with Donald Arthur (German title is Hab'mir's gelobt ).
In 2004, a documentary about her life and first New York career entitled Never before, produced by Donald Collup, who interviewed her, received acclaim in the USA. Her recordings of Strauss heroines such as Elektra and Salome along with the Wagnerian roles are among the treasures of the medium, while transcriptions of broadcast performances of her great roles document her art in sound, and a few video recordings of her late career preserve evidence of her acting ability. Astrid Varnay died in Munich on 4 September 2006, aged 88.
Rest in Peace, dear Camilla Williams
2012/02/02
Camilla Williams, emerita professor of music
The NAACP's Roy Wilkins had asked her to sing a spiritual at the August 1963 civil rights rally in Washington, D.C. But Camilla Williams ended up singing The Star Spangled Banner as well.
Williams recalled that another singer on the program was caught in traffic, and Wilkins needed someone to sing the national anthem. (Contralto Marian Anderson was stuck in traffic.)
"I ran up all the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and was out of breath when I got to the microphone," she said. But she sang to the 200,000 gathered there and the next year, after King won the Nobel Peace Prize, she sang The Battle Hymn of the Republic for a gathering of dignitaries and friends of the civil rights leader. "I was honored to know Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta," she told the audience.
Williams was the first black singer on contract to appear with the New York City Opera. She premiered in 1946 as Cio Cio San in Madame Butterfly, and she was the IU School of Music's first black professor of voice.
I spoke to her only recently...I am so sad...She was so kind and I reminded her she was my first ever Butterfly.Sadly, the racism in music prevented her from coming to the Met. Bless her memory. (She was 92)
My Memories of Renata Tebaldi
2012/02/02
Ciao a tutti,
When we gathered outside the Met stage door on Feb.1, 1956, after Tebaldi's debut as Desdemona (we lost our voices for weeks), we were unaware that it was her 34th birthday. As usual, she signed every program in the freezing cold, and that was our first encounter with the lady who made our lives so happy, on and off stage. She would be 90 this day, and let me remember some of my personal tales of this beloved lady:
Those of us who heard her live do not believe that there was EVER any soprano who combined a phenomenally gorgeous quality and Brunnhilde-like volume. Imagine a Gioconda duet withe two of them..get the earplugs!
I am following this with a few anecdotes from my personal experience, just to give you a more personal view of her personality:
1. She did not like to fly, and one Tuesday night, when she was off to sing in Philadelphia (The Met went there regularly), we were seeing off and she was standing in the last (open) car of the train;the baggage handler opened the door and she said, "Spoletta,chiudi!"
2. She did another Tosca thing at one of our huge hotel parties, as she cut the cake, waving the knife with a hearty, "Questo e il bacio di Tosca."
3. Every Met Tebaldi evening ended with us nutcases chasing the limo up 40th Street and her yelling "Ciao" out the window.Once I did not notice a fire plug and almost became the world's last castrato.
4. As she came out at Carnegie (Bell Tel.Hr.) for the "Inflammatus" in 1955, she saw the "gang" in the first row, winked down at us and then launched into that great piece. We felt she was performing it for us. I do not think I ever really lost that "groupie mentality."
5. After my dad died, I took my mom, a former Follies girl, to see her in Traviata.She took mom's hand backstage, and every time I saw her years after, she always asked, "Com'e la mamma?"
Well,basta for all that....Just remember how thrilling it was for teens to find themselves close with a lady who filled the hearts of opera lovers everywhere with her great voice and her undying love. (Ooops..I almost wet the keyboard.).
On your 90th,dear Renata, thanks for all you were in life to so many who will never forget you.
Charlie
Renata Tebaldi's 90th Birthday Tribute
2012/02/02
Here are arias and scenes from earlier Tebaldi performances, commercial and live. Included are: Boheme,Butterfly, Adriana, Louise, Giovanna D'Arco, Andrea Chenier,The Verdi Requiem and also a "Vissi d'arte' as sung by her teacher, Carmen Melis. (68 min.) .
May my darling Renata never be forgotten!
TRIBUTE TO FOLLOW
2012/02/01
She said, "Dammi il braccio,mio piccinO" and I,knowing Boheme at 19 (with hair), responded, "Obbedisco,SignorA." SNAP!!!!! This photo will forver remain in my heart .
Fedora Highlights with Beniamino Gigli
2012/01/29
We begin with some scenes from a 1951 Rio de Janeiro Fedora with Beniamino Gigli (born 1890) and Elena Nicolai, conducted by Nino Sanzogno. Also included are three arias from Fedora with Gigli. (44 min.)
Gotterdamerung from 1936
2012/01/27
Here we present highlights from a superb Gotterdamerung under Artur Bodansky. Despite the transcription disc sounds, one can understand what great Wagnerian artists existed in that era. Marjorie Lawrence, Lauritz Melchior, Friedrich Schorr, Ludwig Hoffman, Kathryn Meisle and Dorothee Manski (Gutrune) are the artists. (63 min.)
A little more about Paul...
2012/01/26
I also wanted to mention that the "kid" at around age 20 was the Guardiano in our Forza del Destino in Paterson, New Jersey, under the brilliant leadership of Paul's teacher and coach, Armen Boyajian. I also want to express my deep affection for Paul, and wish him all the best. He has always been a wonderful artist and a fine human being.
Love from Melitone
Bless you,Paul Plishka, as you bid farewell to the Met
2012/01/26
Paul Plishka (born August 28, 1941) is a Ukrainian-American bass opera singer.
Mr Plishka comes from Old Forge, Pennsylvania and Paterson, New Jersey; his parents were American-born children of Ukrainian immigrants. He studied at Montclair State College and with Armen Boyajian (also the pedagogue of Marisa Galvany and fellow basso Samuel Ramey ), and made his operatic debut with the Paterson Lyric Opera, in 1961.
Plishka made his formal debut with the Metropolitan Opera as the Monk in La Gioconda , in 1967. He became one of the company's leading basses, and has appeared in many other theatres, including the Teatro alla Scala (debut in La damnation de Faust , 1974) and the New York City Opera (I puritani , 1981).
The bass sang over 1,600 performances with the Met, placing him at Number 10 on their official list of most-frequent performers, which dates back to the company's inception in 1883. On January 10, 2012, bid Farewell to the company, as the Sacristan in Tosca , opposite Patricia Racette and Roberto Alagna .
He is a National Patron of Delta Omicron , an international professional music fraternity. [ 1]
Paul Plishka's artistry was recognized in 1992 when he received the Pennsylvania Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts and when, several years earlier, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame for Great American Opera Singers in a celebration at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Phil.
NEW STYLE FOR "Mr.Friend of Opera."
2012/01/25
I think you will like the new style of my VIDEO site...so check it out...
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrFriendofopera
BUON COMPLEANNO, MARCELLO GIORDANI!!
2012/01/24
The happiest of birthdays to the great Marcello Giordani as I present five beautiful Ita lian songs from his album, "Ti voglio tanto bene." Marcello is a very great artist and a lovable human being as well. Bravo al MAESTRO MARCELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Con affetto,
Charlie
Rest in Peace, Rita Gorr
2012/01/23
Dear Rita Gorr just passed away. She would have turned 86 in February.I saw her Met debut as Delilah, and her Amneris matched Birgit in size of voice....A wonderful artist.
Rest in Peace.
ROMEO ET JULIETTE 1935
2012/01/22
Highlights from a rare 1935 performance of Romeo et Juliette, conducted by Louis Hasselmans. It features Eide Norena, Charles Hackett, Giuseppe de Luca, Leon Rothier, and Gladys Swarthout. The sound is not great,owing to the original transcription discs, but it is quite acceptable. (71 min.)
Coming up on Renata Tebaldi's 90th birthday.
2012/01/22
On a freezing morning on Jan.31, 1955, I awoke at 4:30 to get to the Met standee line to wait all day for the debut of the lady whose 90th birthday comes on Feb.1.Therefore when we met her outside for the first time, it was her 34th birthday(born Feb.1, 1922.) She was the most beloved artist one could imagine and we became close, as did many others, because she was our (mommy." I called her for many years on her birthday and to this day, that 19 year old kid never quite recuperated from knowing this loving lady and one of the greatest sopranos in opera history. Can we do any special kind of tribute here on Feb.1 in her memory???It would be nice, especially for the younger fans of opera who never saw her.?? I have some cute stories to tell and many things about her singing only those who saw her could explain. No one who knew her on and off stage will EVER forget what she meant to us.
If you have any requests for lives arias/scenes, e-mail me at Placido21@aol.com
REMINDER OF MY OLD GOOGLE VIDEOS
2012/01/22
Just to remind you of my Google Videos (168 of them) at:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Handelmania&hl=en&tbs=vid:1
HAPPY BIRTHDAY (Jan.22) to dear Joseph Calleja
2012/01/22
I have met many singers, and they are usually sweethearts...but dear Joe is so special to all who know him on and off stage. May I wish him a wonderful birthday and may he continue to thrill audiences all over the globe.
The three arias are from the new album, "The Maltese Tenor."
Bless Rosa Ponselle!!
2012/01/21
Born on Jan.22, 1897, Rosa Ponselle was considered my many to have had the most gorgeous voice EVER! Unfortunately she retired in her late thirties, but at least we do have her Villa Pace recordings, and the voice was still remarkable. Imagine a "kid" making a debut with Caruso in Forza at the Met!!!!
I did have hair and freckles once!!!!!!
2012/01/21
When I think of that "other' Spanish speaking dude with whom I share a birthday, I often look back on my youth, and remember someone I resembled. Of course, as I compare us two, I do feel slighted, since he has sung more roles than I, I take the train and he has a jet, and I may own 250 Toscas, but he owns Madrid.
Love to a great icon in the world of music (Not me!!!)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GREAT PLACIDO!!!!
2012/01/21
Born: January 21, 1941 - Madrid, Spain
The famous Spanish tenor and able conductor, Plácido Domingo, was born to zarzuela singers. After a tour of Mexico, they settled there and gave performances with their own company. Placido joined his parents in Mexico at the age of 7 and began appearing with them in various productions while still a child. He also studied piano with Manuel Barajas in Mexico City and voice with Carlo Morelli at the National Conservatory there (1955-1957).
Plácido Domingo made his operatic debut in the tenor role of Borsa in Rigoletto with the National Opera in Mexico City in 1959. His first major role was as Alfredo in La Traviata in Monterrey in 1961. That same year he made his USA debut as Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor with the Dallas Civic Opera. Then he was a member of the Hebrew National Opera in Tel Aviv (1962-1964). He made his first appearance with the New York City Opera as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly in October 1965. In August 1966, he made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Turiddu in a concert performance of Cavalleria rusticana at New York's Lewisohn Stadium. His formal debut on the stage of the Metropolitan followed in September 1968, when he essayed the role of Maurice de Saxe in Adriana Lecouvreur , establishing himself as one of its principal members. He also sang regularly at the Vienna State Opera (from 1967), Milan's La Scala (from 1969), and London's Covent Garden (from 1971). His travels took him to all the major operatic centers of the world, and he also sang for recordings, films, and television.
Plácido Domingo also pursued conducting. He made his formal debut as an opera conductor with La Traviata at the New York City Opera in October 1973, and in October 1984, he appeared at the Metropolitan Opera, conducting La Boheme . He commissioned Menotti's opera Goya and sang the title role at its premiere in Washington, D.C, in November 1986. In 1987 he sang Otello at the 100th anniversary performances at La Scala. On New Year's Eve 1988 he appeared as a soloist with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in a gala concert televised live to millions, during which he also conducted the orchestra in the overture to Die Fledermaus . In July 1990, he participated in a celebrated concert with fellow tenors Jose Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti in Rome, with Zubin Mehta conducting. The concert was telecast live to the world and subsequently became a best-selling video and compact disc. In 1992 he appeared at the opening gala ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Barcelona. In 1993 he sang Parsifal at the Bayreuth Festival with extraordinary success.
Plácido Domingo celebrated his 25th anniversary with the Metropolitan Opera singing Siegmund in Act 1 of Die Walküre in a performance broadcast live on radio throughout the world in September 1993. In July 1994, he again appeared in concert with Carreras, Pavarotti, and Zubin Mehta in Los Angeles, which spectacle was telecast live to the world. In 1994 he was named principal guest conductor of the Los Angeles Opera. In 1996 he assumed the position of artistic director of the Washington (D.C.) Opera.
One of the best-known lyric tenors of his era, Plácido Domingo has gained international renown for his portrayals of such roles as Cavaradossi, Des Grieux, Radames, Don Carlo, Otello, Don Jose, Hoffmann, Canio, and Samson.
He published an autobiography, Plácido Domingo: My First Forty Years (New York, 1983).
Joseph Calleja and Tatiana Lisnic Concert
2012/01/16
Joseph Calleja and Tatiana Lisnic sing a concert in Regensburg, 2004 under conductor Alex Kober (65 min.)
Reminder for you!
2012/01/15
Reminder: Especially our new members, that since we had to remove the "Comments' section from this site, since I was getting tons of unwanted ads, you need to write me at Placido21@aol.com if you have any comments or suggestions.
Also, I invite young artists to make private requests for special podcasts that might help you with your repertory. For example, when I did a "Handelmanian Master Class' for Dolora Zajick's students, I did make some podcasts for some of them according to what they were studying.(e.g. 10 Vissi d'artes,etc.). So feel free to make such a request.
In addition, if I say something mean about one of your favorite singers, I will not be offended, since I have done that for years!
The WORLD of Opera
2012/01/15
When I look at the statistics on this site, I am absolutely delighted at the incredible interest in opera all over the globe. From Albania to Zanzibar,etc...and maybe because of my teaching Romance Languages, I got a special thrill out of the fact that Venezuela ranks numero SEIS!!!!.
I also want you to read the interesting Wikipidia site (on the blog) that lists various opera singers from many countries in the history of opera.
By the way,since we have now so many stars from Latin-America, I did make a list of them, but whatever country you are from (even Brooklyn), you can find some of your fellow countrymen who made it BIG!
Love to you all,
Charlie
(Why did the Wikipedia site come out twice?????????)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Opera_singers_by_nationality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Opera_singers_by_nationality
Don Carlo La Scala 1977, Part Two
2012/01/15
Here is part two of this superb La Scala Don Carlo. Enjoy!!!! (70 min.).
What a fabulous cast!!!!
Don Carlo from 1977 La Scala Part One
2012/01/15
What a cast!!! This is part one of the five act version of Don Carlo from La Scala, 1977, under Claudio Abbado. The stellar cast features Jose Carreras, Mirella Freni, Elena Obratsova, Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov, and Evgenyi Nesterenko (Inquisitor ) ( 66 min.)
An Exciting Samson et Delilah
2012/01/14
From 1964,am under Jean Fournet, I bring you highlights from Samson et Delilah with Oralia Dominguez (should be more appreciated), Jon Vickers, and Ernest Blanc. (69 min.)
(I wonder if Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature could sing!!)
VIL BASTARDA!!!
2012/01/12
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)
Early Studio Recordings of Franco Corelli
2012/01/11
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!!!!!!!!
Un Ballo in Maschera from Scala, 1956
2012/01/10
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)
The Magnificent Ailyn Perez
2012/01/08
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
Enclosure
La Sonnambula with Virginia Zeani
2012/01/04
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GRACE BUMBRY
2012/01/03
The Ballad of Baby Doe
2011/12/31
They cannot fire him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2011/12/29
Di Stefano's Scala Debut
2011/12/29
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR PIOTR BECZALA
2011/12/27
Tristan und Isolde from 1950
2011/12/26
Werther from Radio France
2011/12/25
Love and Buon Natale from Magda
2011/12/24
La Boheme from Vienna 1963
2011/12/24
Die Frau Ohne Schatten from Vienna
2011/12/19
This was really awful!!!!
2011/12/18
Liping Zhang
2011/12/17
The Great Giulietta Simionato
2011/12/17
THE NEW LOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2011/12/17
Season's Greetings to You All!!
2011/12/16
An Exciting Tosca
2011/12/16
The Magnificent Tenor, Georges Thill
2011/12/14
Rosanna Carteri as Mimi
2011/12/14
Dear Tony Amato Passes Away
2011/12/14
Birgit Nilsson in Denmark
2011/12/09
Die Fledermaus with Joan Sutherland
2011/12/09
AIDA from 1929
2011/12/09
Dear Regina Resnik's Superb new DVD
2011/12/09
Shakeh Vartenissian,my friend
2011/12/07
Dorothy Kirsten sings popular music
2011/12/07
Attila from Rome, 1970
2011/12/03
Giovanni Martinelli as Canio
2011/12/03
Maria Callas, Born on Dec.2, 1923
2011/12/03
La Gioconda, Florence 1956
2011/11/26
Stignani Stella del Marinar
2011/11/26
Rest in Peace, Sena Jurinac,wonderful soprano
2011/11/24
Eugen Onegin Letter Scene
2011/11/23
HAPPY THANKSGIVING !!!
2011/11/23
ROBERT WEEDE
2011/11/23
Opera Lovers in China
2011/11/21
EUGEN ONEGIN 1953
2011/11/20
FORZA 1961, PART TWO
2011/11/20
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO PART ONE 1961
2011/11/20
A HOT Cavalleria Rusticana
2011/11/19
Beverly Sills Only Aida
2011/11/19
Mignon from Mexico, 1949
2011/11/14
MEFISTOFELE 1931
2011/11/13
Nabucco from La Scala, 1966
2011/11/06
Ta'u and Samantha
2011/11/05
Don Carlo with Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
2011/11/04
REGINA RESNIK AS MARINA
2011/11/01
Boris as Boris
2011/11/01
Happy Birthday in Honor of Victoria de los Angeles
2011/11/01
Happy Birthday to Jon Vickers
2011/10/29
Birgit Nilsson in Elektras
2011/10/26
The Wonderful Alain Vanzo
2011/10/25
Katharine is GOLD!
2011/10/23
Angela Meade
2011/10/23
Carlo Bergonzi's Return to New York in 1999
2011/10/20
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BELOVED VIRGINIA ZEANI
2011/10/20
Camilla Williams
2011/10/20
Diana Soviero In Traviata
2011/10/18
Ernani from Florence, 1957
2011/10/18
Mefistofele with Norman Treigle
2011/10/16
How can I thank you enough???
2011/10/15
Marisa Galvany as Salome
2011/10/13
In Memory of Luciano
2011/10/11
La Dama Di Picche
2011/10/09
Birthday Tribute to Leyla Gencer, 2011
2011/10/08
A Sample of Rene Pape's New Wagner CD
2011/10/08
Lucia from La Scala 1954
2011/10/06
Aida on Cetra
2011/10/06
Don Pasquale 1940
2011/10/02
Eugene Onegin with Dmitri!!
2011/10/01
RECONDITA ARMONIA
2011/09/25
Should we re-name this opera "Mario"?
2011/09/23
Songs by Edvard Grieg
2011/09/23
GREAT SOPRANOS, VOLUME TWO
2011/09/17
LES HUGUENOTS HIGHLIGHTS
2011/09/17
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MARIA CALLAS
2011/09/17
La Gioconda with Tebaldi,Tucker,MacNeil
2011/09/12
La Favorita w.Luciano
2011/09/11
Virginia Zeani's Met Debut
2011/09/10
HERODIADE
2011/09/08
MARIN FALIERO
2011/09/08
Plot of Marin Faliero
2011/09/08
In Loving Memory of the Late Salvatore Licitra
2011/09/05
Birthday tribute to Daniele Barioni, Sept.6
2011/09/05
A Julia Varady Birthday Tribute
2011/09/05
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DEAR REGINA RESNIK
2011/08/30
Elektra with Daniza Mastilovic
2011/08/28
Domingo and Lorengar in Zarzuelas
2011/08/27
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FRIEND, TA'U PUPU'A
2011/08/24
GREAT VOICES OF THE BOLSHOI
2011/08/20
Anna, Jonas, and Erwin
2011/08/15
A WONDERFUL NEW VOICE!!!!!!
2011/08/10
MACBETH FROM VIENNA 1970
2011/08/09
PLACIDO DOMINGO'S NEW YORK DEBUT
2011/08/08
Mefistofele with Sam Ramey
2011/08/07
La Fanciulla del West w.Kirsten and Corelli
2011/08/06
STILL MORE NUTTINESS
2011/08/05
MORE FUN!!!! (I HOPE)
2011/08/04
Delilah will get you!!!!
2011/08/03
SIEGFRIED FROM BAYREUTH 1955
2011/07/28
Luciano Pavarotti in Concert
2011/07/28
A DATE WITH THE DEVIL
2011/07/28
FIDELIO WITH KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD
2011/07/26
LA GIOCONDA 1953
2011/07/21
Topi Lehtipuu sings Vivaldi
2011/07/20
What an Otello this was!!!!
2011/07/19
Ariadne Highlights
2011/07/17
Too much???????
2011/07/17
Tribute to Cornell MacNeil
2011/07/17
Helen Traubel Sings Wagner
2011/07/15
How Opera Destroyed New York!!!
2011/07/15
The Young Jose Carreras
2011/07/14
A Brilliant Parsifal
2011/07/10
The Young Diana Soviero
2011/07/10
Tannhauser with Renata Tebaldi
2011/07/10
ALCINA
2011/07/09
An Exciting Stiffelio
2011/07/05
Maria Gets Crazy
2011/07/02
Beniamino Gigli in La Forza del Destino
2011/07/02
Duke Bluebeard's Castle
2011/07/01
MANY THANKS!!!!!!
2011/06/28
Tristan und Isolde Act Two
2011/06/28
Cavalleria Rusticana With Dolora Zajick
2011/06/28
MARCEL WITTRISCH AND FRANZ VOELKER
2011/06/27
A Traviata for Marisa Galvany's Birthday
2011/06/17
Medea With Marisa Galvany
2011/06/13
Diana Soviero Award
2011/06/10
HAPPY 98th to Dear Rise Stevens
2011/06/10
Happy Birthday to Fedora Barbieri
2011/06/04
FALSTAFF 1949
2011/06/03
God Bless Dear Renata
2011/06/01
REST IN PEACE, DEAR GIORGIO TOZZI
2011/06/01
AN EXCITING ATTILA
2011/05/29
VESTI LA GIUBBA QUIZ!!!!!
2011/05/28
La Forza del Destino 1953
2011/05/27
JUST YOU WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2011/05/27
A Fabulous Walkure
2011/05/26
La Rondine With Diana Soviero
2011/05/26
Fernando Portari in La Rondine
2011/05/26
I suggest you buy DEPENDS before you see this...
2011/05/26
The Great Giulietta Simionato
2011/05/24
An amazing Young Man
2011/05/20
GOTTERDAMERUNG W.RITA HUNTER
2011/05/07
Michael Bohnen
2011/05/02
LEGENDARY BARITONES
2011/04/17
A GLORIOUS FORZA!!!
2011/04/16
REST IN PEACE, VINCENZO LA SCOLA
2011/04/15
45 YEARS AGO Apr.16
2011/04/15
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER 1942
2011/04/11
Franco Corelli, Born April 8, 1921
2011/04/08
ELEKTRA WITH OLIVIA STAPP
2011/03/30
LA TRAVIATA WITH JOAN SUTHERLAND
2011/03/28
Happy Birthday to Sam Ramey
2011/03/28
TOSCA 1956 ACT THREE
2011/03/26
TOSCA 1956 ACT TWO
2011/03/26
TOSCA 1956 ACT ONE
2011/03/26
HAPPY 101ST BIRTHDAY TO MAGDA OLIVERO
2011/03/25
SAMSON ET DELILAH WITH .GORR, DEL MONACO
2011/03/21
TOSCA WITH VIRGINIA ZEANI AND PLACIDO DOMINGO
2011/03/20
The Superb Joseph Calleja
2011/03/19
Happy Birthdays to Diana Soviero and my mommy
2011/03/18
The Met debuts of Price and Corelli
2011/03/10
LA BOHEME WITH FRANCO CORELLI
2011/03/10
TANNHAUSER WITH LAURITZ MELCHIOR
2011/03/06
Virginia Zeani in "Il Console"
2011/02/24
I AIM TO PLEASE!!!!!
2011/02/23
I tried!!!!
2011/02/21
ACH! VAS IST DAS????? WALKURE?????
2011/02/20
I WAS THERE!!!!!!
2011/02/20
The Great Norman Treigle as Boris
2011/02/20
Battaglia Di Legnano Exc. from La Scala
2011/02/17
La Rondine with Licia Albanese
2011/02/14
The Final Scene From Salome in Comparison
2011/02/13
I PURITANI WITH EDITA GRUBEROVA (EXC.)
2011/02/05
Roberto Devereux Exc.With Nelly Miricioiu
2011/02/05
JOSE LUCCIONI IN OPERA
2011/02/03
Renata Tebaldi, born Feb.1, 1922
2011/02/01
Rest in Peace,Margaret Price
2011/01/31
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Marcello Giordani
2011/01/24
Happy Birthday to Dear Joseph Calleja
2011/01/20
NO PUEDE SER!! Placido is 70 and the voice is still superb!!!
2011/01/20
Manon 1951
2011/01/15
Walkure Highlights from 1951
2011/01/09
The Evening Star
2011/01/08
I Puritani w.Sills, Pavarotti
2010/12/29
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PIOTR BECZALA
2010/12/28
"Ti voglio tanto bene."
2010/12/23
Pagliacci From La Scala 1987
2010/12/21
A wonderful new tenor
2010/12/18
Tenors of Today
2010/12/14
Romeo et Juliette Act 2 Finale
2010/12/13
Verdi on Cetra-Soria
2010/12/12
Die Tote Stadt
2010/12/11
I know you will have some kind of fun...
2010/12/10
Early Puccini Recordings of Giuseppe di Stefano
2010/12/08
Le Coq D'Or
2010/12/05
YOU JUST GOTTTTTTA SEE THIS!!!!!
2010/12/04
Don Carlo From Vienna, 1961
2010/12/02
Werther Exc. W.Corelli/Kraus
2010/11/30
Diana Soviero's Met Debut
2010/11/29
Samson et Delilah, a Tribute to Shirley Verrett
2010/11/28
My Google Videos
2010/11/23
Piotr Beczala Sings Slavic Arias
2010/11/21
Grigolo sings Luisa Miller
2010/11/19
Rest in Peace, dear Shirley Verrett
2010/11/08
Happy 85th Birthday to the Beloved Virginia Zeani
2010/10/21
The superb voice of Mirella Freni
2010/08/02
A fascinating Analysis of the Ring
2010/08/02
Who made this all possible???
2010/07/29
Simon Boccanegra 1950
2010/07/28
Renata Tebaldi 1949-1959
2010/07/26
Operatic Oddities 2
2010/07/09
BUBBBBBBBBLES!!!!!
2010/07/08
Rest in Peace, beloved Cesare Siepi.
2010/07/06
Met Jamboree 3/24/51
2010/07/04
Renata Tebaldi's Farewell at La SCala, 1976
2010/07/01
Nadine Weissmann, a gorgeous voice.
2010/06/27
Verdi in Deutsch
2010/06/20
Attila from Venice, 1987
2010/06/18
Happy Birthday to Rise Stevens
2010/06/08
Cavalleria w.Galvany and Domingo
2010/06/02
Francesca da Rimini from 1973
2010/06/01
Carlo Colombara Songs
2010/05/31
Macbeth excerpts with Stapp and Bruson
2010/05/30
Diana Damrau Recital
2010/05/05
In Memory of Giulietta Simionato
2010/05/05
Anna Bolena Act 1 finale
2010/05/04
Montserrat Caballe sings Donizetti operas
2010/05/04
Radio Hour vol.1
2010/04/23
Elizabeth Schwarzkopf's 1977 Farewell
2010/04/13
A tribute to Jerome Hines
2010/04/11
Jussi Bjoerling's Cav Return to the Me
2010/04/08
Eide Norena (1884-1968)
2010/04/03
Blanche Thebom Tribute
2010/03/28
Magda Olivero is 100!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2010/03/25
Ballo 1944 Met
2010/03/22
Tito Schipa
2010/03/21
Gigli/Melchior Birthdays 3/20/1890
2010/03/20
Adriana Olivero 1959
2010/03/20
Happy Birthday to Diana Soviero
2010/03/19
Soviero Debut Juliette
2010/03/15
Irina Rindzuner
2010/03/15
Cortigiani Compilation
2010/03/15
Rest in Peace, Philip Langridge
2010/03/14
Caballe/Bergonzi Tosca from Vienna
2010/03/11
Salome Met 1955
2010/02/28
Mattia Battistini
2010/02/25
Tribute to Herman Uhde
2010/02/23
Irina Arkhipova,Rest in Peace
2010/02/22
Callas Dallas Medea 1958
2010/02/21
Lucrezia Borgia 1973 Dallas
2010/02/19
Charles Kullman
2010/02/18
The Land of Smiles
2010/02/17
Aida Naples1955 pt2
2010/02/16
Aida from Naples 1955 pt.1
2010/02/14
A Fabulous Andrea Chenier
2010/02/13
Berlioz Historical
2010/02/12
Aroldo/Stiffelio
2010/02/12
The Verdi Requiem
2010/02/11
Oh!! Those tenors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2010/01/30
A Marvelous Carmen from 1957
2010/01/27
Pot-pourri-1
2010/01/24
Macbeth with the great Martha Moedl
2010/01/24
Happy Birthday to Joseph Calleja
2010/01/23
Mascagni's Much-Neglected "Iris."
2010/01/21
Mary Stuart with Janet Baker
2010/01/16
Tosti in the Golden Age
2010/01/15
Two Fine Figaros
2010/01/13
The Definitive La Boheme Recording
2010/01/12
La Fanciulla del West 1956 Scala
2010/01/12
Reminder of My Video Site!!
2010/01/11
Mme.Butterfly with Diana Soviero
2010/01/08
Ballo 1957 Scala
2010/01/08
Happy Birthday to the Magnificent Piotr!!!!!
2009/12/30
Magda Olivero in Amsterdam 1962
2009/12/27
The Beverly Sills Premiere Roberto Devereux
2009/12/26
Renata Tebaldi as Tosca, 1955, 1958
2009/12/23
A Truly Glorious Adriana Lecouvreur
2009/12/20
An exciting Trovatore!!!
2009/12/19
The GLORIOUS 1961 Turandot
2009/12/19
A Truly Beautiful La Boheme
2009/12/15
Opera Oddities Vol.3
2009/12/14
Tosca From Covent Garden 1957
2009/12/09
Cristina Deutekom as Norma
2009/12/09
Maria Callas Concerts 1958-9
2009/11/27
Strauss Divas in Vienna
2009/11/26
RARE VIRGINIA ZEANI CLIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2009/11/26
Magda at 83!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2009/11/15
L'Amico Fritz, a much-neglected opera.
2009/11/13
The Great Kirsten Flagstad (FIXED!!)
2009/11/12
What you will NOT hear at the Met this season!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2009/11/12
Great Singers in Verdi
2009/11/07
Manon Lescaut with Zeani and Labo
2009/10/31
Reminder of my Video Site
2009/10/24
Rosanna Carteri
2009/10/23
Zinka Milanov Sings Verdi
2009/10/19
Soprano cabalettas
2009/10/10
Exciting divas vol.2
2009/10/06
Exciting divas Vol.1
2009/10/05
Pace,Pace Vol.2
2009/09/25
Pace,Pace Vol.1
2009/09/25
Tenors who loved to belt it out!!
2009/09/21
A BLAZING Rigoletto with Maria Callas
2009/09/18
...and even more Virginia Zeani
2009/09/18
Louise (FIXED!)
2009/09/18
A lyric soprano compilation for Beverly
2009/09/16
Russian Bassos of Renown
2009/09/12
The Exciting Soprano, Adriana Guerrini
2009/09/11
Summary of Charlie's Sites
2009/09/07
A birthday tribute to dear Regina Resnik
2009/09/01
The Glorious Virginia Zeani 1960 Traviata
2009/08/23
Joseph Calleja
2009/08/16
Piotr,Maria, and Charlie
2009/08/16
Rolando Villazon y Carlitos
2009/08/15
Charlie and Two Turandots
2009/08/15
The Most Beloved Bidu Sayao
2009/08/15
15 Wonderful Tenors of the Present Era.
2009/08/13
The Remarkable Eva Turner (1892-1990)
2009/08/11
Six Zerbinettas
2009/08/10
You might get a big "high" from 45 high C's.
2009/08/09
A Treasury of Mezzos
2009/08/06
La Battaglia di Legnano
2009/08/05
Che Gelida Manina Volume 3
2009/08/03
Toasting Thirteen Terrific Tenors!
2009/07/31
Otello w.Mario del Monaco for his Birthday
2009/07/25
The Wagner Operas from Bayreuth
2009/07/24
BRAVA TO BRAVO!!!!
2009/07/23
Happy 96th Birthday to Dear Licia Albanese.
2009/07/23
BLAZING HOT Trovatore from Naples, 1957
2009/07/15
Gedda and Sutherland in Bellini
2009/07/14
Happy 85th Birthday to the Remarkable Carlo Bergonzi
2009/07/13
The Magnificent Stephen Costello as Romeo
2009/07/10
SWEET NOSTALGIA FRIOM MY MISSPENT YOUTH.
2009/07/09
What a TROUPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2009/07/07
Olga Borodina
2009/07/05
The English National Opera Ring
2009/06/29
Multi Lingual Lohengrin (Fixed)
2009/06/28
German School of Singing
2009/06/28
Jan Kiepura and Martha Eggerth
2009/06/26
JUST RELEASED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2009/06/25
L'Amore Dei Tre Re-1941
2009/06/24
Die Fliegende Hollander, Bayreuth 1959
2009/06/23
Dominic Cossa, a superb baritone
2009/06/16
La Traviata Finale of Act Three
2009/06/15
Alexander Kipnis and Ezio Pinza in Boris Godunov
2009/06/15
Lohengrin From Bayreuth 1954
2009/06/15
Diana Soviero as Tosca
2009/06/14
Bel Canto Supreme:Semiramide 1980
2009/06/14
Happy 96th birthday to Rise Stevens, a great Octavian.
2009/06/13
Magda Olivero Sings at 99!!!!
2009/06/06
Golden Age Artists Sing Donizetti
2009/06/05
The Art (??) of mezzo Sylvia Sawyer
2009/06/02
The Legendary Callas Covent Garden Norma debut
2009/06/02
Tristan und Isolde,1957
2009/06/01
The remarkable Leonie Rysanek sings Strauss
2009/05/31
Exciting baritone high notes!
2009/05/30
The 1959 Return of Jussi Bjoerling in Cavalleria Rusticana
2009/05/27
Vassilka Petrova Sings (???) Tosca
2009/05/27
The 1960 Salzburg Don Carlo
2009/05/25
Siegfried Finale Vol.2
2009/05/25
Siegfried Finale Vol.1
2009/05/24
Marisa Galvany, volume 3.
2009/05/23
The Wonderful Marisa Galvany, Volume 2
2009/05/23
Aureliano Pertile and Irene Minghini-Cattaneo
2009/05/22
The Carmen Final Duet
2009/05/21
A Tribute to the Wonderful Lucine Amara
2009/05/21
Marilyn Horne-FIXED!!!
2009/05/20
Aida, January 24, 1953
2009/05/12
Tristan und Isolde, Bayreuth 1952
2009/05/12
Four Famous Operetta Tenors
2009/05/12
The two Mezzos named Elena!
2009/05/07
Simon Boccanegra, Jan.21, 1939
2009/05/07
Rosa Ponselle as Carmen
2009/05/03
In memory of divas who left us too early
2009/05/03
Zinka Milanov as Santuzza
2009/04/25
Tribute to Dear Sam Ramey
2009/04/24
Casta Diva (repeated in error)
2009/04/23
Una Furtiva Lagrima
2009/04/23
The Great Caruso, Part Three.
2009/04/19
"Pourquoi me reveiller?" (21 tenors)
2009/04/18
The Arabella Duets
2009/04/05
NEMICO DELLA PATRIA
2009/03/28
Clara Butt, a great contralto.
2009/03/26
Tosca Act Two Scene, Volume Three
2009/03/23
Tosca Act Two Scene, Volume 2
2009/03/22
Tosca Act Two Scene,Volume One
2009/03/22
Manon Lescaut Act Two Duet-Part Two
2009/03/21
Manon Lescaut Act Two Duet-part one
2009/03/21
Recordings from the St.Petersburg State Museum
2009/03/13
Casta Diva, Volume Two
2009/03/10
Exciting Verdi Ensembles
2009/03/08
The Beloved Alfredo Kraus
2009/03/07
The Magic of Carlo Bergonzi
2009/03/07
I Lombardi/Jerusalem
2009/03/02
The Liebestod
2009/03/02
Olive Middleton as Adriana Lecouvreur
2009/02/24
Adriana Lecouvreur-Two Scenes
2009/02/24
Mimi and Marcello
2009/02/21
The Great Artists of Spanish/Hispanic Origin
2009/02/15
"Pop" goes the opera star!!!
2009/02/08
The "Verismo" Divas
2009/02/06
Controversial Singers (????)
2009/02/04
Esultate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2009/01/31
Singers of the Wagner Ring from the 1920's.
2009/01/31
Fanciulla Poker Scene (Redone!)
2009/01/21
Reminder of my videos
2009/01/18
Handelman's Three Great Tenors.
2009/01/16
The Three Tenors-Back- to Back -To Back
2009/01/16
The Wonderful Mezzo, Margarete Klose
2009/01/15
The Lady Macbeth Letter Aria
2009/01/15
O Mio Fernando
2008/12/26
The Live Opera Hit Parade, Part One
2008/12/26
Great Singers of the Past Sing Xmas Music
2008/12/21
Puccini at 150!!!!!
2008/12/21
Rene Pape, My Favorite Singer of Today
2008/12/18
Brunnhilde and Sieglinde
2008/12/15
The Magnificent Regina Resnik (Vol.2)
2008/12/15
Amfortas and Gurnemanz
2008/12/09
The Exciting Faust Church Scene
2008/12/08
My Catalogues!!!
2008/11/29
Lucia Aliberti
2008/11/24
Meta Seinemeyer (redone)
2008/11/22
French Tenors-2
2008/11/20
Congratulations to Placido Domingo!
2008/11/14
Piotr Beczala, a magnificent tenor,in highlights from his latest album.
2008/11/11
I Due Foscari
2008/11/11
Twenty "Rarer" Tenors
2008/11/11
Reminder of my Videos on Google
2008/11/09
Charlie has returned with "Si pel ciel."
2008/11/09
Queens of the Night!
2008/09/03
Opera Choruses
2008/08/24
Callas and Di Stefano-1974
2008/08/21
The Florence 1954 Fanciulla del West
2008/08/15
Italian Opera in German
2008/08/15
German Tenors-1
2008/08/12
The Amazing Rosa Ponselle
2008/08/10
A Fabulous Forza del Destino
2008/08/02
Otello:Dio ti giocondi.
2008/07/26
The Great Lotte Lehmann
2008/07/24
The Great Danish Tenor,Helge Roswaenge
2008/07/09
Virginia Zeani, a truly great soprano.
2008/07/06
Analysis of the Wagner Ring
2008/07/02
Wagnerian Baritones-1
2008/06/16
Jussi Bjoerling Compilation
2008/06/08
Romeo et Juliette with Jussi Bjoerling
2008/06/04
Memories of Milanov
2008/06/03
The Great Leyla Gencer Sings the Three Queens
2008/05/19
The Milanov/Nilsson May 17th Birthdays
2008/05/17
The Amazing Diana Damrau
2008/05/09
A Puccini Tribute
2008/05/04
ELEKTRA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2008/04/21
CWAZY QUIZ!!!
2008/04/14
Die Walkure from La Puma Opera Co.
2008/04/08
You never heard anything like this!!!!!!
2008/04/07
Maria Callas Tribute-Vol.1
2008/04/04
A Glorious Luisa Miller
2008/03/30
Golden Age Tenors-2
2008/03/25
Beverly and Placido
2008/03/24
First Impressions of Singers
2008/03/14
the Magnificent Aprile Millo
2008/03/11
Giuseppe Di Stefano (1921-2008) -In Memoriam
2008/03/09
Kunst vs.Stimme Divas
2008/02/29
Happy Leap Year Birthday to Rossini
2008/02/28
Verdi's Ernani
2008/02/23
Claudia Muzio
2008/02/22
Caterina Mancini
2008/02/18
Lohengrin for Collectors
2008/02/15
Puccini Interpreters-1
2008/02/11
Leopold Stokowski and Friends 1961-3
2008/02/10
Suor Angelica
2008/02/05
Cecilia by Licinio Refice
2008/02/02
Those famous "V" Tenors!!
2008/01/24
The Remarkable Nicolai Gedda!!
2008/01/19
RIDI, PAGLIACCIO!!
2008/01/16
Singers of the "Germanic" School-1
2008/01/07
Marisa Galvany (Re-done)
2007/12/28
More nuttiness in opera.
2007/12/10
The Beautiful Voice of Pavel Lisitsian
2007/12/09
Opera Craziness,Volume One.
2007/12/06
Finales of Verdi Operas, part two.
2007/12/01
Verdi Opera Finales, Part One
2007/12/01
Yeletsky's beautiful aria
2007/11/25
Birgit Nilsson as Elektra 1965-1982.
2007/11/23
A Great Forza del Destino
2007/11/20
CURSES!! IT'S ORTRUD!!
2007/11/18
Gianni Raimondi
2007/11/14
Turandot Act One Finale
2007/11/13
Addio del Passato
2007/10/30
Caruso in Song
2007/10/24
Operatic Trios
2007/10/23
Bulent Bezduz, a great new voice!
2007/10/13
Renata and Charlie
2007/10/13
Romeo et Juliette
2007/10/12
MARIETTA!!!!!
2007/10/11
The Wonderful Rita Gorr
2007/10/03
Great Duets-Volume Two
2007/09/23
Singers in the roles they created
2007/09/16
In Loving Memory of Luciano Pavarotti
2007/09/06
Happy Birthday to Daniele Barioni
2007/09/05
Another "Golden Age"(no.3)
2007/09/05
Golden Age Stars,volume 2
2007/08/27
The Finale of Act One of Die Walkure
2007/08/25
My Videos are Back!!!!!!
2007/08/21
Donizetti Rarities
2007/08/16
I do believe there was a "Golden Age."(Part One)
2007/08/13
The AIDA Triumphal Scene Compilation
2007/08/09
Vissi d'arte QUIZ!!!
2007/08/02
Faust Jewel Song and Trio
2007/07/20
Italian Opera Live in Vienna
2007/07/18
American Opera Tribute
2007/07/16
R.I.P Regine Crespin
2007/07/07
Beverly Sills:In Memoriam
2007/07/03
Walkure from the La Puma Opera Co.
2007/06/30
Pour mon ame
2007/06/18
Can you do this better???????
2007/06/15
AZUCENA!!!
2007/06/14
Chest Voice, Volume 2
2007/06/03
"Chest voice" Part One
2007/06/03
More Cabalettas for you!!!!
2007/05/27
Those Cetra-Soria Stars!
2007/05/27
The Filippo/Inquisitor Scene from Don Carlo
2007/05/26
The "Te deum" from Tosca
2007/05/19
Those "mean" mezzos!
2007/05/16
Favorite Commercial Recordings (2)
2007/05/08
Favorite Commercial Opera recordings (1)
2007/05/07
Alfredo,Alfredo...
2007/05/06
Ponto 50!
2007/05/06
"Che gelida manina" Volume Two
2007/04/29
Italian Songs
2007/04/26
ESULTATE!!!!!!!
2007/04/22
Ewa Podles
2007/04/13
Odabella!!!!!
2007/04/12
Aida and Amonasro on the Nile
2007/04/08
Air de la Fleur
2007/04/08
No...Pagliaccio non son!!!!
2007/04/07
Hans Hotter Tribute
2007/04/06
Wagner Singers-Part One
2007/03/31
A "Salut demeure' Compilation
2007/03/29
Ferrier/Baker/Blythe
2007/03/27
Cenerentola Finale Pot-Pourri
2007/03/04
Verismo Vol.2
2007/03/01
The Siegfried Wanderer
2007/02/25
The Miraculous Magda Olivero
2007/02/24
Sieglinde in Act Two Walkure
2007/02/23
The Marvelous Leyla Gencer
2007/02/16
Eight Very Exciting Divas of the Past
2007/02/13
La Mamma Morta
2007/02/04
The Manon St.Sulpice Scene
2007/01/26
The Magnificent Antonietta Stella
2007/01/23
I Puritani
2007/01/13
Non-Germans Sing Wagner
2006/12/26
Divas of Today, Part Two
2006/12/18
Divas of Today, Part One
2006/12/18
Si,Vendetta (Re-posted)
2006/12/17
Samson et Delilah
2006/12/16
Great Singers for the Holidays
2006/12/10
20 Sopranos of the Past
2006/12/10
A Tribute to the Great Richard Tucker
2006/12/04
Callas and Tebaldi Compared
2006/11/21
Famous Artists Who Sang at Salzburg
2006/11/12
The Men in Verdi Operas
2006/11/11
A Special Tribute to Marcello Giordani, a Great Tenor
2006/11/09
Che tua madre
2006/11/04
The Norma Act One Trio
2006/10/30
Attila for Collectors
2006/10/13
The Rosenkavalier Trio
2006/10/06
Boris is Good Enuff!!!!!
2006/10/05
Handelmania : Una Furtiva has been REPAIRED!!!!!!
2006/10/04
"D'Amor sull'ali rosee" Comparison
2006/09/17
25 More Di Quella Piras
2006/09/13
Die Frau Ohne Schatten, a great opera!
2006/09/07
"Come Scoglio"
2006/09/07
A Birthday tribute to Jose Van Dam (8/25/40)
2006/08/23
Janet Baker Birthday Tribute
2006/08/21
Famous German and Viennese Singers
2006/08/21
"Amor ti Vieta" with 15 tenors.
2006/08/15
Six Tenors' Birthdays
2006/08/10
Operatic Doctors
2006/08/06
Golden Moments in Puccini Operas
2006/08/06
Klose-Reining-Janowitz Birthdays
2006/08/03
Golden Moments,Part One
2006/07/30
July Birthdays-4
2006/07/28
Mario Del Monaco tribute on his Birthday 7/27/15
2006/07/27
C'est MAGNIFIQUE!!! Regine Crespin.
2006/07/27
FIFTEEN DIVAS
2006/07/26
Less-familiar Puccini Material
2006/07/25
Lucrezia Borgia
2006/07/23
Birthdays for July ( No.3)
2006/07/20
VERISMO!!!
2006/07/19
OVER THE TOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006/07/17
A Birthday Tribute to the Great Eleanor Steber (Born July 17, 1914)
2006/07/16
"M'ami..m'ami!" The Ballo Duet
2006/07/13
July Birthdays- Part two
2006/07/10
The Aida Judgement Scene, Part One
2006/07/08
Some Marvelous Verdi Trios
2006/07/07
You vant Petrova?? Vell, you got her!!!!
2006/07/04
A Truly Remarkable Performance of Janacek's "Jenufa."
2006/07/02
July Birthdays (Part One)
2006/07/01
The Beloved Olive Middleton in Adriana Lecouvreur
2006/06/30
Dorothy Kirsten Tribute. She was born on July 6, 1910
2006/06/29
Twelve Wonderful Baritones
2006/06/29
Some famous Divas
2006/06/29
A Birthday Tribute to Luisa Tetrazzini,born June 29,1871
2006/06/27
The Great Diva, Martha Moedl
2006/06/26
I Luvs You,Porgy!!!!!
2006/06/24
Tribute to Lotte Lehmann
2006/06/23
Great French Tenors-part One
2006/06/23
Twenty Marvelous Tenors of the Past
2006/06/20
Tchaikovsky's Less-known,but beautiful "Yolanta"
2006/06/20
Donizetti's "La Favorita."
2006/06/19
A Happy Operatic Fathers' Day Program
2006/06/18
Happy Birthday (June 19) to Marisa Galvany
2006/06/17
Opera Craziness-Part Two
2006/06/16
A Collector's Luisa Miller
2006/06/14
The Very Great Enrico Caruso-Part One
2006/06/14
"Pace,Pace"- Part two
2006/06/13
Happy Birthday to Rise Stevens, born June 11, 1913
2006/06/13
Singers Whose Birthdays are in June
2006/06/13
Brush up your Opera (from Shakespeare!)
2006/06/12
Mira!!!!! NORMA!!!!!!!!!!
2006/06/07
LA SCALA ARTISTS AT THE BOLSHOI IN 1964
2006/06/05
"Hojotoho" everybody!!!!!
2006/06/05
Famous Dutch Singers
2006/06/04
The Sopot Forest Theatre Wagner Festival, Part One
2006/06/03
The "Pace" Festival, part One.
2006/06/03
IN QUESTA REGGIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006/06/02
Viva La Cabaletta-part One.
2006/05/26
The Great Norman Treigle
2006/05/26
For Fans of FEDORA!!!!
2006/05/24
Early Verdi Operas, Part One
2006/05/21
Rolando Villazon LIVE!!!!
2006/05/21
The Joys of British Opera
2006/05/20
Verdi Soprano/Baritone Duets
2006/05/19
Zinka Milanov 100th Anniversary Tribute-Part Two
2006/05/18
Zinka Milanov 100th Anniversary Tribute-Part One.
2006/05/17
Ernani on Cetra
2006/05/14
Saint of Bleeker Street
2006/05/13
The Strauss Four ( 16??) Last Songs.
2006/05/13
Simon Boccanegra For Collectors.
2006/05/13
Opera in the "wrong' language
2006/05/12
Opera Stars go POP!!!!
2006/05/04
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!
2006/05/04
The Magnificent Voice of Cesare Siepi
2006/05/03
La Fanciulla Del West, A Beautiful Opera
2006/05/03
A Tribute to the Great Christa Ludwig
2006/05/02
MY THREE TENORS!!
2006/05/01
Handelmania Presents Handel.
2006/04/30
"O Don Fatale."
2006/04/30
Highlights from Wagner's Ring Operas
2006/04/30
Diana Soviero,The Last Verismo Diva
2006/04/27
The Russians are coming!!!!!!!!
2006/04/27
Never Trash Adriana Lecouvreur!!
2006/04/26
Singers Who Express Great Emotion
2006/04/23
"Not -to-neglect the bassos!"
2006/04/22
In Memory of Leonard Warren: Apr.21,1911-Mar.4, 1960
2006/04/21
The Beloved Renata Tebaldi
2006/04/20
A Cavalleria Rusticana Pot-pourri
2006/04/20
A Collector's Macbeth
2006/04/17
Squillante tenors-Volume One
2006/04/17
Celeste Aida and the Passaggio
2006/04/16
A Mozart Celebration-Part One.
2006/04/15
Live Highlights from the Ring,Vienna 1933-1941
2006/04/13
40th Anniversary of Zinka Milanov's Retirement
2006/04/13
Meta Seinemeyer (1895-1928)
2006/04/13
Oh! That "Di Quella Pira!!!"
2006/04/12
EMI Artists
2006/04/12
Famous Artists Who Sang at La Scala
2006/04/11
Fifteen Delicious Divas
2006/04/10
Sempre Libera Divas
2006/04/10
A Collector's Flying Dutchman
2006/04/09
"Nessun Dorma" Collection
2006/04/09
The Mad World of Opera
2006/04/08
"Che gelida manina"
2006/04/08
An April 8th Birthday Tribute to Franco Corelli
2006/04/07
Exciting Opera Duets
2006/04/07
Tribute to Afro-American Artists
2006/04/07
Artists I Have Known and Loved
2006/04/05
Famous Mezzos and Contraltos-Volume One
2006/04/04
Tenors Who Appeared at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa
2006/04/04
Not very "Celeste" Aida
2006/04/03
Magda Olivero in Amsterdam.
2006/04/02
Seven Baritones in the "German Fach"
2006/04/02
Daniele Barioni
2006/04/02
A Tribute to Artists Who Have Left us
2006/04/01
The Great Zinka Milanov,my all-time favorite singer
2006/03/31
The Great Regina Resnik as Soprano and Mezzo-soprano
2006/03/31
Elektra Exc.1965 Vienna
2006/03/31
Anna Bolena Scenes featuring Marisa Galvany,Olivia Stapp, and Samuel Ramey
2006/03/30
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