Tag: Gaetano Donizetti
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Nicolai Gedda, ‘The Cosmopolitan Tenor’
Harry Gustaf Nikolai Gädda, known professionally as Nicolai Gedda, was one of the world’s most popular tenors from the mid- to late 20th century. Debuting in 1951, Gedda’s long and successful career in opera lasted over half a century through 2003, when he made his final operatic recording. The multilingual Gedda performed operas in French,…
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Very Best of Maria Callas
Maria Callas was the first true “jet age” diva. She was not only a great singer but a charismatic stage actress in operatic roles. Her headline-making, tempestuous life – including romantic entanglements with tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano and shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis and feuds with opera house managers – was often as dramatic as the…
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Opera for Everyone
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Maria Callas sings Bel Canto
“Mention the words bel canto (literally ‘beautiful singing’) to most opera lovers and they will think of the works of Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini ….when Callas was asked by Serafin to sing Elvira Puritani, her career achieved some stability as it led to a period of coaching in bel canto roles, and she made house…
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Lucia di Lammermoor
“full of fresh innocence, Sutherland’s coloratura virtuosity remains breathtaking, and the cast is a strong one, with a most understanding conductor” (Penguin Guide 3 stars) “Sutherland’s miraculous singing is not the only virtue of this set … There is hardly an operatic centre left which has not acclaimed Sutherland’s Lucia … (she) is without rival…
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Fifty Shades of Opera – 50 Sensual Arias
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Joan Sutherland Collector’s Album: Rare Broadcasts
“includes the most perfect trill (the Bononcini) we have ever heard” (alto) ‘After so many spinto Annas who sound like refugees from Brünnhilde’s riding club, it was a revelation to hear a fresh, young lyric voice of uncommon purity at the command of an impeccable musician…She did not stun with bravura; she captivated with humanity’…
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Maria Callas sings Verdi Arias & Mad Scenes
(Verdi): “the great diva at her finest….the vividness of characterisation as well as the musical imagination….sad that Callas did not record MacBeth complete”(Mad Scenes) “this is the record which more than any other as Desmond Shawe-Taylor suggested, summed up the essence of Callas’ genius” (Penguin Guide 3 stars)
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Joan Sutherland “La Stupenda”
“this 1959 recital at once put her on the map as one of the greatest recording artists of all time” “most cherishable of all operatic recital records” -Penguin Guide
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Karaoke Opera: Arias For Baritone & Bass
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Karaoke Opera: Tenorissimo!
