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Meetings onstage – Lauri-Volpi
I first met Lauri-Volpi in Rome, but started singing with him later, in Monte Carlo. Having just finished one exhausting tour, I suddenly knew that my impresario had made an agreement, according to which I would have to perform in the capital of Monaco during several forthcoming months…
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The aesthetics of Gigli’s singing
A generation of the musical public grew up and had its taste shaped under the influence of Beniamino Gigli’s recordings; and among them a generation of young tenors blossomed under this same influence into artistic maturity…
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Legendary voices in song
Before the advent of discography, songs were rarely included by opera singers in their repertoire but they made exception for folkloristic songs especially in Germany, Russia and England, which were deemed suitable for concerts and refined salons.
O Don Fatale
A supremely gifted mezzo-soprano can make a career out of singing the the great Verdi mezzo roles – Azucena in Il Trovatore, Eboli in Don Carlo, and Amneris in Aida. Eboli presents a an especially challenging role for the singer who portrays the spurned princess.
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Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960) – born in Bakersfield, California – was the first in a succession of great American baritones who …
Flaviano Labò (1927-91) made an unheralded debut at The Met on Friday evening November 29, 1957 as Alvaro in Verdi’s …
The 22nd of December of 2008 was Puccini’s 150th birthday. To commemorate the occasion, NPR’s Performance Today had an interview …
Today is the birthday of tenor Joseph Calleja, the latest star in an illustrious line of successful tenors from the small …
Corelli was present, together with Martinelli, at the unveiling of a head statue of Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (LV) at the Met …
