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Italian opera singer (1893-1964)
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2019-01-12 00:00:00
Puccini - TOSCA - Mitropoulos 1956
Giacomo PucciniTOSCARenata Tebaldi, Richard Tucker, Leonard WarrenFernando Corena, Alessio De Paolis, George CehanovskyMetropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorusdir : Dimitri MitropoulosRCA Red Seal MET 10 Soria Series - 2 LPs [P] 1983Special limited edition, provided to Met donors onlyRecorded January 7, 1956 - No longer in printFLAC files (one for each act) - 96 kbps, 24 bitThe audio chain I use to rip LPs: (1) the LPs are cleaned using a VPI H!-16 record cleaning machine, using TTVJ Vinyl-Zyme Gold cleaning fluid, (2) ripped on a Nakamichi Dragon CT self-centering turntable with integral tonearm and Ortofon cartridge, (3) processed by a Korg DS-DAC-10R (RIAA setting), (4) then recorded and edited using AudioGate 4, Adobe Audition iZotope RX software.
2017-03-05 14:43:46
Never brought to mind
Born on this day in 1748 composer William Shield. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylThUvoaZck On this day in 1856 the second Royal Opera House Covent Garden theatre was destroyed by fire. Almost a century later . . . //www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZXw-0j0TEI On this day in 1868 Arrigo Boito’s Mefistofele premiered in Milan. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbkuyCuPH9I Born on this day in 1887 composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0osK5bdiZA Born on this day in 1893 tenor Alessio De Paolis. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt9WDOes3c4 Born on this day in 1900 tenor Josip Gostic. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DznmciBYDg Born on this day in 1903 soprano Gitta Alpar. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHfj_K5z_zE Born on this day in 1929 soprano Sylvia Stahlman. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxBHor48S8c Happy 86th birthday composer Anthony Hedges. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Gri2LJ3ZA Happy 79th birthday bass Dimiter Petkov. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JcS4-CA1p4
2016-03-05 17:19:45
Sparks descending
On this day in 1856 the second Royal Opera House Covent Garden theatre was destroyed by fire. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZXw-0j0TEI Born on this day in 1748 composer William Shield. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylThUvoaZck On this day in 1868 Arrigo Boito‘s Mefistofele premiered in Milan. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbkuyCuPH9I Born on this day in 1887 composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0osK5bdiZA Born on this day in 1893 tenor Alessio De Paolis. Born on this day in 1900 tenor Josip Gostic. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DznmciBYDg Born on this day in 1903 soprano Gitta Alpar. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHfj_K5z_zE Born on this day in 1929 soprano Sylvia Stahlman. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxBHor48S8c Happy 85th birthday composer Anthony Hedges. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Gri2LJ3ZA Happy 78th birthday bass Dimiter Petkov. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JcS4-CA1p4
2015-12-27 02:00:00
Opera Favourites #2 - La giovane scuola
Some of the finest hours of the Italian melodramma are to be found in this post dedicated to the generation of the 1860s. This consistent group of composers were able to create a new style by evolving from Verdi's cumbersome yet inspiring heritage and in the meantime by fetching musical inputs from the sublime musical efforts of Wagner and from those of their own contemporaries, mainly Strauss, the French School and eventually Debussy and Ravel. The results were often outstanding, with the towering figure of Puccini surrounded by somewhat less charismatic and prolific personalities, yet very distinguished musicians like the many here presented. The Maestro from Lucca takes center stage, of course, and his many masterpieces like La Bohème, Tosca, Turandot or Il Trittico are popular milestones, combining a very distinctive melodic flair with outstanding musical and orchestrating skills. In all fairness, I've always believed that the true […]
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