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2018-07-16 05:00:00
Borodin: Prince Igor – Tchakarov – Sofia 1987
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (1833-1887)Prince IgorStefka Evstatieva, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Nicola Ghiuselev, Kaludi Kaludov, Boris Martinovich, Alexandrina MiltchevaSofia Festival OrchestraSofia National Opera ChorusEmil TchakarovSony S3K 44 878 (1990). Recorded 1987[flac, cue, log, partial scans, digital libretto from a reissue]
2017-05-07 14:00:47
On this night of a thousand stars
On this day in 1967 the Metropolitan Opera performed La Gioconda in Memphis, Tennessee with a cast headed by Renata Tebaldi, Franco Corelli, Rosalind Elias, Cornell MacNeil, Bonaldo Giaiotti and Belén Amparan. The conductor was Fausto Cleva. Born on this day in 1833 composer Johannes Brahms. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7QI8Kj1t40 Born on this day in 1840 composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchiakovsky. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=aURT4CCQdMc Anniversary birthdays for three great Swedish singers: Born on this day in 1927 soprano Elisabeth Söderström. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxRvJtKFRLA Born on this day in 1931 tenor Helge Brilioth. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_7_AWaXtho Also born on this day in 1931 baritone Ingvar Wixell. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=JULs5RoCEgM Happy 71st birthday soprano Barbara Daniels. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHn-ZnnKWDU Happy 70th birthday soprano Stefka Evstatieva. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9Pp5oyABDM Happy 66th birthday bass Roderick Kennedy. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjqexj5NO_s Happy 61st birthday stage director Nicholas Hytner. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZFIDxcas28 Photo: Louis Mélançon
2015-05-07 10:35:58
Care forgot
On this day in 1718 the city of New Orleans was founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. ici Anniversary birthdays for three great Swedish singers: Born on this day in 1927 soprano Elisabeth Söderström ici Born on this day in 1931 tenor Helge Brilioth ici Also born on this day in 1931 baritone Ingvar Wixell ici Happy 69th birthday soprano Barbara Daniels ici Happy 68th birthday soprano Stefka Evstatieva ici Happy 59th birthday stage director Nicholas Hytner ici
2015-04-27 00:06:00
The French Revolution hasn´t fared well operatically. There are surely more, but the only operas that seem to have stayed in the repertoire are Umberto Giordano´s "Andrea Chénier" and Francis Poulenc´s "Dialogues de Carmélites". I saw in Vienna what would be a worthwhile piece to première in B.A., Gottfried Von Einem´s "Dantons Tod" ("Danton´s Death"); there´s a good recording of this score; and I have an interesting Massenet one-acter, "Thérèse". I haven´t heard Mascagni´s "Il Piccolo Marat", but the author conducted it at the Colón in 1922. The neglect is curious, considering that it was a fascinating time. Luigi Illica, famous Puccini librettist, wrote the story in the then trendy "verismo" style, which implies strong doses of rhetorics and exaggeration. "Andrea Chénier" […]
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