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Unnatural Acts of Opera Podcasts

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parterre box (the queer opera zine) presents "Unnatural Acts of Opera," the parterre podcast. Featured on the show will be extraordinary performances of opera -- one act at a time. Your host is La Cieca, cultural doyenne of parterre box.

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Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Acts 2 and 3

Raoul de Nangis - Marcello Giordani Valentine - Annalisa Raspaglosi Marguerite di Valois - Diana Damrau Le Comte de Saint-Bris - Frode Olsen Nevers - Zeljko Lucic Urbain - Sara Alegretta Marcel - Soon-Won Kang De Cosse - Jacek Pazola Maurevert - Simon Bailey Tavannes - Peter Marsh November 26, 2002. Frankfurter Museumsorchester; Conductor: Guido Johanes Rumstadt.

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Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Act 1

Raoul de Nangis - Marcello Giordani Valentine - Annalisa Raspaglosi Marguerite di Valois - Diana Damrau Le Comte de Saint-Bris - Frode Olsen Nevers - Zeljko Lucic Urbain - Sara Alegretta Marcel - Soon-Won Kang De Cosse - Jacek Pazola Maurevert - Simon Bailey Tavannes - Peter Marsh November 26, 2002. Frankfurter Museumsorchester; Conductor: Guido Johanes Rumstadt.

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Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Act 2

Lucrezia Borgia - Montserrat CaballeGennaro - Alain VanzoMaffio Orsini - Jane BerbieDon Alfonso - Kostas PaskalisJacopo Liveretto - Jerold SienaDon Apostolo Gazella - Vern ShinallAscanio Petrucci - William WiederandersOloferno Vitellozzo - L.D. ClementsGubetta - Adib FazahRustighello - Mauro LampiAstolfo - Arnold VoketatisAmerican Opera Society, New York; Jonel Perlea.April 20, 1965.

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Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Act 1

Lucrezia Borgia - Montserrat CaballeGennaro - Alain VanzoMaffio Orsini - Jane BerbieDon Alfonso - Kostas PaskalisJacopo Liveretto - Jerold SienaDon Apostolo Gazella - Vern ShinallAscanio Petrucci - William WiederandersOloferno Vitellozzo - L.D. ClementsGubetta - Adib FazahRustighello - Mauro LampiAstolfo - Arnold VoketatisAmerican Opera Society, New York; Jonel Perlea.April 20, 1965.

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Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Prologue

Lucrezia Borgia - Montserrat CaballeGennaro - Alain VanzoMaffio Orsini - Jane BerbieDon Alfonso - Kostas PaskalisJacopo Liveretto - Jerold SienaDon Apostolo Gazella - Vern ShinallAscanio Petrucci - William WiederandersOloferno Vitellozzo - L.D. ClementsGubetta - Adib FazahRustighello - Mauro LampiAstolfo - Arnold VoketatisAmerican Opera Society, New York; Jonel Perlea.April 20, 1965.

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Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) Act 3

Tristan - Spas Wenkoff Isolde - Catarina Ligendza Brangaene - Yvonne Minton Marke - Karl Ridderbusch Kurwenal - Donald McIntyre Melot - Heribert Steinbach Steuermann - Heinz Feldhoff Hirte - Heinz Zednik Carlos Kleiber; Bayreuther Festspiele, 30 July 1976.

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Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) Act 2

Tristan - Spas Wenkoff Isolde - Catarina Ligendza Brangaene - Yvonne Minton Marke - Karl Ridderbusch Kurwenal - Donald McIntyre Melot - Heribert Steinbach Steuermann - Heinz Feldhoff Hirte - Heinz Zednik Carlos Kleiber; Bayreuther Festspiele, 30 July 1976.

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Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) Act 1

Tristan - Spas Wenkoff Isolde - Catarina Ligendza Brangaene - Yvonne Minton Marke - Karl Ridderbusch Kurwenal - Donald McIntyre Melot - Heribert Steinbach Steuermann - Heinz Feldhoff Hirte - Heinz Zednik Carlos Kleiber; Bayreuther Festspiele, 30 July 1976.

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Edipo Re (Leoncavallo)

Creon - Keith LewisOedipus - Alan TitusJocasta - Yvonne NaefMessenger - Roland BrachtShepherd - Johannes ChumTeiresias - Cheyne Davidson. Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Dennis Russell Davies. 1998.

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Il viaggio a Reims (Rossini) Part 2

Corinna: Cecilia Gasdia; Marchesa Melibea: Lucia Valentini-Terrani; Contessa di Folleville: Lella Cuberli; Madama Cortese: Montserrat Caballe; Cavalier Belfiore: Frank Lopardo; Conte di Libenskof: Chris Merritt; Lord Sidney: Ferruccio Furlanetto; Don Profondo: Ruggero Raimondi; Barone di Trombonok: Enzo Dara; Don Alvaro: Lucio Gallo; Don Prudenzio: Goran Simic; Don Luigino: Paolo Pellegrini; Maddalena: Gabriele Sima; Modestina: Barbara Frittoli; Antonio: Marzio Giossi; Gel ...

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Il viaggio a Reims (Rossini) Part 1

Corinna: Cecilia Gasdia; Marchesa Melibea: Lucia Valentini-Terrani; Contessa di Folleville: Lella Cuberli; Madama Cortese: Montserrat Caballe; Cavalier Belfiore: Frank Lopardo; Conte di Libenskof: Chris Merritt; Lord Sidney: Ferruccio Furlanetto; Don Profondo: Ruggero Raimondi; Barone di Trombonok: Enzo Dara; Don Alvaro: Lucio Gallo; Don Prudenzio: Goran Simic; Don Luigino: Paolo Pellegrini; Maddalena: Gabriele Sima; Modestina: Barbara Frittoli; Antonio: Marzio Giossi; Gelsomino: E ...

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Faust (Gounod) Acts 4 and 5

Faust: Neil Shicoff; Mephistopheles: Samuel Ramey; Valentin: Richard Stilwell; Siebel: Gwendolyn Jones; Marguerite: Diana Soviero; Marthe: Geraldine Decker. Tulsa Opera, March 1986. Edoardo Mueller.

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Faust (Gounod) Act 3

Faust: Neil Shicoff; Mephistopheles: Samuel Ramey; Valentin: Richard Stilwell; ; Siebel: Gwendolyn Jones; Marguerite: Diana Soviero; Marthe: Geraldine Decker. Tulsa Opera, March 1986. Edoardo Mueller.

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Faust (Gounod) Acts 1 and 2

Faust: Neil Shicoff; Mephistopheles: Samuel Ramey; Valentin: Richard Stilwell; Siebel: Gwendolyn Jones; Marguerite: Diana Soviero; Marthe: Geraldine Decker. Tulsa Opera, March 1986. Edoardo Mueller.

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Macbeth (Verdi) Act 4

Macbeth - Piero Cappuccilli; Lady Macbeth - Shirley Verrett; Banco - Nicolai Ghiaurov; Macduff - Franco Tagliavini; Malcolm - Nicola Martinucci. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. December 7 1975.

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Macbeth (Verdi) Acts 2 and 3

Macbeth - Piero Cappuccilli; Lady Macbeth - Shirley Verrett; Banco - Nicolai Ghiaurov; Macduff - Franco Tagliavini; Malcolm - Nicola Martinucci. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. December 7 1975. Special feature: Miss Tallulah Bankhead joins the Apocryphal Opera Anecdote Theater of the Air for scenes from Shakespeare's Macbeth.

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Macbeth (Verdi) Act 1

Macbeth - Piero Cappuccilli; Lady Macbeth - Shirley Verrett; Banco - Nicolai Ghiaurov; Macduff - Franco Tagliavini; Malcolm - Nicola Martinucci. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. December 7 1975

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Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Act 4

Adriana Lecouvreur: Renata Scotto Il Principe di Bouillon: James Courtney La Principessa: Elena Obraztsova L'Abate: Joseph Frank Maiordomo: Winther Andersen Maurizio: Giacomo Aragall Michonnet: Giuseppe Taddei Mme. Dangeville: Mildred Tyree Mme. Jouvenot: Pamela South Poisson: Robert Johnson Quinault: John Davies Orchestra and Chorus of the San Francisco Opera; Gianandrea Gavazzeni. 9 September 1977.

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Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Act 3

Adriana Lecouvreur: Renata Scotto Il Principe di Bouillon: James Courtney La Principessa: Elena Obraztsova L'Abate: Joseph Frank Maiordomo: Winther Andersen Maurizio: Giacomo Aragall Michonnet: Giuseppe Taddei Mme. Dangeville: Mildred Tyree Mme. Jouvenot: Pamela South Poisson: Robert Johnson Quinault: John Davies Orchestra and Chorus of the San Francisco Opera; Gianandrea Gavazzeni. 9 September 1977.

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Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Act 2

Adriana Lecouvreur: Renata Scotto Il Principe di Bouillon: James Courtney La Principessa: Elena Obraztsova L'Abate: Joseph Frank Maiordomo: Winther Andersen Maurizio: Giacomo Aragall Michonnet: Giuseppe Taddei Mme. Dangeville: Mildred Tyree Mme. Jouvenot: Pamela South Poisson: Robert Johnson Quinault: John Davies Orchestra and Chorus of the San Francisco Opera; Gianandrea Gavazzeni. 9 September 1977.

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Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Act 1

Adriana Lecouvreur: Renata Scotto Il Principe di Bouillon: James Courtney La Principessa: Elena Obraztsova L'Abate: Joseph Frank Maiordomo: Winther Andersen Maurizio: Giacomo Aragall Michonnet: Giuseppe Taddei Mme. Dangeville: Mildred Tyree Mme. Jouvenot: Pamela South Poisson: Robert Johnson Quinault: John Davies Orchestra and Chorus of the San Francisco Opera; Gianandrea Gavazzeni. 9 September 1977.

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Lulu (Berg) Act 2

Anja Silja (Lulu) Gerd Nienstedt (Der Tierbandiger) Ernst Gutstein (Dr Schoen) Waldemar Kmentt (Alwa Schoen) William Blankenship (Der Maler) Hans Brand (Der Medizinalrat) Hans Hotter (Schigolch) Manfred Jungwirth (Der Theaterdirektor) Hilde Konetzni (Garderobiere) Mario Guggia (Der Prinz) Martha Moedl (Grafin Geschwitz) Oskar Czerwenka (Rodrigo) Rohangiz Yachmi (Der Gymnasiast) Heinz Zednik (Ein Kammerdiener) Orchestra and Chorus of the Vienna State Opera; Karl Boh ...

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Lulu (Berg) Act 1

Anja Silja (Lulu) Gerd Nienstedt (Der Tierbandiger) Ernst Gutstein (Dr Schoen) Waldemar Kmentt (Alwa Schoen) William Blankenship (Der Maler) Hans Brand (Der Medizinalrat) Hans Hotter (Schigolch) Manfred Jungwirth (Der Theaterdirektor) Hilde Konetzni (Garderobiere) Mario Guggia (Der Prinz) Martha Moedl (Grafin Geschwitz) Oskar Czerwenka (Rodrigo) Rohangiz Yachmi (Der Gymnasiast) Heinz Zednik (Ein Kammerdiener) Orchestra and Chorus of the Vienna State Opera; Karl Boh ...

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Ernani (Verdi) Acts 3 and 4

Ernani: Mario Del Monaco Elvira: Anita Cerquetti Don Carlo: Ettore Bastanini Silva: Boris Christoff Giovanna: Luciana Boni Don Riccardo: Athos Cesarini Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Dimitri Mitropoulos. June 23, 1957.

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Ernani (Verdi) Act 2

Ernani: Mario Del Monaco Elvira: Anita Cerquetti Don Carlo: Ettore Bastanini Silva: Boris Christoff Giovanna: Luciana Boni Don Riccardo: Athos Cesarini Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Dimitri Mitropoulos. June 23, 1957.

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Ernani (Verdi) Act 1

Ernani: Mario Del Monaco Elvira: Anita Cerquetti Don Carlo: Ettore Bastanini Silva: Boris Christoff Giovanna: Luciana Boni Don Riccardo: Athos Cesarini Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Dimitri Mitropoulos. June 23, 1957.

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Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)

Santuzza: Leonie Rysanek; Turiddu: Placido Domingo; Alfio: Benito di Bella; Mamma Lucia: Astrid Varnay; Lola: Ruth Falcon. Orchestra: Orchestra of the National Theater, Munich; Nello Santi. December 25, 1978.

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Il pirata (Bellini) Act 2

Imogene: Maria Callas; Gualtiero: Pier Miranda Ferraro; Ernesto: Costantino Ego; Itulbo: Glade Peterson; Goffredo: Chester Watson; Adele: Regina Sarfaty. Orchestra and Chorus of the American Opera Society; Nicola Rescigno. January 27, 1959; Carnegie Hall, New York.

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Il pirata (Bellini) Act 1

Imogene: Maria Callas; Gualtiero: Pier Miranda Ferraro; Ernesto: Costantino Ego; Itulbo: Glade Peterson; Goffredo: Chester Watson; Adele: Regina Sarfaty. Orchestra and Chorus of the American Opera Society; Nicola Rescigno. January 27, 1959; Carnegie Hall, New York.

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La Vestale (Spontini) Act 3

Giulia: Leyla Gencer; Cinna: Renato Bruson; Licinio: Robleto Merolla; Il Sommo Sacerdote: Agostino Ferrin; La Gran Vestale: Franca Mattiucci; Un Aruspice: Sergio Sisti; Un Console: Enrico Campi. Orchestra e coro del Teatro Massino di Palermo; Fernando Previtali. 4 December 1969.

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Luciano Pavarotti 1935-2007

A tribute to the celebrated tenor, who died today at the age of 71.

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La Vestale (Spontini) Act 2

Giulia: Leyla Gencer; Cinna: Renato Bruson; Licinio: Robleto Merolla; Il Sommo Sacerdote: Agostino Ferrin; La Gran Vestale: Franca Mattiucci; Un Aruspice: Sergio Sisti; Un Console: Enrico Campi. Orchestra e coro del Teatro Massino di Palermo; Fernando Previtali. 4 December 1969.

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La Vestale (Spontini) Act 1

Giulia: Leyla Gencer; Cinna: Renato Bruson; Licinio: Robleto Merolla; Il Sommo Sacerdote: Agostino Ferrin; La Gran Vestale: Franca Mattiucci; Un Aruspice: Sergio Sisti; Un Console: Enrico Campi. Orchestra e coro del Teatro Massino di Palermo; Fernando Previtali. 4 December 1969.

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Roberto Devereux (Donizetti) Act 3

Elisabetta: Nelly Miricioiu; Sara: Sonia Ganassi; Roberto: Jose Bros; Nottingham: Roberto Frontali; Gualtiero: Graeme Broadbent; Cecil: Robin Leggate. Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden; Maurizio Benini. July 8, 2002. Bonus: a scene from Donizetti's Anna Bolena.

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Roberto Devereux (Donizetti) Act 2

Elisabetta: Nelly Miricioiu; Sara: Sonia Ganassi; Roberto: Jose Bros; Nottingham: Roberto Frontali; Gualtiero: Graeme Broadbent; Cecil: Robin Leggate. Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden; Maurizio Benini. July 8, 2002. Bonus: a scene from Rossini's Ermione.

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Roberto Devereux (Donizetti) Act 1

Elisabetta: Nelly Miricioiu; Sara: Sonia Ganassi; Roberto: Jose Bros; Nottingham: Roberto Frontali; Gualtiero: Graeme Broadbent; Cecil: Robin Leggate. Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden; Maurizio Benini. July 8, 2002.

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Der Fliegende Hollander (Wagner)

Daland: Ludwig Weber Senta: Astrid Varnay Erik: Wolfgang Windgassen Mary: Elisabeth Schartel Steuermann: Josef Traxel Hollander: Hermann Uhde Festspielhaus Bayreuth, July 22, 1955. Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch.

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Parsifal (Wagner) Act 3

Parsifal: Jon Vickers Kundry: Barbro Ericson Gurnemanz: Hans Hotter Amfortas: Thomas Stewart Festspielhaus Bayreuth. August 13, 1964. Hans Knappertsbusch.

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Parsifal (Wagner) Act 2

Parsifal: Hans Beirer Kundry: Regine Crespin Klingsor: Gustav Neidlinger. Festspielhaus Bayreuth. August 5, 1960. Hans Knappertsbusch.

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Parsifal (Wagner) Act 1

Parsifal: Wolfgang Windgassen Amfortas: George London Gurnemanz: Ludwig Weber Titurel: Arnold van Mill Kundry: Martha Modl. Festspielhaus Bayreuth. August 22, 1951. Hans Knappertsbusch.

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Rienzi (Wagner) Act 3

Rienzi: Siegfried Jerusalem Irene: Nancy Gustafson Steffano Colonna: Walter Fink Adriano: Violeta Urmana Paolo Orsini: Peter Weber Raimondo: Roland Schubert Baroncelli: Torsten Kerl Cecco: Wolfgang Bankl Friedensbote: Anat Efraty. Zubin Mehta. Vienna State Opera, 13 December 1997.

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Rienzi (Wagner) Act 2

Rienzi: Siegfried Jerusalem Irene: Nancy Gustafson Steffano Colonna: Walter Fink Adriano: Violeta Urmana Paolo Orsini: Peter Weber Raimondo: Roland Schubert Baroncelli: Torsten Kerl Cecco: Wolfgang Bankl Friedensbote: Anat Efraty. Zubin Mehta. Vienna State Opera, 13 December 1997.

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Rienzi (Wagner) Act 1

Rienzi: Siegfried Jerusalem Irene: Nancy Gustafson Steffano Colonna: Walter Fink Adriano: Violeta Urmana Paolo Orsini: Peter Weber Raimondo: Roland Schubert Baroncelli: Torsten Kerl Cecco: Wolfgang Bankl Friedensbote: Anat Efraty. Zubin Mehta. Vienna State Opera, 13 December 1997.

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Tiefland (D'Albert) Act 2

Antonia: Friedl Riegler Martha: Helena Braun Moruccio: Erich Kaufmann Nardo: Erich Majkut Nuri: Else Liebesberg Pedro: Guenther Treptow Pepa: Erika Feichtlinger Rosalia: Elisabeth Fez Sebastiano: Ferdinand Frantz Stimme: Hanns Koch Tommaso: Walter Berry. Rudolf Moralt; Grosses Wiener Rundfunkorchester, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper in der Volksoper. April 1954.

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Tiefland (D'Albert) Act 1

Antonia: Friedl Riegler Martha: Helena Braun Moruccio: Erich Kaufmann Nardo: Erich Majkut Nuri: Else Liebesberg Pedro: Guenther Treptow Pepa: Erika Feichtlinger Rosalia: Elisabeth Fez Sebastiano: Ferdinand Frantz Stimme: Hanns Koch Tommaso: Walter Berry. Rudolf Moralt; Grosses Wiener Rundfunkorchester, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper in der Volksoper. April 1954.

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L'etoile du Nord (Meyerbeer) Act 1

Elizabeth Futral (Catherine) Vladimir Ognev (Peter the Great) Aled Hall (Danilowitz) Christopher Maltman (Gritzenko) Darina Takova (Prascovia) Juan Diego Florez (George) Agnete Munk Rasmussen (Natalie) Patrizia Cigna (Ekimona) Robert Lee (Ismailov) Fernand Bernardi (Reynolds) Luis Ledesma (Yermolov). Wexford Festival Opera, October, 1996. Wladimir Jurowski, Conductor.

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La Fiamma (Respighi) Act 3

Silvana - Alessandra MarcDonello - James McCrackenEudossia - Mignon DunnBasilio - Andrew SmithLucilla - Carolyn SebronAgnese - Jane ShaulisAgata - Lynnen YakesZoe/Sabina - Mary Ann HartMonica - Delcina StevensonConductor - Robert BassNew York December 4, 1987.

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La Fiamma (Respighi) Act 2

Silvana - Alessandra MarcDonello - James McCrackenEudossia - Mignon DunnBasilio - Andrew SmithLucilla - Carolyn SebronAgnese - Jane ShaulisAgata - Lynnen YakesZoe/Sabina - Mary Ann HartMonica - Delcina StevensonConductor - Robert BassNew York December 4, 1987.

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La Fiamma (Respighi) Act 1

Silvana - Alessandra MarcDonello - James McCrackenEudossia - Mignon DunnBasilio - Andrew SmithLucilla - Carolyn SebronAgnese - Jane ShaulisAgata - Lynnen YakesZoe/Sabina - Mary Ann HartMonica - Delcina StevensonConductor - Robert BassNew York December 4, 1987.

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Olimpia (Spontini) Acts 2 and 3

Olimpia: Pilar LorengarStatira: Fiorenza CossottoCassandro: Franco TagliaviniAntigono: Giangiacomo GuelfiHigh Priest: Nicola ZaccariaHermas: Silvio MajonicaOrchestra and Chorus Teatro alla ScalaFrancesco Molinari-Pradelli. conductorMilan June 6, 1966.

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Olimpia (Spontini) Act 1

Olimpia: Pilar LorengarStatira: Fiorenza CossottoCassandro: Franco TagliaviniAntigono: Giangiacomo GuelfiHigh Priest: Nicola ZaccariaHermas: Silvio MajonicaOrchestra and Chorus Teatro alla ScalaFrancesco Molinari-Pradelli. conductorMilan June 6, 1966.

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200th Unnatural Act Gala, Part 2

Celebrating our 200th podcast, with special guests Karita Mattila, Rolando Villazon, Renee Fleming, Dorothy Kirsten, Renata Scotto, Elena Obratszova, David Daniels, Ruth Ann Swenson, Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe diStefano, Marilyn Horne, Montserrat Caballe, Kostas Paskalis, Alain Vanzo, Krassimira Stoyanova, Marcello Giordani and Aprile Millo.

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200th Unnatural Act Gala, Part 1

Celebrating our 200th podcast, with special guests Maria Callas, Cesare Valletti, Rosanna Carteri, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Tito Gobbi, Birgit Nilsson, Leonie Rysanek, Alfredo Kraus, Jeannette Pilou, Cesare Siepi, Jessye Norman, Joan Sutherland and Leontyne Price.

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I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Bellini) Act 2

Giulietta: Anna NetrebkoRomeo: Daniela BarcellonaTebaldo: Joseph CallejaCapellio: Dan DumitrescuLorenzo: Chester PattonConcert Association of the Vienna State Opera ChorusSalzburg Mozarteum OrchestraConductor Ivor Bolton; Chorus master Rupert Huber.Salzburg Festival, August 21, 2004.

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I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Bellini) Act 1

Giulietta: Anna NetrebkoRomeo: Daniela BarcellonaTebaldo: Joseph CallejaCapellio: Dan DumitrescuLorenzo: Chester PattonConcert Association of the Vienna State Opera ChorusSalzburg Mozarteum OrchestraConductor Ivor Bolton; Chorus master Rupert Huber.Salzburg Festival, August 21, 2004.

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Armide (Gluck) Part 3

Armide: Anna Caterina AntonacciHidraot: Donnie Ray AlbertRenaud: Vinson ColeArtemidore: Christian BaumgaertelUbalde: Roberto de CandiaLe Chevalier danois: Juan Diego FlorezPhenice: Adina NitescuSidonie: Lotte LeitnerAronte: Marco CamastraLa Haine: Violeta UrmanaLa Naļade: Cristina SogmaisterRiccardo Muti; La Scala. December 7, 1996.

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Armide (Gluck) Part 2

Armide: Anna Caterina AntonacciHidraot: Donnie Ray AlbertRenaud: Vinson ColeArtemidore: Christian BaumgaertelUbalde: Roberto de CandiaLe Chevalier danois: Juan Diego FlorezPhenice: Adina NitescuSidonie: Lotte LeitnerAronte: Marco CamastraLa Haine: Violeta UrmanaLa Naļade: Cristina SogmaisterRiccardo Muti; La Scala. December 7, 1996.

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Armide (Gluck) Part 1

Armide: Anna Caterina AntonacciHidraot: Donnie Ray AlbertRenaud: Vinson ColeArtemidore: Christian BaumgaertelUbalde: Roberto de CandiaLe Chevalier danois: Juan Diego FlorezPhenice: Adina NitescuSidonie: Lotte LeitnerAronte: Marco CamastraLa Haine: Violeta UrmanaLa Naļade: Cristina SogmaisterRiccardo Muti; La Scala. December 7, 1996.

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Loreley (Catalani) Act 3

Loreley: Elena SuliotisAnna di Rehberg: Rita TalaricoWalter di Oberwesel: Gianfranco CeccheleIl Barone Herrmann: Piero CappuccilliRodolfo di Biberich: Agostino FerrinLa Scala; Gianandrea Gavazzeni. February 13, 1968.

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Loreley (Catalani) Act 2

Loreley: Elena SuliotisAnna di Rehberg: Rita TalaricoWalter di Oberwesel: Gianfranco CeccheleIl Barone Herrmann: Piero CappuccilliRodolfo di Biberich: Agostino FerrinLa Scala; Gianandrea Gavazzeni. February 13, 1968.

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Loreley (Catalani) Act 1

Loreley: Elena SuliotisAnna di Rehberg: Rita TalaricoWalter di Oberwesel: Gianfranco CeccheleIl Barone Herrmann: Piero CappuccilliRodolfo di Biberich: Agostino FerrinLa Scala; Gianandrea Gavazzeni. February 13, 1968.Walter, the young Lord of Oberwesel, is betrothed and about to be wedded to Anna of Rehberg, niece of Rudolfo, Margrave of Biberich; but in spite of the fair looks and purity of his bride-elect, he is unhappy, being weighed down by a heavy secret. One evening, when strolling alo ...

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100th Anniversary of Butterfly at the Met

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Recordings of the "original cast" -- Geraldine Farrar, Enrico Caruso and Antonio Scotti.

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Grace Bumbry sings Richard Strauss

Soprano Grace Bumbry performs scenes from Salome and Elektra.

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Un ballo in maschera (Verdi) Act 3

Antonietta Stella (Amelia)Giuseppe Di Stefano (Riccardo)Ettore Bastianini (Renato)Ebe Stignani (Ulrica)Eugenia Ratti (Oscar)Niccola Zaccaria (Tom)Silvio Majonica (Samuel)Giuseppe Morresi (Silvano)Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala; Gianandrea Gavazzeni.12 April 1956.

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Un ballo in maschera (Verdi) Act 2

Antonietta Stella (Amelia)Giuseppe Di Stefano (Riccardo)Ettore Bastianini (Renato)Ebe Stignani (Ulrica)Eugenia Ratti (Oscar)Niccola Zaccaria (Tom)Silvio Majonica (Samuel)Giuseppe Morresi (Silvano)Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala; Gianandrea Gavazzeni.12 April 1956.

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Un ballo in maschera (Verdi) Act 1

Antonietta Stella (Amelia) Giuseppe Di Stefano (Riccardo) Ettore Bastianini (Renato) Ebe Stignani (Ulrica) Eugenia Ratti (Oscar) Niccola Zaccaria (Tom) Silvio Majonica (Samuel) Giuseppe Morresi (Silvano) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala; Gianandrea Gavazzeni. 12 April 1956.

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Eleanor Steber Live at The Continental Baths

Mozart: Zeffiretti lusinghieri (from Idomeno),Ach. ich fuehl's (from Die Zauberfloete),Come scoglio (from Cosi fan tutte).Charpentier: Depuis le jour (from Louise).Puccini: Quando m'en vo (from La boheme).Massenet: Scene and Gavotte (from Manon).Sieczynski: Wien, du Stadt meiner Traeume.Kreisler: Stars in My Eyes.Lehar: Medley from The Merry Widow.Puccini: Vissi d'Arte (from Tosca).Edwin Biltcliffe, Piano; Joseph Rabb, Violin.October 4, 1973.

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Der Barbier von Bagdad (Cornelius) Act 2

Alfred Poell - Kalif; Erich Majkut - Baba Mustapha; Sena Jurinac - Margiana; Hilde Roessl-Majdan - Bostana; Rudolf Schock - Nureddin; Gottlob Frick - Abul Hassan. Heinrich Hollreiser; Chor und Orchester Radio Wien. October 1952.

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Der Barbier von Bagdad (Cornelius) Act 1

Alfred Poell - Kalif; Erich Majkut - Baba Mustapha; Sena Jurinac - Margiana; Hilde Roessl-Majdan - Bostana; Rudolf Schock - Nureddin; Gottlob Frick - Abul Hassan. Heinrich Hollreiser; Chor und Orchester Radio Wien. October 1952.

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I puritani (Bellini) Acts 2 and 3

Elvira: Beverly Sills; Arturo: Luciano Pavarotti; Giorgio: Paul Plishka; Riccardo: Louis Quilico; Enrichetta: Ellen Shade; Gualtiero: Thomas Paul; Bruno: Natale De Lazzari. Anton Guadagno, conductor. Philadelphia, January 18, 1972.

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I puritani (Bellini) Act 1

Elvira: Beverly Sills; Arturo: Luciano Pavarotti; Giorgio: Paul Plishka; Riccardo: Louis Quilico; Enrichetta: Ellen Shade; Gualtiero: Thomas Paul; Bruno: Natale De Lazzari. Anton Guadagno, conductor. Philadelphia, January 18, 1972.

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I cavalieri di Ekebu (Zandonai) Acts 3 and 4

Giosta Berling - Mirto Picchi; La Commandante - Fedora Barbieri; Anna - Rina Malatrasi; Sintram - Antonio Zaccaria; Cristiano - Giampiero Malaspina; Samzelius - Bruno Cioni; Liecrona - Mario Carlin; Ostessa - Maria Amadini; Una Fanciulla - Nicoletta Panni; Un Cavaliere - Arrigo Cattelani. Coro e Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Milano; Alfredo Simonetto. Milan, January 16, 1957.

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I cavalieri di Ekebu (Zandonai) Acts 1 and 2

Giosta Berling - Mirto Picchi; La Commandante - Fedora Barbieri; Anna - Rina Malatrasi; Sintram - Antonio Zaccaria; Cristiano - Giampiero Malaspina; Samzelius - Bruno Cioni; Liecrona - Mario Carlin; Ostessa - Maria Amadini; Una Fanciulla - Nicoletta Panni; Un Cavaliere - Arrigo Cattelani. Coro e Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Milano; Alfredo Simonetto. Milan, January 16, 1957.

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Der Rosenkavalier (R. Strauss) Act 3

Jarmila Novotna (Octavian), Maria Reining (Feldmarschallin), Jaro Prohaska (Ochs), Hilde Gueden (Sophie), Georg Hann (Faninal), Stefanie Holeschovsky (Marianne), Peter Klein (Valzacchi), Dagmar Hermann (Annina), Helge Rosvaenge (Saenger), Georg Monthy (Polizeikommissar), William Wernigk (Haushofmeister), Alfred Muzzarelli (Notar), William Wernigk (Wirt). Salzburg, 29 August 1949. Wiener Philharmoniker; Georg Szell.

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Der Rosenkavalier (R. Strauss) Act 2

Jarmila Novotna (Octavian), Maria Reining (Feldmarschallin), Jaro Prohaska (Ochs), Hilde Gueden (Sophie), Georg Hann (Faninal), Stefanie Holeschovsky (Marianne), Peter Klein (Valzacchi), Dagmar Hermann (Annina), Helge Rosvaenge (Saenger), Georg Monthy (Polizeikommissar), William Wernigk (Haushofmeister), Alfred Muzzarelli (Notar), William Wernigk (Wirt). Salzburg, 29 August 1949. Wiener Philharmoniker; Georg Szell.

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Der Rosenkavalier (R. Strauss) Act 1

Jarmila Novotna (Octavian), Maria Reining (Feldmarschallin), Jaro Prohaska (Ochs), Hilde Gueden (Sophie), Georg Hann (Faninal), Stefanie Holeschovsky (Marianne), Peter Klein (Valzacchi), Dagmar Hermann (Annina), Helge Rosvaenge (Saenger), Georg Monthy (Polizeikommissar), William Wernigk (Haushofmeister), Alfred Muzzarelli (Notar), William Wernigk (Wirt). Salzburg, 29 August 1949. Wiener Philharmoniker; Georg Szell.

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Maria Callas in concert

La Vestale (Spontini): Tu che invoco; Macbeth (Verdi): Nel di della vittoria ... Vieni, t'affretta; Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): Una voce poco fa;Mefistofele (Boito): L'altra notte; La boheme (Puccini): Quando m'en vo'; Hamlet (Thomas): A vos jeux. Maria Callas, soprano; Nicola Rescigno, conductor. Los Angeles, November 29, 1958.

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Esclarmonde (Massenet) Act 4

In celebration of the 80th birthday of Dame Joan Sutherland, a performance from the San Francisco Opera, November 8, 1974. Clifford Grant (The Emperor Phorcas), Joan Sutherland (Esclarmonde), Huguette Tourangeau (Parseis), William Harness (Eneas), Giacomo Aragall (The Chevalier Roland), Philip Booth (Cleomer, King of France), Robert Kerns (The Bishop of Blois),Gary Burgess (Saracen envoy / Byzantine herald). Richard Bonynge, conductor.

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Esclarmonde (Massenet) Act 3

In celebration of the 80th birthday of Dame Joan Sutherland, a performance from the San Francisco Opera, November 8, 1974. Clifford Grant (The Emperor Phorcas), Joan Sutherland (Esclarmonde), Huguette Tourangeau (Parseis), William Harness (Eneas), Giacomo Aragall (The Chevalier Roland), Philip Booth (Cleomer, King of France), Robert Kerns (The Bishop of Blois),Gary Burgess (Saracen envoy / Byzantine herald). Richard Bonynge, conductor.

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Esclarmonde (Massenet) Act 2

In celebration of the 80th birthday of Dame Joan Sutherland, a performance from the San Francisco Opera, November 8, 1974. Clifford Grant (The Emperor Phorcas), Joan Sutherland (Esclarmonde), Huguette Tourangeau (Parseis), William Harness (Eneas), Giacomo Aragall (The Chevalier Roland), Philip Booth (Cleomer, King of France), Robert Kerns (The Bishop of Blois),Gary Burgess (Saracen envoy / Byzantine herald). Richard Bonynge, conductor.

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Esclarmonde (Massenet) Act 1

In celebration of the 80th birthday of Dame Joan Sutherland, a performance from the San Francisco Opera, November 8, 1974. Clifford Grant (The Emperor Phorcas), Joan Sutherland (Esclarmonde), Huguette Tourangeau (Parseis), William Harness (Eneas), Giacomo Aragall (The Chevalier Roland), Philip Booth (Cleomer, King of France), Robert Kerns (The Bishop of Blois),Gary Burgess (Saracen envoy / Byzantine herald). Richard Bonynge, conductor.

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Maria de Rudenz (Donizetti) Part 1

Katia Ricciarelli (Maria di Rudenz), Sylvia Baleani (Matilde di Wolf), Leo Nucci (Corrado Waldorf), Alberto Cupido (Enrico), Giorgio Surjan (Rambaldo). Coro e Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia; Eliahu Inbal. December 21, 1980.

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Regine Crespin in Recital

Regine Crespin sings lieder by Hugo Wolf and melodies by Hector Berlioz, Claude Debussy, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc and Manuel Rosenthal. John Wustman, piano. Hunter College, New York City, November 11, 1967.

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Dalibor (Smetana) Act 3

Leonie Rysanek (Milada); Eberhard Waechter (Vladislav); Lotte Rysanek (Jitka); Ludovico Spiess (Dalibor); Oskar Czerwenka (Budivo);Adolf Dallapozza (Vitek); Tugomir Franc (Richter). Wiener Staatsoper; 18 October 1969; Josef Krips.

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Dalibor (Smetana) Act 2

Leonie Rysanek (Milada); Eberhard Waechter (Vladislav); Lotte Rysanek (Jitka); Ludovico Spiess (Dalibor); Oskar Czerwenka (Budivo);Adolf Dallapozza (Vitek); Tugomir Franc (Richter). Wiener Staatsoper; 18 October 1969; Josef Krips.

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Dalibor (Smetana) Act 1

Leonie Rysanek (Milada); Eberhard Waechter (Vladislav); Lotte Rysanek (Jitka); Ludovico Spiess (Dalibor); Oskar Czerwenka (Budivo);Adolf Dallapozza (Vitek); Tugomir Franc (Richter). Wiener Staatsoper; 18 October 1969; Josef Krips.

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Thomas Stewart 1928 - 2006

A tribute to the American bass-baritone, who died September 24, 2006.

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Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Act 3

Butterfly: Renata Scotto; Suzuki: Franco Mattiucci; Kate Pinkerton: Luciana Palombi; B.F. Pinkerton: Renato Cioni; Sharpless: Alberto Rinaldi; Goro: Franco Ricciardi; Yamadori: Silvio Maionica; Bonzo: Vito Susca. Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Torino della RAI; Arturo Basile: Conductor. Recorded in 1967.

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Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Act 2

Butterfly: Renata Scotto; Suzuki: Franco Mattiucci; Kate Pinkerton: Luciana Palombi; B.F. Pinkerton: Renato Cioni; Sharpless: Alberto Rinaldi; Goro: Franco Ricciardi; Yamadori: Silvio Maionica; Bonzo: Vito Susca. Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Torino della RAI; Arturo Basile: Conductor. Recorded in 1967.

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Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Act 1

Butterfly: Renata Scotto; Suzuki: Franco Mattiucci; Kate Pinkerton: Luciana Palombi; B.F. Pinkerton: Renato Cioni; Sharpless: Alberto Rinaldi; Goro: Franco Ricciardi; Yamadori: Silvio Maionica; Bonzo: Vito Susca. Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Torino della RAI; Arturo Basile: Conductor. Recorded in 1967.

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Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Avast ye, cher public! La Cieca salutes Talk Like a Pirate Day with music from "The Pirates of Penzance" and "Maria Stuarda" (?)

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Don Giovanni (Mozart) Act 2

Don Giovanni: Tito Gobbi; Il Commendatore: Josef Greindl; Donna Anna: Ljuba Welitsch; Don Ottavio: Anton Dermota; Donna Elvira: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Leporello: Erich Kunz; Masetto: Alfred Poell; Zerlina: Irmgard Seefried. Vienna Philharmonic; Wilhelm Furtwaengler. Salzburg Festival, July 27, 1950.

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Don Giovanni (Mozart) Act 1

Don Giovanni: Tito Gobbi; Il Commendatore: Josef Greindl; Donna Anna: Ljuba Welitsch; Don Ottavio: Anton Dermota; Donna Elvira: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Leporello: Erich Kunz; Masetto: Alfred Poell; Zerlina: Irmgard Seefried. Vienna Philharmonic; Wilhelm Furtwaengler. Salzburg Festival, July 27, 1950.

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Ingrid Bjoner and Astrid Varnay

Saluting sopranos Ingrid Bjoner and Astrid Varnay, in scenes from Die Frau ohne Schatten, 1976.

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Tribute to Astrid Varnay

The celebrated dramatic soprano Astrid Varnay died earlier this week in Munich. She was 88 years old. A few highlights from her 55 year career can be heard in this podcast. Included are scenes from Die Walkure, Tannhauser, Elektra, Der Fliegende Hollander, Der Rosenkavalier, Parsifal, Siegfried, and Tristan und Isolde.

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Aida (Verdi) Act 4

Gilda Cruz-Romo (Aida), Carlo Bergonzi (Radames), Mignon Dunn (Amneris), Gian Piero Mastromei (Amonasro), and Kiri te Kanawa (Sacerdotessa). Covent Garden 12 April 1973; Sir Charles Mackerras.

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Aida (Verdi) Act 3

Gilda Cruz-Romo (Aida), Carlo Bergonzi (Radames), Mignon Dunn (Amneris), Gian Piero Mastromei (Amonasro), and Kiri te Kanawa (Sacerdotessa). Covent Garden 12 April 1973; Sir Charles Mackerras.

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Aida (Verdi) Act 1

Gilda Cruz-Romo (Aida), Carlo Bergonzi (Radames), Mignon Dunn (Amneris), Gian Piero Mastromei (Amonasro), and Kiri te Kanawa (Sacerdotessa). Covent Garden 12 April 1973; Sir Charles Mackerras.

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Il Bravo (Mercadante) Act 3

Dino Di Domenico (II Bravo), Adelisa Tabiadon (Teodora), Janet Perry (Violetta), Sergio Bertocchi (Pisano), Stefano Antonucci (Foscari), Leonardo de Lisi (Capellio), Ambrogio Riva (Marco), Giuseppe De Matteis (Luigi), Maria Cristina Zanni (Michelina). Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Slovak Philharmonic Choir of Bratislava; Bruno Aprea.

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Il Bravo (Mercadante) Act 2

Dino Di Domenico (II Bravo), Adelisa Tabiadon (Teodora), Janet Perry (Violetta), Sergio Bertocchi (Pisano), Stefano Antonucci (Foscari), Leonardo de Lisi (Capellio), Ambrogio Riva (Marco), Giuseppe De Matteis (Luigi), Maria Cristina Zanni (Michelina). Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Slovak Philharmonic Choir of Bratislava; Bruno Aprea.

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Il Bravo (Mercadante) Act 1

Dino Di Domenico (II Bravo), Adelisa Tabiadon (Teodora), Janet Perry (Violetta), Sergio Bertocchi (Pisano), Stefano Antonucci (Foscari), Leonardo de Lisi (Capellio), Ambrogio Riva (Marco), Giuseppe De Matteis (Luigi), Maria Cristina Zanni (Michelina). Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Slovak Philharmonic Choir of Bratislava; Bruno Arpea.

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Isabeau (Mascagni) Parts 2 and 3

Isabeau: Marcella Pobbe; Ermynthrude: Renata Davini; Ermyngarde: Amelia Bazzani; Giglietta: Licia Galvano; Folco: Pier Miranda Ferraro; Re Raimondo: Rinaldo Rola; Cornelius: Orazio Gualtiero; Il Cavaliere: Piero Francia; L'araldo: Piero Benzi. Orchestra sinfonica di Sanremo; Tullio Serafin. January 13, 1962.

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Maria Stuarda (Donizetti) Act 3

Maria Stuarda: Barbara Frittoli, Elisabetta: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Anna Kennedy: Rachel Hynes, Giorgio Talbot: Jonathan Lemalu, Roberto, Conte di Leicester: Paul Charles Clarke, Lord Guglielmo Cecil: Christopher Purves. Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Sir Charles Mackerras. Edinburgh, August 14, 2002.

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Maria Stuarda (Donizetti) Act 2

Maria Stuarda: Barbara Frittoli, Elisabetta: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Anna Kennedy: Rachel Hynes, Giorgio Talbot: Jonathan Lemalu, Roberto, Conte di Leicester: Paul Charles Clarke, Lord Guglielmo Cecil: Christopher Purves. Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Sir Charles Mackerras. Edinburgh, August 14, 2002.

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Maria Stuarda (Donizetti) Act 1

Maria Stuarda: Barbara Frittoli, Elisabetta: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Anna Kennedy: Rachel Hynes, Giorgio Talbot: Jonathan Lemalu, Roberto, Conte di Leicester: Paul Charles Clarke, Lord Guglielmo Cecil: Christopher Purves. Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Sir Charles Mackerras. Edinburgh, August 14, 2002.

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La forza del destino (Verdi) Act 4

Renata Tebaldi (Leonora), Fedora Barbieri (Preziosilla), Mario del Monaco (Alvaro), Aldo Protti (Carlo), Renato Capecchi (Melitone), Cesare Siepi (Guardiano), Teatro Communale di Firenze, Dimitri Mitropoulos. June 3, 1953.

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La forza del destino (Verdi) Act 3

Renata Tebaldi (Leonora), Fedora Barbieri (Preziosilla), Mario del Monaco (Alvaro), Aldo Protti (Carlo), Renato Capecchi (Melitone), Cesare Siepi (Guardiano), Teatro Communale di Firenze, Dimitri Mitropoulos. June 3, 1953.

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La forza del destino (Verdi) Act 2

Renata Tebaldi (Leonora), Fedora Barbieri (Preziosilla), Mario del Monaco (Alvaro), Aldo Protti (Carlo), Renato Capecchi (Melitone), Cesare Siepi (Guardiano), Teatro Communale di Firenze, Dimitri Mitropoulos. June 3, 1953.

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La forza del destino (Verdi) Act 1

The hand of fate gives little JJ his big chance, when he gets to introduce this podcast. Renata Tebaldi (Leonora), Fedora Barbieri (Preziosilla), Mario del Monaco (Alvaro), Aldo Protti (Carlo), Renato Capecchi (Melitone), Cesare Siepi (Guardiano), Teatro Communale di Firenze, Dimitri Mitropoulos. June 3, 1953.

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Gotterdammerung (Wagner) Act 3

Alles was ist, endet. Brunnhilde - Kirsten Flagstad; Siegfried - Max Lorenz; Gunther - Josef Herrmann; Hagen - Ludwig Weber; Gutrune - Hilde Konetzni; Woglinde - Magda Gabory; Wellgunde - Margherita Kenney; Flosshilde - Sieglinde Wagner. Teatro alla Scala, Milano, April 4, 1950. Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwangler. Gotterdammerung at Wagneroperas.com.

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Gotterdammerung (Wagner) Act 2

La Cieca, or rather the content of this podcast, redefines the word "special." Brunnhilde: Astrid Varnay; Siegfried: Bernd Aldenhoff; Hagen: Ludwig Weber; Alberich: Heinrich Pflanzl; Gunther: Hermann Uhde; Gutrune: Martha Modl. Festspielhaus Bayreuth, August 4, 1951. Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch.Gotterdammerung at Wagneroperas.com.

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Siegfried (Wagner) Act 2