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  • phoenix: httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=J3-U -Vxq7bg 12:35 PM
  • ajsnyc: It’s a great work which I listen to all the time. There are passages that are among the best things... 12:33 PM
  • la vociaccia: oh no!!! One of my favorite composers. httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=g0gD WO6xojk... 12:21 PM
  • m. croche: Dutilleux-champion Renee Fleming: httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=_lwf XEe5VDA 12:18 PM
  • Hippolyte: I guess it shouldn’t surprise me that so far not a single excerpt from Lohengrin has appeared.... 12:18 PM
  • Hippolyte: It all began with Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel?? 12:11 PM
  • Feldmarschallin: Thanks but I thought this was about posting great recordings. Here is a great one.... 12:10 PM
  • alejandro: I still consider myself a newbie with Wagner. His operas just take a lot of time for me to digest. I... 12:08 PM

The Quantification of the Diva: Part the Third

traviata_gheorghiuAnd now, cher public, let’s put today’s singers, the Contemporary Divas, under the microscope. How do they stack up? Read more »

others have greatness thrust upon them

As you may recall, last year the BBC Music Magazine published a list of “The 20 Greatest Sopranos of All Time,” and one or two of you didn’t quite see eye to eye with their selection.

Well, this year they’ve turned their attention to the top 20 among tenors, who are (in ascending order of greatliness):  Read more »