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“D’Oreste d’Ajace” – Carol Vaness
“Tenor SeokJong Baek will sing the role of Radamès in the January 4 and 7 performances of Verdi’s Aida, replacing Piotr Beczala, who has withdrawn due to illness.”
Ponnelle directing and Böhm conducting Le Nozze di Figaro with Prey, Freni, Fischer-Dieskau, Te Kanawa, and Ewing leading the cast. A classier performance of the piece can hardly be imagined.
Fritz Wunderlich‘s singing is so wonderful and effortless that no further commentary is needed.
This took a lot of thought and consideration and there are just TOO many to choose from. But when it comes to vintage performances…
A live Viennese New Year’s broadcast
Anna Netrebko has withdrawn from her role debut in next month’s performances of Ariadne auf Naxos at the Wiener Staatsoper
A performance of Schönberg‘s oratorio recorded earlier this fall in Milan
An archival performance from 1982 recorded in New York
A rare performance of Stanislaw Moniuszko‘s opera recorded this summer in Warsaw
A live broadcast from New York
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Following a review by Christopher Corwin, figures from in and around the box react to Pablo Larraín‘s new film Maria
A live broadcast from New York
A performance starring Juan Diego Flórez recorded earlier this fall in London
A live broadcast from New York
An intriguing recital program live from Rome with Donald Sulzen
A performance recorded earlier this month in Munich of American Modern Opera Company’s take on John Adams‘s oratorio
A performance recorded this spring at the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse
Nino Rota‘s opera in a live performance from Genova
A live broadcast from Brussels of a new opera by Mikael Karlsson and Royce Vavrek
Tell us: What’s your favorite Verdi performance?
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