These releases on the legendary former Electrola label document Nicolai Gedda’s incomparable artistry as to operetta singer and have long enjoyed the status of benchmark recordings. Appearing alongside search Famous singers as Anneliese Rothenberger, Grace Bumbry, Rita Streich and Lucia Popp, Gedda made a number of Exclusive recordings in the 1960s and 1970s, working under conductors of the …
This new 3-CD collection will draw together selections of the most popular works and recordings from Itzhak Perlman’s Warner Classics catalog, which are among the most celebrated violin recordings in the instrument’s history. The first CD is dedicated to movements from the great Romantic concertos, from Beethoven to Brahms and Tchaikovsky to Korngold. The second CD begins …
Theatrical magic between Rolando Villazón and Anna Netrebko in Donizetti s delightful and ever-popular comedy L elisir d amoreRolando Villazón as Nemorino exhibits a real gift for comic acting, manipulating his rubber face into dozens of hilarious poses, flawlessly turning stock comic gestures into laugh-out-loud moments, and even juggling apples with the panache of a circus performer. More …
Diana Damrau has triumphed as Violetta Valéry in La traviata a role she first dreamed of singing when she was just 12 years old at a number of the world s leading opera houses. Among them is Paris Opéra Bastille, where in June 2014 she starred in this sumptuous production by film director Benoît Jacquot, which takes inspiration …