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2017-07-16 17:43:11
Met Opera Round-Up: The Season’s Last Gasp with ‘Guillaume Tell,’ ‘Tristan,’ and ‘The Flying Dutchman’ (Part One)
[…] from the dawn of recording, the so-called gramophone era, managed to work their way around the hurdles, while others were not as successful. Readers can come to their own conclusions as to which method was best, usually from a personal perspective. Fortunately, there are lots of examples to choose from, mainly from the Golden Age by such splendid artists as Francesco Tamagno, Giovanni Martinelli, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Francesco Merli, Mario Filippeschi, Georges Thill, René Verdière, César Vezzani, Hermann Jadlowker, Léon Escalais, and others. Among modern singers, one may thrill to the voices of Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Gedda, Alfredo Kraus, Chris Merritt, Michael Spyres, John Osborn, and Juan Diego Flórez. What about the title role of Tell? Good question. On the Italian front, baritones as far afield as Giuseppe de Luca, Giuseppe Danise, Gino Bechi, Benvenuto Franci, Tito Gobbi, and Giuseppe Taddei have left some wonderful recorded mementos of the soulful aria […]
2012-12-09 01:45:00
I'm only about six weeks late in posting this: the record sources and playlist for my talk on Lauritz Melchior. They're after the jump. Recording Sources Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) Der Ring des NibelungenHMV Potted RingPearl Gemm 9137 Melchior EditionDanacord Walter Widdop Der Ring des NibelungenHMV Potted RingPearl Gemm 9137 Georges Thill (1897-1984)Lebendige Vergangenheit Cesar Vezzani (1886-1951) Complete Records, Vol. 2Marston Records Paul Franz (1876-1950) Lebendige Vergangenheit Francisco VinasComplete RecordingsMarston Records Giuseppe Borgatti & Isadoro FagoagaLebendige Vergangenheit (same release, and it's Borgatti's name and photo on the cover) WagnerismoItalian singers in WagnerInternational Record Collectors' ClubSelections from Rienzi, Lohengrin, Tannhauser, Tristano e Isotta, Parsifal, Maestri Cantori di NorimbergaVignas, Melba, Caniglia, Ziliani, Pasero, Pasini-Vitale, Parsi-Pettinella, Canetti, Capelli, Fleta, Stracciari, Maroli, Amato, Casini, Borgatti, Ferrari-Fontana, Elmo, Corsi, “Edoardo di Giovanni” (Edward Johnson), Zenatello Wagner en FrancaisRomophoneExcerpts from the RingVezzani, Lubin, Verdiere, Lawrence, Franz, […]
2012-11-05 00:09:00
Melchior in Context
[…] Helen Traubel the boot that year. The circumstances remain, to me, a bit murky, and could have included a general house-cleaning, Bing's dislike of Wagner, Melchior's dislike of rehearsal, Melchior's age (he was 60 and not exactly a dashing figure at that point), and various other issues. In any event, Melchior concertized through the 50s and perhaps into the 60s; Traubel didn't sing much opera after that, as far as I know. The Corsican Cesar Vezzani retired as a result of ill health in 1948 and lived a few more years. A few things really struck me. Several of these tenors came from poor or working-class families and didn't have much formal education. Walter Widdop, the fine English tenor, left school at 12 to work in the mills, and didn't become a professional singer until age 30. Paul Franz and one of the other singers were railroad workers. […]
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