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2020-06-04 14:28:42
Holding out for a hero
Trove Thursday finally welcomes Wagner’s Lohengrin arriving in a concert performance conducted by Georg Solti with Siegfried Jerusalem, Julia Varady, Eva Randová, Hermann Becht, Hans Sotin and Wolfgang Schöne.
2019-02-12 00:00:00
Dvorák - Rusalka
Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904) Gabriela Benacková, Peter Dvorsky Eva Randová, Jewgenij Nesterenko Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper dir. Václav Neumann Label: Orfeo d'Or C638042I 2 CD ADD Stereo (very good sound) Rec. at Wiener Staatsoper Apri, 10 1987 [flac, cue & logs; cover, inlays,disc & booklet scans] Review: "This is part of Orfeo’s series, “Vienna State Opera Live.” Although an important musical center, the Austrian capital has always been an artistic backwater; this was the local premiere of their neighbor’s operatic masterpiece, 86 years late...Gabriela Benacková owned the title role for decades; she is in her prime here, her creamy soprano even silkier than on the excellent Suprahon recording. Her “O Lovely Moon” is very good, and she gets even better as the evening wears on. When she prepares for a climactic note, there is often the tiniest pause, and her voice opens like a sped-up […]
2019-02-11 00:00:00
Janacek - Kát'a Kabanová
Leos Janácek (1854-1928)Gabriela Benacková, Peter Straka, Eva Randová, Dagmar PeckováChorus of the Prague National TheatreCzech Philharmonic Orchestradir: Sir Charles MackerrasSuprahon SU 3291-2 632 2 CD stereo DDD (1997)Rec. at the Dvorák Hall of Rudolfinum, Prague, 21-27 March 1997[flac&cue; logs;cover, inlays, disc&booklet scans]This set received the 1999 Cannes Classical Award for "Best Opera Recording - 19th/20th Century."REVIEWS:Fanfare (5-6/98, p.146) - "Here is a meeting of the two great sources of Janácek opera recordings over the past quarter century: conductor Charles Mackerras on the one hand, Gabriela Benacková and the Prague National Theater on the other....I adore this new recording, more so each time I hear it."BBC Music (3/98, pp.68-69) - Performance: 4 (out of 5), Sound: 4 (out of 5) - "This new, opulently recorded performance of the most Romantic of Janácek's late operas is full of remarkable things....this is a thoughtful and at times powerfully gripping reading."
2016-12-31 14:00:09
Vamp until ready
Born on this day in 1894 actress Pola Negri. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEX1N60LPnc Born on this day in 1905 composer Jule Styne. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh4Usgpavjk Born on this day in 1908 baritone Marko Rothmüller. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdl4pxgXNoY Happy 80th birthday mezzo-soprano Eva Randová. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eZwLO1db7o Happy 58th birthday conductor Graeme Jenkins. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0f-CV1Zn_I
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