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(1896--1964) opera singer, voice teacher
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2022-11-18 07:00:10
Fauré’s “Pelléas et Mélisande” Suite: Incidental Music for a Symbolist Play
Maurice Maeterlinck’s 1898 French symbolist play, Pelléas and Mélisande, centers around a doomed love triangle. Set in an ancient ruined castle and a dense forest, it “expresses a sense that human beings understand neither themselves nor each other nor the world.” (Bettina Knapp) Joan Pataky Kosove writes, Pelléas et Mélisande tells the story of a young and beautiful girl who marries one man, falls in love with another, and dies. But the play ...
2021-05-20 05:51:00
Recent New Releases (CD mini-reviews)
[…] Berlin (1926-27); Smetana: The Moldau (excerpt). Erich Kleiber, Staatskapelle Berlin (1928); J.S. Bach: Dir, dir Jehova, will ich singen BWV 452. Karl Straube, Thomanerchor Leipzig; Helmut Walcha, organ (1927); J.S. Bach: Gavotte from English Suite No. 6, BWV 811. Alfred Grunfeld, piano (1911); Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E flat Major Op. 9 No. 2 (arr. De Sarasate). Charles Cerne, piano; Vasa Prihoda, violin (1929); Bizet: Nadir’s Aria from Les pecheurs des perles. Koloman von Pataky, tenor; unknown orchestra (1928); excerpts from four works by Beethoven: Symphony No. 6. Hans Pfitzner, Staatskapelle Berlin (1930); Symphony No. 5, 2. Satz. Richard Strauss, Staatskapelle Berlin (1928); Egmont Overture. Otto Klemperer, Staatskapelle Berlin (1927); Symphony No. 3, 2. Marcia funebre. Hans Pfitzner, Berliner Philharmoniker (1929). Christian Löffler, electronics. Deutsche Grammophon 4839660.This is a recording that truly blends the old and the new. Deutsche Grammophon has one of the oldest sound archives in the […]
2016-11-14 15:40:10
Over the top
Born on this day in 1926 soprano Leonie Rysanek. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQTiFR02O-0 Born on this date in 1774 composer Gaspare Spontini. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaFI0f-ieYI Born on this day in 1896 tenor Kálmán Pataky. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDCdIqgWFdk Born on this day in 1900 composer Aaron Copland. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mUczz6dSZ8 On this date in 1908 Oscar Strauss‘s operetta Der tapfere Soldat premiered in Vienna. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=qctZTo1WKf4 Born on this day in 1914 opera librettist Eric Crozier. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=61BI1XT4NiU Born on this day in 1918 contralto Jean Madeira. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=umxEap97qkg Born on this day in 1919 soprano Lisa Otto. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2jl7P3OZXc Happy 69th birthday baritone Jake Gardner. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEcXS_KF1QQ
2015-11-14 16:57:39
Die Göttin dieser Insel
Born on this day in 1926 soprano Leonie Rysanek. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4r9t7YY4tw Born on this date in 1774 composer Gaspare Spontini http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaFI0f-ieYI Born on this day in 1896 tenor Kálmán Pataky http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDCdIqgWFdk Born on this day in 1900 composer Aaron Copland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mUczz6dSZ8 Born on this day in 1914 opera librettist Eric Crozier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61BI1XT4NiU Born on this day in 1918 contralto Jean Madeira http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umxEap97qkg Born on this day in 1919 soprano Lisa Otto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2jl7P3OZXc Happy 68th birthday baritone Jake Gardner http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEcXS_KF1QQ In celebration of the anniversary of the birth of the legendary Rysanek, our friends at Opera Depot are slashing 55% off her live recordings, as well as offering as a […]
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