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2018-11-30 09:14:35
The Silvio Varviso International Opera Studio is an integral part of the educational and executive programme of our classical music festival in southern Switzerland. The objective is to give young singers the opportunity to study and interpret a specific Opera, so that they can test their abilities as performers and put into play their musical […]
2018-11-26 00:00:00
Elena Suliotis - Decca HD remastered recordings
Vincenzo BelliniNORMAElena Suliotis, Mario del MonacoCarlo Cava, Fiorenza CossottoOrchestra e Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Romadir : Silvio VarvisoOriginal stereo recording: Roma, 1967 Pietro Mascagni CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA Elena Suliotis, Mario del Monaco Tito Gobbi, Anna di Stasio, Stefania Malagù Orchestra e Coro di Roma dir: Silvio Varviso Original stereo recording: Roma, 1966Decca Analog Golden Age Volume Three Blu-Ray audio [P] 2016 High resolution audio files (24 bit/192 kHz) prepared from the original master tapes at Abbey Road Studios Digital remaster at Universal Music MexicoFLAC files, scans, no librettiElena Souliotis Fans Rejoice For "Norma" Release Diva Turn: Souliotis in her prime.Previously only available on compact disc in Japan, the 1967 recording of Bellini's Norma featuring 24-year old soprano Elena Souliotis now gets an international release. Sporting the original cover photo shot by Francesco Scavullo, this recording can be counted among the most worthy of owning. At times the young singer is vocally gentle […]
2017-08-07 16:49:50
The green hills of home
The 2017 Bayreuther Festspiele broadcasts may be over, but I am still stuck up here on this comely Green Hill. Accordingly, the principal cast members for the week’s Aida are all Wagnerians: Birgit Nilsson, Sándor Kónya, Rita Gorr, and Cornell MacNeil, led by Silvio Varviso in 1964. Cornell MacNeill, remembered mostly as a Verdi baritone and Scarpia, is the only one of this group who never sang at Bayreuth, but Wagner’s Holländer was in his repertoire: of what I could easily find, he sang two Met performances with Leonie Rysanek in 1968 (one of which was broadcast), and four at Wiener Staatsoper in 1972. Birgit Nilsson had the longest association with Bayreuth singing there almost every season from 1953 through 1970 as Ortlinde, Elsa, Sieglinde, Isolde, and Brünnhilde. She frequently received accolades as great as those awarded for her Isolde for her dips into the Italian repertoire, which included Donna […]
2017-02-26 12:19:41
“I have always been extremely rude, and got exactly what I wanted”
Born on this day in 1909 or thereabouts TV chef Fanny Cradock. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWoXQSfQkDg Born on this day in 1802 author and playwright Victor Hugo. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-gdf02ENIo Born on this day in 1864 composer Alfred Bachelet. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7VkzZNYaKY Born on this day in 1879 composer Frank Bridge. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQODyZEMug4 Born on this day in 1893 librettist Guillermo Fernández Shaw. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkT4w-X9VHA Born on this day in 1902 conductor Rudolf Moralt. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oGwgTgT9MQ Born on this day in 1924 conductor Silvio Varviso. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYnyXJfKoSg Born on this day in 1927 bass-baritone Donald Gramm. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjZwouS2GAo Happy 74th birthday bass David Thomas. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zJQPhObgzk Born on this day in 1944 tenor Peter Lindroos. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbTzgrdyAt0 Happy 71st birthday bass Dimitri Kavrakos. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOCaoaYDccw Happy 68th birthday soprano Emma Kirkby. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTV6F3lTU7o
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