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On this day in 1965 bass Nicolai Ghiaurov made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Méphistophélès
2021-05-22 23:37:00
Sergio A. Mims: Shirley Verrett in Verdi Requiem on WHPK-FM Tuesday June 1
Verdi Requiem Shirley Verrett Shirley Verrett Sergio A. Mims writes: W, On my classical music program on WHPK-FM I will be broadcasting on Tuesday, June 1 the acclaimed 1979 DGG recording of Verdi's Requiem conducted by Claudio Abbado with the legendary Shirley Verrett, Katia Ricciarelli, Nicolai Ghiaurov and Placido Domingo and the Chorus and Orchestra of the La Scala Opera Milan. As always my show can be heard every Tuesday on WHPK-FM Chicago from 12 Noon to 3PM (CDT) locally on 88.5 FM and worldwide livestream on the station's website on whpk.org Later this summer I will also be broadcasting Claudio Abbado's DGG recording of Verdi's opera Macbeth also with Shirley Verrett in what has been considered one of her greatest recorded performances.
2020-08-26 16:41:29
Attila
Today’s offering is an electric performance of Verdi’s early potboiler Attila conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli with Nicolai Ghiaurov, Piero Cappuccilli and the weirdly exciting (or is it the other way around?) Mara Zampieri.
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Faces of classical music
2020-03-04 06:50:00
Mirella Freni (1935-2020)
[…] musical."Yet she steadily expanded her repertory and, as the colorings of her voice grew darker with maturity, sang more dramatically intense and vocally heavy roles, like Desdemona in Verdi's "Otello", Verdi's "Aida" and Puccini's "Manon Lescaut". She was particularly urged on this course by Karajan, who brought her to the Salzburg Festival to sing Desdemona and the demanding role of Elisabetta in Verdi's "Don Carlo".With the support of her second husband, the Bulgarian bass Nicolai Ghiaurov, she ventured into Russian repertory, singing Tatyana in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" and Lisa in Tchaikovsky's "Pique Dame".Yet Ms. Freni never lost the warmth and richness of her lyric soprano origins. Reviewing her performance in "Manon Lescaut" at the Met in 1990, The Times's Donal Henahan marveled at her longevity and excellence."The wonder of Mirella Freni at this stage of her career", he wrote, "is that she continues to sing Puccini with seemingly reckless ardor […]
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