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Enrico Caruso sang in the premiere of this opera in 1898, and it became a favorite worldwide. Giordano’s opera Andrea Chenier eventually surpassed it in popularity, and today it is a staple mainly of Italian opera houses—but its great tenor aria “Amor ti vieta” still thrills audiences everywhere. Live performance, Naples, 1961.

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Leonie Rysanek was one of the greatest Wagner-and-Strauss sopranos of recent times and many of her recordings are considered definitive. Certainly that description applies to this legendary performance, which most critics agree has never been surpassed. This is the only available recording of Strauss’s 1933 revised version of the opera, which has some significant changes in Act II. All other ...

Wydawca: Allegro Corporation

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Another entry in the immortal catalogue of conductor Carlos Kleiber (1930–2004), a colossus among 20th-century musicians. Although Kleiber had one of the most limited repertoires of any conductor, within his sphere he was often unapproachable. His legendary recording of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony has been called the greatest of all the countless versions recorded over the past hundred years. Likewise his ...

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When Leyla Gencer died at age 79 in 2008, the obituary in The Guardian (UK) called her “the greatest Turkish opera singer of the 20th century and a singing actor of formidable power and individuality.” Beloved of her fans, who called her “the greatest living prima donna,” Gencer made no studio recordings. Only live recordings like this from 1969 preserve ...

Wydawca: Allegro Corporation

Oprawa: Plastikowa

Few recordings exist of the sensational artistry of Spanish soprano Angeles Gulín (1939–2002), whose enormous, dark voice was said to have set the crystal chandeliers rattling at La Fenice in Venice. The only significant opera recordings are this Verdi rarity (1975) and its source, the earlier Stiffelio. When Verdi revised the latter in 1857 with a new story, he added ...