The Bach-Collegium Prague in a performance of Jan Dismas Zelenka’s Magnificat in D, given in 2018.
Watch and listen here.
Author: Philip Gardner
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Julia Hamari ~ Bach’s “Erbarme dich”
The Hungarian contralto Julia Hamari (above) is perhaps best-loved for her classic performance in Karl Richter’s 1971 televised performance of Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion, which is preserved on video. Her singing of the aria “Erbarme dich“, with violin soloist Otto Büchner, is spellbinding. Watch it here.
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Julia Hamari ~ Bach’s “Erbarme dich”
The Hungarian contralto Julia Hamari (above) is perhaps best-loved for her classic performance in Karl Richter’s 1971 televised performance of Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion, which is preserved on video. Her singing of the aria “Erbarme dich“, with violin soloist Otto Büchner, is spellbinding. Watch it here.
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Morten Lauridsen’s AVE MARIA
Above: composer Morten Lauridsen
The Luther College Nordic Choir perform Lauridsen’s Ave Maria. Watch and listen here.
The performance took place at Bethany Lutheran Church in Denver, Colorado, in January 2012.
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Morten Lauridsen’s AVE MARIA
Above: composer Morten Lauridsen
The Luther College Nordic Choir perform Lauridsen’s Ave Maria. Watch and listen here.
The performance took place at Bethany Lutheran Church in Denver, Colorado, in January 2012.
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Myriam Marbé ~ REQUIEM
Above: Myriam Marbé
I came upon this composer’s Requiem totally by chance, and am pretty intrigued by it.
Myriam Marbé (1931-1997) was a Romanian composer; she composed the oddly-titled Fra Angelico–Chagall –Voronet-Requiem in 1990.
Listen to the work, performed by the Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra with Barbara Werner as soloist, conducted by Jan Schweiger, here.
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Gouqi Island
An abandoned fishing village on Gouqi Island, China, has been completely overgrown with ivy. I want to move there!
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Aldo Protti’s Prologo…and Credo
The Italian baritone Aldo Protti (1920-1995) was a native of Cremona. He studied at Parma, and made his operatic debut in 1948, at the Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi, as Rossini’s Figaro. Within two years, he was at La Scala, singing Amonasro in AIDA. From that point forward, Protti sang in Italy’s leading theaters as well as making guest appearances in Vienna; he participated in several broadcasts for the RAI, and in 1957 sang at Lyric Opera of Chicago as Barnaba (GIOCONDA) and Marcello (BOHEME).
Protti made important recordings for Decca, including a 1954 OTELLO with del Monaco and Tebaldi, Alberto Erede conducting. When Herbert von Karajan planned his stereo-remake of that Verdi opera for Decca in 1961, Ettore Bastianini was chosen to sing Iago. But Bastianini had failed to learn the part, so Karajan called upon Protti to repeat the role; the baritone surpassed his earlier recorded portrayal both vocally and in terms of characterization.
In 1985, at the age of 65, Protti sang a single performance as Rigoletto at The Met. He then joined the Company on tour, singing the role in six cities (including in Boston, where his Gilda was Roberta Peters in her final performance with The Met). He sang Rigoletto twice more, in concert form, with The Met in the Parks.
Rigoletto was Protti’s most frequent role, which he performed 425 times in all; Scarpia, Count di Luna, and and Iago each figured prominently in his repertoire, with 100 performances of each role in his résumé.
Also Protti passed away at Cremona in 1995.
Aldo Protti – Prologo ~ PAGLIACCI
Aldo Protti – OTELLO ~ Credo – Karajan cond
~ Oberon
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Aldo Protti’s Prologo…and Credo
The Italian baritone Aldo Protti (1920-1995) was a native of Cremona. He studied at Parma, and made his operatic debut in 1948, at the Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi, as Rossini’s Figaro. Within two years, he was at La Scala, singing Amonasro in AIDA. From that point forward, Protti sang in Italy’s leading theaters as well as making guest appearances in Vienna; he participated in several broadcasts for the RAI, and in 1957 sang at Lyric Opera of Chicago as Barnaba (GIOCONDA) and Marcello (BOHEME).
Protti made important recordings for Decca, including a 1954 OTELLO with del Monaco and Tebaldi, Alberto Erede conducting. When Herbert von Karajan planned his stereo-remake of that Verdi opera for Decca in 1961, Ettore Bastianini was chosen to sing Iago. But Bastianini had failed to learn the part, so Karajan called upon Protti to repeat the role; the baritone surpassed his earlier recorded portrayal both vocally and in terms of characterization.
In 1985, at the age of 65, Protti sang a single performance as Rigoletto at The Met. He then joined the Company on tour, singing the role in six cities (including in Boston, where his Gilda was Roberta Peters in her final performance with The Met). He sang Rigoletto twice more, in concert form, with The Met in the Parks.
Rigoletto was Protti’s most frequent role, which he performed 425 times in all; Scarpia, Count di Luna, and and Iago each figured prominently in his repertoire, with 100 performances of each role in his résumé.
Also Protti passed away at Cremona in 1995.
Aldo Protti – Prologo ~ PAGLIACCI
Aldo Protti – OTELLO ~ Credo – Karajan cond
~ Oberon
Oberon's Glade 