Category: Blog
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Handel ~ Sarabande in D-minor
Handel’s Sarabande in D-minor performed by Rodion Zamuruev (violin) and the Mobilis Ensemble; recorded at the Rachmaninov Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in May 2015.
Watch and listen here.
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NY Philharmonic Cellists ~ Bach @ Home
Above: NY Philharmonic cellist Eric Bartlett
Cellists of The New York Philharmonic play Bach’s Suite No. 1 for Unaccompanied Cello in G-major from their homes during the pandemic.
Watch and listen here.
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Viva Verdi!
A collection of Verdi arias:
Alessandra Marc ~ Pace pace mio dio – FORZA DEL DESTINO
Bruno Prevedi – MACBETH ~ O figli o figli miei!
Anna Moffo – SIMON BOCCANEGRA – aria
Anselmo Colzani – Il Trovatore ~ Il balen del suo sorriso
Elizabeth Connell – La luce langue – MACBETH – Met bcast 1
Richard Tucker – LOMBARDI – aria
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Hilary Hahn ~ The Lark Ascending
Hilary Hahn plays The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams at the George Enescu Festival, 2013. Louis Langrée conducts.
Watch and listen here.
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Stuttgart Cellists ~ PARSIFAL
Cellists from the Stuttgart Staatsorchester play music from Wagner’s PARSIFAL.
Watch and listen here.
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Nelly Miricioiu as Norma
The great duet of Norma and Pollione from the final scene of Bellini’s NORMA, sung by Nelly Miricioiu (above) and Carlo Ventre. Listen here.
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AIDA @ the Arena di Verona ~ 2005
Above: Tichina Vaughn
AIDA as performed at the Arena di Verona in 2005. Watch and listen here.
Radames: Jose Cura
Aida: Micaela Carosi
Ramfis: Carlo Colombara
Amneris: Tichina Vaughn
Amonasro: Alberto MastromarinoConductor: Daniel Oren
Director and Scenographer: Franco Zeffirelli
Costume designer: Anna Anni -
75th Anniversary of the Verona Arena ~ 1988 Gala
An impressive line-up:
LEO NUCCI
GHENA DIMITROVA
PETER DVORSKY
SONA GHAZARIAN
GIACOMO ARAGALL
RUGGERO RAIMONDI
ELENA OBRATZSOVA
FERRUCIO FURLANETTO
NATALIA TROITSKAYA
LUCA CANONICI
MONTSERRAT CABALLE
SAMUEL RAMEY
APRILE MILLO
VINCENZO LA SCOLA
MARA ZAMPIERI
RENE KOLLO
SILVANO CARROLI
EVA MARTON
JUAN PONS
ANTONIO ORDOÑEZ
ILEANA COTRUBAS
JOSE CARRERASWatch and listen here.
Oberon's Glade 