Nightingale, from Aigul Akhmetshina’s debut album on Decca. Watch and listen here.
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Gulín/Derksen ~ DUE FOSCARI
Jan Derksen (above) and Ángeles Gulín have the leading roles in a 1968 radio broadcast from Amsterdam of Verdi’s I DUE FOSCARI, conducted by Fulvio Vernizzi.
Ms. Gulín is Lucrezia Contarini and Mr. Derksen sings Francesco Foscari. Luigi Lega (Jacopo), Ugo Trama (Loredano), Cor Niessen (Barbarigo), and Adriana Hali (Pisana) complete the cast.
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Rita Gorr: “Impitoyables dieux” ~ LA VESTALE
Rita Gorr sings Giulia’s “Impitoyables dieux” from Spontini’s LA VESTALE, recorded in 1958.
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Rita Gorr: “Impitoyables dieux” ~ LA VESTALE
Rita Gorr sings Giulia’s “Impitoyables dieux” from Spontini’s LA VESTALE, recorded in 1958.
Listen here.
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FORZA DEL DESTINO ~ Napoli 1963
A 1963 audio-only recording of Verdi’s LA FORZA DEL DESTINO from the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, starring Antonietta Stella (photo above), Carlo Bergonzi, Dino Dondi, and Nicola Zaccaria, with Franco Capuana on the podium.
Listen here.
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Montserrat Caballé ~ The Swan
Montserrat Caballé vocalizes to an arrangement of The Swan, from Camille Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals.
Watch and listen here.
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Tucker Gala ~ 1988
Above: Maestro Anton Guadagno
The usual stellar line-up for the 1988 Richard Tucker Gala.
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Oberon's Glade 