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… This is my favourite “Tosca” in absolute. Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi and Victor De Sabata, are simply perfect. ————————— “The 1953 EMI recording of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca conducted by Victor de Sabata, with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano and Tito Gobbi, is considered by many opera critics to be one of […]

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Today all the sopranos sing “Dite alla giovine ” with a faint voice, sounding between resigned and desperate, but this way of singing this scene was an invention of Maria Callas. This is to say, all the sopranos today are liable to Maria Callas, some more, some less. Maria Callas & Ugo Savarese – “Dite […]

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Maria Callas & Enzo Mascherini “Regna il sonno su tutti … Fatal mia donna … Follie!” “Duettone” Lady Macbeth-Macbeth – “Macbeth” (1865) Revised version of the 1947 opera, in Italian – I Act – Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901). LIVE at Teatro alla Scala – 1952 Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala M.° Victor De Sabata […]

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• 29 Ott 2015

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau & Maria Stader – “Esci ormai garzon malnato … Ah! La cieca gelosia … Susanna!” Duet Conte-Contessa – “Le nozze di Figaro” (1786) II Act-VIII Scene (Finale II) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791). Deutsche Grammophon Studio Album “Le nozze di Figaro” – ℗ 1961 Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, M.° Ferenc Fricsay Conductor.

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“Le nozze di Figaro” (1786) II Act-VI Scene “Susanna, or via, sortite, sortite! Così vo’ … Dunque, voi non aprite?” Terzetto and Recitative Conte-Contessa-Susanna – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791). Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau – the Count – Baritone Dame Kiri Te-Kanawa – the Countess – Soprano Mirella Freni – Susanna – Soprano. Vienna Philharmonic / […]

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“Le nozze di Figaro” (1786) III Act-II Scene – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) – “Crudel, perché finora farmi languir così” Duet Il Conte-Susanna. Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Soprano Mirella Freni. Wiener Philharmoniker M.° Karl Böhm Conductor Staged, directed and designed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Deutsche Grammophon VHS “Le nozze di Figaro” – ℗ 1976 – […]

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“Le nozze di Figaro” (1786) IV Act-X Scene – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) – “Deh, vieni, non tardar, o gioia bella” Aria of Susanna. Soprano Mirella Freni. Wiener Philharmoniker M.° Karl Böhm Conductor Staged, directed and designed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Deutsche Grammophon VHS “Le nozze di Figaro” – ℗ 1976 – First relased […]

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“Le nozze di Figaro” (1786) II Act I Scene – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) – “Porgi amor qualche ristoro” Cavatina of La Contessa. Soprano Mirella Freni. LIVE at the Teatro alla Scala – 1974 Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala M.° Claudio Abbado Conductor.

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Frederica von Stade – “È desso. Avanti, avanti … Voi che sapete” Canzonetta of Cherubino – “Le nozze di Figaro” (1786) II Act III Scene – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791). With Ileana Cotrubas as Susanna and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa as La Contessa. LIVE at Glyndebourne Opera Festival – 1973 London Philharmonic Orchestra […]

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Samuel Ramey – “Tutto è disposto … Aprite un po’ quegli occhi” Recitative & Aria of Figaro – “Le nozze di Figaro” (1786) IV Act VIII Scene – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791). With IX-X Scenes – Susanna & Marcellina. Decca Studio Album “Le nozze di Figaro” – ℗ 1982 London Philharmonic Orchestra M.° […]