Record of the Week — Teatro Nuovo

April 23, 2018 April 23, 2018/ Will Crutchfield

Close Enough to Perfect There is no such thing as perfection in singing, and no limit on how much better something might conceivably be, so let's start by trying to name a fault in this 1922 recording from Massenet's Grisélidis by Loui

10 - Close Enough to Perfect
Louis Cazette

April 16, 2018 April 16, 2018/ Will Crutchfield

Verismo when it was new

9 - Verismo when it was new
Eugenio Giraldoni

April 09, 2018 April 09, 2018/ Will Crutchfield

Passion and discipline

8 - Passion and discipline
Gabriella Besanzoni

April 02, 2018 April 02, 2018/ Will Crutchfield

7 - Challenging
Luisa Tetrazzini

March 26, 2018 March 26, 2018/ Will Crutchfield

Belcantists making fun of themselves

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6 - Belcantists making fun of themselves
Elisa Petri and Ferruccio Corradetti

March 19, 2018 March 19, 2018/ Will Crutchfield

A Different Drum-Major

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5 - A Different Drum-Major
Pol Plançon

March 12, 2018 March 12, 2018/ Will Crutchfield

From the Italian version of Martha

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4 - From the Italian version of Martha
Mattia Battistini

March 05, 2018 March 05, 2018/ Will Crutchfield

Mme. de Reszke

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3 - Mme. de Reszke
Marie de Reszke

February 26, 2018 February 26, 2018/ Will Crutchfield

The barcarolle from L’étoile du nord

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2 - The barcarolle from L’étoile du nord
Rosalia Chalia

February 19, 2018 February 19, 2018/ Will Crutchfield

Singing Actor

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1 - Singing Actor
Andrea Maggi

December 31, 2015 December 31, 2015/ Guest User

The Oldest Voice Note: This week’s post is longer than usual, because its subject gets more interesting the farther you look into it - history buffs, enjoy!

The Oldest Voice

December 31, 2015 December 31, 2015/ Guest User

Make the movie already! A Florentine girl is smitten with the theater at age eleven upon seeing the great actor Tommaso Salvini. She has a voice; opera calls her. By sixteen she is a sensuous beauty courted on every side and - more impo

Make the movie already!

December 31, 2015 December 31, 2015/ Guest User

A Tenor for Christmas What opera company isn’t hoping for one right now? A good tenor is a gift any day of the year. In the tradition of revisiting Christmas favorites as the holiday approaches, here is one from the early period we empha

A Tenor for Christmas