For some reason, my first Rigoletto "Si,vendetta" podcastwas flawed, so I am repeating it. We have 11 versions:

Cappuccilli/Bonifaccio      Quilico/Wise      MacNeil/GencerTipton/Koeth                Schlusnus/Berger  MacNeil/ScottoCampolonghi/Callas       MacNeil/Peters    Warren/PetersVargicova/Grundheber           Milnes/Sutherland

              (45 minutes)

 Selections from the Saint-Saens opera "Samson et Delilah featuring many fine singers,including:

Ezio Pinza, Robert Merrill, Rise Stevens, Dolora Zajick,Shirley Verrett, Oralia Dominguez, Rita Gorr, Christa Ludwig,Ebe Stignani, Giulietta Simionato, Fiorenza Cossotto,Jose Luccioni, Ramon Vinay, Jon Vickers, Robert Massard,Rene Maison, and Richard Tucker

                                (70 minutes)

In the Holiday Spirit, a selection of songs featuring someof the greatest artists in the world of music:

De Los Angeles, Schumann, Muzio, Schumann-Heink,Onegin,Thill, Schiotz, Tucker, Kussevitsky, Robeson,Maynor, Weede, D'Arkor, Tauber, Destinn,Gedda, Erb

                          (68 minutes)

An exciting pot-pourri of sopranos of the past. Featured are:

Tetrazzini (in photo), Muzio, Ponselle, Cobelli, Bruna Rasa,Nordica, Patti, Neshdanova, Kurz, Hempel, Galvany, Jokl,Poli-Randaccio, Spani, Leider, Ljungberg, Austral, Scuderi,Arangi-Lombardi, De Hidalgo

                                    (84 minutes)

    Many selections in honor of  Richard Tucker, for me, the    greatest tenor I ever heard in live performance.

Andrea Chenier, Fanciulla Del West, Forza del DestinoCavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, Ballo in Maschera,Floridante, La Juive, Turandot, Tosca, Luisa Miller,Manon Lescaut, Trovatore, and songs.

                              (75 minutes)

Maria Callas and Renata Tebaldi, two of the greatest divaswho ever graced an opera stage, singing the same materialas a point of friendly comparison. Selections are from:

La Gioconda, Aida, Louise, Tosca, Mme.Butterfly, Tristan und Isolde,  and Andrea Chenier.

                                    (102 minutes)

There have been many great artists who appeared at theSalzburg Festival in the 30's and 40's, and in other theatres.Here is a pot-piurri that will present some of them to you.

Tiana Lemnitz,Lotte Lehmann, Maria Reining, Charles Kullmann, Koloman Von Pataky, Sigrid Onegin,Marcel Wittrisch,Alexander Kipnis, Michael Bohnen, Ludwig Weber,Selma Kurz, Julius Patzak, Hans Hotter, Dino Borgioli,Maria Cebotari, Ljuba Welitsch, Set Svanholm, andAlfred Piccaver.

                              (80 minutes)

Let us give the men a chance! I am so "diva-oriented" I tendto forget that there is an incredible array of male artists who thrill us. Here are some scenes from Verdi operas featuring:

Richard Tucker, Leonard Warren, Robert Merrill, Jussi Bjoerling,Samuel Ramey, Thomas Hampson, Cornell MacNeil, Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Giorgio Tozzi, Ezio Flagello,Sherrill Milnes, Karl Ridderbusch, Carlo Tagliabue, Galliano Masini,Mario del Monaco, Helge Roswaenge, Heinrich Schlusnus,Ettore Bastianini,Jerome Hines

                                    (55 minutes)

  On occasion, even a jaded opera lover like me finds joy  in discovering a great voice. I find that Signor Giordani  is one of the great singers in my opera-going experience  and I am pleased to present live scenes from various operas  that feature him:

Favorita, Manon, Romeo ,Huguenots, Gioconda, Ballo,William Tell(with a BIS!!), Adriana Lecouvreur.

                             (85 minutes)

A comparison (quiz) of 13 sopranos singing the heartbeakingsecond act scene "Che tua madre" from Puccini's Mme.Butterfly.

                                 (54 minutes)