Janet Baker,one of the world's greatest artists, was born on August 21, 1933. I present a tribute to her featuring songs and arias by Handel, Mozart, Pergolesi, Schubert, Donizetti, Wagner, and Elgar.

(43 minutes)

BY THE WAY; PLEASE CHECK THIS OUT ON YOUTUBE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61qq0V73ehQ                            

A Collection of famous German (and Viennese) artists:

Julius Patzak, Leo Slezak, Franz Voelker,Margarete Klose,Maria Olszewska, Karen Branzell, Wilhelm Rode,Emil Scipper, Hans Hotter, Heinrich Schlusnus,Michael Bohnen, Georg Hann, Hilde Gueden,Frida Leider, Erna Berger, Tiana Lemnitz,Maria Cebotari.

(78 minutes)

A comparison, in the form of a quiz, of 15 tenors singingthe aria "Amor ti vieta" from Umberto Giordano's "Fedora."

You might enjoy using this podcast for an opera party inorder to test your fellow opera buddies!

       (44 minutes)

A Birthday Tribute to Six Famous Tenors    

Leon Escalais     8/8/1859Cesare Vezzani   8/8/1886Ferruccio Tagliavini   8/14/13Leo Slezak           8/18/1873Helge Roswaenge  8/29/1897Ramon Vinay        8/31/1911

(57 Minutes)

Selections from operas where a doctor (or a so-called doctor) is involved in the action. Operas include:

Elisir d"amore, Macbeth, Forza del Destino, TraviataDon Pasquale, Barbiere di Siviglia, Gianni Schicchi,Cosi Fan Tutte, Wozzeck Nozze di Figaro, VanessaTales of Hoffmann. 

(64 minutes)

Giacomo Puccini was a composer whose operas tugged at our heartstrings. There are so many emotional moments in his works,and here I include one scene from each of his operas,featuring:

Renata Scotto(in photo), Diana Soviero, Renata Tebaldi,Virginia Zeani, Julia Varady, Krassimira Stoyanova,Beverly Sills, Christina Gallardo-Domas, Magda Olivero,Leontyne Price, Dorothy Kirsten, Richard Tucker,Placido Domingo, Jerry Hadley, and Giovanni Inghilleri

(72 minutes)

A BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO THREE  MARVELOUS ARTISTS:

Maria Reining                  Born 8/7/03

Gundula Janowitz            Born 8/2/37

Margarete Klose (photo)   Born 8/7/1899

                           (43 minutes)

Some of the most affecting scenes from various operas:

Walkure, Siegfried, Peter Grimes, Nozze di Figaro,Saint of Bleecker Street, Elektra, Rosenkavalier,Die Frau Ohne Schatten, Ariadne, Arabella,Parsifal, and Porgy and Bess

(69 minutes)

Birthday tributes to four wonderful artists:

Apollo Granforte         7/29/1886

Ludwig Weber  (in photo)    7/29/1899

Gottlob Frick               7/28/06

Olga Borodina              7/29/63

                               (68 minutes)

A birthday tribute to the very great tenor, Mario del Monaco.Included are selections from:

Aida, Carmen, Ernani, Andrea Chenier, Otello, Pagliacci,Fanciulla, Turandot, Il Tabarro, Macbeth.

                                 (62 minutes)