Scenes and arias from Verdi's "Luisa Miller" featuring  many fine artists such as:

Sondra Radvanovsky, Montserrat Caballe, Aprile Millo,Antonietta Stella, Nelly Miricioiu, Richard Tucker,Jose Carreras, Giuseppe Anselmi, Alessandro Bonci,Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Vladimir Chernov,Vladimir Galouzine, Piero Cappuccilli,& Giorgio Tozzi

 Ten selections from the enormous output of this legendary artist.

   Words have always failed me when I attempt to describe thedepth of my admiration...idolization...for this remarkable tenorwho left us all too soon, but whose legacy will remain with usall our lives.

   Part two of the comparison of sopranos singing the famous   "Pace,pace' from Verdi's "La Forza del Destino."

You have to guess who is singing, so I will not post the names.

Have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!                  

  (Photo:Ponselle,Caruso,Mardones)

A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO THE BELOVED RISE STEVENS,ONE OF THE GREAT ARTISTS INMY MEMORY

(Photo: Rise posed with every single member of her music club at our last gathering out on the island at Westhampton Beach, New York..This was followed by everyone being thrown into the swimming pool.(Except me..I never learned to swim!)

Our Happy Birthday tribute to the opera stars born in June.

Fedora Barbieri-6/4/20     

Joel Berglund-6/4/03 Roberto Alagna- 6/7/63    

Jose Palet- 6/7/1877Mario Filippeschi- 6/7/07  

John McCormack-6/14/1884Helen Traubel-6/16/1898  

Eugenia Burzio-6/20/1882Giuseppe Taddei- 6/26/16  

Riccardo Stracciari-6/27/1875Anna Moffo-6/27/32         

Elena Nikolaidi-6/29/09Luisa Tetrazzini 6/29/1871                  

                    "SHAKESPEARE IN MUSIC"

  A podcast in which we hear examples of Shakespeare's influence  on (mostly) opera. We feature selections from:

Hamlet,Falstaff, Merry Wives of Windsor, Macbeth, Antony & Cleopatra, I Capuletti ed I Montecchi,The Otellos of Verdi & Rossini, The Romeo of Gounod,The Romeo of Berlioz, West Side Story & Kiss Me Kate.

   The great Bellini opera "Norma" surely lends itself to    performances by some of our most memorable artists.    Here are some scenes which feature a number of them:

Maria Callas, Montserrat Caballe, Shirley Verrett,Lauren Flanigan, Marisa Galvany, Zinka Milanov,Gina Cigna, Rita Hunter, Beverly Sills, Renata Scotto,Joan Sutherland, Leyla Gencer, Lili Lehmann,Marilyn Horne, Ebe Stignani, Gino Penno,Kurt Baum,Carlos Cossutta, Lamberto Furlan, Carlo Bergonzii, Franco Corelli,  Elena Nicolai, Roberto Francesconi,AND Olive Middleton (well, nobody's POIFEKT!)

          Truly wonderful singing by La Scala artists who                 visited Russia in 1964. Included are:

Mirella Freni, Bruno Prevedi, Renata Scotto,Birgit Nilsson, Carlo Bergonzi, Fiorenza Cossotto, and Gianni Raimondi

 Brunnhilde's Battle Cry as sung by a series of sopranos:

Kirsten FlagstadFrida LeiderMargaret HarshawErna SchleuterNadezna KniplovaJohanna GadskiHelene WildbrunnGertrude Grob-PrandlGertrude KappelPelage Greef-AndriessenBonus: the great La Puma Opera Company's version. (Please proceed at your own risk on this last one!)

AS LONG AS WE ARE IN A "RING MODE," ON "UNNATURAL ACTS OF OPERA,LA CIECA IS CURRENTLY PRESENTINGA COMPLETE RING PODCASTKirsten Flagstad sings "Hojotoho!" in The Big Broadcast of 1937.

A collection of artists of Dutch ancestry.Included are:

Jacques Urlus, Nan Merriman, Elizabeth Ohms,Elly Ameling, Maartje Offers, Jard Van Nes,Cora Canne Meijer, Gre Brouwenstijn (in photo),Christina Deutekom, and Jo Vincent