In the early part of the 20th century, many artists recorded mostly Wagnerian material, as performed at theSopot (Poland) Forest Theatre Festival, known as the"Bayreuth of the North."

Tenors:  Jacques Urlus, Richard Schubert, Albert Reiss, Fritz Soot                 

Bassos/Baritones:  Georges Baklanoff, Desider Zandor, Robert Vom Scheidt,Heinrich Knote, Adolf Schoepplin

       Sopranos: Frida Leider, Helene Wildbrunn, and      Meta Seinemeyer. 

 Part one of an interesting and exciting podcast in which we can compare various sopranos singing the great "Pace" from Verdi's "La Forza del Destino."      As usual,with this kind of program, I will not list the sopranoshere, because I have designed the podcast so that you do not knowthe names until each group of three has been played.

              Peace be with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Photo:Renata Tebaldi as Leonora)

    An exciting comparison of various sopranos singing the    great aria from Turandot, "In questa reggia." I am not    going to list the sopranos here because some of you like    to play guessing games. Each soprano will be named after    each group of selections.

        Remember:  "Gli enigmi sono tre...Charlie è una!!"

    A compilation of exciting cabalettas from various    operas as sung by some of the great artists of the past:

Shirley Verrett, Montserrat Caballe, Virginia Zeani, Virginia Zeani, Elena Suliotis, Beverly Sills,Mado RobinGiulietta Simionato, Marilyn Horne, Christa Ludwig,Antonietta Stella, Joan Sutherland, Nicolai Gedda,Luciano Pavarotti, Alfredo Kraus, Franco Corelli,Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov,Sherrill Milnes,Carlo Bergonzi, and Richard Tucker

   In tribute to this great artist, I present scenes from:        Mefistofele, Boris, Coq D'or, Susannah, Faust,                           and Markheim.

If you are interested in Brian Morgan's fine new book,   which is entitled, "Norman Treigle, Strange Child of Chaos, "    it may be obtained from www.iuniverse.com or call the store at:1-800-288-4677

Many selections from the Giordano opera,featuring:

Beniamino Gigli, Jussi Bjoerling, Daniele Barioni,Giacinto Prandelli, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Piero PauliGiuseppe Di Stefano, Galliano Masini, Saturno Meletti,Giuseppe Giacomini, Diana Soviero, Renata Tebaldi, Mirella Freni, Magda Olivero,  and Elena Nicolai

 Exciting music from some of Verdi's early operas such as:

   Attila, Aroldo, Stiffelio, Alzira, Il Corsaro,Oberto,   I Lombardi,Gerusalemme,Un Giorno di Regno,   I Masnadieri, I Due Foscari,Giovanna D'Arco,    and La Battaglia Di Legnano.

Among the artists featured are:

  Renata Tebaldi, Marisa Galvany, Leyla Gencer,  Luisa Maragliano, Montserrat Caballe, Justino Diaz,  Piero Cappuccili, Renato Bruson, Renato Cioni,  Aprile Millo, Antonietta Stella, and Angeles Gulin

 Songs and arias as performed live by the brilliantly    talented young tenor, Rolando Villazon, who has endeared himself to so many operalovers,by nature of his brilliant voice, ans histotally captivating personality.

        A historical look at some of the great stars of British Opera:

Eva Turner, Janet Baker, Josephine Veasey, Heddle Nash, Isobel Baillie, Kathleen Ferrier, Tano Ferendinos,Florence Austral, Miriam Licette, Gerald Davies,Muriel Brunskill, Gerald Davies, Peter DawsonAlexander Young, Lisa Perli (aka Dora Labette),Elsie Suddaby, and Redvers Llewellyn

Giuseppe Verdi wrote some of his most remarkable musicfor baritone and soprano. This podcast features duets fromeleven of his works, and features baritones such as:

Cornell MacNeil, Piero Cappuccili, Leonard Warren,Roberto Frontali, Gino Bechi, Sherrill Milnes,Antonio Boyer, Ettore Bastianini, andGian-Giacomo Guelfi.

The sopranos include:  Montserrat Caballe, Virginia Zeani,Zinka Milanov, Leyla Gencer, Renata Tebaldi,Renata Scotto, Maria Callas, Shirley Verrett, &Sondra Radnovsky

(Photo: Maria Guleghina and Renato Bruson in Nabucco)