Volume Two of the Siegfried Finale Compilation.Included are:   Gwyneth Jones and Manfred Jung  (Boulez)   Florence Easton and Lauritz Melchior (Various)   Astrid Varnay and Wolfgang Windgassen   (Keilberth)   Rita Hunter and Alberto Remedios  (Goodall)   Gertrude Grob-Prandl and Gunther Treptow  (Moralt)    Kirsten Flagstad and Set Svanholm  (Furtwangler)                                 (74 min.)

Part One of two podcasts devoted to the great finale of Wagner's "Siegfried." Featured here are:

Anne Evans and Siegfried Jerusalem (in photo)  (Barenboim)Hildegard Behrens and Reiner Goldberg   (Levine)Martha Moedl and Ludwig Suthaus    (Furtwaengler)Nadezda Kniplova and Gerald McKee   (Swarowsky)Helen Traubel and Set Svanholm       (Stiedry)Birgit Nilsson and Hans Hopf  (Kempe)                                  (73 min.)

The third volume of selections as sung by the wonderful Marisa Galvany. I sincerely hope you will enjoy them as much as you have on previous podcasts. The selections are from:

Turandot, Medea in Corinto (photo with Charlie), Cavalleria Rusticana, Marin Faliero, Il Trovatore.   The tenors are:   Harry Theyard (Turandot)                            Jerry Lo Monaco (Trovatore)                            Placido Domingo (Cavalleria)

                                      (70 min.)

By extremely popular request:        More highlights from the career of dear Marisa Galvany, one of the most exciting and versatile sopranos. I hope you enjoy this podcast, and more to come soon. On this podcast we have scenes from:

           Nabucco, Salome, Ballo in Maschera, Medea

                                          (72 min.)

    Reminder: Volume One is in the archives on 12/28/07

A tribute podcast to the very first singers I heard in my youth. The great tenor,Aureliano Pertile, was featured on the 1929-1930 Aida and Trovatore sets (on 78 r.p.m. discs).   In addition, one of the most exciting mezzos, Irene Minghini-Cattaneo, sang the Amneris and the Azucena. Sadly she died in a bombing of her villa in 1942.    These recordings have special meaning to me, since they were the very first recordings of opera that I ever heard.

                                    ( 67 min.)

An exciting comparison of versions of the last scene of Bizet's "Carmen."Included are the following artists:

Grace Bumbry/Jon VickersRegina Resnik/Placido DomingoRise Stevens/Mario DelMonacoRise Stevens/Giuseppe DiStefanoGiulietta Simionato/Franco Corelli (In Italian)Ebe Stignani/Beniamino Gigli  (In Italian)Irina Arkhipova/Mario DelMonaco (In Italian and Russian)                              (70 min.)

  Live selections from the amazing career of Lucine Amara, whose voice to this day, remains as youthful and bright as when her professional career began, over 60 years ago. Selections are from:

Tosca,Tote Stadt, Oberon, Suor Angelica, Tales of Hoffman, Eugene Onegin, Aida,Turandot, Pagliacci, and Cavalleria Rusticana.

                                         (71 min.)

A tribute to Marilyn Horne, one of the greatest artists of our time (and any time!). The selections are from:

Pagliacci,Wozzeck, The Damnation of Faust, Die Walkure, Semiramide, Capuletti ed I Montecchi, Rinaldo, Partenope, Semele, Rosenkavalier, and other selections.

                                        (72 min.) 

  I cannot apologize for feeling extremely "jaded" when I listen to this remarkable performance of my favorite opera. I saw this cast and the memories are still vivid. The cast includes:

Zinka MilanovMario del MonacoGeorge LondonBlanche ThebomJerome Hines

     Conducted by Fausto Cleva              (68 min.)

Highlights from a truly magnificent performance of Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" from a 1952 Bayreuth performance under Herbert Von Karajan.

Martha Moedl- IsoldeRamon Vinay-TristanIra Milaniuk-BrangaeneHans Hotter-KurvenalLudwig Weber- King MarkeHerman Uhde- Melot

                                                (72 minutes)