A true piece of our operatic heritage

And more recently:



Shout out--to the extent that I shout out--to my friend Bruce Sellers for turning me on to this!

Jerry Hadley--New post!

Dear Jerry Hadley, who is no longer with us. His story makes me very sad.

Here he is, singing "Un aura amorosa", a bitch of an aria from Cosi fan tutte, in a telecast from the Met in 1996:



"Una furtiva lagrima", 1985:

From Taminophile's mailbag--take action!

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Christa Ludwig--New post!

The amazing Christa Ludwig sings Beethoven's Leonora in Fidelio (no date given):


Brahms "Sapphische Ode", introduced by legendary accompanist Gerald Moore, 1962:



"I am easily assimilated" from Candide, with Lenny conducting!



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