Opera

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus' Arias are sung by soprano Andrea Rost: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 and Don Giovanni.1. Non So Piu Cosa Son, Cosa Faccio 2. Porgi, Amor, Qualche Ristoro 3. Voi Che Sapete 4. Venite, Inginocchiatevi...

Monteverdi's Orfeo, first performed in 1607, generates a special excitement because it is the first unquestioned masterpiece of opera. Notable for it's precise orchestration and powerful drama it was a groundbreaking work. It concerns the legend of...

Monsigny and Sedaine' brilliant opera-comique Le Deserteur, was an immediate and lasting success for it's melodic charms and musical variety, it's blend of comedy with moments of great sentiment and pathos, and it's intellectual radicalism.1. Overture 2...

METROPOLITAN OPERA / INAUGURAL SEASON: EXTRAORDINARY MET PERFORMANCES - On September 16, 1966, the new Metropolitan Opera House opened in Lincoln Center with the world premiere of Barber's Antony and Cleopatra, with Leontyne Price and Justino D?az in the...

Maria Callas was an American-born Greek soprano and perhaps the best-known opera singer of the post-war-World War II period. She combined an impeccable bel canto technique with dramatic gifts, making her the most famous opera singer of the era. An...

Les Miserables Broadway star Sandra Turley releases her self-titled debut album featuring big musical hits like "Popular" from Wicked, "Think of Me" from Phantom of the Opera and "On My Own" from Les Miserable. With a stunning sound straight from the...

Le Roi et le fermier made Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny famous in France and beyond. Set in an evocative and at times stormy Sherwood Forest it tells of a King's encounter with a humble farmer, blending comedy with serious issues. It's numerous innovations...

Lamberto Gardelli draws rich and lucid playing from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, giving a splendid performance of the overture and the ballet music and accompanying tactfully and with a quick ear for the textures and the sometimes very original...

La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie) marked a culmination of the convergence of serious and comic elements in Rossini's work. The result is an ideal hybrid: a tragic opera with a happy ending that rises to the status of true opera series. It remains one...

Kirsten Flagstad's farewell to the role she made her own: a rarely reissued, newly remastered and extensively documented monument in the history of Wagner on record. As the first commercial recording of Wagner's G?tterd?mmerung this set would have...

Joyce DiDonatos capacity for characterization is as astounding as the range and flexibility of her voice. This new collection showcases DiDonatos multi-faceted art, and the wealth of opportunities open to a mezzo-soprano by presenting her as different...

Johann Sebastian Bach was an absolute master of all the musical forms of his time except opera, which he never had the opportunity to compose. Yet in his sacred vocal and choral music he fully assimilated the expressive potential of secular Baroque vocal...