Maria Radner was a German contralto and internationally renowned opera singer. She died yesterday, on 24 March 2015 along with her husband and colleague Oleg Bryzhak and their infant son, in the Germanwings Flight 9525 crash, which occurred near Prads-Haute-Bléone, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France (the pilot deliberately crashed the Airbus A320). Her family and Bryzhak were returning …
Category Archives: Opera
Franco Corelli sings Nessun Dorma [1958]
Legendary Italian tenor Franco Corelli sings Nessun Dorma from Turandot, an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, completed by Franco Alfano, set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Corelli uses his great “spinto” voice to make a brilliant performance.
Enrico Caruso: Dreams of Long Ago (1912)
One of the greatest tenors of the 20th century, Enrico Caruso sings “Dreams of Long Ago”, a beautiful song composed by the Italian tenor. Italian lyrics by John Focacci, and English lyrics by Earl Carroll.
Elīna Garanča sings Habanera from Bizet’s Carmen
Latvian operatic lyric mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča sings Habanera (the popular name for “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” – English: “Love is a rebellious bird”) from Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera “Carmen”. Recorded at the Opéra National de Paris on July 16, 2017. It is the entrance aria of the title character, “Carmen”, a Gypsy Girl, in …
Continue reading “Elīna Garanča sings Habanera from Bizet’s Carmen”
Pavarotti: A Gala Concert [Munich, 1986]
A Gala Concert by Luciano Pavarotti at Olympia Hall, Munich, Germany. Munich Radio Orchestra, conductor: Emerson Buckley. Year: 1986.
Jussi Björling sings Vesti La Giubba
One of the leading operatic singers of the 20th century, Swedish tenor Jussi Björling sings the famous tenor aria Vesti La Giubba from the 1892 opera “Pagliacci” (Clowns) by Ruggero Leoncavallo.
Mozart concert [Arias and Symphony No. 38] [Cecilia Bartoli and Nikolaus Harnoncourt]
A beautiful Mozart concert: selected arias and Symphony No. 38 (popularly known as the Prague Symphony). Soloist: Italian coloratura mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli. Concentus Musicus Wien conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
Fleming and Hvorostovsky in Moscow (2006)
American soprano Renée Fleming and Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky concert in Moscow, 2006. It was the first concert of the “Hvorostovsky and Friends” concert series. State Chamber Orchestra of Russia conducted by Constantine Orbelian.
Pavarotti at Hyde Park [Full Concert, 1991]
On July 30, 1991, Luciano Pavarotti has given a free concert in London’s Hyde Park to celebrate his 30 years in opera. A crowd of more than 100,000 stood in the rain to watch and listen to the great Luciano.
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (Z. 626) [L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar]
Conducted by Christina Pluhar, L’Arpeggiata performs Henry Purcell’s opera in a prologue and three acts, “Dido and Aeneas (Z. 626)”. With a libretto by the Irish poet, hymnist, and lyricist Nahum Tate (1652 – 30 July 1715), the opera recounts the love of Dido, Queen of Carthage, for the Trojan hero Aeneas, and her despair …
Continue reading “Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (Z. 626) [L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar]”
