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August 31, 2020 August 31, 2020/ Will Crutchfield
     

 
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60 - La Perla de Barcelona
Josefina Huguet

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59 - Missing in Action
Grete Stückgold

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58 - Even Bravest Heart May Swell
Reinald Werrenrath

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July 07, 2020 July 07, 2020/ Teatro Nuovo
     

 
   Mr. Goddard, et al.  One of the most extraordinary recording pioneers - and one of the most appealing singers ever to leave traces of his voice - was the Spanish (or possibly Cuban) baritone Emilio de Gogorza. He was born in 1874 (or mayb

57 - Mr. Goddard, et al.
Emilio de Gogorza

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   Black Lives   Throughout America - throughout the world - all minds are on Black Lives Matter and the extraordinary protests that have welled up in the past ten days or so. It doesn’t seem right to focus on anything else this week -

56 - Black Lives
Roland Hayes, Henry T. (Harry) Burleigh, Florence Cole-Talbert, Antoinette Garnes, C. Carroll Clark, and Anita Patti Brown

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55 - Pseudo-Baroque
Ria Ginster, H. Lane Wilson

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   Rossini mezzo  Eugenia Mantelli is a famous name today only to record collectors. Her ultra-rare Zonophones of approximately 1905, besides commanding dizzying prices when original copies change hands, set what long seemed to be an unreach

54 - Rossini mezzo
Eugenia Mantelli

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May 11, 2020 May 11, 2020/ Teatro Nuovo
     

 
   The Good Mr. Widdop  If I had to rely on one example to illustrate the beauty of J.S. Bach’s sacred vocal music, this week’s record would be it. First, there is the oboe solo of Léon Goossens (1897-1988), who makes out of the ten-bar prel

53 - The Good Mr. Widdop
Walter Widdop

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May 04, 2020 May 04, 2020/ Teatro Nuovo
     

 
   Il vascello fantasma  For this week, a pair of curiosities that I was moved to revisit by Conrad L. Osborne’s recent blog posts on  Der fliegende Holländer.  For those who don’t know Osborne: he was the single best active critic in the fi

52 - Il vascello fantasma
Alberto Caffo, Emilia Corsi

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April 30, 2020 April 30, 2020/ Teatro Nuovo
     

 
   Like a Rock  Gabrielle Ritter-Ciampi, despite both her surnames, was French, born and raised in Paris, but her initial training was Italian. It came from her father, a tenor named Enzo Ciampi-Cellai. The “Ritter” is a pseudonym adopted by

51 - Like a Rock
Gabrielle Ritter-Ciampi

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April 21, 2020 April 21, 2020/ Teatro Nuovo
     

 
   Relaunch and Updates  Welcome back to our readers, and to the updated Record of the Week series!   The new features:    In response to many requests, the past entries are now numbered for easy reference, and the name of the principal

50 - Relaunch and Updates
Edward Lloyd

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October 22, 2019 October 22, 2019/ Teatro Nuovo
     

 
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Alfonso Ortiz Tirado and Pedro Vargas

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October 14, 2019 October 14, 2019/ Teatro Nuovo
     

 
   Truth Meets Fiction  I don’t really recommend reading George Du Maurier’s  Trilby  - the writing is florid and self-indulgent; the passages about music are sufficiently well-informed to convince an untrained reader but not to avoid irrita

48 - Truth Meets Fiction
Sigrid Onegin

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October 06, 2019 October 06, 2019/ Teatro Nuovo
     

 
   The Composer’s Voice  How does a composer learn to write well for the human voice? The simplest way is by singing, and opera lovers might be surprised to learn how many composers could. I don’t mean professionally - by the time the great

47 - The Composer’s Voice
Samuel Barber and Reynaldo Hahn

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46 - Brillante
Antonio Pini-Corsi

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45 - A Bass for the B-Team
Guido Cacialli

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September 16, 2019 September 16, 2019/ Teatro Nuovo
     

 
   Yankee Diva  Lillian Nordica (born Norton, in Farmington, Maine, 1857) was a superstar, and by all rights we should have a long and satisfying series of records to show why. But instead of joining the crowd at Victor (where just such a se

44 - Yankee Diva
Lillian Nordica

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43 -La Bori
Lucrezia Bori

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John Forsell

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41 - Strong Light
Tito Schipa

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About the season:

200 Years of Italian Opera in America


Record of the Week

Record of the Week 3
When the Twain Began to Meet
May 29, 2024
May 29, 2024

71 - When the Twain Began to Meet
Yi-Kwei Sze

May 29, 2024
Saving Time
Sep 5, 2022
Sep 5, 2022

70 - Saving Time
Francesco Tamagno

Sep 5, 2022
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Aug 29, 2022
Aug 29, 2022

69 - Illusion
Edith Mason

Aug 29, 2022
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Aug 1, 2022
Aug 1, 2022

68 - Queen of Song
Adelina Patti

Aug 1, 2022
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Jul 25, 2022
Jul 25, 2022

67 - Mother Schumann
Ernestine Schumann-Heink

Jul 25, 2022
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Jul 18, 2022
Jul 18, 2022

66 - Comprimario
Gaetano Pini-Corsi

Jul 18, 2022
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Jun 14, 2022
Jun 14, 2022

65 - But Those Days I Find No More
Pol Plançon

Jun 14, 2022
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Oct 19, 2020
Oct 19, 2020

64 - Encore Verdi
Lucien Fugère, Albert Saléza


Oct 19, 2020
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Oct 12, 2020
Oct 12, 2020

63 - Les adieux de Verdi
Original Paris casts of Otello and Falstaff

Oct 12, 2020
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Sep 14, 2020
Sep 14, 2020

62 - Teenagers
Various singers recorded at 14 to 19

Sep 14, 2020
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Sep 7, 2020
Sep 7, 2020

61 - Ancient Vaccai
Armida Parsi-Pettinella, Guerrina Fabbri, Elisa Petri

Sep 7, 2020

Varia
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Mehmed the Conqueror, the Historical Maometto
Authentic Historical Performance Practice for Audiences
Authentic Historical Performance Practice for Audiences
The Guilty Magpie?
The Guilty Magpie?
Discussion with Will Crutchfield, Jonathan Brandani, and Jakob Lehmann - Part 1
Faculty Interviews
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Listening to Ancient Voices
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About Giuditta Pasta
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Who was Tancredi?
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What happened to the conductor?
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The first operatic pop tune?

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