Podcasts about Nicolai Gedda

Tutto nel Mondo è Burla stasera all'Opera - Gli anniversari Nicolai Gedda seconda puntata

This past March 7 would have been the 94th birthday of the great French coloratura soprano Mady Mesplé. This episode begins a new series of episodes devoted to “Queens of the Night,” the surprisingly wide variety of sopranos who at one time or another sang this role. After a sampling of Mesplé singing this role (in French), we also hear back to back comparisons with Janine Micheau (Mesplé's teacher) and Mado Robin (one of Mesplé's most famous predecessors); a Gounod duet with Nicolai Gedda; a stunning avant garde showpiece composed expressly for Mesplé; a series of mélodies by Debussy, Roussel and Ravel; a live late-career performance of Poulenc's final composition, the dramatic monologue La Dame de Monte-Carlo; an effervescent live 1969 performance of Zerbinetta's aria; and a deeply moving recording of La Mort de Socrate by Erik Satie. Further proof, if such were needed, of Mesplé's versatility, virtuosity, and profound musicianship and humanity. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly or yearly support at whatever level you can afford.  

Tutto nel Mondo è Burla stasera all'Opera - Gli anniversari Nicolai Gedda prima puntata

A final offering of Christmas music on Countermelody this year, but far be it from me to rehash the usual Christmas carols! Absolutely not! In this episode I offer a follow-up to an episode posted years ago featuring Christmas-themed art song. Expect the unexpected (including a big helping of 20th Century selections by Britten, Hindemith, Martinů, Rorem, and Corigliano), alongside selections from our favorite Romantic and post-Romantic composers (Brahms, Schumann, Reger, Grieg, and Strauss). Singers include Gundula Janowitz, Hermann Prey, Maureen Forrester, Edith Mathis, Karl Erb, Janet Baker, Peter Schreier, Tom Krause, and Nicolai Gedda, among many, many others. Happy Holidays to all my fans and supporters! Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly or yearly support at whatever level you can afford.

Betty Allen has been featured on countless omnibus Countermelody episodes, but it's time for her to get her own episode! Born in Ohio on 17 March, 1927, she died at the age of 82 on 22 June 2009. Not only did Betty Allen possess a voice of significant power and amplitude, she was a superb musician who channeled her soul into her singing, using her superb technique to convey depth of meaning in all the music she sang. She also had a wide repertoire, excelling in opera, concert, and recital. Though her recorded legacy is relatively small, it is superb and significant. Today's episode samples a cross-section of her recordings, both live and studio, and includes collaborations with Leonard Bernstein, Nicolai Gedda, Eugene Ormandy, Carmen Balthrop, Horst Stein, Leontyne Price, Virgil Thomson, John DeMain, Hildegard Hillebrecht, Richard Bonynge, and Adele Addison. She was a powerful force for good in the musical world, as an educator and advocate as well, succeeding Dorothy Maynor in leading the Harlem School of the Arts, where she served as both executive director and president. Many currently active singers have been touched by the stringent generosity of this fine artist, and it is my honor to pay tribute to her today. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford.

It's been a whirlwind of a week chez Gundlach and I find myself at the end of it without a new episode ready to post. In addition to that, we are already halfway through Pride Month and I realized this morning that I had no new queer material up my sleeve. So I'll tell you what I'm gonna do: I am going to get to work on a brand new episode which will post sometime early next week. But in the meantime, I'm going to do my own Listener's Favorite episode, one which I posted during the very first season of Countermelody, a wondrous compilation entitled “Sisters in Sappho.” It features not only two of my favorite mezzos of all time (Tatiana Troyanos and Brigitte Fassbaender – both of whom happen to have been lesbians); but also a sampling of the key figures in the Women's Music Movement of the 1970s, including Meg Christian, Cris Williamson, Margie Adam, Holly Near, and Deidre McCalla. In celebrating these pop icons, I also pay tribute to those who, in turn, paved the way for them, including icons Janis Ian, Dusty Springfield, and Ronnie Gilbert, as well as tipping my hat to two of the queer Black singers (Toshi Reagon, Meshell Ndegeocello), that followed in the wake of these women. We all owe an enormous debt of gratitude to these extraordinary artists, who paved the way for us, their musical and artistic descendants, at the same time setting standards that will stand the test of time. Vocal guest stars include Janet Baker, Ileana Cotrubas, Cecilia Gasdia, Nicolai Gedda, Margaret Price, Gundula Janowitz, Arleen Augér, and Reri Grist. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford.

Today's episode is one of my Listeners' Favorites episodes, this one introduced by my wonderful friend Thom Baker. He had just written me about his enthusiasm for the Rosanna Carteri episode I posted in the fall of 2020 on the occasion of her death, just a few short weeks before her 90th birthday. Thom and I were both equally taken with this long-lived artist, who abandoned her performing career in 1966 when she was only 35 years old, brought her full-throated voice and impeccable artistry to operatic stages around the world for fifteen exceptional years. Carteri's was a lyric yet full-bodied voice with facility that allowed her to undertake soubrette parts as well as some spinto roles. I feature extended examples of her versatility over the course of that entire career, including excerpts from La traviata, La bohème, La rondine, Guglielmo Tell, Falstaff, L'elisir d'amore, Madama Butterfly, Roméo et Juliette, Otello, Pietro Mascagni's L'amico Fritz and Iris, Prokofiev's War and Peace (the final version of which she created in Florence in 1954), the premiere recording of Poulenc's Gloria and Gilbert Bécaud's Opéra d'Aran (which she premiered in Paris in 1962). These operas represent just a fraction of her repertoire, in which are featured, among others, Giuseppe di Stefano, Nicolai Gedda, Leonard Warren, Carlo Bergonzi, Ettore Bastianini, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Giuseppe Taddei, Cesare Valletti, and Giuseppe Gismondo and conductors Tullio Serafin, Pierre Monteux, Vittorio Gui, Georges Prêtre, Gabriele Santini, and Artur Rodzinski. In other words, the crème de la crème of the operatic firmament in the 1950s and 1960s, in which company Carteri most emphatically belonged. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford.

Hosted by Eric Garcia:Music in Shostakovich and Stalin:Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraVasily Petrenko, conductor℗ 2013 NaxosShostakovich:Lady Macbeth of MtsenskGalina Vishnevskaya, Dimiter Petkov, & Nicolai GeddaLondon Philharmonic OrchestraMstislav Rostropovich, conductor℗ 2002 by EMI Records ltdShostakovich : Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, Strings/Piano Concerto No.2/Symphony No.1Berliner PhilharmonikerMariss Jansons, conductor℗ The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by EMI Records Ltd. This compilation (P) 2003 by EMI Records Ltd.Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1, Piano Quintet & ConcertinoMartha ArgerichOrchestra della Svizzera ItalianaAlexander Verdernikov, conductor℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group CompanyTea for TwoBenny Goodman Greatest Hits (Remastered)Benny Goodman Quartet℗ 1996 BMG MusicShostakovich: The Jazz AlbumConcertgebouworkest Riccardo Chailly, conductor℗ 1992 Decca Music Group LimitedProkofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Scythian Suite; Lieutenant KijéChicago Symphony Orchestra, Elena Obraztsova & London Symphony OrchestraClaudio Abbado, conductorThis Compilation ℗ 1995 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin50 of the Best: J.S. BachBournemouth Symphony OrchestraJosé Serebrier, conductor℗ 2011 Naxos Digital CompilationsStravinsky: Oedipus RexAnne Sofie von Otter, Vinson Cole, Nicolai Gedda, Hans Sotin, Simon Estes, Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & The Eric Ericson Chamber ChoirEsa-Pekka Salonen, conductor℗ 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

Hosted by Eric Garcia:Music in Shostakovich and Stalin:Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraVasily Petrenko, conductor℗ 2013 NaxosShostakovich:Lady Macbeth of MtsenskGalina Vishnevskaya, Dimiter Petkov, & Nicolai GeddaLondon Philharmonic OrchestraMstislav Rostropovich, conductor℗ 2002 by EMI Records ltdShostakovich : Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, Strings/Piano Concerto No.2/Symphony No.1Berliner PhilharmonikerMariss Jansons, conductor℗ The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by EMI Records Ltd. This compilation (P) 2003 by EMI Records Ltd.Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1, Piano Quintet & ConcertinoMartha ArgerichOrchestra della Svizzera ItalianaAlexander Verdernikov, conductor℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group CompanyTea for TwoBenny Goodman Greatest Hits (Remastered)Benny Goodman Quartet℗ 1996 BMG MusicShostakovich: The Jazz AlbumConcertgebouworkest Riccardo Chailly, conductor℗ 1992 Decca Music Group LimitedProkofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Scythian Suite; Lieutenant KijéChicago Symphony Orchestra, Elena Obraztsova & London Symphony OrchestraClaudio Abbado, conductorThis Compilation ℗ 1995 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin50 of the Best: J.S. BachBournemouth Symphony OrchestraJosé Serebrier, conductor℗ 2011 Naxos Digital CompilationsStravinsky: Oedipus RexAnne Sofie von Otter, Vinson Cole, Nicolai Gedda, Hans Sotin, Simon Estes, Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & The Eric Ericson Chamber ChoirEsa-Pekka Salonen, conductor℗ 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

Paloma de Boismorel "La fin du sommeil" (Editions de l'Olivier)« Dormir, c'est ce que j'avais fait depuis le début. »Devenu malgré lui un architecte à la mode, Pierre-Antoine est le père de trois enfants indifférents et l'époux d'une galeriste surmenée. Au milieu d'une insomnie, ses yeux s'ouvrent sur une étrange révélation. La réalité lui apparaît désormais sous un jour nouveau. Le visage de sa fille, l'éclairage de sa cuisine, les mails de ses clients, le sourire de sa femme, les œuvres qu'il regarde… tout a changé. Alors qu'une simple allergie lui est diagnostiquée, le narrateur annonce à son entourage souffrir d'un cancer de la gorge.Cette ruse devrait lui laisser le temps d'écrire un roman, de retrouver l'amour de sa femme, la considération de ses enfants ainsi que le sens de cette existence burlesque.Comédie absurde et pleine d'esprit, le premier roman de Paloma de Boismorel se joue avec vivacité de la tyrannie du bien-être, des vanités et des faux-semblants.Musique:   "Dans le noir" de Juniore « Pêcheur de perle » de Georges Bizet. « Je crois entendre encore » interprété par Nicolai Gedda

Today, Christmas Day 2023, is also the 93rd birthday of my teacher, the great John Wustman. I can think of no better way to conclude Season Four of Countermelody than with a tribute to the man who had the greatest influence on my development as a musician. He's probably best-known for his work with Luciano Pavarotti and as the accompanist in more than thirty Music Minus One LPs from the early 1960s, as well as for his pioneering teaching of scores of accompanists. He has been called “the dean of American accompanists” and many other things, but to me he is and remains primarily my dear friend and mentor. From the late 1950s through the 1980s and beyond, he appeared with nearly all of the greatest singers on the planet, from Richard Tucker, William Warfield, Eleanor Steber, and Jennie Tourel; to Birgit Nilsson, Carlo Bergonzi, Régine Crespin, Nicolai Gedda, and Renata Scotto. He and Russian mezzo-soprano Irina Arkhipova won the 1973 Gran Prix du Disque for their legendary (and matchless) recording of Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death, only one of his many commercial recordings. I have been searching the internet for sound documents of his many live recordings and I'm pleased to say that I have found some rare ones to complement my reminiscences of studying with him in the late 1980s. He wrote to me just this past week that he is currently preparing another live performance of Schubert's Winterreise in early 2024. I am so thrilled to pay tribute to the man who, through his powerful example and influence, forever changed the way I play, sing, talk about, think about, and hear music. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.

Bajo este epígrafe traemos aquí arias de esas que llamamos "de bigote". Páginas de gran dificultad por su configuración, su escritura interválica, sus exigencias de enorme agilidad o su reclamo para elevarse a zonas extremas de la tesitura. En esta entrega analizamos y escuchamos Fuor del mar y D’Oreste d’Ajace de Idomeneo, la extensa aria de concierto, tan comprometida, Popolo di Tesaglia, todas ellas de Mozart. También seguimos interpretaciones de fragmentos de La dame blanche de Boieldeau y Le postillón de Longjumeau. Convocamos para ello las voces de Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Julia Varady, Edda Moser, Nicolai Gedda y Helge Roswaenge. Intervienen directores como Eliot Gardiner, Böhm Fournet o HagerEscuchar audio

Today's is a mammoth episode, one of my longest ever, so I suggest you listen to it in easily digestible segments. It's mammoth because it's a gigantic subject: great Mozart tenors of the 20th century, covering more than 100 years of recorded documents of the finest examples of tenorial interpretations of the big Mozart operas as well as some of his lesser-known works, including his concert arias. You will be dazzled (and that is a promise and a guarantee) by performances by Fritz Wunderlich (for many of us, the ne plus ultra of lyric tenors), George Shirley, Richard Tauber, Anton Dermota, Léopold Simoneau, Nicolai Gedda, Gösta Winbergh, John McCormack, David Rendall, Peter Schreier, and countless others, including lesser-known figures such as John van Kesteren, Kálmán Pataky, and Wiesław Ochman, and duets featuring Pilar Lorengar, Leontyne Price, Roberta Alexander, and Margaret Price. I also feature a peek into the future with a special salute to the young tenor Alex Banfield, whose work has impressed me enormously. The entire episode is dedicated to the memory of my friend Jerry Hadley, one of the supreme Mozart tenors of all time. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.

Synopsis Happy Saint Valentine's Day! On today's date in 1953, a new choral work by the German composer Carl Orff received its premiere performance at the La Scala opera house in Milan, Germany. Trionfo di Afrodite was the title of the new work, intended to be the final panel in a triptych of choral works celebrating life and love. This triptych included Orff's famous Carmina Burana, based on medieval texts, and Catulli Carmina, based on love lyrics by the Roman poet Catullus. All three pieces were given lavish, semi-staged performances at La Scala, led by the Austrian maestro Herbert von Karajan, and with German soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda as the star soloists. For the world premiere performance of Trionfo di Afrodite, Schwarzkopf and Gedda portrayed a bride and groom on their wedding night: the texts they sang were pretty hot stuff—if you understand Latin, that is! Triofi di Afrodite shows Orff's indebtedness to Stravinsky, and his repetitive rhythmic patterns seem to anticipate the "minimalist" movement by several decades. At the 1953 premiere, Schwarzkopf's husband, record producer Walter Legge, gently suggested to Orff that he might consider a few cuts to the new work. Orff's response? "Oh, I know very well the effect of my rubber-stamp music!" In any case, Legge decided not to make a recording of the new work—which seems a shame, considering the all-star cast assembled at La Scala for its premiere! Music Played in Today's Program Carl Orff (1985 - 1982) Trionfo di Aphrodite

Today's episode is a special request from one of my most dedicated listeners, and one with which I am happy to comply. It is already seven years this month since the death of the great Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda (11 July 1925 – 8 January 2017). One of the most cultivated singers of the twentieth century, Gedda not only had a rock-solid technique and an instantly recognizable timbre, but he was a brilliant musician and a polyglot of the first order, singing a wide range of repertoire and styles in a host of languages. He was also a prolific recording artist. Though he sang an enormous range of operatic roles, in this episode, I have decided to focus entirely on a slightly lesser-known aspect of his career: his work in art song. Gedda was a master of French style, but also celebrated for his performances of Russian music. And one of the three languages he spoke while he was growing up was German, which lends his work in that language a real authenticity as well. In listening to recordings of song repertoire, I was struck by the frequent added spontaneity and commitment of his live versus his studio performances, so the episode features a large number of selections culled from Gedda's live recitals. Gedda is accompanied by some of the most exceptional pianists of his time: Alexis Weissenberg, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Gerald Moore, Geoffrey Parsons, Dalton Baldwin, Erik Werba, Hermann Reutter, and his compatriot and most frequent collaborator Jan Eyron. Another extraordinary aspect of Gedda's singing was his longevity. We hear him in songs by Strauss, Berlioz, Schubert, Janáček, Duparc, Grieg, Schumann, Fauré, Respighi, and Gounod, recorded over a period of nearly 40 years. Here is another singer who was active into the twilight of his life and sang into his seventies with both the intimacy and clarion power that were his musical trademarks. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.

Segunda parte de nuestro viaje musical por esta gozosa ópera de Richard Strauss. Abrimos con le entrega de la rosa de plata y el maravilloso dúo subsiguiente. Octavian actúa como emisario y portador en representación del Barón Ochs. Sophie recibe el presente. Los dos jóvenes se quedan prendados el uno del otro. Escuchamos la versión dirigida por Carlos Kleiber en la Staatsoper de Baviera a Lucia Popp y Brigitte Fassbaender. Seguimos con la escena de conjunto del primer acto con el ápice del aria del tenor italiano. En el foso, Karajan. El tenor es Nicolai Gedda. Crhistian Thielemann al frente de La Filarmónica de Munich nos ofrece a continuación los Preludios del tercer y del primer acto, por ese orden. Enlazamos con una nueva versión del famoso Trío Mariscala, Octavian y Sophie, en este caso la gobernada, en la Ópera de Viena, por Hans Knappertsbusch, con las voces de Maria Reining, Sena Jurinac y Hilde Gueden. Por último, el final de la ópera con Popp y Fasabaender. Escuchar audio

Dans cet écrit, le philosophe allemand propose une critique élogieuse de l'Opéra Carmen de Bizet et marque ainsi sa rupture avec Wagner.     Bizet : Carmen : Duo Final (« C'est toi? C'est moi ! ») – Nicolai Gedda, ténor – Orch.National de la Radiodiffusion Française – Thomas Beecham, dir. – Warner   Wagner : Parsifal, Prélude – Orch. Philharmonique de Vienne – Georg Solti, dir. - Decca Réalisation : Laetitia Montanari / Radio Classique Mention légales : Vos données de connexion, dont votre adresse IP, sont traités par Radio Classique, responsable de traitement, sur la base de son intérêt légitime, par l'intermédiaire de son sous-traitant Ausha, à des fins de réalisation de statistiques agréées et de lutte contre la fraude. Ces données sont supprimées en temps réel pour la finalité statistique et sous cinq mois à compter de la collecte à des fins de lutte contre la fraude. Pour plus d'informations sur les traitements réalisés par Radio Classique et exercer vos droits, consultez notre Politique de confidentialité.

Un recorrido biográfico por la trayectoria y la voz del tenor más grabado de todos los tiempos. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arturo-magaa-duplancher/message

This week I celebrated my birthday, so today is the second of this month's birthday celebrations. A number of my listeners have been asking me for a while to post an episode featuring my favorite singers and recordings. So here it is! We lead off with a brief memorial tribute to Angela Lansbury, who died in the early California morning of my birthday. The rest of the episode features many recordings that I first got to know as I began exploring the world of great singing on records. Leontyne Price, Maria Callas, Alexander Kipnis, Elisabeth Söderström, Richard Lewis, Renata Scotto, Adele Addison, Gundula Janowitz, Margaret Price, Teresa Stratas, Gérard Souzay: all of these artists were formative figures in my early listening experience. My appreciation of some others came later: Hina Spani, Brigitte Fassbaender, Georges Thill, Sylvia Sass, Nicolai Gedda, Kirsten Flagstad. By this late date, all of them have been favorite artists of mine for decades and are represented on the episode by some of their greatest recordings. The episode concludes with a brief tribute to the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams on the occasion of his 150th birthday, also celebrated this week. P.S. Two years ago I did another Happy Birthday To Me episode, which featured performances by some of my favorite pop divas. The episode can be found for a limited time at the top of my LinkTree chain. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.

Today Countermelody is in limbo: balanced between Seasons Three and Four. Over the past few months I've been planning the course of the upcoming season and this episode consists of musical tidbits (bocconcini, if you will) of some of the singers and themed series that I am planning for Season Four. Included are retrospectives of singers Judith Raskin, Roberta Alexander, Sammy Davis, Jr., Helen Donath, Hugues Cuénod, Anna Moffo, Denise Duval, and Nicolai Gedda, all of whom are “sampled” today. I'm also planning programs on; “Great Singers We've Never Heard Of;” the music of Alec Wilder; the Black male singer as European émigré; “Behind the Iron Curtain;” explorations of both Orchestral Songs and Rare Twentieth-Century Operas; and “Great Singers in Old Age;” as well as, naturally, a closer examination of many of those New York City Opera divas to whom I provided an introduction last week. The new season will also be more interactive, with livestream interviews planned with various fascinating (and legendary!) figures in the world of opera and classical music. Thanks to all for your continued support, friendship, and listenership; see you next week for the debut of Season Four of Countermelody! Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.  

durée : 00:21:21 - Disques de légende du mardi 03 mai 2022 - Aujourd'hui dans Disques de légende, nous écoutons Capriccio de Richard Strauss par l'Orchestre Philharmonia dirigé par Wolfgang Sawallisch, avec les chanteurs Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Eberhard Waechter ou Hans Hotter.

The great African American coloratura Reri Grist was born on leap year 1932. We celebrate her upcoming 90th birthday with a tribute featuring many of her greatest roles and recordings. After appearing as Consuelo in the 1957 Broadway premiere of West Side Story, and encouraged by Leonard Bernstein, Grist began a career in opera that took her around the world to all of the greatest opera houses. Reri Grist was the perfect exemplar of the so-called “-ina” roles: soubrette parts in Mozart and Strauss operas (Blondchen, Susanna, Despina, Zerlina, Zerbinetta, and Sophie), as well as the comic operas of Donizetti and Rossini (including Adina, Norina, and Rosina). This episode features her in most of these roles and concludes with the glorious finale of the second act of Richard Strauss's 1935 comedy Die schweigsame Frau, one of her most notable successes. Vocal guest stars today include Christa Ludwig, Luciano Pavarotti, Sena Jurinac, Nicolai Gedda, Gwyneth Jones, Luigi Alva, Judith Raskin, Donald Grobe, and Richard Lewis. Whether you are celebrating 90 years or 22-and-a-half leap years, we celebrate you, Frau Grist, and offer heartfelt thanks for the joys that you have offered us. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.

W historii dzisiejszej rozmówczyni spotykają się dwa światy - świat sportu i muzyki. Jako absolwentka szkoły muzycznej pierwszego i drugiego stopnia, chciała połączyć marzenie o byciu fizjoterapeutką (aby dbać o dobrostan muzyków) ze studiami na Uniwersytecie Muzycznym im. Fryderyka Chopina w Warszawie. Jednak kiedy przyszedł czas ostatecznej decyzji, musiała skupić swoją uwagę na jednej dziedzinie. Wybrała dyrygenturę. Dziś, choć początki po studiach nie były łatwe (jak dla wielu absolwentów i absolwentek dyrygentury), jest dyrygentką i dyrektorką muzyczną Opéra national de Lorraine w Nancy.  Marta Gardolińska to miłośniczka kawy, kobieta o niezwykłym intelekcie, elokwencji i sposobie bycia. Poliglotka. Tim Ashley, krytyk opery i muzyki klasycznej dla Guardiana nazywa ją "artystką, z którą należy się liczyć". Pierwsza w historii kobieta kierująca Operą Narodową Lotaryngii. Dzisiaj w Pracowni Marta opowiada o dzieciństwie pełnym sportu i muzyki, podstawach dyrygentury, a także dlaczego dyrygentura odpowiadała jej o wiele bardziej niż gra na instrumencie. Rozmawiamy edukacji muzycznej w Polsce, o misji i ideałach Marty, sukcesach i porażkach, czy kiedykolwiek batuta wypadła jej z ręki a także o reakcjach muzyków na film "Whiplash". Rozmawiamy otwarcie i szczerze, miejscami filozoficznie.  Polecenia Marty do Kanonu Lektur Pracowni Dziewczyn: "Dare to Lead: Brave Work, Tough Conversations, Whole Hearts" - Brené Brown Opera "Carmen" Georges'a Bizeta w nagraniu z Nicolai Gedda w roli Don José i Marią Callas jako Carmen.  * Strona Marty: https://martagardolinska.com/ Profil Marty na stronie agencji Askonas Holt: https://www.askonasholt.com/artists/marta-gardolinska/  Opéra national de Lorraine w Nancy: https://www.opera-national-lorraine.fr/en/  Marta na IG: @martagardolinska Marta na Facebooku: @gardolinskaconductor  Instagram Pracowni Dziewczyn @pracowniadziewczynpod  Facebook Pracownia Dziewczyn @pracowniadziewczyn Kontakt: pracowniadziewczynpodcast@gmail.com

Sin tids vänsterproggare som skrev musik med budskap för folket. En genial men alkoholiserad överklasskille som lämnade det mesta halvfärdigt. Låtlista Night at the disco mountain, ur Saturday Night Fever Skyltbararpolka Nina Kavtaradze, piano Islamei Boris Berezovsky, piano Alexander Borodin: Symfoni nr 2 Slovakiska symfoniorkestern Alexander Borodin: Polovtsiska danser Londons festivalorkester och kör, Stanley Black, dirigent Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Hymn to the sun Aida Garifullina, sopran , , ! Galina Kuznetsova With Nanny Nina Dorliac Boris Godunov, fjärde akten, Ah! Ah! They've offended God's Fool! Mstislav Rostropovich, cello, Nicolai Gedda, tenor ur Tavlor på en utställning Janos Solyom, piano

Sin tids vänsterproggare som skrev musik med budskap för folket. En genial men alkoholiserad överklasskille som lämnade det mesta halvfärdigt. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Låtlista Night at the disco mountain, ur Saturday Night Fever Skyltbärarpolka – Nina Kavtaradze, piano Islamei – Boris Berezovsky, piano Alexander Borodin: Symfoni nr 2 – Slovakiska symfoniorkestern Alexander Borodin: Polovtsiska danser – Londons festivalorkester och kör, Stanley Black, dirigent Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Hymn to the sun – Aida Garifullina, sopran Ах, ты, пьяная тетеря! – Galina Kuznetsova With Nanny – Nina Dorliac Boris Godunov, fjärde akten, ”Ah! Ah! They've offended God's Fool!” – Mstislav Rostropovich, cello, Nicolai Gedda, tenor ur Tavlor på en utställning – Janos Solyom, piano

En radikal reformator 1700-tals-operans motsvarighet till Richard Wagner. Pionjär också för Sturm & Drang och förebild för gustavianen Joseph Martin Kraus. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Låtlista Ur Åsa-Nisse på hal is Gluck/Wagner, Ouverture ur Ifigenia & Aulis – Christoph Spering, Das Neue Orchester Gluck/Scambati, ur Orfeus och Euridike för piano – Yuja Wang Orfeo e Euridike, Che puro ciel! – Renee Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester Alceste ”Ombres larves” – Ann-Sofie von Otter, John Eliot Gardiner Joseph Martin Kraus: Symfoni i C, sats 3 – Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini Joseph Martin Kraus: Funeral (Gustav III) – Ragnar Ulfung Ifigenia på Tauris – Kör, Nicolai Gedda, Jessye Norman

En radikal reformator 1700-tals-operans motsvarighet till Richard Wagner. Pionjär också för Sturm & Drang och förebild för gustavianen Joseph Martin Kraus. Låtlista Ur Åsa-Nisse på hal is Gluck/Wagner, Ouverture ur Ifigenia & Aulis  Christoph Spering, Das Neue Orchester  Gluck/Scambati, ur Orfeus och Euridike för piano Yuja Wang  Orfeo e Euridike, Che puro ciel!   Renee Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester Alceste Ombres larves Ann-Sofie von Otter, John Eliot Gardiner  Joseph Martin Kraus: Symfoni i C, sats 3 Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini  Joseph Martin Kraus: Funeral (Gustav III) Ragnar Ulfung  Ifigenia på Tauris Kör, Nicolai Gedda, Jessye Norman 

I have dreamed of doing an episode on the great Irish soprano Heather Harper (1930 – 2019) since before I began the podcast. As we we find ourselves in close proximity to both the anniversary of her birth on 8 May 1930 and her death on 22 April 2019, I feel compelled to bring that dream to life. A peerless artist, probably most renowned today for her close collaboration with Benjamin Britten, whose War Requiem she learned ten days before the premiere when the scheduled artist, Galina Vishnevskaya, was refused by the Soviet government to participate in the performance. Her crackerjack musicianship is heard to full advantage in 20th century works by Michael Tippett, Leif Segerstam, Anton Webern, Luigi Dallapiccola, Francis Poulenc, William Walton, and Alban Berg. But her focused, flexible instrument also made her an ideal performer of the Baroque repertoire (we hear her in Purcell, Monteverdi, Cavalli, Bach and Handel). And the surprising stores of power she could summon made her a vital and sympathetic heroine in the operas of Wagner, Mozart, Strauss, and Gounod, as well Britten’s Ellen Orford, of which she was the definitive interpreter. She also excelled in the intimate medium of the Lieder recital. Vocal guest stars include Jessye Norman, Helen Donath, Nicolai Gedda, John Shirley-Quirk, Norman Mittelmann, Nicolai Ghiaurov, and others. Conductors heard include Pierre Boulez, Rudolf Kempe, Colin Davis, Raymond Leppard, Gary Bertini, Meredith Davies, Horst Stein, Anthony Lewis, Carlos Païta, Bernard Haitink, Steuart Bedford, Hans Swarowsky, David Atherton, and Gianandrea Gavazzeni. Fasten your seat belts and settle for an overdue tribute to the dazzling versatility and artistry of the great Heather Harper. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel’s lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” Occasional guests from the “business” (singers, conductors, composers, coaches, and teachers) lend their distinctive insights. At Countermelody’s core is the interaction between singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. At Countermelody’s core is the interaction between singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. Please visit the Countermelody website (www.countermelodypodcast.com) for additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. And please head to my Patreon page at www.patreon.com/countermelody to pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available only to Patreon supporters are currently available.

durée : 00:12:49 - Disques de légende du mercredi 05 mai 2021 - En 1972, le chef d'orchestre britannique Colin Davis enregistre l'opéra Benvenuto Cellini d'Hector Berlioz pour le label Philips, avec l'Orchestre symphonique de la BBC et une belle distribution vocale : le ténor Nicolai Gedda, la soprano Christiane Eda-Pierre ou encore le baryton Robert Massard.

durée : 00:12:29 - Disques de légende du lundi 26 avril 2021 - Entre septembre 1963 et avril 1964, le chef d'orchestre italien Carlo Maria Giulini enregistre pour EMI le célèbre Requiem de Gisueppe Verdi, avec l'Orchestre et le Chœur Philharmonia, et en solistes un quatuor légendaire : Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda et Nicolai Ghiaurov.

I serien med 10 svenske og 10 danske operasangere med international karriere møder vi et lille udsnit af de store sangere og denne gang gælder det tenoren Nicolai Gedda og sopranen Henriette Bonde-Hansen.

Hosted by Eric Garcia:Music in Shostakovich and Stalin:Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraVasily Petrenko, conductor℗ 2013 NaxosShostakovich:Lady Macbeth of MtsenskGalina Vishnevskaya, Dimiter Petkov, & Nicolai GeddaLondon Philharmonic OrchestraMstislav Rostropovich, conductor℗ 2002 by EMI Records ltdShostakovich : Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, Strings/Piano Concerto No.2/Symphony No.1Berliner PhilharmonikerMariss Jansons, conductor℗ The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by EMI Records Ltd. This compilation (P) 2003 by EMI Records Ltd.Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1, Piano Quintet & ConcertinoMartha ArgerichOrchestra della Svizzera ItalianaAlexander Verdernikov, conductor℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group CompanyTea for TwoBenny Goodman Greatest Hits (Remastered)Benny Goodman Quartet℗ 1996 BMG MusicShostakovich: The Jazz AlbumConcertgebouworkest Riccardo Chailly, conductor℗ 1992 Decca Music Group LimitedProkofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Scythian Suite; Lieutenant KijéChicago Symphony Orchestra, Elena Obraztsova & London Symphony OrchestraClaudio Abbado, conductorThis Compilation ℗ 1995 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin50 of the Best: J.S. BachBournemouth Symphony OrchestraJosé Serebrier, conductor℗ 2011 Naxos Digital CompilationsStravinsky: Oedipus RexAnne Sofie von Otter, Vinson Cole, Nicolai Gedda, Hans Sotin, Simon Estes, Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & The Eric Ericson Chamber ChoirEsa-Pekka Salonen, conductor℗ 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

Hosted by Eric Garcia:Music in Shostakovich and Stalin:Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraVasily Petrenko, conductor℗ 2013 NaxosShostakovich:Lady Macbeth of MtsenskGalina Vishnevskaya, Dimiter Petkov, & Nicolai GeddaLondon Philharmonic OrchestraMstislav Rostropovich, conductor℗ 2002 by EMI Records ltdShostakovich : Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, Strings/Piano Concerto No.2/Symphony No.1Berliner PhilharmonikerMariss Jansons, conductor℗ The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by EMI Records Ltd. This compilation (P) 2003 by EMI Records Ltd.Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1, Piano Quintet & ConcertinoMartha ArgerichOrchestra della Svizzera ItalianaAlexander Verdernikov, conductor℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group CompanyTea for TwoBenny Goodman Greatest Hits (Remastered)Benny Goodman Quartet℗ 1996 BMG MusicShostakovich: The Jazz AlbumConcertgebouworkest Riccardo Chailly, conductor℗ 1992 Decca Music Group LimitedProkofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Scythian Suite; Lieutenant KijéChicago Symphony Orchestra, Elena Obraztsova & London Symphony OrchestraClaudio Abbado, conductorThis Compilation ℗ 1995 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin50 of the Best: J.S. BachBournemouth Symphony OrchestraJosé Serebrier, conductor℗ 2011 Naxos Digital CompilationsStravinsky: Oedipus RexAnne Sofie von Otter, Vinson Cole, Nicolai Gedda, Hans Sotin, Simon Estes, Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & The Eric Ericson Chamber ChoirEsa-Pekka Salonen, conductor℗ 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

Centramos el programa en la ópera Vanessa de Samuel Barber, estrenada en enero de 1958 bajo el mandato de Sir Rudolf. Escuchamos fragmentos de una grabación en vivo del Festival de Salzbugo de agosto del mismo año en la que, menos uno, participaban todos los cantantes que habían intervenido en el Met: Eleanor Steber, Rosalind Elias, Nicolai Gedda y Giorgio Tozzi. Ira Malaniuk sustituía a Regina Resnik. Los compases tan straussianos a veces, de la música de Barber, elegantes y de excelente factura, se dejarán oír a través de varios estratégicos fragmentos dirigidos, con la Filarmónica de Viena en el foso, por Dimitri Mitropoulos, presente asimismo en Nueva York. Suenan también momentos provenientes de La violación de Lucrecia de Britten, y The Rake’s Progress de Stravinski, grandes novedades igualmente de la programación del coliseo neoyorkino. A ellas se unió por entonces Wozzeck de Berg que cantara el gran y malogrado barítono alemán Hermann Uhde. Cerramos con su interpretación de la sección final del Monólogo de El Holandés errante de Wagner. Escuchar audio

I had been planning a 90th birthday tribute to this extraordinary artist in December, but alas, the great Rosanna Carteri departed this earth a week ago today, just a few weeks short of that landmark celebration. But let us celebrate today nonetheless, that this long-lived artist, who abandoned her performing career in 1966 when she was only 35 years old, brought her full-throated voice and impeccable artistry to operatic stages around the world for fifteen exceptional years. Carteri’s was a lyric yet full-bodied voice with facility that allowed her to undertake soubrette parts as well as some spinto roles. I feature extended examples of her versatility over the course of that entire career, including excerpts from La traviata, La bohème, La rondine, Guglielmo Tell, Falstaff, L’elisir d’amore, Madama Butterfly, Roméo et Juliette, Otello, Pietro Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz and Iris, Prokofiev’s War and Peace (the final version of which she created in Florence in 1954), the premiere recording of Poulenc’s Gloria and Gilbert Bécaud’s Opéra d’Aran (which she premiered in Paris in 1962). These operas represent just a fraction of her repertoire, in which are featured, among others, Giuseppe di Stefano, Nicolai Gedda, Leonard Warren, Carlo Bergonzi, Ettore Bastianini, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Giuseppe Taddei, Cesare Valletti, and Giuseppe Gismondo and conductors Tullio Serafin, Pierre Monteux, Vittorio Gui, Georges Prêtre, Gabriele Santini, and Artur Rodzinski. In other words, the crème de la crème of the operatic firmament in the 1950s and 1960s, in which company Carteri most emphatically belonged. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel’s lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” Occasional guests from the “business” (singers, conductors, composers, coaches, and teachers) lend their distinctive insights. At Countermelody’s core is the interaction between singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. Please visit the Countermelody website (www.countermelodypodcast.com) for additional content. And please head to our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/countermelody to pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available only to Patreon supporters are currently available, including a new extra episode further exploring today’s topic.

Ponemos hoy sobre la mesa de operaciones la hermosa cavatina de Fausto: Salut, demeure chaste et pure. El rejuvenecido personaje canta las excelencias de la bella Marguerite. Una de las más seductoras páginas de Gounod. Ofrecemos, a efectos comparativos, seis destacadas interpretaciones. Las de Georges Thill, Hipólito Lázaro, Antonio Cortis, Jussi Bjoerling, Nicolai Gedda y Alfredo Kraus. Escuchar audio

Beethoven 250Ludvig van Beethoveni laule esitavad Nicolai Gedda ja Jan Eiron, salvestatud 1969.

Beethoven 250Ludvig van Beethoveni laule esitavad Nicolai Gedda ja Jan Eiron, salvestatud 1969.

The first of my two Queer Pride episodes is devoted to a group of pioneering lesbians in the 1970s and beyond, in both classical and pop music. Two iconic mezzo-sopranos whose careers began in the 1960s and extended through the 1990s are the Greek-American Tatiana Troyanos and Brigitte Fassbaender, daughter of the German baritone Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender. I explore the similarities and differences in the repertoire and career paths of these two unique artists, and share examples of them singing repertoire from Handel to Weill, Scarlatti to Penderecki, with particular focus on Fassbaender’s Lieder performances and Troyanos’s work in bel canto. Then I turn to key figures in the Women’s Music Movement of the 1970s, including Meg Christian, Cris Williamson, Margie Adam, Holly Near, and Deidre McCalla, while also paying tribute to those who, in turn, paved the way for them, including Janis Ian, Dusty Springfield, and Ronnie Gilbert. We also acknowledge the work of queer African American singers, including Deidre McCalla, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Toshi Reagon. We all owe an enormous debt of gratitude to these extraordinary artists, who created a world of possibility for their musical and artistic descendants, at the same time setting standards that will stand the test of time. Vocal guest stars include Janet Baker, Ileana Cotrubas, Margaret Price, Nicolai Gedda, Gundula Janowitz, Arleen Augér, Cecilia Gasdia, and Reri Grist. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great classical and opera singers of the past and present with the help of guests from the classical music field: singers, conductors, composers, coaches, agents, and voice teachers. Daniel’s lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody’s core is the interaction between singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. Please visit the Countermelody website (www.countermelodypodcast.com) for additional content. And please head to our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/countermelody to pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford.

Here is a program filled with sunshine for a March day. Franco Corelli sings O sole mio plus arias from Rigoletto, Romeo and Juliet and May Night. Also spreading sunshine are Karita Mattila, Piotr Beczala, Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi and Nicolai Gedda. The post Here Comes the Sun appeared first on WFMT.

Today, in the first of two consecutive episodes. I pay tribute to the great Mirella Freni, who died on February 7 and who would have celebrated her 85th birthday on February 27th. Celebrated for the freshness of her timbre, her musical integrity and commitment, her vocal prowess and longevity, and her expressivity, Freni sang a repertoire which covered a wide range of styles and languages. Today’s selections, from over the course of her entire career, feature her exclusively in duet, and include selections from Gianni Schicchi, I Puritani, L’Elisir d’amore, Le nozze di Figaro, La Bohème, Otello, Manon Lescaut, Don Carlo, Le due illustri rivali, Don Giovanni, and La Traviata with Alfredo Kraus, Nicolai Gedda, Gundula Janowitz, Franco Corelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Peter Dvorsky, Luis Lima, Renata Scotto, and her husband Nicolai Ghiaurov. Three selections from a rare 1977 LP of Puccini and Verdi duets with the superlative (and notorious!) Italian tenor Franco form the centerpiece of this loving tribute. Countermelody is a new podcast devoted to the glories of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great classical and opera singers of the past and present with the help of guests from the classical music field: singers, conductors, composers, coaches, agents, and voice teachers. Daniel’s lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody’s core is the interaction between singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. Please also visit the Countermelody website for updates, additional content, and to pledge your support. www.countermelodypodcast.com

Abordamos los tipos vocales berliozianos. Empezamos por el tenor y describimos algunos de los personajes masculinos más importantes: Benvenuto Cellini, Fausto, Eneas..., al tiempo que tratamos las peculiaridades de la escritura de las partes sacras: Requiem, Te Deum. Escuchamos voces como las de Nicolai Gedda, Georges Thill, Keith Lewis,José Carreras, Ronald Dowd o Jonas Kaufmann. Escuchar audio

durée : 00:22:49 - Disques de légende du mercredi 15 janvier 2020 - Créé le 15 janvier 1958 à New-York, l'opéra 'Vanessa' de Samuel Barber est enregistré dans la foulée par les mêmes interprètes : Eleanor Steber, Nicolai Gedda, Rosalind Elias notamment ; l'Orchestre du Metropolitan Opera est placé sous la direction de son chef principal, Dimitri Mitropoulos.

Comenzamos hoy con dos páginas de Beatriz y Benedicto, la soberbia aria de Beatriz y el dueto final con coro, y continuamos con la cantata La muerte de Cleopatra, para mezzosoprano y orquesta, en la extraordinaria interpretación dirigida por Leonard Bernstein a la Orquesta Filarmónica de Nueva York y a Jennie Tourel (1961). Después escuchamos Vilanelle de Noches de estío con la soprano Susanne Danco y dos arias de Benvenuto Cellini por Nicolai Gedda: La gloire était na seule idole y Seul pour lutter, seul avec mon courage (primera parte). Escuchar audio

A 1959 broadcast featuring Regine Crespin, Nicolai Gedda and Ernest Blanc under the fine Berlioz conductor Igor Markevitch.

Joan Sutherland, Nicolai Gedda and Spiro Malas.

Operatic ensembles at their best from The Magic Flute, Un ballo in maschera, Carmen, and Die Meistersinger. Among the many artists heard are Victoria de los Ángeles, René Kollo, Shirley Verrett, Nicolai Gedda, and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. The post Four Operatic Quintets appeared first on WFMT.

fotografia © Colette Masson/Roger-Viollet​/contrasto

La Barcaccia Il Varietà dell'Opera Con Enrico Stinchelli e Michele Suozzo

Nicolai Gedda, Renata Scotto, Christian Gerhaher, Susan Graham, Anne-Sofie von Otter and Karen Cargill.

Nicolai Gedda berättar om sitt liv och sitt musikliv däribland hur han som 17-åring upptäckte sin mycket rika röstbegåvning. Lars Blohm porträtterar vår världstenor i en intervju från 1989.

Nicolai Gedda berättar om sina erfarenheter av fransk operarepertoar - som när han mötte en mindre språkbegåvad motspelare som försvarade sig med att djävulen inte behöver kunna franska... Från Operadags, hösten 1995. Programledare: Agneta Myreberg.

I säsongens första avsnitt minns vi Nicolai Gedda. Fredrik Kempe, som under flera år var elev hos den världsberömde tenoren, ger oss inblickar i ett unikt konstnärskap och gyllene karriär. I säsongspremiären av Operahuset minns vi en av de allra största inom operakonsten. Gäst är låtskrivaren och sångaren Fredrik Kempe, som under ett drygt decennium var elev hos Nicolai Gedda och därmed fick en nära inblick i den världsberömde tenorens karriär. Deras samarbete lade, enligt Fredrik Kempe, grunden till att han arbetar med musik idag. Det blir bland annat samtal om var Gedda hämtade sin egen inspiration ifrån, vilka sångare han gärna samarbetade med, sångtekniska övningar och tips samt ett axplock av de roller som kom att bli speciellt betydelsefulla. Det känns fantastiskt att få lyfta fram en av Sveriges genom alla tider mest framgångsrika sångare för att, som Fredrik Kempe säger i programmet, Gedda ville aldrig framhäva sig själv. Så då gör vi det åt honom, säger Rickard Söderberg.

I programmet diskuteras Xavier de Maistres harpospel, Nelson Freire som spelar Bach på piano samt Wagners Valkyrian i Jaap van Zwedens tolkning. Måns Tengnér väljer ur tung renässansbox I panelen Bodil Asketorp, Boel Adler och Per Lindqvist som tillsammans med programledaren Johan Korssell betygsätter följande skivor: JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Klavermusik Nelson Freire, piano Decca 478 8449 RICHARD WAGNER Valkyrian Stuart Skelton, Heidi Melton, Matthias Goerne, Petra Lang m.fl. Hong Kongs filharmoniska orkester Jaap van Zweden, dirigent Naxos 8.660394-97 Referensen Johan refererar och jämför med en favoritinspelning av Valkyrian, nämligen den där Erich Leinsdorf leder Londons symfoniorkester. En ung Birgit Nilsson sjunger Brünnhildes parti och Jon Vickers, Siegmund. Inspelningen gjordes 1961 på Decca.   LA HARPE REINE Musik av J-B Krumpholtz, Joseph Haydn, J D Hermann samt Chr. W Gluck Xavier de Maistre, harpa Les Arts Florissants William Christie, dirigent Harmonia Mundi HAF 8902276 Måns val Måns Tengnér spelar valda delar ur en box (50 CD) med medeltids- och renässansmusik utgivet i Florilegium-serien med Deccas återutgivningar på märket Oiseau-Lyre. Andra i programmet nämnda eller rekommenderade inspelningar: Nicolai Gedda har gått ur tiden 91 år gammal och Musikrevyn minns honom med ett framförande av Werthers aria ur tredje akten av Massenets opera Werther, där han ackompanjeras av Paris-orkestern med dirigent Georges Pretre. Inspelningen gjordes 1969 på skivmärke EMI. J S Bachs klavermusik med Glenn Gould på Sony Classical. Wagners Valkyrian med bl.a. Gundula Janowitz och Jon Vickers tillsammans med Berlins filharmoniker och Herbert von Karajan, inspelad 1967 på DG samt Georg Soltis inspelning med Wiens filharmoniker och med Régine Crespin och James King som Sieglinde resp. Siegmund på Decca. Svepet Johan sveper över och spelar ur ett album utgivet på Bis, innehållande Sibelius Kullervo och Olli Kortekangas Migrations (2014). Helsingfors-universitetets manskör, Minnesota-orkestern samt solisterna Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo-sopran och Tommi Hakala, baryton. Dirigent: Osmo Vänskä samt över en CD utgiven på Signum med violinkonserter av Roy Harris respektive John Adams. Solisten heter Tamsin Waley Cohen och det är BBCs symfoniorkester som bistår, allt under Andrew Littons ledning.

Director Amy Stebbins and composer Hauke Berheide join George ‘Inside the Huddle’ tonight. They’ve just returned to the US after a year in Germany, where projects included the world premiere of their opera ‘Mauerschau’ at the Bavarian State Opera. We talk about that production in the context of the larger German opera system... Then, Oliver joins us for a ‘Chalk Talk’ double header: Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced its 2017-2018 season. You get each of our hot takes on the repertoire, the artists and the reasons behind Lyric’s decisions... Plus, at the end of the show, don’t miss Oliver’s tribute to tenor Nicolai Gedda, who died earlier this week... @operaboxscore #operaballs

Sekmadienį Los Andžele išėjo džiazo žvaigždė 76-erių Al Jarreau. Iš Los Andželo pasiekė dar viena svarbi, jau gera žinia: apdovanoti praėjusio sezono „Grammy“ laureatai už geriausius įrašus. Tarp 84 nominacijų – ir kelios skirtos klasikinės muzikos įrašams. Kam nusišypsojo laimė - „Naujienų pulse“. Po to – muzikinė naujiena iš Versalio: atgaivintas Versalio operos teatro inauguracijos spektaklis, skambėjęs XVIII a. per Marijos Antuanetės vestuves.„Retro“: vasario 10-ąją 90-metį atšventė pokario dešimtmečių Amerikos operos žvaigždė Leontyne Price – pirmoji juodaodė operos dainininkė, įžengusi į Niujorko „Metropolitan opera“ sceną.Liūdnasis „Retro“ – Leontyne Price bendraamžis 91-erių švedų tenoras Nicolai Gedda paliko šį pasaulį sausio 8 dieną, tačiau šeima žiniasklaidą apie netektį informavo tik po mėnesio, praėjusį penktadienį. Stabtelėsime Berlyne prie Brandenburgo vartų su J. S. Bacho ir Dave‘o Brubecko muzika bei Kembridže, kur ansamblis „The King‘s Singers“ atlieka „The Beatles“ dainas.

Sekmadienį Los Andžele išėjo džiazo žvaigždė 76-erių Al Jarreau. Iš Los Andželo pasiekė dar viena svarbi, jau gera žinia: apdovanoti praėjusio sezono „Grammy“ laureatai už geriausius įrašus. Tarp 84 nominacijų – ir kelios skirtos klasikinės muzikos įrašams. Kam nusišypsojo laimė - „Naujienų pulse“. Po to – muzikinė naujiena iš Versalio: atgaivintas Versalio operos teatro inauguracijos spektaklis, skambėjęs XVIII a. per Marijos Antuanetės vestuves.„Retro“: vasario 10-ąją 90-metį atšventė pokario dešimtmečių Amerikos operos žvaigždė Leontyne Price – pirmoji juodaodė operos dainininkė, įžengusi į Niujorko „Metropolitan opera“ sceną.Liūdnasis „Retro“ – Leontyne Price bendraamžis 91-erių švedų tenoras Nicolai Gedda paliko šį pasaulį sausio 8 dieną, tačiau šeima žiniasklaidą apie netektį informavo tik po mėnesio, praėjusį penktadienį. Stabtelėsime Berlyne prie Brandenburgo vartų su J. S. Bacho ir Dave‘o Brubecko muzika bei Kembridže, kur ansamblis „The King‘s Singers“ atlieka „The Beatles“ dainas.

Nicolai Gedda var en av Sveriges största tenorer. I ett program från 1970 berättar han för Sigvard Hammar om sin roll som Gustav III i Verdis opera Maskeradbalen och om sitt sångarliv i stort.

Über 50 Jahre lang stand Nicolai Gedda auf den bedeutenden Opern- und Konzertbühnen der Welt. Gefeiert wurde der schwedische Tenor russischer Abstammung für sein unverwechselbares Timbre, stilsicher mit perfekter Diktion in jedem Fach. Wie verschiedene Medien unter Berufung auf Geddas Familie berichten, ist der Sänger nun im Alter von 91 Jahren gestorben.

"La Voix är en blandning av Puccini och ABBA... typ" Det säger Fredrik Kempe när han och Rickard Söderberg uppmärksammar och jämför några av förra århundradets giganter inom opera. Vilka är Rickard och Fredriks personliga favoriter från operans guldålder? Finns det några som, i deras tycke, faktiskt gjort mer för operakonsten än de flesta andra stjärnor? Och så berättar Fredrik vilka artister som under våren fått ta del av sångövningar som han lärt sig av Nicolai Gedda.

Vi reder ut erotiska och musikaliska trådar mellan manliga tonsättare och deras musik i 1900-talets USA: Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, David Diamond och grekiske dirigenten Dimitri Mitropoulos. I USA finns det antihomosex-lagar ända fram till 1975. Henry Cowell kallas Kaliforniens Oscar Wilde och sitter fem år i San Quentin-fängelset dömd för sodomi, vilket fortfarande är olagligt i ett tiotal amerikanska stater. Mellan 1947 och 1957 jagar senator McCarthy kommunister och homosexuella. Tonsättaren och accordeonisten Pauline Oliveros är 15 år när McCarthys jakt på icke önskvärda amerikaner inleds. Ur hennes rädsla för hatbrott utvecklar hon det djupa lyssnandet, Deep Listening. Det är på liv och död. - Det gäller att överleva när man tillhör en utrotningsshotad art, säger Oliveros i programmet Det osynligas piano.   Vi reder ut hur erotiska och musikaliska trådar löper samman bland manliga tonsättare och deras musik i 1900-talets USA. De inblandade är tonsättarna Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, David Diamond och grekiske dirigenten Dimitri Mitropoulos. Bl a hade tonsättarna Leonard Bernstein och Aaron Copland en kärleksrelation.  Dimitri Mitropoulos hade erotiska relationer med Leonard Bernstein och David Diamond. Geniet och innovatören Harry Partch är en outsider. Här finns ingen gemensam gay estetik utan musiken spänner över neoklassisism, nyromantik, folkton, elektonmusik, abstrakt musik, modernism, minimalism, musical, operett, opera och kabaret. Den vänsterradikale judiske bögen Aaron Copland skapar en musikalisk symbol för den amerikanska myten. Tre judiska homo- och bisexuella män skapar en helamerikansk musical om heterosexuell, kristen romans.   Hur låter musiken kring det långa äktenskapet mellan tonsättarna Samuel Barber och Gian Carlo Menotti? Varför tar pianisten Vladimir Horowitz elchocker och antidepressiva medel? Och vem är den homosexuella skuggan bakom Duke Ellingtons musik?Låtlista: The Beauty of Sorrow Pauline Oliveros Pauline Oliveros, accordeon Taras Room Deep Listening DL 22-2004 CD Reason in Madness mixed Pauline Oliveros Pauline Oliveros, solo accordeon. Panaiotis, processing and mixing. CD-titel: Crone Music LOVELY MUSIC LTD CD 1903 Take The A Train Billy Strayhorn Duke Ellington Ellington Uptown COLUMBIA 512917 2 Chelsea Bridge Billy Strayhorn Billy Strayhorn, piano Piano Passion Storyville 101 8404 Le Tombeau De Couperin I Maurice Ravel/Marc H.Bonilla Gary Burton, vibrafon. Makoto Ozone, piano Virtuosi Concord Records CCD-2105-2 And On The Seventh Day, Petals Fell In Petaluma Harry Partch Harry Partch Gravikords, Whirlies & Pyrophones ellipsis arts CD3530 Aeolian Harp Henry Cowell Alan Feinberg The American Innovator argo 436 925-2 Fanfare for the Common Man Aaron Copland Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra  Stephen Gunzenhauser, Conductor COPLAND: Appalachian Spring/Rodeo/Billy the Kid NAXOS 8.550282 America (West Side Story) Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein, dir. Orch & Chorus. Kiri Te Kanawa, José Carreras,Tatiana Troyanos, Kurt Ollman. Bernstein on Broadway DG 447 898-2 Appalachian Spring Copland, Aaron Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra  Stephen Gunzenhauser, Conductor COPLAND: Appalachian Spring/Rodeo/Billy the Kid NAXOS 8.550282 Concerto For Clarinet: II. Rather Fast Copland, Aaron (1900-1990) Dornbusch, Karin Barber, Copland, Ginastera Musica Vita CAPRICE CAP 21591 Barber: Adagio For Strings, Op. 11 Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Marin Alsop, dirigent; Wendy Warner, cello. Royal Scottish National Orchestra Barber: Cello Concerto, Medea Suite, Adagio For Strings NAXOS 8.559088 Cello Concerto - Molto Allegro E Appassionato Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Wendy Warner, cello. Marin Alsop, dirigent; Royal Scottish National Orchestra Barber: Cello Concerto, Medea Suite, Adagio For Strings NAXOS 8.559088 Suite from Sebastian I. Introduction Gian Carlo Menotti 1911 Spoleto Fest Orch; R. Hickox, Raphael Wallfisch, cello Apocalisse 1952; Fantasia Cello, Orch 1976 Sebasatian Ballet Suite 1944 Chandos Records CHAN 9900 III. Street fight Gian Carlo Menotti 1911 Spoleto Fest Orch; R. Hickox, Raphael Wallfisch, cello Apocalisse 1952; Fantasia Cello, Orch 1976 Sebasatian Ballet Suite 1944 Chandos Records CHAN 9900 Glitter and Be Gay (Candide) Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein, dir. London symph orch, London Symph Chorus. Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda, Della Jones  m fl. Bernstein on Broadway DG 447 898-2 Elegy In Memory Of Maurice Ravel David Diamond (b. 1915) Diamond, David John Adams, dirigent. Orchestra of St. Lukes American Elegies Albany Records TROY 082 Psalm Diamond, David (1915-2005) Janos Starker, Gerard Schwarz; Seattle Symphony Orchestra Diamond: Symphony #3, Psalm, Kaddish NAXOS 8.559155 Schumann-Traumerei Robert Schumann Vladimir Horowitz, piano The Magic of Vladimir Horowitz CD 1 DG 474 334-2

I programmet diskuterar panelen bl.a. pianisten Nick van Bloss som spelar Schumann och ett album med cellokonserter av Dvorák och Martinu. Johan bjuder också Jean-Martinon-godis ur sitt påskägg. I panelen Camilla Lundberg, Kati Raitinen och Niklas Lindblad som tillsammans med programledaren Johan Korssell betygsätter följande skivor: FRANZ XAVER RICHTER Requiem, Sinfonia con fuga, De profundis Tjeckiska barockensemblen Roman Válek, dirigent Supraphon SU 4177-2 DVORAK MARTINU Cellokonserter Christian Poltéra, cello Tyska symfoniorkestern, Berlin Thomas Dausgaard, dirigent Bis BIS 2157 ROBERT SCHUMANN Kreisleriana, Symfoniska etyder Nick van Bloss, piano Nimbus NI 6318 GIUSEPPE VERDI Maskeradbalen Siv Wennberg, Nicolai Gedda, Loa Falkman, Ann-Christin Biel m.fl. Kungliga hovkapellet, Stockholm Eri Klas, dirigent Sterling CDA 1802-03-2Johans val Johan serverar oss ett påskägg fyllt med musikaliska karameller ur en box The late years med inspelningar mellan 1968 och 1975, bestående av 14 CD med dirigenten Jean Martinons senare inspelningar av bl.a. Albert Roussels orkestermusik. Martinon står på pulten framför Franska radions orkester. Tidigare utgivningar på Erato, men denna box kommer från Warner Classics. Andra i programmet nämnda eller rekommenderade inspelningar: Dvoraks Cellokonsert Frans Helmerson tillsammans med Göteborgs symfoniker under Neeme Järvi på Bis; med cellisten Truls Mörk tillsammans med Oslo filharmoniker ledda av Mariss Jansons på Virgin Classics; Mstislav Rostropovitj och Bostons symfoniorkester under Seiji Ozawa på Erato; Paul Tortelier och Londons symfoniorkester dirigerade av André Previn på EMI samt med Jacqueline du Pré och Chicagos symfoniorkester under ledning av Daniel Barenboim på EMI. Martinus Cellokonsert Raphael Wallfisch tillsammans med Tjeckiska filharmonin dirigerade av Jirí Belohlávek på Chandos. Schumanns Kreisleriana med Martha Argerich också på DG samt med Alfred Brendel inspelad på skivmärke Philips. Schumanns Symfoniska etyder med András Schiff på märke EuroArts. Johan sveper över dels en ny utgåva på Bis med pianisten Jevgenij Sudbin som för andra gången mycket förtjänstfullt har spelat in klaversonater av Domenico Scarlatti samt över en CD med dubbelpianisterna Maasa Nakazawa och Suhrud Athavale som spelar ur Bruno Walters arrangemang för fyrhändigt piano av Mahlers andra symfoni, utgiven på Naxos. Veckans toppnotering blev albumet med Cellokonserter av Dvorák och Martinu där Christian Poltéra fick sin dyra Stradivarius-cello att ljuda till det bästa, med gott understöd av Tyska symfoniorkestern i Berlin, allt under Thomas Dausgaard.  

Confessate!!!!  I know some of you sing in the shower! Here is a guy who thinks he is the succesor to Nicolai Gedda. Let us give him credit! (or should we?)

Mr.Bo Rydberg suggested a podcast on the famous Swedish singers, some of whom I have enjoyed live.(Star next to those I saw at the Met.) Some are fabulous LEGENDS in the history of the vocal art. 1. Karen Branzell (mezzo) Walkure act 3 scene  2. Ivar Andresen Huguenots aria  3. Kerstin Thorborg  Delilah act 2 scene  4. Sven Nilsson   Onegin  Gremin aria 5. Fanal (Atterberg) Finale, Bjoerling, Berglund,Gorlin 6. Medeltida (Rangstrom)* Svanholm sings the ballad 7. Joel Berglund  Meistersinger Fliedermonolog 8.Hjoerdis Schymberg (Pronounced "Schimbarri") Flute aria 9. Gertrude Wetergren   Ballo Ulrica aria 10. Torsten Ralf  Lohengrin aria 11. Nicolai Gedda   Postillon aria 12. Ingvar Wixell and Bust Margit Jonsson in Flute duet     More to come!! Guess who????

I sincerely hope you are enjoying these pot-pourris. Here is no.12. Remember, anyone who has comments or suggestions, e-mail me at Placido21@aol.com. I am unable to use the comments section here, because it results in outside advertisements. 1. Rysanek/London           Aida Nile duet  (in Deutsch) 2.Licia Albanese                  La Wally     "Ebben,ne andro lontana." 3.Ivar Andresen                  Gotterdamerung        Hagen's Watch 4.Agnes Baltsa                    Cenerentola Final aria 5. Piot Beczala                     I Lombardi aria    (My favorite tenor of today, as you know.) 6. Joel Berglund                   Tannhauser    "Evening star." 7.Grace Bumbry                    Andrea Chenier      "La Mamma morta." 8.Emma Calve                        Herodiade     "Il est doux." 9.Enrico Caruso                     "L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra"  (Drives me crazy!) 10.Antonietta Stella               Mme.Butterfly   "Che tua madre." 11.Franco Corelli  (Apr.8 birthday)   Favorita    "Una vergine" 12.Montserrat Caballe            Trovatore    "D'amor sull'ali rosee" 13.Mario DelMonaco                 Trovatore    "Di quella pira" 14.Fernando de Lucia                Iris     "Apri la tua finestra" 15. Nicolai Gedda                        Pearl Fishers aria  (Mio Dio!!!) 16. Marcello Giordani                  Adriana    "La dolcissima effigie."

From Florence, 1972 under Riccardo Muti, I bring you William Tell with the following cast: Nicolai Gedda, Norman Mittleman, Eva Marton, Agostino Ferrin (Gualtiero), Luigi Roni (Gessler), Flora Rafanelli (Edwige), Maria Casula (Jemmy), Mario Rinaudo (Melchtal).   (70 min.)

  Another compilation of material from my files. I hope you enjoy the selections, and remember what "fun" you can have if you give an opera party and ask the guests to guess, giving prizes for the winners. 1.  Julia Varady             Aria from Puccini's Edgar 2. Shirley Verrett          Favorita Cabaletta (We went nuts at Carnegie Hall.) 3-4.  Leonard Warren   Ernani and Pagliacci arias 5. Ljuba Welitch             Vissi d'arte 6.Dolora Zajick                Principessa aria from Adriana 7. Milanov/Bjoerling      Ballo Love duet 8. Janet Baker                Traume 9. Alessandro Bonci       Luisa Miller aria 10. Maria Callas              Puritani  "Vieni al tempio" 11. Steber/Kullman       Carmen act one duet 12. Enrico Caruso           "Mia piccirella"  (Makes me CRAZY!)  13. Renata Scotto          Butterfly "Che tua madre."  14. Mario del Monaco     Otello  "Dio mi potevi"  15. Marisa Galvany         What else but the famous Aida act 2 E flat.  16.  Nicolai Gedda            Manon  "Ah fuyez."   17-18   Leyla Gencer/Cornell Macneil and then Hilde Gueden/Leonard Warren in the Rigoletto  "Si,vendetta' duet.

From 1958, under Jean Morel, we bring you Faust with Nicolai Gedda (in his debut season), Hilde Gueden,Jerome Hines, and Robert Merrill.   Please note that owing to an error on the original disc, I have substituted Scotto,Kraus, and Ghiaurov for the final scene.  (74 min.)

Taken from so many files, I present another compilation of good stuff, useful for parties and quizes. I hope you like them. More to come! 1. Federica Von Stade      "My Funny Valentine" 2.  Leonard Warren           "Largo al Factotum" 3.  Virginia Zeani                Maria Rohan aria 4. Giuseppe Anselmi         "Una furtiva lagrima" 5. Daniele Barioni              "Amor ti vieta" 6. Olympia Boronat           " The Nightingale (Alabiev) 7. Gre Browenstijn             "Vissi d'arte" 8. Maria Callas                     "Depuis le Jour" 9. Nicolai Gedda                   Cabaletta from "La Sonnambula" 10. Lina Bruna Rasa             Cavalleria Scene 11. Elvira de Hidalgo           (Callas' teacher)  "Una voce" 12. Mario del Monaco           "Esultate" 13. Leonce Escalais              Jerusalem (Verdi) aria 14. Gottlob Frick                    Hagen scene from Gotterdamerung 15. Igor Gorin                         Attila aria 16. Herman Jadlowker        "Fuor del Mar" (Oberon) 17. Margarete Klose             "Che Faro" (Orfeo-in German)

  As I indicated in the narration, I have an incredible number of files from all the podcasts I have done, and I have decided, on occasion, to put together some of the selections for your listening enjoyment. The singers in this compilation,in order are: Giuseppe Anselmi, Janet Baker, Daniele Barioni, Maria Callas, Franco Corelli, Mario Del Monaco, Barbro Ericson,Ellen Faull,Marisa Galvany, Nicolai Gedda, Renata Tebaldi and Rosalind Elias, Hans Hotter, Alexander Kipnis, Dorothy Kirsten, and Lotte Lehmann.  I hope you enjoy this new feature.   (73 min.

One of my personal favorite operas, this Pique Dame under Kazimierz Kord features Nicolai Gedda,Raina Kabaiwanska, Regina Resnik, John Reardon (Tomsky), and William Walker (Yeletsky) (70 min.

  The audience reaction to this Philadelphia 1963 Puritani under Richard Bonynge tells the story! This is indeed the kind of bravura singing that thrills you beyond compare. Joan Sutherland and Nicolai Gedda head a cast that also features Justino Diaz, Ernest Blanc, and  Betty Allen. The "Vieni fra queste braccia" duet is in the high key and the attacks on those D's cause pandemonium in the theatre. Enjoy!  (72 min.)

   The Magic Flute (in Italian) from RAI Rome 1953 under Herbert Von Karajan. In the cast are: Nicolai Gedda,Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Giuseppe Taddei, Mario Petri, Rita Streich, and Alda Noni (Papagena)       (64 min.)

 When do I get to hear anything? There is just too much, and I wonder whatever possessed me to have items like "The Complete Works of The Rolling Stones."(Lord Forbid!!).However, some performances stand out in one's memory, and this Carnegie Hall 1974 Pearl Fishers under Eve Queler, with Nicolai Gedda (the GOD of the tenor voice), Renato Bruson (still active at 77), and Christiane Eda-Pierre is special to me. Especially thrilling is the version of the final trio, not always perfomed these days, and of course Gedda's high C pianissimo at the end of the aria is in itelf a tremendous achievement. I know you will enjoy this. (71 min.)

  A rare appearance by the great Gedda in Tosca.This is from Nice,France in 1987 under Tchakarov. The Tosca is Olivia Stapp and the Scarpia is Theo Adam. The performance is recorded live so there is some distance, but to hear Gedda in a rare role for him is worth it. (72 min.)

 In the 1970's (I do not have the exact date), the great tenor Nicolai Gedda gave a recital (broadcast) from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Musica Aeterna Orchestra was conducted by Frederick Waldman, and the French horn soloist was Antony Miranda (in the Britten piece.).     Gedda  sings the Serenade for tenor, horn, and strings by Benjamin Britten, followed by arias of Rameau and Gretry.    (39 min.)

DO NOT PEEK before you listen!! Here are the 15 Flower Songs from Carmen (61 min.) If you guess them all, I will send you my entire Fischer-Dieskau collection:   Roberto Alagna, Peter Anders, Fernand Ansseau, Vladimir Atlantov, Enrico Caruso, Franco Corelli, Raoul Jobin, Antonio Cortis, Libero de Luca, Mario del Monaco, Placido Domingo, Beniamino Gigli, Jussi Bjoerling, Giuseppe di Stefano, and Nicolai Gedda.

From 1967 under Lamberto Gardelli, a wonderful Rigoletto starring Cornell MacNeil,Nicolai Gedda, Roberta Peters, Bonaldo Giaiotti, and Belen Amparan. You will love this!! (72 min.)

 In celebration of the 87th birthday of the remarkable Nicolai Gedda,on July 11, 2012, I present a Boheme with Scotto,Guarrera,Boky,Flagello, and Goodloe completing the excellent cast under Henry Lewis from 1972. Gedda has been one of the great operatic ICONS and is beloved in the music world for his artistry, musicianship, versatility, and of course that fabulous voice. (72 min.)   I have added the last act aria from William Tell on the commercial recording as a bonus. (Count the high C's!!)  

   Arias and scenes as sung by four of the great singers of the last opera era: Nicolai Gedda, Gundula Janowitz, the late Arlene Auger and the late Tatiana Troyanos. I am sure you will treasure their great artistry.  (72 min.)

 For May 30, we wish the marvelous mezzo,turned soprano,Olivia Stapp, a very happy birthday. She has been one of our finest artists, and you will hear scenes from Elektra, Macbeth, Anna Bolena (as both Seymour and Anna), and Tosca (with Nicolai Gedda).    (60 min.)

From 1965, highlights from a delightful "Elisir d'Amore" with Nicolai Gedda,Mirella Freni,Fernando Corena, and Mario Sereni under Thomas Schippers.   (71 min.)

Scenes from Meyerbeer's "Les Huguenots," featuring Nicolai Ghiaurov, Tancredi Pasero, Nicolai Gedda, Sergei Lemeshev, Herman Jadlowker, Lili Lehmann, Joan Sutherland, Rita Shane, Marcel Wittrisch, Margarete Teschemacher, Marisa Galvany, Enrico di Giuseppe, Maria Llacer, John O'Sullivan, Franco Corelli, and Giulietta Simionato.  (71 min.)

As a special birthday tribute to the great Nicolai Gedda, who turned 84 on July 11, 2009, we present him and Joan Sutherland in highlights from 1963 live performances of La Sonnambula and I Puritani. The singing is truly amazing, and I know you will be thrilled!  (65 min.)                                              

A comparison of 21 tenors singing the great Werther aria. The order is as follows:Emile Marcellin, Giuseppe Lugo, Andre D'Arkor, Gaston Micheletti, Jose Luccioni, Fernand Ansseau, Alfred Piccaver, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Carlo Bergonzi, Alain Vanzo, Fernando de la Mora, Alfredo Kraus, Nicolai Gedda, Tito Schipa, Franco Corelli, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Joseph Calleja, Ramon Vargas, Roberto Alagna, Rolando Villazon, Piotr Beczala.                     (57 min.)

Scenes from some of the great Rossini works as presentedon his birthday (Feb.29, born in 1792). Operas include: Barbiere di Siviglia, Cenerentola, Viaggio a Rheims,William Tell, L'Italiana in Algeri, SemiramideL'Assedio di Corinto, and Armida. Featured artists are: Marilyn Horne, Conchita Supervia, Vesselina Kasarova,Ewa Podles, Montserrat Caballe, Beverly Sills,Nicolai Gedda, Marcello Giordani, Fernando di Lucia,Norman Mittleman, Juan Diego Florez, Maria Callas, and Ruggero Raimondi.                                   (73 minutes)  

So, when does the next swan leave????? (You all know the story!) Here are scenes from this great opera featuring some great artists: Leonie Rysanek, Birgit Nilsson, Elizabeth Rethberg, Astrid Varnay,Lauritz Melchior, Helen Traubel, Marjorie Lawrence,Ninon Vallin,Wolfgang Windgassen, Rita Gorr, Emmanuel List, Leonard Warren,Elizabeth Grummer, Eleanor Steber, Nicolai Gedda, Barbro Ericson,Lotte Lehmann.                                         (66 minutes)

Excerpts from the great career of tenor Nicolai Gedda. Theseare all live and the operas represented are: Boheme,Tosca,Tales of Hoffmann,Vespri Siciliani,I Puritani,The Pearl Fishers, Faust, La SonnambulaDon Giovanni, Le Roi d'ys,La Traviata,Mignon,Yolanta.                     (72 minutes)

A compilation of 15 tenors singing the famous Boheme aria. Included are the following artists: Giuseppe Anselmi,Georges Thill, Josef Schmidt, Giovanni Malipiero,Galliano Masini, Jan Kiepura, Richard Tauber, Helge Roswaenge,Mario Del Monaco, Mario Lanza, Franco Corelli, Alfredo Kraus,Marcello Giordani, Richard Tucker, and Nicolai Gedda.                                     (72 minutes)       

A Comparison of 16 pretty good tenors singing the Flower Songfrom Bizet's Carmen. Included are: Georges Thill, Charles Dalmores, Fernand Ansseau,Raoul Jobin,Richard Tucker, Nicolai Gedda, Mario Chamlee, Beniamino Gigli,Jon Vickers, Placido Domingo, Rolando Villazon,Enrico Caruso,Franco Corelli, Giuseppe di Stefano, Jussi Bjoerling, andMario del Monaco (pictured).                                   (70 minutes)  

I think you will enjoy these 17 tenors singing the famous ariafrom Gounod's "Faust" and will be able to understand howvarious tenors approach the top note, because that alone is quite interesting;of course, you might be hearing some of these artists for the very first time, and I think you will be pleased. Richard Tucker, Enrico Caruso, Beniamino Gigli,Neil Shicoff, Georges Thill,Giuseppe Di StefanoRolando Villazon, Nicolai Gedda, Jussi Bjoerling,David Devries,Miguel Villabella, Lucien Muratore,Cesar Vezzani, Alfredo Kraus, Gaston Michelettti,Albert Lance, and Charles Rousseliere                               (93 minutes)

   Some of the most amazing singing in this pot-pourri of scenes   from Bellini's "I Puritani." Artists include:    Leyla Gencer, Joan Sutherland, Mariella Devia, Beverly Sills,   Edita Gruberova, Maria Callas, Mirella Freni, Anna Moffo,   Gianna D'Angelo, Virginia Zeani, Nicolai Gedda, Paul Plishka,   Louis Quilico, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Luciano Pavarotti,   Alfredo Kraus, and William Matteuzzi (and his high "F.") (83 minutes)

WELCOME BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!     This podcast features scenes from Mussorgsky's great work,     "Boris Godunov." The artists include: Cesare Siepi, George London, Norman Treigle, Sam Ramey,Alexander Kipnis, Ludwig Weber, Mark Reizen, Ezio Pinza,Martha Moedl, Eugenia Zareska, Kerstin Thorborg,Nicolai Gedda, Leonard Warren, and Benno Kusche  

Our second podcast dedicated to artists who celebrate birthdaysin the month of July: July 11:              Mattiwilda Dobbs (1925)            Nicolai Gedda  (1925) (in photo)            Ludmilla Dvorakova (1923)            Herman Prey     (1929)            Ebe Stignani  (1903) July 12:             Kirsten Flagstad  (1895)            Gloria Lane   (1925)                                     (71 minutes)

Several scenes from this lesser-known,but neverthelessbeautiful work. Featured in the scenes are: Yolanta:     Galina Vishneskaya, Michaela Gurevich,                      and Galina Gorchakova King Rene:     Nicolai Ghiaurov, Sergei Alexashkin,                                                 and Gheorghi Seleznev Vaudemont:       Nicolai Gedda and Gegam Grigorian  Robert        Dmitri Hvorostovsky                                    (50 minutes)

    A compilation of exciting cabalettas from various    operas as sung by some of the great artists of the past: Shirley Verrett, Montserrat Caballe, Virginia Zeani, Virginia Zeani, Elena Suliotis, Beverly Sills,Mado RobinGiulietta Simionato, Marilyn Horne, Christa Ludwig,Antonietta Stella, Joan Sutherland, Nicolai Gedda,Luciano Pavarotti, Alfredo Kraus, Franco Corelli,Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov,Sherrill Milnes,Carlo Bergonzi, and Richard Tucker