Unnatural Acts Of Opera

Maria Stuarda: Barbara Frittoli, Elisabetta: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Anna Kennedy: Rachel Hynes, Giorgio Talbot: Jonathan Lemalu, Roberto, Conte di Leicester: Paul Charles Clarke, Lord Guglielmo Cecil: Christopher Purves. Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Sir Charles Mackerras. Edinburgh, August 14, 2002...

Renata Tebaldi (Leonora), Fedora Barbieri (Preziosilla), Mario del Monaco (Alvaro), Aldo Protti (Carlo), Renato Capecchi (Melitone), Cesare Siepi (Guardiano), Teatro Communale di Firenze, Dimitri Mitropoulos. June 3, 1953.

Renata Tebaldi (Leonora), Fedora Barbieri (Preziosilla), Mario del Monaco (Alvaro), Aldo Protti (Carlo), Renato Capecchi (Melitone), Cesare Siepi (Guardiano), Teatro Communale di Firenze, Dimitri Mitropoulos. June 3, 1953.

Renata Tebaldi (Leonora), Fedora Barbieri (Preziosilla), Mario del Monaco (Alvaro), Aldo Protti (Carlo), Renato Capecchi (Melitone), Cesare Siepi (Guardiano), Teatro Communale di Firenze, Dimitri Mitropoulos. June 3, 1953.

The hand of fate gives little JJ his big chance, when he gets to introduce this podcast. Renata Tebaldi (Leonora), Fedora Barbieri (Preziosilla), Mario del Monaco (Alvaro), Aldo Protti (Carlo), Renato Capecchi (Melitone), Cesare Siepi (Guardiano), Teatro Communale di Firenze, Dimitri Mitropoulos. Ju...

Alles was ist, endet. Brunnhilde - Kirsten Flagstad; Siegfried - Max Lorenz; Gunther - Josef Herrmann; Hagen - Ludwig Weber; Gutrune - Hilde Konetzni; Woglinde - Magda Gabory; Wellgunde - Margherita Kenney; Flosshilde - Sieglinde Wagner. Teatro alla Scala, Milano, April 4, 1950. Conductor: Wilhelm F...

La Cieca, or rather the content of this podcast, redefines the word "special." Brunnhilde: Astrid Varnay; Siegfried: Bernd Aldenhoff; Hagen: Ludwig Weber; Alberich: Heinrich Pflanzl; Gunther: Hermann Uhde; Gutrune: Martha Modl. Festspielhaus Bayreuth, August 4, 1951. Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch.G...

The beginning of the end, with Birgit Nilsson singing the high C's. Brunnhilde: Birgit Nilsson; Siegfried: Wolfgang Windgassen; Hagen: Josef Greindl; Gunther: Thomas Stewart; Gutrune: Ludmilla Dvorakova; Waltraute: Martha Modl; 1. Norne: Marga Hoffgen 2. Norne: Annelies Burmeister; 3. Norne: Anja Si...

What creates the "Grand Opera Buzz?" Well, for La Cieca, it involves the third act of Siegfried, with Dame Gwyneth Jones as Brunnhilde. From Bayreuth, 1980, Pierre Boulez conducts. Siegfried: Manfred Jung; Wanderer: Donald McIntyre; Erda: Ortrun Wenkel.Siegfried at Wagneroperas.com.

La Cieca goes into the woods with Wilhelm Furtwangler and the RAI Orchestra in this performance from November 1953. Siegfried: Ludwig Suthaus; Mime: Julius Patzak; Wanderer: Ferdinand Frantz; Alberich: Alois Pernerstorfer; Fafner: Josef Greindl; Waldvogel: Rita Streich.Siegfried at Wagneroperas.com.

We forge ahead with a performance from Covent Garden, September 1957. Siegfried: Wolfgang Windgassen; Mime: Peter Klein; Wanderer: Hans Hotter. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe.Siegfried at Wagneroperas.com.

Golden-voiced Stimmdiva Helen Traubel dons the Valkyrie helmet. New York, November 1945. Wotan - Herbert Janssen; Sieglinde - Irene Jessner; Helmwige - Doris Doree; Gerhilde - Maxine Stellman; Ortlinde - Irene Jessner; Rossweisse - Doris Doe; Grimgerde - Martha Lipton; Waltraute - Jeanne Palmer; Si...

Enter Brunnhilde, in the person of Martha Modl. Wotan: Hans Hotter; Fricka: Georgine von Milinkovic; Sieglinde: Gre Brouwenstijn; Siegmund: Wolfgang Windgassen; Hunding: Josef Greindl. Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, April 4, 1955. Conductor: Josef Keilberth.Die Walkure at Wagneroperas.com.

Come in, collapse on the hearth, have a sip of mead, and listen to Part 2 of Wagner's Ring cycle in a performance from Bayreuth, 1967. Conductor: Karl Bohm. Siegmund: James King; Sieglinde: Leonie Rysanek; Hunding: Gerd Nienstedt..Die Walkure at Wagneroperas.com.

From the womb of Night and Death was spawned a race that dwells in Nibelheim. Part 1 of Wagner's Ring cycle in a performance from Bayreuth, August 11, 1951. Wotan: Sigurd Bjorling; Donner: Werner Faulhaber; Froh: Robert Bernauer; Loge: Walter Fritz; Alberich: Heinrich Pflanzl; Mime: Paul Kuen

Leopold Stokowski conducts this English-language performance, July 11, 1946. Carmen: Winifred Heidt; Don Jose: Ramon Vinay; Micaela: Marina Koshetz; Escamillo: James Pease. Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra.

Leopold Stokowski conducts this English-language performance, July 11, 1946. Carmen: Winifred Heidt; Don Jose: Ramon Vinay; Micaela: Marina Koshetz; Escamillo: James Pease. Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra.

Leopold Stokowski conducts this English-language performance, July 11, 1946. Carmen: Winifred Heidt; Don Jose: Ramon Vinay; Micaela: Marina Koshetz; Escamillo: James Pease. Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra.

Leopold Stokowski conducts this English-language performance, July 11, 1946. Carmen: Winifred Heidt; Don Jose: Ramon Vinay; Micaela: Marina Koshetz; Escamillo: James Pease. Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra.

Rossini's Biblical epic is conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch. Moses - Nicolai Ghiaurov; Sinais - Shirley Verrett; Pharaoh - Mario Petri; Eliezer - Giampaolo Corradi; Amenophis - Ottavio Garaventa; Auphis - Fernando Jacopucci; Osiris - Franco Ventriglia; Miriam - Gloria Lane; Anais - Teresa Zylis-Gara...