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# **[Il Mito dell'Opera Series](https://classicalpippo9.blogspot.com/2024/08/il-mito-dellopera-series.html)** 1. Il Mito dell'Opera - 18 ''Celeste Aida'' da Aida di Giuseppe Verdi (1908-1969) 2. Il Mito dell'Opera - 18 Che gelida manina da La Boheme di Puccini Vol.…

𝗚𝗜𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗢 𝗣𝗨𝗖𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗜 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿: 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘁, 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗹𝗲 The last year of 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗼 𝗣𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗶’s life was one of the most dramatic final chapters in the history of opera. It…

𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟭–𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟱) 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 – 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗿𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟭–𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟮) By 1851, the eleven-year-old 𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 was fully immersed in life at the…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗔𝗯𝗯𝗮𝗱𝗼: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 ⠀ 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 – 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗔𝗯𝗯𝗮𝗱𝗼 was born on 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟲, 𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟯, in 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻, into one of…

𝗕𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 — 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭 — 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 (𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟵–𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟯) Beverly Sills was born Belle Miriam Silverman on May 25, 1929, in Brooklyn, New York, to immigrant parents of Russian-Jewish descent. Music entered…

𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐆𝐢𝐠𝐥𝐢: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧-𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲, 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 There are tenors whose fame rests on brilliance, others on heroic force, and a very few whose voices seem…

𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗢 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗢𝗡𝗭𝗜: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗜 𝗔 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝗻 20 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 1. 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 Carlo Bergonzi was born on 13 July 1924 in Vidalenzo, near Parma, in…

𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗔 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗜 (𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟯–𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟵) — 𝗔 𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 𝗔𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶 was one of the most dazzling operatic figures of the nineteenth century, a singer whose name became almost synonymous with vocal beauty, aristocratic glamour, and…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗗𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗧 Opera and ballet were never fully separate worlds. From the 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 era onward, many major operas incorporated dances, ballets, divertissements,…

𝐋𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐟 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 There are conductors whose fame rests on glamorous institutions, and there are others whose greatness lies in something more durable: 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞,…

𝐓𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚, 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐞 There are opera conductors who serve repertory, and there are opera conductors who seem almost to stand…

𝐌𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐈 (𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟓–𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎) - 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇 — 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐀 𝐁𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑’𝐒 𝐃𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐀 𝐓𝐎 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀 𝐒𝐎𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝐓𝐇 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐘 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐀 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐀…

# **Generation Harmonia Mundi: The Family Spirit - **Box Set 18CDs [https://www.patreon.com/posts/generation-mundi-153011446?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/generation-mundi-153011446?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) CD 1 – **The heirs of Alfred Deller** – **Vivaldi**: *Stabat Mater* / **Cavalli** / **Handel** **The operatic odyssey of René Jacobs**…

𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬 33 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦… 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗡 𝗜𝗠𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗚𝗢𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗦 — 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗜, “𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔”, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗔 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗗 Vincenzo Bellini (3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) is one of those…

# **Andromeda Remastered 4 ** **ANDRCD9024** **Bruckner** – Symphonies Nos. 4, 7 & 8 – Otto Klemperer (1954–1957) **ANDRCD9025** **Schubert** – Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 – Hans Knappertsbusch (Live 1950–1957) **ANDRCD9027** **Strauss** –…

# **Luciano Pavarotti — A Life (II)** ## **Global Stardom and the Reign of the Tenor (1966–1985)** **Luciano Pavarotti** The period between **1966 and 1985** marks the true ascent of Luciano Pavarotti from an…

# **Great Italian and French Composers, by George T.Ferris ** **Complete Book: ** [https://classicalarchive.org/great-italian-and-french-composers-by-george-t-ferris/](https://classicalarchive.org/great-italian-and-french-composers-by-george-t-ferris/) ***Great Italian and French Composers*** is a **19th-century biographical and critical survey** written by the American music historian **George T.…

# **Archipel Digital Remastered 3 ** **ARPCD0369** **Pergolesi** – Stabat Mater – **Mario Rossi** **ARPCD0370** **Bruno Walter** to The Memory of **Arturo Toscanini** **ARPCD0371** **Beethoven** – Symphony No. 3, Leonore Overture No. 3 –…

# **Maria Callas Remastered - The Complete Studio Recordings 1949-1969 - 70 CDS** **CD1** **The First Recital** (The Complete Studio Recordings 1949–1969) **CD2** **La Gioconda** (Act 1) (The Complete Studio Recordings 1949–1969) **CD3** **La…

# **Arturo Toscanini - The Complete RCA Collection - Box Set ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/arturo-toscanini-148583168?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/arturo-toscanini-148583168?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) [https://www.discogs.com/es/release/4489165-Arturo-Toscanini-NBC-Symphony-Orchestra-New-York-Philharmonic-OrchestraPhiladelphia-Orchestra-Orches](https://www.discogs.com/es/release/4489165-Arturo-Toscanini-NBC-Symphony-Orchestra-New-York-Philharmonic-OrchestraPhiladelphia-Orchestra-Orches) **Volume 1**: **Ludwig van Beethoven** – Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra – Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 “Eroica” **Volume 2**:…

# **Herbert von Karajan - The Complete EMI Recordings Vol. 2 - Opera & Vocal [71CD Box Set] ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/herbert-von-emi-147400145?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/herbert-von-emi-147400145?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **CD 1** – **Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart**, **Giacomo Puccini** Opera Arias (1947) Baritone Vocals –…

# **Handel - Orlando - Nicholas McGegan ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-orlando-146976172?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-orlando-146976172?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Madness, Heroism, and the Collapse of the Baroque Ideal** **Orlando** is one of the most psychologically daring operas ever written by **George Frideric Handel**. Premiered…

# **Anecdotes and Curiosities from the Life and Work of Mikhail Glinka** **1. A sickly child who heard bells before music** Glinka spent his childhood at the family estate of Novospasskoye under the strict…

# **Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804–1857): A Life** ## **Chapter I — Noble Origins and Early Sensibility (1804–1817)** **Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka** was born on **1 June 1804** in **Novospasskoye**, Smolensk province, into a landowning Russian…