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# **Verdi - The Great Operas - Box Set 35CDs ** **CD 1-2** **Verdi: Nabucco** Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Renata Scotto (soprano), Elena Obraztsova (mezzo-soprano), Veriano Luchetti (tenor), Matteo Manuguerra (baritone), Anne Edwards (soprano), Robert…

𝐉𝐄𝐀𝐍-𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐄 𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐔 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐘... 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐐𝐔𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 One of the greatest musical thinkers in history transformed both music theory and French opera forever. When 𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐧-𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐮 (𝟏𝟔𝟖𝟑–𝟏𝟕𝟔𝟒) was approaching 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐲, he was respected…

𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗬: 𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗩 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗟𝗠𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥’𝗦 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗗𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗡 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗔 The marriage of 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 and 𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗿, celebrated in Vienna on 𝟵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟮, was not the magnificent public event…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻: 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗼 𝗢𝗽. 𝟭𝟳 (𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟲) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzTcsluFxU4 After 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁’𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵, whom she outlived by 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀, 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 devoted much of her professional life to 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 her husband’s music—through the meticulous firm of 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗸𝗼𝗽𝗳…

𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗦𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟱 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 Ferenc Fricsay’s international career lasted scarcely fifteen years, yet he left one of the most concentrated and consistently distinguished discographies of the twentieth century. He died in…

𝗘𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗼 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗢𝗳 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗼 was one of the most famous singers in the entire history of opera and perhaps the first operatic tenor…

On November 25, 1927, 𝗠𝘆𝗿𝗮 𝗛𝗲𝘀𝘀 made her debut with the 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 in Schumann’s Piano Concerto. 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸 conducted. 𝗠𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗱 in the Chicago News commented that 𝗛𝗲𝘀𝘀 performed “in a way…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝟰𝟴 𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗔 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵, 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗜. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱…

𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 (𝟭𝟲𝟰𝟯–𝟭𝟲𝟴𝟮): 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀, 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮, born in 𝟭𝟲𝟰𝟯 and murdered in 𝟭𝟲𝟴𝟮, occupies one of the most dramatic…

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 The first meeting between 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 and 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 took place on 𝟭𝟬 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟯, in 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀, when…

𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗩 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗟𝗠𝗔 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗗𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗞𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗦𝗞𝗜𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗘 — 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗔, 𝟵 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟮 The marriage of 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 and 𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗿 took place in 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, at the 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲, on 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵…

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 — 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴, 𝟭𝟳/𝟮𝟵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟰 This remarkable photograph shows 𝗣𝘆𝗼𝘁𝗿 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 in 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟰, seated among three men connected with his personal and family circle. The photograph…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗢 𝗜𝗡 𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗝𝗢𝗥, 𝗢𝗣. 𝟳𝟳, 𝗕𝗬 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗧𝗦 𝗗𝗘𝗘𝗣 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗛 𝗝𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗠 https://www.patreon.com/collection/2148724 The origins of 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀’𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗗 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟳𝟳, lead us back to…

𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 There are pianists whose greatness rests on elegance, others on poetry, others on sheer force, and a very rare few whose art…

Francesco Corti

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗔 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗧 — 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀 𝗔𝘁 𝟯𝟳 (𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗵) Rossini’s “retirement” is one of the most haunting paradoxes in music history: Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)—the most…

# **THE DEATH OF FANNY MENDELSSOHN — A COMPLETE ANALYSIS** ## **I. The Final Spring of 1847: A Life at Full Intensity** During the spring of 1847, **Fanny Mendelssohn** lived one of the most…