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𝗟𝗨𝗜𝗚𝗜 𝗕𝗢𝗖𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗜: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗘𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗢 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗟𝘂𝗶𝗴𝗶 𝗕𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝟭𝟵 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟰𝟯, 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗮, 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗱: 𝟮𝟴 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟱, 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗱, 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻 Among the great composers of the Classical…

𝗚𝗶𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗼 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶-𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗮𝘇𝘇𝗮 (Udine, 1869–1940), 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗼 (San Francisco, 1853–New York, 1931), 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶 (Parma, 1867–New York, 1957), and 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗼 𝗣𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗶 (Lucca, 1858–Brussels, 1924) at the premiere of La Fanciulla del West, New York, United…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗼𝘀𝗼 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶 (1687–1762) was an Italian Baroque composer, violin virtuoso, and influential music theorist, and he stands among the most important…

**Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762) **was an Italian Baroque composer, violin virtuoso, and influential music theorist. Born in Lucca, he studied with Arcangelo Corelli in Rome and absorbed the Italian violin tradition at its highest level.…

**Giulio Gatti-Casazza **(Udine, 1869-1940), **David Belasco **(San Francisco, 1853-New York, 1931), **Arturo Toscanini (**Parma, 1867-New York, 1957) **Giacomo Puccini **(Lucca, 1858-Brussels, 1924) **at the premiere for La Fanciulla del West,** New York. United States…

𝗙𝗜𝗙𝗧𝗬 𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟳𝟱𝟬 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟱 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺, 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 The 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱 was not merely the age of 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻, 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 and 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻.…

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…

𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢 𝗣𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗜: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖 𝗩𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗢𝗦𝗢 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗢𝗔: 𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗦𝗛 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 Nicolo Paganini was born in 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗮 𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟳, 𝟭𝟳𝟴𝟮, into a…

# **Puccini – His Life and Works – Julian Budden ** **Complete Book: ** [https://classicalarchive.org/puccini-his-life-and-works-julian-budden/](https://classicalarchive.org/puccini-his-life-and-works-julian-budden/)** ** Julian Budden’s *Puccini – His Life and Works* is widely regarded as **the most authoritative, balanced, and musically…

# THE MAKING OF *TOSCA* **A Complete History of the Opera’s Composition, 1896–1899** ## **I. Origins: Sardou, Bernhardt, and a Reluctant Puccini (1893–1896)** Although *Tosca* premiered in 1900, its roots stretch back several years…

# **The Heart of Puccini: A Study of His Life Through the Women He Created** ## 1. **Le Villi (1884)** – Anna and the “abandoned woman” of Puccini’s imagination **On stage** Puccini’s first opera…

Demos la bienvenida a los nuevos miembros. Marina Muchnik, Sebastian L. Sem - Composer, Narendra Kumar J, Rolando Jara Jorquera, Alex Hamidfar, Luca Amatruda, Svetlana Barinova, José Luis Paz Pantoja, Miguel Dubois Thenaisie, Filomena…

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 — 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 — 𝗜𝗺 𝗔𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼𝘁 — 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽 · 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 · 𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗶

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 — 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 — 𝗜. 𝗙𝗿ü𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 — 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽 · 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 · 𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗶

𝗙𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘄 : 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮 - 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘇 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvQKpjB_RpA&t=2062s 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽 (Lady Harriet Durham) 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗹 (Nancy) 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗻 (Lord Tristan Michaelford) 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗺 (Lionel) 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗵 (Plumket) 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗮 (Judge of Richmond) Bavarian Radio Chorus…

𝗥. 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 — 𝗗𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 - 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗼𝗻 · 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 · 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽 · 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗵 · 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗼 𝗞𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 - 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿 - Absolute Reference Recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Fs3L8Caek&list=PLalhy4gc-IILLpxIQldtNVvN8O570nLVF&index=1 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗼𝗻 — Feldmarschallin 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿…

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 — 𝗙𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗼 - 𝗚𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘇 · 𝗥𝗲𝗻é 𝗞𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼 · 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽 · 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗴𝘄𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 · 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿-𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗸𝗮𝘂 · 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻 - 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 - Absolute Reference Recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_-dVNNAOFA&list=PLxV6VwFCe9690G6ugrUScedxr3-OcWEow&index=1 Recording: Musikverein, Großer Saal, Vienna…

𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 — 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗼 — 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗸𝗹 — 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽 — 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹 — 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8TQdnuCN4E&list=OLAK5uy_nBHIVPptiCp9gkXzhe5tBnywtyiPBpdpA&index=1 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗸𝗹 — Rigoletto 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽 — Gilda 𝗝𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹 — Il Duca di Mantova 𝗝𝗮𝗻-𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗸 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 — Sparafucile 𝗞𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗧á𝗸á𝗰𝘀 —…

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀 — 𝗗𝗶𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝘂 𝗼𝗵𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 — 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 — 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟰 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGm3FsBnPEM 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗥𝘆𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗸 — The Empress 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 — The Emperor 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 — The Nurse 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 — Barak 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 —…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗜 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗧𝗢: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗢𝗪𝗡 The 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗶𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 in 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘁𝗼, in the province of 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮, is one of the most meaningful public tributes to the great…

Handel. Opera Rinaldo HWV 7a (1711) | Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2011 | Ottavio Dantone Rinaldo – Sonia Prina Goffredo – Varduhi Abrahamyan Eustazio – Tim Mead Almirena – Anett Fritsch Armida – Brenda Rae…

𝗚𝗶𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗲 𝗗𝗲 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗮 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗲 𝗗𝗲 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗮 was one of the most refined Italian baritones of the twentieth century, admired not for overwhelming vocal force but for…

𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗼 𝗩𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗶 — 𝗢𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗼, 𝗥𝗩 𝟳𝟮𝟴 — 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗼 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀 Production: Festival della Valle d’Itria, Martina Franca, 2017 Orchestra: I Barocchisti Orlando: Sonia Prina Angelica: Michela Antenucci Alcina: Lucia Cirillo Bradamante: Loriana Castellano Medoro:…