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𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁: 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿 KV 427 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿, soprano I 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗧𝗼̈𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿, soprano II 𝗘𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿, tenor 𝗜𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶, bass 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁.-𝗛𝗲𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴𝘀-𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗲 (Chorus master: 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿) 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗼-𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲-𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 Conducted by 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰…

𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗝𝘂𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼́𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗮 – died at 19 – unknown, possibly tuberculosis. 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘂𝗯𝗸𝗲 – died at 24 – tuberculosis. 𝗟𝗶𝗹𝗶 𝗕𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 – died at 24 –…

𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 (1770–1827) 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟵 𝗶𝗻 𝗗 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟭𝟮𝟱, “𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹” - 1955 https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=3ELRNz4PVoc&t=2847s&fbclid=IwY2xjawQzjutleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFYeHF4V1I3bTFZVzh6TlVUc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHoeNlOmDMJ3124ev6mbncEQicDZmXyIjOpfBEipFjj3z9XrfSLOy5UL_VMYj_aem_C_gfzQtdg2suypVMHiFwgw 𝗢𝗹𝗴𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘇𝗸𝗼𝗽𝗳 (1915–2006), Soprano 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗮 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗛𝗼̈𝗳𝗴𝗲𝗻 (1921–1995), Alto 𝗘𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿 (1919–2007), Tenor 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼…

# **𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 - CHAPTER 12 - Ashes ** ## **I. Arrival in Paris: Promise Beneath Gathering Shadows** When **Mozart** and his mother **Maria Anna Mozart** reached **Paris on 23 March 1778**,…

𝐊𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 - Musician, Conductor, Austria *05.08.1890-27.01.1956+ - with his wife 𝐑𝐮𝐭𝐡 and 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚 𝐊𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫 - 1928 - Published by: 'Der Querschnitt' 06/1928 Vintage property of ullstein bild

𝐏𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐢 - 𝐓𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐚 [𝐄𝐌𝐈 𝟓 𝟔𝟕𝟕𝟓𝟔 𝟐] 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬, 𝐃𝐢 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐨, 𝐆𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐢, 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐚, 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐨 𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐝𝐢 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐨 https://www.patreon.com/posts/puccini-tosca-5-136688109?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝐏𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐢’𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟…

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…

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐀 𝐉𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐙𝐀 (𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟕–𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟐) 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐈𝐕𝐀 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐎𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐎 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐀, 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐘𝐎𝐑𝐊, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐔𝐂𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐈 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐒 — 𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐀 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐀 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃…

**𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 - 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟎 — 𝐍𝐨 𝐕𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞** **𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐳𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠 𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝: 𝐀 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧** When **Wolfgang Mozart** and his mother **Maria Anna Mozart** left Salzburg in **September 1777**, this…

𝐍𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 – 𝐀 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏 – 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 (𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟕–𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟎) Nadia Juliette Boulanger was born in Paris on 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟔, 𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟕, into a household steeped in music. Her…

𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐃 𝐕𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐘 (𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟖–𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔) 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐒𝐎𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐎 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐀𝐘𝐑𝐄𝐔𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐀 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀 — 𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐲 (𝟐𝟓 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥…

# **Joan Sutherland - The Complete Decca Recordings - The Operas 1971-1988 - Box Set 46CDs ** en negrita el nombre del cd y el compositor: CD 1-2 VERDI: Rigoletto RICHARD BONYNGE CD 3-4…

𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐋 𝐍𝐈𝐄𝐋𝐒𝐄𝐍 (𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟓–𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟏): 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 Carl Nielsen (1865–1931) is often presented as one of the strongest and healthiest figures in Scandinavian music: the great Danish symphonist, a…

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬 (𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟑–𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟕) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 (𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟔–𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟎)

# **Joan Sutherland - The Complete Decca Recordings - The Operas 1959-1970 - Box Set 49CDs ** CD 1–2 — **Handel: Alcina** Fritz Wunderlich · Ferdinand Leitner (Live from Cologne, 1959) CD 3 —…

𝐉𝐄𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐔𝐒 (𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟓–𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟕) 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐂 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐔𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐘𝐓𝐇 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐍𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐀 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 “𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐧” 𝐒𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐬 was born on 𝟖 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟓 in the…

# **Massenet Edition - Box Set 23CDs** **CD 1-2** **Massenet: Don Quichotte** Jacques Loreau, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Pascal Beaujon, Régine Crespin, James Amman, Aron Gestner, Annick Dutertre, Jean-Marie Fremeau, Michèle Command, Peyo Garazzi, Gabriel Bacquier,…

𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 - 𝗗𝗮𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗿𝗱𝗲 - 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 - 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 - 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗞𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼 - 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 https://www.patreon.com/posts/mahler-das-lied-152756841?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 – 𝗗𝗔𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗩𝗢𝗡 𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗘: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗢 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁…

𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐀𝐙𝐄𝐋 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐘 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐒𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐍 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐘 — 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐥 was born on 𝟔 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡…

𝐌𝐨𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐭 - 𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐑𝐞 𝐝𝐢 𝐏𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 - 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGtl5eyQThI Complete Download Video in Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-mitridate-152562575?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐨 — Arbate 𝐘𝐯𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐲 — Aspasia 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐣𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐠 — Farnace 𝐉𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 —…

𝐌𝐨𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐭 - 𝐃𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐢𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢 - 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚, 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐆𝐢𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢 - [𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚] – 𝐉𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 - [𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐄𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐚] – 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐳𝐤𝐨𝐩𝐟 - [𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚] – 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢 - [𝐃𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨] – 𝐋𝐮𝐢𝐠𝐢…

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# **The Vivaldi Case. Federico María Sardelli. Turner Editions. Madrid, 2017** The specialist in the Venetian composer **Antonio Vivaldi**, **Federico María Sardelli**, has created in *The Vivaldi Case* a web of historical intrigue that…