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# **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 —…

# **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**…

𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟗, 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤

𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟕

Mahler: 𝐈𝟗𝟏𝟎. 𝐒.𝐒. 𝐊𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦 𝐈𝐈. 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟎 𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝟏𝟖-𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟎 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟓-𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟎

𝐆𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐯 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝟒𝟕 - 1907

𝐆𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐯 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐦’𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐠𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟕, 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟗, 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐖𝐀 𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 (𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭) 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐤 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐣𝐞𝐫, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤 (𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨: 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠) AI-Colorized Photo

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋 𝐈𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐙 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐊𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐉𝐀𝐍’𝐒 𝐄𝐀𝐑 “There is a girl called Janowitz, Graz. Find her.” Back in Graz, she received a phone call summoning her to the Vienna State Opera. “It is…

𝐆𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐋𝐀 𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐙: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐑-𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐎𝐙𝐀𝐑𝐓, 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐋𝐘𝐑𝐈𝐂 𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐖𝐀𝐑 𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄 Gundula Janowitz belongs to that very rare group of sopranos whose voices seem to exist almost beyond ordinary…

𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧 (𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟖–𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟐) 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐜 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬 (𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟒–𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟗)

Elisabeth Schumann as Eva in Richard Wagner 's opera 'Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg' - 'The Mastersingers of Nuremberg'

with Richard Strauss

𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫: 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Wagner’s female characters are among the most compelling in nineteenth-century opera. Isolde, Brünnhilde, Elisabeth, Senta, Kundry and others possess immense dramatic force, psychological intensity, and symbolic importance.…

𝐒𝐢𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥, 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟕

𝐒𝐢𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥, 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟕

Karajan with opera singer Grace Bumbry as Carmen in 1967

Herbert von Karajan talking to conductor George Szell -1957 (photo)

Herbert von Karajan talking to violinist Nathan Milstein -1957

Herbert von Karajan - portrait of the Austrian conductor, Berlin, 1966