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𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 A late photograph of an affectionate diva with her mentor, 𝐌𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐧, perhaps taken in Greece during their final stage performances together in 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢’𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚 at 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐮𝐬, 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟎.…

With 22 year-old student conductor, 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗻, and Maria callas (she recommended as a replacement conductor for a production of 𝗟𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝗵𝗲̀𝗺𝗲, thereby launching his career.)

On December 4, 1953, 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 conducted at 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮 for the first time, in a production of 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗶’𝘀 “𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗮.” 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 (1923-1977) sang the title role. Bernstein was the first American to…

Sir Thomas Beecham, Conductor

𝗥𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼: 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶 Recorded in studio 1954 Conductor: Tullio Serafin Orchestra & chorus: Teatro alla Scala Nedda: 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 Canio: 𝗚𝗶𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗲 𝗱𝗶 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗻𝗼 Tonio: 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗼𝗯𝗯𝗶 Silvio: 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗶 Beppe: 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBV8j3iHO_Q

Maria Callas with conductor, Nicola Rescigno

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄ä𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 – 𝗗𝗶𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗽𝘂𝘁 Wilhelm Furtwängler is remembered above all as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, yet composition remained for him a lifelong…

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄ä𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿: 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗡𝗿. 𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗛 𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟭) - 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗸 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMca_16Ps-k 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄ä𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝟭𝟲 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟮

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄ä𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 - 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼.𝟮 - 𝗕𝗕𝗖 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 - 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿: 𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrbXlBd8ajQ 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄ä𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝘆 - 1898 - 12 years

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝘇𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹í𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝘀á𝗸𝘆-𝗦𝘇é𝗹𝗹, 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹í𝗸, 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗮 𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟬. (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝘂𝗯𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻, 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝘀, 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗻: https://www.patreon.com/collection/2116812 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟬𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝘂𝗯𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻, 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿

𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻 - 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱 https://www.patreon.com/posts/kirill-of-legend-155883891?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵: Symphony No. 4 in C Minor Op. 43 USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin 𝗖𝗗 𝟮 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆: Piano Concerto No. 1 in…

𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶, 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿, 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄ä𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿, 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻, 𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟵 This historic photograph, taken in Berlin in 1929, brings together five of the most legendary conductors of the 20th century: Bruno Walter,…

𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻: 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟭𝟭 (1824)- 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 (conductor) Recorded: 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟮, 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2IaWQ3qv8s&t=743s 𝗜. 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗼 𝗱𝗶 𝗺𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗼 (𝗖 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿) The symphony opens with a bold, vigorous gesture — a…

𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 1. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗴𝘆 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 Felix Mendelssohn was not merely a talented child — he was 𝗮 𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗻. Born in Hamburg in 1809 into a…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗫 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗛𝗡 (𝗜𝗜) “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀” (𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟳–𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟭) 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟴: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗭𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 By 1817, when Felix was eight years old, his father decided that the time had…

Narcisse Girard (28 January 1797 – 16 January 1860) was a French violinist, conductor and composer. Conductor in the Premiere. Having already been taken ill during a Conservatoire concert, Girard collapsed while conducting, towards…

𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝟮𝟭 𝘁𝗼 𝟰𝟭 - 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗴𝗲𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘄 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 - 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗳 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘀 https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-21-to-41-138352267?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗳 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘀 occupies a very special place in the 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆. He was not a “revolutionary”…

𝗟𝗲𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝘀 - 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗽é𝗹𝗶𝗮 (𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁) - 𝗢𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗘 𝗗𝗘 𝗟'𝗢𝗣É𝗥𝗔 𝗗𝗘 𝗟𝗬𝗢𝗡 - 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿: 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗡𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗼 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmkAcc8hOkQ&t=2922s

𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗶𝗷𝗶 𝗢𝘇𝗮𝘄𝗮 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮'𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻’𝘀 "𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮" 𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟱, 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟬, 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗢’𝘀…

𝗠𝘆𝘂𝗻𝗴-𝗪𝗵𝘂𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗲𝗻: 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗹î𝗹𝗮 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗬𝘃𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱 (𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼) & 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱 (𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘁) 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia9qADMR7zQ&list=OLAK5uy_lZixyjkEwMYoJC3F59wOgj9dcddFbiEF0&index=1 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗹î𝗹𝗮-𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲 is one of…

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𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘁ó𝗸 - 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼. 𝟯, 𝗦𝘇. 𝟭𝟭𝟵 - 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼: 𝗚é𝘇𝗮 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿: 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟵, 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNcycJkofRg 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻-𝗝𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝗣á𝘀𝘇𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆-𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘁ó𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗕é𝗹𝗮, 𝘄𝗵𝗼…

𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗩’𝗦 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗘, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗨𝗥𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗟𝗔𝗭𝗨𝗡𝗢𝗩 𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟱, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁. 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟴, 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟳 (𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟲 𝗢.𝗦.).…