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𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 𝗥𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗕𝗘𝗥’𝗦 𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗢𝗦 𝗙𝗟𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗙-𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠 In Rupert Hughes’s account of 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿, the young composer’s emotional life does not…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 𝗥𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗕𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗘𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 In Rupert Hughes’s portrait of Beethoven, love does not enter as a graceful ornament, nor as…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 𝗥𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧’𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦, 𝗗𝗘𝗕𝗧, 𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗦 After the wedding of 𝟰 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟳𝟴𝟮, the story of Mozart and Constanze ceased to…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 𝗥𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗭𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 After the painful disillusion with 𝗔𝗹𝗼𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿, Rupert Hughes presents one of the strangest turns in…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜𝗜 𝗥𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗦𝗞𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡-𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥 After 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿, whose music transformed desire into one of the supreme artistic languages of the nineteenth century while his…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 — 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜𝗜 𝗥𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 — 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗥𝗧, 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗜𝗡 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 After the dazzling and restless world of 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁, Rupert Hughes turns to a…

𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗩𝗢 𝗗𝗨𝗗𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗟: 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗦, 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗕𝗢𝗟, 𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚? Gustavo Dudamel is one of the few conductors of the 21st century whose name has crossed the narrow borders of the classical-music world. That fact alone…

𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗛 𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗡 — 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖? To call 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻 the greatest innovator in the history of music is a bold claim, and it must…

𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗡, 𝗕𝗬 𝗝. 𝗖𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗡 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟱 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗡𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗔 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗢𝗪 𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗔𝗪𝗡 The years around 𝟭𝟳𝟱𝟵–𝟭𝟳𝟲𝟬 should have been, and in…

𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗻𝘀 was not a composer, nor was he primarily a musical thinker in the way that Goethe, Hoffmann, Tolstoy, or Thomas Mann could be said…

𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗡, 𝗕𝗬 𝗝. 𝗖𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗡 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟯 𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗗𝗢𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗣 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗦 The young 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻 did not find his…

𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗡, 𝗕𝗬 𝗝. 𝗖𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗡 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟮 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗔 — 𝟭𝟳𝟱𝟬–𝟭𝟳𝟲𝟬 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗡 𝗘𝗫-𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗔: 𝗔 𝗕𝗢𝗬 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗔 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘, 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗬, 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗔 𝗙𝗨𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗖. 𝗙. 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝘀 — 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗜𝗜 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀: 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿, 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺, 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗜. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗜𝗜 Chapter VII of C. F. Abdy Williams’s…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶’𝘀 𝗢𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼 was one of the most powerful and celebrated dramatic tenors of the nineteenth century, a singer whose name is forever linked with…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗖. 𝗙. 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝘀 — 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗽𝘇𝗶𝗴: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗢𝗳 𝗦𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵’𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗜. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩 Chapter V of C.…

𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗞𝗟𝗘𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗥’𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 “𝗘𝗥𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗔” 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘅 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 One of the most fascinating paradoxes in the history of conducting is that 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿,…

𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗢𝗦 𝗞𝗟𝗘𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗢𝗪 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Few relationships in the history of conducting have been more fascinating, more frequently invoked, and more difficult…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗥 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗔𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 “𝗔𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲” 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝘅𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 Among the images associated with 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵,…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗖. 𝗙. 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝘀 — 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗮: 𝗔 𝗗𝘆𝗻𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗔 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 The first chapter of C. F.…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 — 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟰 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗝𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗺, 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟯 Chapter 4 is one of the turning-points…

𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗔𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡’𝗦 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗕𝗘𝗗 𝗔 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀, 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟳 The episode of 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 visiting the dying 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 is one…

𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗔 𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗𝗦 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗛𝗘𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗡 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗟 The meeting between 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 and 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 belongs to those rare…

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐨: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢, 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 There are baritones whose greatness rests on style, others on refinement, and a very few whose very sound seems to…

𝗣𝗬𝗢𝗧𝗥 𝗜𝗟𝗬𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗦𝗞𝗬’𝗦 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗡𝗢. 𝟭 𝗜𝗡 𝗚 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗥, 𝗢𝗣. 𝟭𝟯, “𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗠𝗦”: 𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗢𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗟𝗬𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗠, 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆: 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (Audio…