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# **Portrait of Pauline Viardot (1853), by ****[Eugène Pluchart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Pluchart)**

# **Pauline Viardot**, painting by [Ary Scheffer](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ary_Scheffer) **(1840)**.

# **Pauline Viardot as Orpheus in Gluck's opera *****Orpheus and Eurydice***

# **Anecdotes & Curiosities from the Life of Pauline Viardot** **Her Friendships, Secrets, Collaborations, and Influence on the Composers of Her Century** ## **1. Berlioz and the moment he found his true Orfeo** Hector…

# **Pauline Viardot — A Life in 20 Chapters** **The Voice of Europe, The Muse of Composers, and One of the Most Influential Artists of the 19th Century** ## **Chapter 1 — A Childhood…

**Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809 - 1847)** # **Elias, op. 70 ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/felix-bartholdy-145089313?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/felix-bartholdy-145089313?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Oratorio in two parts (German version: Leipzig, 1848)** **Libretto**: Julius Schubring/Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy **Julie Roset**, soprano (Der Knabe) **Siobhan Stagg**, soprano (Ein Engel, Die…

# **Mendelssohn - Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5 - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Maxim Emelyanychev ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-nos-145088985?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-nos-145088985?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Mendelssohn - The Young Felix Mendelssohn - The Atlantis Ensemble - Original Instruments ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-145088126?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-145088126?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **CD 1** **Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 1 (1824)** 1 Allegro vivace 2 Adagio 3 Scherzo -…

# **Mendelssohn - 12 String Symphonies - London Festival - Ross Pople ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-12-145087950?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-12-145087950?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Mendelssohn - Symphony No.5 (Reformation) & Erste Walpurgisnacht Op.60 - Philharmonia Orchestra - Francesco D'Avalos (ASV) ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-no-5-145087527?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-no-5-145087527?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Mendelssohn - Octet, Op. 20 - Eroica Quartet: How could someone so young have written something so perfect?** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-op-145087239?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-op-145087239?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)** ** **A Miracle of Youth, a Blueprint for Romantic Chamber Music, and One of…

# **Mendelssohn - Midsummer Night's Dream - Judith Howarth, Jean Rigby, Bach Choir, Philharmonia - Francesco D'Avalos ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-jean-145086858?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-jean-145086858?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Haydn - Symphonies Nos. 24, 30, 42 & 43 - Gyorgy Vashegyi ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-145084937?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-145084937?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Johann Adolf Hasse – *****L’Olimpiade***** (1756 / versions 1735–1762) - Frieder Bernius** *A Masterwork of Opera Seria, Olympian Virtuosity, and Metastasian Drama * [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/hasse-lolimpiade-145081214?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/hasse-lolimpiade-145081214?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/hasse-lolimpiade-145081214?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **1. The Libretto: Metastasio’s Most Perfect Dramatic Architecture**…

# **Baldassare Galuppi - Il mondo alla roversa - Opera - 1750 - Diego Fasolis** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/baldassare-il-145072446?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/baldassare-il-145072446?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) [https://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/jan02/Galuppi.htm](https://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/jan02/Galuppi.htm) **A Comic Opera of Social Inversion and Enlightenment Wit** **Baldassare Galuppi** (1706–1785), one of the central architects…

# **Boccherini - Cello Concertos G 480 , G 483 , G 476 , G 573 - Anner Bylsma - Tafelmusik - Jeanne Lamon ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/boccherini-cello-145065184?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/boccherini-cello-145065184?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)