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𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁’𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿-𝗶𝗻-𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟳𝟴𝟮. This portrait is generally associated with 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿, the woman who became 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁’𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲 in 𝟭𝟳𝟴𝟮. It is…

𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟳𝟲𝟯. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗼 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗶. The painting is often attributed, although not with absolute certainty,…

𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗔 𝗧𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗗𝗜 — 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 — 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗧𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗶 was born on 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭, 𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟮, in 𝗣𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗼, the same Adriatic city that had once…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗔 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗦 — 𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 did not leave the world suddenly in the ordinary sense. Her physical death came on 𝟭𝟲 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟳, in her Paris apartment, but…

𝗟𝗘𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗬𝗡𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗘 — 𝗔 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝘁𝘆𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 did not simply sing; she seemed to 𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 with a rare emotional coherence and an almost spiritual authority. Her artistry never felt…

𝗕𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 — 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭 — 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 (𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟵–𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟯) Beverly Sills was born Belle Miriam Silverman on May 25, 1929, in Brooklyn, New York, to immigrant parents of Russian-Jewish descent. Music entered…

𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 There are baritones whose greatness lies in vocal beauty alone, and others whose greatness comes from something broader and…

𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 There are singers whose fame rests on sheer vocal splendor, and there are others whose greatness lies equally in the intelligence…

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…

𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐑𝐲𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐤: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞-𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 There are singers whose greatness lies in beauty of sound, and there are others whose greatness lies in something…

# **𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 - 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟮 — 𝗩𝗶𝘃𝗮 𝗹𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁à** **𝗗𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗢𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿** By 1787, **Lorenzo Da Ponte** had risen from uncertain newcomer to one of the…

# **𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 - 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟯 — 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴** **𝗗𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶, 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁** At the beginning of November 1787, Mozart wrote from Prague to his…

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟯: 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗦 — 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥, 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗚𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 (𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟮–𝟭𝟳𝟮𝟬) After the dazzling success of 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗼 in London, Handel entered one of the most important transitional phases…

𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗩 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥’𝗦 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗡𝗢. 𝟯 𝗜𝗡 𝗗 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗥: 𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗢𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘, 𝗖𝗢𝗦𝗠𝗜𝗖 𝗛𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗬, 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗦𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧 Gustav Mahler’s 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟯 𝗶𝗻 𝗗 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿 is one of the most immense…

𝐆𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤 – 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫 – 𝐈𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐬 – 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 https://www.patreon.com/posts/gluck-wagner-in-156565073?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣𝗛 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗗 𝗚𝗟𝗨𝗖𝗞’𝗦 𝗜𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗚É𝗡𝗜𝗘 𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗨𝗟𝗜𝗗𝗘, 𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗬 𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥: 𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗢𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠, 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗗𝗬, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗛-𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗬 𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦’𝗦 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗡𝗢. 𝟯 𝗜𝗡 𝗙 𝗠𝗔𝗝𝗢𝗥, 𝗢𝗣. 𝟵𝟬: 𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗢𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗬𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬, 𝗜𝗡𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗔, 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗢𝗜𝗖 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗠 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀: 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (Audio recordings…

𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗩 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥’𝗦 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗡𝗢. 𝟮 𝗜𝗡 𝗖 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗥, “𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡”: 𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗢𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛, 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘, 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (Audio Recordings in Patreon): https://www.patreon.com/collection/2129266 Gustav Mahler’s…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦’𝗦 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗡𝗢. 𝟭 𝗜𝗡 𝗖 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗥, 𝗢𝗣. 𝟲𝟴: 𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗢𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘, 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀: 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (Audio recordings in patreon)…

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟮: 𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 — 𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗗𝗢 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗘 (𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟬–𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟮) When Handel moved from 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 toward 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻, he was no longer the uncertain young musician who had once left…

𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐓𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬’s 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 Leonard Bernstein occupied a decisive place in the artistic formation of Michael Tilson Thomas. Although Tilson Thomas came from a deeply musical background and…

𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟭, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟰 – 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟮, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 The world of classical music says goodbye to 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀, one of the most distinctive, imaginative, and influential conductors of his generation. He…

𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗚𝗜𝗧 𝗡𝗜𝗟𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗡: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗟 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝗻 20 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 1. 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗶𝗹 Birgit Nilsson was born Märta Birgit Svensson on 17 May 1918 in Västra Karup, Sweden,…

𝗞𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗙𝗟𝗔𝗚𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗗: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝗻 20 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 1. 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad was born on 12 July 1895 in Hamar, Norway, and died on 7 December 1962…

𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗢 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗢𝗡𝗭𝗜: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗜 𝗔 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝗻 20 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 1. 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 Carlo Bergonzi was born on 13 July 1924 in Vidalenzo, near Parma, in…