Posts / Photos

## 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗻 — 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿-𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 **Jean Martinon (1910–1976)** remains one of the most fascinating French musicians of the 20th century:…

# **Vivaldi - Gloria e Imeneo - Serenata - 1725 - Stefan Plewniak ** [[https://classicalarchive.org/patreon/](https://classicalarchive.org/patreon/)](https://classicalarchive.org/patreon/) Antonio Vivaldi wrote ***Gloria e Imeneo RV 687*** in **1725** as a **serenata** — a semi-staged celebratory work that…

𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁-𝗦𝗮ë𝗻𝘀 (𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟱–𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟭) was a 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿, 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, He was born on 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟵, 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟱, 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, and displayed 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗲. He was already 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴…

# **Andromeda Remastered 5** **ANDRCD9082** **Johann Strauss** – Die Fledermaus – Herbert von Karajan (Vienna 1960) **ANDRCD9083** **Beethoven** – Fidelio – Herbert von Karajan (Vienna 1960) **ANDRCD9084** **Wagner** – Rienzi – Josef Krips (Vienna…

**Igor Stravinsky** (1882–1971) was one of the most influential and revolutionary composers of the 20th century. Born in Russia and later living in France and the United States, he constantly reinvented his musical language,…

**Mikhail Glinka** (1804–1857) is widely regarded as **the father of Russian classical music**. Born into a noble family, he received a cosmopolitan education and absorbed Western European traditions during extended travels in Italy, Germany,…

# **Verdi - Il Trovatore - Fausto Cleva - Franco Corelli - Leontyne Price - The Metropolitan Opera - Live Performance in 1961 ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/verdi-il-fausto-149642820?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/verdi-il-fausto-149642820?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Vieuxtemps - Cello Concertos - Heinrich Schiff - Neville Marriner ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/vieuxtemps-cello-147550012?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/vieuxtemps-cello-147550012?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/vieuxtemps-cello-147550012?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) Henri Vieuxtemps is remembered above all as a towering violin virtuoso and composer, yet his contribution to the cello repertoire—though limited…

Franco Corelli

# **Placido Domingo - Recitar!... Vesti la Giubba, **aria from **Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci"**, in Franco Zeffirelli's 1981 film version. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hxonfpfuTY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hxonfpfuTY)

# **André Cluytens — His Relationships with Musicians, Conductors, and Soloists** André Cluytens’ artistic life was shaped not by rivalries or power struggles, but by **networks of trust, quiet authority, and deep professional respect**.…

# **André Cluytens — Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Life in Music** André Cluytens (1905–1967) remains one of the most **subtle, intelligent, and paradoxically understated conductors** of the twentieth century. Revered by musicians, quietly…

# **Giuseppe Verdi: Aida - Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Grace Bumbry, Mario Sereni - Teatro dell’Opera di Roma - Zubin Mehta** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/giuseppe-verdi-147060106?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/giuseppe-verdi-147060106?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)

# **Mozart: Early Compositions and the Astonishing Years from 7 to 11** By the age of six, **Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart** was already composing with ease: **five minuets, a sonata, and an allegro**, works that,…

**The Turandot cast (Franco Corelli, Birgit Nilsson and Mirella Freni) **with Julie Andrews (1966 Metropolitan Opera)

# **Franco Corelli, Leontyne Price, Rudolf Bing ** Metropolitan Opera audiences began an extraordinary love affair with American soprano Leontyne Price immediately upon her debut on January 27, 1961 Price was a known entity…

# **Franco Corelli and Renata Tebaldi in Memphis, 1972**

# **Saint-Saëns - Les Barbares - Opera - 1901 - Laurent Campellone** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/saint-saens-les-144677820?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/saint-saens-les-144677820?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/saint-saens-les-144677820?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **SAINT-SAËNS — *****LES BARBARES*** *A Narrative History of the Opera* ## **I. Genesis of an Ambitious Project: France’s Operatic Landscape in…

# **Victorien Sardo**u, French writer,** Camille Saint-Saëns**, French pianist, organist, and composer, and **Pierre Barthélémy Gheusi, **French journalist and writer. **They created the tragédie lyrique 'Les Barbares' in 1901 in Paris**, France. (Photo by…

# **Celebration of the birth of the “ballet de cour”** The engraving corresponds to the year **1582**, since it is a **later re-engraving** based on the original copper plate included in *Ballet comique de…

# **LULLY’S RELATIONSHIP WITH LOUIS XIV IN THE FINAL YEARS** *A narrative study of devotion, distance, power, and decline* In the last decade of Jean-Baptiste Lully’s life, his relationship with **Louis XIV**—the monarch who…

# **LULLY VS. RAMEAU — DEATH, LEGACY, AND MUSICAL WORLDS** *A comparative essay on the end of two eras* Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean-Philippe Rameau never met, and yet their artistic identities feel destined to…

# **THE DEATH OF LULLY — A COMPLETE ANALYSIS** *A narrative reconstruction of illness, decline, and legacy* ## **I. Paris, 1686 — The Exhaustion of a Life at Court** In the winter of 1686,…

# **Lully - Ballet Royal de la Naissance de Vénus - Christophe Rousset ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/lully-ballet-de-144111335?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/lully-ballet-de-144111335?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Lully – *****Ballet Royal de la Naissance de Vénus*** When **Jean-Baptiste Lully** composed the *Ballet Royal de la Naissance…