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𝗟𝗘𝗢 𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗞𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗹 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟵–𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟱 | 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲…

𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟳–𝟰𝟵. 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿.

𝗗𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗶 𝗧𝗲 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘄𝗮, 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗶, 𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗶 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗼 𝗡𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗶: the artists behind 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗰𝗮’𝘀 high-profile 𝗢𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 (photo: 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗰𝗮 / 𝗝𝗶𝗺 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗲)

𝗟𝗲𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝘀 - 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲́𝗹𝗶𝗮 - 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 - 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 - 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗻𝗴𝗲 https://www.patreon.com/posts/leo-delibes-138652409?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗟𝗲́𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝘀 – 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲́𝗹𝗶𝗮, 𝗼𝘂 𝗟𝗮 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘅 𝘆𝗲𝘂𝘅 𝗱’𝗲́𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 (𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟬) 𝗜 – 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 Coppélia is one…

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

𝐋𝐞́𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐟 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 There are composers who change music through force, others through philosophy, and others through sheer theatrical instinct.…

# **Concert Halls and Opera Houses – Music, Acoustics, and Architecture – Leo Beranek ** **Complete Book: ** [https://classicalarchive.org/concert-halls-and-opera-houses-music-acoustics-and-architecture-leo-beranek/](https://classicalarchive.org/concert-halls-and-opera-houses-music-acoustics-and-architecture-leo-beranek/) Concert Halls and Opera Houses – Music, Acoustics, and Architecture by **Leo Beranek** is universally…

***Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Luciano Pavarotti, Sir Georg Solti and Leo Nucci: ****the artists behind Decca’s high-profile Otello (photo: Decca / Jim Steere)*

𝐌𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐌 𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐕 — 𝐀 𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐘 From Baroque opera and historically informed Mozart to Schubert, Mendelssohn and Brahms, Maxim Emelyanychev has built an increasingly important discography both as conductor and keyboard player. 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟓 𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄…

𝗧𝗢𝗟𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗗, 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗗, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗝𝗨𝗗𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 Few great writers had a relationship with music as fascinating, contradictory, and morally charged as 𝗟𝗲𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝗹𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘆. He was not…

Irina Eneri and Alexander Glazunov 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗶 — artistic pseudonym, real name: 𝗚𝗼𝗿𝘆𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮 — 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗸𝘀𝗲𝗲𝘃𝗻𝗮 — pianist. 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗶 began performing very early, having earned a reputation as a child prodigy. In 1908 and…

𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗩𝗢𝗡 𝗞𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗝𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗞𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱, 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟲–𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟵 𝗔 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮̈𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 When 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 became chief conductor of the 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗿…

# **Smetana - The Complete Operas - Box Set 17CDs ** **CD 1-2** **Smetana: The Brandenburgers in Bohemia** Karel Kalaš, Jiří Joran, Ivo Žídek, Milada Šubrtová, Zdeněk Otava, Miloslava Fidlerová, Věra Soukupová, Bohumír Vích,…

Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy ( Yasnaya Polyana , September 9, 1828 – Astapovo, November 20, 1910), known in English as Leo Tolstoy , was a Russian writer. He is considered one of the most important…

# **Francesco Feo — A Life** *The forgotten master of the Neapolitan Baroque* Francesco Feo (1691–1761) lived during one of the most brilliant periods in Italian musical history, when Naples stood at the center…

# **Francesco Feo - San Francesco di Sales - Oratorio - Bologna 1734 - Fabio Biondi ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/francesco-feo-di-145171436?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/francesco-feo-di-145171436?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) *A luminous masterpiece of Neapolitan sacred drama* Francesco Feo (1691–1761), one of the central composers of…

# **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**…

Images: 1. 1911, The funeral cortege of Gustav Mahler. Grinzing cemetery. MahlerFoundation.org 2. 1911, The funeral cortege of Gustav Mahler 1. Arnold Josef Rose (1863-1946), 2. Carl Julius Rudolf Moll (1861-1945), 3. Alfred Roller…

𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒, 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐁𝐘 𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐄 𝐇. 𝐀𝐙𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐈𝐈 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒, 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟏–𝟏𝟖𝟒𝟗 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟗 — 𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐔𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐕𝐈𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐎𝐓 Among the many women who entered 𝐅𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐤…

𝐖𝐎𝐉𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐂𝐇 𝐆𝐑𝐙𝐘𝐌𝐀Ł𝐀 — 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍’𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃, 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒 The figure of 𝐖𝐨𝐣𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐆𝐫𝐳𝐲𝐦𝐚ł𝐚 occupies a far more important place in the life of Fryderyk Chopin than his relative absence from popular biographies…

𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒, 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐁𝐘 𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐄 𝐇. 𝐀𝐙𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐈𝐈 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒, 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟏–𝟏𝟖𝟒𝟗 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟕 — 𝐀 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐎𝐘𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐂𝐇 𝐆𝐑𝐙𝐘𝐌𝐀Ł𝐀 Among the many people who entered…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧 𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗚 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗟𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗦 The 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 is one of the oldest, most prestigious and historically influential institutions of higher musical education in Russia. Together with the…