Oberon's Grove

Sutherland/Tourangeau ~ BUTTERFLY duet

Dame Joan Sutherland and Huguette Tourangeau rehearsing the Flower Duet from Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY for a concert given at San Diego in 1975.

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Shostakovich: "Babi Yar" ~ Symphony # 13

Above: Genaro Sulvarán

A performance of Shostakovich's "Babi Yar", Symphony #13, given by Orquesta Sinfónica de Guanajuato, México, with baritone soloist Genaro Sulvarán, conducted by Roberto Beltrán-Zavala.

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Genaro Sulvarán made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Count di Luna in Verdi's IL TROVATORE. I attended the last of his four performances, and he made a very fine impression. But, like so many other interesting singers thru the decades, he did not appear there again.

Virginia Zeani & Agostino Lazzari: BUTTERFLY duet

Virginia Zeani and Agostino Lazzari sing the Act I love duet from Puccini''s MADAMA BUTTERFLY from a concert given at Hamburg in 1956. Listen here.

Susan Dunn as Desdemona

American soprano Susan Dunn (above) made her Opera Australia debut in 1988 as Desdemona in Verdi's OTELLO. Here she is heard in the Willow Song and Ave Maria from Act IV. Mezzo-soprano Heather Begg sings Emilia, and the conductor is Carlo Felice Cillario.

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Lorri Lail Sings Mahler

The Norwegian-born mezzo-soprano Lorri Lail sings Mahler's Kindertotenlieder with the Berlin Radio Symphony conducted by Rolf Kleinert.

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In memory of my brother, Jeffrey Morse Gardner, who passed away on September 26th, 2023.