Oberon's Grove

Nelly Miricioiu as Norma

The great duet of Norma and Pollione from the final scene of Bellini's NORMA, sung by Nelly Miricioiu (above) and Carlo Ventre. Listen here.

Bastianini & Tucci ~ scene from ANDREA CHENIER

Ettore Bastianini is Carlo Gerard (above) and Gabriella Tucci is Maddalena di Coigny in a scene from Act III of Giordano's ANDREA CHENIER. Listed as being from Torino 1963, this seems to be a studio recording or radio broadcast: the sound quality is amazingly clear. Both singers are at their very finest.

Listen to them here.

ANDREA CHENIER ~ Cura & Guleghina ~ 2006

Maria Guleghina is Maddalena di Coigny (above) and Jose Cura has the title-role in a performance of Giordano's ANDREA CHENIER from Bologna 2006.

Watch and listen here

Andrea Chénier – José Cura
Maddalena di Coigny – Maria Guleghina
Carlo Gérard – Carlo Guelfi
La mulatta Bersi – Giacinta Nicotra
La Contessa di Coigny – Cinzia de Mola
Madelon – Annie Vavrille
Roucher – Carlo Cigni
Il romanziero – Armando Ariostini
Fouquier-Tinville – Giuseppe Guidi
Il sanculotto Mathieu – Mario Bellanova
Un “Incredibile” – Pierre Lefebvre
L’Abate – Stefano Pisani
Schmidt – Atfeh Ziyan
Il Maestro di casa – Mauro Marchetto
Dumas – Michele Castagnaro

Carlo Rizzi: conductor
Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus and Orchestra

Verdi REQUIEM Rehearsal ~ Robert Shaw

A brief film of conductor Robert Shaw (above) preparing the Verdi REQUIEM with singers Sharon Sweet, Florence Quivar, Jerry Hadley, and Alastair Miles. Watch and listen here.

Thanks to my longtime opera pal Craig Salstein for discovering this little treasure and sending it on to me.

Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben ~ Olga Mykytenko

Soprano Olga Mykytenko and pianist Anastasiya Titovych in a 2016 performance of Robert Schumann's Frauenliebe und -leben.

Watch and listen here.