Oberon's Grove

Diener/Abbado ~ Vier Letzte Lieder (1998)

Soprano Melanie Diener (above) sings Richard Strauss's Vier Letze Lieder from a 1998 concert given by the Mahler Youth Orchestra at Salzburg; Claudio Abbado is the conductor.

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Polina Osetinskaya ~ Prokofiev Piano Concerto #1

Pianist Polina Osetinskaya (above) plays my favorite piano concerto - the Prokofiev 1st - at a 2016 concert with the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, conducted by Vladimir Altshuller.

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AIDA ~ Radvanovsky/ D'Intino - Vienna 2015

Above: Sondra Radvanovsky and Luciana D'Intino as Aida and Amneris

Sondra Radvanovsky, Jorge de León, Luciana D’Intino, Franco Vassallo, Ryan Speedo Green, and Sorin Coliban have the leads in a performance of Verdi's AIDA given at the Vienna State Opera in 2015. Philippe Auguin conducts.

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Cruz-Romo/Schwartzman ~ TRAVIATA scene

Gilda Cruz-Romo (above) and Seymour Schwartzman in a scene from Act II of Verdi's TRAVIATA, given in English at San Diego in 1970. William Blankenship is Alfredo.

TRAVIATA - scene - in English - Cruz-Romo - Schwartzman - Blankenship - San Diego 1970

Ana Milosavljević 's RED

Above: Ana Milosavljević, photographed by Whitney Welshimer 

Composer/violinist Ana Milosavljević's RED, as performed by Ensemble Metamorphosis at the opening concert of the Meta World Festival in Belgrade on December 11th, 2022. The ensemble's artistic director is violist Saša Mirković,

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I Have A High-C, and You Probably Don't

The wonderful American soprano Johanna Meier (above) in a brief excerpt from Act III of Puccini's TOSCA, performed at New York City Opera in 1976. Jose Carreras is Cavaradossi. Ms. Meier brandishes a flaming top-C as she reveals that she has murdered Scarpia.

Johanna Meier & Jose Carreras - duet - Act III ~ TOSCA - NYCO 1976