Is there any role so schyzophrenic as the Princess Eboli in Verdi’s Don Carlo? Some roles have ambiguous tessitura, but the role of Eboli seems to require a different singer for each number in which she appears in the score. This should not be seen as a novelty in Verdian writing – in La Traviata, for [...]
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Ti maledico, difficoltà!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Don Carlo, Régine Crespin, Shirley Verrett, Tatiana Troyanos, Verdi on July 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Holde Aida
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Aida, Brigitte Fassbaender, Don Carlos, Gloria Davy, Hans Hotter, Sandor Konya, Verdi on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have probably written something about that in the old blog – the fact is I have an unhealthy interest in Verdi/Puccini (and other verismo composers) recordings “in deutscher Sprache gesungen”. Many performances by wonderful underrecorded singers are available only in German versions and, if Irmgard Seefried was right to say the right way to [...]
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