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Peter Anders 78rpm query
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If there's a Peter Anders discography somewhere, I wonder if it
reveals details of a German 78rpm Tchaikovsky 'pot-pourri' disc from
the 1940s on which he appears. I've only heard an otherwise
unidentified tape but the selection consists of bits of the 5th
Symphony, 1st Piano Concerto, Nutcracker Suite, etc. On side 2, Anders... more »
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ISO name of opera
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set in France c. 1787 through c 1975. Italian libretto
one aria something like "Soldato fui"
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHARD WAGNER
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I can say no better than the great Conrad L. Osborne " one does not
have to succumb to a mystic to appreciate the richness and profundity
of these operas. They come from the supremely poetic imagination of a
composer and dramatist who still excites unquestioning reverence and
irrational animosity , and whose work is still the subject of the most... more »
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Met "Rigoletto" on PBS
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I'm not sure when the rest of the country was subjected to the broadcast we suffered Friday night in Arizona, but IMO, the Met has achieved a new low in it's homage to ego-obsessed stage directors! I only watched long enough to identify "Quest o quella" in the familiar-sounding music I momentarily did not recognize. (The English sub-titles bore little or... more »
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Dikranian's Anoush
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I am listening now to a broadcast of this gorgeous Armenian opera of
which I had never heard of. Catch a bit if you can. [link]
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