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Ernst Haefliger was among the better known and even more versatile tenors of his day time. He was amazing both around the operatic stage so that as a recitalist, and in each one of these realms his repertory was wide, from Baroque period (J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Enthusiasm and St. …

Blessed having a silvery lyric soprano, true in timbre and beautifully qualified, Maria Stader was struggling to benefit from the opera job she deserved. Just 4’9″ high, she was considered too diminutive to be always a viable number on-stage. Therefore, she was limited to documenting congenial opera tasks and to …

Ferenc Fricsay’s profession lasted barely twenty years, but throughout that period, he became perhaps one of the most acclaimed conductors of his era and left out a body of recordings that remain admired. Fricsay researched on the Budapest Academy of Music under both Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók, whose music …

An elegant musician with a company, though not particularly huge bass baritone, Kim Borg was heard most effectively in recital. His Metropolitan Opera debut performances as Count number Almaviva didn’t present him to benefit, to discover the best section of his tone of voice lay relatively lower and, when pressed …