Music, and more particularly singing is always with us. A certain day we may find ourselves moody and with a melody from La forza del destino playing over and over again in our head. Or maybe we feel like a superhero as we've doing great at work and then we feel like Calaf solving the 3 riddles that Turandot has proposed. First, we would like to build a place where we can talk about our passion for singing in a positive way. There is already too much of those toxic places where we criticize ...
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Hosted by La Cieca, cultural doyenne at parterre box, the queer opera zine.
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Building a Library: a guide to the best recordings of the greatest classical music. Each week an expert and enthusiast brings along a wide range of recordings of a well-known piece. They explore the music and the different ways of performing it, ending with a recommendation for your library
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uncovering the world's loveliest music.
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An exciting new podcast by Marc Eliot Stein of Literary Kicks. Why is opera relevant today? This sometimes-lost art form hides a fascinating, vibrant world. In our first episode, we discuss whether Verdi's Otello is better than Shakespeare's Othello, whether Othello had PTSD, and what it means that Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro is an Italian opera by a German Austrian and a Venetian Jew based on a French play that takes place in Spain. Welcome to the first episode of Lost Music: Exploring Lite ...
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Preview Houston Grand Opera's 2007/08 Season
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In Focus, a new podcast series from the Metropolitan Opera, introduces audience members to the operatic masterpieces presented in the company’s award-winning Live in HD cinema transmissions. Hosted by Met radio commentator and staff writer William Berger, In Focus provides historical context about the works and their creators, as well as insightful commentary about the drama and the music, accompanied by excerpts from past Met performances. For more information and a Live in HD schedule, vis ...
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Opera for Everyone is a radio show and podcast that makes opera understandable, accessible, and enjoyable for all. Pat Wright hosts the show, inviting guest co-hosts to participate in the mission she and Keely Herron developed after lively discussions of operas they had enjoyed seeing together. Music soars. Epiphanies abound. Hilarity ensues. The show airs Sundays from 9.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. on 89.1 KHOL in Jackson, Wyoming. Cover artwork by illustrator Rosie Brooks (www.rosiebrooks.com)
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He Sang/She Sang is a new podcast from WQXR for the opera-curious and opera superfans who want to know what all those big voices are really singing about. The podcast follows the radio broadcast season of the Metropolitan Opera with a weekly roundtable chat that discusses the plots, characters, music, productions, social significance and great performances of that week's opera. Following the Met's radio broadcast season, He Sang/She Sang will dive into the new productions of Wagner’s Tristan ...
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The Peabody Award-winning Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, from PRI, is a smart and surprising guide to what's happening in pop culture and the arts. Each week, Kurt introduces the people who are creating and shaping our culture. Life is busy – so let Studio 360 steer you to the must-see movie this weekend, the next book for your nightstand, or the song that will change your life. Produced in association with Slate.
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Operina is an opera podcast for kids hosted by soprano Jessica Cambio. It features children from around the world as weekly guests, free to speak in their own language, and it provides tips, language learning, quizzes, and music education about opera and classical music.
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Key Change is the COC’s new podcast, offering a fresh take on today's opera issues. Co-hosted by classical singer and culture critic Robyn Grant-Moran, a member of the COC’s Circle of Artists, alongside COC Director/Dramaturg-in-Residence Julie McIsaac, the first season of bi-weekly episodes explores the operagoing experience from a variety of perspectives, with special guests from the opera field and beyond.
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Nigel Simeone's ultimate recommendation for Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly.By BBC Radio 3
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Cristina Gallardo-Domâs | Laura Cherici | Jerry Hadley | Francesco Piccoli | Giovanni Meoni Munich Philharmonic | Gianluigi Gelmetti | Gasteig, Munich | 16 September 1997 | Broadcast
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http://www.beautifulsongoftheweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Puccini-Manon-Lescaut-Intermezzo-Danish-National-Symphony-Orchestra-Live.mp3 No, it’s not a glitch with your device and you’re not having some kind of Bill Murray-esque Groundhog Day experience. We’re doing another intermezzo, from the same compilation album as last week’s. I’m not us…
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Schönberg: Gurrelieder (London 1981)
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Jessye Norman | Gwendolyn Killebrew | Wolfgang Neumann | Philip Langridge | John Tomlinson | Günther Reich Michael Gielen | BBC Singers | BBC Symphony Chorus | Goldsmiths Choral Union | BBC Symphony Orchestra | BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall | 10 August 1981 | Broadcast
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Schönberg: Gurrelieder (Berlin 2007)
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Eva-Maria Westbroek | Petra Lang | Stephen Gould | Arnold Berzuyen | Kwangchul Youn | Francois Le Roux Marek Janowski | MDR-Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Berlin | Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Orchestra Philharmonique de Monte Carlo | Philharmonie, Berlin | 31 March 2007 | Broadcast
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Take good care of your instrument with singing lessons
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We invite you to take singing classes pursuing your own goals. No matter your level, the country you reside or your age. The importante piece is to take care of the instrument you were born with. If you or somebody you know would like to start this journey with Katia, here's the link: Extras | Operaen1P (buymeacoffee.com) Invite to join us https://…
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http://www.beautifulsongoftheweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Belle.mp3 Any musician famous enough to amass a large fan base inevitably amasses some haters. If it’s not for their music, it might be their look, their politics, or their personas. When Jack Johnson’s fame peaked in the mid-2000s, he had plenty of hatred aimed his way, and I never f…
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ChatGPT tells us about Maestro Mozart
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Is information provided by ChatGPT 3.5 worth reading it if I wanted to learn more about a given opera composer? In the quest of answering it, this series will ask ChatGPT to provide info that when scarce, vague, just a platitude or simply wrong, new questions will be asked to guide the IA to provide more relevant information. Hope this technology d…
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(in German) Ljuba Welitsch | Dorothea Siebert | Anton Dermota | Waldamar Kmentt | Walter Berry Chor der Wiener Staatsoper | Sinfonieorchester des ORF Wien | Meinhard von Zallinger | ORF Wien | 1952 ? | Broadcast
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Virginia Zeani | Gabriella Ravazzi | Luciano Saldari | Angelo Marchiandi | Amgelo Romero Nino Verchi | Teatro del Giglio, Lucca | 19 September 1971 | In-house recording
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Joseph McHardy chooses his favourite recording of Handel's Concerti Grossi, Op. 6.By BBC Radio 3
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http://www.beautifulsongoftheweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A-Mirror.mp3 One of my kids’ favourite things to do is to watch videos of themselves as babies and toddlers. They love seeing how they moved, talked, interacted with each other. It always feels very wholesome when we sit together and do this, and it often makes me wonder about the eff…
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Aprile Millo | Eugenie Grunewald | Megan Monaghan | Jayoung Yoon | Aida Baligh | Kimiko Hata | Gerard Powers | Stephen Gaertner | Daniel Lee | Mark Womack | Anthony Pulgram | Young-Bok Kim | Stephen Kirchgraber | Luis Emilio Cabrera Alfredo Silipigni | Cantori New York Chorus | Teatro Grattacielo Orchestra | Alice Tully Hall | 12 November 2005 | In…
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Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Paris 1983)
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Carol Vaness | Jon Vickers | Juan Pons | Gino Quilico | José Tordaro Elgar Howarth | Paris Opéra | 4 April 1983 | In-house recording
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Maria Callas Centennial - Program 4
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Maria Callas, one of the greatest artist of the past 100 years will be a recurring subject starting December 2023 to celebrate the well known "La Divina". Callas is very often associated to bel canto roles and most of her works in French are unknown to most people. It is true that her later roles in this language are part of the final part of her c…
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Katy Hamilton's ultimate recommendation for Schubert's Symphony no.9.By BBC Radio 3
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http://www.beautifulsongoftheweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Hold-On-Magnolia-Demo.mp3 This week’s song was recommended by a reader. Thanks, Mia! Do you ever look at an old photo of yourself and wonder when that version of you became the current version of you? You can see that you look younger in the photo. Shockingly younger. But when, precis…
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Gounod: Roméo et Juliette (Verona 1977)
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Jeanette Pilou | Fedora Barbieri | Maria Casula | Veriano Luchetti | Leo Nucci | Nicola Ghiuselev | Giancarlo Turati | Alberto Noli | Franco Boscolo | Giovanni Foiani Michel Plasson | Verona Arena | 14 July 1977 | In-arena recording
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Gounod: Roméo et Juliette (Nice 1976)
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Andrée Esposito | Iris Paque | Claudine Ferment | Alain Vanzo | Jean-Pierre Laffage | Ivan Sauer | François Garcia | Alfred Navello | Gérard Spagnol | Alain Duverry Antonio de Almeida | Nice | Dec. 1976
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Gounod: Roméo et Juliette (Paris 1982)
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Sylvia Sass | Anna Ringart | Marie-Christine Porta | Neil Shicoff | Philippe Duminy | Peter Meven | Robert Dumé | Philippe Rouillon | Jean-Louis Soumagnas | Yves Bisson Alain Lombard | Paris Opéra | 4 October 1982 | In-house recording
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Simon Heighes chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's Symphony No 100 in G Major ‘Military’By BBC Radio 3
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More of a 2-way communication per your request
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This is not a content episode. We are sharing the latest changes and inviting all Opera lovers to interact with us via the Buy me a Coffee page that we have and had never used, but that is changing now. Please stop by as lots of posts are coming as well as the Membership program. Invite to join us https://www.buymeacoffee.com/operaen1p Support the …
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Ruth Ann Swenson | Mary Phillips | Ewa Podles | Christophe Dumaux | Paul Nilon | Philip Cutlip Graeme Jenkins | Dallas Opera | 27 January 2006 | In-house recording
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Nancy Argenta | Dorothea Röschmann | Ewa Podles | Annette Markert | David Thomas Nicholas McGegan | Orchestre de la Suisse Romande | Grand Théâtre de Genève | 4 May 1995 | Broadcast
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Gail Robinson | Carol Vaness | Ewa Podles | Diane Kesling | Dano Raffanti | John Darrenkamp | Arthur Thompson Mario Bernardi | Metropolitan Opera | 14 February 1984 | In-house recording
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Ep. 116 Verdi's La Forza del Destino & Lisa Reagan's What We Need Is Here
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Where passion joins with music and poetry we find opera. In this sweet spot, we also find What We Need Is Here, the most recent project by accomplished musician and singer, Lisa Reagan. Lisa joins us to talk about creating an album of songs for classic poems that have been meaningful to her life. Lisa Reagan spent twenty years singing with the Wash…
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Ben Gernon chooses his favourite recording of the complete ballet of Ravel's Mother GooseBy BBC Radio 3
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http://www.beautifulsongoftheweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CAVALLERIA-RUSTICANA-MASCAGNI-Intermezzo-KARAJAN.mp3 Generally speaking, I’m not really into opera. The last time I featured anything from an opera was seven years ago, and even that was closer to baroque than what is typically considered opera. Opera – and by that I mean 19th Century…
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ChatGPT tells us about Maestro Donizetti
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Is information provided by ChatGPT 3.5 worth reading it if I wanted to learn more about a given opera composer? In the quest of answering it, this series will ask ChatGPT to provide info that when scarce, vague, just a platitude or simply wrong, new questions will be asked to guide the IA to provide more relevant information. Hope this technology d…
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Verdi: La forza del destino (Paris 2022)
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Anna Pirozzi | Elena Maximova | Russell Thomas | Ludovic Tézier | Ferruccio Furlanetto | Nicola Alaimo | James Creswell Jader Bignamini | Opéra Bastille Paris| 12 December 2022 | In-house recording
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Verdi: La forza del destino (New York 1983)
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Grace Bumbry | Isola Jones | José Carreras | Renato Bruson | Nicolai Ghiaurov | Renato Capecchi | Richard Vernon James Levine | Metropolitan Opera | 28 September 1983 | In-house recording
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Verdi: La forza del destino (Katonah 2008)
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(St. Petersburg Version) Meshé Kizart | Kristin Chávez | Emmanuel di Villarosa | Zurab Ninua | Daniel Borowski | Marco Nistico | Nathan Resika Will Crutchfield | Caramoor Festival | 2 July 2008 | In-tent recording
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Saint-Saëns's Symphony No 3 in C minor, Op 78 'Organ Symphony'
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Anna Lapwood chooses her favourite recording of Saint-Saëns's Organ SymphonyBy BBC Radio 3
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http://www.beautifulsongoftheweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Sonny-Smith-Wolf-Like-Howls-from-the-Bathhouse.mp3 Plenty of musicians have recorded albums of covers, typically at the tail end of their careers, once the creative well has started to run dry and original material is in short supply. However, Sonny Smith’s 2013 album 100 Records, Vol…
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Mozart: Don Giovanni (Chicago 1988)
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Carol Vaness | Karita Mattila | Marie McLaughlin | Gosta Winbergh | Samuel Ramey | Claudio Desderi | Richard Cowan | John Macurdy Semyon Bychkov | Lyric Opera of Chicago | 12 November 1988 | Broadcast
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Maria Callas Centennial - Program 3
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Maria Callas, one of the greatest artists of the past 100 years will be a recurring subject starting December 2023 to celebrate the well-known "La Divina". Sophia Lambton, author of The Callas Imprint - A centennial biography, which you can find in most of the world through Amazon. In this program we are taking a look at her Juilliard Masterclasses…
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Gillian Moore chooses her favourite version of Stravinsky's Soldier's TaleBy BBC Radio 3
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http://www.beautifulsongoftheweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Chuva-De-Verao-Flofilz-Remix.mp3 Pedro Mizutani is a throwback whose brief whispered imagery will take you back to Ipanema. An obscenely young Brazilian singer who is Jobim for the TikTok generation. FloFilz is a German producer with a penchant for Bossa Nova-infused beats that make m…
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Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 26 "Les Adieux"
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Lucy Parham chooses her favourite version of Beethoven's Piano Sonata, 'Les Adieux'By BBC Radio 3
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http://www.beautifulsongoftheweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Zero-7-In-The-Waiting-Line.mp3 Waiting in line for things is an underrated experience. Or more accurately: a lost art. Think back to your pre-phone life. What did you do while waiting in line for a train, or an amusement park ride, or anything at a government office? It’s hard to reme…
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Is information provided by ChatGPT 3.5 worth reading it if I wanted to learn more about a given opera composer? In the quest of answering it, this series will ask ChatGPT to provide info that when scarce, vague, just a platitude or simply wrong, new questions will be asked to guide the IA to provide more relevant information. Hope this technology d…
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Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda (New York 2012)
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Angela Meade - Jamie Barton - Michael Spyres - Nicholas Pallesen - Nicholas Houhoulis James Bagwell - The Collegiate Chorale - American Symphony Orchestra - Carnegie Hall - 5 December 2012 - Broadcast
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Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda (New York 1988)
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June Anderson - Eva Zseller - Ivan Kiurkciev - Eduard Tumagian - Dwayne Croft Eve Queler - Princeton Pro Musica - Opera Orchestra of New York - Carnegie Hall - 27 October 1988 - In-house recording
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Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda (Bologna 1976)
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Mirella Freni - Carmen Gonzales - Renzo Casellato - Claudio Desderi - Patride Venturi Maurizio Arena - Teatro Communale di Bologna - 10 February 1976 - Broadcast
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Roger Parker chooses his favourite recording of Mozart's String Quintet No.3 in CBy BBC Radio 3
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http://www.beautifulsongoftheweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Quantic-Time-Is-The-Enemy.mp3 There’s a YouTube video for this song that I find pretty fascinating. It was uploaded in 2011, ten years after the song’s release, by an account called Transferunique. As far as I can tell, this account has nothing to do with Quantic, but since nothing la…
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Wagner: Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme (Ostrava 2004)
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Gabriela Benacková, Janáckova filharmonie Ostrava, Libor Pešek Ostrava, 11 June 2004, Broadcast
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Wagner: Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme (London 2017)
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Jonas Kaufmann, London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Barbican Centre, 8 February 2017, In-house recording
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Wagner: Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme (New York 1969)
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Berit Lindholm, American Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski Carnegie Hall, 7 December 1969, Broadcast
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Wagner: Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme (Paris 2019)
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Dorothea Röschmann, Orchestre de Paris, Karina Canellakis Philharmonie de Paris, 4 September 2019, Broadcast
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