me and menotti

Madama Butterfly: act 2 excerpt: Casei, Stratas, Velis; Gardelli: 3/30/68

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto # 1 (original version): Mikhail Pletnev, piano

she wishes ...

Maggie Teyte: from Pelléas:: 5 scenes, 5 roles: Town Hall: 1/15/48

Regina Resnik: Carmen: Card aria: Lewisohn Stadium: 7/9/65

Marian Anderson, Francis Robinson: The futility of hate

Götterdämmerung: Immolation Scene (complete): Astrid Varnay: Bayreuth: 1951

O Holy Night: Louise Natale; Virgil Fox

La traviata: act I finale: Diana Soviero, Carlo Bergonzi: Opera Company of Philadelphia: 11/28/83

La boheme: act I: entrance of Mimi: Sandor Konya, Renata Tebaldi: 3/14/64

Il trovatore: act I trio: MacNeil, Tucker, Tucci; Levine: 7/30/69; Meadowbrook Festival

Marth Mödl: Götterdämmerung: finale of Immolation Scene: Düsseldorf: 2/27/66

Astrid Varnay on Santuzza, Zinka Milanov and singing in Italian: Munich: 5/23/03

Renata Scotto, Gianni Raimondi: La boheme: act 3 finale: Verona: 8/11/64

Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder: Eleanor Steber; Brooklyn Philharmonic; Lukas Foss: 4/28/73

John Sessions as Dr. Hermann: Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

La traviata: act 1 finale: Steber, Zampieri; Pelletier: Empire State Festival: 7/30/61 (in-house)

La fanciulla del West: act 1: Minnie's entrance: Anselmo Colzani: 1/17/66

The courtship of Phoenix and Murphy

The Magic Flute: Act 1: Be not afraid: Rita Shane, Benita Valente; Robert Baustian: Santa Fe: 8/8/68

BBC Singer's Choice: Ettore Bastianini: 5/22/86

Francis Poulenc / Paul Éluard: Tel jour, telle nuit: Donald Collup, Walter Huff: Town Hall: 4/23/83

Biographies In Music: Bidu Sayao: Francis Robinson: 1/18/64

Biographies In Music: Gladys Swarthout: Francis Robinson: 3/23/63

Biographies In Music: Elisabeth Rethberg: Francis Rethberg: 4/21/62

Biographies In Music: Claudia Muzio: Francis Robinson: 1/9/65

The Stars and Stripes Forever (Sousa / arr. Gould/Riepe for 8 pianos)

Biographies In Music: Lawrence Tibbett: Francis Robinson: 1/20/62

Götterdämmerung: exc. Act 2 Scene 5: Astrid Varnay: Bayreuth: 1953

Eleanor Steber: When Day Is Done

Beverly Sills: Anna Bolena: Coppia iniqua: Philadelphia: 1974

Fauré L'horizon chimérique, Op. 118: Donald Collup/Walter Huff: Town Hall: 4/23/83

Tristan und Isolde:: excerpt from act II: Zschau, Quivar, Lakes; Schwarz: Tokyo: 11/96

Moss Hart on Speaking the Truthy

In memory of Peter Serkin (1947-2020)

Werther: Va! laisse couler mes larmes (in English): Janet Baker, Charles Mackerras: ENO: 10/13/77

24. Duparc: Phidylé: Nicolai Gedda, Geoffrey Parsons: ROH: 3/9/75

23. Aida: Act III: Pur ti riveggo...: Kurt Baum, Antonietta Stella, George London: 2/23/57

23. Don Giovanni: Act II: Crudele!… Non mi dir: Gwyneth Jones: ROH: 4/30/73

Poulenc: Calligrammes: VII: Voyage: Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin: BBC: 8/16/65

22. Tristan und Isolde: Act III: Liebestod: Eleanor Steber; Lukas Foss: 4/28/73

20. Ariadne auf Naxos: Composer’s aria: Sena Jurinac: Salzburg: 7/26/65

19 Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge: Rossini: La Pastorala dell’Alpi: BBC: 12/24/60

Madama Butterfly: act 2: Una nave da guerra: Renata Tebaldi: Naples: 8/9/58

Poulenc: La grenouillère: Gérard Souzay / Dalton Baldwin

19. Aida: Act III: Ciel, mio padre!: Antonietta Stella, George London: 2/23/57

Florence Foster Jenkins' name on SNL: Larry David as Bernie Sanders: 11/23/19

Pagliacci: Prologue: Cornell MacNeil: Martinelli Gala: 11/20/63

Fauré: Piano Quartet #1 in c minor, Op. 15: Danielson, Neu, Stepansky, Collup: 12/3/89

Biograpies in Music: Ernestine Schumann-Heink: Francis Robinson: 12/1/62

Christine Jorgensen Reveals: interview: 1957

Fauré: Sonata no. 1 in A for violin and piano, Op. 13: Ulrike-Anima Mathé, Donald Collup: 1988

10-16. La traviata: 7 short excerpts: Geraldine Farrar accompanying herself: 1/5/35

09. de Falla: Siete canciones populares: VII. Polo: 6/14/60

Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod: Astrid Varnay: 3/19/55: from "Never before"

La gioconda: Act II: Cielo e mar: Franco Corelli: 3/31/62

BBC Singer's Choice: Fritz Wunderlich: 5/15/86

Aida: act IV: final scene: Gwyneth Jones, Placido Domingo, Viorica Cortez: Vienna: 1973

Medea: Act III: opening recitative: Maria Callas, Fiorenza Cossotto: ROH: 6/30/59