Les Troyens: A survey
Les Troyens is an opera I have loved for the two decades that I been in love with the art form. In fact it was my first opera – I […]
Category Archives: Audio & Video Recordings
Greatness
I recently treated myself to a holiday gift of a DVD of Tosca live from the Met on December 19th, 1978. So this is the Met where the audience applauds […]
Finally, Berlioz in all his glory
I was very excited to see that Paul McCreesh had recorded Berlioz’ Grande messe des morts. I am a great admirer of McCreesh’s work – his Matthew Passion is superb […]
Strong women on DVD
I recently purchaseda blu-ray player and to celebrate I bought two recently released performances featuring strong female roles. I’ve beensampling both and while I haven’t had time to watch them […]
Margaret Price 1941-2011
I was saddened to hear today about the passing of Margaret Price. She had one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard. She was by far the finest […]
