Welcome to the series of games titled What's another year. It is based on a suggestion by @Shaughnessy. Image above is in public domain (link). Every game will focus on compositions from one particular year, from 1919 until 2018. Yes, I'm shooting for 100 games and possibly a follow-up (an...

I just got Rossini's The Siege of Corinth with Sills and she is simply dazzling in it. What is strange to me is that it was released in 75 so it was likely recorded in 74 but her voice was shot and she retired only 6 years later. Did her voice go downhill really fast because she still sounded...

Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) , K. 620, Act I: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon (Tamino) · Richard Tauber Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (Die Zauberflöte) · Julius Patzak · Kapelle der Staatsoper, Berlin Lebendige Vergangenheit - Julius Patzak

Back in the mid ‘60s Decca produced an album called “The Age of Bel Canto” featuring prime Sutherland, early, but equally prime Horne, and an agile, but enervated, forgotten “tenor” Richard Conrad. What I loved about the album was the expansion of the term “Bel Canto” to include 18th century...

This is a test thread to see how it goes. There is a thread for current listening to operas on CD or DVD here: https://www.talkclassical.com/threads/what-opera-are-you-currently-listening-to-watching-cd-dvd.17966/ and some members have posted that they would like it expanded to videos. Given...