Mezzo Jenny Rivera sings Nerone’s ‘Quando invita la donna l’amante’ from Handel’s ‘Agrippina.’  

itsdlevy:

As an addendum to yesterday’s post on Porgy & Bess: if you’re not up for the full, three-hour-plus operatic treatment but want to get a flavor of the score sung in that style, you can’t do better than this disc with Leontyne Price and William Warfield.

(Source: Spotify!)

Soprano Anne Schwanewilms and Mezzo Anke Vodung sing Act I Finale of Strauss’s ‘Der Rosenkavalier.’ Dresden, 2008.  And Part 2.

I really love Anne Schwanewilms in this role, even if I will never be able to spell her name.

In honor of Mother’s Day, here is the incredible sextet in which Marcellina realizes that Figaro is actually her son… by Bartolo!  Soprano Dawn Upshaw as Susanna, Bass-Baritone Ferruccio Furlanetto as Figaro, Baritone Thomas as Il Conte, Mezzo Klara Takacs as Marcellina, Bass John Tomlinson as Bartolo, and Tenor Alexander Oliver as Don Curzio sing ‘Riconosci in questo amplesso’ from Mozart’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro.’  Salzburg, 1991.

artoperasocialjustice:

Zinka Milanov soprano

 as Leonora
D’amor sull’ali rosee

Verdi
Il Trovatore

pepitome:

One day!

‘Les Filles de Cadix’ by Delibes, sung by Victoria de los Angeles.

One day, I will be an old, cranky lady living alone with, not her cats, but with what I hope to be an impressive collection of Victoria de los Angeles recordings on vinyl. 

So not only is Mezzo Alice Coote competing in the swag-off, but she is also celebrating a birthday (age not disclosed)!  And what better way to celebrate than to sing Mahler’s ‘Das Lied van der Erde’ with Tenor Lars Cleveman under Sir Mark Elder and the Halle Orchestra! You can listen RIGHT NOW live on BBC 3 (or for a week after).  

Here is Alice Coote singing ‘Urlicht’ from Mahler’s ‘Des Knaben Wunderhorn’ (you might also know it from Symphony 2).  Under Maestro Herreweghe with the Radio Kamer Philharmonie in Amsterdam, 2010.