Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. This week audiences get to hear a Puccini album by one of the great divas of our time, re-releases of Pavarotti’s great hits, and a full performance of “Faust” with a star-studded cast. Sondra Radvanovsky – Puccini: Heroines Sondra Radvanovsky, Lyric Opera of Chicago, {…}
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences get to hear a lost concert from a legendary tenor, an homage to a great singer who we lost too soon, a new album from one of the great tenors of our time, and a new song by a rising {…}
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week, Decca celebrates Pavarotti while many artists release solo albums. There are also some historical performances that audiences will not want to miss. Songs of Passion The new album is a collection of vocal and instrumental music by John Dowland and Henry {…}
As part of the global Pavarotti 90 celebrations, Mercury Studios will release “Pavarotti: The Lost Concert,” a new documentary built around a rare rediscovery in the tenor’s career. The 60-minute film highlights Pavarotti’s 1995 return to the Welsh town of Llangollen, where, as a teenager in 1955, he won his first major international competition singing with his father’s choir. Before {…}
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week, audiences will get to hear a world premiere recording of a modern masterpiece, a recording by a male soprano, and some modern works. There are also some Bel Canto gems to discover. Intelligence Houston Grand Opera releases a recording of composer {…}
Decca has announced its intention to launch a year-long celebration of the career of Luciano Pavarotti. In honor of the legendary tenor, the organization will release “The Lost Concert,” an album that features Pavarotti’s 1995 performance at Llangollen. The release is set for Nov. 21, 225 and the recording also features interviews with the tenor as well as 100-page collector’s {…}
A Luciano Pavarotti biopic, titled “Vox Divina,” is in the works. Deadline is reporting that the LA-based production company, Women Occupy Hollywood, has secured rights to Italian writer-director Ivana Massetti’s Pavarotti biopic. Following two years of research, the film will chronicle the tenor’s life from his boyhood in Modena, Italy, to his confirmation as a star at the Metropolitan Opera {…}
On Sept. 30, “Pavarotti 90” will be presented at the Arena di Verona. The concert will celebrate the 90th birthday of the legendary tenor who died in 2007. Among the guests who will perform at the concert are Plácido Domingo and José Carreras, who famously performed with Pavarotti as the Three Tenors and Andrea Bocelli. Pop singer Laura Pausini will {…}
Opera Naples is teaming up with Theater in the Garden and the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation to secure land purchase for the home of the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation. The organizations revealed that they received a seven-figure gift from a funding source that wishes to remain anonymous. The project will feature a multi-purpose venue that houses a 900-seat indoor theater, outdoor ampitheater, {…}
Twice-impeached and 34-time convicted felon Donald Trump is at it again playing Pavarotti during a Presidential campaign event. This time at a town hall in Oaks, Pennsylvania on Oct. 14, the former President played recordings of Luciano Pavarotti after his town hall was cut short after two attendees needed medical attention. According to reports, Trump was being asked questions from {…}
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get to hear two high anticipated album debuts by two celebrated performers. There are also reissues and the completion of an acclaimed Ring Cycle. O Sole Mio – Reissue Decca Classics reissues Luciano Pavarotti’s classic album. The album showcases {…}