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Aida was a role Callas sang early in her career. Perhaps she dropped it early because others sang it either as well or with more interest; perhaps it reflected her desire to sing less standard repertoire. Regardless, she of course makes her mark on the role, and this recording is quite good, if ...

Pavarotti in Central Park...

Puccini and Pasta: A Romantic Italian Feast for Your Ears...

Everybody's favorite precocious sprite of a soprano comes out with her third album in Dream a Dream. It's only been two years since Charlotte Church's smash debut, Voice of an Angel, but that's a big chunk of the Welsh singer's life span so far. This latest is basically a Christmas album, so full of...

Lieder Recital, Salzburg 1956...

This is a would-be classic. The younger, pudgier Maria Callas sang the role of Turandot with a hurricane force that's rarely been equaled. But by 1958--when this recording was made--the slimmer, wiser Callas had less of the vocal power required by the opera's Act II shouting match (also known as...

Franco Corelli was in a class by himself from the mid 1950s until the early '70s, when he was a leading tenor in most of the world's great opera houses. And to this day, no tenor voice has surfaced with such a huge, steely, brilliant top, dark, handsome middle and bottom--and sheer animal magnetism....

Mozart: Lieder & Concert Arias...

Kathleen Battle Sings Mozart...

You might expect that Pärt's meditative, detached style--with little distinction between consonance and dissonance, or overt emotion--wouldn't wear well through a 70-minute Passion in Latin without even a break between tracks. (Actually, there's just one.) The roles are distinguished only by scorin...