Ponchielli: La Gioconda

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Posted: Jul-15-2005

Better Than Nothing

While this is an adequate recording of the opera, it pales in comparison to the old Renata Tebaldi recording. Tebaldi infused life into the role and is still unmatched by either Callas or Caballe. Unfortunately, that recording has still not been issued on CD. This recording is acceptable....

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Posted: May-19-2005

You Gotta Love Gioconda!

LA GIOCONDA is like junk food. People love it but are afraid to admit it. I remember first being introduced to the opera when PBS did a mini-series about the famous San Francisco staging of the work. It was at this time that Pavarotti and Scotto had the famous (or is it infamous?) battle royal...

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Posted: Feb-22-2005

A "correction" to a common misconception regarding Caballe

It gets frustrating to continuously see people write that Caballe is a "Bel Canto-trained singer." She isn't.... she didn't start to sing all of the Donizetti stuff until a good 12 years into her career. She did sing some Rossini early in her career, but she was trained singing R. Strauss,...

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Posted: Mar-08-2000

Great Rare Recording

There are only two complete recordings of Caball?'s interpreting the demanding role of La Gioconda: this one and the one originally released by Legato and available now through Opera d'Oro. The major difference is that the latter one is a live recording, although an exceptionally good one....

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Posted: Jun-11-1999

This is the recording of Gioconda to have

While the Maria Callas version might be more desirable for fans of the soprano, this version of "La Gioconda" features better sound and more consistent singing. The cast includes Montserrat Caballe as Gioconda, Luciano Pavarotti as Enzo, Sherrill Milnes as Barnaba, Agnes Baltsa as Laura, and...

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