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Emmy Destinn / Richard Tauber / La Grande Epoque
; Emmy Destinn ARIAS. Pearl GEMM 9172 Richard Tauber ARIAS. Pearl GEMM 9145 La Grande Epoque CL ARIAS. Heglon, Simon-Girard; Lafitte, Delmas. Pearl GEMM 9113 Destinn's "Ach, ich fuhl's" is more fullbodied and characterful than we are used...
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Turn-or-the-century `Carmen' is given a loving restoration.(ENTERTAINMENT)
; ...century. Carmen in this case is Czech soprano Emmy Destinn, who at age 30, when this recording was made...Opera in 1907, shows the high esteem in which Destinn was held by her colleagues. Destinn, she said, was the greatest soprano she had...
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(book reviews)
; ...nationwide audience. As early as 1910 Lee de Forest aired the voices of Enrico Caruso, Olive Fremstad, Pasquale Amato, and Emmy Destinn in experimental transmissions from the Met, but the audiences were limited to the handful of listeners within fifty...
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Reviews of new classical music releases.(The Dallas Morning News)
; ...performances ever recorded. The eight discs are grouped by opera. Who wouldn't thrill to Aida highlights sung by the likes of Emmy Destinn, Rosa Ponselle, Johanna Gadski, Ebe Stignani, Enrico Caruso and Giovanni Martinelli _ plus a dozen more? Many of the...
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The radiant Renee: From Strauss to Rossini to Elvish, Fleming is the soprano of the moment
; ...her the most." To anyone outside the opera universe, these artists -- along with fin-de-siecle divas Maria Jeritza and Emmy Destinn -- might seem like dusty footnotes. But they were the Britneys and Beyonces of their day. Of course, Fleming has a much...
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Greats of opera capture essence of Verdi
; ...most astounding operatic performances ever recorded. The eight discs are grouped by opera. "Aida" highlights are sung Emmy Destinn, Rosa Ponselle, Johanna Gadski, Ebe Stignani, Enrico Caruso, Giovanni Martinelli plus a dozen more. Many of the selections...
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Reunion: Gabriela Benacková
; ...Janacek's Jenfa (1924) had their Met premieres in German translation, despite the starry presence of Czech sopranos Emmy Destinn and Maria Jeritza in the respective leads. This landscape has been transformed: not only the biggest players but even...
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The last diva ; With her latest collection of rare arias, the flamboyant soprano Renee Fleming conjures up a golden era of magic, muses and operatic excess. Edward Seckerson salutes a woman for whom style is everything
; ...in mind. And on-and offstage their image was contrived to reflect their status - im-perious, untouchable. The soprano Emmy Destinn was once photographed with a lion draped over her Steinway Grand; Mary Garden opted for a tiger when promoting her perfume...
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SMETANA: The Bartered Bride (in German)
; ...first reached the Met (in 1909) in German, despite the participation of both a Bohemian-born prima donna and conductor - Emmy Destinn and Gustav Mahler. Simply put, there does not exist much more enjoyable singing on records than that done here by Pilar...
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"HOMAGE: THE AGE OF THE DIVA"
; ...there's more detail about the singers associated with this repertoire - Geraldine Harrar, Maria Jeritza, Mary Garden, Emmy Destinn and others - than about the music itself. Cynics might wonder whether the diva theme isn't merely a pretty ribbon tying...
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