A tribute to a few of the artists who departed in 2021 including sopranos Carmen Balthrop, Renée Doria, Gianna Rolandi, and Teresa Zylis-Gara; tenors Charles Burles and Giuseppe Giacomini; and baritone Norman Bailey.
2021 In Memoriam
Gianna Rolandi in the Metropolitan Opera's 1984 'Ariadne auf Naxos' (Photo: Beth Bergman, courtesy of Ed Frazier Davis)
Playlist
Maurice Ravel: Vocalise–étude en forme de Habanera
Renée Doria, soprano
Tasso Janopoulo, piano
Mélodies Françaises
Malibran V2118
Johannes Brahms: Feldeinsamkeit, Op 86, No. 2
Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano
Geoffrey Parsons, piano
Les Introuvables de Christa Ludwig
EMI Classics CMS 7-64074-2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492
Aria, “Giunse alfin il momento…Deh vieni, non tardar”
Gianna Rolandi, soprano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Glyndebourne Festival Opera: Le nozze di Figaro
EMI Classics CDCC 7-49753-2
Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Aria, “Un dì all’azzurro spazio”
Giuseppe Giacomini, tenor
Symphonia Perusina
Guido Maria Guida, conductor
Tradizione e arte del canto
Bongiovanni GB-2526
Léo Delibes: Lakmé
Aria, “Fantaisie aux divins mensonges”
Charles Burles, tenor
Orchestra of the Opéra-Comique, Paris
Alain Lombard, conductor
Lakmé
EMI Classics CDM 7-63447-2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527
Aria, “Ah! chi mi dice mai”
Teresa Zylis-Gara, soprano
Vienna Philharmonic
Karl Böhm, conductor
Salzburg Festival: Don Giovanni
Deutsche Grammophon 4775655
Scott Joplin: Treemonisha
Aria and chorus, “We Will Trust You as Our Leader”
Carmen Balthrop, soprano
Houston Grand Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Gunther Schuller, conductor
Treemonisha (Original Cast Recording)
Deutsche Grammophon E-4775590
Peter Warlock: To the Memory of a Great Singer
Norman Bailey, bass-baritone
Geoffrey Parsons, piano
British Music Collection – Peter Warlock
Decca 4701992
Richard Wagner: The Valkyrie
Finale, “Loge, hear! Come at my call!”
Norman Bailey, bass-baritone
English Opera Orchestra
Reginald Goodall, conductor
The Goodall Ring: The Valkyrie
Chandos CHAN-3038
Charles Gounod: Mireille
Waltz-aria, “O légère hirondelle”
Edita Gruberova, soprano
The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Friedrich Haider, conductor
Edita Gruberova: The Anniversary Concert
Nightingale Classics NC-090560-2