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Roberto Scandurra tenor Sites: |
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A tribute to Mario Lanza, and the official Italian Lanza page,
acknowledged by Damon Lanza, Mario Lanza's son. In Italian and English.
Managed by Roberto Scandurra. |
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Extensive site on the great Italian tenor, Mario del Monaco, counting
with the assistance of Mario's younger brother Alberto and the tenor's
son, Giancarlo del Monaco. Managed by Roberto Scandurra. |
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The great Italian tenor, star of the Met in the years 1913 to 1946. Managed by Roberto Scandurra. |
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Other Scandurra Projects:
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Giuseppe de Luca: The Official Giuseppe de Luca page, in memory
and honour of the great Italian baritone.
Nicoletta
Panni: The Official page on Italian soprano Nicoletta Panni
(Roma, 1933), niese of the famous baritone Giuseppe de Luca (1876-1960). |
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Sites with biographies on operatic singers: |
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Operissimo.com |
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Huge site with endless biographies on singers etc
(mostly in German). Uses info from Küchel & Riemens. |
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Cantabile-Subito: Site managed by Andrea Suhm-Binder,
Göttingen, Germany, on a vast range of singers of this century.
Biographies, comments, record listings and images. |
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Audio Archives: |
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Weekly postings of audio clips with insightful comments
and anecdotes. A true reference on the web. Edited by Mike Richter,
Los Angeles. |
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Nimbus Records Ltd Real Audio Catalogue: Nimbus specialises on
78rpm transfers. A wide selection can be listened to at their web
site, all in Real Audio format. Under the aegis of Wyastone. |
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Photo Galleries: |
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Sandy Steiglitz' impressive collection of historical portraits
on opera singers, a true resource for Grandi Tenori.com. |
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The author of the page explains: "These are not images from
books and magazines. Ninety percent of the images you see on these
pages are vintage postcards from my personal collection. The other
types of images displayed here are of cabinet cards, CDVs, trade
cards, cigarette cards, reward cards, and vintage music covers, also
from my collection." |
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Opera Schedules & Performances |
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Music & Opera presents detailed progarmmes of more than 500 venues in 35 countries. The editors, Cécile Temime & Violaine Thielen, are located in Paris. |
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Operabase has documented operatic activity worldwide since 1996, with over 150,000 performances on file. It records the work of artists in over 600 theatres, and publishes season information to opera-goers in 7 languages. |
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Opera Radio on the Web |
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An institution... |
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Ryan James & Mr. Hoelstein hosts this radio station at live365.com with opera and classical music. FM 56k. Located in Union, NJ, US. See their profile [here]. |
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Naxos Web Radio is an innovative webcasting concept offering more than 60 channels of high quality music. |
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E-Zines & Portals: |
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A Tokyo-based website with world coverage
of opera. International news, reviews and reports are included together
with information about the opera world in Japan. Opera japonica is
published monthly and features original and exclusive writing by
a team of correspondents located around the globe. Editor: Simon Holledge. |
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Extensive site on what's going on in the world of opera, worldwide. |
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In Spanish: |
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Spanish magazine on opera and
artists. |
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One of the net's largest Spanish portals on opera. |
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Spanish magazine devoted to classical music with sections on opera
and opera artists. |
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In Italian: |
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Italian E-zine on opera and singers. |
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Opera Resources: |
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Website administered by Dr Joseph Fragala, with opera
analysis, reviews on singers and audio and photo galleries. |
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Association founded in 1985 with currently 140 members.
President: Torsten Brander. |
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Page of Roberto Di Nóbile Terré, researcher of
opera the last 40 years, during which period he has been acquainted
with singers of the stature of Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Carlo Galeffi,
Giovanni Martinelli, Tito Gobbi, Tito Schipa, etc. He has recently
finsihed the 2nd volume of La Historia de la Opera Lirica en Rosario
(Argentina). In Spanish. |
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Do you need to improve your Italian? asks host Antonella Neri of Cantarelopera.com and offer a very interesting resource on the Internet: A wide selection of arias with the correct Italian pronounciation by just clicking the words. |
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Artist Management; site managed by Patrizia Cappuccilli, daughter
of the acclaimed Italian baritone Pietro Cappuccilli, also with news
and info
on opera
events and new voices. |
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Site by the bass Carlton Higginbotham, with brief biographies on
historical cantanti with RA-files. |
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Created by voice teacher Michael Delos. All of the major voice
categories separated into "fachs", with examples of historical singers
who sang that repertoire, complete with bios, photos and recommended
recordings. |
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MusicTeachers.co.uk is a free service which enables parents, students
and musicians to find music teachers and accompanists anywhere in
the United Kingdom. |
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Culture-management from Anton Herbert Honegger, Basel, Switzerland. |
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Extensive information about Giacomo Puccini, his
life and his works, available in both Spanish and English. |
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A collection of arias with librettos, midi's
all sorted on voice (and voice-type), part, composer etc. |
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Musical scores (also vocal scores) on
many operas. |
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Opera reviews |
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Initiative taken by Andre Wium, a South African based in Bahrain. |
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Extensive information on Richard Wagner and his works, both his music and his written material. In Spanish (Archivo Wagner). |
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From the website: "JBS – USA aims to provide a forum for Björling enthusiasts to meet and share information, experiences and ideas. We will celebrate and preserve the legacy of this unique artist and work to educate a new generation about Jussi's special gift." |
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Selected tenor sites: |
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Tenori |
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Marcelo
Alvarez |
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Calleja, Joseph : 01 · 02 |
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José Carreras |
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José Cura |
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Escalaïs, Leon |
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Salvatore
Licitra: 01 · 02
Labò,
Flaviano
Lamberti, Giorgio
Lindi, Aroldo |
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Malagnini, Mario
Mario
del Monaco: 01 · 02 |
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Stefano
Secco |
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Giuseppe
di Stefano
Darío Schmunck |
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Dario
Volonté |
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Record labels: |
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Legendary Italian label with a host of historic recordings and
books. Online shop. |
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Label located in Rome and specializing on publishing material with
Italian tenor Renato Francesconi. Run by Francesconi's son, Chris
Catena. |
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One of the best labels for transfers from 78s. Now handled by Wyastone
Estates. |
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Originally the cheap label for classical music, Naxos has set out
to restore a vast number of historical recordings with the aid of
reknowned audio engineer Mark Obert-Thorn. |
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A special collection of historical recordings issued on this German label, managed by
Joachim Leufgen. |
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Commercial sites: |
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From the web site: "Andante is a new type
of classical music venture. Its aim is to document and preserve
the world's recorded
classical musical heritage and to become the definitive online resource
for information about classical music and opera." |
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From the website: "Classical
brings you the world's first classical music collection for libraries
- enabling your patrons
to listen on computers in the library and at home. Our Classical
Music Library service is a complete collection of recordings for
listening with headphones or speakers, accompanied by a vast reference
database." |
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New York based company with VHS and DVDs for sale. |
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Barcelona based shop with books, CDs, DVDs and VHS with legendary stuff. |
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