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Special offer. Berlioz: Les Troyens
RecommendedSung in English
Blanche Thebom (Didon), Jon Vickers (Enée), Amy Shuard (Cassandre), Jess Walters (Chorèbe), Lauris Elms (Anna), David Kelly (Narbal), Michael Langdon (Panthée), Joan Carlyle (Ascagne), Richard Verreau (Iopas), Forbes Robinson (Priam), Noreen Berry (Hécube), Dermot Troy (Hylas), Joseph Rouleau (L'Ombre...
It is difficult not to approach this historic broadcast without some feeling of awe. …Amy Shuard as Cassandra… was on the threshold of her international career… Blanche Thebom, as Dido, does... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Historic Archive
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Special offer. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
RecommendedLudwig Suthaus (Tristan), Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Blanche Thebom (Brangaene), Josef Greindl (Konig Marke), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Kurwenal), Edgar Evans (Melot), Rudolf Schock (Hirt)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler
the two leads have never been equalled. The Phiharmonia Orchestra is at its absolute peak, too; and, working in long takes, the result is that the unique intensity and continuity of this score... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Verdi: Aida
Antonietta Stella (Aida), Kurt Baum (Radamès), Blanche Thebom (Amneris), George London (Amonasro), Giorgio Tozzi (Ramphis), Luigi Sgarro (Il Re), James McCracken (Un Messaggero), Helen Vanni (Una Sacerdotessa)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
Hermann Uhde (Wotan), Arthur Budney (Donner), James McCracken (Froh), Ramon Vinay (Loge), Blanche Thebom (Fricka), Mariquita Moll (Freia), Jean Madeira (Erda), Lawrence Davidson (Alberich), Norman Kelley (Mime), Kurt Böhme (Fasolt), Dezsö Ernster (Fafner), Heidi Krall (Woglinde), Rosalind Elias (Wellgunde)...
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Special offer. The Very Best of Kirsten Flagstad
This double CD offers a comprehensive selection of the artist’s finest moments. The booklets feature photographs of the artist and an informative biographical note.
Kirsten Flagstad
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Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
Hilde Güden (soprano), Eugene Conley (tenor), Norman Scott (bass), Mack Harrell (baritone), Martha Lipton (alto), Blanche Thebom (mezzo-soprano), Paul Franke (tenor), Lawrence Davidson (baritone)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Fritz Reiner
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Il Mito dell'Opera: Cesare Valletti
Cesare Valletti (tenor), with Giulietta Simionato (mezzo), with Giuseppi Taddei (bass), with Roberta Peters (soprano), Blanche Thebom (mezzo), Cesare Siepi (bass)
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Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
Hilde Gueden, Blanche Thebom, Eugene Conley, Mack Harrell, Martha Lipton & Norman Scott
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky
In February 1953, 17 months after the world premiere in Venice, The Rake's Progress received its first American production, conducted by Fritz Reiner. Less than a month later, this studio recording... — More…
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Samson et Dalila & Les Troyens: excerpts
Royal Swedish Opera Archives Vol. 3
Set Svanholm (Samson), Blanche Thebom (Dalila), Sigurd Björling (Priest of Dagon), Set Svanholm (Enee), Kerstin Meyer (Didon), Kjerstin Dellert (Cassandra), Barbro Ericson (Anna), Anders Näslund (Chorébe), Arne Tyrén (King Priam), Erik Saedén (Narbal)
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus, Royal Orchestra...
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Verdi: Don Carlo
Four-act version
Leonie Rysanek (Elisabetta), Giulio Gari (Don Carlo), Robert Merrill (Rodrigo), Blanche Thebom (Eboli), Jerome Hines (Filippo II), Hermann Uhde (Il Grande Inquisitore) & Martina Arroyo (Voce dal Cielo)
Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva