Blanche Thebom
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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... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Verdi: Don Carlo
Four-act version in Italian
Mario Filippeschi (Don Carlo), Boris Christoff (Filippo II), Tito Gobbi (Rodrigo), Antonietta Stella (Elisabetta di Valois), Elena Nicolai (Eboli), Giulio Neri (Il Grande Inquisitore), Loretta Di Lelio (Tebaldo)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Gabriele Santini
chiefly memorable for the incomparable contributions of Tito Gobbi and Boris Christoff...which have never been matched since...Gobbi's singing in the Death Scene is arguably the finest recorded... —
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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... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Historic Archive
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Special offer. Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Eleanor Steber, Blanche Thebom, Lorenzo Alvary & Cesare Valletti
Metropolitan Opera, Fritz Stiedry
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Special offer. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Helen Traubel (Isolde), Ramon Vinay (Tristan), Blanche Thebom (Brangäne), Paul Schöffler, Sven Nilsson
Fritz Reiner
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Special offer. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Ludwig Suthaus (Tristan), Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Blanche Thebom (Brangaene), Josef Greindl (Konig Marke), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Kurwenal), Edgar Evans (Melot), Rudolf Schock (Hirt), Rhoderick Davies (Steuermann), Rudolf Schock (Stimme eines jungen Seemanns)
Chorus of the Royal Opera...
There were no contemporary Isoldes to better Flagstad’s any more than there was a contemporary Hamlet to outshine Gielgud’s —
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Special offer. 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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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
