Simon Boccanegra is one of my favorite verdi operas. A mixture of a not so absurd story like la Forza or Il Trovatore, the modernized style from Verdi, where he goes much farer in the possibililities, … But, in the discography, there are quite a few recordings of it. So, as using my favorite streaming…
As I hear music more and more using streaming services, I discovered this Ring recording. OK, I must admit that I came to it, because I like Hans Hopf, thinking of him as one of the last true Heldentenors of this time, but this would be another topic for some days…
Manon Lescaut, Puccinis first success, has everything which makes an operatic success. The characters are musically well presented, the music is nice, with a flow and nice arias / melodies. It’s some kind of consequent and straight forward in the approach, emphasizing the emotional part of the characters (in difference to Massenets variant). In some…