Opera News, January 1st, 2005
In 1961, Leontyne Price recorded her greatest stage triumph, Aida. Nine years later, she recorded it again. LEIGHTON KERNER argues that neither recordiflcf truly captured Price's opera-house magic
Certain facts of life can be quite discouraging. One such fact for operalovers is that no singing voice, no matter how great, can be captured accurately on recordings. One can hear the difference of voices and singing methods between Callas and Tebaldi, Rise Stevens and Marian Anderson, Tucker and Gedda, Warren and Bastianini, Siepi and Christoff, bu: one cannot hear how each of these singers made a...
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