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Thursday, March 17, 2011

The American Opera Singer
Featuring Emma Eames, Louise Homer, Mary Garden, Geraldine Farrar, Rosa Ponselle, Lawrence Tibbett, Marian Anderson, Grace Moore, Lily Pons, Edward Johnson, Richard Crooks, Helen Traubel, Rise Stevens, Dorothy Kirsten, Patrice Munsel, Eleanor Steber, Jan Peerce, Leonard Warren, Roberta Peters, Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo, Beverly Sills, Leontyne Price, Jon Vickers, Marilyn Horne, Sherrill Milnes, Shirley Verrett, Ben Heppner, Deborah Voigt, Carol Vaness, Tatiana Troyanos, Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey, Frederica Van Stade, & Dawn Upshaw.
RCA; 2 discs

A very cool cd set. This features many famous American opera singers, each performing a famous aria/duet. The remastered recordings are simply wonderful, allowing you to hear good quality recordings of some of the older singers. Mary Garden is really amazing. Not the best opera compilation I have ever listened through, but very interesting to hear the different singers. There are a few Canadians and Lily Pons, but most of the singers are American. All in all, very interesting for any fan of American opera.

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