Celebrating love

. And 15 years after the wedding that took place at the Met I wish you.. no, We, the fans, wish you a long, beautiful life ahead! Happy anni...

"Marius et Fanny" on the radio, Vladimir Cosma in Bucharest

For those who are at home today (or in the office and have headsets), maybe you'd like to listen to Marius et Fanny (starring Angela Gh...

Opera! by DG&Decca

. I see that lately several recording companies re-released some famous recordings, including them in "series" or "boxes...

Reissued in "Home of the Opera" collection

First it was Manon, now it's La Rondine and Romeo et Juliette . . . Each CD multipack contains a new printed introduction in English, G...

Les Stars du Classique, in stores today

. It's a series of 20 CDs released by EMI, Universal Music and Radio Classique. 20 albums devoted to the 20 most iconic artists of our...

Roberto prepares Soupe de Champagne. Bon appetit!

. Some tricks with the "citrons", some sugar and lots of sparkling champagne later, the recipe a la Roberto is turned into real f...

EMI releases La Rondine on DVD on September 13th

. FINALLY! ...I might say. It's one of the few Met Live in HD productions that hasn't been released on DVD yet. But its time has co...

The Triumph of Puccini. Tosca and Madama Butterfly

Two fragments of part 3 of Opera Italia , a BBC program presented by Antonio Pappano. This part is about Giaccomo Puccini, his life and work...

Classical Legends - podcast

. The CD is already in stores and at the same time EMI released a podcast . It's a summary of some impressions of some of the best artis...

Aie, Pourquoi On S'Aime, Angela & Roberto duet

. O la la!!! Where did this come from? Unexpected but most welcomed. When I listened to the sample on fnac.com I had some doubts. They only ...

Classical Legends - new release from Emi Classics

. This new CD, entitled Classical Legends - In Their Own Words , will be released on June 8th 2010 . . Jon Tolansky, producer and narrator f...

Interview in Jurnalul.ro - 23.04

With a small delay, here it is. With one correction. The tour in Japan is scheduled after Simon Boccanegra in Madrid. The interview in Roman...

Review for "L'Amico Fritz" in Opera News, March 2010 issue

Roberto & Lang Lang - recital in Paris, March 2011

. Salle Pleyel in Paris announced the new season, 2010 - 2011. Part of the series L'Art de la voix, Roberto Alagna will have a recital ...

Manon released again by EMI in "The Home of Opera Collection"

. EMI's second important project, after "Great Classical Recordings" that I talked about a few weeks ago (Puccini: opera arias...

Musical Criticism says: "Adriana Lecouvreur and Tosca at ROH in 2010/2011"

. Before getting the official information on the Royal Opera House website, Musical Criticism published a preview of the new 2010 - 2011 se...

Opera 2010 - a new compilation from Virgin Classics

. The cover of this CD looks almost the same with the one for Classical 2010. But there are not the same tracks. This 2CD box is already av...

Virginia Zeani: "I did 71 different roles, from 1948 to 1982"

Virginia Zeani and Nicola Rossi Lemeni . This is the third and last part of the interview . Virginia Zeani tells the beautiful story of her...

Angela Gheorghiu will perform in Romeo and Juliette in 2011 at the MET

. And the rumours were true. Angela stars in Romeo and Juliette next to Piotr Beczala. And Placido Domingo is conducting. March 3rd to Mar...

Zeani: "I first sung Magda at 46"

. Thoughts on La Rondine from Mrs Zeani. And some very nice words from Roberto on how she influenced him in a certain moment of his life. ....