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VERDI, WAGNER, AND THE VERISMO SCHOOL PT. 2

After Verdi, between the years 1875 to 1900, an entire generation of composers (mostly Italians) came along who continued to reshape...

ENRICO CARUSO'S VOCAL TRANSFORMATION PT. 2

Read Pt. 1 here Caruso’s vocal transformation started in the 1907 when he first began to sing Verdi's opera, Aida. This opera is...

HANGING OUT WITH BERRY GORDY

Here I am spending precious time with legendary music/entertainment mogul Berry Gordy - founder of Motown Records and one of the great...

ENRICO CARUSO'S VOCAL TRANSFORMATION PT. 1

Enrico Caruso began as a lyrical tenor in the late 19th and the first several years of the 20th century (the lyrical tenor voice is...