Tosca

Tosca (1900) was arguably Puccini's first foray into verismo, the realistic depiction of many facets of real life including violence. The opera is generally considered of major importance in the history of opera because of its many significant features.

Eleni Matos - Opera

Enriched by her strong Greek-American heritage, she was honored to sing the Verdi Requiem, at the foot of Acropolis, at Greece's week-long remembrance of Maria Callas broadcast on Greek National Television.

Armida Imaginaria

This Opera has never been produced in the U.S.A. although it is a first rate comic piece. The main character can be thought of as female counterpart to Don Quixote in that she has similar delusions, specifically, that in her Garden she can preside as Armida, a major romantic character of Tasso. Many...

Schubert - Individual Lieder

This should be an expanding album. A bit could be written about every one of Schubert's 800 songs. For now let us just note that "Die Forelle" is the basis of the great "Trout Quintet". The singable English translation by R.E.C. is a deveiation from the norm Artsconverge pres...

Russian Gypsy Songs

Leyla Zaloustkaya has a two set audio CD of her performing works of her own composition, in addition to this one of these traditional Gypsy songs. She is originally from Sebastapol on the Crimean penninsula jutting into the Black Sea. Her higher education was in Moscow and in St. Louis, Missouri.