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Sunday, July 6  Celebrating the birthday of Ottorino Respighi with his opera "Belfagor". This 1989 recording features Sylvia Sass, Giorgio Lamberti, and Lajos Miller. The performance is conducted by Lamberto Gardelli. After the opera we will remember Jan DeGaetani.

         
Ottorino Respighi and Sylvia Sass

         
Lamberto Gardelli and Jan DeGaetani


Sunday, July 13  Celebrating the birthday of Jack Beeson with his opera "Lizzie Borden". This 1995 recording features Herbert Beatty, Ellen Faull, Ann Elgar, and Brenda Lewis. The performance is conducted by Anton Coppola.

After the opera we will celebrate the birthday Carlo Bergonzi.

              
Jack Beeson, Lizzie Borden, and Carlo Bergonzi

Sunday, July 20  Celebrating the birthday of Francesco Cilea with his opera "L'Arlesiana". This 1991 recording features Elena Zilio, Péter Kelen, Maria Spacagna, and Barry Anderson. The performance is conducted by Charles Rosekrans.

After the opera we will celebrate the birthday of Licia Albanese.

         
Francesco Cilea and Licia Albanese

Sunday, July 27  Celebrating the birthday of Enrique Granados with his opera "Goyescas". This 1996 recording features María Bayo and Ramón Vargas. The performance is conducted by Antoni Ros Marbà. As an appetizer before this fairly short work we will also be listening to "Djamileh" by Georges Bizet. This 1983 recording features Lucia Popp and Franco Bonisolli. The conductor is Lamberto Gardelli.

              
Enrique Granados, María Bayo, and Ramón Vargas

                   
Georges Bizet, Lucia Popp, Franco Bonisolli, and Lamberto Gardelli.

Sunday, August 3  Celebrating the birthday of Reynaldo Hahn with his operatta "Ciboulette". This 1982 recording features Mady Mesplé, José Van Dam, and Nicolai Gedda. The performance is conducted by Cyril Diederich. After the opera we will celebrate the birthday of Gundula Janowitz.

              
Reynaldo Hahn, Mady Mesplé, and José Van Dam

         
Nicolai Gedda and Gundula Janowitz

Sunday, August 10  Celebrating the birthday of Ferruccio Tagliavini in Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca". This 1955 recording also features Renata Tebaldi and Tito Gobbi. The performance is conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli.

         
Giacomo Puccini and Ferruccio Tagliavini (as Mario)

              
Renata Tebaldi (as Tosca), Tito Gobbi (as Scarpia), and Molinari-Pradelli

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