Gaetano Donizetti's la Figlia del Reggimento (or, more appropriately, la Fille du Regiment, in French, the work being extremely popular in 19th century France despite a poor premiere) is now firmly lodged in the standard repertoire of many of the world's great houses, giving as it does the work's tenor protagonist the opportunity for audience acclaim or derision with it famous, early High-C filled aria, besides many other beautiful moments in this light-hearted affair. the star of note on this 1960 Milan live recording is Anna Moffo, but not to be overlooked is the fine if now obscure tenor Giuseppe Campora.

This historic broadcast recording was always counted as one of the best recordings of this opera. With the best singers of the Frankfurt opera after WW II like Heinrich Bensing, there was always a demand for a release of this recording. Thanks to a collector who made a direct master copy of the original broadcast tape in the early 50's, Walhall is able to release it in great sound.

Despite a storyline that can, and has, confounded listeners and critics alike, La Forza del Destino, Verdi’s first opera following a multi-year hiatus, is also amongst his most compelling due to the unmitigated force of its telling and the sheer beauty of the score. This 1960 live performance from Argentina’s famed Teatro Colon features the wonderful Dutch soprano Gré Brouwenstijn as Donna Leonora, Aldo Protti, and American stars Richard Tucker and Mignon Dunn. For vocal connoisseurs, this is a must own. 24bit/96kHz re-mastered.

Performance of works from the age of Henry Purcell have changed considerably since this 1960 live recording from Aix en Provence given the exponential growth in all things historically-informed, but there is still enormous pleasure to be gotten from listening to great singers sing the great stage works of any age, even if they fall on today's ears as at least somewhat dated in style. Conductor Pierre Dervaux leads a cast featuring Teresa Berganza as Dido, Hanny Steffek and the great Gerard Souzay as Aeneas in Purcell's Dido & Aeneas, in good sound, 24bit/96kHz remastered.

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Following the Walhall release of Wagner's Die Walk�re, the label closes it's legendary 1958 Bayreuth Festival Ring tetralogy publication with the 1st, 3rd and final operas, led by the mid-20th c. Bayreuth pit regular and esteemed Wagnerian conductor Hans Knappertsbusch. The sound, benefitting from 24bit/96kHz re-mastering technology is great, far better than any other label's previous issue, Walhall also reaping the sound reward from the use of the original broadcast mastertapes. Featured Wagnerian vocal luminaries include Hotter, Windgassen, Varnay, Konya, Gr�mmer, et al.

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This Is the first release in any format of a performance of Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg that took place in Milan on 13 Feb 1955, recorded on acetate discs and broadcast over the Rai airwaves. It's unique cast, singing under the direction of Hans Rosbaud, features Many Fine, and some more obscure, singers and/or Wagnerians of this glorious era in Wagnerian Production, including Otto Edelmann, Ludwig Weber, Ira Malaniuk, Gerhard Unger, and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, renowned for her R. Strauss Roles, as Eva.

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Despite its enormous success during the 19th c., Giacomo Meyerbeer’s grand opera Les Huguenots is rarely staged today, and arguably not with much more frequency at the time of this 1955 studio broadcast from the Vienna opera in a German-sung production. The conductor Robert Heger leads a cast of whom only Walter Berry and the great Wagnerian Gottlob Frick still have any real resonance today, with Maud Cunitz sneaking in just under the wire of recognition. The cast is a fine one however, with the German lyric tenor Karl Terkal a worthy re-discovery, and Valerie Bak a rare presence on record.