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Enrico Caruso (born Errico Caruso; February 25, 1873 – August 2, 1921) was an Italian opera singer and one of the greatest tenors in history. Caruso was also the most popular singer in any genre in the first two decades of the 20th Century and one of the most important pioneers of recorded music. Caruso's popular recordings and his extraordinary voice, known for its mature power, beauty and unequalled richness of tone, made him perhaps the best-known operatic star of his era. Such was his influence on singing style, virtually all subsequent Italianate tenors (and many non-Italian tenors) have been his heirs to a greater or lesser extent. He remains famous, though he predated the publicity that would aid later stars of opera. 
Weekend Edition Saturday, April 19, 2008 · Baltimore Symphony Orchestra music director Marin Alsop says Antonin Dvorak's symphony "From the New World" was one of the first big orchestral works to incorporate indigenous American musical ideas. She discusses the music with Scott Simon. LISTEN | WEB LINKS | SHOP Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "From The New World" | Alsop writes
19 April 1908, Birth of German conductor Joseph KEILBERTH in Karlsruhe. d-Munich, 20 JUL 1968, while conducting a performance of Tristan und Isolde, at the National Theater Munich. He started his career in the State Theatre of his native city, Karlsruhe. In 1940 he became director of the German Philharmonic Orchestra of Prague. Near the end of World War II he became principal conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle. In 1949 he became chief conductor of the Bamberg Symphony, formed mainly of Germans expelled from post-war Czechoslovakia under the Beneš decrees. He died in Munich in 1968 after collapsing while conducting Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde in exactly the same place as Felix Mottl had done in 1911. Keilberth conducted the first stereo recording of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle in 1955.
Classical music writer Bernard Jacobson looks back at Christoph Eschenbach’s tenure as music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Pronouncing the titles of classical music and the names of composers and performers is a daunting task for many Americans because so many of the words are foreign to us. Adding to the difficulty is the fact that some of the names that look familiar are not pronounced as we would pronounce them. This dictionary provides some help in the form of pronunciations by a phonetic system devised by E. Douglas Brown of the staff of WOI Radio at Iowa State University. Many of the pronunciations in the dictionary were derived from tape-recorded pronunciations made by foreign nationals who were were speaking their respective native languages. Pronouncing Dictionary of Music and Musicians
The Chief Conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre, Aleksandr Vedernikov, has been pronounced the Best Conductor of the Year by BBC Music Magazine. The decision to confer the awards of the popular British edition is taken by open voting amongst the readers and the jury, which consists of BBC Music Magazine editors, music critics, and writers. This year, nearly 90,000 people took part in the voting. Maestro Vedernikov was praised in the “Symphony Music” category for his interpretations of the Russian 20th century classical composer Dmitri Shostakovich. According to Daniel Jaffe, who sat on the jury, the musical critics were impressed by Vedernikov’s rendition, which so much reflected Shostakovich’s humour and his expressiveness.
Birth of Czech conductor Karel ANCERL in Tucapy. d-Toronto, 3 JUL 1973. He was also violinist and pedagogue. known for his performances of contemporary music and for his interpretations of music by Czech composers. His recordings with Czech Philharmonic acquired many international awards (several times Golden Harmony Award, Grand Prix du disque, etc.) and digitalized titled, Karel Aneerl Gold Edition was awarded by Grand Prix du Disque de l'Académie Charles Cros.
8 APRIL 1708 First Performance of G. F. Handel´s oratorio La Resurrezione "The Resurrection", with Arcangelo Corelli conducting at the Bonelli Palace in Rome. La Resurrezione (HWV 47) is a sacred oratorio by George Frideric Handel, set to a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece (1652-1728). Capece was court poet to Queen Maria Casimira of Poland, who was living in exile in Rome. It was first performed on the Easter Sunday of 1708 at Rome, with the backing of the Marchese Francesco Ruspoli, Handel's patron at this time.
WITH a global audience, it should have been the climax of Luciano Pavarotti’s career. However, when the star tenor made his last public appearance, at the Turin Winter Olympics in 2006, disease and a failing voice led him to fake a live performance of his trademark aria Nessun Dorma. The disclosure comes in an affectionate but candid memoir published last week by Leone Magiera, a conductor and pianist who performed at Pavarotti’s side in more than 1,000 concerts. It paints a warts-and-all portrait of the singer’s passions for food and women, his triumphs and blunders.
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