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LISTENING ROOM.(Francisco Casanova, Susan Graham, John Kander, musicians, music picks)(Brief Article)(Interview)

Opera News

| July 01, 2001 | PALLER, REBECCA | COPYRIGHT 2001 Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Which CDs do musicians listen to for pleasure? OPERA NEWS offers a new semiregular column that peers into the private collections of some of the music business's brightest lights.

FRANCISCO CASANOVA, tenor

I am listening to studio recordings made by [Giacomo] Lauri-Volpi in the '30s and '40s. His singing was of an incredibly exquisite, rare quality. He had high notes that wouldn't quit, and [he gives] the most perfect declamation of "Si, pel ciel" from Otello. Lauri-Volpi speaks directly to my soul.

SUSAN GRAHAM, mezzo-soprano

I am listening to a recording called Parachutes by ...

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