Singer Biographies
- Francisco Araiza
- Erna Berger
- Fernando Corena and the Basso Buffo
- Franco’s Big Break
- Robert Merrill
- Gianna Pederzini
- Gertrude Pitzinger
- Giovanni Battista Rubini: Last of a Breed
- Tito Schipa
- Joseph Schmidt
- José Soler: Among the Last Heroic Tenors
- Leyla Gencer
- Magda Olivero
- An Interview with Magda Olivero
- Fedora Barbieri
- Giulietta Simionato
- An Interview with Giulietta Simionato
- Simionato and Olivero on Bruna Rasa
- Iris Adami Corradetti
- Gigliola Frazzoni
- Gina Cigna
- Anita Cerquetti
- Carla Gavazzi
- Marcella Pobbe
- Chest Voice: Some History
- Chest Voice: The Divas’ Dispute
- Vocal Technique
- Musical Line vs. Dramatic Expression: Two Kinds of Diva
- Intuition vs. Analysis
- Jan Schmidt-Garre
- Rosina Wolf
- Stefan Zucker
Opera Fanatic Film
- Leyla Gencer
- Magda Olivero
- An Interview with Magda Olivero
- Fedora Barbieri
- Giulietta Simionato
- An Interview with Giulietta Simionato
- Simionato and Olivero on Bruna Rasa
- Iris Adami Corradetti
- Gigliola Frazzoni
- Gina Cigna
- Anita Cerquetti
- Carla Gavazzi
- Marcella Pobbe
- Chest Voice: Some History
- Chest Voice: The Divas’ Dispute
- Vocal Technique
- Musical Line vs. Dramatic Expression: Two Kinds of Diva
- Intuition vs. Analysis
- Jan Schmidt-Garre
- Rosina Wolf
- Stefan Zucker
Composer Biographies
- Giovanni Pacini
- Saverio Mercadante
- Federico Ricci
- Valentino Fioravanti
- Nicola Vaccai
- A List of Composers Alive in 1810
Interviews
- Stefan Zucker interviews Carlo Bergonzi
- Corelli vs. Del Monaco: Tenor Fanatics Speak Their Minds
- Corelli in the Press
Opera Fanatic
- Guests on “Opera Fanatic”
- Samples from Opera Fanatic
- Opera Fanatic magazine in the News
- Short Articles by Stefan Zucker
- Corelli is Favorite Tenor of the Century in “Opera Fanatic” poll
Reviews
- Nicholas E. Limansky, Reviewing #5000, Trovatore, #OF5, Trovatore, and #5011, Ernani, in Opera News
- Alan Blyth, Reviewing #OF5, Trovatore, #5013, Tosca and #5000, Trovatore, in Gramophone
- Tully Potter, Reviewing Great Conductors of the Third Reich in Classic Record Collector
- Richard Fawkes, Reviewing in Opera Now, “Screen Gems”
- Greg Sandow, Reviewing in The Wall Street Journal, “Opera Recordings Join the Digital Revolution”
- Press Coverage of Corelli Interviews
Misc.
- Hitler’s Tenor
- Press About Conversations with Corelli
- The Fluctuating Fortunes of Vibrato & Pertile on Vowels
- The Darkened Age of Soprano Singing
- Music in the Third Reich
- Spotts on Furtwängler
- In Defense of Furtwängler
- The Nazi’s Seizure of A Star Fell From Heaven
- The Two Versions of Ave Maria
- Stefan Zucker on Slezak and Schmidt (video)
- Underground Opera in New York City
- Some Obstacles to a Singing Career
- Quann’ a femmena vo’ Lyrics, Translation, and Sheet Music
- Madama Butterfly: Annotated Libretto
- Tosca: Before and After
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