Sat, 5 April 2014
A conglomeration of all sorts of material, from the wonderful to the bizarre: 1.Corelli Celeste Aida B flat diminuendo. 2. Millo Aida E flat. 3.Benjamin Luxon "sings" the Cavalleria Intermezzo. 4. Zeani's fabulous Console aria. 5. Sirach Von Bodengraven again proves that there is something rotten in Denmark.(Otello) 6. Martinelli's last Otello (19470 duet w.Cesare Bardelli. 7.Crazy Bonisolli hits 4 high C's in Turandot, and then when people start to applaud, he says that there is a pause that Puccini wrote.(so you can applaud.) He gave tenors a bad name!! 8. Edita Gruberova in Roberto Devereux. "VA!!" 9. The guy singing our Nat.Anthem (to be deported). 10.Puritani duet w.Sutherland/Gedda (to die for!) 11. Tosca finale with Nilsson. 12. Zauberflote aria sung by.....Have mercy!!! 13. Stevens/DelMonaco BURN UP Carmen finale. 14. Longest held high note EVER!! Caballe Don Carlo finale. 15. Di Stefano fabulous Faust high C 16. Kraus great D flat in Favorita. 17. Zeani/Filippeschi Puritan i duet 18. De Los Angeles and Schwarzkopf in Rossini's Cat Duet 19.Rysanek Frau scene 20. Lauri-Volpi Fedora aria at 79!!!! 21. Giovanni Roberti in puritani.(Hold your ears) 22. HILARIOUS guy named Dahlstrom in Rigoletto, with audience reaction. |