Sticking to videos now.Maybe I

  Can do audios eventually..but needs special repair.

After mom died in 1997,I returned to my

"career." I cannot read music but I do

not think this is too bad.

  Caballe NY debut,replacing Horne.

Became a SENSATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hilarious Gianna Rolandi rendition

of usually cut Cenerentola aria.

Audience falls on floor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  ENJOY!  Camarena is great!!!!!

and they wonder why I complain today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How many divas did pop like this?????

Fleming is a joke (Under the rainbow)

7/6/10 Kirsten was about 7

yrs.OLDER when she retired. She

did POP better than any diva!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They finally got rid of that

HORRRRRID Met Traviata.Here is a

rehearsal of the new one.

Grazie a Dio…..

Just discovered her.....I have to find that

Dramamine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  I just sent this to Muzio at

http:// cielo.com. She will look

her up (way up) because she always admired

singers with great breath control.

3/13/77  How I discovered the

new Tebaldi!!!!! Diana Soviero has

been my friend all this time...and

she received my tape of her Mimi

on Mar.19..he and my ma's birthdays!

Two great divas in my life.

BUT  with Pav I told her to wear

metal underwear!!!!!!!!!

Amazing Mado Robin with high

Z sharp above R!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Anniversary to the Rameys, Sam

and L:indsay.....two sweet people. Sam

and I go way back to 1970 Bolena, and

Lindsay gets a medal for marrying such

a DEVIL!!!! Love to them both.

Virginia and MacNeil in

a truly great duet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maria Galvany 1906  NOT SPEEDED UP!

    Can you do it??????????????????????

The great Luisa Tetrazzzini, born on

June 29, 1871 singers w.Caruso!!!!!

I love this lady!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So sad she deteriorated so quickly. Anna

Moffo, 6/27/32 was so gorgeous and we

loved her...but it did not last!  A shame!!!!

Not ONE of you could sit with us 

without falling on the floor hysterical.

They did finally throw us OUT! Note

the great tenor's PASSAGGIO!!! Are

there any companies in your area

like La Puma????

Leonie knew the end was near. She

 was one of the most exciting singers

in memory, despite flaws (like Moedl,

Callas, Gencer, so many others. She is

terribly missed.!!!

Diana and I had a long talk yesterday

about style and today's lack of divas

with kind of emotion of a Muzio,a Zeani,

a SOVIERO exhibited. SAD!!!!

    ....and do not yell at me for living in

the passato.

Fine voice   6/25/40.People who

do not have access to these singers

miss a lot of unappreciated voices.

Giuseppe Taddei, 6/26/16...A GREAT

baritone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Warm voice..

superb artist.

Diana and I had a nice talk this

evening. She always tells people

I "discovered" her.....well, if so

I am glad.....The greatest!!!!

I am on this new "Buratto thing."

Wonderful to find a new voice

the way I did w.Soviero Mimi in 1977.

She is superb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  With Jeemy gone, we will have the

Ring back next season, but I fear

the orchestra will not rise to his

level. 

  We used to need DEPENDS at a

La Puma performance. I pppp'd

in my pantaloni!!!!!

  I may have posted this, but if you

want to cry like me...you watch this.

  She would come forward slowly on

"Ma quando vien lo sgelo" (note a

kind of "breath" on the "Ma" and then let out 

a Birgit Nilssonian top note on "E mio" that

threw us on the floor. (Remember, we were 

standees.)….I miss her so.....Called her on

every birthday....NO ONE in my view had the

combination of beauty of tone and WAGNERIAN volume.

My friend saw Livia Budai as

Eboli in SF .He fell on the floor

in hysterics!!!! Who let her out?

I do not care if you are male,

female,or not sure...YOU are better!

  My favorite version of this scene

  with Giuseppe Taddei (6/26/16) and

Rosanna Carteri.The way he says the

word "Entrate" is so warm...she never came

here..a pity!!!!!

  Riccardo Stracciari, June 6, 1875.

  Just INCREDIBLE voice!!!!!!!

  Gorgeous soprano. When she

  started the Norina Don Pasquale

aria, the resonance was so amazing,

I thought she was singing in my EAR!

  Here is dear Irina Lungu, a real

  sweetheart of a person (she even

  likes me). Wonderful artist!!!

  Zinka fioratura and some top notes

  not good..but play IN MIA MAN for

  the greatest!!!!!!!

Hey....1 million 900 thousand downloads in all these years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Did I ever post this? I think

she was on valium..not drunk.

Poor tenor....I think she is related

to the Del Monaco family.

But better than Livia Budai

She might have had to change her makeup...

or on drugs?????

LAST of the singers with the

kind of feeling absent today.

Zeani,Favero,Muzio,Soviero.

 NO ONE does this today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6/22/10  Pears created the

role!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Can we choose to separate controversy

over art?   This is not easy, but we

cannot deny his contribution to 

music?? Like no one knew...………………….

  I was Rochefort in her first Bolena

with Sam Ramey (who???). It was 

MY THRILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Mexico reviews remember CALLAS....Galvany reviews 

for the Aida compared her to Maria!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Who else but me looked down

her throat at those E flats!!!!   

Happy Birthday 6/19/36 to my

darling friend,Marisa Galvany

(well, that is one of her fake names,)

We go back to Yolantha and Bolena.

  Happy Fathers' Day to my dear friend

Sam Ramey, whose son just 

turned 15. It is my fervent hope

that Sam Jr. does not ever

witness this side of Sam.

  We go back a long time, and I

can tell you Sam.Jr.is lucky

to have a great dad!!!!!

  On this fathers' day, my beloved

friend,Virginia Zeani, wishes

you daddies a Happy Fathers' day.

On this fathers' day,poor Siepi

gets to sing  "Mio,padre" but a 

certain lady sort of eclipses

his last note. HAM!!!!!!!

Have you seen this?????

Delmonaco sang "Trahison" running

out of the tent.He knew it was a broadcast!!

They looked better than Victor and Hedy!!!!

I was there...1958

My beloved!!! Happy Birthday!

Rise sat at her desk and told us of her love for Lehmann when she was a student....as if in a trance...and

they sang together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

La Famosa storia di Handelmani e Rise 1/21/56 Since di Stefano broke Rise's arm on the broadcast of Carmen, the club meeting was cancelled..My ma planned a surprise birthday party....How to get Charlie out of the house???No party!!!! They got me to see her when she came back from the hospital...so they could surprise me.but close call..... That PIPPO!!!!!! My friends surprised me..they just arrived before me. What a shock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! However imagine if a certain invited guest was able to attend. TEBALDI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would have fainted! Quest' era la solita storia di Pippo e il mio compleanno.................

I was 16..First singer I ever met.

Had great times at her home with the club...Made it to

99.....6/11/13...No one could be more beloved in my 

young life..well,also Tebaldi.

Rise,I will never forget you...……………..

  I SAW HIM AT 77...THE MAN WAS

  a god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1978  Horowitz/Mehta.This is

This is my favorite classical work!

"GOD" plays!!!!!

   I learn so much from Mari

  Alagna said the nicest thing to me:

"I can see in your eyes how you love music!!"

That was so kind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Irina is such a sweetheart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  My darling friend, Irina Lungu.

 6/5/80...A sweet,brilliant lady!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6/2/49  VERY EXCITING!!!!!

Lets it all hang out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Wonderful!!

  George London, 5/30/19 was a sensational

  Artist. He was riveting on stage and we adored

him. Career cut short by a herniated

vocal chord, but he made a fabulous

impression on opera!!!!

  I went to see Galvany in Bolena.

  Suddenly this mezzo (later soprano)

opens her mouth and MIO DIO!!!!

Olivia was as thrilling as Galvany.

  That nasty Sam Ramey is the King,

by the way. When I did the role I

was a teddy bear.

  1847 Version of the arika

Happy Birthday   5/30/40  to my

 darling friend and great diva,

Olivia Stapp. They do not make

them like this anymore!!!!

  In loving memory of all the brave men 

  worldwide,who gave their lives for their

country. Bless them!

  No words are adequate enough to

describe what she was. In the Met

it was breathtaking.  Bless her!

Great lady...Despite many emotional 

problems, a great diva.

Our late dear friend,Gwynne Cornell,

is next to her.

  Lots of FUN!!!!!!

  Little Belle Silverman might turn out to be pretty good.

  May 25, 1920.....One of the greats!!!!!!

  On mother's day, I wish you

mommies my love..I hope you

are nicer than this lady

Dear Mike....Happy Birthday!!!!!!

Your dog has great taste. We LOVE YOU!!!!

  Two of today's superb tenors.

I bring them presents, but cannot

bring too much to Piotr because

his luggage would be too heavy  when he goes

to Europe.

Dear Michael Fabiano celebrates his

birthday May 8. He is a great star

and I hope he comes over soon to

raid my tenor cd's as we discussed.

  sHE OVERDOSED ON SOMETHING......OR DRUNK??? RELATED TO THE DELMOnaco family.

    LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Night after tragic death of

Warren, This Chenier was a great

example of the kind of singing we

had. Note it is in KEY and note, at

3:30 Zinka's "Amaaaaante". We went

nutty, after such a sad evening we

had experienced.

  Did I ever show you this?

   If not...get ready for some

   great high notes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spoke this evening to my darling

Virginia Zeani,now in a facility. She

is never lonely since she has

so many friends. Hit a couple of

high notes on the phone.

  Since Tebaldi, no one has touched my

heart like Virginia.

  So sad that Toscanini's protégé,

Guido Cantell, was killed in a

plane crash. Life can be cruel!!

   First of all, please excuse me

  for a lack of posts, as I have been

 ill. I wrote Piotr after the great Luisa

Miller, which was tremendous last Saturday.

I missed him this year,and hope to see 

him next season.

A GREAT GUY and my favorite singer!

   A real sweetheart and one of the last of the 

true verismo sopranos....and Lovable!

3/31/ 1952.   We love her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A long way from our Barber and

Hoffmann and Bolena,where we

were astounded by this young guy.

Happy Birthday and hope your new

hip is getting better.

   LOVE  Charlie

Happy Birthday to my dear friend

Sam Ramey, One of the great stars

and good buddy since we sang at

the start of his illustrious career.

No words are adequate to tell

you of what that night was like.

She was 65 but we know she

sang like this at 85. (MY TAPE)

  Her caretaker says she

sang around the house...even

at 100.

  My two favorite divas celebrate birthdays on Mar.19. How lucky I am to have had them in my life!!!!

  12:30 Met Boheme with the GREAT Mike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  Died so young...a diva who makes me cry.

That

  Died so young...a diva who makes me cry.

That "Veiled voice"....Adore!!!!

  Words fail me...OK...some flat notes at end of career...but Zinka screamed/

Stop me from wetting then Pavarotti towels.

Renata returns..............I have already

used up 5 Pavarotti towels.

I cannot write much...crying too much....we were close for years.

   Beloved Renata      You were my teenage LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Jan.25   I love my Marcello Giordani.....Breaks the chandeliers....and sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jan.22..Joseph Calleja missed our Jan.21 birthdays by one day...Sweetest guy once told me I am more famous than he is....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Not happy with Verdi roles these days..but a vocal GOD at 73!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Placido....I am a TRUE bass-baritone....

Feliz Cumpleanos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Forgot about the two great birthdays 

of Jn.21. Placido (TENOR) and me...true bass-baritone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We all called Giorgio Tozzi "Signor Legato." The man was amazing..one of the great artists we adored.

Born 1/8/23   Beloved man.

Remember always before you eat to "Say Grace"       1/4/37

Bumbry had a great voice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lives in Salzburg..We sometimes communicate.

Wherever you are...Love and Happy New Year!

Love Charlie

  They were a bit jealous when I texted Wunderlich and Gedda 

and sent them this video. However, since Piotr's two idols are these guys, they send him love and

Happy Birthday!!!"

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Remember, it's Piotr birthday week,

so here is the "Bis" in the Liceo

Werther.

Reminds me of a soprano who thought

people were yelling, "BEAST!"

  Love that great guy!!!!!

  My two favorite tenors have lots

of fun in a rehearsal. How wonderful to have a  

 Piotr and a Michael in an opera era where many 

tenors abound. If only we had ONE Tebaldi!

My favorite singer and "buddy" 

Piotr Beczala celebrates his birthday

on 12/28/ (1966). He is the sweetest

and most beautiful person and is

successor to his favorites,Gedda and

Wunderlich.   Love this guy!!!!!