Sun, 16 March 2014
What a joy!!!! However, crabby Zinka sits there as if she is the only star in the world..Just kidding!!!!!!!!!
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-- posted at: 6:14pm EDT
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Sun, 16 March 2014
I do not care who or what you are!!!! I ORDER you to do this....It can be in the shower, in your yard, in the car, etc..... Let me knoiw if they take you away by force!!!!!!!!
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-- posted at: 3:10pm EDT
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Sat, 15 March 2014
I know you just ADORE my compilations, so I present no.9,with a few choice comments. If you played any at parties, did anyone ever guess ALL of them? 1. Gigli, Rethberg, Pinza Attila trio (Need we say more?) 2. Carlo Bergonzi E lucevan le stelle (a veritable vocal lesson) 3. Jussi Bjoerling Romeo 1947 ensemble. (Did the C sound like that live?) 4. Alessandro Bonci Puritani aria 5. Clara Butt Lucrezia Borgia Brindisi (they would laugh today.I adore this!) 6. Karen Branzell Erda Warning (Das Rheingold) 7. Olga Borodina La Favorite aria 8. Montserrat Caballe Adriana Phedre Monologue (Totally wild!) 9. Piero Cappuccilli Luisa Miller aria ( A very great man) 10. Irene Minghini-Cattaneo Azucena aria (sadly killed when Allied bomb destroyed her villa in WW II) 11. Julia Varady Mme.Butterfly "Che tua madre." 12. Charles Dalmores Carmen Flower Song 13. Zinka Milanov (who?) "D'amor sull'ali rosee" (Trovatore) 14. Mario Del Monaco "No,pazzo son"(Manon Lescaut) (Example of subtlety) 15. Merrill/Bjoerling Don Carlo duet (pure gold) 16. Birgitte Fassbaender "Suicidio" ( even though she is a mezzo.) 17. Kathleen Ferrier "An die Musik" (Schubert) 18. Lauren Flanigan Lady Macbeth aria (One of the singers who "takes chances" with repertory. One of my favorite ladies.) 19. Beniamino Gigli "Vedi,io piango' (Fedora) 20. Apollo Granforte Credo from Otello (His name fits his voice.) |
Fri, 14 March 2014
A commercial recording from Bucharest,Rumania under Cornel Trailescu, featuring my beloved Virginia Zeani, tenor Corneliu Fanateanu, and the recently deceased Nicolae Herlea. I feel that Virginia proves once again that she is one of our greatest artists. It is not because of our friendship because I have gotten friendly with some artists AFTER hearing them, and it is not as if I made a friend and then "liked every breath he/she took." What can be a problem is when a singer you know as a person sings badly, and you have to be honest (except you cannot write about it on the internet.) |
Fri, 14 March 2014
Have you EVER heard a rendition of this scene more exciting??? Stella loved to cry..but look, if George London was yelling at you, would you not shed a tear or two???? Zinka who????? (Sacriledge)
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-- posted at: 12:45pm EDT
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Fri, 14 March 2014
Our dear Kurt Baum was born on Mar.15, 1900. Despite his having the ugliest voice in captivity and KILLED so many performances, mostly with Zinka.(Silent film acting with the two of them.),he had a great top register. This is an example. His Lohengrin recording with Traubel shows he should have done more German. We HATED the poor guy, but he was "reliable."
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-- posted at: 12:08pm EDT
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Thu, 13 March 2014
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-- posted at: 6:09pm EDT
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Wed, 12 March 2014
Do you mean I NEVER knew of this?????? I feel so dumb...i guess it escaped me,until a friend sent it. Leyla had a 35 year career, and when teachers today fear the idea of chest voice, glottal attacks,etc...I get angry!!!! THIS is a lesson in how to sing with fire!!!! Love it!!! )
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-- posted at: 9:49pm EDT
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Sun, 9 March 2014
After I did the Adriana, I thought you would like to SEE Caballe in action!!!!! Teachers today are afraid to teach singers to use the lower register,causing a lot of BOREDOM!!!!
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-- posted at: 12:23am EDT
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Sat, 8 March 2014
If you wish to hear some remarkable vocalism, listen to this 1976 Tokyo Adriana,under Gianfranco Masini, featuring prime Montserrat Cballe, Fiorenza Cossotto, Jose Carreras, and Attilio D'Orazi. Do not fail to pay special attention to the third act Phedre declamation, whish will make you almost "terrfified" in its intensity. (73 min.) |