Sun, 15 September 2013
Our Facebook diva-friend, Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs in the Stefan Herheim Salome..Yes, he is "strange" but it seems to work. I am still conflicted about different productions these days because they are,on some level, entertaining, and even clever...but at the same time i often wonder if we are going too far!!!
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-- posted at: 1:28am EDT
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Sat, 14 September 2013
In case you might not know that now they are putting on a tremendous number of COMPLETE operas on Youtube. Go to Google and click on "Complete Operas." Here is one of them:
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-- posted at: 4:46pm EDT
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Sat, 14 September 2013
Someone as delusional as I am decided to do a "Summertime Mix" and please do not let small children and any animals in the room when you play this, because we do not want to cause emotional disaster!!
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-- posted at: 4:31pm EDT
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Sat, 14 September 2013
I have already posted this Puritani duet as sung by Ed Rosen and myself years ago. We should have called it "The Pirates sing Puritani" or the "Pirate cantano" I Puritani." As usual,Ed hams it up on the final A flat, but on a good day in my shower I can do it. We did have a lot of fun doing this at the Belle Epoque restaurant, and no one lost their meal.
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-- posted at: 4:12pm EDT
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Sat, 14 September 2013
"Perle Nere" or "Black pearls' is the term often used for opera disasters. My feeling here is that singers are human (really??) and we expect so much of them.We do not realize that what they do is a "miracle" and with a few exceptions, what you will hear is just an example of how hard it is to get out there on a regular basis and perform. There are a few selections perhaps that are "accidents"(like the Carmen who overdosed on pills). Let's give them a break!! I say this,remembering I once had to laugh at myself for cracking like mad as Monterone, when I just started singing and did not have the proper technique. I remember saying that if I was in the audience I would have laughed at this guy!!!
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-- posted at: 4:04pm EDT
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Sat, 14 September 2013
I discovered this beautiful Tchaikowsky opera when I was Marisa Galvany's doctor in a production we did many years ago. I will see Onegin soon with Mme.Netrebko and Piotr Beczala and a later one with the happy return of Rolando Villazon. Here they are in the beautiful duet and i know you will enjoy it. I hope you are enjoying these videos while I await the return of my "Computer Doctor."
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-- posted at: 2:56pm EDT
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Sat, 14 September 2013
This 1920 Africaine aria drives me NUTS!!!!! Caruso died a year later. What a fabulous sound he makes..Note the combination of lyric and dramatic tone..and those "vowel sounds" in every part of the range, and when he goes above the passaggio, it makes me thrill every time!!!!
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-- posted at: 2:45pm EDT
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Wed, 11 September 2013
Thanks for your patience!! Still ome glitches but I will have things done soon..So, just a bit more time and thn will have the podcasts running again...
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-- posted at: 11:58pm EDT
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Mon, 9 September 2013
Yma Sumac, famous for her incredible range (born Sept. 10, 1927) gets mad and hits a high Q# and leaves the stage. I am sending some videos to you while i wait to do podcasts again. Charlie
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-- posted at: 2:25pm EDT
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Sun, 8 September 2013
Magda Olivero (Manon aria) accompanied by Iris Adami-Coradetti.
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-- posted at: 11:00pm EDT
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