Mon, 28 April 2014
Javier Camarena in the dress rehearsal of Cenerentola last week....It caused people to demand an encore and they went totally INSANE!!! We have not experienced anything like this here since I attended Melba's debut!!
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-- posted at: 6:48pm EDT
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Sun, 27 April 2014
From Orange, 1971 under Karl Boehm, the great Tristan pair sing for you:John Vickers and Birgit Nilsson. Also featured are Ruth Hesse as Brangaene and Walter Berry as Kurvenal. |
Sun, 27 April 2014
Do not try this at home....or even in a mental hospital!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-- posted at: 4:44pm EDT
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Sun, 27 April 2014
Here is that "new" tenor (new to me) Dmitry Korchak in the Valencia Onegin, a very interesting producion. He sounds absolutely magnificent!!!! (Do NOT tell Piotr!)
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-- posted at: 2:48pm EDT
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Sun, 27 April 2014
Just watched the Valencia Onegin Video and discovered a fabulous tenor, Dmitry Korchak. He is absolutely superb!!!!!
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-- posted at: 2:42pm EDT
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Sun, 27 April 2014
We do not get this kind of singing at the Met...but the other night the Met audience in Cenerentola DEMANDED an encore of Mr.Camarena.,They screamed,banged, and yelled, as if Gigli came back!!!!! People said the last high C was worthy of a "Di quella pira" tenor..and he also added some D's in the aria..not sure where. Not scheduled for next season,but future here is VERY bright!!!!!!!!!!!
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-- posted at: 12:20pm EDT
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Wed, 23 April 2014
Let us celebrate the 450th birthday of William Shakespeare by watching Marisa Galvany as a fabulous Lady Macbeth!!!!!
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-- posted at: 4:10pm EDT
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Tue, 22 April 2014
Met audiences were thrilled at the debut of baritone Michael Volle as Mandryka in Arabella this month. He was superb, and rumor has it he will be our next Wotan;however, he is 54 and the Ring will be revived in 5 years at the Met. We hope he can sound as fabulous as he did. He sings the Schubert "Schwanengesang" cycle. |
Mon, 21 April 2014
A selection of recordings by many artists in 1904 (piano acc.) 1. Maria Barrientos Lakme Bell Song 2. Giannina Russ/Oreste Luppi Forza Duet in Monastery Scene 3. Riccardo Stracciari Rigoletto "Deh non parlare al misero." 4. Amelie Talexis "Printemps nouveau (Vidal) 5. Ramon Blanchart L'Africaine aria 6-7. Giuseppe Borgatti Lonengrin/Meistersinger arias (In Italian) 8. Adamo Didur "Vivea nel tempo antico" (La Vita Brettone by Mugnone) 9. Maria De Macchi "Com'e bello" (Lucrezia Borgia) 10. Giovanni Zenatello "Cielo e mar" (Gioconda) 11.Eugenia Burzio/Elisa Petri/Zenatello Ballo Trio 12.Maria de Macchi Poliuto aria 13.Alessandro Bonci "Stanotte" (Tess by d'Erlanger) 14-15.Giuseppe Anselmi "Che gelida manina" and "Cielo e mar" 16.Emmy Destinn "Aufenthalt' (from Schubert's Schwanengesang) 17.Fernanda Chiesa/Carlo Albani/Luigi Manfrini(bass) I Lombardi Trio |
Sun, 20 April 2014
Another compilation of great stuff for your pleasure: 1. Frieda Hempel Zauberflote aria 2. Alexander Kipnis Death of Boris 3. Dorothy Kirsten Fanciulla aria 4. Leyla Gencer Nozze di Figaro "Dove sono?" 5. Renata Tebaldi "La mamma morta" (1960 Chenier perf.) 6.Aprile Millo "Morro" from Un Ballo in Maschera 7. Martha Moedl Isolde act one Narrative 8. Magda Olivero/Giangiacomo Guelfi Fanciulla Poker Scene 9. Magda Olivero Adriana Phedre Declamation 10.Bruno Prevedi Macbeth aria 11.Mario Filippeschi "Di quella Pira" (LOUD!) 12.Regina Resnik Zaza aria (when she was a soprano.) 13.Paul Robeson "It ain't necessarily so."(Porgy and Bess) 14.Cesare Siepi "Wunderbar" 15.Dimitri Smirnov "Una furtiva lagrima" 16. Olivia Stapp "Vissi d'arte" 17.Eleanor Steber Idomeneo aria 18.Antonietta Stella Butterfly act 2 "Che tua madre." 19.Ebe Stignani La Favorita aria and cabaletta 20. Zinka Milanov Cavalleria "Innegiamo." (an Easter gift.) |