Tue, 8 April 2014
I discovered a fabulous baritone last night in Arabella. Michael Volle is just incredible.I was so thrilled!!!!!
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Tue, 8 April 2014
I sincerely hope you are enjoying these pot-pourris. Here is no.12. Remember, anyone who has comments or suggestions, e-mail me at Placido21@aol.com. I am unable to use the comments section here, because it results in outside advertisements. 1. Rysanek/London Aida Nile duet (in Deutsch) 2.Licia Albanese La Wally "Ebben,ne andro lontana." 3.Ivar Andresen Gotterdamerung Hagen's Watch 4.Agnes Baltsa Cenerentola Final aria 5. Piot Beczala I Lombardi aria (My favorite tenor of today, as you know.) 6. Joel Berglund Tannhauser "Evening star." 7.Grace Bumbry Andrea Chenier "La Mamma morta." 8.Emma Calve Herodiade "Il est doux." 9.Enrico Caruso "L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra" (Drives me crazy!) 10.Antonietta Stella Mme.Butterfly "Che tua madre." 11.Franco Corelli (Apr.8 birthday) Favorita "Una vergine" 12.Montserrat Caballe Trovatore "D'amor sull'ali rosee" 13.Mario DelMonaco Trovatore "Di quella pira" 14.Fernando de Lucia Iris "Apri la tua finestra" 15. Nicolai Gedda Pearl Fishers aria (Mio Dio!!!) 16. Marcello Giordani Adriana "La dolcissima effigie." |
Tue, 8 April 2014
What more can we say about the sensational Corelli, who has NEVER been replaced. This is my all-time Corelli "moment."The high C on "reeeeendero," that the Scala audience adores! Good friends of mine who knew him well do not share the oipinion of some that he was a difficult guy and adored him, although Loretta was no bargain. I do know one story (and it is in the Corelli book) that in a hotel in Atlanta,Georgia they had to re-decorate a room because the two of them had a "spaghetti fight."(WITH SAUCE!) I saw the man 40 times, from his 1961 debut, and will never forget him!
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