Sun, 31 January 2016
Part One of Tebaldi NY Feb.19, 1976 Farewell (Acc.Martin Katz)
Sarti:Lungi dal caroi bene Scarlatti: Se Florindo e fedele Rossini: Anzoleta avanti la regata Bellini: Vanne,o rosa fortunata Verdi: Otello "Ave Maria" Rossini: L'invito Gluck: Alceste aria Puccini: Mimi Addio Wolf-Ferrari: O miei sospir
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Sun, 31 January 2016
This was 1970..OK the very top was going..BUT it was a sensation....The "tre assi e un paio" in the house was as if ten cannons went off..... We ripped up programs........confetti!!!!
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Sun, 31 January 2016
We were 18..First row Carnegie Hall. She winked at us..and then....here it is!!!!!
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Sun, 31 January 2016
Happy Birthday to one who will remain forever in our hearts.
Click the word "General" to see photo. She said, "Dammi il braccio,mio piccino." I was 18, but knew enough to respond, "Obbedisco,signora!" More to follow..
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Sun, 24 January 2016
Happy Jan.21 birthday to at least one famous guy, but the other one is also a star(in my own mind.) Tannhauser,Luisa Miller (where he gets to sing, "Quando le sere al PLACIDO"),and duet w.Pilar Lorengar. Un abrazo fuerte,Placido!!!! |
Sat, 23 January 2016
Slezak's international career commenced in London at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where he sang Siegfried (a punishing role that he would soon drop from his repertoire) and Lohengrin in 1900. (He would return to Covent Garden in 1909 after undertaking further vocal studies in Paris the previous year with a great tenor of a previous era, Jean de Reszke.) Slezak secured a three-year contract with the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1909. Met audiences acclaimed him in performances of works by Wagner and Verdi. Along with Italy's Giovanni Zenatello, he became the most famous Otello of his generation, famously performing the role at the Met with Arturo Toscanini conducting. He was a convivial person, and many anecdotes reveal his amiable sense of humour. The best-known example is as follows: during a performance of Wagner's Lohengrin, a stage hand sent the swan out too early, before the tenor could hop aboard. Seeing his feathered transportation disappear into the wings, Slezak ad-libbed to the audience: "Wann fährt der nächste Schwan?" ("When does the next swan leave?"). Slezak had a versatile repertory which embraced 66 roles. They included notably Rossini's Guillaume Tell, Manrico, Radames, Walter, Tannhäuser, Hermann and, as we have seen, Otello and Lohengrin. He sang 44 roles in Vienna alone, where he chalked up 936 appearances in 1901-12 and 1917–27 and became an idol of audiences.
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Tue, 19 January 2016
BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Come to NY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tue, 19 January 2016
Fine young tenor from Barcelona...Follows in great company.....you know who??????
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Sat, 16 January 2016
Some people are offended at stuff like this.However, if you get up in front of people, you have to take the consequences. If you are a young artist and make an error...OK...BUT you must have some semblance of technique. I do like crazy stuff...not to be mean...but look, if you are SERIOUS about singing..you cannot do this!!!!
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Sat, 16 January 2016
Zinka and Ethel loved each other...That figures!!!!
I taught at the high School (Bryant) where Ethel Zimmerman attended.....My friend was in her class and at 16, she could BELT!!! Born Jan.16, 1908...I saw her first when I was 12.(Annie Get Your Gun),Dolly, Gypsy, and revival of Annie. The brass and the wobble (more pronounced here..it is late Ethel) meant nothing live..She was a thrill!!!!!!!!
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Sat, 16 January 2016
Hi..I must apologize..every time I start an audio podcast..something goes wrong..so doing some videos.
I do not want to lose my BUDDIES....I will work on it this week..... OK?
Love Charlie
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Tue, 12 January 2016
Superb!!!! By t he way,the Poliuto was a rehearsal..so that is why you have no audience reaction. This guy is the real stuff. He is BUSY!!!!!
http://operabase.com/a/Piero_Pretti/14186
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Tue, 12 January 2016
Supern tenor...Pretti does the aria uncut and adds some notes....Superb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SQUILLANTE!!!!! More to come....
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Mon, 11 January 2016
http://www.handelmania.com/mad.htm
I did this when I was normal..Guess the Tosca screams and you get my entire collection..postage free.
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Sun, 3 January 2016
Nice to find exciting new talent. I hope you enjoy Jamison as I do.
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Sun, 3 January 2016
Opera Resolutions...but not the boring,mild ones I just read on Facebook.They never read MAD magazine:
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