One of the most gorgeous voices EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 6:31pm EDT

   Still a great sound..and did the opera live. I'll take it 

any day.

Category:general -- posted at: 4:29pm EDT

 

I saw one of his few Manricos. This is

dubbed but still you get the idea.

 

  I am staying with videos.The audio stuff is

a problem.  OK????   Charlie

Category:general -- posted at: 4:18pm EDT

 Mario did guest Lescaut a year before "official" Met debut.

You hear what he was...not s Gerard Souzay!!!!

  We went nuts over this great man!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 4:14pm EDT

Hey, Mario.I was there in 1958 when you

RAN out of the tent on "Trahison." You KNEW 

it was a broadcast so you sang to the mikes!

The two of them looked better than Victor Mature

and Hedy Lamar.

Category:general -- posted at: 4:07pm EDT

   First singer I ever saw (1951)…..first of 40 times.

I recall "white teeth" coming toward me in Aida,

my first opera ever.  He was a GOD!!!!!!!!

Huge voice from bottom to top.A "bronze column of

sound"..Unforgettable man!  Came out stage door

once and said, "Hello,boys" in my poor ear. I

never recovered!!!!!

 

Category:general -- posted at: 4:04pm EDT

   I hate "dubbed" but what greatness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 7:37pm EDT

Our new hero!!!! Camarena is now "King of the bises."

He is something extraordinary in our opera world.

Category:general -- posted at: 7:28pm EDT

Sorry Zinka and Renata,....Antonietta Stella

1956 Met debut still remains my great

favorite.Big,luscious voice..ADORE!!

Category:general -- posted at: 6:26pm EDT

  I had only heard Caruso do this aria

and suddenly here is my beloved

favorite singer, Piotr Beczala, doing

it. This guy thrills me more than

his idol,Nicolai Gedda. Before he

did his first Lohengrin,I did give

him the CD set of Gedda's only one.

Very few singers today remind me of

my "Golden Age" from my youth.

 

Category:general -- posted at: 5:49pm EDT

But WHY did he decide to RUIN one

of the greatest voices of the century??

He started to "open" the top too

low...Perche?He was  GOD when

in his prime!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 3:46pm EDT

I was there when Licia (at 57) kissed the

Met stage after her aria. She was born 7/22/09.

Died at 105. I walked with tiny Licia at a

Soviero affair..Like walking with history.

Category:general -- posted at: 5:48pm EDT

Sweetest thing anyone could

say to me. Alagna said, "I can

see in your eyes how you love

music!"    

Category:general -- posted at: 2:25pm EDT

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Category:general -- posted at: 12:22pm EDT

Asian lands produce greatness. The

Loge especially...but all of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 12:19pm EDT

This type of emotion is UNKNOWN today

for the most part...…………………...

 

Category:general -- posted at: 12:14pm EDT

  Come on, Enrico...why didn't you

  want to sing with him??? This is

  UNREAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 1:44pm EDT

Along with the Rosenkavalier trio,

this for me is the most SUBLIME

opera scene...just the way Jones

WALKS at 7:00 makes me cry a river!

Category:general -- posted at: 1:24pm EDT

  This wonderful man died onstage 

at only 51.(I saw Warren die on stage

at 49). I can see,from 1957, how Martha

Moedl sank into his arms in Walkure.

Wonderful Wozzeck(excellent English.)

Warem voice and great artist.

Category:general -- posted at: 1:14pm EDT

  Makes me CRAZY!!!!!!   NO ONE comes

   close..note the "I" vowel"

Category:general -- posted at: 6:00pm EDT

King of the BIS....Not BEAST,like someone

I will not mention...……….

Category:general -- posted at: 5:56pm EDT

  Emerging as a PHENOMENON!!!!!!!

   Absolutamente INCREIBLE!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 11:50am EDT

RARE today!!!!! Such emotion and love!!

Should be more famous!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 11:36am EDT

  When I "discovered" Diana in 1977,

 I felt she was reminiscent of the

Tebaldi days. We have been close friends

ever since, and my frustration is that

she should be way up there as to

"famous" divas...but that's life. She 

and Alberto Cupido are superb

here. I hope you enjoy them.

  Diana is a renowned teacher, and the voice 

is still there!  So happy to have known her.

Category:general -- posted at: 11:26am EDT

One of the greats.Not everyone

can beat alcoholism and sustain

a fabulous career!!! Adored!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 2:07pm EDT

BREATHTAKING BELOVED!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 2:05pm EDT

  Getting to chat with this great new guy..Hope he makes it....

Category:general -- posted at: 7:05pm EDT

Great young guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 4:33pm EDT

  Back to the Met at 72!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 4:39am EDT

I saw a recital at 77....realized

Pavarottti "phoned it in."

Category:general -- posted at: 4:36am EDT

  7/13/24...Carlo Bergonzi.Did we

  take him for granted? a GOD!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 4:32am EDT

I forgot there is more...…………...

Category:general -- posted at: 1:51pm EDT

Ebe Stignani  7/11/03 was to have 

been the Norma on Cetra. I adore her!!!!

For me, GREATEST EVER!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 1:39pm EDT

Superb Australian tenor w.French citizenship.

Never came to Met..a shame!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 1:34pm EDT

(IN)famous Gran Scena opera co.

Ira Siff,Met broadcast commentator in the

great Tosca scene. I like especially when

she (he?? It??) finds the Salvocondotto

and the Yiddish "E Avanti a Lui" cracks me

up.  Ira is a great coach and he KNOWS 

opera traditions, so Ira (Vera) is perfect

as one of the hosts on Met broadcasts.

Category:general -- posted at: 1:30pm EDT

When he went up..you DIED!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 1:07pm EDT

PURE JOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 1:05pm EDT

  UNREAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 1:00pm EDT

7/12/1895 Kirsten Flagstad...LEGEND!!!

My friends tell me in person it was pure STEREO!!!!!!

This is the world premiere of the songs.

Category:general -- posted at: 12:58pm EDT

7/11/25  The GOD of tenors.

I saw his Met debut(Faust).The man

was a legend for all to hear!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 10:42pm EDT

  Last note is closest to LIVE Tebaldi.

 

You DIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 8:31pm EDT

  Michael Spyres...Placido should

study with him. (I am so mean!)

Category:general -- posted at: 11:47pm EDT

  Sticking to videos now.Maybe I

  Can do audios eventually..but needs special repair.

After mom died in 1997,I returned to my

"career." I cannot read music but I do

not think this is too bad.

 

Category:general -- posted at: 10:57pm EDT

  Caballe NY debut,replacing Horne.

Became a SENSATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 10:53pm EDT

Hilarious Gianna Rolandi rendition

of usually cut Cenerentola aria.

Audience falls on floor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 10:50pm EDT

  ENJOY!  Camarena is great!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 9:18pm EDT

and they wonder why I complain today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 6:52pm EDT

How many divas did pop like this?????

Fleming is a joke (Under the rainbow)

Category:general -- posted at: 6:50pm EDT

7/6/10 Kirsten was about 7

yrs.OLDER when she retired. She

did POP better than any diva!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 6:47pm EDT

They finally got rid of that

HORRRRRID Met Traviata.Here is a

rehearsal of the new one.

Grazie a Dio…..

Category:general -- posted at: 10:51pm EDT

Just discovered her.....I have to find that

Dramamine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 10:36pm EDT

  I just sent this to Muzio at

http:// cielo.com. She will look

her up (way up) because she always admired

singers with great breath control.

Category:general -- posted at: 12:09am EDT

3/13/77  How I discovered the

new Tebaldi!!!!! Diana Soviero has

been my friend all this time...and

she received my tape of her Mimi

on Mar.19..he and my ma's birthdays!

Two great divas in my life.

BUT  with Pav I told her to wear

metal underwear!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 6:34pm EDT

Amazing Mado Robin with high

Z sharp above R!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 5:01pm EDT

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