Wonderful new CD with rare Forza

and Ernani arias.  RECOMMENDED!!!

Will review soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Neri died only at 49.( 5/21/1909)

Imagine those two together@@@@@@@@

  Imagine telling Gigli or Corelli that

the opere had to end with her Mad Scene.

  Nella Melba   5/19/1861    MEAN!!!!!!

   But great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                 Two special men

Non posso imagginare….Coming in

July!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cannot sing even

Il cavallo scalpita..  SHOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Doing Santuzza in July......Mamma ma!!

She is delusional!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  I adored this great man!!!!!!

5/18/1958    I always told Lauren she

is a rare lady because she takes chances.

RARE among divas....and a friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  The Caruso of Bassos...…..

Ezio Pinza 5/18/1892

  The greatest ever!@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

On Jan Kiepura's 5/16/ birthday,let

us celebrate my favorite singer,my

dear Piotr Beczala.Kiepura would love him!

  Piotr introduced me to his son!!! He then

  got on the phone and called "Hi ma"...It was

Martha Eggerth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  We lost this great man too young!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  She had a tremendous repertory,

I hope you enjoy this.Rest in Peace.

  Remembering Daniela Dessi. I know

  Fabio misses her.

  Fabio thanked me for remembering his 

   late wife..She left us too soon.

He makes Bonisolli seem calm!!!!!

I think they put LSD in his lasagna.

Re-enactment of REAL THINGS that

happened on opera stages!!!! FUNNNY!

My all-time favorite tenor of those I saw.

Sadly died before Met was to have given 

him the role.   

Bidu Sayao,born 5/11/02 once spent an entire

Met Gioconda intermission chatting with us.

Her husband was Giuseppe Danise, Resnik's teacher,

and Resnik was the Laura that night!!!!

Ruth Welting  5/11/49....so sad she died young.

Like Pons, this is one tone UP!!!!!!!!!

  I am the only person who looked down

Galvany's throat on her E flats!!!!!!!

Imagine Zampieri has a career?????????????

  I just heavenly texted Corelli and sent

this....He said, "Sono geloso!!!!!!"

LOVE on your May 8 birthday, Mike!!!!!!

  One of our greats today and a sweet guy!!!

Happy Birthday,Mike….5/8/84!!!!!!

But who knows???????????????ad!!

Died at only 64. HUGE voice. Was a

patient of my dentist. I bet she had

a mike in her throat.... Great!!!

Forget it!!!!!!!!!!!! You'll never hear

anything like this again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Without the Ring, my life would not

be treasurable

  If you asked me to name the greatest

performance of any role by any singer

in my ENTIRE opera life (live), it is the

Ludwig (a mezzo) Frau Dyer's Wife!!!!!!!

   Do you have one????????????????????????????

  Courtesy of the late Ed Rosen!!!!!

     My favorite tenor of those I saw!

     I am nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   I think my friend Piotr might not like

  this too much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   Whom do you like best??????????

  A very variable singer, but superb here.

  Watch the way she just WALKS..a thrill!!!!!

  Roberta Peters  5/4/30. An artist

  with great technique!!!!!!

  They did not do this cabaletta in

  the olden days....Except for the last

note, Callas plunges into this aria

with fabulous excitement!!!!!

  Michael has it all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Callas 1952 Live..They do not allow

  this now....a Shame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  On the "Fa"  we went nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!