Raina Kabaiwanska  12/15/34   but REAL accident in Tosca..poor Aragall

Why can't they shoot more tenors????

BUY IT!!!!!! Very interesting

company!!!!!! My second

fav.opera!!!!!

The (in) famous La Puma opera

co.of thr 60's. They finally threw

us out. I wet my diapers.Note

the tenor's great top! We were

never the same!!!!!

Il Bacio di Tosca

Beloved!!!!!

        Yankee Doodle Enrico!!!!!!!

The God of voice!!!!!!

   Love it!!!!!   I put on my

mask and did Wotan in a

supermarket.They threw

tomatoes...Peasants!!!!

  The late Ed Rosen and fake

basso ME in a duet we

always did. Not too bad.

My ego is worse than

Bonisolli.

My favorite singer of

today!!!!!!    I would give

him more cd's but the

luggage would sink the plane.

They cannot sing like this

anymore.Teachers must

be afraid..Sad!@!!!!!

His "Pazzo son" is wild!

When I mentioned birthdays

I meant that Placido, and

I are both Jan.21.I do

not own Spain, have no

women all over, but

my high G is BARITONAL.

But he is still amazing

at almost 79. He sings

Boris in 2078.

Until Facebook un-hacks m(due

to some BUM),I post more

here, and I should anyway.

I get commercials here so

I cannot get your comments.

That is a rule if you pay.

PLEASE send to me at least

some feedback at my e-mail

Placido21@aol.com. Jan.21

is our birthdays. I want to

know if you have enjoyed my'

site these years!!!  Loveya!!!

My darling Renata's debut

on 1/31/55 and her birthday

was 2/1. I never got over it

Got up 4:30.Froze all day.

She was my my"madre"and

will never forget her love.

    My two buddies..Miss

them so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One of the few great

singers of today and

the nicest guy in the

world!!!!!!!!

  I saw this work many

times.It is so wonderful.

Glad Korngold left

Germany in time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TdGX2Wp-vM&t=587shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TdGX2Wp-vM&t=587shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TdGX2Wp-vM&t=587s

I saw it w.Tucker,Siepi in 1956.

NOTHING!!!!!! like this..

maybe Caruso,Ponselle...

Just heavenly texted Rossini and

he said, Who wrote that?????

      Well....nothing wrong

with subtlety.

   LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A baby at 65.Magda

in Met Debut. All applause

cut off. Not a man in the

place. I called her every birthday

till 100.Listen to the last

"RIMUUUUUUUNERI" cosi.

Tears all night...and she could sing

another 30 years.

To adore!!Never mind the

vibrato. a sweetheart!!!!

That hacker ruined my

birthday tribute of

12/2/23 to a sensational

lady (at least until she

got skinny)

Count the GREATS today!!

My dear Piotr........Reminds me of the

 past.I give him good CD's..Loves 

Gedda and Wunderlich!!!!

That figures!!!! I miss him!!!

He introduced me to a great

Polish tenor's son-Jan Kiepura Jr.

  Great Man!!!!!! Saw him

a zillion times. Thanks

to Paul Althouse,his teacher

Thanks for Richard Tucker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Argue forever!!!!!!!

NO ONE tops this

man. Heart and

soul and something

NO ONE can surpass!!!!

NOTHING beats my all-

time love!! 88 times was

not enough, but I did

have to graduate.

BUT...personality was

no Renata!!!!!!

Gelb lost so much

money and singers

because of the virus,

he is hiring this great

queen when they open.

(Who said the Met never

had queens??????)

Je pleure!!!!!! I adore

this scene....and guess

who was an extra?????

George London!!!

Vive la liberte!!!!!!

Many cannot take the

"goat-like" vibrato.

She was a charmer;

poor lady died in

childbirth!!!! Love her!

Despite my adoring

chest,she never got to

me.Strange!!!!!! However,

a great career!!!

 1/7/1863   Pietro Mascagni

Catching up after a bum

hacked me!!!!!!! Bruna Rasa

is so calm!!!!!!!

12/18/18    You can be

great without breaking

the chandeliers.

12/7/06   How did I know

Elektra would be my 2nd

fav.opera??????

Hoengen was almost as

scary as Regina.

When I see the scene from my

favorite film, Casablanca,,

and Madeline LeBeau,the

last surviving member of

the cast, sing  "mugir les

feroces soldats,"with the

tears streaming down both

her and my faces. I wish we

could take those idiots here

who KILL our anthem.

This may be funny, but it shows

what horrendous taste some

people have. VIVE France...and bring back

the end of the Carmelites!

I am sending this to all

of the courageous human

beings on the globe as a

loving symbol of all the

tragedies they have experienced

in their lifetime, and to add

my love and heartfelt wishes

during this terrible time. All over

our world, YOU have been so

blessed in your lives..no matter

where you are. YOU are indeed

OUR PEARLS!!!!!!!   Love CH

https://www.google.com/search?q=pearl+harbor+day&sxsrf=ALeKk03-3GU8AuiAqSaPotd-wCJQW7Hm4A:1607338876737&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwio9J_227vtAhWvzVkKHRimA98Q_AUoAnoECBIQBA&biw=944&bih=626#imgrc=zKbjOwyKx0HlVM

He conquered!!!!!!

One of the greatest

voices.Happy he was

able to sing again!!!

I want  a new Vaccine

called PIOTR. I have

had trouble  with the

computer.Hope I can

catch up.... He adores Gedda

and Wunderlich. I see why!

Frank was a great guy.......I will catch up soon.

have had problems

Sorry part of message cut

e mail is:

Placido21@aol.com

He will be 79 I will be 85

Someone hacked my facebook account.Until resolved or till I get another site I will post more....and eventually will add a site so you can comment.I had disabled comments here because of commercials I could not avoid

If you wish  to comment on anything I have posted here  e mail me at Placido21@aol.com

Leo espanol

Leggo Italiano

Mon francais n'est pas trop mal

     or write in Sanskrit

I love you and wan t to thank you for years of support

That Hacker must know I do not like Rap

at least you will have more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saddest life..Sensational singer

She takes the name of a real

French singer, Mary France.

She lipsynchs to herself

and has 125 videos. I

feel so normal!!!!!

  On Selma Kurz's birthday,

I apologize for not my usual

posts being put here.

The Virus causes lots of

depression;I will make

it up to you.

Kurz is TRILLLLLLLING!!!!!

For me,greatest Met broadc.

it was my third birthday

and mommy never took

me.What a cast!!!!!!

Tibbett was phenomenal

at end Council sc. w.

early Warren as Paolo

Incredibly exciting!!!!!!

We miss her so much!!!!

The great Piero Cappuccilli   

Born 11/9/29. Fabulous

but the Met ignored him.

Great singer...tough guy.

Someone compared his

intonation to James

Cagney!!! I'm a Yankee

Doodle Siegmund.

The great (and tough)

Jon Vickers 10/29/26

tells a Tristan cougher

what he thinks!!!!

Imagine singing Puritani,

Lucia,Aida,Senta,Vespri.

Had Callas not lost weight

she could have done 70

roles like my Virginia.

Just the "CA" of "Caro"

summarizes what kind

of emotion she had.

Over 70 roles and could

have done more.

Muzio,Olivero,Soviero,Favero

and Virginia belong to a

school of singing totally

absent today. Bless my

dear friend,who just said

her room is filled with

flowers.(not poveri either)

Spoke to Zeani on her 95th.

One of the greatest singers

and a dear friend.

   Virginia,my LOVE!!!!

You are 95 today,Oct.21

God bless my darling!!

   So wonderful, and

Scuderi still had voice.

My darling "sister"

will be 95 on Oct.21.

She is one of the very

greatest singers and a

dear loving friend.

Gianna Rolandi is a

riot in Cenerentola.

WE HAVE GEDDA CRACKING ON

A PERLE NERE TAPE,SO IT

IS NOT EASY TO SING.THIS

GUY TRIES IT AGAIN!!!!!

Some lady at City Opera

Traviata had a "problem" and

dear Henry Price,born 10/18/45

kept going.We thought it was

Zinka Milanov sitting on a

nail.

Sensational!!!!!!! Callas;

e flat drives one mad

and Bechi is Ruffo no.2

Luciano Neroni is Zaccaria

Shock!!! On the Internet

here was this "kid" at

about 15 who sounded

like a "pro." I just see

him on Youtube and

cracked up.He visited

me....who would know??

Mio Dio!!! Dmitri No.2

Discovery!!!!!!! The guy

is superb. I wrote him

about how Dmitri used

to give me the cheek kisses.

Magnificent.Go to Youtube.

   Found a new tenor...He is

"quarantined" in his garage.

When virus ends, hope he comes

out!!! Youtube shows me new

people....Bravo!!!!!

I adore her,despite her

flaws. She is the  "Regina

delle pirate." Love her

more than most divas.

LOVED Leyla Gencer. We made

her a party after Attila. All divas'

photos off the wall,except hers.

Kabaiwanska walked in months

later and exclaimed, "What is

this..a SHRINE?????"

    Incredible!!!!! Penno

broke the roof, but did

not last.Zinka sings like

an angel....The "Pace"

alone is an all-time joy!!!

How wonderful to know

Piotr and Sondra.Two of

the great singers of this era

and sweet people.

Great tenor in Huguenots

duet w.Margarete Teschemacher.

One of my favorites.

   Have not posted enouugh.

  I WILL!!!!!!!

Kraus was a great artist.

Never pushed the voice

like Schipa,Bergonzi,

Gedda. Not a big sound

but so elegant.

   Give the bird a hanky!!!

That exposed high C kills

them all!!!!! My Aidas have

been Tebaldi,Price,

Milanov,Stella,Nilsson,

Ponselle(gggg).She is a

truly wonderful star!!!

  Facebook posters tell

me who is special. She

is a discovery!!!!

SHAME!!!!   I thought

I knew them all.She is

superb. I wrote her I

heavenly texted Birgit.

I will post more soon.

Saw him over 65 times.

Never missed a note!!!

Paul Plishka was a kid when

we sang together in the

Paterson Co. He is a sweet

guy,and went through much

tragedy. We sang in Forza,

Boheme,Don Carlo,Iolantha.

He "retired" but came back.

Happy to know you!!!!

I adored Richard Tucker.

Greatest voice for me

and I saw them all!!!!!

Great guy and what a top!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Three pretty good girls

Eames 8/13/65  Wow!!!

 You know I have seen the BEST.

I think she is superb. We wrote

each other. If the Virus

ever ends, I want her here!!!!!

Discovery!!!!!

Eva Kong from Korea.

Magnificent!!!!

.....Is the voice and the

personality of my

favorite singer,Piotr

Beczala. This is from

his new "Vincero" cd.

Nothing like this anymore

If the Met does not open

soon, I will drown myself in

the fountain so I can see these

guys (and Renata) again!!!!

Made error on Barioni birthday.

I have to figure out how to

correct errors in text.

The ULTIMATE black

voiced-basso. One of

the greats.

Loved this guy. Gorgeous

middle voice.Pushed a bit

on top. but great sound.

 Dear friends,

 I have been posting so much

on Facebook,owing to the

boredom caused by the

virus so I have not posted

enough here.So here is the

great Apollo Granforte

(suitable name)  7/29/1886

   Things are so tough

   these days!!!! We must

   do your best to conquer

   our fears.

  With my love   Charlie

   An 80 yr.Old greatan

leaves us. He was

superb!!!!!!

     I was never a bass.My last

teacher,Jerry Lo Monaco,showed

me how to cover and I was able

to sing baritone..I never liked

my voice...but doing 50

roles and not being able to

read music is not too bad.

Great Man .Sad  Died at 54

on stage...Love him.

I did not know of this!!!!!!!

I am ashamed.She will shoot me.

Diana Soviero to me is still

one of the greatest!!!!!!

Arsen made a great transition

from baritone to tenor. That

is amazing.BUT never go

the opposite way.Verdi would 

get mad...I think!!

  Arsen Soghomonyan

also sings baritone and

it is fun!!!! I hope he stays

mostly tenor, for he is

superb, but sometimes

it is successful.

  I was doing a Facebook

compilation of sings from

Armenia and look what I

found!!!!!   Great!!!!!!!

Beautiful tenor who died

at 48 in a car crash. So sad!

From the great "old school"

of singing. Wonderful!

  I see Rise in that silver

outfit coming down the

stairs!!!! This is also

a fine video with 2

great stars.

Great Sophie and a marvelous

voice. There are so many

one cannot keep up!!!!!

   I caught up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love the Waltraute scene

and Dunn is superb. The

other lady is fairly well-known.

Early techniques were

not kind to divas. Gadski

and others cannot really

be heard in a LIVE recording.
Ladies suffered from the

inability to capture what

they really were.