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.

WILD soprano Maria gay

and husband Giovanni

Zenatello.She was a

dynamo!!!!

Scary!!!!!!! Caruso did

not sing much with this

man,whose voice was

gigantic!!!!!!

Another diva from the golden

age of supposedly "lesser-known"

singers. I hope I turn you all

on to what is available!

YouTube allows you to

discover so many

superb stars,like

Burzio.

Marton had a fabulous voice 

and was one of our great

divas;the voice eventually

got rough,but in her prime

she was extraordinary.

   I am catching up on my podcasts!!!!

  To all of you at a tragic

period in the world, may

I wish you all my love and hope

we can combat with courage

this dreaded virus.

             Love to All!  Charlie

Pretty and beloved 6/18/07

but Nelson had to hold

his ears.Am I mean?

Blame the virus!!!!!

Snobbish Bing fired her

because she sang with Jimmie

Durante,my ma's friend. Top

notes were short, but a

great voice and lots offun.

 6/16/88.

Elizabeth Schumann

6.13.88  A voice from

HEAVEN!!!!

So sad he killed himself.

A darling person and a

wonderful tenor.

Rest in Peace.!

Spoiled forever by her Carmen

She died in the curtain. My

beloved Rise.Made it to 99.

I will treasure her all my life.

Sorry to have missed some birthdays.

First singer I met and in her

club.My adored Rise Stevens.

I have been a bit slow on

my posts; I go from TV

to Facebook and have to

catch up on my buddies

out there. Here is the late

Jerry Hadley 6/16/52 and my 

Diana Soviero. I will post

more soon.   Hope you are

safe.Life has been rough!

I meant to say if you sang for

free in some shows you changed

your name. I was Carlo Handelmania.

...so she had many fake names.

I know them all. If you can

guess them, you can have

my Bocelli tapes.

I was not in this Bolena

but in first one,and it

was a thrill of my life

(with Ramey,the new guy)

I looked down her throat at

Bolena rehearsals and saw

Callas very mad.

Daughter Sally does not care

about high E flats.

My darling birthday lady

Marisa Galvany, one of the

most exciting singers.

Marisa Galvany (one of her

fake names) and I go back

55 yrs.  6/19/36.More later!

  DISCOVERY!!!!!!!!

 and I have seen all of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

London had a herniated vocal

chord and retired a bit

earlier, but he was a DYNAMO

of a singer. Saw him a lot.

At the Met Boris had to tumble

all the way down many

steps. We always gasped.

A great man!!!!!!!!!

Adore Shirley as much as

Ebe Stignani!!!! Thrilling

in this opera;saw it w.

Kraus in Carnegie Hall.

Shirley Verrett!! Happy Birthday!!!

One of the greatest singers who

sang mezzo and soprano.5/31/31

  Olivia is a great soprano

and good friend.Works

with inner-city kids.

A gem of a person.

My darling friend,Olivia Stapp

is 80...Was once a mezzo.

She is a sweetheart and she

takes that great D. Mean other

buddy Ramey is the King.

Great but troubled artist.

My friend Gwynne Cornell

is with her.Gwynne passed

away at 50.We sang

together a lot.

  Stratas was a fabulous intelligent

artist.despite problems.

Great voice but poor

technique.Callas imitator.

Could have been great.

   Really wonderful guy!!!!

Zak!!!!!! Superb guy!!!!

Just found him

Forget records! You had to be

there. Titanium vocal chords.

It was a miracle!!!!!

You HAD to be there,

especially for Gioconda,

to hear those glorious

tones. I am glad I graduated

from college, cutting classes

to stand for her perf.

My all-time favorite singer

whom I saw live. She made

my life so happy,even though

her name KUNC represented

her personality. May 17, 1906

was Nilsson's and Zinka's birthdays

I know her caretaker

who said she could sing

like this almost to the end

at 104. I consider Magda

as the vocal miracle of opera

  We mourn the passing

of the great Gabriel Bacquier,

who would have turned 96

next week! Fabulous man!!!

I love sam

Met debut.I was there.

Held final B until the

curtain closed!!!!!

When I met Sam Ramey,it was a 1970

Bolena rehearsal. Since then he

became of the opera's greatest stars

and a dear guy we all love.

Met did Porgy and Bess. I wonder

how Gershwin would have

loved this rendition!

  I really loved this guy

Should have been  more appreciated.

,,  my error!!!   I cut off Sondra's

name,saying like Cossotto,

she sounds as if she is singing

in my EAR! Another friend,

Stephen Costello, is the

tenor.They have fun!!!!

  Still sings little high notes on the phone!!!!!!!

One of the greatest singers ever.

  Sounded as if she was singing in my ear.I could not believe that could happen.  Radvanovsky does that too.

     Great man...….What a way to go....in your glory@!!!!

But will never get over this.....

No words can express 3/4/60 and he sounded great until last moment."   O Gioija"

My all-time favorite baritone

I miss my Rolando......what a guy!!!!!!

Testing problem

 Have to adjust some posts

She is wonderful

<iframe width="691" height="391" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/igFrEjUtOcU?list=RDigFrEjUtOcU" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<iframe width="525" height="391" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KGJCxKRavT0?list=RDKGJCxKRavT0" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

My fav.Corelli note is

the Poliuto, but in error

put too many in there

(A friend had just died and

I was nervous.

LOVE YOU AND PLEASE STAY HOME

Corelli Vittoria is not bad.

Loretta just shot Zinka because she caught him kissing her.

Mario left...I wonder why>>>>>

God bless FRanco...but if Loretta

saw anyone in heaven now

touch him,she would use her

UZI!!!!!!!

  THE KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saw you 40 times …...Never will forget you!!!!!

Saw debut and 41 times.....NO ONE

GREATER!!!!!!

When I told her NO ONE sings

like her today, she had me

do a master class for her

students..She knows I

know what a rarity she is.

  She will never die

in my heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 To my beloved friends all

over the world. May God

bless you for your courage

in this terrible time. I wish

you my love and the prayers.

         Sincerely  Charlie

  Only 65....Greatest evening

imaginable. Ovation Cut.

  My dear friend Sam,

KING of Facebook and superb

singer. Compares Trump

to Adolf H. (who???)

I have two Romanian sisters.

Nelly and Virginia!!!!!!!

   Since we sang in Barber,Bolena

and know each other since 1970,

I adore Sam, by dear lovable guy!

  Her caretaker said she still sang around 

the house into her late 90's!!!!!!!

   God Bless Her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Magda Olivero was for me

a miracle.Mar.25, 1910.MaDE

IT TO 104.i CALLED HER EVERY

BIRTHDAY....bLESS HER!!!

Tell me I exaggerate!

My Mar.19 divas.....

Mom and Diana

POLITICS??????? Why is she

not as famous as she

should have been??????

I am her unpaid manager....

  I told Cupido he was NOT STUPIDO.

Birthdays  3/19...…………..

SHARES BIRTHDAY WITH HER

Romeo,ALBerTO  CUPIDO

and my madre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mar.19,1946  Shares birthday

with my mother.....Fell out

of balcony at her Mimi...as good

as Tebaldi,who once kissed her

3/13/77 friendship began

  Adored Robert Weede!!

Should have done more here.

(Warren might have been too

great...oh well!!!!)

Thomas Schippers was

so wonderful>(You can ask

Menotti.). Sad he left us so soon.

A few bad high notes but play

act 4 "In Mia Man" and hear

the glory of my favorite

singer.(Who loved herself only.)

Sam Ramey followed in Treigle's

 footsteps. Nicest guy IWe met in 1970)

It was Bolena.. Wow!!!!!!!!

Ivan Koslovsky 3/11/1900

 I think Rossini wrote this!

But I adore Leyla!!!!!

 Gina Cigna Met Norma.

She was born 3/6/1900.

 Not a pretty sound but WILD!

  We lost Elinor this week.

A fine soprano  at 88 yrs.old

  Sorry for a few typos..Too much Vodka

  Sensational lady who could

drown out three jets!!!!!!!!!

Gone too soon. Saw him many,

many times. Just FABULOUS!!!!

Lost too son. Saw Norman Treigle

many,many times.. a vocal GOD!!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhhkGyJ092E

Mirella Freni was so adored.

So sad we just lost her.

I saw Met debut. Beloved!!!!

  God Bless them!!!!!!!

     Heaven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lotte Lehmann for me is the CARUSO 

of divas 2/27/88.   Sensational!

Rise sat at her desk and spoke

of Lehmann's Eva as if in

a trance....and ended up

doing Octavian with her!!!!!!!!!

  This rendition thrills me

  beyond belief. Imagine if

 he had lived 15 more years

(he died at 48), what treasures

(live also) we would have.

  2/25/1873  No words express

  what this man was!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last note of Butterfly addio (A)...my friend hit me in the ribs from fright....Old standee line was right across from pit and I was in front.

NO ONE could imagine the sound!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When my ma met her, I could not speak Italian and she had not much English...so I spoke Spanish..That is why she called me "Carlos" and every time we met, she asked for my madre…..

  I have no words anymore for what she wasto us!!!!

Last time I saw her.

Tre assi e un paio SCARED the life out of us!!!!!!!!!!!

OK..The top got flat....so what...she was the most wonderful diva in the world.....and we became close.....

Listen to the last note.It broke the chandeliers at the Met!!!!!    No one had the  Wagnerian volume and beauty of tone.

I called her every birthday  2/1/22    and "call her" forever.

Where was I on 1/31/55??Standing for the debut of Renata Tebaldi, whose birthday (we did not know) was 2/1/55. I will never forget my darling friend and the greatest soprano one could imagine...

I cannot write more..I am crying on the keyboard......

That top range was a miracle!

Great artist and friend!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sadness never leaves me.

Addio,mio caro amico!

Will never forget!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Greatest Diva voice (1/22/1897)

 Sensational...debut with Caruso!!!!!!

Was my Zinka better?????

  ….No Bogie...but Maltese great tenor