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

Happy Anniversary to the Rameys, Sam

and L:indsay.....two sweet people. Sam

and I go way back to 1970 Bolena, and

Lindsay gets a medal for marrying such

a DEVIL!!!! Love to them both.

 

Category:general -- posted at: 3:50pm EDT

Virginia and MacNeil in

a truly great duet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 4:06pm EDT

Maria Galvany 1906  NOT SPEEDED UP!

 

 

    Can you do it??????????????????????

Category:general -- posted at: 5:25pm EDT

The great Luisa Tetrazzzini, born on

June 29, 1871 singers w.Caruso!!!!!

I love this lady!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 3:07pm EDT

So sad she deteriorated so quickly. Anna

Moffo, 6/27/32 was so gorgeous and we

loved her...but it did not last!  A shame!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 1:46pm EDT

Not ONE of you could sit with us 

without falling on the floor hysterical.

They did finally throw us OUT! Note

the great tenor's PASSAGGIO!!! Are

there any companies in your area

like La Puma????

Category:general -- posted at: 1:43pm EDT

Leonie knew the end was near. She

 was one of the most exciting singers

in memory, despite flaws (like Moedl,

Callas, Gencer, so many others. She is

terribly missed.!!!

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

Diana and I had a long talk yesterday

about style and today's lack of divas

with kind of emotion of a Muzio,a Zeani,

a SOVIERO exhibited. SAD!!!!

    ....and do not yell at me for living in

the passato.

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

Fine voice   6/25/40.People who

do not have access to these singers

miss a lot of unappreciated voices.

Category:general -- posted at: 1:22pm EDT

Giuseppe Taddei, 6/26/16...A GREAT

baritone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Warm voice..

superb artist.

 

Category:general -- posted at: 9:23pm EDT

Diana and I had a nice talk this

evening. She always tells people

I "discovered" her.....well, if so

I am glad.....The greatest!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 12:03am EDT

I am on this new "Buratto thing."

Wonderful to find a new voice

the way I did w.Soviero Mimi in 1977.

She is superb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 11:51am EDT

  With Jeemy gone, we will have the

Ring back next season, but I fear

the orchestra will not rise to his

level. 

  We used to need DEPENDS at a

La Puma performance. I pppp'd

in my pantaloni!!!!!

 

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

  I may have posted this, but if you

want to cry like me...you watch this.

  She would come forward slowly on

"Ma quando vien lo sgelo" (note a

kind of "breath" on the "Ma" and then let out 

a Birgit Nilssonian top note on "E mio" that

threw us on the floor. (Remember, we were 

standees.)….I miss her so.....Called her on

every birthday....NO ONE in my view had the

combination of beauty of tone and WAGNERIAN volume.

 

 

Category:general -- posted at: 12:53am EDT

My friend saw Livia Budai as

Eboli in SF .He fell on the floor

in hysterics!!!! Who let her out?

I do not care if you are male,

female,or not sure...YOU are better!

 

Category:general -- posted at: 12:46am EDT

  My favorite version of this scene

  with Giuseppe Taddei (6/26/16) and

Rosanna Carteri.The way he says the

word "Entrate" is so warm...she never came

here..a pity!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 12:40am EDT

  Riccardo Stracciari, June 6, 1875.

  Just INCREDIBLE voice!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 12:32am EDT

  Gorgeous soprano. When she

  started the Norina Don Pasquale

aria, the resonance was so amazing,

I thought she was singing in my EAR!

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

  Here is dear Irina Lungu, a real

  sweetheart of a person (she even

  likes me). Wonderful artist!!!

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

  Zinka fioratura and some top notes

  not good..but play IN MIA MAN for

  the greatest!!!!!!!

 

Hey....1 million 900 thousand downloads in all these years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 6:46pm EDT

  Did I ever post this? I think

she was on valium..not drunk.

Poor tenor....I think she is related

to the Del Monaco family.

But better than Livia Budai

 

 

 

Category:general -- posted at: 6:42pm EDT

She might have had to change her makeup...

or on drugs?????

Category:general -- posted at: 6:22pm EDT

LAST of the singers with the

kind of feeling absent today.

Zeani,Favero,Muzio,Soviero.

 

 NO ONE does this today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 5:14pm EDT

6/22/10  Pears created the

role!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 3:28pm EDT

  Can we choose to separate controversy

over art?   This is not easy, but we

cannot deny his contribution to 

music?? Like no one knew...………………….

Category:general -- posted at: 3:22pm EDT

  I was Rochefort in her first Bolena

with Sam Ramey (who???). It was 

MY THRILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Category:general -- posted at: 8:27pm EDT

  Mexico reviews remember CALLAS....Galvany reviews 

for the Aida compared her to Maria!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 8:23pm EDT

  Who else but me looked down

her throat at those E flats!!!!   

Category:general -- posted at: 8:19pm EDT

Happy Birthday 6/19/36 to my

darling friend,Marisa Galvany

(well, that is one of her fake names,)

We go back to Yolantha and Bolena.

Still does recitals in N.Carolina. One
of the GREAT singers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
(Unions do not allow real names if you
sometimes do not get paid,as in early days.)  I know all the names,especially
Ethel Merman

 

 

 

Category:general -- posted at: 8:16pm EDT

  Happy Fathers' Day to my dear friend

Sam Ramey, whose son just 

turned 15. It is my fervent hope

that Sam Jr. does not ever

witness this side of Sam.

  We go back a long time, and I

can tell you Sam.Jr.is lucky

to have a great dad!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 9:04am EDT

  On this fathers' day, my beloved

friend,Virginia Zeani, wishes

you daddies a Happy Fathers' day.

Category:general -- posted at: 8:17am EDT

On this fathers' day,poor Siepi

gets to sing  "Mio,padre" but a 

certain lady sort of eclipses

his last note. HAM!!!!!!!

 

Category:general -- posted at: 7:40am EDT

Have you seen this?????

Category:general -- posted at: 7:32am EDT

Delmonaco sang "Trahison" running

out of the tent.He knew it was a broadcast!!

They looked better than Victor and Hedy!!!!

I was there...1958

Category:general -- posted at: 4:47am EDT

My beloved!!! Happy Birthday!

Category:general -- posted at: 4:44am EDT

Rise sat at her desk and told us of her love for Lehmann when she was a student....as if in a trance...and

they sang together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 4:41am EDT

La Famosa storia di Handelmani e Rise 1/21/56 Since di Stefano broke Rise's arm on the broadcast of Carmen, the club meeting was cancelled..My ma planned a surprise birthday party....How to get Charlie out of the house???No party!!!! They got me to see her when she came back from the hospital...so they could surprise me.but close call..... That PIPPO!!!!!! My friends surprised me..they just arrived before me. What a shock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! However imagine if a certain invited guest was able to attend. TEBALDI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would have fainted! Quest' era la solita storia di Pippo e il mio compleanno.................

 

 

Category:general -- posted at: 4:35am EDT

I was 16..First singer I ever met.

Had great times at her home with the club...Made it to

99.....6/11/13...No one could be more beloved in my 

young life..well,also Tebaldi.

Rise,I will never forget you...……………..

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

  I SAW HIM AT 77...THE MAN WAS

  a god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Category:general -- posted at: 10:15pm EDT

1978  Horowitz/Mehta.This is

This is my favorite classical work!

"GOD" plays!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 11:15am EDT

   I learn so much from Mari

Category:general -- posted at: 11:02am EDT

  Alagna said the nicest thing to me:

"I can see in your eyes how you love music!!"

 

That was so kind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 10:58am EDT

  Irina is such a sweetheart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 10:54am EDT

  My darling friend, Irina Lungu.

 6/5/80...A sweet,brilliant lady!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 10:52am EDT

6/2/49  VERY EXCITING!!!!!

Lets it all hang out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Wonderful!!

Category:general -- posted at: 3:54pm EDT

  George London, 5/30/19 was a sensational

  Artist. He was riveting on stage and we adored

him. Career cut short by a herniated

vocal chord, but he made a fabulous

impression on opera!!!!

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

  I went to see Galvany in Bolena.

  Suddenly this mezzo (later soprano)

opens her mouth and MIO DIO!!!!

Olivia was as thrilling as Galvany.

  That nasty Sam Ramey is the King,

by the way. When I did the role I

was a teddy bear.

 

Category:general -- posted at: 4:27pm EDT

  1847 Version of the arika

Category:general -- posted at: 4:23pm EDT

Happy Birthday   5/30/40  to my

 darling friend and great diva,

Olivia Stapp. They do not make

them like this anymore!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 4:21pm EDT

  In loving memory of all the brave men 

  worldwide,who gave their lives for their

country. Bless them!

 

Category:general -- posted at: 2:02pm EDT

  No words are adequate enough to

describe what she was. In the Met

it was breathtaking.  Bless her!

Category:general -- posted at: 1:58pm EDT

Great lady...Despite many emotional 

problems, a great diva.

Our late dear friend,Gwynne Cornell,

is next to her.

Category:general -- posted at: 1:53pm EDT

  Lots of FUN!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 10:41pm EDT

  Little Belle Silverman might turn out to be pretty good.

Category:general -- posted at: 10:37pm EDT

  May 25, 1920.....One of the greats!!!!!!

Category:general -- posted at: 10:33pm EDT

  On mother's day, I wish you

mommies my love..I hope you

are nicer than this lady

Category:general -- posted at: 9:36pm EDT


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