Tue, 2 April 2019
Mentally deranged Bonisolli stays on the high C and then when people applaud and others try to interrupt, he says that Puccini wrote a pause there. The man was a PIG and I hate him!!!!!!!
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Mon, 1 April 2019
Beverly's D at the end of the "Vivi,ingrato" ranks as one of my greatest thrills!!!!!! Live, you held your breath!!!!
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Mon, 1 April 2019
Our 1970 Bolena with Galvany holding the D 5 hrs.and a new guy named Sam Ramey. I was Rochefort. I am the only person who could look down her throat while she sang high D and E flat!!!! Who would know Sam would become one of the all-time greats.
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Mon, 1 April 2019
What a thrill to remember my meeting Sam in 1970 and then singing with him in Bolena,Barbiere, and Hoffmann. Great guy!!!!!!
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Mon, 1 April 2019
I met Sam at our first Bolena rehearsal in 1970. He has been one of the great singers of our time. Love to him!!!
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Mon, 1 April 2019
We love Javier...not just the high notes, but the incredible musicality. He is a special guy!!!!
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Mon, 1 April 2019
I once told Ricky Di Giuseppe how I loved his high E flat in Coq d'or..He replied, "HIGH E natural!!" So now Michael shows off his fabulous top!!!!!!
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Mon, 1 April 2019
George Gershwin allowed only Afro-Americans in Porgy and Bess. That is a shame, because, from the GRAVE, next season at the Met, the new Porgy will be presented. Well, Mari actually sings this as if she were in the grave. Bless her. She tries so hard.
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Mon, 1 April 2019
One of my all-time favorite commercial recordings!!!!!
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Mon, 1 April 2019
Here is Virginia in the Console aria.She remains of the greatest singers in my life, and a dear friend.
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Mon, 1 April 2019
She created this role, and following this are two more versions of the aria.
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Mon, 1 April 2019
Piccolo Marat with Borso and my sister,Virginia..and a loud prompter. They have no verismo sopranos today to do this. Beautiful work!!!
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Mon, 1 April 2019
Of all the tenors I never saw live, here is one of them,along with Caruso,Thill,Anselmi, and Masini,
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Mon, 1 April 2019
Saw him on Paris visit in 1976..Gorgeous voice..never came to Met.....Beautiful voice!!!!!
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Sun, 31 March 2019
Happy Birthday Nelly...still can sing!!!! 3/31/52......
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Sun, 31 March 2019
OLD SCHOOL!!!!! Lovely, darling singer and one of the greats (not that the Met cares).I had to study three hours to learn to spell her name.
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Mon, 25 March 2019
In Newark, New Jersey at 23:11 :Loris,ove sei" I thought I was going to collapse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't "call" you today...but you "call" me forever.
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Sun, 24 March 2019
I just cannot believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sun, 24 March 2019
Zinka may be my favorite singer, but maybe Magda in another way, has to be someone I treasure more!!!
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Sun, 24 March 2019
Her caretaker said she could sing around the house at 100!!!!!! God bless her.
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Sun, 24 March 2019
Piangero per sempre!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sun, 24 March 2019
She was once told, "Do not quit your day job." The basic quality is not like a Tebaldi but her singing emerges as the most gorgeous in its emotion and love for music. She is for me, a miracle!!!
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Sun, 24 March 2019
Magda....the miracle of opera. Oh, by the way, the Tosca selection is MY TAPE, and the ovation was cut...it lasted forever!!!!
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Sun, 24 March 2019
I cannot call you as I did on every birthday, but you will always be enshrined in my heart as the MIRACLE of opera.
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Sat, 23 March 2019
One of the rare singers who reminds us of what we do not have anymore.....
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Sat, 23 March 2019
Ivan Koslovsky 3/24/1900 Slightly nuts!
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Sat, 23 March 2019
When I told Dolora (3/24/52) she is a throwback to the great past, she had me do a master class for her students.I played good old stuff. When I asked her what it was like to sing the glorious Amneris, she said, "I just want to get the notes out!!" Amazing woman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Fri, 22 March 2019
Truly superb tenor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Fri, 22 March 2019
Melchior had a birthday this week. This guy is a sensation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Fri, 22 March 2019
My adored Martha Moedl. Flawed in some ways but one of the most exciting singers ever. Olivia Stapp saw a "voiceless Isolde" in Europe once and audience went crazy...Unforgettable lady.
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Fri, 22 March 2019
Rudy Park and my friend Aprile! This is what we do not hear today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Fri, 22 March 2019
Mamma Mia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Fri, 22 March 2019
DISCOVERY!!!!!! Rudy Park!!! I saw Mario and Franco each 40 times...this guy is OLD SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tue, 19 March 2019
I saw a fabulous one and she had bronchitis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mon, 18 March 2019
I did not know of this.....for Diana's Mar.19 birthday and my buddy Sam...…….
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Sun, 17 March 2019
Since the days of Favero,Muzio,Zeani,Olivero,Scotto...we have had NO ONE like what Diana does..NO ONE!!!!!!
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Sun, 17 March 2019
Not only does Diana Soviero and my mother have Mar.19 birthdays, but tenor Alberto Cupido celebrates. What a coincidence!!!!
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Sun, 17 March 2019
Soviero sat on my couch and I said, "I have a Violetta you might like." She said, "Oh..she might study with me." I then played Mari Lynn and Diana almost fell on the floor. I love the word "Muttatta.
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Sun, 17 March 2019
Mar.19...My darling Diana Soviero, one of the greatest singers, and MY MOTHER, one of the greatest mothers celebrate birthdays!!!!!
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Fri, 15 March 2019
Could be, and top was great but NOT BAUM EVERY NIGHT!!! His wife came out of the stage door after he was boooed and said, "I am Il Trovatore, not Milanov." She screamed. "You're all a bunch of faggots!!!" Gee, she must have been in the standing room. He is now coaching Tamagno,Martinelli, and Al Jolson.
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Fri, 15 March 2019
WE HATED HIM!!!! Well, if Tucker or Mario were not there, he was reliable. Ugly voice.....I had to see him with Zinka Lord knows how much. Yes,he was reliable, but in those days, the rosters were small as compared to today, and singers stayed at the Met a lot. He is good in Lohengrin scene w.Traubel..more Germanic..Had fabulous high C...that is all!!!!
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Fri, 15 March 2019
Fun with Christa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Fri, 15 March 2019
THRILLING STELLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Fri, 15 March 2019
In 1966 Ludwig, ex-husband Berry, King,Rysanek,Dalis, under Boehm gave what I consider the greatest all-around show in my LIFE!!!!!!
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Fri, 15 March 2019
Dyer's wife in Frau probably greatest single performance of a role by a singer in my life!!!!!!
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Fri, 15 March 2019
Stella and a tenor I adored, with his gorgeous voice matching hers. She loved to cry a lot!!!!
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Fri, 15 March 2019
I almost forgot about Zinka as Stella opened her mouth as Aida in 1956. GREAT lady!!!!!
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Fri, 15 March 2019
Turns 90. Imagine to have Milanov,Tebaldi,Stella on roster in 1956. She and Bergonzi debut I will never forget..and I adored her luscious rich gorgeous voice.
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Tue, 12 March 2019
She had her flaws...but NUTS FOR HER.We gave a party in 1972 after Attila..All other divas photos taken down.Kabaiwanska came in New Years Eve.and said, "What is ths, a SHRINE????"
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Mon, 11 March 2019
LAST APPEARANCE....SO SAD!!!!
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Mon, 11 March 2019
I love the Mehta/Valencia RING.... Innovative!!!!!
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Mon, 11 March 2019
Ivan Koslovsky 3/11/1900. I love very subtle singers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mon, 11 March 2019
3/10/1892 Ages ago a friend brought me a 78 of Eva Turner..Who???? I went nuts!!!!! Nilsson might have not been able to cover her!!!!
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Sun, 10 March 2019
When dear Larry Brownlee sang this for his Met audition, the place went nuts....Here is another example of a superb lyric tenor with great range and technique! Bravo to him!!!!!
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Fri, 8 March 2019
I thought Stefan Zucker was the world's highest tenor..OH NO!!!!!!
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Fri, 8 March 2019
Jamie Barton, the ghost of Ebe Stignani,and the great mezzos of the past!!!!!
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Fri, 8 March 2019
Claudia Novikova 3/9/1895 is a real CHARMER!!! Special lady!!!
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Fri, 8 March 2019
Our new HERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Fri, 8 March 2019
BIS for the great Javier Camarena!!!!
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Fri, 8 March 2019
Piotr gets a BIS!!!!! Love that guy!
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Fri, 8 March 2019
Clara Petrella (and Mario) is really so wild!!!! Wonderful example of the kind of singing we no longer have.They want it "pretty."
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Fri, 8 March 2019
We called the great Giorgio Tozzi "Signor Legato." Fabulous basso.
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Fri, 8 March 2019
Jamie Barton is one of a handful of singers today who is "old school." A truly great voice and lovely lady!!!!
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Mon, 4 March 2019
Sam Ramey,who inherited his roles, told me as a young student how he saw this skinny guy in a rehearsal, open up this HUGE voice. One of the all-time greatest singing-actors!!!!!
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Mon, 4 March 2019
The great Treigle and Rudel born on a Mar.6. I asked Di Giuseppe about his high e flat..He said, "E natural" Treigle one of the greatest singers ever. Sam Ramey No.1!!
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Sat, 2 March 2019
Love Saioa Hernandez. Of course, the Met is so dumb they probably will not get her!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sat, 2 March 2019
Margarete Teschemacher 3/3/1903. Great voice with another favorite singer!
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Sat, 2 March 2019
Lucine saved so many shows she became a "house soprano" which was often a negative....but a great sound! Happy Birthday! (and those xxxxx rated jokes!)
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Sat, 2 March 2019
Lucine told me (I was there) how Monteux had to hold the dream roll after this trio since we went NUTS! Bless her!!! Still has voice!!!!!
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Fri, 1 March 2019
Met 1972 Bing Gala. I sat there as if I had never heard her before and could not BELIEVE any human throat could produce those sounds!
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Thu, 28 February 2019
The most glorious singing on this planet..Note "Eravante possente" and later the pppp on "Oh,ora soave" double attack.I used to collapse over the standees rail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thu, 28 February 2019
Marcello and I have discussed the "old school" and he is an example...I miss him so much!!!!!!
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Wed, 27 February 2019
GOD sings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It has been so long and comments cannot be placed here. I really am dying to know how my podcasts are..Could someone or two or more write me at Placido21@aol.com.
I want to please you!!! Love Charlie
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Wed, 27 February 2019
Looking at coming Met season, I would prefer Mari!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wed, 27 February 2019
Adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wed, 27 February 2019
Darling Virginia, at 93, is at a fine facility in Florida. My beloved!!!!
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Wed, 27 February 2019
The great NY La Puma Opera from the 60's. We got hysterical most of the time. That tenor really had a GREAT passaggio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wed, 27 February 2019
I know Stephen over 10 yrs.Here is this nice guy at the start of his career! Glad he made it!!!!!
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Wed, 27 February 2019
(in key) and do not try to tell me there is ANYTHING today like this!
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Wed, 27 February 2019
Incredibly famous lady!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tue, 26 February 2019
Massenet re-wrote the opera for this great man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tue, 26 February 2019
She got better and better...Glorious!!!!!
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Tue, 26 February 2019
Rise sat at her desk and as if "in a trance" spoke of Lehmann's Eva...and it ended up they did Rosenkavalier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tue, 26 February 2019
If I could see but ONE soprano from the past it would be Lehmann!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tue, 26 February 2019
Mirella got better and better....GLORIOUS voice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mon, 25 February 2019
First Met telecast..At one time we really hated her doing heavy roles.....but she has emerged as the LAST of the really special divas in the Muzio,Favero,Soviero,Zeani tradition. Phrasing,emotion, love of the line. Look Zinka and Renata had some BADDD top notes. Even in heavier roles, she did more than anyone does today.... BRAVA!!!!!
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Mon, 25 February 2019
One of my TOP favorite Caruso recordings. No one matches him!!!!
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Mon, 25 February 2019
fEB.25, 1873 Died in 1921 at 48. TRAGEDY!!!!! iMAGINE IF HE LIVED 20 MORE YRS..tapes!!!!!
tO ME, HE IS A VOCAL god!!!!!!!!!!
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Tue, 19 February 2019
My buddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (and he reads my Facebook posts)
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Tue, 19 February 2019
LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tue, 19 February 2019
My favorite singer of today...and so sweet!!!
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Tue, 12 February 2019
A few years ago Pyotr introduced me to Kiepura's SON..It was so nice!
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Tue, 12 February 2019
Two of my friends take AMBIEN.One awoke to see he had made a pie; the other found she had made scrambled eggs. If I start,could I find myself in the street doing the Abigaille cbaaletta like Mancini????
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Tue, 12 February 2019
Can anyone here do this better???
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Tue, 12 February 2019
One of my all-time loves. Meier had a GREAT voice..should have been even better known. I did make some tapes for her madre…...
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Tue, 12 February 2019
Eileen Farrell here is a sensation!
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Tue, 12 February 2019
I was there in 1964..Farrell was amazing! (So was Tucker).Listen to her "Bada." She was born 2/13/29...Never wanted to do a complete Ring..our loss!!!!!
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Tue, 12 February 2019
Piotr is my favorite singer today! This is last week..Encore!!! He is the sweetest, nicest guy!!!! I want to bring him more CD's..but the luggage would be too heavy!!!!!!!!! I have seen them ALL...He is way up there!!!
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Tue, 12 February 2019
Love you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for your wonderful support!
Love Charlie...
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Sun, 10 February 2019
Met let him go too soon. GREAT MAN!
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