Sat, 1 August 2020
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!!!!
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Sat, 1 August 2020
Made error on Barioni birthday. I have to figure out how to correct errors in text.
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Sat, 1 August 2020
The ULTIMATE black voiced-basso. One of the greats.
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Sat, 1 August 2020
Loved this guy. Gorgeous middle voice.Pushed a bit on top. but great sound.
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Sat, 1 August 2020
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
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Fri, 31 July 2020
Things are so tough these days!!!! We must do your best to conquer our fears. With my love Charlie
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Wed, 29 July 2020
An 80 yr.Old greatan leaves us. He was superb!!!!!!
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Tue, 21 July 2020
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.
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Tue, 21 July 2020
Great Man .Sad Died at 54 on stage...Love him.
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Mon, 6 July 2020
I did not know of this!!!!!!! I am ashamed.She will shoot me. Diana Soviero to me is still one of the greatest!!!!!!
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Mon, 6 July 2020
Arsen made a great transition from baritone to tenor. That is amazing.BUT never go the opposite way.Verdi would get mad...I think!!
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Mon, 6 July 2020
Arsen Soghomonyan also sings baritone and it is fun!!!! I hope he stays mostly tenor, for he is superb, but sometimes it is successful.
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Mon, 6 July 2020
I was doing a Facebook compilation of sings from Armenia and look what I found!!!!! Great!!!!!!!
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Fri, 3 July 2020
Beautiful tenor who died at 48 in a car crash. So sad!
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Fri, 3 July 2020
From the great "old school" of singing. Wonderful!
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Sat, 20 June 2020
I see Rise in that silver outfit coming down the stairs!!!! This is also a fine video with 2 great stars.
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Sat, 20 June 2020
Great Sophie and a marvelous voice. There are so many one cannot keep up!!!!! I caught up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sat, 20 June 2020
I love the Waltraute scene and Dunn is superb. The other lady is fairly well-known.
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Sat, 20 June 2020
Early techniques were not kind to divas. Gadski and others cannot really be heard in a LIVE recording. inability to capture what they really were.
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Sat, 20 June 2020
WILD soprano Maria gay and husband Giovanni Zenatello.She was a dynamo!!!!
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Sat, 20 June 2020
Scary!!!!!!! Caruso did not sing much with this man,whose voice was gigantic!!!!!!
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Sat, 20 June 2020
Another diva from the golden age of supposedly "lesser-known" singers. I hope I turn you all on to what is available!
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Sat, 20 June 2020
YouTube allows you to discover so many superb stars,like Burzio.
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Sat, 20 June 2020
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!!!!
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Sat, 20 June 2020
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
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Sat, 20 June 2020
Pretty and beloved 6/18/07 but Nelson had to hold his ears.Am I mean? Blame the virus!!!!!
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Sat, 20 June 2020
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.
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Sat, 20 June 2020
Elizabeth Schumann 6.13.88 A voice from HEAVEN!!!!
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Sat, 20 June 2020
So sad he killed himself. A darling person and a wonderful tenor. Rest in Peace.!
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Sat, 20 June 2020
Spoiled forever by her Carmen She died in the curtain. My beloved Rise.Made it to 99. I will treasure her all my life.
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Sat, 20 June 2020
Sorry to have missed some birthdays. First singer I met and in her club.My adored Rise Stevens.
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Fri, 19 June 2020
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!
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Fri, 19 June 2020
I meant to say if you sang for free in some shows you changed your name. I was Carlo Handelmania.
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Fri, 19 June 2020
...so she had many fake names. I know them all. If you can guess them, you can have my Bocelli tapes.
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Fri, 19 June 2020
I was not in this Bolena but in first one,and it was a thrill of my life (with Ramey,the new guy)
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Fri, 19 June 2020
I looked down her throat at Bolena rehearsals and saw Callas very mad.
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Fri, 19 June 2020
Daughter Sally does not care about high E flats.
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Fri, 19 June 2020
My darling birthday lady Marisa Galvany, one of the most exciting singers.
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Thu, 18 June 2020
Marisa Galvany (one of her fake names) and I go back 55 yrs. 6/19/36.More later!
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Mon, 8 June 2020
DISCOVERY!!!!!!!! and I have seen all of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sun, 31 May 2020
London had a herniated vocal chord and retired a bit earlier, but he was a DYNAMO of a singer. Saw him a lot.
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Sun, 31 May 2020
At the Met Boris had to tumble all the way down many steps. We always gasped. A great man!!!!!!!!!
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Sun, 31 May 2020
Adore Shirley as much as Ebe Stignani!!!! Thrilling in this opera;saw it w. Kraus in Carnegie Hall.
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Sun, 31 May 2020
Shirley Verrett!! Happy Birthday!!! One of the greatest singers who sang mezzo and soprano.5/31/31
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Sun, 31 May 2020
Olivia is a great soprano and good friend.Works with inner-city kids. A gem of a person.
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Sun, 31 May 2020
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.
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Thu, 28 May 2020
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.
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Thu, 28 May 2020
Great voice but poor technique.Callas imitator. Could have been great.
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Fri, 22 May 2020
Really wonderful guy!!!!
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Fri, 22 May 2020
Zak!!!!!! Superb guy!!!! Just found him
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Mon, 18 May 2020
Forget records! You had to be there. Titanium vocal chords. It was a miracle!!!!!
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Mon, 18 May 2020
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.
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Mon, 18 May 2020
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
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Sat, 16 May 2020
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
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Thu, 14 May 2020
We mourn the passing of the great Gabriel Bacquier, who would have turned 96 next week! Fabulous man!!!
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Mon, 11 May 2020
I love sam
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Fri, 24 April 2020
Met debut.I was there. Held final B until the curtain closed!!!!!
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Fri, 24 April 2020
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.
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Wed, 22 April 2020
Met did Porgy and Bess. I wonder how Gershwin would have loved this rendition!
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Wed, 22 April 2020
I really loved this guy Should have been more appreciated.
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Wed, 22 April 2020
,, 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!!!!
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Wed, 22 April 2020
Still sings little high notes on the phone!!!!!!!
One of the greatest singers ever.
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Wed, 22 April 2020
Sounded as if she was singing in my ear.I could not believe that could happen. Radvanovsky does that too.
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Wed, 22 April 2020
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Wed, 22 April 2020
No words can express 3/4/60 and he sounded great until last moment." O Gioija"
My all-time favorite baritone
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Wed, 22 April 2020
I miss my Rolando......what a guy!!!!!!
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Wed, 22 April 2020
Testing problem
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Wed, 22 April 2020
Have to adjust some posts
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Wed, 22 April 2020
She is wonderful
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Wed, 22 April 2020
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Wed, 22 April 2020
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Wed, 8 April 2020
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.
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Wed, 8 April 2020
Mario left...I wonder why>>>>>
God bless FRanco...but if Loretta saw anyone in heaven now touch him,she would use her UZI!!!!!!!
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Wed, 8 April 2020
THE KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wed, 8 April 2020
Saw you 40 times …...Never will forget you!!!!!
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Wed, 8 April 2020
Saw debut and 41 times.....NO ONE GREATER!!!!!!
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Mon, 30 March 2020
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.
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Mon, 30 March 2020
She will never die in my heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mon, 30 March 2020
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
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Mon, 30 March 2020
Only 65....Greatest evening imaginable. Ovation Cut.
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Mon, 30 March 2020
My dear friend Sam, KING of Facebook and superb singer. Compares Trump to Adolf H. (who???)
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Mon, 30 March 2020
I have two Romanian sisters. Nelly and Virginia!!!!!!!
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Mon, 30 March 2020
Since we sang in Barber,Bolena and know each other since 1970, I adore Sam, by dear lovable guy!
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Mon, 30 March 2020
Her caretaker said she still sang around the house into her late 90's!!!!!!! God Bless Her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mon, 30 March 2020
Magda Olivero was for me a miracle.Mar.25, 1910.MaDE IT TO 104.i CALLED HER EVERY BIRTHDAY....bLESS HER!!!
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Sat, 21 March 2020
Tell me I exaggerate! My Mar.19 divas..... Mom and Diana
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Sat, 21 March 2020
POLITICS??????? Why is she not as famous as she should have been?????? I am her unpaid manager....
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Sat, 21 March 2020
I told Cupido he was NOT STUPIDO.
Birthdays 3/19...…………..
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Sat, 21 March 2020
SHARES BIRTHDAY WITH HER Romeo,ALBerTO CUPIDO and my madre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sat, 21 March 2020
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
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Mon, 9 March 2020
Adored Robert Weede!! Should have done more here. (Warren might have been too great...oh well!!!!)
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Mon, 9 March 2020
Thomas Schippers was so wonderful>(You can ask Menotti.). Sad he left us so soon.
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Mon, 9 March 2020
A few bad high notes but play act 4 "In Mia Man" and hear the glory of my favorite singer.(Who loved herself only.)
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Mon, 9 March 2020
Sam Ramey followed in Treigle's footsteps. Nicest guy IWe met in 1970) It was Bolena.. Wow!!!!!!!!
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Mon, 9 March 2020
Ivan Koslovsky 3/11/1900 I think Rossini wrote this!
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Mon, 9 March 2020
But I adore Leyla!!!!! Gina Cigna Met Norma. She was born 3/6/1900. Not a pretty sound but WILD!
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Mon, 9 March 2020
We lost Elinor this week. A fine soprano at 88 yrs.old
Sorry for a few typos..Too much Vodka
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Mon, 9 March 2020
Sensational lady who could drown out three jets!!!!!!!!!
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Mon, 9 March 2020
Gone too soon. Saw him many, many times. Just FABULOUS!!!!
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Mon, 9 March 2020
Lost too son. Saw Norman Treigle many,many times.. a vocal GOD!!!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhhkGyJ092E
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